Capturing Christianity Podcast

Christmas is coming early, fam! In this episode, I chat with Dr. Joshua Sijuwade (aka Ripped Swinburne 2.0) about his newly developed argument for the existence of God from grounding. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS4Tyxu47Nk Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Dr. Luke Barnes was our very first main session speaker at CCv1. In this talk, he presents on the topic, "The Universe is No Accident." After his talk, we took a few questions from the audience. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxCbK8tQel0 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, I talk with UK radio host Justin Brierley about his 10+ years of experience hosting dialogues between Christians and atheists. Did any debates cause him to doubt? How does he manage not to get defensive? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5UHkkXYAs Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. Josh Rasmussen (@Worldview Design) joins me to explain a Modal Argument from Contingency. This is a particular kind of cosmological argument that combines logical and existential data. In English, it's a ridiculously strong argument for God's existence. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjXtE8lZ4Sk Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this week's livestream, I'm joined by biochemist Sy Garte to discuss his recent journey from atheism to Christianity. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdbuMwT_KhM Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this video, I'm joined by Dr. Luke Barnes and Maverick Christian (Wade Tisthammer) to respond to Paulogia's critique of my video on the Puddle Analogy to Fine-Tuning. Paulogia's critique: https://youtu.be/eJQ54wKlD2Q Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DC0pEQE0J8 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this video, I explain why the Puddle Analogy against the Fine-tuning Argument for God fails (on multiple levels). #1: The likelihood principle says that “if some evidence is more likely on Hypothesis 1 than Hypothesis 2, then that evidence confirms Hypothesis 1 over Hypothesis 2.” Here’s a quick example: suppose you’re playing Poker and the guy to your left has been dealt a Royal Flush the last 5 hands. Being dealt 5 Royal Flushes in a row is likely on the hypothesis that he’s cheating and unlikely on the hypothesis that he’s not cheating. This fact therefore provides evidence that he’s cheating over not cheating. And btw, anybody actually in that situation would (without a doubt) suspect that he’s cheating. #2: See number three at this website: http://home.messiah.edu/~rcollins/Fine-tuning/FT.HTM #3: https://youtu.be/58brbYwN0Q0 #4: (Same link as #3) https://youtu.be/58brbYwN0Q0 #5: Universes by John Leslie: https://amzn.to/2E4PrWP Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXCo0a9KBIw Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This video features an interview I did on the question: "Why does God allow Evil?" on the Bible Dingers Podcast. Check out the Bible Dingers podcast: https://www.bibledingers.com/ Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBcmDW8olMk Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Does having hundreds of arguments for God actually do any philosophical work or is it a rhetorical gimmick? Dr. Ted Poston and Dr. Chad McIntosh join me to discuss a very interesting argument for the existence of God: The Argument from All the Arguments. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44j7_xz9VGU&t=133s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this video, Dr. Chad McIntosh presents over 100 arguments for the existence of God. Each argument is presented in visual form followed by recommended sources for further research. At the end, we discuss what a similar list of arguments for atheism would look like (and what it would imply for the theistic list of arguments). Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7ANgO2ZBU&t=763s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristiantiy

