Best Tsumura Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 170: The Final Episode 51:09

6M ago51:09

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This is the final episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast. Mr. Minton explains his reasons for ending the podcast, as well as listing 30 episodes of the podcast that he recommends newcomers listen to the most. He then gives a few testimonials. He ends with a heartfelt thank you to all those who tuned in over the years as well as the guests who came o…

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Episode 169: What Evan Minton Thinks About The Bible - Part 2 50:05

6M ago50:05

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In this episode, Evan Minton will go on to talk about his view on inerrancy and how that relates to the theory of divine accommodation which encompasses such topics as Ancient Near Eastern Cosmology, the head covering issue of 1 Corinthians 11, God's Gender, and Jesus' Sonship. He will also talk about the differences between Bible reading and Bible…

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Episode 168: What Evan Minton Thinks About The Bible - Part 1 1:03:15

7M ago1:03:15

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This is a 2 part episode in Evan Minton thinks about The Bible. In this part, Evan Minton talks about biblical inspiration and what it means to say that The Bible is divinely inspired, as well as theories of divine inspiration (I.e how God and man worked together to bring about The Bible). He goes on to talk about different reasons to believe that …

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Episode 167: The Historical Reliability Of Acts - With Erik Manning 1:12:36

7M ago1:12:36

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In todays episode, Evan Minton talks about the case for the historical reliability of the book of Acts with Christian Apologist and YouTuber Erik Manning. Who wrote the book of Acts? When was Acts written? What extra biblical writings and archeological evidence can verify what Acts says? Are there any clues within the book of Acts itself that sugge…

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Episode 166: Responding To Open Theism - With Kirk MacGregor 1:03:36

7M ago1:03:36

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In this episode, Mr. Minton has Dr. Kirk MacGregor on the podcast to talk about a view known as Open Theism, and what the biblical and philosophical issues with such a view are. Primarily they will be responding to arguments for Open Theism such as the argument that if humans have libertarian free will, God cannot foreknow our libertarianly free ch…

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Episode 165: Responding To David Tsumura’s Critique Of “The Lost World Of Genesis One” - With Zach Miller 45:31

7M ago45:31

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In this episode, it is also an episode of What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You in which Zach Miller had Evan Minton on as a guest. Miller and Minton respond to David Tsumura’s criticism of The Functional Origins/Temple Inaguration view of Genesis 1 as defended in books such as John Walton’s “The Lost World Of Genesis One” and “Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosm…

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Episode 164: Responding To Noel Week’s Critique Of “The Lost World Of Genesis One” - with Zach Miller 1:16:01

8M ago1:16:01

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Back in 2022, Evan Minton was on Zach Miller's podcast "What Your Pastor Didn't Tell You". In this episode, they responded to criticisms of the interpretation of Genesis 1 defended by John Walton in books like "The Lost World Of Genesis One" and "Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosmology". To see more of Zach Miller's podcast, visit the following URLs for the…

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Episode 163: Conversations About Heaven - With Brian Chilton 1:17:57

8M ago1:17:57

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Many people wonder about what's going to happen to them after they die. The Bible teaches that Christians will go to a place God has prepared for us called Heaven, whereas those who don't believe in Jesus go to a place called Hell. Yet as many tough questions as the latter place generates, there are also many questions about the former as well, eve…

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Episode 162: Only One Jesus: The Unity of Jesus’ Portrait in All Four Gospels - With Lydia McGrew 1:01:10

8M ago1:01:10

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New Testament scholars treat John's gospel as largely a-historical when it comes to things Jesus said and did. This is even true of some evangelical scholars. For example, Craig Evans has publicly said that Jesus just sounds too different from how he talks in the synoptics, so John more or less paints an interpretive portrait of Jesus, making up th…

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Episode 161: An Atheist Philosophy Professor Becomes A Christian - with John Wise 58:51

