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Classical Theism Podcast — 257 episodes
Ep. #305 - A Catholic Guide to the New Testament w/ Dr. Swafford
Ep. #304 - Was Jesus borrowed from pagans? w/ Jon Sorensen
Ep. #303 - The Saving Power of the Life of Christ w/ Fr. Pine
Ep. #302 - Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in Christ w/ Gary Michuta
Ep. #301 - Evidentialism & Resurrection Apologetics w/ Dr. Lydia McGrew
Ep. #300 - What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ? w/ Fr. James Brent O.P.
BONUS|The Nature of the Sexes - Defending the Gamete View w/ Dr. Bogardus
Ep. #299 - Did Jesus Really Fulfill the Messianic Prophecies? w/ Gomer
Ep. #298 - The Word of God Inspired for Our Salvation w/ Dr. Jeff Morrow
BONUS|Commentary on Wes Huff's Conversation with Steven Bartlett (part 1)
Ep. #297 - Debate Debrief on the Mass w/ Joe Heschmeyer
Ep. #296 - A Resurrection Debate Debrief w/ Jimmy Akin
Ep. #295 - Classical Theism: A Christian Introduction w/ Dr. Jordan Steffaniak
Ep. #294 - The Problem of Animal Suffering Revisited w/ Dr. Kyle Keltz
Ep. #293 - The Book of Ezekiel w/ Dr. Daniel Keating
BONUS|Dr. Boyce on "Was the Early Church Gullible?" + New Book by Devin Schadt
Ep. #292 - Pauline Authorship of the Pastoral Epistles w/ Dr. Stephen Boyce
Ep. #291 - The Book of Sirach w/ Dr. Andre Villeneuve
Ep. #290 - Catholic Teaching & Evolution (1831 - 1950) w/ Dr. Ken Kemp
Ep. #289 - Thinking Critically about IVF w/ Stephanie Gray Connors
Ep. #288 - The Old Testament as Christian Scripture w/ Curtis Mitch
Ep. #287 - Is Belief Believable? w/ Dr. Christopher Kaczor
BONUS|An Introduction to St. Augustine's Confessions w/ Dr. Shane Owens
Ep. #286 - IVF is Not the Way w/ Stacy Trasancos
Ep. #285 - How to Study the Gospels (part 3) w/ Sal Ciresi
BONUS|Moral Money & the Case for Bitcoin w/ Eric Sammons
Ep. #284 - Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? w/ Dr. Tomaszewski
Ep. #283 - Exposition & Critique of Balthasar w/ Dr. Brotherton
BONUS|The Vatican Document on AI w/ Mike Schramm
Ep. #282 - The Beatific Vision w/ Dr. Samuel G. Parkison
Ep. #281 - Flynn & DeRosa respond to Dr. Brett Weinstein on Creation & Evolution
Ep. #280 - New Response to the Logical Problem of Evil w/ Flynn & Vecchio
Ep. #279 - The Bible and Marriage w/ Dr. John Bergsma
Ep. #278 - Are the Resurrection Accounts Reconcilable?
Ep. #277 - Immortal Souls w/ Dr. Edward Feser
BONUS|Old Testament Reliability & Mosaic Authorship w/ Dr. Bergsma & Dr. Morrow (Re-Release)
BONUS|Xmas Giveaway + 2 Interviews w/ Dr. Dolezal (re-release)
BONUS|2 Interviews with Dr. Edward Feser (Re-released)
Ep. #276 - How to Study the Gospels (part 2) w/ Sal Ciresi
Ep. #275 - A Brief History of Thomism w/ Dr. Matthew K. Minerd
Ep. #274 - Parapsychology and Apologetics w/ Jimmy Akin
Ep. #273 - How to Study the Gospels (part 1) w/ Sal Ciresi
Ep. #272 - A Fresh Defense of Divine Immutability w/ Dr. Karlo Broussard
Ep. #271 - Arguments for New Testament Reliability w/ Dr. Ben Shaw
Ep. #270 - Classical Theism and the Incarnation w/ Dr. Tim Pawl (+Live Q&A)
Ep. #269 - More on Faith & Fr. Garrigou's apologetics w/ Fr. Cajetan Cuddy O.P.