In this video, Dr. Chad McIntosh presents over 100 arguments for the existence of God. Each argument is presented in visual form followed by recommended sources for further research. At the end, we discuss what a similar list of arguments for atheism would look like (and what it would imply for the theistic list of arguments). Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7ANgO2ZBU&t=763s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Dr. Lydia McGrew is a widely published analytic philosopher and author. She received her PhD in English from Vanderbilt University in 1995. She has published extensively in the theory of knowledge, specializing in formal epistemology and in its application to the evaluation of testimony and to the philosophy of religion. She defends the reliability of the Gospels and Acts in her books Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts, The Mirror or the Mask: Liberating the Gospels From Literary Devices, and most recently The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ld1Jv-hU0 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, I'm joined by Nick Quient, a PhD student in New Testament, to discuss the issue of the ordination of women in the Bible. Is Christianity sexist? Nick Quient is a PhD candidate in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, AU. He also earned an MA in New Testament from Fuller Theological Seminary and a BA from Biola University. He has published in the Canadian-American Theological Review, Priscilla Papers, and the Evangelical Review of Theology and is the author of “The Perfection of Our Faithful Wills” (Wipf & Stock, 2019). He is an ordained Baptist pastor serving in Southern California. Link to the YouTube Video: Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, I talk with New Testament Scholar Marc Turnage about the portrayal of Pilate in the Gospels. Do the Gospels make Pilate appear too nice? Marc Turnage holds an MA in Jewish History and New Testament Backgrounds from Jerusalem University College. He is currently finishing his PhD in the Land of Israel Studies Department at Bar Ilan University located in Ramat Gan, Israel, under the supervision of Professor Esther Eshel. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FBmog6tcGU Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In our previous dialogue (linked below), Catholic Apologist Suan Sonna (left) said that he's got a silver bullet argument for the truth of Catholicism. That's what Suan and I discuss in this episode. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6OMjeYeuv4 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Btw, Suan Sonna is the brilliant Catholic. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT0-Or2k6r0 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Matt Fradd and I had an informal debate a couple years ago on the Eucharist that was released to our respective patrons. We talked and thought it was time to release it to the public. Enjoy! Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzS3GSPq7s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, you had the opportunity to ask Dr. William Lane Craig and/or Dr. Ryan Mullins ANYTHING about the doctrine of Divine Simplicity! Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piu1kehXf58 Our Website: www.capuringchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This is basically an overview of many philosophical puzzles brought about by the concept of prayer. If God knows what we will pray before we pray it, does it matter if we pray? Is God praiseworthy even though He didn't choose to be Good? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TQtrhQa74o&t=6s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Christian philosophers Philip Swenson (left) and Taylor Cyr (right) have different answers to the question of whether God's foreknowledge precludes human free will. In this live discussion, they air out some of their differences and, in the process, introduce us to a flourishing dialogue happening in academia. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPl2heSStGk&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Dr. Kirk MacGregor and Dr. Alex Malpass take opposing positions on the so-called grounding objection to Molinism. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwItJEK7nLs&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

On August 27, 2021 at 7pm Central, Benjamin Blake Speed Watkins debated Trent Horn ( @The Counsel of Trent ) on the topic of whether God exists. This was a live, in-person, formal debate happening only at the CCv1 Conference. DEBATE FORMAT 15-min Openings 7-min First Rebuttal 4-min Second Rebuttal 30-min Moderated Dialogue 30-min Q&A (2 min response/1 min counter-response) 5-min Closings Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTPwaU3JAU8 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

For the first time ever, Trevor, my brother, comes on CC to talk about his story. He'll also be answering any questions you have for him. Neither of us have done anything like this yet, so it'll be a lot of fun. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFm7VpVNj0Y Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Hey CC team! Meet Brittany, my beautiful wife! We're taking your questions LIVE. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zld_FWcRjbI&t=15s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. Josh Swamidass and Dr. James Tour discuss whether science has come anywhere close to explaining the origin of life on planet Earth. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJgr38h_3H0&t=9s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live interview, I'm joined by Michael Jones (from Inspiring Philosophy) to talk with Dr. S Joshua Swamidass about his new book "The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry." In the book, Dr. Swamidass argues that contemporary science is fully compatible with a *de novo* account of Adam and Eve. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHyrUX7Ouk Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Atheist YouTube Paulogia recently attempted to refute Dr. Andrew Loke's arguments for the post-mortem appearances of Jesus by appealing to the work of other Christian scholars. In this video, Dr. Loke responds to Paulogia's claims. Paulogia's video: https://youtu.be/8qtfFPd_R_E Link to the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veU6LPb3tdk Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, I discuss the nature of the appearances of Jesus with Christian philosopher Andrew Loke. In his book "Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ," Dr. Loke offers a new, transdisciplinary approach to assessing Jesus' resurrection. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18BpNNp0HJs&t=7s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Reformed Epistemology is the view that belief in God can be rational even without arguments. Dr. Tyler McNabb joins me to answer common objections to this view. Send in your objections live! Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6PJMvGNsAk Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live interview, I talk with Dr. Tyler McNabb about whether we need proof to know that God exists. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8go8cYwYtI&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, I discuss Presuppositionalism with Dr. Josh Rasmussen. Do we need to presuppose God's existence in order to make sense of knowledge? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkcs-31PqFg Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this in-person interview, I sit down with Dr. Richard Howe to discuss his objections to Presuppositionalism. He makes some very important distinctions that help clarify where the view goes wrong. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug-Gge1SDz0 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, I'm joined by Ronald Cram, Dr. Luke Barnes, and Dr. Aron Wall to review the William Lane Craig/Sean Carroll debate on God and cosmology that took place in 2014. We play and comment on select clips from the debate. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gye1XE0kVJY Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. Sean McDowell joins me to discuss and review his recent debate with Paulogia on @Unbelievable? about the martyrdom of the apostles. The last section of this interview features live Q&A with Dr. McDowell! Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk7GhsVYZHE Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this engaging livestream, Dr. Andy Bannister, who holds a PhD in Islamic studies, provides 3 reasons why Muslims ought to seriously consider the truth of Christianity. Dr. Bannister is an adjunct speaker with RZIM, winsome author, and holds a PhD in Islamic studies. When not traveling, speaking, or writing, he is a keen hiker, mountain climber, and photographer. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9pR_BT_iDo Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this week's livestream, Dr. Tomas Bogardus and I take a close look at whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgIvu6DSTRQ Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this week's livestream, medical doctor Joseph Bergeron refutes the theory that the disciples hallucinated the risen Jesus. Dr. Bergeron has co-written an academic paper with Dr. Gary Habermas where they go into more detail. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjX_EBH0KFg Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. Ted Poston answers YOUR questions on the various arguments for God's existence. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHAj0WFXeQ Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In 2016, outspoken atheist activist Dan Barker released a book entitled "God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction." In this debate, Dan engages Christian theologian Randal Rauser on the topic of whether the Christian God is worthy of worship. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziG-K5cJNWg Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

