Capturing Christianity Podcast

In this livestream, I interview Dr. Tyron Goldschmidt about his peer-reviewed paper arguing that the Old Testament is historical. In particular, he argues that the Exodus (as described in the Old Testament) should be taken as history. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaLbE5-GJoQ&t=4s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This episode features a panel discussion on the Problem of Evil between Cameron Bertuzzi, Josh Parikh, Cory Markum, and James Croft. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOxnlZd8jTQ Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, historian and philosopher Dr. Gary Habermas explains the evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. We also talk about NDE's (Near Death Experiences) and the Shroud of Turin. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSG5okmUr8&t=200s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This discussion features two theists, Glenn Peoples and Randal Rauser, and two atheists, Lance Hannestad and Graham Seth Moore, discussing the conditional premise of the moral argument. All participants affirm the view that moral facts exist and are real, the disagreement is found over the grounding of these moral facts (natural vs supernatural). The theists contend that God is required to ground moral facts, while the atheists contend the opposite: a satisfactory account of moral ontology can be given purely from a naturalistic perspective. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ZnRXXPkhY&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live interview, I talk with Dr. Lydia McGrew about whether we have good internal evidence that the Bible is true and accurate. Another word for this is "Undesigned Coincidences." Do we have good internal evidence for the historical reliability of the Bible? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7x9p70rrw&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This episode features Jeffery Jay Lowder and Wade Tisthammer discussing William Lane Craig's formulation of the Moral Argument for God's existence. Is it sound? Tune in to find out! Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLesZ23stA&t=2s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Michael Jones (from @InspiringPhilosophy) provides an array of evidence for the historical accuracy of Genesis. This evidence will BLOW YOUR MIND. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=381o2Gl5Ehc&t=159s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This Theist/Atheist Discussion features John Cranman (theist) and Cory Markum (atheist). They recently appeared on the Unbelievable? podcast to discuss the moral argument. This is sort of a round 2 for them where we'll get much deeper into the argument. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2nlzdxLJIY Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

If you had a difficult time following the Craig/Oppy exchange on our channel (like I did), this video will be a lot of help! Author and physics popularizer David Hutchings joins me to explain what went on in the debate at a level that anyone can understand. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-kuNbHd4A&t=52s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

We have Sterling Contreras (Christian) and Brit Abney (Atheist) on the show today to discuss the First Way of Thomas Aquinas in order to determine if the Argument from Motion is a good argument for God's existence. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSRBF6FhPE Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live interview, Dr. Ryan Mullins discusses his work on "Disability Theology." What happens to the disabled at the eschaton? Do some maintain their disabilities? Does everyone receive new bodies and therefore there are no disabilities? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgRH7PopWVs&t=2s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, Dr. Justin Barrett, a cognitive scientist of religion, explains why the science shows that religion is never going away. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYB_q_7aiFQ&t=4s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this Devil's Advocate Debate, Dr. Randal Rauser (a theist) will be defending God's nonexistence and Joe Schmid (a non-theist) will be defending God's existence. A devil's advocate takes the opposing viewpoint to enrich the debate and develop ideas. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68FxtG49ngY&t=2s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this in-depth interview, philosophy professor Rob Koons provides several powerful reasons to think the First Cause is God. We're closing the "Gap" between First Cause and God. Toward the end of the interview, we take your questions. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an_neGBKKo8&t=213s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

