Friday, July 17, 2009

Skepticism & Epistemology - J.P. Moreland MP3 Audio

Philosophy J.P. Moreland presents a talk entitled: Skepticism & Epistemology. More lectures by Moreland can be found here.

Full MP3 Audio here. (1hr 15min)

Enjoy.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Does God Exist? Douglas Groothuis MP3 Audio

Christian philosopher Douglas Groothuis speaks on the topic: Developing A Biblical Worldview - Does God Exist? Original audio found here.

Full MP3 Audio here. (36min)

Enjoy.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Is God Active in the World Today? Gary Habermas Interview MP3 Audio

Philosopher and historian Gary Habermas is interviewed by Michael Licona on the topic: Is God Active in the World Today? Habermas discusses six ways in which God is presently active in the world, including topics like miracles, healing, and near-death experiences. (found at 4truth.net)

Full MP3 Audio here.

Enjoy.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Greg Bahnsen on Van Tilian Apologetics MP3 Audio

In light of the release of Greg Bahnsen's "lost" book Presuppositional Apologetics: Stated & Defended, here is some supplemental audio on Bahnsen's presentation of Van Tilian apologetics:

• Van Tilian Apologetics, I - 77:11
• Van Tilian Apologetics, II - 64:57
• Van Tilian Apologetics, III - 74:46
• Van Tilian Apologetics, IV - 55:41

(original audio found at WTS Resources)

Listen to an interview about the book here.

Enjoy.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sunday Quote: Antony Flew on the Resurrection

“The evidence for the resurrection is better than for claimed miracles in any other religion. It's outstandingly different in quality and quantity.”1

- Antony Flew

1. Gary Habermas, "My Pilgrimage from Atheism to Theism: An Exclusive Interview with Former British Atheist Professor Antony Flew." Available from the Web site of Biola University at www.biola.edu/antonyflew

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Albert Mohler on the New Atheism - 4 MP3s

Albert Mohler presents 4 lectures on the New Atheism. Todd over at Faith by Hearing has featured these lectures, along with a synopsis of each, right here.
Download them now below:
• The New Atheism And The Endgame Of Secularism
• The New Atheism And The Assault On Theism
• The New Atheism And The Defense Of Theism
• The New Atheism And The Future Of Christianity

Enjoy.

Friday, July 10, 2009

J.P.Moreland vs. Clancy Martin Debate MP3 Audio

Christian philosopher J.P. Moreland debates atheist philosopher Clancy Martin on the topic: Does God Exist? Original video found here.

Full MP3 Audio here.

Enjoy.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Wayne Grudem Systematic Theology Podcast

Although all of Wayne Grudem's excellent systematic theology audios are found freely on his Christian Essentials website, it seemed good to compile them into a podcast feed for easy assimilation. Apologists must be good theologians.

Subscribe directly in iTunes here. Find the RSS feed here.

Enjoy.

Monday, July 06, 2009

In Defense of Theistic Arguments: Craig, Dennett & McGrath MP3 Audio

This is not a formal or informal debate. This is a formal philosophy conference exchange in which William Lane Craig, Daniel Dennett, and Alistair McGrath were attendees. In this audio, William Lane Craig delivers the primary lecture (45 min) defending Theistic arguments against criticisms by Daniel Dennett. This is followed by responses by Daniel Dennett (15 min) and Alistair McGrath (5 min).

[HT: WLC Comprehensive Debate List]


Full MP3 Audio here.

Enjoy.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Sunday Quote: Isaac Newton on the Bible

“I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.”

- Sir Isaac Newton

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Mary Jo Sharp vs. Ehteshaam Gulam Debate: Did Jesus Die on the Cross? MP3 Audio

Christian apologist Mary Jo Sharp recently debated Muslim apologist Ehteshaam Gulam on the topic: Did Jesus Die on the Cross? Video can be found here, at Confident Christianity.

Full MP3 Audio here. (somewhat poor quality audio, but tolerable)

Enjoy.

