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Thinking to Believe — 202 episodes

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202: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 1? Introduction

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201: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers? 1-N-Done

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200: Answering God's Critics pt 29 - Divine Sins pt 10 - Is God Sexist & Misogynistic? pt 3 - OT pt 2 NT pt 1

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199: Answering God's Critics pt 28 - Divine Sins pt 9 - Is God Sexist & Misogynistic? pt 2 - OT pt 1

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198: Answering God's Critics pt 27 - Divine Sins pt 8 - Is God Sexist & Misogynistic? pt 1 - Intro

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197: Answering God's Critics pt 26 - Divine Sins pt 7 - Slavery in the Bible pt 3

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196: Answering God's Critics pt 25 - Divine Sins pt 6 - Slavery in the Bible pt 2

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195: Answering God's Critics pt 24 - Divine Sins pt 5 - Slavery in the Bible pt 1

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194: Answering God's Critics pt 23 - Divine Sins pt 4 - Conquest of Canaan pt 2

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193: Answering God's Critics pt 22 - Divine Sins pt 3 - Conquest of Canaan pt 1

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192: Answering God's Critics pt 21 - Divine Sins pt 2 - Is the God of the OT different than the God of the NT?

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191: Answering God's Critics pt 20 - Divine Sins pt 1 - Introduction and Principles

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190: Answering God's Critics pt 19 - Problem of Evil pt 10 - Emotional Problem of Evil pt 2

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189: Answering God's Critics pt 18 - Problem of Evil pt 9 - Emotional Problem of Evil pt 1

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188: Answering God's Critics pt 17 - Problem of Evil pt 8 - Natural Evil

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187: Answering God's Critics pt 16 - Problem of Evil pt 7 - Why We Will Not Sin in Heaven & A Fatal Flaw in the Free Will Defense? pt 2

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186: Answering God's Critics pt 15 - Problem of Evil pt 6 - A Fatal Flaw in the Free Will Defense? pt 1

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185: Answering God's Critics pt 14 - Problem of Evil pt 5 - Theodicy: Why Does God Permit Evil?

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184: Miscellany - NYC Mayoral Race, Gerrymandering, Different Beliefs, Offended, Pet Peeve Foreign Words and Performative Prayer

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183: Answering God's Critics pt 13 - Problem of Evil pt 4 - Evidential Problem of Evil pt 2

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182: Answering God's Critics pt 12 - Problem of Evil pt 3 - Evidential Problem of Evil pt 1

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181: Answering God's Critics pt 11 - Problem of Evil pt 2 - Logical Problem of Evil pt 2

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180: Answering God's Critics pt 10 - Problem of Evil pt 1 - Logical Problem of Evil pt 1

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179: Answering God's Critics pt 9 - Problem of Evil 1-N-Done

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178: Answering God's Critics pt 8 - Religion is a Human Invention & Emotional Crutch

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177: Answering God's Critics pt 7 - Science Has Disproven God

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176: Answering God's Critics pt 6 - Omniscience and Free Will are Incompatible | Bodiless Persons are Impossible

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175: Honoring Charlie Kirk

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174: Answering God's Critics pt 5 - The Problem of Hell pt 2

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173: Answering God's Critics pt 4 - The Problem of Hell pt 1

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172: Answering God's Critics pt 3 - Extraordinary Claims | Can't Know God Exists | Theism is Unfalsifiable

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171: Answering God's Critics pt 2 - Hiddenness of God pt 2

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170: Answering God's Critics pt 1 - Hiddenness of God pt 1

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169: The Rich Should Pay their Fair Share? Trickle Down Economics and Property Taxes

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168: The Moral Case for Capitalism

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167: The Moral Case Against Socialism pt 2

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166: The Moral Case Against Socialism pt 1

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165: Miscellany - Welby on homosexuality, who can baptize, proper church attire, Bible and systematic theology, Pet the Peeve ministerial bios

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164: Miscellany - N.T. Wright is Wrong on Abortion and the Necessity of Believing in the Bodily Resurrection, Pet the Peeve

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163: Passing on the Spirit pt 2: Luke's Theology of the Holy Spirit

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162: Passing on the Spirit pt 1: Luke's Theology of the Holy Spirit

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161: Ascension of Jesus pt 2 - Significance of the Ascension pt 2, What Jesus is Doing in Heaven Now

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160: Ascension of Jesus pt 1 - Intro, Significance of the Ascension pt 1

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159: Resurrection of Jesus pt 28 - The Resurrection of Believers pt 2

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158: Resurrection of Jesus pt 27 - The Resurrection of Believers pt 1

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157: Resurrection of Jesus pt 26 - Shroud of Turin pt 5 - Shroud Art, Reasons to Doubt, History of Shroud

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156: Resurrection of Jesus pt 25 - Shroud of Turin pt 4 - Image Formation | Dating the Shroud cont.

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155: Resurrection of Jesus pt 24 - Shroud of Turin pt 3 - Image Formation | Dating the Shroud

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154: Resurrection of Jesus pt 23 - Shroud of Turin pt 2 - Evidence of Authenticity

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153: Resurrection of Jesus pt 22 - Shroud of Turin pt 1

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152: Miscellany - Music, Truth, Words, Preachers, Religion, Pet the Peeve

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151: Resurrection of Jesus pt 21 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 8

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150: Resurrection of Jesus pt 20 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 7

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149: Resurrection of Jesus pt 19 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 6

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148: Resurrection of Jesus pt 18 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 5

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147: Resurrection of Jesus pt 17 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 4

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146: Resurrection of Jesus pt 16 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 3

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145: Resurrection of Jesus pt 15 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 2

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144: Resurrection of Jesus pt 14 - Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts pt 1

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143: Resurrection of Jesus pt 13 - Questions and Objections pt 3

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142: Resurrection of Jesus pt 12 - Questions and Objections pt 2

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141: Resurrection of Jesus pt 11 - Questions and Objections pt 1

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140: Resurrection of Jesus pt 10 - Alternative Explanations for the Historical Facts pt 2 | Resurrection is the Best Explanation

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139: Resurrection of Jesus pt 9 - Alternative Explanations for the Historical Facts pt 1

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138: Resurrection of Jesus pt 8 - Conversion of Paul and James, Origin of Belief, Changed Behavior

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137: Resurrection of Jesus pt 7 - Historical Evidence for Jesus' Post-Mortem Appearances

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136: Resurrection of Jesus pt 6 - Historical Evidence for the Empty Tomb

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135: Resurrection of Jesus pt 5 - Historical Evidence that Jesus Was Buried

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134: Resurrection of Jesus pt 4 - Historical Evidence that Jesus Died by Crucifixion

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133: Resurrection of Jesus pt 3 - Historical Evidence that Jesus Existed

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132: Resurrection of Jesus pt 2 - The Significance of Jesus' Resurrection

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131: Resurrection of Jesus pt 1 - Introduction

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130: Political Theology pt 6 - Vote to Make a Moral Difference | Why We Should Still Vote for Trump

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129: Political Theology pt 5 - God Takes Sides | Why Christians Can't Vote for Democrats

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128: Political Theology pt 4 - Legislating Morality | Voting is Morally Significant

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127: Political Theology pt 3 - The Meaning of the 1st Amendment

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126: Political Theology pt 2 - America was founded as a Christian nation

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125: Political Theology pt 1 - Religion and Politics Do Mix

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124: Simplifying God's Will, pt 6 - Objections Answered

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123: Simplifying God's Will, pt 5 - Ministry and Marriage

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122: Simplifying God's Will, pt 4 - Biblical Support for the Wisdom Model

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121: Simplifying God's Will, pt 3 - Characteristics of Divine Revelation

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120: Simplifying God's Will, pt 2 - Extent of God's Will, Evaluating Methods for Discovering God's Will

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119: Simplifying God's Will, pt 1: Two Models of God's Will

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118: Miscellany - Exposition of 1 Cor 3, DEI, Advice from Failures, Pet the Peeve

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117: Does God Exist?, pt 47: An Existential Argument pt2

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116: Does God Exist?, pt 46: An Existential Argument pt1

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115: Does God Exist?, pt 45: Aquinas' Fourth and Fifth Ways

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114: Does God Exist?, pt 44: Aquinas' Third Way from Contingency

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113: Does God Exist?, pt 43: Aquinas' Second Way from Causation, and the Existential Proof

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112: Does God Exist?, pt 42: Aquinas' First Way - Argument from Motion

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111: Arizona abortion law and pro-life strategy

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110: Does God Exist?, pt 41: Human Equality, Free Will, Miracles, Resurrection

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109: Does God Exist?, pt 40: Origin of Life, Argument from Human Rights, Argument from Human Value

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108: Does God Exist?, pt 39: Ontological, Consciousness, Logic, and Mathematical Arguments

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107: Resurrection 1-N-Done

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106: Does God Exist?, pt 38: Teleological Argument pt 4 - Responding to Objections

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105: Does God Exist?, pt 37: Teleological Argument pt 3 - Explaining the Fine-Tuning, Tactics

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104: Does God Exist?, pt 36: Teleological Argument pt 2 - Physical Constants, Solar System

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103: Does God Exist?, pt 35: Teleological Argument pt 1 - Defining Fine-tuning, Scientists Affirm, Initial Conditions, Laws of Nature

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102: Does God Exist?, pt 34: Teleological Argument 1-N-Done