What is the nature of morally permissible sex? What sexual ethic should we adopt? In this episode, Tim Hsiao and Benjamin Watkins (of Real Atheology) discuss these questions at length. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_fRXF3T560&t=26s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live debate, Dr. Ed Feser and Dr. Graham Oppy discuss whether there are any good arguments for God. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-80lQOlNOs&t=103s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Some atheists think that the fact there are certain contingent cultural facts about Christians (e.g., that they could have been born in India), means that their beliefs are irrational, unjustified, or unwarranted. In this video, I interview Dr. Tomás Bogardus, an expert on the subject. We discuss a paper he wrote entitled, "The Problem of Contingency for Religious Belief." Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNE8HRHVaxE&t=10s Link to Bogardus's Site: https://sites.google.com/site/tbogardus/ Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Dr. Graham Oppy engages Dr. Ed Feser on his book "Five Proofs of the Existence of God." Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoVDutpB4Cw Link to Feser's Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1621641333/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1621641333&linkCode=as2&tag=cc08b9-20&linkId=45b66369712eab68d3a3d658eebef10c Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Today on the show, Andrew Harland-Smith and John Limanto discuss whether or not the theological view of Molinism is true. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umUf9wW7Y5s&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this video, I interview Greg Koukl about how to talk to people about Christianity. We talk about his book "Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions." Toward the end we talk about how Tactics differs from Street Epistemology. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_HcKbls_RI&t=7s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Professional philosopher Tyler McNabb will be dialoguing with Street Epistemologist Hunter Glenn on whether we can know that God exists. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZayT_4ywAc Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Dr. Joshua Swamidass was raised a Young Earth Creationist, was drawn to Intelligent Design, but then came to affirm evolutionary science. How did he change his mind? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQEinFT6gSY Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this Theist/Atheist Discussion, we're tackling the argument from Hiddenness again but this time with a new group. This discussion features atheists and hosts of the Real Atheoloy podcast Justin Schieber and Ben Watkins. The theists are Josh Parikh and Blake Giunta. The formulation of the argument being discussed is Schellenberg's most recent formulation: (1) If a perfectly loving God exists, then there exists a God who is always open to a personal relationship with any finite person. (2) If there exists a God who is always open to a personal relationship with any finite person, then no finite person is ever nonresistantly in a state of nonbelief in relation to the proposition that God exists. (3) If a perfectly loving God exists, then no finite person is ever nonresistantly in a state of nonbelief in relation to the proposition that God exists. (from 1, 2) (4) Some finite persons are or have been nonresistantly in a state of nonbelief in relation to the proposition that God exists. (5) No perfectly loving God exists. (from 3, 4) Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JnWRPT6Wtk&t=142s Real Atheology Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-atheology/id1200545713 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Alex Malpass discuss Dr. Craig's philosophical arguments in defense of the second premise of the Kalam Cosmological Argument (that the universe began to exist). Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWo9qU2dhpQ&t=5s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

The Euthyphro Dilemma says that either God has reasons for his commands or He doesn’t. Take the second option. God has no reasons for His commands. Well then God’s commands are arbitrary–however, morality can’t be arbitrary. Now take the first option. God has reasons for His commands. Well then these reasons themselves are sufficient to give us moral obligations. No need for God. The Euthyphro Dilemma is meant to show that grounding morality in God is misguided. Jason argues that the Euthyphro Dilemma is sound, Matt argues it is not. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_M19Rv52Og&t=99s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Alex O'Connor (Cosmic Skeptic) and Dr. Liz Jackson discuss the merits of Pascal's Wager. Is it sound? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4jE2TUEGY&t=60s Cosmic Skeptic's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor Dr. Jackson's website: http://liz-jackson.com/ Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

