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Book 11 Announcement
Book number 11 for our two heroes asks some important questions and looks at four different views on what it means to be ethical from a Christian viewpoint.
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Spooky Stories Of Church History
Troy Fraiser from Revived Thoughts regales us with tales of things that go bump in the night of Church history. History is weird! Coincidences and unexplainable at times and not everything can be dismissed with a wave of a hand as you whistle past the graveyard. Spooky stories of Church history are out there and boy, are they out there. Helpful specters, witch doctors coming to faith, and magic detective Santa Claus. History is weird!
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - Spurgeon's Story Of A Preacher Saved By A Specter
05:14 - Don't Let The Enlightenment Kill Your Belief In The Paranormal
08:21 - The Witch Doctor Who Said Ooo Ee Oo Oo Ah, Your God Is So Big
09:53 - The Sorcerer's Fail Loved Spell Led Him To Christ
13:07 - The Spooky Story Of Detective Santa Claus Who Solved A Murder!
18:01 - The Magic Santa Robes
19:31 - The Haunted House Of John Wesley
22:10 - The Renowned Of History Are More Than Just One Moment But Are Characters
23:51 - Christians Are Those Who Should Love History The Most
25:10 - Where To See Ourselves In God's Story Of Church History
29:46 - The Work Of Revived Thoughts
33:15 - Conclusion
LINKS
Revived Thoughts
Martyrs & Missionaries
Revived Devos
Revived Radio
Revived Thoughts Facebook
Revived Thoughts Twitter
MissionQuest - Support The Frasiers
Cave To The Cross On Revived Thoughts
Jerome - Psalm 5
David Livingstone - The Holy Spirit
Moses Dow - Fasting For An Evil Day
John Clarke - The Desire For Life
John Gill: Christ the Savior from the Storm
John Newton: He Shakes the Heavens and the Earth
Gregory of Nazianzus: The Shepherd’s Heart
Gregory of Nyssa: The Day Of Lights
Thomas Aquinas: Praise and Dwell Within Us
Joseph Parker: Secret Things
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Coincidences In Church History
Patrick welcomes back Troy Fraiser from Revived Thoughts! History is weird and there are things that happen that Hollywood writers would be accused of bad storytelling for what actually happens. Troy brings us weird coincidences of Church history that includes a Chinese war, a woman with pants, Vikings, a meteorite, and beans! God as the ultimate Author has some amazing story. Next week - spooky stories of Church history!
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
03:00 - Revived Thoughts Fun
06:29 - Why Care About Church History
18:29 - History Is So Weird, That Fiction Writers Would Call It Unbelievable
21:18 - A Chinese War Because Someone Shared The Gospel With One Person?
25:15 - The Too Coincidental Story of Joan Of Arc
30:05 - Christians In History Trusting God's Providence - Like Alfred The Great
35:49 - The Coincidence Of The Antioch Meteorite & Battle Victory Crusade
45:52 - Conclusion - Next Week - Spooky Church History Stories
LINKS
00:58 - Episode 189 & Episode 190
06:48 - PeriapsisPress.com
Revived Thoughts
Martyrs & Missionaries
Revived Devos
Revived Radio
Revived Thoughts Facebook
Revived Thoughts Twitter
MissionQuest - Support The Frasiers
Cave To The Cross On Revived Thoughts
Jerome - Psalm 5
David Livingstone - The Holy Spirit
Moses Dow - Fasting For An Evil Day
John Clarke - The Desire For Life
John Gill: Christ the Savior from the Storm
John Newton: He Shakes the Heavens and the Earth
Gregory of Nazianzus: The Shepherd’s Heart
Gregory of Nyssa: The Day Of Lights
Thomas Aquinas: Praise and Dwell Within Us
Joseph Parker: Secret Things
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Satisfying Father Hunger In Education
Now that we've identified the problem of fathers not being more involved in education and wagging our fingers enough, education policy expert Jeff Park and Patrick talk about small but meaningful steps fathers can take to take God's command to be leaders of their families when it comes to what and how their children learn. There are things we can do in satisfying father hunger in education right now. Dads - you are doing great with providing for your family and taking those trips on the weekends. Great job! But here's we can become super dads and more attractive to our wives.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - What Can Parents Do To Encourage Father's To Be Involved In Education
11:04 - Dads Provide Their Own Version Of Good Parenting
21:45 - Dads Going To Moms To Explain Have Their Kids Education
30:45 - Fathers Can Find Great Ways To Supplement Their Kids Education
39:48 - Dads - PLEASE Read Books! & Read To Your Kids Too
43:05 - Being Involved Allows You To See Kids Learn Differently
46:13 - Allow Your Sponge Kids To Soak Up Amazing Subjects
47:57 - The Dangers Of The Expanding Horizons Model Of Education
56:02 - What Can Moms Do To Help Dads Get Involved In Their Kids Education
1:00:10 - Dads Need To Teach The Beginning Of Wisdom Is Fear Of The Lord In A Christian Worldview
1:08:07 - Your Child Will Be Educated - Will You Be The One To Do So?