Ep. #268 - Fr. Garrigou on the Motives of Credibility w/ Dr. Michael Sirilla
Ep. #267 - Divine & Creaturely Causality w/ Dr. W. Matthews Grant (plus Live Q&A)
Ep. #266 - Classical Theism & Sacred Scripture w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr
Ep. #265 - Debate Debrief on Divine Simplicity w/ Dr. Ortlund & Pat Flynn
Ep. #264 - The Book of Wisdom w/ Dr. Mark Giszczak
Debate Debrief | James White vs. Jimmy Akin on Sola Scriptura & Salvation
Ep. #263 - The Catholic View of Salvation w/ Dr. Michael Dauphinais
Ep. #262 - Divine Names; Is God Really Creator and Lord? w/ Ryan M. Hurd
Ep. #261 - The Important Catholic Intellectual You've Never Heard Of w/ Dr. Joseph Stuart
Ep. #260 - Natural Theology & the Reasonableness of Faith w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P.
Ep. #259 - The Reliability of the Old Testament w/ Dr. John Bergsma (+Live Q&A)
Ep. #258 - Divine Simplicity & Ultimate Explanation w/ Dr. Tomaszewski (w/ Live Q & A)
BONUS|Artificial Intelligence & the Human Condition w/ Heather Foucault-Camm
Ep. #257 - The Theology & Authorship of the Pentateuch (Live Show) w/ Dr.'s Morrow, Mastnjak, and Schmiedicke
Ep. #256 - Answering 12 BIG Questions about Fiducia Supplicans w/ Michael Lofton
Ep. #255 - Revisiting Divine Hiddenness w/ Dr. Gavin Ortlund
Ep. #254 - Principles of Catholic Theology (book 1) w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P.
Ep. #253 - Is God a Vindictive Bully? w/ Prof. Paul Copan
Ep. #252 - Did Vatican II change Catholic teaching on the Church's nature? w/ Dr. Chris Malloy
Ep. #251 - Philosophy in the Catholic Tradition w/ Dr. Jim Jacobs (+New Year's Giveaway)
Ep. #250 - Principles of Catholic Epistemology w/ Fr. James Brent O.P. (plus Live Q & A)
Ep. #249 - The Bible's Foundation = The Pentateuch w/ Dr. Nathan Schmiedicke (an FSSP seminary professor)
Ep. #248 - Answering 5 Big Atheistic Objections w/ Pat Flynn
Ep. #247 - Does God get angry? w/ Ryan M. Hurd
Ep. #246 - Arguing for an Unmoved Mover w/ Dr. Daniel Shields
Ep. #245 - The Historicity of the Gospels w/ Fr. Giambrone O.P.
The Best Argument for God (part 2) w/ Pat Flynn
BONUS|A Quick Look at Laudate Deum w/ Jimmy Akin
Ep. #244 - The Best Argument for God (part 1) w/ Pat Flynn
Ep. #243 - A Fresh Look at the Evidence for Christ w/ Jimmy Akin
Ep. #242 - The Most Important Book of Scripture w/ Steve Ray
Ep. #241 - Should Catholics be proponents of intelligent design? w/ Dr. Jay Richards
Ep. #240 - The Old Testament, Polygamy, Slavery, & Mosaic Authorship w/ Dr. Morrow
BONUS|Apologetics, Pop-culture, & Comics w/ Mike Schramm
Ep. #239 - Do the Gospels reliably transmit Jesus's teaching? w/ Gary Michuta
Ep. #238 - Roundtable on Christ's Atonement w/ Dr. Joy, Chris Plance, & Gomer
Ep. #237 - Catholicism & the Science Classroom w/ Dr. Kenneth Kemp
Debate Debrief on Deuteronomy 21 w/ Jake Buscher
Ep. #236 - What is Classical Theism? w/ Dr. Edward Feser
Ep. #235 - Debate: Harper v. DeRosa - Is Deuteronomy 21 immoral and uninspired?