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101: Does God Exist?, pt 33: Moral Argument pt 8 - Objections pt 2

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100: Does God Exist?, pt 32: Moral Argument pt 7 - Tactics, Objections pt 1

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099: Does God Exist?, pt 31: Moral Argument pt 6 - The Theistic Explanation

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098: Does God Exist?, pt 30: Moral Argument pt 5 - Non-theistic Explanations pt 3

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097: Does God Exist?, pt 29: Moral Argument pt 4 - Non-theistic Explanations pt 2 - Evolutionary Morality

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096: Does God Exist?, pt 28: Moral Argument pt 3 - Grounding Problem, Non-theistic Explanations pt 1

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095: Does God Exist?, pt 27: Moral Argument - Objective Morality, What Needs to be Explained

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094: Does God Exist?, pt 26: Moral Argument pt 1 - Intro, Objective of Argument, Key Concepts

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093: Does God Exist?, pt 25: Moral Argument 1-N-Done

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092: Does God Exist?, pt 24: Contingency pt 3 - Objections, Pet Peeve

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091: Does God Exist?, pt 23: Contingency pt 2 - Main Argument and Tactics

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090: Does God Exist?, pt 22: Contingency pt 1 - Intro, Key Concepts, Brief Formulations

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089: Does God Exist?, pt 21: Kalam pt 14 - Objections pt 2

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088: Does God Exist?, pt 20: Kalam pt 13 - Theistic Option pt 2, Objections pt 1

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087: Does God Exist?, pt 19: Kalam pt 12 - Theistic Option pt 1

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086: Does God Exist?, pt 18: Kalam pt 11 - Logical Inferences Regarding the First Cause, Non-Theistic Options

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085: Does God Exist?, pt 17: Kalam pt 10 - Philosophical Evidence pt 2 - Objections to 1st Philosophical Argument, Infinities not Made by Successive Addition, Cannot Traverse Infinite

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084: Does God Exist?, pt 16: Kalam pt 9 - Objections to Scientific Evidence for Beginning, Philosophical Evidence pt 1 - The Infinite is Logically Impossible

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083: Does God Exist?, pt 15: Kalam pt 8 - Big Bang pt 4 - Christian Response to BB, Scientists Accept BB, Why New Challenger Models Fail

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082: Does God Exist?, pt 14: Kalam pt 7 - Big Bang pt 3 - Why Scientists Initially Rejected Big Bang

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081: Does God Exist?, pt 13: Kalam pt 6 - Big Bang pt 2 - Scientific consensus, singularity, nothingness, 4 evidences for Big Bang

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080: Does God Exist?, pt 12: Kalam pt 5 - Big Bang pt 1 - History, Theory

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079: Does God Exist?, pt 11: Kalam pt 4 - Objections to Premise 1 pt 3

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078: Does God Exist?, pt 10: Kalam pt 3 - Objections to Premise 1 pt 2

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077: Does God Exist?, pt 9: Kalam pt 2 - Objections to Premise 1 pt 1

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076: Does God Exist?, pt 8: Kalam pt 1 - Support for First Premise

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075: Does God Exist?, pt 7: The Kalam Cosmological Argument, 1-N-Done

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074: Does God Exist?, pt 6: The Argument from the Impossibility of Nothingness

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073: Does God Exist?, pt 5: The Argument from Personal Experience

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072: Does God Exist?, pt 4: The Role of Reason and Evidence in Belief in God

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071: Does God Exist?, pt 3: Atheism pt 3 - Moral Rebellion | A Biblical Theology of Atheism | Do Atheists Exist?

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070: Does God Exist?, pt 2: Atheism pt 2 - No presumption of atheism | Reasons for Atheism

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069: Does God Exist?, pt 1: Intro, Agnosticism, Atheism pt 1

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068: Miscellany - Stages of our relationship with God, Why different beliefs, Citing religion, Cisgender, Practical atheists, What we win people to

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067: Divorce & Remarriage pt 15: Application pt 4 - Other justifications for divorce?

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066: Divorce & Remarriage pt 14: Application pt 3 - Does repentance or conversion change the applicability of Jesus' teaching?

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065: Divorce & Remarriage pt 13: Application pt 2 - Perpetual adultery? Proper repentance?

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064: Divorce & Remarriage pt 12: Application pt 1 - When can the divorced remarry?

