Reasoned Hope Parks Edwards
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- Religion & Spirituality
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In this podcast, we explore the intellectual credibility of the Christian faith.
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RH:49 What Does it Mean to Worship God?
There is a lot in the Bible about worshiping and praising God. Do the commands and passages that refer to this mean that God is arrogant, self-absorbed, or even needy?
While the commands to worship and praise God are often taken for granted by Christians, they raise good questions that help us clarify what this means. In this episode, I look at some things CS Lewis had to say about the worship of God. -
RH:48 Can We Know if God Exists?
Is humanity in a position to know if God exists? If not, this means that claims to know that God exists are groundless.
Agnosticism, in its strong form, says that we are unable to have knowledge of God. What does this view involve and is it a credible objection to belief in God? -
RH:47 Why Did God Become Human?
Christmas is a celebration of the Incarnation, when God entered our world as a human being in Jesus Christ. But why was this necessary and what significance does the Incarnation have for Christian theology? What implications does this have for our lives today?
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RH:46 Can We Only Know Things We Can Test Empirically?
The Christian worldview involves supernatural events, but many reject the supernatural as rationally credible. One reason given is that such events cannot be empirically tested and are outside the scope of scientific investigation.
But is this true? And is it a good reason to reject belief in the supernatural? In this episode, I discuss these questions and argue this idea makes serious philosophical mistakes about science and knowledge. -
RH:45 Street Smarts Interview with Greg Koukl
Greg Koukl returns as a guest on the podcast to discuss his latest book, Street Smarts.
Greg and I discuss how the book aids Christians in dialoguing with people about Christianity as well as the many contentious issues of our time. -
RH:44 God of the Gaps?
A common critique of arguments for God's existence is they are based on a "God of the gaps" fallacy. In essence, this says that such arguments are fundamentally based on ignorance. They use God as an explanation to fill a gap in knowledge. When this is done, skeptics argue, belief in God is shown to be based upon ignorance instead of knowledge.
But is this true? In this episode, I aim to show why the God of the gaps objection fails as a critique of arguments for God.
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