The Truth Quest Podcast
apologetics
Episodes
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Ep. 290 - The Truth About the Power of Questions
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
In this episode we discuss a simple, highly effective and non-combative method of engaging your confident, ill-informed, ignorant and misguided friends, family and neighbors in the "Arena of Ideas."
Show Notes
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Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Ep. 212 - The Truth About Conversations With Today’s Liberals
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
In this episode, we examine the mind of today's liberals. We accomplish this by dissecting two conversations I had recently: one with a militant liberal and one with an NPR liberal.
What do they both have in common? What differentiates them? What motivates them? What principles are they driven by? Are they open to new ideas? Are they well-informed and thoughtful or ignorant and shallow?
Show Notes
Episode 180 - The Truth About Mass Psychosis
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Monday May 25, 2020
Ep. 100 - The Truth About the First 100 Episodes
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
We covered a lot of ground in the first 100 episodes - the Constitution, economics, abortion, social issues, healthcare, socialism and Christian apologetics to name a few. In this episode, I take a brief look at some of the myths we busted and review lessons learned.
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Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Ep. 49 - The Truth About Wisdom - The Fool the Mocker and the Simple
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
In Episode 48, we covered most of the wisdom-related topics presented in the book of Proverbs including: seeking counsel and advice, constructive criticism, discernment, discipline, self-control, instruction, knowledge, planning, and prudence.
In this episode, I walk you through King Solomon’s insightful explanation of how wisdom is applied, or better put NOT applied, by different types of people namely the fool, the mocker, and the simple.
Show Notes:
The Proverbs Project - Amazon
The Proverbs Project - eBook formats
The Proverbs Project Facebook Fan Page
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Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Ep. 48 - The Truth About Wisdom - Biblically Speaking
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Several years ago I wrote the book, The Proverbs Project. My goal was to bring the content of the Old Testament book of Proverbs to life in a manner in which the average person could easily consume and apply to their life. I went through Proverbs verse-by-verse assigning a theme for each of the 900 verses. I identified 150 themes, which were then grouped into 9 general categories. These 9 categories became the chapters of the book.
Authorship of the book of Proverbs is largely attributed to King Solomon who was the son of King David. Solomon is thought to have been the richest and wisest man to ever live.
Wisdom, which is the major theme of the book of Proverbs, is the subject of Episodes 48 and 49. In this episode I cover most of the wisdom-related topics presented in Proverbs including: advice, correction, discernment, discipline, instruction, knowledge, planning, and prudence. In the next episode, I walk you through Solomon’s insightful explanation of how wisdom is applied by different types of people namely the fool, the mocker, and the simple.
Show Notes:
The Proverbs Project - Book, ebook
The Proverbs Project Facebook Fan Page
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Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Ep. 40 - The Truth About Islam, Christianity and Judaism
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Regular listeners know that I attempt to record a Christian apologetic-related topic in every once in awhile. Today I compare and contrast the three major monotheistic world religions - Islam, Christianity and Judaism. They have a lot in common, which may be eye-opening to many. However, it is their divergences that really matter.
The bottom line is if one of them is true, the other two cannot be. It's great food for thought. I hope this episode prompts you to dig a little deeper in your faith or lack thereof.
Show Notes:
Acts17Apologetics - YouTube
The Quran, the Bible and the Islamic Dilemma
Truth Quest Episodes:
Episode #5 - The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Episode #10 - The Truth About God and Evil
Episode #15 - The Truth About Prayer
Episode #22 - The Truth About Jesus Christ
Episode #26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode #30 - The Truth About the New Testament - Is it historically reliable?
Episode #35 - The Truth About the Existence of God
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Saturday Mar 02, 2019
Ep. 35 - The Truth About the Existence of God
Saturday Mar 02, 2019
Saturday Mar 02, 2019
Proving God’s existence or the fact that Jesus rose from the dead, will never be proven in a manner we are all familiar with from watching TV legal dramas – beyond a reasonable doubt. However, I have found Frank Turek and Norman Geisler’s approach to apologetics most helpful. Specifically their approach in their best seller I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist.
In today’s episode, I am going to present three arguments for the existence of God: (1) The Cosmological Argument, which argues that since the universe had a beginning something had to be the cause. The most logical explanation is that that "something" is God. (2) The Anthropic Principle which is the idea that the complexity of the universe proves the God exists and; (3) The Teleological Argument which reasons that the best explanation for the complex fine-tuning of the universe and life on Earth is an Intelligent Designer (or God).
Show Notes:
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be An Atheist - Frank Turek and Norman Geisler
CrossExamined.org
Over 1,000 Scientists Sign Dissent Darwinism Statement
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Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Ep. 30 - The Truth About the New Testament - Is it historically reliable
Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Saturday Jan 26, 2019
When I first started studying Christian apologetics someone gave me a copy of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek and Norman Geisler. If you read just one book this year and you are curious about Christianity or looking to bolster your current faith or, for that matter, you are a skeptic of Christianity, I cannot encourage you enough to read this book. One of the most profound insights I ever got into Christianity came from Chapters 9-12, which covers the historical reliability of the New Testament. Much of what I discuss in today’s episode comes from these three chapters. I hope you find it as profound as I did.
Show Notes:
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek and Norman Geisler
Early Testimony – Frank Turek
What Criteria Do Historians Use to Get to the Minimal Facts About the Historical Jesus - CrossExamined.org
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Friday Dec 28, 2018
Ep. 26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Friday Dec 28, 2018
Friday Dec 28, 2018
As I thought ahead to the publication of this week’s episode, I noticed that it would fall on the week of Christmas. I glanced up at my bookshelf and pulled down my copy of In Defense of Faith by David Brog and I realized the message Brog presents in that book was a perfect foundation from which to base this week’s episode on.
Brog describes his book’s purpose as a rebuttal to the claim that people of faith are responsible for our greatest sorrows, bloodshed, war, hatred. His primary message is the Judeo-Christian tradition has been an overwhelming force for good throughout history with its message of equality and sanctity of all humans combined with the call to love one another. It’s the idea that all humans are made in the image of God and, therefore, are worthy of respect.
When you look at the atrocities committed in the world over time, you will notice that most of them were perpetrated with a purposeful rejection of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Show Notes:
In Defense of Faith, David Brog
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Thursday Nov 29, 2018
Ep. 22 - The Truth About Jesus Christ
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
This is the fourth episode focusing on a Christian apologetic topic. In Episode #5 we talked about The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Episode #10, we covered The Truth About God and Evil and in Episode #15 we talked about The Truth About Prayer.
What I want to talk to you about today is the remarkable (and dare I say, miraculous) story of a carpenter named Jesus from a map dot in the middle of the Middle East who lived over 2,000 years ago and the truth about the impact He left on the world.
I’ve heard Jesus Christ called a lot of things but the most accurate word is “radical”. Let me know if you agree after listening to this episode.
Show Notes:
Who Is This Man - John Ortberg
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist - Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek
CrossExamined.org
One Solitary Life
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Good luck! And thanks for supporting the Truth Quest Podcast!
Check out the "The World Needs More Jesus" shirt partially inspired by this episode.
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The video of this episode is available on Rumble, Thinkspot, BitChute and Brighteon.
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Join the conversation at The Truth Quest Facebook Fan Page
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