Cave To The Cross Apologetics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_lWMTjcb0E Evil, Miracles, & Jesus As Evidence The final portion of the positive case for evidentialism is on evil, miracles, & Jesus as evidence. Evidentialists have developed 2 theodicies and also a 3 fold test for miracles. They’ve responded to Hume’s critique of miracles. They’ve also developed the minimal facts approach to the Resurre...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2bCb8d9rbc Scripture, Miracles, Prophecies, & Uniqueness Of Christianity Today, we look at four big evidences that evidentialists look at. Scripture, miracles, prophecies, & uniqueness of Christianity are big factors they point to for people to consider. These areas are just thrown at the wall like jello, evidentialists back up their claims with agreed upon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-AhOa6tVbg 6 Evidences Of Evidentialists Like what we did for the classical apologetic method, here are 6 evidences of evidentialists and their outlook. Not every category is where an evidentialist wants to hang his hat but a good number of them are similar to the classical method with a few that show why the distinction between the two types should be made and con...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdZ1NXNDdg Faith Founded On Fact What distinguishes classical apologists from evidentialists is that the latter wants to show faith founded on facts. There are three main distinctions between the two camps that show just how different they are and where they’re starting from – and going towards. Timeline: 00:00 – Introduction 01:59 – Using F...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3vpzng-E9Q Sci-Fi, Theology, & Indies 2023 Returning for the final set of book reviews 2023 continues the sci-fi, theology, & indies books that I liked, didn’t like, and the really bad ones to stay away from. And I wanted to tell you about them. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 00:15 – 8 Great Smarts & How Am I Smart? by Kathy Koch 05:11...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8of8njus8mU Theology, Sci-Fi, & Indies 2023 Here are the book reviews 2023 that I (Patrick) read and reviewed. Running the whole genre gauntlet for theology, sci-fi, & indies; 2023 was a good reading year. Here are my thoughts. Completely understandable if you skip this episode and the next one. Why 19 books in this episode? Because I was called in from play...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUgyeZv7SQ4 Scott Christensen Interview Redux In this redux episode, we talked with Scott Christensen and interviewed him about the book we spent almost a year on, What About Evil? This book does an excellent job of laying out the issue, giving the definitions, the different answers, the issues with other theories, and the answer Christensen has is found on page 8 &...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez7jmGPHP5E Lydia McGrew Interview Redux In this redux episode, we talked with Lydia McGrew ( @LydiaMcGrewChannel ) and interviewed her about two of her books. One dealt with proof of the Gospel accounts using undesigned coincidences and the other about how Gospels are actually historical accounts and not literary devices that many in “the academy” are g...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQcor9oh8Q Showing Christianity Is Probably True In more recent times, there have been continued advancements by evidentialists in showing Christianity is probably true. People like Clark Pinnock, John Warwick Montgomery, and Richard Swinburne have continued the traditions of the evidentialists by engaging in apologetics who emphasize fact. Timeline: 00:00 –...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz9AIojb9hM The Rise Of The Evidentialists Our next apologetic method was both a step away from classical apologetics and a response to deism. During the modern period, the rise of the evidentialists came forth. Led by men like Joseph Butler and William Paley, they used apologetics who empasize facts and the use of empiricism. Timeline: 00:00 – Introduction 03...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz9AIojb9hM Weaknesses Of Classical Apologetics We close out our look at the classical method by looking at the weaknesses of classical apologetics. We are not drumming anyone out of the faith or decrying heretics here. We’re taking a reasoned and logical approach to the method and that’s exactly how classical apologists would want it. Timeline: 00:00 &#...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIixtvuyqFM The Summary Of Classical Apologetics The penultimate episode in which your heroes present the summary of classical apologetics. We take a quick look at the 6 meta-apologetic questions and the 6 apologetic questions of the classical approach. Finally, we look at the strengths of the classical approach. Next week – the negatives! Timeline: 00:00 &#82...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQnOUZ22gss The Universe, Evil, Miracles, & Jesus For Classical Apologists We conclude the classical apologetic answers with looking at the universe,evil, miracles, & Jesus for classical apologists. We cover the mighty Kalam Argument and the main approach of using free will to explain evil. Then the fact that miracles are not violations of reality is pushed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku-2jidckb8 The Rationality Of The Christian Worldview For the classical apologist, reason is king. It’s available to everyone and is God-given in the universe. As such the rationality of the Christian worldview for the apologist is the path to go down when it comes to the use of Scripture, disproving other worldviews, and arguing for the moral case for God&#8...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYTtbZqLyHI Classical On Science, History, & Experience We finish up looking at what Classical Apologists say concerning the last three sections of the meta-analysis. Classical on science, history, & experience bring their focus on reason to bear when it comes to the discussion of how these three areas fit into their Christian philosophy. Timeline: 00:00 &#8...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcrWCWfLrg0 Making Faith Reasonable We’ve looked at the history and who has represented Classical Apologetics, we look at the six main apologetic questions all Christian apologetics have to answer. Here, the classical approach looks at the goal of making faith reasonable. How do they do so? By showing there is no conflict between faith and reason and that logi...

Patrick and Tony were invited onto Jeremiah Campana’s podcast Anatomy Of The Church And State . We discussed many different aspects of apologetics and the role it has in the believer’s lives. This was a great way to talk about the summation of many of the books we’ve discussed on our show. It was also a fun challenge to get some rapid-fire questions on a number of different quest...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D65Vx67XhC4 Champions Of The Classical Approach We finish up our chapter looking at the philosophers of the Classical method of apologetics by looking at two of the champions of the classical approach. Norman Geilser and William Lane Craig are some of the biggest proponents of the classical method (Peter Kreeft sneaks in there too). Timeline: 00:00 – Introduct...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpc-X9QrU4 History Of Classical Apologetics Now we really kick off the book by looking at our first of four main apologetic methods – classical apologetics. Our authors define their terms (always a welcome) and provide the history of classical apologetics. We then cover two of the four examples of classical apologists – saving the biggest for next week....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_8iN8UO78M 6 Meta Questions Of Apologetics Finishing up the overview of our four apologetic methods that will be covered in the book we address how the book will organize, codify, and systematize each method. That’s just fancy talk for how the book will show the different aspects of the apologetics methods. In this episode, we cover the 6 meta questions of ap...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soP-7Bt_l80 4 Types Of Apologetic Methods As we move into the second portion of our book we look at the 4 types of apologetic methods that will be evaluated in the rest of the book. Here we introduce briefly the four types and some of the people who held to the views that our authors believe encapsulates the best representations of them. Timeline: 00:00 – Intr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DMZoUcgLGA The Next 1,000 Years Of Christian Apologetics Well after the first 1,000 years of Christian apologetics, it also makes sense that we cover the next 1,000 years. Here we see more responses taking place and the inclusion of philosophy and codification and systematizing of theology. As a result, more apologetics occurs and more ways to systematize apologeti...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l82OizFwsYs The First 1,000 Years Of Christian Apologetics We went through the first 100 years of Christian Apologetics starting in year 0, now we cover the first 1,000 years of Christian apologetics. History and especially Church History is important because to figure out how we are here we have to see the road that led us to standing at our current crossroads. And...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2z9yvZ14GA The Scriptural Mandate For Apologetics As Bible believers, we want to do all the things The Bible says we are to do so as to honor God in the best way we can. So when it comes to apologetics, we’d really like a scriptural mandate for apologetics. Well, not only do we get ones explicitly but we also get examples of multiple people doing apologetics....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGPilzg807g Defining Apologetics We kick off our discussion of our next book Faith Has Its Reasons by Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr. with one of our favorite topics – definitions. In defining apologetics we focus on the the four main approaches the book covers and how they’ll be covered. By starting first with definitions we are able to best trac...