Ep. #234 - Magisterial Reversals & No Salvation Outside the Church w/ Michael Lofton
Ep. #233 - Modern Gender Theory: Origins & Critique w/ Dr. Favale
BONUS|Renewing Catholic Education (+Conference feat. Ed Feser) w/ Dr. Alex Lessard
Ep. #232 - Does Dignitatis Humanae contradict the 19th century Popes? w/ Dr. Michael Dunnigan
Ep. #231 - A Catholic Guide to Gender Discussions w/ Jason Evert
Ep. #230 - Case Studies in Papal Infallibility w/ Dr. John P. Joy
Ep. #229 - Does the Kalam Argument work? Jimmy Akin vs. Jordan Carstensen
A Tribute to Dr. Kevin Vost (1961 - 2023) w/ Pat Flynn
Ep. #228 - The Gospels as Truthful Testimony w/ Dr. Lydia McGrew
Ep. #227 - The Nature & Origin of Persons w/ Dr. Josh Rasmussen
Ep. #226 - Did Moses Write the Pentateuch? w/ Dr. John Bergsma
Ep. #225 - The Irreducibility of the Human Person w/ Dr. Mark Spencer
BONUS|Catholic Bible Translations & the ESV w/ Dr. Mark Giszczak
Ep. #224 - Collected Articles on God's Existence w/ Dr. Kerr
Ep. #223 - What is God? w/ Dr. Kevin Vost
BONUS|Were Adam and Eve REAL? w/ Gary Michuta
Ep. #222 - Faith & Reason (+Critique of Descartes) w/ Dr. Gaven Kerr
Ep. #221 - The Reliability of John's Gospel (part 2) w/ Dr. McGrew
Ep. #220 - Is Pope Francis Worth Defending? w/ Dr. Fastiggi
BONUS|The Jeffersonians + their thoughts on slavery w/ Prof. Gutzman
Ep. #219 - Thomism and Palamism w/ Fr. Peter Totleben O.P.
Ep. #218 - A Defense of the 4th Way w/ Jake Buscher
Ep. #217 - The Authorship and Meaning of Isaiah w/ Dr. Craig Carter
Ep. #216 - Sola Scriptura Debate Debrief w/ Jimmy Akin
Ep. #215 - 4 Early Witnesses + Irenaeus on Jesus's Age w/ Rod Bennett
Dr. John Knasas on Aquinas, the Cry of Rachel, and Evil (part 2)
Ep. #214 - Dr. John Knasas on Aquinas, the Cry of Rachel, and Evil (part 1)
Ep. #213 - Answering 2 Big Objections to Pascal's Wager w/ Dr. Jackson
Ep. #212 - God's Beauty & Simplicity w/ Dr. Samuel Parkison
Ep. #211 - Taking the Sacraments Seriously w/ Michael Gormley
Ep. #210 - Justification & Romans 7 w/ Dr. Christopher Malloy
Ep. #209 - Does the God of Classical Theism Exist? w/ Dr. Rob Koons
Ep. #208 - The Trinity & the Filioque w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White
BONUS|New Apologetics & Young Catholics w/ Fr. Blake Britton
Ep. #207 - Arguments for the Magisterium w/ Michael Lofton
BONUS|Balthasar, Christ's Descent, & Impassibility w/ Dr. Joshua Brotherton
Ep. #206 - Evolution, Benedict XVI, & the Bible w/ Dr. Matthew Ramage
Ep. #205 - Classical theism, God's unity, & Oppy's Naturalism w/ Enric Gel
NEW Book|Divine Immutability, Matt. 16, & Rev. 12 w_ Karlo Broussard
Office Hours|Composite Things, Adam & Eve, Problem of Evil
BONUS|The Ethics of Abortion & the Pro-life Case w/ Dr. Chris Kaczor
BONUS|What is Sacred Theology? w/ Fr. Cajetan Cuddy O.P.
