Classical Theism Podcast John DeRosa

This is a debrief of Jimmy Akin's two recent debates with Reformed Baptist James White. The first debate was on sola scriptura and the second debate was on how one has peace with God.
In this debrief, we look at the following topics:
Jimmy’s debate attire:
What were your debate goals?
Jimmy’s debate preparation
How did you plan for cross-ex?
Why did you use slides for rebuttals?
Is sola scriptura the default position? 
The charge of overloading
Weak response gish gallop 
Why avoid some common apologetics arguments?
White’s charge of equivocation
Jimmy’s examples of Apostolic Traditions
Cross-ex in the sola scriptura debate
Jimmy’s approach in the 2nd debate
White’s mentioning prior debates
“Not Disputing about words” - Jimmy’s inconsistency? 
 Romans 4:8 and the Blessed Man
The aorist verb in Romans 4:8
The Greek of 2 Cor 5:21
N.T. Wright on 2 Cor 5:21
Is Christ’s sacrifice once-for-all or ongoing?
Cross-ex in the 2nd debate
Did Jimmy’s approach obscure differences
Did White agree not to bring up topics?
Jimmy’s overall thoughts on the debates
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Why bother to make technical distinctions in how we speak about God? How does St. Thomas Aquinas categorize the ways of speaking about God? Is it true that according to Aquinas, God is only Lord and Creator in our minds and not in reality? How should we understand the notion that in God there are no real relations to creatures? Ryan M. Hurd joins the show to sort through these topics.
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Who was Christopher Dawson? What made him such an important Catholic intellectual in the 20th century? What was the main focus of his work? How is his work relevant for those doing apologetics? Dr. Joseph T. Stuart joins the show to discuss these topics.
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Is atheism a simpler theory than theism? What are the strongest arguments for God's existence? Is apologetics a hopeless enterprise because motivated reasoning and confirmation bias are inherently involved? Where does the Incarnation and Trinity fit into our apologetics project? How can we answer the problem of divine hiddenness?

Fr. Thomas Joseph White O.P. joins the show again to examine these topics. 

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Many critics say the Old Testament is unreliable because it contains (i) empirical claims that have been scientifically falsified, (ii) historical claims that are entirely unsubstantiated, (iii) and moral claims that are eminently repugnant. To the contrary, Dr. John Bergsma holds that the Old Testament is highly reliable and defensible as God's inspired Word. He joins us to tackle these topics. We also take questions from a live audience.
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