1:11:37 - Moms Can Encourage Dads In Front Of Their Children
1:13:28 - Moms Can Intentionally Encourage Kids To Learn From Dad
1:20:11 - Dads, Be Intentionally Interested In Other Parts Of Your Kids Life
1:23:00 - Jeff Park - Anarchist Bible Study & Alberta Parents Union
1:32:31 - Conclusion
LINKS
44:37 - Home Variety Show
JEFF PARK LINKS
Alberta Parents Union
Jeff Park on Twitter
The Anarchist Bible Study
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The Dangers Of Father Absence In Education
In whatever way you choose to educate your children, if you look around you may notice someone is missing - fathers! Education policy expert Jeff Park discusses the dangers of father absence in their own children's education. It's not enough to bring home the bacon, fathers have a biblical mandate to be the primary responsible person in the family for teaching their children. What are the dangers and what does that look like? Homeschool moms - this episode (and the next) is one to share with your husband. Dads - let's do this!
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
02:35 - Making Good Fathers & Mothers Mad - Uh, I Mean Inspiring Them
05:47 - Is A Lack Of Father Representation In Schooling Hurting Children?
10:16 - The Biblical Mandate For Fathers To Be The Primary Leaders In Educating Their Children
12:07 - The Positive Aspect Of Fathers Having A Different Temperament With Their Children
15:25 - The Positive Aspects Of Having Both Moms & Dads Involved In Child Rearing - Shocker
16:37 - Fathers Cannot Delegate The Responsibility & Authority But Can The Work
19:03 - Fathers Fight For Their Children's Education
26:03 - Losing Out Key Teaching When We Lose Fathers In Education
32:35 - The Danger Of Fathers Not Adding Different Learning Styles With Different Kids
39:56 - Fathers Not Involved In Education Can Lead To Drop In Their Kids' Marriages
42:52 - Not A Lack Of Resource But A Loss Of Fathers' Experiences In Teaching
50:57 - The Big Impact On Kids Of Dads Showing They Care
57:35 - Men Have Brought How Society Is Now With The Idea That Only Women Care About Education
01:06:38 - Fathers - Here Is Your Encouragement & Charge!
01:09:20 - Conclusion
LINKS
02:14 - Previous Jeff Park Appearances
28:36 - Many statistics cited come from this location
30:40 - PeriapsisPress.com - Indie Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Reviews & Advocacy
33:06 - What’s Wrong With Boys at School?
38:06 - Learning to read can reduce reoffending
JEFF PARK LINKS
Alberta Parents Union
Jeff Park on Twitter
The Anarchist Bible Study
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One Body, Many Gifts
In our concluding chapter to the book, we look at how the Church is one body & many gifts are given in it. Our authors discuss how the differences in apologetic methods might actually be a good thing to respond to both apologists and those they speak to. With that, what has been your thoughts on the book? Have you learned anything or changed your mind on anything when it comes to a particular method? Let us know in the comments on the video or on social media.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
03:54 - One Body, Many Gifts - How Apologists Differ
09:45 - One Body, Many Gifts - How People Differ
12:26 - One Body, Many Gifts - How Apologetic Needs Differ
22:42 - One Body, Many Gifts - How Apologetic Problems Differ
24:37 - Conclusion To Faith Has Its Reasons
30:20 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Integrating Answering Evil, Miracles, & Jesus
Concluding with our look at the Integrative Approach we look at integrating answering evil, miracles, and Jesus. What have you thought about this approach? Does it allow each approach to shine or does it falter by including non-working relationships?
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
02:18 - Integrative Approach On The Problem Of Evil
15:45 - Integrative Approach On Miracles
21:28 - Integrative Approach On Who Jesus Is
29:176 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Helping Everyone
Now the Integrative approach will show how it is helping everyone to know God & make Him known. While not it's own apologetic approach, our authors show how it can help the four other major approaches answer in different ways when it comes to showing Scripture as truth, combating polytheism, and know that God exists.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
04:13 - Integrative Approach Of Scripture As Truth
15:43 - Integrative Approach Of Myth, Truth, & Religion
25:53 - Integrative Approach & The God Who Makes Himself Known
32:44 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Integrative Apologetics - The Ultimate Approach?
