Episode 30: The Apologetic Significance Of Molinism - Interview With Tim Stratton

What does Molinism have to do with The Kalam Cosmological Argument for God's existence, The Fine-Tuning Argument for God's existence, or the problem of evil? More than you might think. In this episode, Mr. Minton interviews Tim Stratton of FreeThinking Ministries (www.freethinkingministries.com) about a paper he presented at the most recent Evangelical Philosophical Society conference. In this paper, Stratton argues that Molinism obliterates the problem of evil, and that The Kalam and Fine-Tuning Arguments imply some essentials of Molinism.


To read Stratton's paper for yourself, go here -->  https://freethinkingministries.com/the-apologetic-significance-of-molinism-ets-edit/ 

Episode 29: Questions From Facebook

This is the first Q&A episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast. In this episode, Evan Minton answers questions received from Facebook.

Reasonable Faith Podcast episode mentioned in this episode -->  https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/is-the-penal-substitution-of-christ-unjust/  

Book on the atonement recommended in the show -->  https://www.amazon.com/Atonement-Elements-Philosophy-Religion/dp/1108457401?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1108457401

Episode 23: The FreeThinking Argument - Interview With Tim Stratton

Atheists pride themselves on being "Free Thinkers", but if atheism, and particularly the naturalistic version of it is true, can they or anyone else really be free thinkers? The guest in this episode is Tim Stratton of FreeThinking Ministries (www.freethinkingministries.com) says that if naturalism is true, no one, be they atheist or theist, can be free thinkers. He defends an argument called The FreeThinking Argument, which was the topic of his Master's Thesis at Biola University.

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To help you keep up with the discussion, I've included the steps of the arguments in the show notes.

1: If naturalism is true, the immaterial soul does not exist.

2: If the immaterial soul does not exist, then libertarian free will does not exist.

3: If libertarian free will does not exist, then rationality and knowledge do not exist.

4: Rationality and knowledge exist.

5: Therefore, libertarian free will exists.

6: Therefore, the soul exists.

7: Therefore, naturalism is false.

8: The best explanation for the existence of the soul is the biblical God.

Episode 10: The Case For Mere Molinism

If God is in control, how can human beings have free will? On the other hand, if human beings don't have free will, how can God hold us morally accountable for the things that we do? The Bible teaches that God is sovereign over all things but also that human beings are genuinely free to make decisions. The Bible itself doesn't give us the answer to how these two biblical teachings can both be true. To harmonize them is the task of systematic theology, not biblical theology. Molinism is a theological system that seeks to account for divine sovereignty and human freedom. Molinism is the view that God uses His knowledge of what any free creature would freely choose in any given circumstance to orchestrate every event that occurs without violating human freedom in the process. In this podcast episode, Mr. Minton reads aloud his paper "The Case For Mere Molinism" which shows that out of all the theological systems on the table, only Molinism can account for the entirety of Scripture's teachings.

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To Read This Paper -- http://cerebralfaith.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-case-for-mere-molinism.html

To Download This Paper: -- https://www.dropbox.com/s/z5tqmwe98curmah/The%20Case%20For%20Mere%20Molinism.pdf?dl=0