Orthodocs.faith John Harman and Ron Bentley
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- Religion & Spirituality
John Harman and Ron Bentley attempt to put their PhDs to use so that interpretation of scripture and Christian Theology make sense.
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Faith and Reason, Pt. 4: Pascal
What does it mean to “bet on God”?! That’s the question as John and Ron read through portions of the classic argument called “Pascal’s Wager.” They introduce Pascal himself, and they tease out what he was trying to say.
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Faith and Reason, Pt. 3: Anselm
In this episode, John and Ron turn their attention to Anselm, a medieval archbishop of Canterbury. They walk through Anselm’s “ontological proof” for the existence of God—and then argue the proof isn’t really what mattered to Anselm!
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Faith and Reason, Pt. 2: Irenaeus
This is the second episode in the Faith and Reason series, and John and Ron consider an ancient figure named Irenaeus. Irenaeus argued that Christian faith is far more reasonable than alternatives being offered by the Gnostics. Did you ever wonder when Christians started calling the New Testament “scripture”? What was [...]
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Resurrection: Essential to the Story
In this second of three episodes on 1 Corinthians 15, Ron and John continue the discussion of resurrection and why the hope of the Christian faith rests so heavily on it. How does the logic work? What should our response be? And what is the "big-picture" point of it all? We look at First Corinthians 15:12-34 for some answers.
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Faith and Reason: Where We Start
In this new series, Ron and John argue that Christian faith is reasonable. Christians have reasons for what they believe, and those reasons are defensible. Perhaps most surprising, they insist there is no virtue in a “blind leap of faith”!
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The Story of Ruth, part 4: Redeemed
In this episode, John and Ron conclude their series on Ruth. The story is ultimately a story of redemption, a story where God provides hope where there was none before.