From the Big Bang to Homosexuality to the Problem of Evil, in this interview, Dr. Jerry Walls and I answer some of the hottest objections to Christianity. We couldn't cover everything, so we limited the objections to 5 of the most common we see and hear from culture. They aren't difficult; however, they are the kind of questions that ordinary church people need to really reflect on and think about. Here they are for reference: 1. Evolution/Big Bang proves that Christianity is false. (6:30) 2. People believe in God because of wish fulfillment. (12:50) 3. The Bible seems like it was written by a bunch of uninformed peasants with no scientific knowledge at all. Why should we think that it’s reliable? (17:29) 4. Christianity is against gay people. (22:05) 5. Why do bad things happen to good people? (28:34) Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr6uxIGrg&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this informal debate, Ryan Mullins (a Modified Classical Theist) debates Steven Nemes (a Classical Theist) on the nature of God. Is God personal like us? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRAJ5yBVGAw&t=111s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Tyler McNabb is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Humanities) at Houston Baptist University. His specialization is in epistemology and philosophy of religion. In combining these two topics, his current focus has been on defending both proper functionalism and the project of Reformed Epistemology. In addition to his research, he also enjoys teaching, reading theology, witnessing, watching The Walking Dead, and eating Mexican food. Part 1 provides a bit of background information about Tyler and then goes into the intricacies of Reformed Epistemology. In Part 2 we discuss the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism. Tyler articulates a new version of the argument that avoids a number of objections In Part 3 we discuss an abductive version of the moral argument. We touch on a wide number of subjects rather quickly and succinctly. Buckle up! Link to the YouTube Videos: P1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUU2VUod0U&t=10s P2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DlsoZZ5q68&t=4s P3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMcuoJ_v4k&t=417s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this video, I'm joined by Dr. Ryan Mullins (Theistic Personalist) and PhD candidate Steven Nemes (Classical Theist) to introduce something that is known as the "Theistic Personalist vs Classical Theist" debate. This debate has a rich history, but many people aren't even aware it exists! Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQyEO7cOExc Link to Dr. Mullins' podcast: https://www.rtmullins.com/podcast Link to Steven Nemes' Website: https://stevennemes.com/ Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This discussion features two Christian guests on the question of the doctrine and nature of hell. Does the Bible teach that hell is eternal separation from God, as is traditionally believed, or is hell something else altogether? Chris Date, an annihilationist, runs a website called Rethinking Hell where he defends a "conditional immortality" perspective. Jason Crowder is a traditionalist, he believes that hell is eternal. We are discussing a positive case for Chris' view. He argues firstly that the Bible teaches we are not inherently immortal, immortality is a gift from God. And then secondly that the doctrine of the atonement (Christ's atoning work on the cross) makes better sense from an annihilationist point of view. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQnL2-woG2I&t=1s Chris's Website: www.rethinkinghell.com Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this in-person interview, I sit down with Alisa Childers to discuss "Progressive Christianity." Is this new movement dangerous to Christianity? Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ6doQsSQLU Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

On this episode, we have two professional philosophers Graham Oppy and Josh Rasmussen coming together to give us their best explanations for the origins of reality. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sVvxZk--qs Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity.com

In this week's livestream, I discuss a few arguments for Dualism with Dr. Josh Rasmussen and Dr. Dustin Crummett. Dualism is the view that humans are comprised of physical and non-physical components (body and soul). Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrreQMO1D48&t=414s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This Theist/Atheist Discussion features a number of guests, most notably Tyler McNabb and Stephen Law (who recently had an exchange on Unbelievable? on the subject of Reformed Epistemology). The other guests joining are: Cameron Bertuzzi (myself), Josh Parikh, Perry Hendricks, Brett Lunn, Ben Watkins, Ben Bavar. The topic of discussion is Alvin Plantinga's (in)famous Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism. The argument roughly states that the probability our cognitive faculties are reliable given Naturalism & Evolution is low. Hence, the person that believes N&E has a defeater for all of their beliefs, including belief in N&E. Belief in N&E is therefore self-referentially incoherent and cannot rationally be accepted. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUeGYXb_ITk&t=348s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. Mike Licona and Dr. Gary Habermas, two of the top Resurrection scholars in the world, provide historical evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc6XhMySxdY&t=1s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This discussion features Michael, mastermind behind the popular "Inspiring Philosophy" YouTube channel, and Cory Markum, co-host of "The Hinge" podcast. We will be discussing a historical case for the Resurrection of Jesus. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLzjLxYvlUw&t=16s For more information: https://capturingchristianity.com/discussion-resurrection-jesus/ Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this video, Matt Fradd and Cameron Bertuzzi discuss how Catholics and Protestants can have better conversations. We also introduce a new series of videos we'll be doing for our patrons. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaILRk9z3ic&t=4s For more information on the monthly debate videos: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36990083 Cameron's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity Matt's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com

