Credible Faith: Recent Episodes
Dr. Paul D. Larson
The Credible Faith Podcast is an apologetics and Biblical Studies podcast that seeks to demonstrate from history, science, and philosophy why Christianity and God's Word are both true and beautiful, to provide an intelligent uncompromising voice for Biblical Christianity in the public square, and to follow the evidence wherever it leads. Credible Faith's aim is to lead the thinker to faith, and lead the faithful to think.
The special treatment given to transgenderism not afforded to other cases of delusion or confusion.
How the definition by exception that is used by transgenderism has provided the logical basis for torture, dehumanization, and genocide.
The inconsistency of transgender advocates' use or promotion of surgical and other procedures with the claim that gender and sex are independent of each other.
Transgenderism's inability to adequately define terms for men and women if gender is not tied to sex.
The destructive nature of the transgender movement's push to redefine pronouns and terms for men and women.
Paul examines some problems with the so-called transgender movement, and considers its logical connection to the homosexual movement.
How defining beings in the physical world based on abnormalities is misguided compared to our typical and correct method of defining living beings.
The significance of the stories of Peter and James for prosperity preaching, suffering, and death
Sometimes God permits sickness or death for good reasons even though the person affected does not lack adequate faith
Deaths of James and Other Disciples are inconsistent with the idea that God's will is for his children to always be healthy and prosperous on earth
What we should think about praying judgment on America's wickedness and persecution for the purification of the church.
A Biblical perspective on what to do with our desires in the midst of a wicked culture and evil government.
We are to pray our heart's desires even while having a heart that accepts what God does.
Paul considers whether vacations are morally wrong, and looks at 2 important considerations pertinent to that question and 2 examples worthy of consideration.
The Mindset and Example of Christ Are Contrary to a Life of Wealth, Luxury, and Extravagant Experiences.
Paul shows that a lifestyle of wealth, luxury, and extravagant experiences is inconsistent with the purpose for which we and the entire universe were created.
Paul shows that a lifestyle of wealth, luxury, and extravagant experience is inconsistent with what Christ taught.
Primitive living conditions of ancient mankind were due to factors other than having intelligence inferior to ours.
Pre-flood ecological zones and the relationship of their inhabitants to fossils in the geological record.
Interpreting the Fossil Record from a Standard Evolutionary Perspective is Problematic for a Number of Reasons.
Three central features of the theory of catastrophic plate tectonics and the theory's explanatory superiority.
The amount of helium present in zircons is explained by a young earth and accelerated nuclear decay.
Data of radiometric dating is better explained by accelerated nuclear decay and a young earth.
Though there are significant reasons that support the hypothesis of the catastrophic formation of sedimentary rock layers, there have been some challenges to that view.
Widespread Coal Beds and Cross-Bedded Sandstones support the hypothesis that sedimentary rock layers were formed catastrophically.
Paul Larson argues that uniformitarianism should not be an obstacle to believing in young earth creationism.
Paul Garner and Paul Larson talk about scientific evidence supporting the view that the earth is only thousands of years old.
The treatment of Galen's writings suppports the concept of an original autograph for New Testament books.
Community Reading fostered a cultural memory that protected against changes to New Testament texts.
The social networks of early Christian communities would have been a significant barrier protecting against the community accepting forgeries.
Multiple copying from early manuscsripts and the wide distribution of manuscripts make the phone game analogy misleading.
Evidence of Pliny favors the view that authors in the New Testament era thought in terms of an original autograph.
Greco-Roman writing practices should not stop the search for wording of an original autograph.
How Luke 10:16 provides an argument in favor of inspiration (and belief in inspiration) even if the original wording of an apostolic text were not known.
Considered in light of Greco-Roman writing practice, it is legitimate to search for wording of an original autograph.
Considered in light of Greco-Roman writing practice, linguistic and stylistic arguments against traditional Biblical authorship have significantly less weight.
