Faith and Reason Exchange

Do we have an obligation to find and furnish evidence for our beliefs? David and Adam reflect on W.K. Clifford's "The Ethics of Belief" (1877). Here is the article alluded to in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Show Notes: Support 1517 Podcast Network! 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam use an old Greek myth as the starting point for a conversation about confirmation bias and other shortcomings to understand and make sense of things. Show Notes: Support 1517 Podcast Network! 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam reflect on the parable of the invisible gardener, which John Wisdom (1904-1993) and Antony Flew (1923-2010) developed to illustrate epistemological and linguistic issues associated with theology. Show Notes: Support 1517 Podcast Network Fundraiser! 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam talk about the epistemologies and apologetics of Mormonism, Islam, and Christianity. Show Notes: Support 1517 Podcast Network Fundraiser! 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

This episode covers realism, nominalism, and much more in under 40 minutes. So, put on your rubber boots (or wellies), for it's about to get deep, but not too deep. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam explore the role that reason plays in a life of faith lived in today's world. (This episode was recorded months ago. S there will be some overlap with more recent ones. Nonetheless, it's still worth a listen.) Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam recall their time as students and professors in higher education and discuss the issues associated with being a Christian in academia today. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam reflect on the nature of truth in a post-truth age while discussing the controversy concerning Uri Berliner, NPR, and its new CEO. Here's the article that started the controversy: https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust. Katherine Maher's full TED talk is available here: https://youtu.be/r2gsj0EEE3I?si=WZXKmqXS-XG1ez7L. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam reflect on the Christian disposition toward politics in general and American politics in particular. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam reflect on some recent comments from the leading atheist Richard Dawkins and raise the question: has atheism run its course? (You can watch the full interview with Dawkins on LBC here.) Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam reflect on the significance of Jesus' resurrection for Christian faith and life. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

In this episode, David and Adam conclude their brief overview of the heresies that preceded and led to the ecumenical councils of Nicæa (325) and Constantinople (381). Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Here We Still Stand 2023 Videos are Available on YouTube Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

In this episode, David and Adam talk about the Jewish-Christian Ebionites (and their adoptionist Christology) and begin to introduce Arianism. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Here We Still Stand 2023 Videos are Available on YouTube Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam talk with Dr. Francis Beckwith about faith and reason, natural law, and theology in view of one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the catholic tradition, Thomas Aquinas. Dr. Beckwith's book Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant explores these and other topics in more detail and in a way that is helpful for protestants who wonder about this fascinating medieval theologian. You can find all of Dr. Beckwith's books here. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Here We Still Stand 2023 Videos are Available on YouTube Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

In this episode, David and Adam talk about the second-century heresy of Marcionism. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Here We Still Stand 2023 Videos are Available on YouTube Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam begin a new miniseries covering the major Christian heresies that preceded the Council of Nicaea (AD 325). Today's episode looks at Docetism, which is an expression of a Greek spiritualist philosophy known as Gnosticism. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with Bruce Hillman Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom Here We Still Stand 2023 Videos are Available on YouTube Last Chance: NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

Luke's Acts of the Apostles tells the story of the earliest Christians. The second half of the book centers on the evangelistic (and apologetic) activity of St. Paul. In this episode, David and Adam talk about Paul's trip to the birthplace of philosophy--Athens--and the stoic and epicurean philosophers he spoke to on Mars Hill. (We encountered some audio issues in this episode. Most of it was rectified in the processing of editing, although we are aware there are a few seconds-worth of glitches in the first five minutes of recording.) Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam discuss what is often called methodological naturalism and whether or not it is presumes a naturalistic ontology or worldview. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam finish their series on G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. This episode covers the last four chapters. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam continue their series on G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. This episode covers chapters 4 and 5. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam begin a series on G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. This episode covers chapters 1-3. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam reflect on C.S. Lewis's "The Poison of Subjectivism". You can find the essay at: https://williamwoodall.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/2/2/10226906/the_poison_of_subjectivism.pdf. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam continue the discussion on woke culture and ideology. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery NWA Conference May 3rd-4th More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

