A Commitment to Reality

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Hosted by Dave Hanegraaff

A Commitment to Reality is a podcast for a post-truth—and increasingly post-reality—age. We are living through one of the most disorienting periods in human history—leaving many to wonder: What is reality? As artificial intelligence accelerates and institutional trust erodes, our shared sense of what is real continues to crumble. Reality is the way the world truly is—independent of our beliefs, opinions, or illusions. If truth is the map by which we navigate our lives, then it is no surprise that we feel disoriented when we live by lies. The post-truth, post-reality crisis is not merely an intellectual problem; it is an existential one. A commitment to reality is a dedication to discerning what is true and developing the discipline to live in alignment with that truth—with reality. This podcast is an apologetic for reality—each episode serving as an intentional act of grounding our existence together as we commit to what is beautiful, good, and true.

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Sin Isn’t Your Main Problem—Art of Unseen Warfare | Justin Marler

Sin is a problem. But, one of the great psychological tragedies of the West is a misunderstanding of sin. We turned it into a legal category — a list of infractions — and lost what the word actually means: missing the mark. The ancient Church didn't start with sin. It started with the passions — the disordered desires that pull us off target before we ever act. When we misunderstand the reality of sin, it makes it much harder to overcome the passions—which are the real problem. But, make no mist...

Apr 21, 2026•1 hr 41 min

Christian Atheism: God as an Idea Is No God at All | Fr. Stephen Freeman

Re-Enchantment—Everyone is talking about it these days. But, you can’t re-enchant something that always was. We are simply realizing the reality of Enchantment. In this episode of A Commitment to Reality, Fr. Stephen Freeman joins Dave Hanegraaff to remind us that the world has always been Enchanted—we have just been ignoring that reality. Secularism has caused many modern people—even Christians—to misunderstand the reality of the world we live in. Modern life has flattened our conception of rea...

Apr 07, 2026•1 hr 40 min

Are We All Cyborgs Now? Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Machine | Joshua Pauling

Are we all cyborgs now? We’re not just building machines that act like humans. We’re becoming humans that act like machines. In a world obsessed with whether AI can become human, far less attention is given to the way we are sacrificing our humanity at the altar of data, efficiency, and optimization. This is not inevitable. We can reclaim our humanity from the machine by making a commitment to reality—embracing our embodiment and the physical world around us. Making a commitment to reality means...

Mar 24, 2026•1 hr 20 min

What Part of You Has Come Here to Die? Recovering a Wild Christianity | Martin Shaw

“What part of you has come here to die?” It’s a question that Martin Shaw—one of our great living storytellers—is famous for asking. Shaw offers these kinds of provocations to a Western world where Christianity has largely been domesticated and desperately needs to recover its wildness. Prayer doesn’t feel real to you? Rip up a twenty-dollar bill every time you pray. On your phone too much? Smash it with a hammer. Have something you need to confess but are afraid to tell another living soul? Dig...

Mar 10, 2026•1 hr 5 min

When Ideas Meet Reality — Economics, AI, and Fasting | Jay Richards

Jay Richards and Dave Hanegraaff explore why reality requires commitment, embodiment, and disciplined practices that keep us grounded when our digital lives lead us into abstraction. This is a wide-ranging conversation, beginning with the reality of economics before diving deep into the accelerating presence and authority of AI and why the tech debate is ultimately about anthropology—what a human person is, and what we’re becoming. Jay makes the case for why the forgotten discipline of fasting i...

Feb 24, 2026•1 hr 36 min

Making a Commitment to Reality | Frederica Mathewes-Green

Welcome to A Commitment to Reality, hosted by Dave Hanegraaff. Frederica Mathewes-Green and Dave Hanegraaff explore the importance of “shared reality” in a post-truth age—and why the most important word in the title might be commitment. This is a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to live in alignment with reality, while also hitting topics such as how the internet is optimized for outrage, why our social muscles are atrophying, and why AI feels different from every other tool: it pre...

Feb 24, 2026•1 hr 53 min

Why Reality Matters

A Commitment to Reality is a podcast for a post-truth—and increasingly post-reality—age. We are living through one of the most disorienting periods in human history—leaving many to wonder: What is reality? As artificial intelligence accelerates and institutional trust erodes, our shared sense of what is real continues to crumble. A commitment to reality is a dedication to discerning what is true and developing the discipline to live in alignment with that truth—with reality. This podcast is an a...

Feb 10, 2026•3 min

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