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063: Divorce & Remarriage pt 11: The NT Teaching on Remarriage pt 5 - 1 Cor 7 pt 2 and the rest of the Pauline teaching

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062: Divorce & Remarriage pt 10: The NT Teaching on Remarriage pt 4 - 1 Cor 7 pt 1

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061: Divorce & Remarriage pt 9: The NT Teaching on Remarriage pt 3 - Mk 10 & Lk 16

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060: Divorce & Remarriage pt 8: The NT Teaching on Remarriage pt 2 - Mt 19 & the Exception Clause

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059: Divorce & Remarriage pt 7: The NT Teaching on Remarriage pt 1 - Mt 5 and how to interpret "adultery"

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058: Divorce & Remarriage pt 6: The OT Teaching on Remarriage & the Relationship of Jesus' Teaching to the OT

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057: Divorce & Remarriage pt 5: The NT Teaching on Divorce pt 2

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056: Divorce & Remarriage pt 4: The NT Teaching on Divorce pt 1

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055: Divorce & Remarriage pt 3: The OT Teaching on Divorce pt 2

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054: Divorce & Remarriage pt 2: The OT Teaching on Divorce pt 1

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053: Divorce & Remarriage pt 1: What is marriage?

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052: Divorce & Remarriage - 1-N-Done

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051: How to test religious claims pt 2

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050: How to test religious claims pt 1

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049: Truth Decay pt 10 - Religious Relativism pt 3 - Critique of religious relativism and metaphors

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048: Truth Decay pt 9 - Religious Relativism pt 2 - Why people subscribe to pluralism pt 2, Critique of religious relativism

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047: Truth Decay pt 8 - Religious Relativism pt 1 - Defining pluralism, the impacts of pluralism, and why people subscribe to pluralism pt 1

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046: Truth Decay pt 7 - Moral Relativism pt 5 - Judging

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045: Truth Decay pt 6 - Moral Relativism pt 4 - Tactics, Objections, and Tolerance

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044: Truth Decay pt 5 - Moral Relativism pt 3 - 3 Forms of Moral Relativism Critiqued

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043: Truth Decay pt 4 - Moral Relativism pt 2 - The rationale for moral relativism

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042: Truth Decay pt 3 - Moral Relativism pt 1 - Intro, Defining Moral Relativism

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041: Miscellany - Culture changing theology, thin theology, a case for labels, phone slavery, forgiveness, and the true meaning of hypocrites

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040: Truth Decay - Recovering Truth in an Age of Skepticism pt 2

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039: Truth Decay - Recovering Truth in an Age of Skepticism pt 1

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038: Understanding the Atonement: 1-N-Done Episode

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037: Understanding the Atonement pt 4 - How the Benefits of Atonement Accrue to Us | The Resurrection and Atonement | Implications of Atonement | Objections

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036: Understanding the Atonement pt 3 - What the atonement does for us

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035: Understanding the Atonement pt 2 - Isaiah 53 | Jesus' death as sacrifice

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034: Understanding the Atonement pt 1 - Jesus' mission, animal sacrifices, and the necessity of the incarnation

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033: Abortion Postscript - Abortion is an evil even greater than slavery, new tactic, 3 new objections, Pet the Peeve of worship music

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032: The Case for Apologetics, pt 4 - The Value of Apologetics for Believers & Objections to Apologetics

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031: The Case for Apologetics, pt 3 - Objections & The Value of Apologetics for Non-believers

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030: The Case for Apologetics, pt 2 - Biblical Data

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029: The Case for Apologetics, pt 1

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028: The Case for Apologetics (1-&-Done episode)

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027: Doctrine divides

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026: The Case for Theology, pt 2

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025: The Case for Theology, pt 1

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024: Abortion pt 17 - Objections and Responses, pt 4

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023: Abortion pt 16 - Objections and Responses, pt 3

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022: Abortion pt 15 - Objections and Responses, pt 2

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021: Abortion pt 14 - Ministering to Women & Objections and Responses, pt 1

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020: Abortion pt 13 - IVF and Contraceptives, pt 2

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019: Abortion pt 12 - IVF and Contraceptives, pt 1

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018: Abortion pt 11 - Tactics and the Use of Imagery

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017: Abortion pt 10 - Personhood Theory pt2

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016: Abortion pt 9 - Personhood Theory pt1

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015: Abortion pt 8 - Human Value

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014: Abortion pt 7 - The Philosophical Evidence

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013: Abortion pt 6 - The Scientific Data pt 2

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012: Abortion pt 5 - Simplifying the Issue & The Scientific Data pt 1

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011: Abortion pt 4 - The Biblical Teaching

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010: Abortion pt 3 - Intro and Statistics

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009: 2000 Mules movie review

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008: Abortion pt 2 - The Pro-Life Case in a Nutshell (One and Done)

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007: Abortion pt 1 - RIP Roe, Personally Opposed to Abortion but...

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006: Freedom of Speech & the Power of Boycotts

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005 - Forgiveness: The Misunderstood Virtue, pt 3

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004 - Fox Hires Jenner, Preferred Pronouns, and Theological Anger

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003 - Forgiveness: The Misunderstood Virtue, pt 2

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002 - Forgiveness: The Misunderstood Virtue, pt 1

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