Cave To The Cross Apologetics Patrick And Tony
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Two Christians who enjoy reading and discussing philosophy do the heavy lifting. Each episode is a discussion on a book or article on philosophy, theology, or similar subject. They disucss and break down the subject material and present it in each episode. You may have wanted to read or had some interest but were intimated by the material. Join Patrick and Tony in their book discussion breaking it down sometimes chapter by chapter.
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Fideist Issues With Theology & Philosophy - Ep.273 - Faith Has Its Reasons - Reasons Of The Heart - Part 1
Fideist Issues With Theology & Philosophy
Discussing now the meta-apologetics of Fidesim we focus on three areas of truth, theology, and philosophy. We see that Fideists do engage in apologetics but have big issues with theology and philosophy in the way they are used in the other methods of apologetics. While you might not agree with Fideism outright, or at all, there are some valid arguments to consider in their method.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
03:29 - Fideist Do Engage In Apologetics
06:14 - Fideist Issue With Traditional Apologetics - Knowing Somebody Not Something
14:39 - Fideist Issue With Traditional Apologetics - Nature Of The Object Of Faith
17:10 - 3 Issues Fideist Point To About Why Traditional Apologetics Fails
24:26 - The Fideist Issues With Systematic Theology
30:06 - Fideists Have An Issue With A God Of Philosophers
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Historical Fideism - Ep.272 - Faith Has Its Reasons - Apologists Who Emphasize Faith - Part 2
Historical Fideism
We now move to the historical Fideism of those who would subscribe to the title of Fidist. Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Barth, and Donald Bloesch are the main proponents of the apologetic method that is more to them than "just believe".
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:38 - Søren Kierkegaard - The Father Of Essentialism
03:17 - Kierkegaard's Challenge To Discover Authentic Christian Faith
07:21 - 4 Types Of Apologetic Arguments Of A Fideism
07:47 - Argument 1 - No Human Author Argument
13:51 - Argument 2 - Argument Of The Incarnation
15:24 - Argument 3 - Argument From Offense
17:29 - Argument 4 - Argument Of The Book As A Whole
20:47 - Karl Barth - The Father Of Neo-Orthodoxy
24:54 - Barth's Christian Apologetics Summarized
28:17 - Donald Bloesch - The Father Of Faith Seeking Understanding
31:40 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Rational Fideism - Ep.271 - Faith Has Its Reasons - Apologists Who Emphasize Faith - Part 1
Rational Fideism
We open our discussion on the 4th apologetic method with not "just believe" but Rational Fideism. This is one where apologists emphasize faith and we go into what value that adds to the conversation. We also discuss three historical proto-Fideists Tertullian, Martin Luther, and Blaise Pascal.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
03:01 - Can Rational Fideism Be An Apologetic Method?
08:48 - The Historical Roots Of Fideism Apologetics
11:49 - Early Church Proponent Tertullian
15:57 - Not A Rejection Of Logic But Of Syncretism
17:10 - Martin Luther - Reason Falls Short Of Faith
22:20 - Blaise Pascal - More Than A Wager
27:09 - Pascal's Wager Is More Than Just
32:11 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Pros & Cons Of Presuppositionalism Reformed Apologetics - Ep.270 - Faith Has Its Reasons - Apologetics And The Authority Of Revelation - Part 2
Pros & Cons Of Presuppositionalism Reformed Apologetics
We conclude our section on the third apologetic method by looking at the pros & cons of presuppositionalism Reformed Apologetics. But here's the real question, are the negatives stated really negatives?
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
02:24 - Strengths Of Reformed Apologetics
03:11 - Strength #1 - Linking Apologetics & Theology
08:20 - Strength #2 - Focuses On How We Know Things
16:07 - Strength #3 - Strong Rational Challenge To Unbelief
20:19 - Weaknesses Of Reformed Apologetics
20:47 - Clarification - Presuppositionalism Is NOT Just Believe Fideism
23:44 - Weakness #1 - Too Calvinistic
26:34 - Weakness #2 - Underestimates The Power Of Facts
30:11 - Weakness #3 - Too Restrictive Of Apologetics
32:25 - Summary
33:50 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Summary Of Presuppositional Reformed Apologetics - Ep.269 - Faith Has Its Reasons - Apologetics And The Authority Of Revelation - Part 1
Summary Of Presuppositional Reformed Apologetics
We begin our wrap-up of this apologetic method with a summary of presuppositional Reformed Apologetics. We summarize the six meta-apologetics questions that build the method and then we look at the six apologetic questions all methods should have an answer for.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - Summarizing Reformed Apologetics
02:54 - Summarizing Reformed Apologetics Meta-Apologetics
03:30 - Reformed Apologetics On Knowing Christianity Is True
09:08 - Reformed Apologetics On Relationship Between Apologetics & Theology
10:32 - Reformed Apologetics On Should Apologetics Use Philosophy In Apologetics
14:04 - Reformed Apologetics On Should Science Be Used In Apologetics
16:05 - Reformed Apologetics On Can Christianity Be Supported On Historical Inquiry
18:39 - Reformed Apologetics On If Universal Belief Should Be Pointed To As Proof
22:14 - Summarizing Reformed Apologetics Apologetics Positions
22:48 - Reformed Apologetics On Why Believe The Bible
24:04 - Reformed Apologetics On Religious Pluralism
27:27 - Reformed Apologetics On How To Know God Exists
29:44 - Reformed Apologetics On Why There Is Evil
34:22 - Reformed Apologetics On The Trustworthiness Of The Bible
36:30 - Reformed Apologetics On Who Is Jesus
39:17 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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