This episode introduces the topic of our next few episodes, where David and Adam discuss woke culture and ideology. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam talk about the primary methods of Christian apologetics--focusing on evidentialism and presuppositionism. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam finish their conversation about the Regensburg lecture. This time, however, they talk about the concept of logos in the history of Greco-Roman and Christian thought and its culmination in the person and work of Jesus. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis of Jesus Christ: & Other Essays in Christian Psychotherapy by John Warwick Montgomery Free 2023 Advent Resources 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam continue their conversation about Islam, venturing beyond the issues raised about in the Regensburg lecture (see season 2, episode 1). They discuss the religion's basic doctrine and some of its parallels and contradictions with Christianity. Show Notes: 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Free 2023 Advent Resources Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) Join the 1517 Academy

Nearly two decades ago, Pope Benedict XVI (formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) delivered what is often called the Regensburg lecture. Though it was meant to rekindle the relationship between faith and reason (or science and theology) in higher education, much of the world—or at least the Muslim majority world—got distracted by a brief reference he made to a fifteenth-century dialogue about Islam, its theological voluntarism, and the consequences of such a view of God. This episode marks the beginning of a conversation on the Regensburg lecture. For the text, formally titled "Faith, Reason and the University", click here. If you are interested in the controversy it generated, Wikipedia is a good place to start. Enjoy. Show Notes: Support 1517 on Giving Tuesday! 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Free 2023 Advent Resources Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) Join the 1517 Academy More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

David and Adam have spent the last two and half months exploring both the philosophical and scientific evidence for God's existence and the historical evidence for the resurrection and deity of Jesus. The case for both is strong (and your hosts have only really scratched the surface). Even so, unbelief persists. In fact, the data from every relevant survey suggests it is on the rise. This episode reflects on this issue--that despite the evidence, Christianity is still regarded as something akin to a cleverly devised myth--and offers some observations on how Christians might continue to bear witness to the faith in the public arena. Show Notes: Support 1517 on Giving Tuesday! 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Free 2023 Advent Resources Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) Join the 1517 Academy More from the hosts: Adam Francisco David Andersen

The first Christians believed Jesus was Lord and God. This episode explores how this could be given the monotheism of Judaism. The only explanation, David and Adam argue, is the fact of the resurrection. Some helpful resources: Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel Martin Hengel, Studies in Early Christology Show Notes: · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Freedom Lessons Album · Free 2023 Advent Resources · Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition · 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) · Join the 1517 Academ More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

David and Adam continue their conversation about the historical reasons for believing in Jesus' resurrection from the dead. On the conversion of the apostles, see David Andersen, Faithless to Fearless: The Even that Changed the World. Show Notes: · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Free 2023 Advent Resources · 2024(May 3-4) NWA Tickets are Now Available! · Join the 1517 Academy · All Charges Dropped, Vol. 2 More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

David and Adam begin to build a case for the resurrection of Jesus using minimal and uncontested facts from history—beginning with the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Some helpful resources: David Andersen, Faithless to Fearless: The Even that Changed the World Gary Habermas, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Show Notes: · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Free 2023 Advent Resources · 2024(May 3-4) NWA Tickets are Now Available! · Join the 1517 Academy · All Charges Dropped, Vol. 2 More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

David and Adam continue their series on the reasonableness of Christianity. In this episode, they cover recent New Testament scholarship on the Gospels as biography and eyewitness testimony. Some helpful resources: Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony Richard Burridge, What are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography Show Notes: · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Free 2023 Advent Resources · 2024(May 3-4) NWA Tickets are Now Available! · Join the 1517 Academy · All Charges Dropped, Vol. 2 More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

Is the New Testament reliable? David and Adam begin a new series addressing the question: Is it reasonable to believe in Christ? They start with the most basic question: Is the New Testament reliable? Some helpful resources: Fragments of Truth (a Documentary) Bruce Metzger, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (3rd ed) John Warwick Montgomery, History, Law and Christianity David Andersen, Faithless to Fearless: The Event that Changed the World Show Notes: · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Free 2023 Advent Resources · 2024(May 3-4) NWA Tickets are Now Available! · Join the 1517 Academy · All Charges Dropped, Vol. 2 More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

For more on Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, see https://stephencmeyer.org/. Show Notes: · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Free 2023 Advent Resources · 2024(May 3-4) NWA Tickets are Now Available! · Join the 1517 Academy · All Charges Dropped, Vol. 2 More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