Friday, July 03, 2009

The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God MP3 Audio

Apologist Matt Slick of the CARM apologetics website presents an 8 minute exposition on the Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God (TAG). He will be happy to discuss this argument with you on his radio program!

Full MP3 Audio here.

[HT: Operation513 blog and Apologetic Front]


Enjoy.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Logical Fallacies Podcast - 2nd Edition

In May Apologetics 315 featured a Logic Primer, composed of five brief introductory lessons in logic. Lesson 5 covered logical fallacies and included a fallacies podcast based upon Stephen's Guide to the fallacies.

Now, we present a second logical fallacies podcast based upon the 42 Fallacies at the Nizkor site; original content by Dr. Michael C. Labossiere. This treatment of the fallacies is more thorough and much clearer. More episodes will be added regularly.

You can subscribe directly in iTunes here, or get the RSS feed here.

Enjoy.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Astrophysics Points to the God of the Bible MP3 Audio by Hugh Ross

Astrophysicist Hugh Ross presents the case for the fine-tuning of the universe for supporting intelligent human life, and how this points to the God of the Bible. Original here at bethinking.org.

Full MP3 Audio here.

Enjoy.

Monday, June 29, 2009

100 Christian Apologists

Get to know 100 Christian apologists. Most are current. Some are dead. A couple are very old. Some are not popular. They range from world-class philosophers and thinkers to internet and radio apologists. But all have made an impact with their works and ministries. They are in alphabetical order. (This is not a top 100, and theologians and church fathers have been left out.)


