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The basics of Islam

December 13, 2023 | By 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).

Ratzinger, voluntarism, and Islam

December 6, 2023 | By Adam Francisco, David Andersen
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.

Some final observations on the evidence for the Christian faith

November 29, 2023 | By 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.

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The deity of Jesus and the resurrection

November 22, 2023 | By 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.

Evolution, irreducible complexity, and the demise of Darwin's theory with Dr. Michael Behe

November 15, 2023 | By Adam Francisco, David Andersen
Biochemist Dr. Michael Behe joins David and Adam in this special episode of the Faith and Reason Exchange where they talk about Dr. Behe's life's work demonstrating the failure of Darwin's theory of evolution and promoting the theory of intelligent design.

Faithless to fearless: The resurrection and the conversion of the apostles

November 8, 2023 | By
David and Adam continue their conversation about the historical reasons for believing in Jesus' resurrection from the dead.

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A case for the resurrection, part 1

November 1, 2023 | By 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.

The gospels as biography and eyewitness testimony

October 25, 2023 | By 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.

Is the New Testament reliable?

October 18, 2023 | By Adam Francisco, David Andersen
Is the New Testament reliable?

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Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on Intelligent Design (Bonus Episode)

October 12, 2023 | By Adam Francisco, David Andersen
For more on Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, see https://stephencmeyer.org/.

Evolution, information, and design

October 11, 2023 | By 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.

Part Two: A finely tuned cosmos and its implications

October 4, 2023 | By 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.

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Channel
1517 Podcast Network
Creator
1517 Podcasts
1517 Podcasts
2015 - 2023
Episodes
371
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Clean