References: (1) Secular humanism is a philosophy (a worldview in other words) that embraces human REASON, secular ETHICS, and philosophical NATURALISM while specifically REJECTING ANY RELIGIOUS DOGMA. It is a form of ATHEISM that elevates humanity and its achievements to the SUPREME position in the universe. (2) In his book “A Reasonable Faith” Tony Campolo listed 4 primary characteristics of secular humanism: contingency, autonomy, relativity, and temporality. (a) there is the conce...
Nov 13, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Soul Searching” by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton. (2) The Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is about belief in a particular KIND of God: one who exists, created the world, and defines our general moral order, but NOT ONE who is personally involved in one’s affairs. (3) his book “Wordviews in Conflict,” the philosopher Ronald Nash says, “The most important ELEMENT of any worldview is what it says or does not say about God.” (4)...
Oct 09, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult” by William S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark. (2) TIME magazine joined the bandwagon with the April 8, 1966 issue with the red on black cover gut- punch question on the cover asking: Is God Dead? (3) Near the end of the 19th century Friedrich Nietzsche started his “God is dead” movement. (4)“Radical Theology and the Death of God” by William Hamilton and Thomas Altizer. (5) Martin Luther K...
Oct 02, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) 5 Minute Videos on Prager University on “Judeo-Christian Values” by Dennis Prager. (2) The foundations of the Judeo-Christian values can be summarized in the “Golden Rule” which Jesus taught in Matt. 7:12, “So in everything, do unto others what you would have them do to you, for THIS sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (3) The apostle Paul gives a summary of 5 such conditions in 1 Cor. 10:5-13 about how the children of Israel dealt with hardship...
Sep 25, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “The Black Book of the American Left” and “Dark Agenda, the War to Destroy Christian America” by David Horowitz. (2) In the “Dark Agenda” Horowitz warns that the that the attacks on Christians and their beliefs threaten all Americans. (3) The left is using a huge eraser to remove all VESTIGES of the Christian faith on those who founded our nation. They want NO INDICATION that many American presidents prayed and read the Bible for guidance. They...
Sep 18, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) The term “linguistic theft” refers to the HIGHJACKING of the ORDINARY meaning of a word, changing its definition, and then using the NEW MEANING as a tool for political PROPAGANDA. (2) It seems to me that when a person has no rational argument in opposition to my avowed stand against “same-sex marriage” or “abortion,” the left resorts to name-calling. When I was a young man, I was classified as a WASP — white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Hila...
Sep 11, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) The 2022 Barna Survey that disclosed that 80% of the young people of ages 18-29 are leaving the church, and of the teenagers parents only 2% live by a biblical worldview. (2) The 5 most consequential questions in life. 1. Origin: Where did I come from? 2. Identity: Who am I? 3. Meaning: Why am I here? 4. Morality: How should I live? 5.Destiny: Where am I going? (3) The answer to these questions depend on the answer to this ONE QUESTION: Is there a God? (4) These are life’s ...
Sep 04, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) I intend discussing some of the things that contribute to the turmoil, in particular, the woes of Communism and that of the philosophy of postmodernism. (2) Our educational system in America also contributes to the turmoil. (3) Our educational system has gone downhill for some time, and I think NEA is partly to blame. (4) Everything in life has the potential of being a benefit or a bane, a blessing or a curse. (5) Philippians 4:6-7 is a priority scripture regarding the turmoil in...
Aug 28, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) Islam’s 5 claims against Christianity. (2) The third claim: Jesus is not divine. (3) Islam completely ignores the many New Testament passages which testify to the deity of Jesus. (4) Allah as absolute unity. (5) Islam’s claim # 4: God is not triune, but polytheistic. (6) Some of the early church councils adopted the unfortunate language speaking of Mary as the “Mother of God.” (7) The Council of Ephesus in 431 AD used the Greek term “Theotokos”...