This is the last episode in David and Adam's series on the philosophical and scientific reasons for believing in God's existence. The two take you through the argument from biology and the irreducibly complex and purposefully arranged information found in DNA to the existence of a designer. For more detail from the leading proponents of this argument, see Michael Behe's Darwin's Black Box and Stephen C. Meyer's Signature in the Cell. Also, you may be interested to read how the "world's most notorious atheist" (Anthony Flew) changed his mind about the existence of God (based in large part upon the overwhelming evidence of design in the human genome). That can be found here: There is a God. And finally, after this episode was recorded David and Adam were fortunate to connect with one of the leading proponents of Intelligent Design theory—Dr. Stephen C. Meyer. Their conversion will be available as a bonus episode tomorrow. Show Notes: · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Free 2023 Advent Resources · 2024(May 3-4) NWA Tickets are Now Available! · Join the 1517 Academy · All Charges Dropped, Vol. 2 More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

David and Adam dive back into the details of the universe's fine tuning, explain alternative theories (e.g. multiverse theory) to the one advanced by intelligent design, and discuss the implications all this has for the theistic worldview. "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork" (Psalm 19:1). Show Notes: · The book David and Adam keep referring to is Stephen C. Meyer's The Return of the God Hypothesis. · Also see William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith, Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology. · 1517 Podcast Survey · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Faith and Reason Exchange @ 1517.org · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Join the 1517 Academy · Faith in the Face of Tyranny More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

David and Adam are back at it, exploring the ramifications of philosophy and modern science on the question of God's existence. They begin with a brief conversation about what it means to be a critical realist and then hone back in on Big Bang cosmology while introducing the notion of what is often described as the fine-tuning of the universe. Show Notes: · The book David and Adam keep referring to is Stephen C. Meyer's The Return of the God Hypothesis. · Also see Alister McGrath's A Fine-Tuned Universe and Darwinism and the Divine. · The Nobel Prize winning astronomer Adam mentioned was Arno Penzias. On the evidence we have from the universe, he commented: "The best data we have are exactly what I would have predicted had I nothing to go on but the five books of Moses, the Psalms, and the Bible as a whole." · 1517 Podcast Survey · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Faith and Reason Exchange @ 1517.org · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Join the 1517 Academy · Faith in the Face of Tyranny More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen ·

David and Adam begin their series on the various arguments for (and reasons to believe in) God's existence. This episode begins with a little history behind the cosmological argument followed by a conversation about the implications of a contingent universe. Show Notes: · 1517 Podcast Survey · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Faith and Reason Exchange @ 1517.org · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Join the 1517 Academy · Faith in the Face of Tyranny More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

David and Adam discuss how reason's competence (with respect to the Christian tradition) has changed over the centuries. Plato and Aristotle, medieval schoolmen like Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham, and modern thinkers such as René Descartes and Charles Darwin are all discussed to set the stage for subsequent episodes addressing the reasonableness of belief in God's existence. Show Notes: · 1517 Podcast Survey · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Faith and Reason Exchange @ 1517.org · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Join the 1517 Academy · Faith in the Face of Tyranny More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

What is fideism? David and Adam define fideism and discuss its problematic place in the epistemology of much contemporary Christian thought. Show Notes: · 1517 Podcast Survey · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Faith and Reason Exchange @ 1517.org · 2023 HWSS Conference Livestream Signup · Join the 1517 Academy · Faith in the Face of Tyranny More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

David and Adam bring some nuance to the issues surrounding faith and reason by discussing the different ways the terms are used (and misused) in academic and popular discourse. Show Notes: · 1517 Podcast Network Survey · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Faith and Reason Exchange @ Apple Podcasts · Faith and Reason Exchange @ 1517.org · Join the 1517 Academy More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen

What does faith have to do with reason? In this first episode of the Faith and Reason Exchange, David and Adam introduce themselves and their work after which they discuss the relationship of faith and reason. They begin by reflecting on the common assumption and, sometimes, accusation that faith and reason have nothing to do with each other and conclude, after a wide-ranging discussion, that the two are inseparable. Show Notes: · 1517 Podcast Network Survey · Support 1517 · 1517 Podcasts · The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts · 1517 on Youtube What's New from 1517: · Join the 1517 Academy · Freedom Lessons Street Team · Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment by Bradley Gray More from the hosts: · Adam Francisco · David Andersen