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 28: Is Hell A Hellacious Doctrine?

The doctrine of Hell is a stumbling block for many people. To many, it just doesn't seem possible for God to be perfectly good yet sentence people to an eternity of torment. In this episode, Evan Minton talks about the doctrine of Hell and addresses a variety of objections to it such as "How could God punish people infinitely long for sins of finite significance?", "How could God send infants to Hell?" "How could God be just if He punishes all sins equally?" and "What happens to those who die without ever hearing the gospel?"

Evan Minton goes into more depth about these issues in the book "A Hellacious Doctrine: A Defense Of The Biblical Doctrine Of Hell" available on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle. --  https://www.amazon.com/Hellacious-Doctrine-Defense-Biblical-Hell/dp/1539938824

Episode 27: Is The Problem Of Evil Really A Problem?

If God is all powerful and all good, why doesn't He stop evil and suffering? The answer that atheists think most plausibly answers this question is that either God is not all powerful, not all good, or doesn't even exist! This is one of the sharpest arrows in the atheists' quiver. Nevertheless, while it has prima facie persuasive power, it withers under scrutiny, and Evan Minton will show that in today's podcast episode. There are three versions of the problem of evil. Two of them are intellectual in nature and one of them is emotional in nature. In this podcast episode, Evan Minton will refute all three of them.

Episode 26: The Shroud Of Turin: Fact Or Fraud - Interview with Dave Glander

The Shroud Of Turin is widely believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, but is this actually the case? Many would say no, but others would say yes. In this episode, Evan Minton interviews Dave Glander of Truth Ministries who believes that The Shroud Of Turin really is the burial cloth of Jesus. And he doesn't just take this stance on blind faith, he takes it on the basis of powerful scientific evidence. 

Episode 25: Responding to Rationality Rules' Objection To The Moral Argument

In this episode, Evan Minton tackles 5 objections to William Lane Craig's version of The Moral Argument for God's Existence, which is the version he uses as well, put forth by popular atheist YouTuber Stephen Woodford (a.k.a Rationality Rules). The video in which these objection were put forth is "The Argument from Morality - Debunked (William Lane Craig’s Moral Argument Refuted)" 

Episode 24: Responding To Rationality Rules' Objections To The Kalam Cosmological Argument

In this episode, Evan Minton responds to 6 objections that a popular atheist YouTuber raised in a YouTube video called "The Kalam Cosmological Argument - Debunked (The First Cause Argument - Refuted)" 

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.