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The Skeptic and The Disciple
A thoughtful weekly conversation between The Skeptic and The Disciple, exploring Christianity through science, logic, history, and honest questions. Each seven-part conversation unfolds Monday through Sunday.
Episodes
The Skeptic and The DiscipleCan the Trinity Be Coherent Without Being Comprehensible? - Week of 9/7/26 - Episode 6
The conversation compares major coherence models, including Latin and social approaches, and asks how much understanding rational belief requires. The Disciple…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhy Do Trinity Analogies Break Down? - Week of 9/7/26 - Episode 5
The Skeptic and Disciple audit common Trinity analogies. Water, eggs, shamrocks, human roles, and social models each illuminate something limited while risking…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleAre Father, Son, and Spirit Truly Distinct? - Week of 9/7/26 - Episode 4
The conversation tests whether Father, Son, and Spirit are genuinely distinct or merely one divine actor in different roles. Prayer, sending, love, baptism…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhat Do One Essence and Three Persons Mean? - Week of 9/7/26 - Episode 3
The Skeptic presses the technical language of one essence and three persons. The Disciple explains nature, person, shared divine attributes, and relational…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleIs the Trinity Really Biblical? - Week of 9/7/26 - Episode 2
The conversation tests whether Scripture supplies the raw material for the Trinity: one God, divine language for Father, Son, and Spirit, and genuine personal…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleIs the Trinity a Contradiction? - Week of 9/7/26 - Episode 1
The Skeptic asks whether one God in three persons is a direct contradiction. The conversation defines the claim precisely, distinguishes being from person, and…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWas Jesus Made Divine or Recognized as Divine? - Week of 8/31/26 - Episode 7
The final episode assembles the cumulative case. The Skeptic and Disciple distinguish Jesus’ probable self-understanding, the earliest followers’ beliefs, and…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid Belief in Jesus’ Divinity Evolve Later? - Week of 8/31/26 - Episode 6
The Skeptic tests a gradual legendary-development model. The Disciple distinguishes development from invention, considers Jewish monotheism, worship practices…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid Paul Turn Jesus into God? - Week of 8/31/26 - Episode 5
Did Paul invent Christianity’s divine Jesus? The conversation dates Paul’s undisputed letters, examines traditions he says he received, and considers…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhat Did Jesus’ Titles Really Mean? - Week of 8/31/26 - Episode 4
Messiah, Son of God, Lord, and Son of Man could carry different meanings in first-century Judaism. The Skeptic and Disciple examine what the titles establish…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDo Jesus’ Actions Imply Divine Authority? - Week of 8/31/26 - Episode 3
The conversation tests whether Jesus’ actions imply divine authority or merely prophetic agency. Forgiveness, Sabbath, purity, the temple, judgment, and…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid Jesus Ever Say He Was God? - Week of 8/31/26 - Episode 2
The Skeptic looks for explicit divine claims. The Disciple compares John with the Synoptic Gospels, explains why wording and historical setting matter, and…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid Jesus Actually Claim to Be God? - Week of 8/31/26 - Episode 1
One week after agreeing to read Mark, The Skeptic asks whether Jesus himself claimed divinity or whether that belief was added later. The conversation defines…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleHow Trustworthy Are the Gospels? - Week of 8/24/26 - Episode 7
The Skeptic and The Disciple assemble the cumulative case: authorship, dating, source dependence, oral tradition, differences, archaeology, theology, and…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDo Theology and Miracles Make the Gospels Unhistorical? - Week of 8/24/26 - Episode 6
Do theological purpose and miracle reports disqualify the Gospels as history? The conversation separates worldview assumptions from historical method and asks…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDo Gospel Contradictions Destroy Their Credibility? - Week of 8/24/26 - Episode 5
The Skeptic presses apparent contradictions in the Gospel accounts. The Disciple distinguishes wording differences, complementary perspectives, genuine…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleCould Oral Tradition Preserve Jesus Accurately? - Week of 8/24/26 - Episode 4
Could stories about Jesus survive decades of oral transmission? The conversation weighs memory, communal repetition, stable cores, flexible wording, eyewitness…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid the Gospel Writers Copy One Another? - Week of 8/24/26 - Episode 3
The Skeptic challenges the independence of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The Disciple explains literary dependence, Markan priority, the hypothetical source called…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWho Wrote the Gospels, and When? - Week of 8/24/26 - Episode 2
The conversation examines the traditional Gospel attributions, the books' formally anonymous narratives, debated dates, eyewitness access, and what can or…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleCan We Trust the Gospels as Historical Sources? - Week of 8/24/26 - Episode 1
One week after discussing the resurrection, The Skeptic asks why anyone should trust books written by believers. The Disciple separates inspiration from…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? - Week of 8/17/26 - Episode 7
The Skeptic and The Disciple place survival, conspiracy, legend, visions, mixed natural accounts, and resurrection beside the same evidence. They identify what…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleLegend, Conspiracy, or Resurrection? - Week of 8/17/26 - Episode 6
The Skeptic tests whether the resurrection story could be a late legend, a deliberate conspiracy, or a blended natural explanation. The Disciple compares those…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWere the Resurrection Appearances Hallucinations? - Week of 8/17/26 - Episode 5
Could grief, expectation, visions, memory, and social reinforcement explain the reported appearances of Jesus? The Skeptic presses the strongest psychological…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWas Jesus' Tomb Really Empty? - Week of 8/17/26 - Episode 4
The empty tomb is important, but what does it actually establish? The conversation considers the women witnesses, burial disputes, wrong-tomb and moved-body…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid Jesus Actually Die on the Cross? - Week of 8/17/26 - Episode 3
Could Jesus have survived crucifixion? The Skeptic and The Disciple weigh Roman execution practices, the ancient reports, medical arguments, burial evidence…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleCan the Bible Count as Historical Evidence? - Week of 8/17/26 - Episode 2
The Skeptic challenges the use of Christian writings as evidence. The Disciple separates inspiration from historical source analysis and examines early…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDoes Christianity Stand or Fall on the Resurrection? - Week of 8/17/26 - Episode 1
One week after their conversation about whether God exists, The Skeptic asks what could possibly move the argument from a generic Creator to Christianity. The…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDoes a Creator Prove Christianity? - Week of 8/10/26 - Episode 7
Evidence for a creator is not yet evidence for Christianity. In the final chapter, the Skeptic and the Disciple identify the historical questions that must…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhere Is God When Life Hurts? - Week of 8/10/26 - Episode 6
Can belief in God survive grief, illness, damaged surgeries, and chronic pain? The Skeptic makes the problem personal, and the Disciple responds without…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWho Created God? - Week of 8/10/26 - Episode 5
If everything needs a cause, who created God? The conversation distinguishes dependent things from a necessary foundation and asks whether an endless chain of…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDoes Fine-Tuning Point to a Creator? - Week of 8/10/26 - Episode 4
Does the universe's apparent fine-tuning point toward design, necessity, chance, or a multiverse? This episode compares the competing explanations without…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhat Caused the Universe to Begin? - Week of 8/10/26 - Episode 3
If the universe began, what could explain its beginning? The Skeptic and the Disciple examine causation, time, and why a cause of the universe would not simply…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleDid People Invent God Before Science? - Week of 8/10/26 - Episode 2
Is God merely an explanation people invented before science? The conversation separates scientific descriptions of how nature behaves from the deeper question…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhy Should I Believe God Exists? - Week of 8/10/26 - Episode 1
Why should anyone believe God exists at all? The Skeptic challenges the idea that God is anything more than a pre-scientific explanation, while the Disciple…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhen AI Has No Guardrails | The Skeptic and The Disciple Podcast
AI is not the enemy — but powerful tools need wisdom.In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple, Megan and Dr. Mike continue the conversation on…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleCan AI Ever Be Truly Intelligent? | The Skeptic and The Disciple
Can artificial intelligence ever be truly intelligent, or are we asking the wrong question? In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple, Megan and Dr. Mike…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleMarriage in a Broken World | The Skeptic and The Disciple Podcast
Marriage was designed to last—but why does it feel like our culture is moving further away from it?In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple Podcast…
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The Power of Conviction | The Skeptic and The Disciple
As tensions between the United States and Iran dominate the headlines, Megan and Dr. Mike explore a timeless question: What gives someone the courage to stand…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleCancer, Blessings, and Quantum Breakthroughs | The Skeptic and The Disciple Podcast
What happens when a conversation about cruises turns into a discussion about stage 4 cancer, gratitude, stewardship, artificial intelligence, and the future of…
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When Evil Looks Ordinary
What does evil really look like?Most people imagine evil as something obvious—villains, crime, or headline-making scandals. But what if evil is far more…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhen Grace Meets Consequences | The Skeptic and The Disciple Podcast
When is grace the right response… and when do consequences become the most loving thing?In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple Podcast, Mike and Megan…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleArtificial Intelligence, Original Sin, and the Soul
What happens when Artificial Intelligence starts asking human questions?In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple Podcast, we dive into one of our…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleChristianity, Politics, and Gender Roles in a Divided World | The Skeptic and The Disciple
In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple, Megan the Skeptic and Mike the Disciple dive into one of their most layered conversations yet: Christianity…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleBroken Trust. Real Consequences. Unexpected Grace. | The Skeptic & The Disciple
What happens when someone breaks your trust, faces real consequences, and still gets shown grace?In this episode of The Skeptic & The Disciple, Mike and Megan…
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The First Commandment vs. The Almighty Dollar | The Skeptic and The Disciple
Are we putting the Almighty Dollar before the Almighty? In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple, Dr. Mike Litman and Megan Martinez dive into the First…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleGrace or Caution? When Someone’s Past Raises Questions | The Skeptic and the Disciple Podcast
What would you do? 🤔Someone made a statement in their past…It was never acted on. Never proven true.Now they’re asking for an opportunity—one that could impact…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWhat Would You Do If You Knew The Truth?
What would you do if you knew the truth? In this episode of The Skeptic and The Disciple, Mike and Megan explore a powerful question: if Christianity were…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleAI Agents: What Does It Mean For Us And For You?
We've moved past simple prompts. Welcome to the era of AI Agents—autonomous entities that plan your travel, write their own management tools, and conduct…
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When It Rains It Pours
🔴 SYSTEM ALERT: Cascade Failure Detected.You know the drill. The transmission dies. The bill collector calls. The diagnosis comes back wrong. And somehow, it…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWould You Recognize Jesus If You Saw Him Today?
He wouldn’t look like the paintings. This week, The Skeptic and the Disciple tackle a fascinating question: If Jesus of Nazareth appeared in the modern world…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleWill I Be Left Behind
If Jesus walked into the room today, would you even recognize Him—or would you be too busy "playing church"? In Episode 4 of The Skeptic and the Disciple…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleEpisode 3 Christian Elitists
Who gave them the VIP pass? This week on The Skeptic and The Disciple, we're talking about Christian Elitists. We're asking the hard, skeptical questions about…
The Skeptic and The DiscipleThe Dinosaur Timeline
Did dinosaurs predate humanity by millions of years, or did they walk the earth alongside us? On The Dinosaur Timeline, we dig past the standard textbook…
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The Big Question
It’s time for The Big Question. We all know the name, but what do we actually know about the man?In this episode, Megan (The Skeptic) and I (The Disciple) go…
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Launch Trailer The Skeptic and The Disciple
It’s finally here! 🎙️ Meet the team behind The Skeptic and the Disciple.We are officially launching, and we can’t wait to share this journey with you. We’re…