Aug 21, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Christian Apologetics” by Douglas Groothuis. (2) Islam makes 5 major claims against Christianity: (a) The Bible has been corrupted. (b) Jesus was not crucified. (c) Jesus is not divine. (d) God is not triune. (e) Jesus was merely a prophet of Islam. (3) Website got questions.org. (4) Gary Habermas on YouTube gives fundamental facts about the resurrection of Jesus including 4 minimal facts that almost all NT scholars accept and 1 additional fact acknowledged by 75% of...
Aug 14, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) 5 Pillars of Islam, the fundamental practices and duties of all Muslims. (2) Jihad, or holy war which some radical groups have exalted to the level of a pillar of Islam. (3) Apparently more moderate Muslims think of jihad as being a sacred struggle with the word rather than with the sword. (4) In Islam salvation, then, is ultimately dependent on works, contrary to the Christian declaration that salvation is a “gift of God.” (5) In Islam sin is not a state, a nature in...
Aug 07, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Answering Islam” by Norman Geisler and Abdul Saleeb. (2) The central proclamation of Islam, called the Shahada, is: “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His messenger.” (3)”Seeking Allah Finding Jesus” by Nabeel Quresh. (4) “Christian Apologetics” by Douglas Groothuis. (5) 6 Articles of Faith, the fundamental Muslim beliefs. (6) “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek....
Jul 31, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) The United States Marine Anthem includes the phrase “From the halls of Montezuma to the shore of Tripoli.” That phrase refers to 2 campaigns for which the US Marines and the Army were engaged in victory. The first was when piracy was overcome in Tripoli, and the second refers to the Battleof Chapultepec, during the Mexican-American War in 1847 where the US Marines and Army defending Mexicans City. Our forces stormed Chapultepec Castle, a historic site also known as th...
Jul 24, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast (1) Voddie Baucham’s 4 questions to test the quality of worldviews. (2) “A World of Difference” by Kenneth Richard Samples gives 9 tests for a worldview. (3) “What’s Your Worldview?” by James N. Anderson. (4) Islam: A Short History” by Karen Armstrong. (5) Islam (meaning surrender). (6) A Muslim was a person who made this submission of their entire being to Allah and his demand that human beings behave toward one another with justice, equity, and compass...
Jul 17, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1)The article “What is the difference between Christianity and Islam?” on the website gotquestions.org This is episode 133.
Jul 10, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast (1) ”I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. (2) “River Out of Eden” by Richard Dawkins. (3) There are 3 main religions that believe in one God: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This is episode 132.
Jul 03, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Creation Regained” by Albert Wolters. (2) “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. (3) “The Universe Next Door” by James Sire. (4) “Total Truth” by Nancy Pearcy. (5) “Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers” by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton. This is episode 131....
May 22, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1)Jean Astruc. (2) Johann Eichhorn the father of “higher criticism.” (3) “The Fingerprint of God” by Hugh Ross. (4) Astruc and Eichhorn made 4 basic mistakes. (5) In Hebrew there are 3 verb forms: the imperative, the perfect (which is a form of action that has been completed sometime in the past), and the imperfect (which is for action not yet complete). This is episode 130.
May 15, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Genesis: God, Creation, and Destruction” by Dennis Prager. (2) The word “Genesis” is a Greek word, signifying origin or beginning. (3) Jesus’ view of marriage: one man with one woman, becoming one flesh, for one lifetime. (4) Inherent in the 2 verses, Genesis 1:28 and 2:24, is the conclusion that the proper place for sex is between a male and a female in marriage. (5) The structure of Genesis 1 is that there are 30 verses that speak about the physical events of creation and only...
May 08, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) St. Thomas Aquinas. (2) “The Complete Works of Francis Schaeffer” 2nd edition, Vol. 1, p. 45. This is Episode 128.
