Real Seekers

Fellow Christian, Chris Date, joins me in this episode to discuss the merits of Calvinism and to compare/contrast the Doctrines of "Meticulous Divine Providence" & Predestination/Election within the Calvinist (Compatibilist) vs. Molinist (Libertarian Freewill) perspectives. Part 2 finishes off our conversation on Calvinism by looking at the soteriological  doctrines of Predestination and...

Fellow Christian, Chris Date, joins me in this episode to discuss the merits of Calvinism and to compare/contrast the Doctrines of "Meticulous Divine Providence" & Predestination/Election within the Calvinist (Compatibilist) vs. Molinist (Libertarian Freewill) perspectives.   Part 1 features our discussion on meticulous divine providence and how the 5 aspects of "freedom" (ability conditi...

Was Abraham justified in placing his faith in God and obeying God's command to kill Isaac?  I answer yes he was and further I outline some of the relevant factors that account for moral disagreement on this issue; i) Factual differences, ii) Disagreement on the nature of the violated moral principle/s & iii) Differences on the Moral Hierarchy. 

I'm joined by David Kemball Cook to discuss two main views about the end times; NT Wright's Partial Preterist View vs. Dale Allison's Dispensationalist View.  

In this episode, I'm joined by fellow Christian apologist and philosopher Marvin Wallace, to discuss morality and the field of ethics.  We first discuss what differentiates moral truths from non-moral ones, normative ethical theories and the significance of objective morality for Theistic belief.

I'm joined by Dr. Dale Tuggy, a Biblical Unitarian and expert on the issue of the Trinity.  In this show, we focus on assessing the logical coherence of a model for making sense of the Trinity; namely the one proposed by Drs. William Lane Craig and JP Moreland, called the “Trinity Monotheism” model.

In this 4th and final S&S episode on Messianic Prophecy, I finish off my minimal case by arguing that the Jewish Messiah must come prior to the destruction of the Second Temple in  70 A.D.  We address Daniel 9 and Haggai 2 to prove that the Messiah had to come by that time to fulfill his mission in part before that time.

I moderate a discussion on the intelligent design debate in biological cases, specifically the origin of the information in DNA.  The debate is between ID advocate David Pallmann from "Faith because of Reason" and Proselytize or Apostatize vs. David J. from the Skeptics and Seekers Podcast (traditional evolutionist).

With Part 3 in our series on Messianic Prophecies and my “Jesus or Bust” circumstantial argument, we will focus exclusively on perhaps the most famous Messianic prophecy of all time- the Atoning Death & Resurrection of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53.

In the second of four S&S shows on Messianic Prophecy, I further my new circumstantial argument from Jesus or Bust using prophecies related to the Messiah's mission from Jeremiah 31:31-34, Isaiah 49:6 & Zechariah 12:10.

Do the Messianic prophecies in the Jewish Old Testament prove that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah and that Christianity is true?  In the first of four episodes, I begin to lay out my case, not necessarily from fulfilled prophecy but from the fact that there is remarkable circumstantial situation whereby we can prove that either Jesus fulfills the OT Messianic Prophecies or else no one has/can. &...

In this episode, I combine both the second and third episodes of S&S where David and I take on our normal roles and then assess the best and worst arguments for and against Christianity vs. Atheism.

In the very first show of S&S, David the Skeptic and Dale the Christian show their knowledge of the other side by revealing what they think are the strongest and weakest arguments that their respective opponents have to offer.

What does it mean to have "faith" in Christianity?  David the Skeptic and Dale the Christian discuss this question.

In this special episode of S&S, I'm joined by David Russell and Chris Date to discuss whether Hell is best thought of as quarantine zone of eternal conscious torment or via an annhilationist/conditional immortality view.

Alright, well after almost a year from my last Shroud Wars Debate, the time has come to once again pit a Pro-Shroud expert vs. a Shroud-skeptical expert to discuss the evidence from the Shroud of Turin. Both Mark Antonacci (Pro-Shroud) and Hugh Farey (skeptic) join me to do just that but this time around, there is a twist, my third guest Teddi Pappas, joins in to play the role of “cross-examiner”...

Did god cause the walls of Jericho to fall? Dale tries to make the case.

What happens when Dale meets David Smalley in a surprise debate? Find out.

Special guest Luis Dizon went from being one of the leading Protestant preachers to a member of the Catholic church. Find out what else is interesting about him.

Does god speak directly to you? He speaks to this week's guest.

Helen Paynter presents her scholarly research on how to make sense of Biblical violence.

This is the final solo episode that I posted about the Shroud on the old S&S website.  In Parts 9 & 10 of our Shroud series, we shall be assessing the second major “Ordinary Artistic” mechanism- the Powder-Rubbing and/or Dusting technique (Assessing MRF's 5-7).

In Parts 9 & 10 of our Shroud series, we shall be assessing the second major “Ordinary Artistic” mechanism- the Powder-Rubbing and/or Dusting technique (the type of method that Shroud skeptic Hugh Farey favours).  Round 1 assesses the mechanism in light of the first 4 "Minimal Relevant Features".

For about 12 years now, I have been tuning in every Saturday morning to listen to the Unbelievable? Podcast to hear a Christian and non-Christian engage on a key issue of theological, philosophical and/or scientific/historical debate. The host of that show is none other than Justin Brierly and as a fan of his, I invited Justin on to get his take on various issues that our relevant in sharing the G...

Happy Easter everyone, world-renowned scholar, Resurrection expert and my own good friend and mentor Dr. Gary Habermas joins me to discuss his “Minimal Facts Approach” to studying the evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection