In this episode of The Tentative Apologist Podcast I break with my usual practice of an interview / conversation. Instead, I’m featuring a talk I delivered at the OnWord Conference at Steele Heights Baptist Church in Edmonton, AB on September 28, 2013 titled “Does Heaven Need a Makeover?” In this talk I argue that common objections to heaven […]
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16. Gordon T. Smith on Christian conversion
In this episode of The Tentative Apologist Podcast we get to sit down with one of the foremost theologians in Canada, Gordon T. Smith. Dr. Smith is President of Ambrose University College and Seminary in Calgary where he also teaches as Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology. Over the years Dr. Smith has worn many […]
15. Was Jesus an anarchist? An interview with the Pirate Pastor
In the four short months since I started this podcast I’ve had the privilege of interviewing many interesting people including pastors and physicists, philosophers and theologians. But this is the first time I ever had the opportunity to interview a Christian who also identifies as an anarchist. Shawn Birss is pastor of Look to the […]
14. Do pastors know what to do with the Bible? An interview with Pastor Tyler Williams
I have known Tyler Williams for many years as a friend, colleague, and professor of Old Testament, first at Taylor University College and then, since 2009, at King’s University College in Edmonton, AB. However, since July of this year Tyler has taken on a new role as the head pastor of my home church, Greenfield Baptist […]
13. Is John Loftus still a fundamentalist? (The Loftus Rauser Road Trip Part 5)
This is the final installment in my series of five conversations on God with John Loftus that we recorded during our God or Godless Alberta Tour 2013. This episode was recorded in conversation with John and David Williams (President of Taylor Seminary) while driving north to Edmonton immediately after our second debate in Red Deer. The launching […]
12. A conversation on scripture as narrative with biblical scholar Keith Bodner
In this episode of the podcast we sit down with Dr. Keith Bodner, Professor of Religious Studies and the Stuart E. Murray Chair of Christian Studies at Crandall University in Moncton, New Brunswick. While the study of scripture since the Enlightenment has frequently been dominated by textual critical questions, Professor Bodner brings his background in English […]
11. Loftus and Rauser talk natural theology and the Trinity (The Loftus Rauser Road trip Part 4)
On June 3-5, 2013 John Loftus and I engaged in three debates on the existence of God based on our book God or Godless. Along the way I pulled out my microphone and engaged John in several conversations for The Tentative Apologist Podcast. In this fourth segment of the series, recorded as we were driving north […]
10. A conversation with physicist Don Page (Part 2)
In this episode of The Tentative Apologist Podcast we continue our conversation with Don Page, a physicist at the University of Alberta who specializes in gravitation and black holes. As our conversation continues, we return to the relationship between Genesis 1 and scientific accounts of the universe’s origin while also exploring the nature of time […]
9. A conversation with physicist Don Page (Part 1)
In this episode of The Tentative Apologist podcast I interview Professor Don N. Page, a theoretical physicist who works in the area of cosmology and gravitation. Dr. Page completed his PhD in physics and astronomy at Caltech (1976) and went on to complete a post-doc under Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University (1976-1979). After teaching for […]
8. A conversation on the Incarnate God with theologian Oliver Crisp
In May, 2013 I attended the Logos Conference at Notre Dame University. While there, I had an opportunity to sit down with my personal friend Oliver Crisp, Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. I got to know Oliver fourteen years ago when we were both doing PhDs at King’s College, London. Since […]
7. Is it time for apologetics to end? An interview with Myron Penner
In this installment of The Tentative Apologist Podcast I have an interview with “anti-apologist” Myron Penner. Myron is an ordained Anglican priest, philosopher, and author of The End of Apologetics. In addition, Myron has edited Christianity and the Postmodern Turn and co-authored A New Kind of Conversation. Myron is not against apologetics per se, but he […]
6. The Loftus Rauser Road trip: Conversations on God (Part 3)
Here’s the third conversation I had with John Loftus on our God or Godless Alberta Tour. This one ranges widely over several topics so I’m not going to try and summarize it all here. Needless to say I come out as the winner each time! (Sorry to break the dramatic tension without warning, but I […]
5. The Loftus Rauser Road Trip: Conversations on God (Part 2)
This is the second podcast conversation from the Loftus/Rauser God or Godless Tour of Alberta. In this episode the setting shifts to a Starbucks coffee shop as John and I discuss the question of free thought. Just what does it mean to be a free thinker? Can a free thinker be part of a wider […]
4. The Loftus Rauser Road Trip: Conversations on God (Part 1)
On June 3, 2013 while standing on a rainy sidewalk outside Renfrew Baptist Church in Calgary, Alberta, I met John Loftus for the first time. Folks are surprised to learn that prior to that day I had never spoke on the phone with John, much less met him in person, and yet we had written […]
