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The Credible Faith Podcast is an apologetics and Biblical Studies podcast that seeks to demonstrate from history, science, and philosophy why Christianity and God's Word are both true and beautiful, to provide an intelligent uncompromising voice for Biblical Christianity in the public square, and to…

Dr. Paul D. Larson


    • Oct 2, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    Erasing Longstanding Ethical and Societal Norms by Changing the Meaning of Words and Providing No Replacements For Their Signification

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 6:23


    The destructive nature of the transgender movement's push to redefine pronouns and terms for men and women.

    The Evidence for Souls and a Designer as a Barrier vs Using Materialism to Justify Transgenderism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 9:13


    Why appealing to materialism to justify transgender ideology will not succeed.

    The Logical Precursor to the Transgender Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 3:02


    What provided the rationale for the cultural acceptance of transgenderism?

    Erasing longstanding norms by changing the meaning of words and providing replacements signification

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 6:23


    The destructive nature of the transgender movement's push to redefine pronouns and terms for men and women.

    Circular, Meaningless Definition as a Problem for Transgenderism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 6:13


    Transgenderism's inability to adequately define terms for men and women if gender is not tied to sex.

    Linguistic Solipsism as a Problem for Transgenderism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 2:22


    The problem for communication if we get to decide at will what our gender is.

    Sexual Dimorphic Determinism as a Problem for Transgenderism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 5:51


    The inescapable duality of human sexual biology as a problem for transgenderism.

    Biological Imitation shows Transgenderism's Inconsistency if Gender is Not Tied to Sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 4:51


    The inconsistency of transgender advocates' use or promotion of surgical and other procedures with the claim that gender and sex are independent of each other.

    Transgenderism's Definition by Exception Gives a Logical Basis for Genocide, Torture, and Dehumanization

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 6:16


    How the definition by exception that is used by transgenderism has provided the logical basis for torture, dehumanization, and genocide.

    Transgenderism's Error In Defining by Exception Rather Than by Categorical

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 10:00


    How defining beings in the physical world based on abnormalities is misguided compared to our typical and correct method of defining living beings.

    Transgenderism's Reductio Ad Absurdum from Animals Race Height Age Weight and Disease if Gender Is Tied to Sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 5:51


    The absurdity of transgenderism if its rationale is applied to other areas.

    Transgenderism Treated Differently than Other Cases of Delusion or Confusion (if Gender Tied to Sex)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 5:17


    The special treatment given to transgenderism not afforded to other cases of delusion or confusion.

    A Brief Critique of Transgenderism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 6:38


    A glance at some problems and negative consequences of the transgender movement.

    Some Criticisms of the So-Called Transgender Movement, and Its Logical Connection to the Homosexual Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 66:16


    Paul examines some problems with the so-called transgender movement, and considers its logical connection to the homosexual movement.

    How the Lives and Deaths of Peter and James Show That Suffering Is Not Necessarily Due to Lack of Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 7:08


    Was the rescue of Peter and the death of James due to a difference in faith?

    How God Uses Sickness and Death for His Good Ends, Even If His Child Does Not Lack Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 7:08


    Sometimes God permits sickness or death for good reasons even though the person affected does not lack adequate faith

    The Death of James and Other Disciples Show that God's Sovereign Will Is Not Always Health and Prosperity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 9:39


    Deaths of James and Other Disciples are inconsistent with the idea that God's will is for his children to always be healthy and prosperous on earth

    What The Life of Peter and The Death of James Tell Us about The Prosperity Gospel, Suffering, and Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 22:55


    The significance of the stories of Peter and James for prosperity preaching, suffering, and death

    The Christian Strength That Seems Like Weakness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 4:04


    The believer's willingness to endure abuse is a special form of strength

    What about the Criticism that Christianity Makes Those Who Adopt It Weaker Rather Than Stronger?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 4:46


    The Bible makes believers spiritually stronger, not weaker, than they would be without it.