Ep. #204 - Reaching Agnostic Inquirers w/ Dr. Sandra Menssen
Ep. #203 - A Biblical Defense of Natural Theology w/ Dr. David Haines
Ep. #202 - The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel w/ Dr. Lydia McGrew
BONUS|Originalism & Dobbs v. Jackson w/ Prof. Kevin Gutzman
BONUS|Faith,Reason, and Dobbs v. Jackson w/ Fr. Marcel Guarnizo
Ep. #201 - Humani Generis, Monogenism, & New Research w/ Dr. Kemp
Ep. #200 - Divine Impassibility: Exposition & Defense w/ Dr. Dolezal
BONUS|The New Apologetics w/ Matt Nelson + Special offer July 2022
Ep. #199 - Our Immutable God w/ Dr. Ronni Kurtz
Ep. #198 - Arguing for the Papacy w/ Suan Sonna
Ep. #197 - Dignitatis Humanae: Rupture, reversal, or what? w/ Prof. Dunnigan
BONUS|How to Navigate Transgenderism w/ Jason Evert
Ep. #196 - What is a woman? Gender, Sex, & Pronouns w/ Dr. Bogardus
Ep. #195 - Classical theism & petitionary prayer w/ Dr. Cohoe
Ep. #194 - Consciousness, Thoughts, & Minds w/ Dr. Josh Rasmussen
BONUS|Nature, Grace, and Man's End w/ Dr. Aaron Henderson
Ep. #193 - St. Thomas Aquinas on Scripture w/ Dr. John Boyle
Ep. #192 - Revisiting Atheist Slogans w/ Jake Buscher
Ep. #191 - The Holy Trinity [New book!] w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White
BONUS|How is Prudence Important for Apologetics w/ Fr. Gregory Pine
Ep. #190 - Classical Theism & Cognitive Science of Religion w/ Dr. McNabb
OFFICE Hours|5 Objections from a Confirmation Student w/ Pat Flynn
Ep. #189 - Ehrman vs Akin Debate | Debriefing w/ Jimmy Akin
Ep. #188 - A Primer on Divine Simplicity for Christians w/ Josh Sommer
Ep. #187 - The Argument for Christ w/ Dr. Gavin Ortlund
Ep. #186 - A Dialogue with an Atheist on the Gospels w/ Dana Harper
BONUS|How does privation theory deal with pain? w/ Harrison Jennings
Ep. #185 - A Response to the Aloneness Argument w/ Dr. Grant & Dr. Pawl
BONUS|Invalid Baptisms? The "We" vs. "I" Issue w/ Dr. Feingold
Ep. #184 - "Iustificare" in the Early Church w/ Dr. Matthew J. Thomas
BONUS|A Response to Catholic Confusion + Critique of Balthasar w/ Dr. Chris Malloy
OFFICE Hours|Theism, Atheism, and Simplicity w/ Pat Flynn & Jim Madden
Ep. #183 - Was the Early Church truly Catholic? w/ Joe Heschmeyer
Ep. #182 - The Book of Deuteronomy w/ Curtis Mitch
Ep. #181 - Can the God of classical theism truly be merciful? w/ Ryan Hurd
BONUS|Abp. Fulton J. Sheen on the Sacraments w/ Allan Smith
Ep. #180 (part 2) - Aquinas' Third Way & De Ente w/ Dr. John Knasas
Ep. #180 - Metaphysics, Aquinas, & Esse w/ Dr. John Knasas
BONUS|Revolt Against Reality, New book by Gary Michuta
Ep. #179 - Jesus's Genealogy in Matthew w/ Sal Ciresi
BONUS|Peter Kreeft, Apologetics, and Cumulative Cases w/ Pat Flynn
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Ep. #178 - Is There a God? A Debate w/ Dr. Kenneth L. Pearce