J. P. Moreland and I both suffer from anxiety. In this interview, I discuss his book "Finding Quiet" in which he outlines the practices that brought him peace. Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace: https://amzn.to/2NXETBp Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skvSJ_B6lxM Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Lee Strobel joins me IN-PERSON to discuss the practices he's developed to investigate life's biggest questions. Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times best-selling author of more than forty books and curricula that have sold fourteen million copies in total. He currently serves as Founding Director of the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T2TjZpnx20 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this 90-minute livestream, I'm joined by Dr. David Wilkinson and Dave Hutchings to answer YOUR questions on God, science, and mathematics. Dr. David Wilkinson is Principal of St John’s College and Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. He lives in Newcastle with his wife Alison and has two grown up children. He is a writer and speaker on Christianity and Science not just in the UK but around the world. He has doctorates in astrophysics and theology and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He is a Methodist minister, and author of many books. Dave Hutchings is a Physics teacher at Pocklington School near York, England. A Fellow of the Institute of Physics, he has written several books about the relationship between science and religion and speaks regularly on the topic around the country at conferences, schools, universities, and churches. David has also run multiple training events for science teachers, specializing in dealing with common misconceptions in the discipline. He lives in York with his wife and two young daughters. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj7nItu4bxw Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

J. Warner became a Christ-follower at the age of thirty-five after investigating the claims of the New Testament gospels using his skill set as a detective. His story is super unique! Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IULuo5JjZ2E Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. Luke Barnes answers YOUR questions on the fine-tuning argument for God's existence. Dr. Barnes is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Western Sydney University, Australia. He works on cosmology, galaxy formation, and the fine-tuning of the universe for life. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siC4A7eqiUw Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live interview, I sit down with cosmologist Luke Barnes to discuss the evidence that the universe is fine-tuned for life. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58brbYwN0Q0 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In 2011, Dr. James N. Anderson co-authored a peer-reviewed paper arguing that God's existence can be inferred from logic. In this interview, we chat about his argument and take questions from the audience. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrn65O8W6Lw Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this video, professional logician Tim McGrew explains various rules of inference and how they relate to discussions about God's existence. Dr. Timothy McGrew is Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. A specialist in theory of knowledge, logic, probability theory, and the history and philosophy of science, Dr. McGrew has spoken at Oxford, MIT, and other universities as well as at many churches and seminaries across the United States and overseas. He has also engaged in public debates on the meaning of faith, the rationality of belief in miracles, and the historical reliability of the Gospels. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0orvzDkLqzw Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, I'm joined by a very good friend of mine, Adam Coleman, to discuss some of the things that are unique about black atheism and why Christians today should be aware of the movement. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcpDWBQrHI Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, I sit down with Dr. Tim Hsiao to discuss his views on moral philosophy, sexual ethics, and abortion. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Ce-p6WlVw Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, Dr. David Falk lays out several lines of archeological evidence that support a real Exodus event as recorded in the Bible. Dr. David A. Falk holds three master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool, and is a research associate at the Vancouver School of Theology. He studies ancient Egypt and the Bible, and in 2020 published the book "The Ark of the Covenant in its Egyptian Context: An Illustrated Journey." Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syS-SOXJa-A Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity