Real Seekers

In this show, we tackle the question when it is that an Atheist bears the burden of proof when dialoguing with a Christian. Specific discussion on the burden of proof revolves around my use of Bayes Theorem, prior probabilities, the shifting of the burden of proof and my beloved Molinistic Defeater- all this and more is tackled by the Atheists in this episode.

Dr. Gary Habermas was not only one of own personal mentors during the time I was dealing with my own doubts, but he has come to be a personal friend of mine.  My Atheist co-host David calls Gary- "the Dean of Doubt", and I'd have to agree with that assessment as he helps various people deal with their doubts all the time and has even categorized three different types of doubts; i) Intellectua...

Dr. Craig Keener, a highly respected New Testament scholar known for his meticulous and comprehensive research details his research on the historicity of the biblical book of Acts. His commentary on Acts, takes an in-depth look at the socio-cultural historical context and is quite simply (in my view) the most well documented and researched Acts commentary ever written.  His magisterial commen...

Dr. Lydia McGrew provides a different approach to reading the Gospels (and the Bible as a whole) in terms of assessing their reliability. She believes that Mike Licona's "composition/literary devices" approach is based on his misreading Plutarch and that it’s therefore inaccurate to draw the conclusions he’s drawn using that source. Further, she thinks that any differences in the gospels can be re...

Dr. Michael (Mike) Licona discusses his views on the Gospels and how his research on their reliability; he argues that the majority of New Testament scholars now hold that most if not all of the Gospels belong to the genre of Greco-Roman biography and by comparing the Gospels to the works of Plutarch, he discovers that this genre permitted some flexibility in the manner that historical events were...

We interview Robert Stanley from the Right to Reason Podcast to discuss various issues including; i) Is the Bible true?, ii) Religion and Politics- Is a Theocracy a good thing? and, iii) The Morality of the Bible.

Miracles.  What are they?  How does one identify and evaluate them?  Are there any actual examples of such that Christians can point to? Two Christians and an Atheist come together to have a respectful and substantive dialogue to find out if there answers to these important questions.

The human predicament is something that continues to baffle the world's best and brightest- Why am I here?  What happens to me when I die?  Most thoughtful people throughout history have felt existential pains of wanting our lives to "mean" something, something that is supremely valuable and worthwhile in terms of a ultimate purpose.  In this discussion Marvin and David assess wheth...

In this episode, I interview my former University professor on his area of expertise; prophecy.  As a non-Christian he has an interesting take on what prophecy is and offers his open-minded view on how communications from "higher beings" like God, might be understood, identified and used by us as human beings in terms of our religious beliefs.

This is the final part of my lecture series on Substance Dualism (i.e. the existence of the soul).  Here we look at 4 skeptical arguments against the existence of the soul and evaluate 4 main physicalist theories of what the conscious subject entails.

his is Part 3 of series on Substance Dualism- here we address the second issue of contention of the Mind-Body Problem- providing Positive arguments for the existence of a non-physical conscious subject.

How does one go about Identifying and Evaluating Miracles of God in general.  I argue that the Specified Complexity" criteria of Intelligent Design proponent Dr. William Dembski is the key. Plus, I give my brief take on modern Miracle Healings specifically in this regard.

This is the second part of the series on the existence of the soul & substance dualism- here we assess the nature of mental properties and states (the first issue of contention of the Mind-Body Problem).

This is the first of 4 supplemental episodes on the nature and existence of the human soul (i.e. substance dualism); this will be an general introduction to the series and provide an explanation as to what the Christian position of substance dualism is about.

Robert Stanley of the Right to Reason Podcast hosts both Dale (Christian/Jesus Historicist)and Kevin Francis (atheist/Jesus Mythicist from the Left at the Valley Podcast) to discuss the subject of Jesus Mythicism- did Jesus really exist or not?  Listen and find out!

In Part 1 of this series on Jesus Mythicism (originally posted on the S&S show), I evaluate the evidence from 4-5 ancient historians; Thallus & Phlegon, Cornelius Tacitus, Suetonius and Flavius Josephus to see if they can provide positive proof that an historical Jesus probably did exist.  Do any of them accomplish this aim?- Based on at least 2/5 of these ancient historians, the answ...

In this episode, I wish to address one of the most foundational questions of General Epistemology- what is the nature of truth itself?

In this short introductory Podcast, I outline the main mission statement of Real Seeker Ministries.  Essentially, I want to help provide real seekers with answers to life's most fundamental questions regarding the existence of God, religion and our ultimate purpose in creation.  After years of dedicated research, I don't claim to know all the answers with absolute certainty, I'm still a...