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Anthony and Andrew discuss the main theme of Soren Kierkegaard's famous short work, Fear and Trembling. We consider the main theme and aim of the book and how Kierkegaard intends us to see that the intent of Scripture is to order us to God rather than to order us to a system of ethics or morality. True faith, as seen in the story of Abraham's willingness to offer Isaac as sacrifice, requires a rad...

In Part 25 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we continue our consideration of the historical reliability of the New Testament by reviewing some reasons that can be given in support of the claim that the New Testament authors actually did provide a reliable account about Jesus. Three general categories of evidence for New Testament reliability are considered. First there is what sometimes...

In his dialogue the Republic the ancient Greek philosopher Plato famously warned us about the perils of democracy and the moral degradation of what he calls the "democratic man". In this episode, and on the heels of the historic election of Donald Trump to a second term as President of the United States, Anthony Alberino and Andrew Payne discuss what Plato has to say about democracy and its releva...

In this episode on the life and thought of Soren Kierkegaard, Dr. Andrew Payne reviews four major themes that emerge across his works.

In Part 24 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we consider the question: Did the New Testament authors intend to provide a reliable account about Jesus? Sometimes it is claimed that the NT authors, especially the Gospel authors, never actually intended to give us a factual account of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Instead, what we have are mostly fabricated stories fu...

In this episode we continue our look at the life and thought of Soren Kierkegaard by considering whether he can rightly be characterized as an existentialist.

In Part 23 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we begin our review of the case for the historical reliability of the New Testament. To make this case, we first argue that the writers of the New Testament were well able to write a reliable account by focusing on the dating and authorship of the New Testaments documents. We show that the authors of the New Testament were the right people writ...

In this episode we begin a new series on the hugely influential nineteenth century Danish theologian, philosopher, and literary master Soren Kierkegaard. Dr. Andrew Payne kicks off the series with a biographical sketch of some of the important events in Kierkegaard's life. Andrew also explains the relevance of Kierkegaard's thought for Christians today.

In this episode of Think for Christ, we welcome back philosopher J.T. Bridges to talk about his new book Beyond ‘Origin’: A Post-Darwinian Design Theory. In this book Dr. Bridges provides a much-needed critique of the somewhat stalled debate between Neo-Darwinist and Intelligent Design proponents. The book is full of valuable and probing insights for the ID movement, but, by way of disclaimer, it...

In Part 22 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we consider the question: Do we have accurate copies of the New Testament? How can we have confidence that our copies of the NT are faithful reflections of the originals? How can we be sure that they haven’t been corrupted and distorted? How trustworthy has the transmission process been?

In Part 21 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we move into the next major section of the series where we’ll be reviewing the evidence for Christian theism and the historical case for Christianity.

Anthony and Andrew are joined by philosopher Brian Huffling to discuss the Euthyphro Dilemma and God's relation to human morality.

In Part 20 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we look at the moral argument as defended by philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig. Craig's argument is in deductive form with two clear premises which makes it a good example of an approach that argues from our evident moral experience to the necessity of God to ground the truth of that experience.

Meet Dr. Andrew Payne, the newest addition to the Think for Christ team. In this video Anthony Alberino interviews Andrew on his background and academic training.

In Part 19 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we begin our look at the Moral Argument for the existence of God which argues that God's existence is necessary to account for our moral experience, that God's existence is more probable given our moral experience, or that God is the best explanation for our moral experience.

In Part 18 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we look at the incredible discovery that the fundamental features of the universe are finely tuned for the existence of life.

In Part 17 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we look at the "Fifth Way" given by Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica for demonstrating God's existence. Although the Fifth Way is frequently mistaken as an empirical argument for "Intelligent Design," Aquinas is actually pointing to much deeper metaphysical realities that can only, in principle, be explained by appeal to a supernatural in...

Sometimes it is objected that disorder in the universe is just as prevalent as order. In this video I try to show why this idea is confused. Order, structure, regularity, and harmony are primal to being itself while disorder, randomness, and chance are accidental among beings.

In Part 16 of this Introduction to Apologetics series we begin our look at the teleological argument for God. Also known as the argument from design, or the design argument, the teleological argument begins from features of the universe that exhibit order, structure, harmony, beauty, and intelligibility and from them infers the existence of a designing intelligence.

In Part 15 of this Introduction to Apologetics we look at an argument for the existence of God by the Medieval theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas.

In Part 14 of this Introduction to Apologetics we continue our look at a version of the cosmological argument for God called the Kalam Cosmological Argument.

In Part 13 of this Introduction to Apologetics we consider a version of the cosmological argument for God called the Kalam Cosmological Argument.

In Part 12 of this Introduction to Apologetics we consider a version of the cosmological argument for God a formulated and influenced by G. W. Leibniz.

Dr. Rob Koons joins me on Think for Christ to walk us through his formulation of the First Cause Argument. To find resources from Dr. Koons' work, including his published books, articles, and interviews visit his personal website at https://robkoons.net .

In Part 11 of this Introduction to Apologetics we begin our look at the cosmological argument which, in its various forms, seeks to show that God is the ultimate reality and ultimate explanation for the existence of the universe.