8M ago58:51

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In today's episode, Mr. Minton interviews John Wise; a philosophy professor who went from Christian to atheist to back to being a Christian again, a remarkable journey that spanned 25 years and culminated in 2019. Dr. Wise tells of his journey of faith and skepticism, and how he now views faith matters having been on both sides of "the looking glas…

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Episode 160: Christianity and Video Games - With Nick Peters 1:11:50

9M ago1:11:50

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In today's episode, I have Nick Peters of Deeper Waters ministries on the podcast. Nick Peters is a Christian Apologist and theologian who has recently devoted his research to, believe it or not, video games! Specifically, video games and the psychology surrounding it as well as the theological aspects of it. In fact, he gave an entire talk at the …

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Episode 159: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Conclusion 1:01:43

9M ago1:01:43

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In this podcast episode, we wrap up our series on the historical case for the reliability of the gospels. I will tell the non-Christian who has been convinced by the evidence and arguments surveyed in the series what he should do next. I also have a message for non-Christians who may be resisting the evidence for non-intellectual reasons. And final…

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Episode 158: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 9: The Resurrection Of Jesus 1:32:15

9M ago1:32:15

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Continuing on with the audio blog series on the historical reliability of the gospels, I now turn to the issue of the historicity of Jesus' resurrection. Having previously established that the gospels are eyewitness accounts that are early (not to mention verified to be telling the truth on a variety of different occasions), we must answer the ques…

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Episode 157: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 8: Can We Really Believe In Miracles? 41:58

9M ago41:58

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Continuing on with The Gospel Reliability Audio-Blog series, I examine the case against miracles. Are miracles really impossible? Or if they're possible, can they never be evidentially established? This is what the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume argued. In this episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast, I will be giving my refutations of …

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Episode 156: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 7: What About Contradictions? 1:04:03

9M ago1:04:03

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In this episode, we continue our "psudeo-audiobook" of the Cerebral Faith blog post series; The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels. In this episode, I tackle the issues of alleged contradictions between the four gospel narratives. Do the gospels really contradict each other, and if so, what would that mean for their historical reliability? Lis…

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Episode 155: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 6: Even More Internal Evidence 1:29:58

10M ago1:29:58

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Continuing on with my gospel reliability audio blog series, I examine several pieces of internal evidence for the historical verisimilitude of the gospels; Undesigned Coincidences, Unnecessary Details, and Unexplained Allusions. To see the blog post, click here --> https://cerebralfaith.net/the-case-for-the-reliability-of-the-gospels-part-6-even-mo…

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Episode 154: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 5: Some Internal Evidence 42:17

10M ago42:17

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In this podcast episode, I continue my series on the case for the historical trustworthiness of the gospels. I make a cumulative case for the gospel's trustworthiness from internal evidence. How can the criteria of authenticity help to build a cumulative case for the trustworthiness of the gospels? Listen to this episode to find out. Click here to …

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Episode 153: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 4: The External Evidence 1:05:55

10M ago1:05:55

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In this podcast episode, we continue our series on the case for the historical reliability of the gospels. In this episode, I talk about the various extra-biblical evidence that confirms the existence of persons and historicity of events that the gospels record. What corroboration can secular authors of that time period and archeological evidence g…

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Episode 152: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 3: The Dating Of The Gospels 43:33

10M ago43:33

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In this episode, I continue reading the essays I wrote as part of the Gospel Reliability series for the Cerebral Faith blog. First, I had an introduction episode, then we had an episode looking at the textual transmission of the New Testament documents. We saw in that episode that The New Testament documents were reliably preserved to 99.99% accura…

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Episode 151: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 2: The Case For Traditional Authorship 1:52:00

11M ago1:52:00

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In this episode, I continue reading aloud my Gospel Reliability blog post series. In this installment, I look at the external and internal evidences for the traditional authorship of the gospels. I argue that the evidence from the early church fathers as well as evidences from within the biblical text itself strongly supports the view that the gosp…

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Episode 150: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 1: The Reliability Of The Manuscript Transmission 37:42

11M ago37:42

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In this episode, I read part one of my gospel, reliability blog post series. In the previous podcast episode, I read the introduction to the series. In this episode, I get into the first installment, which really gets up to the meat and potatoes. I look at the evidence of the manuscript transmission tradition of the New Testament documents, and I a…

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Episode 149: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels - Introduction 41:50

11M ago41:50

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In this episode, I go back to an audio only format and I explain a little bit of why before jumping into the main topic of the episode. But after the housecleaning, I read aloud my blog article "The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels - Introduction". This is the beginning of an 11 part series in which I read all 11 installments of my Gospel Re…

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Episode 148: Designed To The Core - With Hugh Ross 49:49

1+ y ago49:49

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Today on The Cerebral Faith Podcast, I have astrophysicist Hugh Ross on the program to talk about his new book "Designed To The Core", which talks about both cosmic and local Fine-Tuning, and what the latest science has to say regarding the evidence for a Cosmic Creator of our world. Hugh Ross is the founder of Reasons To Believe (RTB), an organiza…

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Episode 147: Gifts Of The Holy Spirit and Tongues - With Chris Date 1:50:59

1+ y ago1:50:59

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Do the gifts of The Holy Spirit continue to be distributed today? Many Christians think so. However, some Christians think the gifts of the Spirit have ceased since the first century. Moreover, whichever view you take on this, what about the gift of tongues? Continuing today or not, are the tongues some heavenly angelic language no one on this plan…

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Episode 146: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 12) - Winding Down The Sermon 1:19:08

1+ y ago1:19:08

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We come to the end of our exposition of Jesus' Sermon On The Mount covered in Matthew 5-7. In this episode, we'll streamline the exegesis and cover the entire chapter beginning with Jesus' command "Do not judge" and ending with the crowd's reaction to everything Jesus said. To support this ministry financially, go to www.patreon.com/cerebralfaith -…

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Episode 145: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 11) - The Antidote To Anxiety 1:01:41

1+ y ago1:01:41

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We come to part 11 in our exposition of the Sermon On The Mount. We will examine Jesus' teaching on worry, why we shouldn't do it, and how can we avoid it. If you'd like to support this ministry financially, go to www.patreon.com/cerebralfaith --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/evan-minton/support…

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Episode 144: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 10) - Prayer 1:21:36

1+ y ago1:21:36

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In this episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast, we continue our series on The Sermon On The Mount. Jesus instructed his disciples about prayer and even how to pray. This prayer that Jesus taught his disciples is most commonly known as "The Lord's Prayer". It is this prayer and Jesus' instructions which preceded it, that we'll be expositing in this e…

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Episode 143: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 9) - Keeping Your Good Deeds Secret 56:16

1+ y ago56:16

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Today on The Cerebral Faith Podcast, we're continuing our series on the Sermon On The Mount. We will look at Jesus' command to keep your good deeds secret. Didn't Jesus tell us to let our light shine before others? Moreover, what does it even mean to keep your good deeds secret? How should we go about carrying this command out? If you'd like to sup…

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Episode 142: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 8) - Loving Your Enemies 1:08:21

1+ y ago1:08:21

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Today on The Cerebral Faith Podcast, we're continuing our series on the Sermon On The Mount. We will look at Jesus' command to love your enemies which some allege is an unreasonable command. How could Jesus expect us to do such a thing? Moreover, what does it even mean to love your enemies? How should we go about carrying this command out? If you'd…

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Episode 141: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 7) - Oaths 34:33

1+ y ago34:33

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In this week's Cerebral Faith Live, we continue our series on Jesus' Sermon On The Mount. Jesus taught about oaths. What did Jesus teach and how should we respond to it? To support this ministry financially, go to www.patreon.com/cerebralfaith --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/evan-minton/support…

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Episode 140: Cerebral Faith 10th Anniversary Special 2:39:01

1+ y ago2:39:01

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[DISCLAIMER: Book Giveaway is no longer viable. This audio came from a live streamed episode of Cerebral Faith Live. The winner has already been chosen and has received his prize.] On August 12th, 2012, I decided to start a blog called Cerebral Faith to write about the things I was learning about in the books on Christian Apologetics I had been rea…

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Episode 139: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 6) - Divorce 1:08:09

1+ y ago1:08:09

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This week on The Cerebral Faith Podcast, we will continue our series on the Sermon On The Mount; one of Jesus' most famous discourses recorded in Matthew 5-7. This week, we'll be examining Jesus' teaching on divorce. If you'd like to support Cerebral Faith financially go to www.patreon.com/cerebralfaith --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.…

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Episode 138: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 5) - What Adultery Is and Is Not 57:27

1+ y ago57:27

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This weekon The Cerebral Faith Podcast, we will continue our series on the Sermon On The Mount; one of Jesus' most famous discourses recorded in Matthew 5-7. This week, we'll be examining Jesus' teaching on lust and what he meant when he said that if you even look at a woman with lust, you've committed adultery with her in your heart. If you'd like…

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Episode 137: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 4) - Anger and Thought Crimes 49:42

1+ y ago49:42

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This week on The Cerebral Faith Podcast, we will continue our series on the Sermon On The Mount; one of Jesus' most famous discourses recorded in Matthew 5-7. This week, we'll be examining Jesus' teaching on anger and what he meant when he said that if you're even angry with a brother, you'll be in danger of judgment. If you'd like to support Cereb…

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Episode 136: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 3) - Jesus' Attitude Toward Old Testament Law 1:11:42

2y ago1:11:42

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This week's Cerebral Faith Podcast continues a series that started last week. I will be preaching through Jesus' Sermon On The Mount in Matthew 5. This week, we will look at what Jesus meant when he said he "hasn't come to abolish the law and the prophets, but to fulfill them". What does Jesus mean by this phrase? Are we still bound to the 613 laws…

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Episode 135: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 2) - Salt and Light 1:04:22

2y ago1:04:22

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This week's episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast continues a series that started last week. I will be going through Jesus' Sermon On The Mount in Matthew 5. Much ink has been spilled in expositing this sermon. It is three chapters of God incarnate preaching to us about kingdom living. As such, it is of importance for any Christian to spend time in…

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Episode 134: Exegeting The Sermon On The Mount (Part 1) - The Beatitudes 1:40:49

2y ago1:40:49

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This week's Cerebral Faith Live marks the beginning of a new series. I will be going through Jesus' Sermon On The Mount in Matthew 5. Much ink has been spilled in expositing this sermon. It is three chapters of God incarnate preaching to us about kingdom living. As such, it is of importance for any Christian to spend time in meditating on what our …

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Episode 133: Bringing The New Testament To Life - With Phillip Cottraux 1:10:47

2y ago1:10:47

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"The New Testament is the foundational document of the Christian faith. But how much do we really know about these 27 books? To whom were they written, and what were they trying to say? All too often, we treat the Bible with sacred reverence, without examining its historical context. But in doing so, we risk losing its original meaning. Worse, we p…

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Episode 132: The High Christology Of The Gospel Of Mark 1:13:34

2y ago1:13:34

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Some skeptics of The Bible argue that the teaching that Jesus is God did not emerge until very late in the first century. Few skeptical New Testament scholars would deny that the gospel of John presents us with a divine Jesus. After all, not many (besides Arians and Jehovah's Witnesses) can read John 1 without seeing that Jesus is God, distinct fro…

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Episode 131: Evan Minton's Study Habits 1:04:16

2y ago1:04:16

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An idea given by last week's guest, Ken Samples, today on Cerebral Faith Live/The Cerebral Faith Podcast, I will be discussing how I got into apologetics, how I got started studying the arguments for God's existence, the case for Jesus' resurrection, and whatnot, and how I got into a steady rhythm of learning so that I could become the well-equippe…

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Episode 130: Have Christians Lost Their Minds? - With Ken Samples 1:10:46

2y ago1:10:46

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As a philosopher and theologian, Kenneth Samples is passionate about encouraging Christians to think. This is why he was disturbed when discovering this quote from Dennis Prager found in Kent Hughes’s, Disciples of a Godly Man. “One thing I noticed about Evangelicals is that they do not read. They do not read the Bible, they do not read the great C…

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Episode 129: How Did God Create Us?: Evolution Or Special Creation? 2:17:04

2+ y ago2:17:04

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How did God create us human beings? Did He create us de novo, apart from the other species or did He employ an evolutionary process? To debate this issue tonight is Reason’s To Believe’s Fazale “Fuz” Rana and Aaron R. Yilmaz. Dr. Rana will be defending the special creation view and Yilmaz will be defending the Evolutionary Creationist view. Biochem…

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Episode 128: Soteriology Is A Bed Of R.O.S.E.S - With Kenneth Keathley 1:23:04

2+ y ago1:23:04

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Are you aware that deterministic T.U.L.I.P Calvinism has more holes than a block of Swiss cheese and yet you find yourself not completely satisfied with typical Arminian soteriology either? Then you’re in good company. Evan Minton and Kenneth Keathley felt exactly the same way, but then they discovered Molinism. While Molinism is not a soteriologic…

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Episode 127: DEBATE - The Resurrection Of Jesus: Fact Or Fiction? 1:49:24

2+ y ago1:49:24

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Did Jesus rise from the dead? How can we know whether he did or not? Do you just have to have faith that it happened? Does your answer to this question depend on a presupposition on whether or not The Bible is the word of God? Or can we have good historical evidence for this event? In tonight’s episode of Cerebral Faith Live, Christian Caleb Jackso…

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Episode 126: Discussing Preterism With Nick Peters 1:08:27

2+ y ago1:08:27

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In this episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast, I have Nick Peters of Deeper Waters Ministries on to discuss a view of eschatology (i.e the end times) known as preterism. What is preterism and is it biblical? If you'd like to see more content of Nick Peter's in the form of blog posts and podcast episodes, check out his website at www.deeperwatersapo…

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Episode 125: Is It Ok For Christians To Be Cremated? 40:17

2+ y ago40:17

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Is cremation morally permissible for Christians or is burial the only acceptable option? In this episode, Evan Minton provides his thoughts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/evan-minton/support

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Episode 124: Remembering Michele Minton 41:56

2+ y ago41:56

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Evan Minton gives a euology for his mother, Darlean Michele Minton (1959-2021). He talks about how she played a role in helping him cultivate his Christian faith, how she has been a huge support to him throughout his time doing apologetics ministry, and how although he is sad because she's gone, he isn't in despair due to God's promise of resurrect…

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Episode 123: Baby Dinosaurs On The Ark? - With Janet Kellogg Ray 1:23:49

2+ y ago1:23:49

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The issue of science and faith is a struggle for many Christians. How to we reconcile the findings of science regarding an old earth and evolution with our Christian faith? Can they be reconciled? And what does the evidence from science even say in the first place? What evidence is there for an old earth? What evidence is there for evolution? In to…

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Episode 122: Misunderstandings On The Mount 1:09:42

2+ y ago1:09:42

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The Sermon On The Mount recorded in Matthew 5-7 has many teachings of Jesus that He intended for members of the kingdom of God to follow. However, not everything in this passage is correctly understood by Bible readers. Many misconceptions and misinterpretations abound. In this episode, Evan Minton sets the record straight on many of Jesus' teachin…

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Episode 121: Responding to Sean Carrol’s Article On The Soul - With Michael Jones 44:01

2+ y ago44:01

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Sean Carrol wrote a blog post titled "Physics and The Immortality Of The Soul" in which he argues that physicalism is the only scientifically viable model of anthropology. In this episode, Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy tackles the article and shows why Carrol's arguments do nothing to refute either substance dualism or idealism. To read Car…

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