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Christian Philosophy

• Why Philosophy Matters – A Christian Perspective (Reasons why Christians should engage in philosophy)

Response to Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion

• Consciousness-Raising… (Overview of the book)
• When The Sun Has Risen Part 1 (Answering the first 5 chapters)
• When The Sun Has Risen Part 2 (Answering the last 5 chapters)

Exploring relationship between Faith and Reason

• Faith and Reason Part 1 (Answering the claim that Christian faith is blind)
• Faith and Reason Part 2 (Examining a biblical understanding of faith as it relates to reason)

Presenting a cumulative case for God’s existence

• Arguments for God’s Existence-Introduction (What constitutes a good argument for God’s existence)
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Cosmological Argument Part 1 (Introduction and Premise 1: Everything that had a beginning had a cause) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Cosmological Argument Part 2 (Premise 2: The universe had a beginning) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Cosmological Argument Part 3 (Conclusion: The universe had a cause) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Teleological Argument Part 1 (Introduction and Premise 1: The fine-tuning of the universe) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Teleological Argument Part 2 (Premise 1: The fine-tuning of the universe-carbon, water, Earth, and Moon) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Teleological Argument Part 3 (Premise 1: The fine-tuning of the universe-Sun, galaxy, and universe) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Teleological Argument Part 4 (Objections to Premise 1) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Teleological Argument Part 5 (Premise 2: The fine-tuning of the universe is not due to physical necessity or chance) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Teleological Argument Part 6 (Objections to Premise 2) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Teleological Argument Part 7 (Conclusion: Therefore, the fine-tuning of the universe is due to design) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Moral Argument Part 1 (Introduction to the argument and raising various important objections)
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Moral Argument Part 2 (Formulation of the argument and explanation of important concepts)
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Moral Argument Part 3 (Responding to the objection from evolution)
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Moral Argument Part 4 (Exploring salient features of morality, highlighting the advantage of theistic foundation of morality over its rivals)
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Moral Argument Part 5 (Assessing Platonism and existentialism as potential ways to avoid the conclusion of the argument)
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Moral Argument Part 6 (Assessing Platonism and existentialism as potential ways to avoid the conclusion of the argument)
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Argument from Jesus’ Resurrection Part 1 (Introduction and Premise 1: Jesus’ death by crucifixion) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Argument from Jesus’ Resurrection Part 2 (Premise 1: Jesus’ tomb was found empty) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Argument from Jesus’ Resurrection Part 3 (Premise 1: Jesus’ disciples believed He had risen from the dead and appeared to them) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Argument from Jesus’ Resurrection Part 4 (Premise 2: Belief in the facts of premise 1 led to the rapid spread of the Christian faith) Listen here
• Arguments for God’s Existence-The Argument from Jesus’ Resurrection Part 5 (Conclusion: The best explanation of the facts presented in premise 1 and 2 is that God raised Jesus from the dead) Listen here

Resurrection of Jesus

• What Makes Christianity Different? (The historical case for the resurrection of Jesus in comparison to other religious claims)
• The Minimal Facts Approach (The historical case for the resurrection of Jesus)
• Following The Evidence Wherever It Leads (Answering objections to the resurrection)
• See “Presenting a cumulative case for God’s existence” (Arguments for God’s Existence-The Argument from Jesus’ Resurrection)

Miracles

• Miracles – What Do You Expect Me To Believe? Part 1 (The case against miracles)
• Miracles – What Do You Expect Me To Believe? Part 2 (What is a miracle? – An event brought about by the power of God)
• Miracles – What Do You Expect Me To Believe? Part 3 (A temporary exception to the ordinary course of nature)
• Miracles – What Do You Expect Me To Believe? Part 4 (For the purpose of showing that God has acted in history)
• Miracles – What Do You Expect Me To Believe? Part 5 (For the purpose of showing that God has acted in history)
• Miracles – What Do You Expect Me To Believe? Part 6 (For the purpose of showing that God has acted in history)
• Miracles – What Do You Expect Me To Believe? Part 7 (For the purpose of showing that God has acted in history)

Relevance of the Old Testament Scripture

• The Relevance of the Old Testament-Lest We Forget (Why people don’t read the Old Testament and why they should start reading it)
• The Relevance of the Old Testament-Is Slavery Biblical? (Analyzing the issue of slavery in the Bible, focusing mostly on the Old Testament in this respect)
• The Relevance of the Old Testament-Is God for Genocide? (Discussing the issues surrounding the conquest of Canaan as recorded in the Bible)
• The Relevance of the Old Testament-Is God Misogynistic? (Answering criticisms of the treatment of women in the Old Testament)

Worldviews

• Worldviews-Introduction (What is a worldview and why does it matter?)
• Worldviews-Christianity
• Worldviews-Islam
• Worldviews-Hinduism
• Worldviews-Buddhism
• Worldviews-Atheism

The Problem of Evil

• Reflections on the problem of evil - Part 1 (Introduction to the problem of evil)
• Reflections on the problem of evil – Part 2 (Examining different versions of the intellectual problem of evil)
• Reflections on the problem of evil – Part 3 (Analyzing the logical version of the internal problem of evil)
• Reflections on the problem of evil – Part 4 (Analyzing the probabilistic version of the internal problem of evil)
• Reflections on the problem of evil – Part 5 (Analyzing the external problem of evil)
• Reflections on the problem of evil – Part 6 (Analyzing the emotional problem of evil & conluding the series)