The Cerebral Faith Podcast

The debate on the nature of Hell usually takes place between those who believe it consists of eternal torture and those who believe the wicked are annihilated. Often overlooked is a third view of Hell; Universalism. This view asserts that all people will eventually be saved either in this life or the next. How does the case for Annihilationism fare compared to the case for universalism? In this de...

Is belief in God properly basic or do you have to have knowledge of the arguments for God’s existence in order to be justified in believing that God exists? Or can the inner witness of The Holy Spirit itself serve as a form of evidence? In this episode, Evan Minton, Caleb Jackson, and David Pallmann discuss this very subject. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT: “The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism” ani...

Is looking at Ancient Near Eastern creation texts just a categorically wrongheaded approach in trying to understand Genesis 1 or The Old Testament in general? Dr. Terry Mortenson thinks so, and he argued as much in his article "Reading Genesis: ANE Hermenuetic VS. The Plain Meaning". In this episode, Old Testament scholar Ben Stanhope and Evan Minton offer their thoughts on Mortenson's article. Te...

Are the gospels historically reliable? Many skeptics would argue that they are not. They will say they’re embellished tales of a man named Jesus at best and outright fairy tales at worst. But is that where the evidence truly points? This episode’s guest, Dr. Craig Blomberg would say no. In this episode, Evan Minton and Craig Blomberg discuss the evidence for the reliability of the New Testament go...

Dr. Michael Licona tackles an argument against the resurrection appearances being mere visions. This argument was brought up in a Reddit thread by a skeptic, and the text was e-mailed to Evan Minton from a questioner. Be sure to check out: "The Resurrection Of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach" by Michael Licona https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-Jesus-New-Historiographical-Approach/dp/0830...

Is The God of The Old Testament a bloodthirsty, slave owning, narcissistic entity? Many skeptics of The Bible would argue that is. How could a good God command the genocide of the Canaanites? How could He regulate slavery instead of outright ban it? Does that mean God is ok with slavery? If so, how could we worship such a God; a God who thinks humans should be owned as property? And what...

The origin of the first life: how did it happen? What caused it? Was it the result of blind natural processes or was an intelligent Creator behind it? What does the latest up to date scientific information have to say regarding this question? To discuss this, Mr. Minton interviews Doctors Hugh Ross and Fasale Rana of Reasons To Believe who have done a lot of research and writing on the origin of l...

What evidence is there for the events of The Old Testament? Skeptics of The Bible say the events in scripture are the stuff of fairy tales, but what if the archeological record reveals something much different? This episodes guest, Kristen Davis, shows that there's more testimony to the events of The Old Testament than just the ink on the pages of your Bible. There's external evidence that these e...

Evan Minton interviews philosopher and theologian Ken Samples about his newest book "Christianity Cross-Examined" which argues that not only is Christianity true and rational to believe, but it is also a good thing and not a force for evil. To buy yourself a copy, click here --> https://www.amazon.com/Christianity-Cross-Examined-Rational-Relevant-Good-ebook/dp/B093KN4NN6

Have you ever wondered if Jesus appeared in the Old Testament in more than just the predictive prophecies about him? Does the Old Testament present us with a Unitarian picture of God until the New Testament comes around and gives us more Revelation and tells us that God is actually a trinity after all? Or can traces of trinitarian thought be found in the Old Testament? Douglas Van Dorn and Matt Fo...

How would Paul have communicated trinitarian theology to an audience who came out of religions that weren't even Yahwhist? In the Greco-Roman world, how would Paul have preached The Trinity in his teachings on salvation, sin, recreation, and law? In this episode, Evan Minton interviews an author who has written a book on just that; Ron C. Fay.  "Father, Son, and Spirit in Romans 8: The Roman...

Recently, Evan Minton was on an episode of the Reason Rocks Podcast hosted by Kevin Harris. They talk about how Minton got into apologetics, his battles with doubt, Christian music, Christian movies, and The Deuteronomy 32 Worldview.  Check out Kevin Harris' channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7o4f1_TKzfKb5D5gwova8Q

How do you know what you believe? What's the criteria for knowledge? This is the answer the branch of philosophy known as epistemology aims to answer. In this episode, Evan Minton interviews David Pallmann on the subject of epistemology and where his studies on this subject have taken him. They also discuss a method of apologetics called Presuppositionalism and why Mr. Pallmann finds this to be a...

