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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 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…