1. Kerby Anderson - VP of International Society of Christian Apologetics.
2. John Ankerberg - Founder of Ankerberg Theological Research Institute; Great podcast.
3. Greg Bahnsen - the late great presuppositional apologist. Debated Gordon Stein.
4. Andy Bannister - London School of Theology / Oxford Centre for Christian apologetics.
5. Francis Beckwith - noted philosopher and apologist, especially in the area of ethics.
6. Ken Boa - relational evangelism, discipleship, apologetics.
7. Darrell Bock - Research Professor of NT Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary.
8. Joe Boot - apologist, educator, author and pastor.
9. Robert Bowman - noted apologetics and theology teacher (Biola)
10. Justin Brierley - host of Unbelievable? on Premier Christian Radio, UK.
11. Kyle Butt - staff at Apologetics Press and editor of Discovery magazine. Debated Barker.
12. Ted Cabal - general editor of The Apologetics Study Bible.
13. Charlie Campbell - itinerant apologist and head of AlwaysBeReady.com.
14. Edward John Carnell - was a prominent and influential Christian theologian and apologist.
15. G.K. Chesterton - famous author, philosopher, theologian, apologist.
16. David K. Clark - apologist with notable books; teaches at Bethel Seminary
17. Gordon Clark - Christian philosopher, apologist, and theologian. Contemporary of Van Til.
18. Kelly James Clark - notable philosopher of religion, author; Calvin College.
19. Gene Cook - host of UnchainedRadio; reformed pastor and apologist. Owns a pit bull.
20. Paul Copan - Philosophy and ethics; noted apologist and author.
21. Winfried Corduan - Christian philosopher of religion; noted author.
22. Steven B. Cowan - Associate director of Apologetics Resource Center; Areopagus Journal
23. William Lane Craig - philosopher, theologian, apologist; Debater par excellence.
24. William Dembski - philosopher of science and mathematician; ID theorist.
25. William Edgar - Professor of Apologetics Westminster Theological Seminary; jazz pianist.
26. Lenny Esposito - founder of ComeReason apologetics ministry.
27. C. Stephen Evans - philosophy of religion; apologetics; great author. Baylor.
28. Paul D. Feinberg - the late philosopher of religion and apologist; author.
29. Harold Felder - founder of GivingAnAnswer apologetics ministry.
30. Phil Fernandes - Christian philosopher, apologist, debater. Tremendous audio resources.
31. John Frame - Reformed Theological Seminary; reformed apologist; Van Til expert.
32. Norman Geisler - prolific author of over 70 books; Classical apologist.
33. R. Douglas Geivett - Professor of Philosophy Talbot Department of Philosophy / Biola
34. Simon Greenleaf - legal scholar famous for his book Testimony of the Evangelists.
35. Douglas Groothuis - Christian philosopher, author, teacher.
36. Shandon L. Guthrie - philosophy, apologetics, atheism, comparative religions, ethics.
37. Gary Habermas - the world's foremost expert on the resurrection of Jesus.
38. Hank Hanegraaff - today's Bible Answer Man.
39. Craig Hazen - director of Biola's Christian Apologetics program.
40. J.P. Holding - founded Tektonics apologetics website; author.
41. Anthony Horvath - Athanatos Christian Ministries and online Apologetics Academy.
42. Phillip E. Johnson - one of the key leaders of the Intelligent Design movement.
43. Walter Kaiser - scholar, writer, educator, and distinguished Professor of Old Testament.
44. Timothy Keller - urban pastor and apologist noted for his clear communication.
45. Greg Koukl - apologist and president of Stand to Reason; excellent radio program.
46. Peter Kreeft - professor of philosophy at Boston College, noted apologist.
47. John Lennox - philosopher of science, mathematician, Oxford debater of Dawkins.
48. C.S. Lewis - famous author, lecturer, apologist; Narnia books, Mere Christianity.
49. Gordon Lewis - philosopher and theologian; author of Testing Christianity's Truth Claims.
50. Mike Licona - historian and apologist; authority on the resurrection of Jesus.
51. Bruce Little - philosopher noted for work on the problem of evil and theodicy.
52. Paul Little - late apologist and author noted for his simple style and easy communication.
53. David Marshall - world cultures, outspoken against new atheism.
54. Walter Martin - most famous for his Kingdom of the Cults book; the original Answer Man.
55. Stuart McAllister - Scottish itinerant cultural apologist with RZIM.
56. Josh McDowell - famous for Evidence that Demands a Verdict.
57. Sean McDowell - worldview youth minister / itinerant apologist.
58. Alex McFarland - itinerant apologist targeting young people, teens.
59. Timothy McGrew - philosophy, historical apologetics, resurrection, probability.
60. Alister McGrath - Oxford professor of theology, author and opponent of new atheism.
61. Chad Meister - philosopher of religion, ethics, logic; apologist, author; Bethel College.
62. Angus Menuge - Concordia University professor of philosophy.
63. Stephen Meyer -philosopher of science, intelligent design theorist, author.
64. Albert Mohler - president of SBTS, worldview cultural commentator, author, radio host.
65. John Warwick Montgomery - perhaps the most famous evidentialist apologist.
66. J.P. Moreland - Christian philosopher, noted author, apologist.
67. Jonathan Morrow - blogger, author and Christian worldview apologist.
68. Ronald Nash - Professor Philosophy and Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary
69. Randall Niles - itinerant and multimedia apologist.
70. David Noebel - founder of Summit Ministries and worldview apologist.
71. Scott Oliphint - Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology WTS
72. Amy Orr-Ewing - Director of Training of the Zacharias Trust.
73. Craig Parton - trial lawyer and noted Lutheran apologist.
74. Alvin Plantinga - world-class philosopher; reformed epistemology, philosophy of religion.
75. Doug Powell - excellent multimedia apologist at SelflessDefense.
76. Michael Ramsden - European Director of Zacharias Trust, speaker for RZIM.
77. Fazale Rana - PhD biochemist with Reasons to Believe.
78. Ron Rhodes - author and apologist founder of Reasoning from the Scriptures.
79. John W. Robbins - reformed apologist, founder of Trinity Foundation.
80. Mark D. Roberts - pastor, author, speaker, blogger. Emphasis in NT / Gospels.
81. David Robertson - Scottish pastor famous/notorious for his Dawkins Letters.
82. Hugh Ross - astrophysicist apologist and old Earth creationist; founder Reasons to Believe.
83. Kenneth Samples - reformed philosopher, theologian, apologist with Reasons to Believe.
84. Francis Schaeffer - famous late cultural apologist, author, philosopher; founder of L'Abri.
85. Mary Jo Sharp - author, apologist, debater; founder of Confident Christianity.
86. James Sire - influential worldview author, apologist, and speaker.
87. Matt Slick - founder of CARM.org, one of the best apologetics encyclopedias on the web.
88. R.C. Sproul - notable theologian, author, and classical apologist.
89. Don Stewart - prolific author, apologist, and host of the Bible Explorer.
90. Lee Strobel - journalist famous for his Case for Christ series of books; popular apologist.
91. Richard Swinburne - world-class Oxford philosopher of religion; author.
92. Frank Turek - itinerant apologist and founder of CrossExamined; debated Hitchens.
93. Cornelius Van Til - the most famous presuppositional reformed apologist.
94. Jim Wallace - cold case detective, pastor, and apologist; excellent podcast.
95. James White - theologian, author, prolific debater, and reformed apologist.
96. Dallas Willard - Christian philosopher; notable works in philosophy, discipleship,
97. Peter S. Williams - Christian philosopher; notable works countering Dawkins
98. Douglas Wilson - presuppositional apologist; number of atheist debates (Hitchens, Barker)
99. N.T. Wright - Bishop of Durham; notable work on the resurrection.
100. Ravi Zacharias -perhaps today's most notable international cultural apologist.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Sunday Quote: John Polkinghorne on Fine-Tuning

“When you realize that the laws of nature must be incredibly finely tuned to produce the universe we see, that conspires to plant the idea that the universe did not just happen, but that there must be a purpose behind it.”1

– John Polkinghorne

1. (John Polkinghorne, Cambridge University physicist, "Science Finds God," Newsweek, 20 July, 1998)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Objective Moral Values Q&A with Ravi Zacharias MP3 Audio

Good and Evil. Ravi Zacharias explains how in reality there can be no “good” apart from God in this question-and-answer session, recorded before a live audience in Seattle, Washington. Original source here.

MP3 Audio here.

Enjoy.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Apologetics 315 Audio Junkie Feed

If you are an audio junkie and like apologetics stuff, here's the feed for you. This is one way we keep the Apologetics315 iPod stocked with good MP3s. Audio will be constantly added to the feed (a podcast). If it is pretty good, it will stay on the feed. If it isn't, it will get deleted off the feed. You can keep track of what's going into this feed by following on twitter.

Feed here. Subscribe directly in iTunes.

Enjoy.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Signature in the Cell MP3 Audio by Stephen Meyer

In Signature in the Cell, Dr. Stephen Meyer examines how the digital code embedded in DNA points powerfully to a designing intelligence and helps unravel a mystery that Darwin did not address: how did the very first life begin?
This talk explains the thesis of this new book.

Full MP3 Audio here. Or watch the video, complete with animations.

Enjoy.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Fatherhood and Atheism: Paul Vitz Interview MP3 Audio

Dr. Paul Vitz, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at New York University, Professor and Senior Scholar at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, author of "Faith of the Fatherless: the Psychology of Atheism" is interviewed on Issues Etc. on the subject: Fatherhood and Atheism. Get the Issues Etc. podcast here or in iTunes.

Full MP3 Audio here. More by Paul Vitz here.

Enjoy.

Monday, June 22, 2009

John Lennox Apologetics Audio MP3s

Here are a few MP3 audios of John Lennox from the recent Basics 2009 Conference from TruthforLife. The audio from this conference is currently available for FREE download. Not sure how long that will be the case.
• Engaging the New Atheism - MP3
• Engaging the Mind: The Defense of Christianity - MP3
• Using Scripture to Engage the Mind and Imagination - MP3

Other MP3's from this conference include sessions by Tim Challies, John Piper, and Alistair Begg.

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