ChansTheMan Apologetics

Are you a hypocrite if you claim to be a Christian and plan on voting for Donald Trump? I answer this objection in today's episode of CTM Apologetics

What are the arguments for when life begins? Is the unborn a human? Is abortion wrong? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Is there a hell? What is it like? Does God enjoy torturing those who do not believe in him? Why couldn't God just annihilate people? Why would God punish people eternally for finite crimes? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

There is a lie in our culture when it comes to relationships that says that you can promise your way in to a successful relationship. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

The topic of love, sex and dating is very important in our culture, especially for young people. I discuss the three most important decisions you will ever make in your life, building your fireplace and the right person myth. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

An interview with author and Cult survivor Peter Young. Peter shares his cult experience and provides insight to listeners on what red flags to look for. You can find his book "Stop The Tall Man, Save The Tiger'' on Amazon. Also, check out his website: authorpeteryoung.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Is the return of Christ to come soon? What are the 2 main views of end times? I discuss the pre-trib and post-trib rapture view and tie this to Israel and the 2nd coming of Jesus. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Does the Bible forbid tattoos or is Leviticus 18:28 outdated? Didn't Jesus have a tattoo? "And he has a name written on his...thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." Revelation 19:16 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

This week I am a guest on the podcast Conversations with Jacob. We talk about, abortion, same-sex marriage, fishing and many other topics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Faith is deeply misunderstood in our culture today and even in the church. What is the biblical teaching on faith? I discuss the correct and incorrect view of what faith means and offer 3 better words that convey the original meaning of this often misunderstood word. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Musician Lee Offenhauer and I have a dialogue that started on Facebook. WARNING (Contains No Vitriolic Language) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

The transgender community and the Biden administration are forcing this ideology on the American people. The American people are not calling for violence against the transgender community. It is the other way around. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Mid Vermont Christian school forfeited their girls playoff basketball game because the team they were going up against had a biological boy player. The Vermont principals association voted to kick the Christian school out of the league in all sports. My thoughts are shared in this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Is the Resurrection hypothesis the best explanation for the know facts? Perhaps there are other hypotheses in circulation that rely on a natural explanation. Did the disciples experience a grief hallucination? Could the women have gone to the wrong tomb? Could Jesus have fainted on the cross? Maybe Jesus was an alien. These objections and more on today's episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

In today's episode I discuss the evidence for the empty tomb using the acronym JET. The Jerusalem Factor, Enemy Attestation and the Testimony of Women. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Why is the conversion of Paul and James significant? How does their conversions help build the case for the resurrection? In this episode, I discuss facts 3 and 4 of the fab 5 facts and the sources we have to support the data.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

In this episode, we discuss fact #2, "The disciples believed that Jesus rose and appeared to them." We look at different sources to support this statement including Paul and the early Church Fathers. Plus, we discuss how oral tradition was used to pass along important information in a time when many could not read nor write.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

We will discuss the minimal facts approach. What are the 2 criteria that must be met in order to be considered a minimal fact? In this episode we will discuss keeping the main thing the main thing and avoid becoming sidetracked by secondary issues. Plus we will look at the Fact #1 and the evidence supporting it.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Join me over the next few episodes as we conduct a historical investigation on the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. We will look at the 5 principles historians use to determine if an event in antiquity is authentic. We will conduct an approach that considers only historical facts surrounding Jesus that are well-attested and that are accepted by nearly every scholar that studies the subject, even the rather skeptical ones.  Next, we will define the Fab 5 Facts that pertain to Jesus of Nazareth and then we will seek to find the best explanation for  these facts. Plus, we will look at other naturalistic explanations for the facts that are commonly appealed to.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Remember this proverb: "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive." The meaning is clear. If you tell a lie to cover yourself, then you have to tell another and another and the next thing you know, you cannot remember who you told what. Did the gospel writers plan to deceive their readers? Is there evidence of the credibility of their narratives? Grab your Bible and follow along as we carefully explore these "Undesigned Coincidences." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Have you ever played the game "telephone"? This game is played when one person whispers something to another person, who whispers to another and so on until you get to the last person. The last person then reveals to everyone what they heard and then it is compared to the original message. Most of the time, there are details left out and the story gets changed. Many skeptics of the New Testament will use the telephone game as an analogy of how the New Testament has been corrupted. We will deal with this objection in this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Does the New Testament record eyewitness accounts? Are the eyewitness accounts credible? Could the eyewitnesses been mistaken? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Have you ever lied to rescue yourself from trouble? Who hasn't? Have you ever embellished a story about yourself? Maybe you were telling your friend about the 5 pound bass you caught but it was really 2 pounds. We have all done it. But have you ever told a lie to purposefully get yourself into trouble? Have you embellished a story to make yourself look even worse? No one does this. In today's episode, we explore the gospel records for evidence of embarrassing details which lend credibility to the narratives.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Is the New Testament accurate? Are we to take what the writers say on blind faith or can we investigate their claims? In this episode, I explore 4 pieces of archaeological evidence that supports New Testament claims. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

