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80. The Problem with Porn: A conversation with Matt Fradd

December 29, 2015 by Randal

We live in a world where Abercrombie and Fitch sell padded bras for eight year olds, where b-movie stars build their careers by tweeting demeaning selfies to their legions of voyeuristic knuckle dragging fans, and where an adjective like “sexy” is now used to describe everything from sports cars to sermon titles. In short, ours is […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, holiness, interview, Matt Fradd, podcast, pornography, sanctification

4. The 59-Second Apologist: What are Calvinism and Arminianism?

July 29, 2014 by Randal

Have you seen the t-shirt that explains Calvinism and Arminianism? On the front it declares “Calvinism: This shirt chose me”. And on the back it says, “Arminianism: I chose this shirt.” In case you’re looking for a bit more, in this episode of The 59-Second Apologist, Randal explains the difference between Calvinism and Arminianism. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tentativeapologist/59+Second+Apologist-4+Calvinism+and+Arminianism.mp3Podcast: Play in new […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-59 Second Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: arminianism, Calvinism, doctrine, podcast, providence, The 59-Second Apologist, theology

3. The 59-Second Apologist: What is the best argument for God’s existence?

June 30, 2014 by Randal

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Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-59 Second Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: 59 Second Apologist, apologetics, arguments for Gods existence, bad arguments, podcast

2. The 59-Second Apologist: Are atheists all fools?

June 26, 2014 by Randal

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Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-59 Second Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: 59 Second Apologist, apologetics, atheism, Bible, podcast

1. The 59-Second Apologist: What is truth?

June 23, 2014 by Randal

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50. The Evidential Problem of Evil (Part 1)

June 18, 2014 by Randal

William Rowe tells the story of a fawn (think Bambi) severely burnt in a forest fire and left to die slowly over several days amidst the burning embers of the ravaged forest floor. It’s just one fawn, right? Who cares? But if God really is all-good and all-powerful then presumably he would not allow gratuitous […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Erik Wielenberg, Jeremy Beahan, Justin Schieber, philosophy of religion, problem of evil, Reasonable Doubts, theism

49. David Goa on Christianity and the Religions

June 6, 2014 by Randal

Some years ago conservative Protestant theologian H. Wayne House published a book titled Charts of World Religions. In one two page chart the book compares and contrasts the beliefs of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, secular humanism, Hinduism and Buddhism on their views of creation, God, mankind, and scripture. All that, in two pages. Twenty five years […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Christianity, David Goa, dialogue, interview, religion, theology

48. God is not a white man: Terry LeBlanc on Indigenous Theology

May 27, 2014 by Randal

God is a white man. Just consider the iconic “Creation of Adam” fresco in Michelangelo’s timeless Sistine Chapel ceiling.  Take a look. See? There’s God, beard waving in the heavenly breeze, arm extended, creating Adam in his very white and very male image. But what if God isn’t white? What if he isn’t male? What if images like […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: contextualization, first nations, indigenous theology, native, Terry LeBlanc

47. The Devil’s in the Music: On growing up evangelical in the 80s

May 13, 2014 by Randal

I grew up reading Hal Lindsey books. Beginning with The Late, Great Planet Earth (1970), Mr. Lindsey had a string of bestsellers throughout the 1970s. And each of those books promoted a popularist form of dispensationalist Christianity that read the predicted future of the book of Revelation in the unfolding events of the evening news. […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: backmasking, culture, demons, devil, dispensationalism, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, Hal Lindsey, Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven

46. Kelly Kapic on A Little Book for New Theologians

May 7, 2014 by Randal

Some years ago I arrived home to see my neighbor sitting in the front seat of her car with a strange, pained expression. “Are you okay?” I called over in a faltering attempt to be neighborly. My friendly inquiry was immediately returned with an in-depth account of my neighbor’s lower back pain, its etiology, proposed course […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: A little book for new theologians, doctrine, God, Kelly Kapic, systematic theology, theologian, theology

45. Randal on Divine Violence in the Bible

May 3, 2014 by Randal

Mark Twain once wrote of the Bible, “It is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history…” The interesting thing is that Christians often avoid that history: from the flooding of the earth to the destruction of Jericho, they read those “blood-drenched” parts of the narrative […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, ethics, hermeneutics, inspiration, revelation

44. Travis Dumsday on the atheist’s duty to pray

April 25, 2014 by Randal

Christians believe they have a duty to pray as evidenced in passages like Luke 18:1, Ephesians 6:18 and 1 Thessalonians 5:17. But surely that duty is limited to theists, isn’t it? Maybe not. In this episode of the podcast I sit down with philosopher Travis Dumsday to discuss his 2012 journal article “Why (Most) Atheists Have a […]

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43. Can pedophiles be saved? A conversation with Scott Drennan

April 18, 2014 by Randal

Over the last year we’ve tackled many topics on the Tentative Apologist Podcast from big bang cosmology to biblical interpretation. But no topic is as difficult or immediately gripping as the topic of this podcast. Today we are tackling the topic of pedophiles: their crimes … and their redemption. Redemption? To many, talk of redeeming and restoring these […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, jurisprudence, pedophile, redemption, retributive justice, salvation, sex offender, sin

42. Peter Enns on Inerrancy and the Bible

April 9, 2014 by Randal

At the beginning of his book Misquoting Jesus, Bart Ehrman tells the story of his conversion to conservative Christianity as a young man. And then he relays how, over the next several years, his faith in the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible was gradually taken apart as he confronted the full range of human […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, inerrancy, inspiration, interview, Peter Enns, scripture, theology

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