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Real Seekers
I'm a person sincerely interested in seeking religious truth, for years I studied and did my best to seek out the truth about God's existence, the existence and nature of the afterlife and which religion might be true and/or endorsed by God. At the end of my searching, I came to the conclusion that Christianity is the religion that God wants me to follow and believe. I hope to help other "real seekers" in their journey to finding the same truth that I did. I can be reached via email at…
Episodes
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Eschatology: All-Christian Panel on the Millennium
I was invited onto the Proselytize or Apostatize show to represent the Amillennialism perspective alongside a Premillennialist and Partial Preterist…
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Gospel of John & the Resurrection Maximal Facts Approach (Dr. Lydia McGrew)
Dr. Lydia McGrew joins me alongside co-hosts David Johnson (skeptic) and Marvin Wallace (Christian) to discuss her new book on the Gospel of John and the…
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Epistemology Show Part 3- All Christian Perspective (with David Pallman, Kevin Smith & Mac Attack)
This is the Part3 follow up show on Epistemology and religion. I am on a panel with fellow Christians David Pallman, Kevin Smith & Mac Attack). RSM Blog =…
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Proselytize or Apostatize's Open Mic Night (First Live Show)
This was a fun show, I was invited to participate in my first Live Open Mic show on the show Proselytize or Apostatize with David Russell and David Pallman. We…
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Religious Epistemology Panel Discussion- 3 Christians vs. 3 Atheists (Part 2)
This is Part 2- the final hour where I was invited to be on a S&S panel show on religious epistemology; I'm joined by fellow Christians David Russell and "Mac…
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Religious Epistemology Panel Discussion- 3 Christians vs. 3 Atheists (Part 1)
I was invited to be on a S&S panel show on religious epistemology; I'm joined by fellow Christians David Russell and "Mac Attack" vs. the Atheists Andrew…
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The Plausibility of Miracles- Dale vs. Atheists David J. & Matt Taylor
The Atheist Matt Taylor joins David and I to discuss the Plausibility of the Miraculous or Supernatural. This one gets a little heated at times, but both Matt…
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Failure of the Fall: Why Did God Create in the First Place?
This old S&S episode dates back to one of the very first shows we did (the 6th S&S show in 2018), this is the first show where David lays out his case against…
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Knowing True Christians vs. Fake Counterfeit Christians
Watch out "No True Scotsman Fallacy" proponents. In this episode I teach David J. that there are means by which we can hypothetically know the difference…
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Emotions & Moral Knowledge- A Christian Perspective
Skeptics have for a long time told me that they emotionally feel that the Bible's stories about the Conquests or God commanding Abraham and others to kill…
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Akrasia- A Christian Perspective on Weakness of the Will
I had to write up an Argumentive Essay for my Philosophy of Mind class, where I outline a couple views of what “Weakness of the Will” (i.e. Akrasia) entails…
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The Existence of God Series- The Cosmological Argument Part 3A-
In this episode, I continue to assess the warrant for the first of the three premises of our Cosmological argument, this time around I start to lay out my case…
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The Resurrection of Jesus- (with Dr. Mike Licona, Caleb Jackson & Robert L. White)
I'm joined by an all Christian panel, Dr. Mike Licona, Caleb Jackson & Robert L. White, to discuss the amazing historical evidence for the Resurrection of…
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Is the Earth Flat or a Globe?- David Weiss (Flat Earther) vs. Teddi Pappas (Globe Earther)
This show didn't turn out how I originally planned it would! In this rather turbulent episode of RSM, I'm joined by Flat-Earther David Weiss and Global Earth…
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Christmas Extravaganza All Things Christmas! (PORA, The Mentionables & Nick Peters)
Enjoy this festive and informative all Christian Roundtable on all things Christmas- no skeptical Scrooges this time :)
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Christmas Roundtable- 3 Skeptics vs. 1 Christian
This is a Roundtable with Matt, Andrew, David J. and Dale discussing issues pertaining to celebrating Christmas.
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Thansgiving Special- S&S Impromptu Show
I woke up, got an email saying "click this" and I did. The next thing I know I'm engaging full speed with skeptic David Johnson and his Christian co-host David…
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Apologetics & Naturalism- Dr. Gary Habermas & David Russell
This episode has Dr. Gary Habermas and David Russell, the Christian host of Proselytize or Apostatize discussing apologetics in the light of Naturalism. Topics…
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Shroud Wars- Bob Rucker & Joe Marino on the C-14
In this episode, I have the pleasure of being joined by two pro-Shroud experts who happen to disagree on how to explain the 1988 C-14 tests that claimed to…
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Near Death Experiences (with Dr. Bruce Greyson & Skeptic Travis R.)
