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Monday, August 3, 2020
AK47 Season 2 Episode 37: The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis and Idolatry
Aaron and Kyle talk about C.S. Lewis's influential sermon, The Weight of Glory, what its message is, and how it affected their lives. They also talk about C.S. Lewis's other book, Till We Have Faces. Eventually, they start talking about idolatry, what it is, and how to tell if you're idolizing something or not. They then end off by talking about what's going on with their lives and COVID.
Saturday, February 23, 2019
The AK47 Podcast Season 2: Episode 7
I am starting a new series of interviews interviewing people who are Christian apologists, but not academics. My purpose in these interviews is to encourage Christians who want to do apologetics, have apologetics ministries, or implement apologetics into their discussions with skeptics, but don't want to spend thousands of dollars of their money and years of their time on formal degrees in apologetics or other related fields.
In this episode, I interview Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity. I ask him how he became a Christian, how he became interested in the intellectual side of the Christian faith, and why he decided to start a blog on the topic. I ask him for advice on how to become a good apologist without a formal education, how to deal with anxiety about having discussions or debates with skeptics, his more controversial theological opinions, and where we can read his stuff. I also ask him how one can start an online apologetics ministry and the importance of having knowledge and skill in marketing when building a ministry based on apologetics.
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Check out Capturing Christianity
Follow Cameron on Twitter.
Check out the Capturing Christianity Youtube channel.
In this episode, I interview Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity. I ask him how he became a Christian, how he became interested in the intellectual side of the Christian faith, and why he decided to start a blog on the topic. I ask him for advice on how to become a good apologist without a formal education, how to deal with anxiety about having discussions or debates with skeptics, his more controversial theological opinions, and where we can read his stuff. I also ask him how one can start an online apologetics ministry and the importance of having knowledge and skill in marketing when building a ministry based on apologetics.
Listen to the episode here.
To learn how to support our podcast, click here.
Check out Capturing Christianity
Follow Cameron on Twitter.
Check out the Capturing Christianity Youtube channel.
Other Episodes in this Series
1. Sam Harper (Philochristos)
2. Evan Minton (Cerebral Faith)
3. Clinton Wilcox (specifically on the topic of abortion)
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 38
Aaron's description of the new episode.
Aaron interviews bestselling author Brian Godawa and they discuss the weird stuff in the Bible. Brian has written several series of "Theological Novels" (Aaron, in his characteristically pretentious style describes them as "Didactic Christian Myth") which explore the more bizarre (but scholarly accurate) aspects of the Old Testament. We discuss the book of Enoch, Giants, Angels, Demons, and other aspects of what Dr. Michael Heiser calls the Deuteronomy 32 worldview. Even the Epic of Gilgamesh comes up at one point. Godawa's first series is entitled The Chronicles of the Nephilim. His latest series, The Chronicles of the Apocalypse, is a kind of antidote to the Left Behind craze by focusing on distinctly preterist eschatology which teaches that John's Apocalypse mostly concerns events in the later 1st century AD. But eschatology (one of Aaron's favorite subjects, yet one Kyle remains willfully and lazily ignorant of) will concern our next episode with Godawa. Kyle is absent from this episode and the next one. Aaron put him in a box to repent of his eschatological ignorance. He won't be allowed back until he's completed all of Jurgen Moltmann's books, and he has to read them in the original Klingon.
Check out Brian Godawa's stuff on Amazon and godawa.com
We mention Michael Heiser quite a bit. Check him out at drmsh.com
And for those of you who are counting down we only have about 30 days left to get out 9 episodes!
Listen to the episode here.
Aaron interviews bestselling author Brian Godawa and they discuss the weird stuff in the Bible. Brian has written several series of "Theological Novels" (Aaron, in his characteristically pretentious style describes them as "Didactic Christian Myth") which explore the more bizarre (but scholarly accurate) aspects of the Old Testament. We discuss the book of Enoch, Giants, Angels, Demons, and other aspects of what Dr. Michael Heiser calls the Deuteronomy 32 worldview. Even the Epic of Gilgamesh comes up at one point. Godawa's first series is entitled The Chronicles of the Nephilim. His latest series, The Chronicles of the Apocalypse, is a kind of antidote to the Left Behind craze by focusing on distinctly preterist eschatology which teaches that John's Apocalypse mostly concerns events in the later 1st century AD. But eschatology (one of Aaron's favorite subjects, yet one Kyle remains willfully and lazily ignorant of) will concern our next episode with Godawa. Kyle is absent from this episode and the next one. Aaron put him in a box to repent of his eschatological ignorance. He won't be allowed back until he's completed all of Jurgen Moltmann's books, and he has to read them in the original Klingon.