Paul and Timothy Mitchell look at evidence of Greco-Roman Writing Practices and the doctrine of the inspiration of original autographs.
Casey talks about fossil evidence that does not fit well with the theory of universal common ancestry and unguided evolution.
The role of incongruent data and the hypothesis of common design as two barriers to assuming the shared biological similarities support the theory of universal common ancestry.
Conflicts in genetic phylogenetic trees and morphological phylogenetic trees pose a big problem for common ancestry.
Casey touches on biogeogrphical data that does not easily fit with a theory of universal common ancestry.
Casey Luskin touches on the relationship of intelligent to universal common ancestry, and on three definitions of evolution.
A look at different areas that pose a problem for the theory of universal common ancestry.
The problem of so-called convergent evolution for assuming common ancestry from biological similarity.
Casey Luskin touches on the error of conflating universal common ancestry with unguided evolution.
Casey looks at embryology's failure to provide significant support in favor of the theory of universal common ancestry.
Paul and Casey Luskin consider scientific problems with the theory of universal common ancestry.
Paul looks at why reason does not support the claim that experience demonstrates that miracles do not or can not happen.
Paul explains why the claim that science is the only source of knowledge is not a valid objection to belief in miracles and Christianity.
Walter Schultz talks with Paul about what criteria God's original ultimate end had to meet.
Walter Schultz talks with Paul about Jonathan Edwards' Idealism, Emanationism, and Dispositionalism, and about the Dionysian Problem of Goodness.
Walter Schultz talks with Paul about Walter's biography and research interests, and the three problems that Jonathan Edwards sought to address in his work, Concerning the End for Which God Created the World
Walter Schultz talks with Paul about Jonathan Edwards' Anti-Platonism, Panentheism, Occasionalism, and Continuous Creationism.
Paul interviews Lydia McGrew on blaming the losers, the noble sacrifice, and how to think about losses in the culture wars. Part 2 of 2.
Paul interviews Lydia McGrew on blaming the losers, the noble sacrifice, and how to think about losses in the culture wars. Part 1 of 2.
Paul explains how the moral teachings of Jesus show that the doctrine of hell is just and accordingly why Jesus taught the doctrine.
Paul gives an historical argument for the sinlessness of Jesus, and he explains why a God who wants to save sinners must permit horrendous evils.
Paul reads from the 'Preparatory Considerations' section of William Paley's A View of the Evidences of Christianity.
Paul reads material from the 'Preparatory Considerations' section of William Paley's A View of the Evidences of Christianity.
Paul reads material from the preface and chapter one 'Exposition of the Argument' of the classic apologetics work of William Paley, Horae Paulinae; Or, the Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul Evinced, by a Comparison of the Epistles which Bear his Name with the Acts of the Apostles, and with One Another.
Paul reads material from the editorial introduction for William Paley's A View of the Evidences of Christianity.
Paul reads from the section 'The Veracity of the Books of Moses' of the Work of J. J. Blunt, Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings of the Old and New Testament: An Argument of Their Veracity: With an Appendix, Containing Undesigned Coincidences Between the Gospels and Acts, and Josephus
Paul reads material from chapter one 'Exposition of the Argument' of the classic apologetics work of William Paley, Horae Paulinae; Or, the Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul Evinced, by a Comparison of the Epistles which Bear his Name with the Acts of the Apostles, and with One Another
Paul reads material from the 'Preparatory Considerations' section of William Paley's A View of the Evidences of Christianity
Paul reads introductory material from William Paley's A View of the Evidences of Christianity.
Dr. Larson examines content from the first chapter of Douglas Axe's book on science and intelligent design, Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed.
Dr. Larson gives an overview of the format and segments of the Credible Faith podcast, a glimpse at what the Credible Faith apologetics and evangelistic ministry and podcast are about, shares some of his own autobiography, and gives some thoughts regarding history and the inspiration of scripture.