Bishop Barron on the Old Testament

by Mark Bauerlein

Bishop Robert Barron joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Great Story of Israel. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2023

Nones No More

by Mark Bauerlein

Matthew Nelson joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The New Apologetics.  Continue Reading »

25 Aug 2022

Fenton Returns

by Patrick Carey

The Church of Christ:  A Collection of Essays by Monsignor Joseph C. Fenton by joseph clifford fenton edited with an introduction by christian d. washburn cluny, 362 pages, $25.95 Laying the Foundation:  A Handbook of Catholic Apologetics and Fundamental Theology by joseph clifford fenton . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018

Evangelizing the Nones

by Robert Barron

By far the fastest-growing “religious” group in the United States is the “nones,” that is, those who claim no religious affiliation. In the latest Pew Research Center survey, fully 25 percent of the country—80 million people—say that they have no formal religion, and the growth . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2018

Secular Blindness

by Rupert Shortt

One of the core points overlooked by unbelievers is that human understanding is not exhausted by mapping the world of nature. We don’t just investigate the world at a scientific level: We also seek to give meaning to our lives, and to connect our own small narratives with the larger narratives of the world around us. Continue Reading »

16 Sep 2016

Properly Basic

by Gordon Graham

Knowledge and Christian Belief by alvin plantinga eerdmans, 141 pages, $16 D oes God exist? Is it reasonable to believe in God? A common line of thought holds these two questions to be importantly distinct. Since no one has been able to settle the matter of God’s existence one way or another, it . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2016

Experience Explained

by Robert T. Miller

True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World? by david skeelintervarsity, 176 pages, $12 Evolutionary biologists like Richard Dawkins and experimental psychologists like Steven Pinker have gained immense cultural influence arguing for an atheistic, materialist worldview. Their . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2015

A New Apologetic

by Francesca Aran Murphy

David Bentley Hart has written a classic of Christian apologetics. Works of apologetics are defenses of the Christian faith. A defense is different both tactically and strategically from an attack. It doesn’t intend to dismantle the opponent’s position, except insofar as the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2014

Young “Evangelicals” and the Gospel of Doubt

by Sarah J. Flashing

It is the right thing to do. Listening to the questions and doubts of those who are struggling with belief in God, the nature of scripture, doctrine or how to think about the subject matter of the culture wars. No one truly begrudges the spiritual journey of another. But seriously, I think . . . . Continue Reading »

18 Jun 2012

Faith Without a Hitch

by Gayle Trotter

“There she is, speaking through broken English, she’s poorly educated, she’s no match for Hitchens in debate, and yet her whole life trumped every single argument he could make — all the clever arguments that he could make against God and God’s existence.”Gayle . . . . Continue Reading »

19 Dec 2011