May 01, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) Francis Schaeffer’s books. (2) “Truth Decay” by Douglas Groothuis. (3) “Metaphysics” by Aristotle. (4) “Mere Christianity” by C. S. Lewis. (5) “Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview” by J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig. (6) “Relativism” by Francis J. Beckwith and Gregory Koukl. This is Episode 127.
Apr 24, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) 2022 George Barna Survey. (2) “Mere Christianity” by C. S. Lewis. (3) “The Best of A. W. Tozer” compiled by Warren Wiersbe. (4) Article on gotquestions.org entitled “Why do so many Christians not have a biblical worldview?” (5) I encourage you to make the choice to think biblically about everything. This is episode 125.
Apr 17, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) George Barna’s 2022 Survey. (2) “A Sure Foundation” by Andrew Womack. (3) Islam says the Bible is corrupted except in verses that seem to support their theology. (4) “Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers” by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton. (5) 2006 study by Fuller Seminary Survey analysis by Lillian Kwon. (6) 2011 Barna Survey called “You List Me: Why Young People are Leaving Church . . . . and ...
Apr 10, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “The 10 Commandments of Progressive Christianity” by Michael Kruger. (2) “ A Toxic New Religion: Understanding the Postmodern, Neo-Marxist Faith that Seeks to Destroy the Judeo-Christian Culture of the West” by Scott D. Allen and Darrow L. Miller with Stan Guthrie. (3) Statics from the Pew Research Center in 2021. (4) “How to Talk with Skeptics” by Sam Chan. (5) A George Barna survey in 2011 cited David Kinnaman who said, “Young people ar...
Apr 03, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Another Gospel: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity” by Alisa Childers. (2) Blog “Preventing Grace with Anne Grace.” (3) “The 10 Commandments of Progressive Christianity” by Michael Kruger. (4) “If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus” by Phillip Gulley. (5) “Christian Liberalism” by J. Gresham Machen. (6) “Jesus the Eternal Son” by Michael Bird. T...
Mar 27, 2023•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) Article on YouTube entitled “What is social justice?” by Jonah Goldberg for Prager University. (2) Two different meanings of social justice: social justice A, biblical justice; and social justice B, that promoted by the political Left. (3) Biblical justice is conformity to the 10 Commandments, the Royal Law: “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” (4) In the Bible’s conce...
Mar 20, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity” by Alisa Childers. (2) “A Generous Orthodoxy” by Brian Maclaren. (3) A nonviolent Liberation Theology. (4)”Christianity and Liberalism” by J. Gresham Machen. (5) “The Ten Commandments of Progressive Christianity” by Michael Kruger. (6) A daily devotional by Richard Rohr. (7) “If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jes...
Mar 13, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) "Evolutionary Thought in America" by a group of scholars. (2) According to William James, truth is the "cash value" of an idea. If it pays off, then pragmatists call it true. (3) "Evolution: A Theory in Crisis" by Michael Denton. (4) Darwinism is based on naturalism. Naturalism eventually leads to nihilism and that ultimately means that nothing has any value. Thus, that ultimate meaning applied to nihilism itself implies that it has no value. Thus, n...
Mar 06, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) “Evolution: A Theory in Crisis” by Michael Denton. (2) Ernst Haeckel’s fake embryo sequences. (3) The battle between creation and Darwinism is really a small skirmish in a much greater war. (4) For more than a century there has been a shift in the worldview of the Western culture. It has been a shift away from a worldview that was at least vaguely Christian toward a worldview based upon the idea that the final reality is impersonal matter or energy shaped into i...
Feb 27, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast References: (1) A famous evolutionary argument dates back to 1860. Thomas Huxley engaged in a debate with the theologian Samuel Wilberforce. Huxley said that 6 monkeys, poking randomly on typewriters, and given millions of years, could write all the books in the British Museum. (2) I gave an argument by Gerald Schroeder that refuted that argument. (3) Nihilism is self-defeating. (4) The history of most fossil species includes 2 features particularly inconsistent with gradualism: (a) stasis and (...
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