Ben Arbour is a philosopher and expert on the Ontological Argument for God's existence. In this interview, we explore the version he thinks is best and cover several of the most popular objections. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t8xFlRM0vY Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Joshua Swamidass discuss their overlapping work on the historical Adam and Eve. Dr. Swamidass has argued that a recently created Adam and Eve is fully compatible with contemporary science. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhznTACRjSU Dr. Swamidass's book: https://amzn.to/2XzEAza Dr. Craig's website: www.reasonablefaith.org Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Dr. Luke Barnes and Dr. Alex Malpass discuss the fine-tuning argument for God. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzM_tBPm-0&t=85s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Dr. Josh Rasmussen and Alex O'Connor (@CosmicSkeptic) discuss how theists and atheists can overcome their bias to seek truth. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpoq080UYRA&t=849s Link to Alex's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor Link to Josh's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/joshr737 Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Matt Dillahunty debates philosopher David Baggett about his abductive version of the moral argument. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeOWtmCoCs&t=3s Matt's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCry4eIS1_98ZxFO0geP7xJw David's Website: https://www.moralapologetics.com Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this interview, I sit down with Dr. David Wood to discuss Muslim apologetics and whether his methods are too controversial. After watching, you might change your mind! Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xce-7zYYwrg Dr. Wood's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Acts17Apologetics Our Website: https://capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Here we feature a discussion between Josh Rasmussen and Lance Hannestad on the argument from contingency. Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjKoa4-x_BQ More Info: https://capturingchristianity.com/discussion-argument-contingency/ Josh's Website: https://joshualrasmussen.com Our Website: https://capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this livestream, Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Graham Oppy discuss whether the applicability of math to the universe is best explained by Theism. Link to YouTube video: https://youtu.be/8WE1y00bwCU Dr. Craig's website: https://www.reasonablefaith.org Dr. Oppy's website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/graham-oppy Our Website: http://capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This is the fifth and final episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus' resurrection. In this series I'm joined by Dr.'s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject. Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This is the fourth episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus’ resurrection. In this series I’m joined by Dr.’s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject. Dr. Miller has been on the podcast before. He and I discussed the prior probability of the Resurrection. Super interesting exchange of ideas on that one, please go give it a listen if you haven’t. Dr. Miller graduated from the University of Oxford in 2015 with degrees in Medical Sciences (Neuroscience) and Medicine & Surgery. He’s currently teaching Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford. Dr. Baker-Hytch is actually new to the show. In 2010 he received his Masters in Ethics, Religion and Society from the University of Exeter and later went on to receive a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Both of these guys are extremely intelligent and also well-versed in the evidence for the Resurrection. In Part 5 we talk about a book they’ve written together on the subject. Part 4 starts a discussion about the various explanations on offer for the historical facts surrounding Jesus’ resurrection. Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Giving (Thank you!): www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This is the third episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus' resurrection. In this series I'm joined by Dr.'s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject. Dr. Miller has been on the podcast before. He and I discussed the prior probability of the Resurrection. Super interesting exchange of ideas on that one, please go give it a listen if you haven’t. Dr. Miller graduated from the University of Oxford in 2015 with degrees in Medical Sciences (Neuroscience) and Medicine & Surgery. He’s currently teaching Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford. Dr. Baker-Hytch is actually new to the show. In 2010 he received his Masters in Ethics, Religion and Society from the University of Exeter and later went on to receive a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Both of these guys are extremely intelligent and also well-versed in the evidence for the Resurrection. In Part 5 we talk about a book they’ve written together on the subject. Part 3 picks up right where we left off after part 2. Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

This is the second episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus' resurrection. In this series I'm joined by Dr.'s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject. Link to website: https://capturingchristianity.com/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity