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Dr. Miller goes back in time to 2019 when he went 1 on 1 with author S. Joshua Swamidass to discussed his book, The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry. The book makes the case that Universal Genealogical Ancestry (UGA) resolves the perceived conflict between creationists and evolutionists. UGA, writes Swamidass, allows for both God's direct creation of Adam and...

Tired of the culture wars? Is there a way to navigate cultural issues using the Bible without just picking sides? Join Joe Miller and Krista Bontrager for a thought-provoking discussion about the controversial new book, Biblical Critical Theory, and discover if it really offers a groundbreaking new approach to engaging with culture or falls short of its lofty goals. This is a public episode. If yo...

Ideas have consequences and so today Joe Miller and Leroy Hill are joined by Dr. Owen Anderson to offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust discussion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s book, Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men. They show how this book you’ve never read is behind many of today’s headlines, cultural conflicts, and maybe even deformed the worldview of m...

This episode of raZe the roof is an AI dialogue based on a talk by Dr. Joseph R. Miller . In the talk, he argues that Critical Race Theory (CRT), while acknowledging past racial injustices, ultimately promotes a harmful form of segregation that undermines the Christian concept of unity and shared humanity. He draws parallels between CRT and historical segregationist movements, emphasizing the dang...

Dr. Ward Crocker joins Dr. Miller to discuss a YouTube event hosted by Capturing Christianity in which apologist Cameron Bertuzzi interviews atheist philosopher Philip Goff about his self-professed conversion to “heretical Christianity.” In his social media promotion on X, Betuzzi proclaimed, “Big news Philip Goff just announced his conversion to Christianity on our channel. He's been an atheist m...

If we as Christians hope to Cultivate the Culture and sow the seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then we must understand the big ideas that have shaped the worldview of the people around us. Today, R. Scott Smith joins Joe and Leroy to explore how Thomas Hobbes'’ old ideas have shaped our political philosophy of power, leadership, and ethical narcissism. If you want to do some homework before the...

This is the final episode of our six part series through James Sire’s classic book, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. This episode features a conversation with my friend Monique Duson from the Center for Biblical Unity. In this episode we discuss the Christian worldview in the 21st century. One of the big application questions we ask throughout the series is this, “how does each w...

This is part five of a six part series through James Sire’s classic book, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. This episode features a conversation with my friend Monique Duson from the Center for Biblical Unity. In this episode we unpack Postmodernism & Islamic Theism and their connection to Critical Theories. One of the big application questions we ask throughout the series is this...

If we as Christians hope to Cultivate the Culture and sow the seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then we must understand the big ideas that have shaped the worldview of the people around us. Today Owen Anderson joins Joe and Leroy to explore how Rene Descartes’ old ideas on reason and reality have shaped the waters of identity we swim in. If you want to do some homework before these monthly discu...

This is part four of a six part series through James Sire’s classic book, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. This episode features a conversation with my friend Monique Duson from the Center for Biblical Unity. In this episode we unpack Eastern Pantheistic Monism & New Age Spiritualism as it plays out in three distinct views of identity, 1) I think therefore I am, 2) We think there...

This is part three of a six part series through James Sire’s classic book, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. This episode features a conversation with my friend Monique Duson from the Center for Biblical Unity. In this episode we unpack Nihilism and Existentialism. One of the big application questions we ask throughout the series is this, “how does each worldviews impact our view...

This is part two of a six part series through James Sire’s classic book, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. This episode features a conversation with my friend Monique Duson from the Center for Biblical Unity. In this episode we unpack Deism and Naturalism. One of the big application questions we ask throughout the series is this, “how does each worldviews impact our view of race a...

This is part one of a six part series through James Sire’s classic book, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. This episode features a conversation with my friend Monique Duson from the Center for Biblical Unity. In this episode we unpack the basics of worldview thinking and it’s relevance to Christian theism. One of the big application questions we ask throughout the series is this,...

Based on his study of Popes and Kings, The Prince by Machiavelli offers strategies for taking and keeping power. Machiavelli’s ideal of ruthless pragmatism has profoundly influenced political theory and leadership models in the West. Some of his advice includes the importance of appearing virtuous while being willing to act immorally and the effectiveness of fear over love. Joe and Leroy analyze M...

In this episode, Dr. Miller explores three analogies for understanding worldview. First, the Treasure Hunt analogy which helps us understand the relationship between our six worldview questions. Second, the Family Tree analogy which helps us understand the relationship between Naturalism and Supernaturalism. Third, the Orchestra analogy which helps us understand the three worldview tests used to f...

Dr. Miller sits down with Dr. Owen Anderson who is a philosophy professor at Arizona State University. Dr. Anderson shares some of his experience of anti-Christian bias and he’ll raZe the roof on these five atheist myths: 1) Christian can’t be scholars, 2) Christians can’t be philosophers, 3) Christians can’t be critical thinkers, 4) Christians can’t be good doctors, and 5) Christians can’t be obj...

Dr. Miller defines the concept of worldview and answers four big questions: Where does the idea of worldview come from?, Is worldview thinking biblical?, Why should Christians study different worldviews?, and What is the foundation for the Christian worldview? SHOW NOTES * A worldview is the lens we use to interpret the world and focus our observations into a clear picture that best answers the qu...

Joe Miller and Leroy Hill offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust worldview perspective on the most interesting events including Kristi Noem the dog killer, WEF advisor who says AI will eventually write the correct bible, the United Methodist Church goes woke, the Boy Scouts become gender inclusive, the unchecked sex abuse in our K-12 government run schools, the Apple commercial that k...

Dr. Miller encourages Christians to embrace an incarnational apologetic that accepts the unreasonableness of faith and trusts in the power of God’s community to persuade. Our Christian ministry of presence is critical to the Gospel because without it we’ll no longer be able to raze the roof off the world’s wisdom and soon we’ll discover that a reasonable faith without Spirit-empowered community le...

Dr. Miller casts a vision for apologetics that is more than reason, more than storytelling, and more than cultural engagement. He explores both Peter and Paul’s use of "apologia," alongside the work of Francis Schaeffer, to cast a vision for Christian apologetics that is incarnational. SHOW NOTES * Incarnational Apologetics IS NOT primarily s theoretical disciple that occasionally breaks out in pr...

Hi my name is Joe Miller. I’d like to welcome you to my newest venture in podcasting called raze the roof which is hosted through my website MoreThanCake.org where the mission over the years has been to feed the mind and nourish the soul with the solid food of God’s word. Over the past few decades I’ve done podcasts on leadership, culture, current events, and theology… but this new podcast offers...