Ep. #177 - Light on the Dark Passages of Scripture w/ Dr. Mark Giszczak
BONUS|The True Meaning of Christmas w/ Dr. Michael Barber
Ep. #176 - Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't w/ Dr. Ortlund
BONUS|A Former Muslim's Conversion w/ Dustin Quick
Ep. #175 - Vatican II (part 2) + Did JP2 kiss the Quran? w/ Fr. Blake Britton
Ep. #174 - Does God Cause Sin? Divine Universal Causality (part 2) w/ Dr. Grant
BONUS|Explaining Scripture to Skeptics w/ Michael Gormley
Ep. #173 - Answering Bible Difficulties (part 1) w/ Jimmy Akin
Ep. #172 - Thomistic Hylomorphic Dualism: A Statement & Defense w/ Dr. Bell
BONUS|The Documents of Vatican II w/ Dr. DeClue (+Nature/Grace debates)
Ep. #171 - Prof. Tomaszewski responds to Dr. WLC on divine simplicity
BONUS|Catholic Morality Explained w/ Dr. Matthew Minerd
Ep. #170 - A Dialectical Response to Animal Suffering w/ Dr. Madden
Ep. #169 - Trinitarian Challenges to Divine Simplicity w/ Dr. James Dolezal
BONUS|Simply Trinity w/ Dr. Matthew Barrett
Ep. #168 - Blue Collar Apologetics w/ John Martignoni
Ep. #167 - Anscombe & God's Intentional Act of Creation w/ Dr. Kerr
Ep. #166 - The Philosophy of the Eucharist (part II) w/ Dr. Feingold
Ep. #165 - A Response to Ben Watkins' Opening Statement w/ Pat Flynn
Ep. #164 - Presenting Jesus, A Teacher of Strange Things w/ Cy Kellett
BONUS|Teaching Apologetics in High School w/ Andrew Niewald
Ep. #163 - Implicit & Imperfect Faith w/ Dr. Gregory Stacey
BONUS|Classical Theism & the Bible (on Gary Michuta's show)
Ep. #162 - The Nature of Faith & Doubt w/ Dr. Matthew Ramage
BONUS|Twinning and the Metaphysics of Embryos w/ Dr. Richard Playford
COMMENTARY Bonus|Tomaszewski Responds to Mullins on Modal Collapse
Ep. #161 - Another Look at Aquinas's First Way w/ Dr. Michael Sirilla
Ep. #160 - What do Catholics believe about the atonement? w/ Michael Gormley
Ep. #159 - Problems with Analogy after Aquinas w/ Dr. Domenic D'Ettore
BONUS|The Nature of God (Conversation w/ Brandon Vogt)
Ep. #158 - The Doctrine of Analogy w/ Dr. Joseph Trabbic
Ep. #157 - The Mystery of God w/ Denys Turner
BONUS|Aquinas on How to Be Happy w/ Matt Fradd
Ep. #156 - Defending Trinitarian Classical Theism w/ Dr. Craig Carter
BONUS|Thomas Aquinas, Biblical Theologian w/ Dr. Dauphinais
Ep. #155 - Creation, Simplicity, and Adam & Eve w/ Dr. Levering
Ep. #154 - God: What Every Catholic Should Know w/ Dr. Elizabeth Klein
BONUS|Criticism of Modern Biblical Criticism w/ Dr. Jeff Morrow
PHIL Bonus|What is Knowledge? w/ Dr. Tomas Bogardus
Ep. #153 - The Eucharist w/ Dr. Lawrence Feingold
BONUS|How to Talk About Homosexuality (& other tough topics) w/ Brandon Vogt
Ep. #152 - An Introduction to the Gospel of John (part 2) w/ Sal Ciresi
BONUS|Wisdom of the Word w/ Dr. Dauphinais and Dr. Levering
Ep. #151 - An Introduction to the Gospel of John (part 1) w/ Sal Ciresi
BONUS|A Very Brief Reply to Some Comments from Dr. WLC
Ep. #150 - Free Will & Divine Universal Causality w/ Dr. W. Matthews Grant
BONUS|Fragments: A New Kind of Apologetics
Ep. #149 - Does God Suffer? w/ Fr. Thomas Weinandy
Ep. #148 - Essays by Fr. Garrigou & the Principle of Finality w/ Dr. Minerd
Ep. #147 - On the Ordinary & Extraordinary Magisterium w/ Dr. John Joy
Ep. #146 - A Thomistic Introduction to the Divine Attributes w/ Ryan Hurd
Ep. #145 - What do you think about the Kalam? w/ Jimmy Akin
BONUS|Divine eternity & Divine action w/ Dr. Duby
Ep. #144 - Classical Theism & God incarnate w/ Dr. Dolezal
Ep. #143 - Immateriality of the Intellect (and modal collapse) w/ Tomaszewski
THEO Bonus|Are Indulgences a Problem for Catholicism? w/ Dr. Mary Moorman
Ep. #142 - Infallibility & the Case of Honorius w/ Erick Ybarra
BONUS|Rethinking the Enlightenment w/ Dr. Joseph Stuart
Ep. #141 - St. Paul and "Works of the Law" w/ Dr. Matthew Thomas
Ep. #140 - A Biblical Case for the Papacy w/ Suan Sonna
OFFICE Hours|Common Objections to Divine Simplicity w/ Pat Flynn
Ep. #139 - Exploring the Third Way w/ Karlo Broussard
BONUS|A Problem for Non-cognitivist Ethics w/ Joseph Beauchamp
Ep. #138 - Pro-life Philosophy & Arguments w/ Trent Horn
BONUS|Etienne Gilson on Being a Thomist w/ Fr. Philip Neri Reese O.P.
Ep. #137 - Reclaiming & Defending Vatican II w/ Fr. Blake Britton
Ep. #136 - God, the Bible, & Modal Collapse Revisited w/ Steven Nemes
BONUS|A Brief Review of My Conversation w/ Mullins
Ep. #135 - A Conversation om God, DDS, and Modal Collapse w/ Dr. Ryan Mullins
BONUS|Deadly Sins of Apologetics w/ Mark Brumley
Ep. #134 - A Catholic Scientist Defends God's Existence
BONUS|Simplicity, Triune Action, & Appropriation w/ David Moser
Ep. #133 - Negative Theology, Apophaticism, & Philosophical Analysis w/ Dr. Hewitt
Ep. #132 - Answering 5 Objections to Classical Theism
BONUS|Defending the Longer Ending of Mark w/ James Snapp Jr.
Ep. #131 - Kinds of Apologetics, the Resurrection, & Research Strategy w/ Jimmy Akin
BONUS|Slogans, PSR, Evil, & Predestination w/ Pat Flynn (Office hours)
Ep. #130 - A Lutheran's Case for Catholicism w/ Dr. Robert Koons
BONUS|Maritain, Premotion, & Predestination w/ Dr. O'Neill
Ep. #129 - Defending Fundamentals of the Faith w/ Michael Gormley
BONUS|Dialogue w/ the Atheist Who Reviewed my Book w/ Dana Harper
Ep. #128 - Essays by Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange w/ Dr. Matthew Minerd
Ep. #127 - A Jesuit's View of Animals & Animal Suffering w/ Fr. Christopher Steck S.J.
Ep. #126 - The Problem of Animal Suffering w/ Dr. Kyle Keltz
Ep. #125 - Is Catholic Faith Worth Having? w/ Dr. Stacey
BONUS|An Abductive Cosmological Argument w/ Paulo Juarez