

Adherent Apologetics
Zac Sechler
Welcome to Adherent Apologetics, where I talk with leading thinkers about Christianity.
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Feb 3, 2021 • 50min
123. Tyler Vela: The Transcendental Argument
Tyler Vela runs the FreedThinker Podcast. In this interview, I talk with him about the argument from abstract objects to God.
Follow Tyler: https://twitter.com/FreedPodcast
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Jan 30, 2021 • 31min
122. Joanna Leidenhag: Evolutionary Evil, Panpsychism, and the Doctrine of Creation
Dr. Joanna Leidenhag completed her PhD in systematic and philosophical theology at the University of Edinburgh (2019), focusing on discussions in analytic philosophy of mind and the doctrine of creation. In this interview, we talk about evolution, consciousness, and the Doctrine of Creation.
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Follow Dr. Leidenhag: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity...

Jan 28, 2021 • 60min
121. Michael Strauss: Does Science Support a Beginning and Fine-Tuning?
Michael Strauss is an experimental particle physicist currently doing research on the ATLAS detector, one of the two multi-purpose particle detectors located on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. He is also a professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman since 1995. In this conversation, we talk about how science supports arguments for God's existence.
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Dr. Strauss' Website: https://www.michaelgstrauss.com/

Jan 27, 2021 • 53min
120. Steven Nemes: Is Divine Simplicity True?
Steven Nemes is a PhD candidate in Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. In this interview, we talk about the doctrine of Divine Simplicity.
Steven's Website: https://stevennemes.com/
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Jan 25, 2021 • 55min
119. J.P. Moreland: From Consciousness to the Soul to God
Dr. J.P. Moreland is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University in La Mirada, California. In this conversation, we talk about how conscious experience is evidence for God, Idealism, Dualism, Physicalism, and more!
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Dr. Moreland's Website: http://www.jpmoreland.com/

Jan 23, 2021 • 51min
118. Douglas Groothuis: Why Would God Allow Dementia?
Dr. Douglas Groothuis is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, Evangelical Philosophical Society, and Society of Christian Philosophers. In this interview, we talk about his book, Walking Through Twilight: A Wife’s Illness—A Philosopher’s Lament.
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His Book: https://amzn.to/2JWXXhl

Jan 21, 2021 • 56min
117. Hugh Ross: How Science Points to God's Existence
Hugh Ross is the President & Founder of Reasons to Believe. In this interview, I talk with Dr. Hugh Ross about the scientific evidence for casual finitism, fine-tuning, the multiverse, Oppy's Naturalism, and more.
Dr. Ross' Website: https://reasons.org/about/hugh-ross
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Jan 19, 2021 • 41min
116. Brad from Carolina: How Should Christians View Persecution?
Brad from Carolina is a Christian apologist from Armor of Truth Ministries. We talk about what it means to be persecuted, and how Christians should deal with it.
Brad's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3dP...
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Jan 14, 2021 • 47min
115. Rob Koons: Is There a Necessary Foundation?
Dr. Rob Koons specializes in philosophical logic and in the application of logic to long-standing philosophical problems, including metaphysics, philosophy of mind and intentionality, semantics, political philosophy and metaethics, and philosophy of religion. In this conversation, we talk about arguments for a first cause and a necessary foundation.
Rob's Website: http://robkoons.net/
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Jan 9, 2021 • 38min
114. Leighton Ryder: Medieval Christian Mysticism, Marguerite Porete, and Your Theology
Leighton Ryders writes about Theology, Philosophy, Apologetics, and History. He is a university student who is majoring in History (Honours) and minoring in Religious Studies. More specifically he studies Medieval European Ecclesiastic Reform & Mystic History.
Marguerite Porete was a Beguine mystic burned in 1310 for heresy. We talk about her life, mysticism, women in the church, heresy, heterodoxy, and views of sanctification.
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Leighton's Website: https://academictheist.wixsite.com/admcthst