More callers join the abortion discussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

In this episode I take callers and discuss the abortion issue. You get to hear some common objections to the pro-life argument and how to answer them.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

What is the unborn? Is the unborn human or just a clump of cells? If the unborn is not human, then what is it? When does life begin? How does one make a case for the pro-life position? Is abortion wrong under any circumstances or are there exceptions like rape or incest? These questions and others will be the subject on today's episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Have you ever been in a conversation with an individual with whom you disagreed and you did not know what to say? Maybe they interjected a topic in which you were completely unfamiliar. What do you do then? On this episode of ChansTheMan Apologetics I discuss tactics and strategies to help you engage and keep the conversation going. (The source I use for this podcast is the book Tactics: by Greg Koukl) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

David discusses how woke-ism has infiltrated the Atheist movement. We also discuss Critical Race Theory, Roe v Wade, and Transgenderism --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Dr. Lord and I discuss the fine timing in the universe along with the design argument. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Dr. Stratton and I discuss middle knowledge and Libertarian Freedom. Plus, listen to his incredible story of an encounter he had with a man from China and how God brought that man to the knowledge of Christ. Also, visit Tim's website at www.freethinkingministries.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Dr. Tim Stratton from free thinking ministries is my guest today. Check out his website at www.Freethinkingministries.com. Tim and I discuss his background, how he got into apologetics, his Free-thinking Argument, Libertarian Freedom, exhaustive divine determinism and his debate with Theologian Dr. James White --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Randy and I discuss the moral argument and how to ground objective morality. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Dr. Lord and I discuss the Cosmological argument for the existence of God. It goes like this: P1) Whatever begins to exist has a cause. P2) The universe began to exist. Conclusion - Therefore the universe has a cause.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Dr. Lord and I discuss controversial subjects like gun control and transgender ideology. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Can you remember a coach that had a major impact on your life? I can. Delbert Leon Shaw. Coach Shaw passed away this past week and this episode pays tribute to one of the greatest coaches I have ever had.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

On today's episode Randy and I discuss the definition of "Confirmation bias", living in an echo-chamber, strawman argumentation, steel man argumentation, Pascals wager and debating online. Plus, Randy shares some pet peeve statements that he receives from theists. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Shreveport native, Dr. Randall Lord discusses his religious background, his journey to atheism, how he and I conducted our public debates and other topics.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Do you know what it is you believe and why you believe it? Are you able to articulate the basics of Christianity? Or do you use Christian slogans? In this episode, I discuss what apologetics is and the 4 reasons why every follower of Christ should have some grasp of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

What makes humans valuable? Are there multiple genders? Or is gender binary?  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Death!! We try not to think about it, but we know it is a reality we must all face. But, then what? Is that it? Is that the end of me? Or is there a life beyond this life? We have all at one time or another experienced the gravity of this question. On today's episode, I discuss the different options offered for life after death and which one has the most compelling evidence.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Is it wrong to kidnap and abuse a 5th grade girl? Is it wrong to go into an elementary school and murder grade-school children and teachers in cold blood? I think we'd agree that these acts are not just wrong, but evil. How do we know? On this episode of ChansTheMan Apologetics, we discuss the moral law, the moral argument for God and why morality is objective and not subjective.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Does life have objective meaning? Are we just a cosmic accident? Am I important? These are questions that dwell deep in the heart of all human beings. On this episode of ChansThemanApologetics, I discuss the different views of meaning and where they lead. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

Did the universe just pop into existence, uncaused out of nothing? Does the universe have a beginning? Has the universe always existed? Where did life come from? On this episode of Chanstheman Apologetics, I discuss the evidence for the beginning of the universe and what implications follow from this. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

What is a worldview? Who has a worldview? How do you evaluate worldviews? On this episode of Chanstheman Apologetics, we define worldview and layout the 5 BIG questions that every worldview attempts to answer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

How can a loving God, an all -powerful god, all knowing God and all good God be reconciled with the existence of evil and suffering in this world? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

There are 2 kinds of truth: Those we discover and those we decide. Often, the 2 are confused. I distinguish between the 2 kinds of truth offering examples and giving the 3 tests for truth.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chan-hearron/message

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