Check out Brian Godawa's stuff on Amazon and godawa.com
We mention Michael Heiser quite a bit. Check him out at drmsh.com
And for those of you who are counting down we only have about 30 days left to get out 9 episodes!
Listen to the episode here.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Apologist Recommendation: Edward Feser
In this series, I will recommend certain scholars and apologists to our readers and listeners. These are people that I believe are worth listening to because they are informed and give good arguments and insights into the subjects that they study, which helps intellectually equip Christians so that they can grow in their own faith and their outreach towards non-Christians. I am not claiming that these scholars and apologists have everything correct, but I think they are intellectual powerhouses that we can learn much from.
Edward Feser
Dr. Feser is a Catholic philosopher who teaches at Pasadena City College. Being a Catholic, his metaphysics is heavily influenced by Aquinas, which may make his philosophy slightly different from other well-known Christian apologists like William Lane Craig, but his material is still valuable. A lot of his material is academic, but he has a lot of more popular-level materials that offer great arguments and insights. Here are some of his works.
His Blog
Feser regularly writes on his blog, where you can find his thoughts on everything philosophy, theology, Catholicism, and apologetics. This is a good place to go to introduce yourself to his material.
Atheism
Dr. Feser has a lot of scathing and often hilarious critiques of the "New Atheism" and particular atheist writers. In book form, he wrote The Last Supertition, which is a critique of the new atheism. His criticisms of Jerry Coyne are all entertaining to read. He has a review of Coyne's book, Faith Versus Fact, on First Things. You can also find his blog posts and articles critiquing Coyne here and here. Feser also critiques Lawrence Krauss, a physicist and atheist, here. He has a lot more material on atheism and responses to atheist apologists, so look them up.
Existence of God
Dr. Feser has also written on the arguments for the existence of God. His new book, Five Proofs of the Existence of God, is pretty self-explanatory. Feser is also interviewed here, where he responds to Dawkins' critiques of the arguments for God's existence in his book, The God Delusion.
Misc.
I recommend just looking through his blog for more materials. He has a lot of articles on philosophy of mind, ethical issues like sexual ethics, abortion, and capital punishment, explanations of Catholic docrines, and much, much more. I hope you learn a lot from his resources.
Edward Feser
Dr. Feser is a Catholic philosopher who teaches at Pasadena City College. Being a Catholic, his metaphysics is heavily influenced by Aquinas, which may make his philosophy slightly different from other well-known Christian apologists like William Lane Craig, but his material is still valuable. A lot of his material is academic, but he has a lot of more popular-level materials that offer great arguments and insights. Here are some of his works.
His Blog
Feser regularly writes on his blog, where you can find his thoughts on everything philosophy, theology, Catholicism, and apologetics. This is a good place to go to introduce yourself to his material.
Atheism
Dr. Feser has a lot of scathing and often hilarious critiques of the "New Atheism" and particular atheist writers. In book form, he wrote The Last Supertition, which is a critique of the new atheism. His criticisms of Jerry Coyne are all entertaining to read. He has a review of Coyne's book, Faith Versus Fact, on First Things. You can also find his blog posts and articles critiquing Coyne here and here. Feser also critiques Lawrence Krauss, a physicist and atheist, here. He has a lot more material on atheism and responses to atheist apologists, so look them up.
Existence of God
Dr. Feser has also written on the arguments for the existence of God. His new book, Five Proofs of the Existence of God, is pretty self-explanatory. Feser is also interviewed here, where he responds to Dawkins' critiques of the arguments for God's existence in his book, The God Delusion.
Misc.
I recommend just looking through his blog for more materials. He has a lot of articles on philosophy of mind, ethical issues like sexual ethics, abortion, and capital punishment, explanations of Catholic docrines, and much, much more. I hope you learn a lot from his resources.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
The AK47 Podcast Season 1: Episode 19
Aaron and I talk about the books that have been most influential to us. This discussion brought up issues of suffering and being authentic with God, Christian's responsibility in changing culture, apologetics, and personal struggles. We gave some thoughts on C.S. Lewis and Timothy Keller as well.
Listen to the episode here.
Books mentioned in the episode
To Change the World by James Davison Hunter
The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
A Sacred Sorrow by Michael Card
Listen to the episode here.
Books mentioned in the episode
To Change the World by James Davison Hunter
The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
A Sacred Sorrow by Michael Card
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