We look at the meta-apologetics of the Integrative apologetics approach. While not its own, separate apologetics, our authors believe this type maybe the key to the ultimate approach in apologetics.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:12 - Test Case - Integrative Approach Vs. Post-Modernism
03:33 - Integrative Apologetics & Theology
09:04 - Integrative Apologetics & Philosophy
10:16 - Integrative Apologetics & Science
14:58 - Integrative Apologetics & History
18:59 - Integrative Apologetics & Experience
21:19 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Apologetics & Human Knowledge
With the Integrative Approach to apologetics, the goal isn't to form a new coalition movement of apologetics but to show that Christians can work best when apologetics & human knowledge are used for defending the truth. What do you think?
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - The Integrative Approach Isn't A 5th, New Approach
03:09 - The Perspectival Approach To Defending Truth For Christians
07:29 - Use The Right Method For The Right People
12:51 - The Integrative Approach For The Classical Apologist
17:23 - The Integrative Approach For The Evidential Apologist
22:01 - The Integrative Approach For The Reformed Apologist
23:07 - The Integrative Approach For The Fideist Apologist
25:16 - Conclusion
Apologetics & Human Knowledge
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Clark, Evans, & Frame Want Us All To Get Along
Finishing up our historical look at the Integrative approach to apologetics we look at David K. Clark, C. Stephan Evans, & John Frame. Their approaches might seem rooted in majorly one camp more than the others but they do encourage all apologists to get along and by combining efforts we may have the best tools available to us to encourage the church and draw people to Jesus Christ.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - David K. Clark - Dialogical Apologetics
04:14 - C. Stephen Evans
05:26 - Evans As A Evidentialist Apologist
06:38 - Evans As A Reformed Apologist
07:47 - Evans As A Fideist Apologist
12:51 - Evans As An Integration Apologist
18:10 - John Frame
19:10 - Frame As A Reformed Apologist
23:18 - Frame As A Classical Apologist
26:48 - Frame As A Evidentialist Apologist
28:09 - Frame As A Fideist Apologist
29:32 - Frame As An Integration Apologist
30:37 - Conclusion
Links:
19:08 - Apologetics by John Frame Series
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Apologetics In The New Age by David K. Clark
Why Believe by C. Stephen Evans -
Augustine, Aquinas, Carnell, & Schaeffer - Oh My!
We come to our final apologetic method, the Integrative Approach. Looking at people from history who held to this type of model we see Augustin, Aquinas, Carnell, & Schaeffer - Oh my! What a line up!
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:54 - Precursor Integration Apologists
04:36 - Augustine Of Hippo
06:01 - Thomas Aquinas
09:00 - 20th Century Integration Apologists
12:09 - Edward John Carnell
13:13 - Carnell As A Classical Apologist
16:24 - Carnell As A Evidentialist Apologist
18:56 - Carnell As A Reformed Apologist
22:16 - Carnell As A Fideist Apologist
23:09 - Carnell As An Integration Apologist
24:09 - Francis Schaeffer
28:20 - Schaeffer As A Classical Apologist
37:07 - Schaeffer As A Evidentialist Apologist
39:19 - Schaeffer As A Reformed Apologist
43:04 - Schaeffer As A Fideist Apologist
46:46 - Schaeffer As An Integration Apologist
47:41 - Conclusion
Links:
26:28 - Nancy Pearcey Interview
26:40 - How Then We Shall Live Movie
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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An Introduction To Christian Apologetics by Edward John Carnell
Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey
Presuppositional Apologetics - Stated And Defended by Greg Bahnsen -
Fideist Strengths & Weaknesses
The conclusion of our look at Fideism ends with a look at Fideist strengths and weaknesses. Our authors have made a good case for why Fideism is an apologetic method but what do they think it brings to the table and where it falters? Next time - a SURPRISE method!
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - 3 Strengths Of Fideism
00:43 - Strength #1 - The Personal Factor Of Christianity
04:21 - Strength #2 - Humble View Of Human Reasoning
05:30 - Strength #3 - Centers Apologetics On Jesus Christ
07:49 - Hardships In Fideism
08:33 - 3 Review Points First
11:07 - 3 Weaknesses Of Fideism
11:57 - Weakness #1 - Undervalues Propositional Knowledge
14:51 - Weakness #2 - Overstate Criticism Of Reason & Knowledge
18:32 - Unnecessarily Critical Of The Bible
20:43 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Fideist Apologetics Summarized
Here is the Fideist apologetics summarized to show it as an apologetic model and one to be considered. Covering both the meta-apologetics & questions it answers, here's the overview before the next episode where we see the strengths and weaknesses of the model.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
02:30 - The Subjectivity Of Faith
03:24 - THe Meta-Apologetics Of Fideism
16:09 - The Apologetic Questions Answered By Fideism
24:15 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Your Own Personal Jesus
For the final three apologetic questions answers, the Fideist point to the fact that one has your own personal Jesus. In that when it comes to the problem of evil or miracles or who Jesus is, it should always lead to answers in the personal nature of God and one in which a personal relationship must be sought.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - The Personal Problem Of Evil
06:43 - Miracles As God Revealing Himself
11:42 - Jesus The Christ Of Faith
16:10 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Fideist Split Scripture & Christianity
In looking at how Fideists approach our 6 apologetics questions, we'll see oddly that Fidiests split Scripture & Christianity as separate from the Word of God & The Christian religion. Also, proof of God comes from knowing God personally.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Fideist Split Scripture & The Word Of God
08:46 - Barth Is To Blame - Of Course
10:19 - Fideist Split Christianity Vs. Christian Religion
12:35 - Kirgedaard On The Explanatory Power Of Christianity
15:24 - Barth On The Uniqueness Of The Scripture's Message
18:12 - Fideist Say To Know God Is To Know God Exists
25:10 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Fideist Faith Is Experience
The final three parts of the apologetic approach of rational Fideists. Here we see for Fideist faith is experience and they don't look fondly at "the Science(TM)" and even less at history as a set of facts. They aren't anti-science or anti-history, they just believe in proper avenues and spheres not mixing over into the others.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
02:07 - Fideist Don't Reject Science But Christianity Goes Beyond "Science(TM)"
07:25 - Fideists Believe Revelation Transcends History
10:15 - How Can You Prove Your Wife?
16:07 - For Fideist Faith Is Experience
18:43 - How To Know You're Not Cheating On Your Wife
19:51 - Star Trek Reference
20:48 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Fideist Issues With Theology & Philosophy
Discussing now the meta-apologetics of Fidesim we focus on three areas of truth, theology, and philosophy. We see that Fideists do engage in apologetics but have big issues with theology and philosophy in the way they are used in the other methods of apologetics. While you might not agree with Fideism outright, or at all, there are some valid arguments to consider in their method.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
03:29 - Fideist Do Engage In Apologetics
06:14 - Fideist Issue With Traditional Apologetics - Knowing Somebody Not Something
14:39 - Fideist Issue With Traditional Apologetics - Nature Of The Object Of Faith
17:10 - 3 Issues Fideist Point To About Why Traditional Apologetics Fails
24:26 - The Fideist Issues With Systematic Theology
30:06 - Fideists Have An Issue With A God Of Philosophers
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Historical Fideism
We now move to the historical Fideism of those who would subscribe to the title of Fidist. Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Barth, and Donald Bloesch are the main proponents of the apologetic method that is more to them than "just believe".
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
01:38 - Søren Kierkegaard - The Father Of Essentialism
03:17 - Kierkegaard's Challenge To Discover Authentic Christian Faith
07:21 - 4 Types Of Apologetic Arguments Of A Fideism
07:47 - Argument 1 - No Human Author Argument
13:51 - Argument 2 - Argument Of The Incarnation
15:24 - Argument 3 - Argument From Offense
17:29 - Argument 4 - Argument Of The Book As A Whole
20:47 - Karl Barth - The Father Of Neo-Orthodoxy
24:54 - Barth's Christian Apologetics Summarized
28:17 - Donald Bloesch - The Father Of Faith Seeking Understanding
31:40 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Rational Fideism
We open our discussion on the 4th apologetic method with not "just believe" but Rational Fideism. This is one where apologists emphasize faith and we go into what value that adds to the conversation. We also discuss three historical proto-Fideists Tertullian, Martin Luther, and Blaise Pascal.
Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
03:01 - Can Rational Fideism Be An Apologetic Method?
08:48 - The Historical Roots Of Fideism Apologetics
11:49 - Early Church Proponent Tertullian
15:57 - Not A Rejection Of Logic But Of Syncretism
17:10 - Martin Luther - Reason Falls Short Of Faith
22:20 - Blaise Pascal - More Than A Wager
27:09 - Pascal's Wager Is More Than Just
32:11 - Conclusion
BOOK LINKS:
Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.
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Paperback
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