Does God have freedom to choose to love or not love? If not, then doesn't that defeat The Free Will Defense against the problem of evil; that God prefers a world of free creatures over a world of puppets because only a world of free creatures makes love possible? But if God can choose not to love us, then that means love is essential to who God is. But surely love IS essential to a Maximally Great...

Evan Minton interviews Brother Bird about his recently published book "Wholly Smoke!: The Myth Of Endless Torment" in which he defends the annihilationist view of Hell.  Click here to buy your copy --> https://www.amazon.com/Wholly-Smoke-Myth-Endless-Torment-ebook/dp/B092HT2CRQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=wholly+smoke&qid=1618507751&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

In this episode, Mr. Minton talks about both the biblical and philosophical reasons why he affirms dualism (the view that humans consist of bodies and souls) rather than physicalism (that humans are nothing but their bodies). Institute 360 Podcast, "How Should Christians Think About Near Death Experiences? With Gary Habermas" - https://www.impact360institute.org/podcasts/how-should-christians-thin...

In today's episode, Evan Minton will be addressing some common examples of alledged contradictions in The Bible that skeptics frequently bring up.  William Lane Craig article cited on the podcast --> https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/inerrancy-and-the-resurrection/ The Case For The Resurrection Of Jesus YouTube Series -- https://cerebralfaith.net/the-case-for-the-res...

The Bible says God never lies...right? Well, it turns out there are a couple of instances in The Old Testament in which he indisputably does. How are we to reconcile those with passages that assert that Yahweh is a God of truth?  "Lying and Deception" by Michael S. Heiser --> https://drmsh.com/lying-and-deception/ "Q&A: Several Questions About GodWorld, Molinism, and Divine Deception"...

Is GodWorld better than the actual world? What is GodWorld? A possible world where God alone exists, a world where God creates nothing else. Some argue that any world God creates would be inferior to such a world, and therefore a good God would not and could not create it. Are they right? 

Many believers in the traditional view of Hell (i.e eternal conscious torment) argue that if the wicked are annihilated on judgment day, then Hell really wouldn't be quite as motivating to people who believe death is going to be the end of them anyway. How should conditionalists respond to this? This objection, Evan Minton will tackle in this episode.  "Does Annihilationism Make the Threat of...

This is the first episode of The Cerebral Faith podcast that is airing Live on YouTube. Most episodes of this podcast have been pre-recorded and have been Audio Only. Today is an exception! Today, we will be doing this podcast not only in the usual places you can listen to the podcast, but also here on YouTube. The reason for this is because it's the 100th episode, a milestone episode, and I've go...

The Creation Museum in Kentucky makes claims about cosmic and human origins such as the earth is 6,000 years old, made in 6, 24 hour days, and most surprisingly, that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time until they went extict some thousands of years ago. But how accurate are their claims? How accurate are their arguments? What about the archeological evidence of dinosaurs that lived alongs...

Is God a misogynist? Does he think women are inferior to men? Many modern day feminists and secularists seem to think so? But does he? If not, then why was a woman forced to marry her rapist in Deuteronomy 22:28-29? Why did God say that women should be quiet in church and not be allowed to teach in 1 Timothy 2? Why did God allow polygamy? If God really is no respecter of persons, how do we explain...

Skeptics alledge that the doctrine that Jesus is both God and human is logically coherent? But is that the case? In this final installment of the Christmas Apologetics series, Evan Minton argues that this claim is false. Jesus can be both God and man without any law of logic being violated. 

The star that lead the magi to the baby Jesus has long decorated our Christmas cards and Christmas trees, but just what exactly was this object? How could it have guided the magi to the baby Jesus? And what theories can be ruled out? In this semi-finale of The Christmas Apologetics series, Astronomer Dr. Hugh Ross of Reasons To Believe gives his scientific analysis on this astronomical object.&nbs...