This was quite the show, I was joined by the thoughtful skeptic Travis R. to interview Dr. Bruce Greyson on his life-long research on the evidence for…
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Discussing Biblical Spiritual Warfare
In this 2018 episode of S&S, David and I discuss spiritual warfare in the Bible.
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Happy Halloween- Is Halloween Compatible with Christianity
In this S&S episode, David and I debate the merits of Halloween from a Christian perspective- is it harmless fun or Satanic paganism?
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Christianity vs. Cults (with Patricia Walsh Chadwick)
In this episode I'm joined by Patricia Chadwick to discuss her book, "Little Sister: A Memoir" where she details her early life living within a Catholic cult…
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Humanity- What we Are, Where We’ve Been & Where we are Going (Assessing Anthropology with Dr. Geoffrey Simmons)
In this special episode, I'm joined by famous Jewish ID proponent, Dr. Geoffrey Simmons, to discuss anthropology from the perspective of intelligent design. We…
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The Skeptical Argument from Biblical Confusion
In this episode, we assess the skeptical argument from Biblical Confusion, is the Bible unjustifiably confusing? This is Part 2 in David J. the Atheist's S&S…
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Does the Resurrection of Jesus Prove Christianity?- The Issue of Miracle “Sufficient Attachment"
This is a follow up to the S&S show we did on the issue of the "subsumability" of the Resurrection of Jesus. In this eisode we focus on another of the three…
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Does the Resurrection of Jesus Prove Christianity?- The Issue of Subsumability
Assuming one could prove that a miraculous Resurrection of Jesus did in fact take place 2000+ years ago, would that necessarily imply that Christianity is true…
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The Evil God Dilemma
In this episode, David Johnson provides his argument that the God of the Bible, if true, would be evil.
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Religion & Politics Round 2- Jesus Rode a Donkey (with Dr. Linda Seger)
It was a couple months ago that I had the privilege of interviewing my two Conservative/Republican Christian friends, Dr. Tony Costa and Teddi Pappas, speaking…
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Vaal the Atheist- Discussing Moral Ontology
This show is part of a series of 5-6 shows on S&S, I was asked to debate the famous internet Atheist Vaal on the issue of Moral Ontology. Enjoy!
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Rev Dr David Instone-Brewer: Jesus & the Rabbis (How Jewish is Jesus in the NT)
Alright, well this one really was a special treat for me; I've been a fan of Dr. Instone-Brewer since 2011 when he presented at the very first Unbelievable?…
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Making Sense of Jesus’ Atoning Sacrifice on the Cross & Penal Substitution (with Atheist David Smalley)
David Smalley, though under the weather, pulls no punches in this great discussion on the essential Christian doctrine of the Penal Substitution and Jesus'…
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Explanations for Religion- with Dr. Paul Bali
In this episode we assess what religions are and how one might explain the rise of the various religions across the world- why are humans so seemingly…
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Debating Morality (Marvin Wallace/Christian vs. David J./Atheist
Fellow Christian apologist Marvin Wallace reached out to ask me to post up his long-awaited debate with David J.- the Atheist host of S&S. It's been a long…
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Genesis & the Solar System- Assessing the Literary and Astronomical Evidence
In this episode I discuss the Skeptical argument from a Biblical error in the creation account of Genesis. In doing so I debate with an Atheist, David J. the…
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Dogma Debates & the Abraham Sacrifice Test (with David Smalley)
I (Dale) was a guest on David Smalley's Dogma Debates Podcast to discuss the important Abraham Test issue and whether it is moral to be willing to sacrifice…
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Debating the "Hard Passages" of the Bible- Genesis, Biblical Slavery & Christian Exclusivism
This was not my finest hour, I was not expecting David to be as emotional as he was in this show. In this old episode of S&S, David Johnson (the Atheist) tries…
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The Truth about Intelligent Design vs. Naturalistic Evolution (with Dr. Michael Behe & Marvin Wallace)
It is finally here! Intelligent Design (ID) experts Dr. Michael Behe and Marvin Wallace join me to correct the record about the ID vs. Evolution debate. The…
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The Latest Research on the Pre-NT Christian Creeds (with Gary Habermas)
In this special episode, Dr. Gary Habermas, fresh from completing the Rough draft of his 5000 page+ magnum opus on the evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus…
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Round Table 3- Reviewing "Unbelievable-Can-Justin-defend-his-own-book" cont.
This was the continuation of the Round Table we did with S&S hosts (David Johnson and myself) & 4A hosts (Andrew Knight and Matthew Taylor) where we reviewed…
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Round Table 2- Reviewing "Unbelievable-Can-Justin-defend-his-own-book"
This was the very first Round Table we ever did, S&S hosts (David Johnson and myself) & 4A hosts (Andrew Knight and Matthew Taylor) review David and Andrew's…
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Religion & Politics- Being Christian in a World of Cultural Marxists (with Dr. Tony Costa & Teddi Pappas)
In this special episode, I'm joined by Christian apologist Dr. Tony Costa and Christian defense attorney Teddi Pappas to discuss religion and politics. The…
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Randal Rauser on Progressive Divine Revelation & the Bible
Randal Rauser debates Atheist David J. on the topic of progressive revelation in the Bible.
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Is the Trinity/Trinity Monotheism Biblically Consistent? (with Dr. Dale Tuggy)
This is the second episode I've done with Dr. Dale Tuggy on the Trinity. Having covered the philosophical/logical coherence of Trinity Monotheism in the last…
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Existence of God Series: The Cosmological Argument (Part 2)- Premise #1 & the 2nd Philosophical Argument
In this episode, I continue to assess the warrant for the first of the three premises of our Cosmological argument, this time providing a second Philosophical…
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Existence of God Series: The Cosmological Argument (Part 1)- Intro & Assessing Premise #1
In this episode, I begin my new solo series on the evidences/arguments in favour and against the existence of God. I start with the Cosmological Argument (aka…
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Round Table 1- Grill a Christian Episode
3 Skeptics, David, Andrew and Matt as well as listeners grill Dale the Christian on various issues.
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Part 2: Assessing Calvinism & Arminianism/Molinism (with Chris Date)
Fellow Christian, Chris Date, joins me in this episode to discuss the merits of Calvinism and to compare/contrast the Doctrines of "Meticulous Divine…
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Part 1: Assessing Calvinism & Arminianism/Molinism (with Chris Date)
Fellow Christian, Chris Date, joins me in this episode to discuss the merits of Calvinism and to compare/contrast the Doctrines of "Meticulous Divine…
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Right to Reason- The Abraham Test (with Atheist Robert Stanley)
Was Abraham justified in placing his faith in God and obeying God's command to kill Isaac? I answer yes he was and further I outline some of the relevant…
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Eschatology- Assessing the End Times (with David Kemball Cook)
I'm joined by David Kemball Cook to discuss two main views about the end times; NT Wright's Partial Preterist View vs. Dale Allison's Dispensationalist View.
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Moral Philosophy & Ethics (with Marvin Wallace)
In this episode, I'm joined by fellow Christian apologist and philosopher Marvin Wallace, to discuss morality and the field of ethics. We first discuss what…
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Assessing Trinity Monotheism- with Dr. Dale Tuggy (a Biblical Unitarian)
I'm joined by Dr. Dale Tuggy, a Biblical Unitarian and expert on the issue of the Trinity. In this show, we focus on assessing the logical coherence of a model…
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Messianic Prophecies: A New Circumstantial Argument (Part 4)- Timing of the Messiah
In this 4th and final S&S episode on Messianic Prophecy, I finish off my minimal case by arguing that the Jewish Messiah must come prior to the destruction of…
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Intelligent Design vs. Evolution (David Pallmann vs. David J.)
I moderate a discussion on the intelligent design debate in biological cases, specifically the origin of the information in DNA. The debate is between ID…
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Messianic Prophecies: A New Circumstantial Argument (Part 3)- The Messiah's Atoning Death & Resurrection
With Part 3 in our series on Messianic Prophecies and my “Jesus or Bust” circumstantial argument, we will focus exclusively on perhaps the most famous…
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Messianic Prophecies: A Circumstantial Argument (Part 2)- The Messiah's Mission
In the second of four S&S shows on Messianic Prophecy, I further my new circumstantial argument from Jesus or Bust using prophecies related to the Messiah's…
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Messianic Prophecies: A Circumstantial Argument (Part 1)- The Messiah's Birth in Isaiah 7:14 & Micah 5:2
Do the Messianic prophecies in the Jewish Old Testament prove that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah and that Christianity is true? In the first of four episodes, I…
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1st S&S Show Followup- Rebuttals to the Best & Worst
In this episode, I combine both the second and third episodes of S&S where David and I take on our normal roles and then assess the best and worst arguments…
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Our Very First Show (S&S Podcast)
In the very first show of S&S, David the Skeptic and Dale the Christian show their knowledge of the other side by revealing what they think are the strongest…