Cave To The Cross Apologetics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_nX4MFNkcg Crisis Of Secularism Picking up where we left off last time; now that the world has shirked off God because of the evil all we are left now with is us and evil. Ut oh. We are in a crisis of secularism. The second part of the modern worldview is the advancing of secularism leading to the unavoidable cliff of Niechzte’s nihilism. Since we have not ad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpSNI3zqfjo The Enlightenment And Evil We ended up going long on this chapter and so we split it up into two episodes so there is a hard cut and no outro at the end of this episode. There’s a lot to cover with the Enlightenment and evil. Where did the problem of evil really become a problem? Scott Christensen does a marvelous job in this chapter (one of my fav...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTOoxVNE3Gk What About Evil Summary Along with the answer to the question, “What about evil?”, at the beginning of the book; Scott Christensen also gives us a What About Evil summary of the book too. Here is the chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book with just a small take on what’s included. Within the book, we get a history lesson is why and wh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyQ7MD6T3fQ The Answer To Evil…Already? Scott Christensen takes the first part of the introduction to his book “ What About Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory ” and does something interesting – he gives you the answer to evil at the start! First, he presents the idea that there does, in fact, exist evil and suffering in the world...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVGV6G4g87I TAG! Christianity Is It! We have the absolute pleasure of welcoming Dr. James Anderson to the show. We recently went through his book “Why Should I Believe Christianity” which was a presuppositional take on taking seriously the claims of the worldview of Christianity. We also said it was a good give-away book in that it was one you could give...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-O9k6a1-ZE Prelude To Evil We introduce the next book we’re going over. The book is What About Evil? A Defense of God’s Sovereign Glory by Scott Christensen . In this episode, we just go over the prelude to evil. From the Amazon description: “Reconciling the existence of God and evil has been a long-standing conundrum in Christian theology, yet a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn5DgC38frY Prayer Help This week we welcome Pastor Jim Li onto the show for some prayer help. Pastor Li pastors in California but is very active in teaching in the Asian churches. As a result, his identity will be hidden today. And with Tony on vacation, you’re stuck looking at Patrick. Good thing we make an audio-only version of the show. Patrick invited Pas...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdR6NTe50B4 If Christianity’s True We conclude Dr. James Anderson’s book by looking at what if Christianity’s true. We discuss alternative explanations to the Resurrection and see that they don’t rise to the occasion. Did Jesus swoon? Have His body stolen? By the disciples? By the Romans/Jewish leaders? Was it all an illusion? There are good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCZjsBaX6o Resurrection Proofs The ultimate moment in history for Christians is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Christianity is true, this event is the most important event for every person who lived, living, or will ever live. Where do Resurrection proofs fit in the Christian worldview then? Through the anticipation of Old Testament prophecy, the testimony of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg7ujYmemtY Jesus Is God After looking at the claims made by others about who Jesus is, we turn to Jesus and see what He says about Himself. We can conclude that Jesus is God by His own testimony and the events surrounding His life. We look at Jesus accepting worship, approving the use of the title “Messiah”, calling Himself the Son of God, forgiving sin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg7ujYmemtY Who Is Jesus? “Who is Jesus?” is a question that has not only been asked of by Christians and skeptics. That question is an important one to many other world religions, people seeking understanding, people of today and yesterday. A big part of the Christian worldview revolves around the centrality of – Christ, Jesus. We cover what&#8217...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xGUWArNvAc Old Testament Christianity Is Old Testament Christianity an oxymoron or do we Christians still have a lot to learn from the Tanakh? Dr. Tiberius Rata is Associate Dean of the School of Ministry Studies and Professor of Old Testament Studies at Grace Theological Seminary. He is the author of several Old Testament commentaries as well. Dr. Rata joins us to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgYFw3t5UWs Way, Truth, & Life Christianity declares that it is the sole way, truth, & life. But it is not the only origin truth claim in town. Eastern religions, Islam, and Judaism are competing truth claims. They are all mutually exclusive – contradict each other and can’t all be true. So examining what we’ve covered so far, we see if Chr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgYFw3t5UWs Written Bible A written Bible is expected and should be wanted. Following the logic that just as we are created beings who communicate in a personal way with language to convey information; we would expect the Creator God to also communicate in a personal way. So not only should we understand that something like the Bible is expected to come from this pe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ii9Gczs33I Youth And Apologetics Are today’s youth and apologetics connecting each other to answers and growth in their Christian faith? We welcome Youth Pastor Justin McCoy from Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, MI. Pastor McCoy works with kids and students from birth through college. He gives his take on the role of seminary today and the preparation he ha...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8D_AGeDbM God Is There God is there and there are things in the world that point to him. We finish the chapter covering how reason, the mind, and science all point to God’s existence. While atheists try and make themselves solely about science, we see their lack of grounding a bigger deal than they seem. As Dr. Mitch Stokes has said, “Many skeptics are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn5j8gzKZK4 Moral Meaning Moral meaning values come up when we talk about politics, society, business practices, and other interactions between people and the world. However, when we say that the world isn’t as it should be or that we should do something or we ought not to do something, we are declaring that we believe there’s an idea of perfection to st...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46VxQ3FINjs God Is There God is real and there are real implications from that truth. When critics attempt to end the discussion of asking for proof that God is real they look for only one type of proof. What they look for is evidential, physical proof. But because of the nature of God, that’s the wrong evidence to ask for. Instead, one could look at one of th...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWuNSrLQXM He’s Written On Everything! We are beyond delighted and honored to sit down and interview Andreas Köstenberger. Dr. Köstenberger was a co-author in one of our recent chosen books, “Truth In A Culture Of Doubt” which was a response to many of Bart Ehrman’s writings and showing that Christianity provides answers to the critical hist...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=/nghbw4LtUOU Salvation – The Relationship Of God & Man Salvation is the third and final aspect of the Christian worldview to cover to set the stage for why one should believe Christianity. We see that God is able to speak and does speak to His creation. And what He says echoes in eternity. Even while being the author of our salvation in His incarnation, at...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdw5-CnUi4E The Origin Of Original Sin We go from perfect sinlessness to the original sin. But hey, at least we enter the picture finally! One of the things that all worldviews attempt to answer is, “Why are we here?” and “How are things the way they are?” The Christian worldview speaks to both of those things as well. There’s more to t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8lBhYxFrf0 Who Is God? Who is God? Since Christianity is a worldview, we have to understand what that worldview says and where it comes from. Both questions’ answers are found in the revealed nature of who is God. God has the ability and right to be the source of the revelation of Himself. It is found in the nature of Scripture we call The Bible. And we fly t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoJyf7tWaQc A Faith Test Is it possible to put truth claims of a faith to a test? Dr. James Anderson showcases a four-fold test for seeing if the whole worldview system of a religion or belief system can be shown to be believable. Not only can this be done in isolation of another belief system but can be done with competing belief systems. A faith test is possible....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wBURNdpeF8 Christianity As A Worldview Everyone has a worldview but not everyone realizes it. When considering Christianity, breaking it up into its components allows critics to misconstrue the whole system of Christianity. Since Christianity is an entire worldview outlook, we must look at the belief system as the entire system in total lest we create straw men. Bu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsGpA7vMcFQ Skepticism As Default Approach? Should we approach all claims with skepticism? While it seems like this is the smartest approach it’s not how we approach most truth claims.  So when it comes to Christianity we should have an understanding of our beliefs and our ability to know true things.  Finally, it’s important to understand that Christian...