    The Claim That 'Christianity Is a Crutch for the Weak' As a Descriptive Claim about Non-Spiritual Characteristics of Christians

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 3:09


    The arrogant pride involved in criticizing believers for their non-spiritual weakness?

    Physical Sickness as a Test Case for the Rationale Underlying the Criticism that Christianity Is a Crutch for the Weak

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 2:57


    The irrationality of criticizing Christianity as a crutch for the weak if Christianity is in fact true and if we have sufficient evidence to know that it is true.

    How Christian Spirituality Exposes Weakness and Frees from Bondage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 16:08


    The Bible exposes weakness already present but gives strength to overcome the slavery of the will.

    The Inclusion of Hypothetical Situations in Biblical (Internal) Spirituality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 6:34


    The stringency of the Bible's system of spirituality and morality in its inclusion of hypothetical situations.

    The Parasitic Enmeshment of Biblical (Internal) Spirituality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 3:57


    How one's moral commitment in one area of life infects all other areas

    The External Spirituality of the Unbeliever and the Internal Spirituality of the Christian

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 5:07


    The Bible and unbelievers have two very different ways of defining spirituality.

    The Cafeteria Spirituality of the Fake Christian and the Unbeliever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 5:49


    Unbelievers' arbitrary or self-interested selection of criteria for 'good' spirituality

    The Absentee Spirituality of the Unbeliever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 10:12


    The spirituality of the unbeliever lacks external standards and personal accountability.

    The Dunning-Kruger Spirituality of the Non-Christian: How the Criticism that Christianity Is a Crutch for the Weak Misunderstands True Spirituality and Misjudges the Strength of the Christian and Unbeliever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 56:33


    Paul considers the criticism that Christianity is a crutch for the weak and examines how it fails to be persuasive.

    Biblical Prayers when Evil Flourishes around Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 3:55


    When evildoers prosper, what Biblical petitions can we pray?

    Should We Pray for Persecution of Believers and for Judgment on America for Its Sins?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 2:35


    What we should think about praying judgment on America's wickedness and persecution for the purification of the church.

    What to Think and Pray When the Wicked Flourish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 3:24


    How we should respond in thought and prayer when the wicked prosper?

    Praying our Heart's Desires While Submitting to God's Will?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 4:47


    We are to pray our heart's desires even while having a heart that accepts what God does.

    How Should We Pray The Desires of Our Hearts in the Face of an Evil Government and a Wicked Culture?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 12:09


    A Biblical perspective on what to do with our desires in the midst of a wicked culture and evil government.

    The Mindset and Example of Christ Are Contrary to a Life of Wealth, Luxury, and Extravagant Experiences (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 6:24


    The Mindset and Example of Christ Are Contrary to a Life of Wealth, Luxury, and Extravagant Experiences.

    Are Vacations Morally Wrong? Two Tests and Two Examples (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 25:56


    Paul considers whether vacations are morally wrong, and looks at 2 important considerations pertinent to that question and 2 examples worthy of consideration.

    The Purpose of Our Existence Is Contrary to a Lifestyle of Wealth, Luxury, and Extravagant Experiences (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 17:19


    Paul shows that a lifestyle of wealth, luxury, and extravagant experiences is inconsistent with the purpose for which we and the entire universe were created.

    The Teaching of Christ Is Contrary to a Lifestyle of Wealth, Luxury, and Extravagant Experiences (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 23:11


    Paul shows that a lifestyle of wealth, luxury, and extravagant experience is inconsistent with what Christ taught.

    The Bible's View of Human Nature Guarantees Conspiracies Will Happen (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 4:41


    If the Bible's view of human nature is correct, conspiracies are guaranteed to happen.

    A List of Conspiracies in the Bible (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 4:59


    Paul speaks of various conspiracies that happened in the Bible.

    The Ice Age and Ice Cores from a Young Earth Perspective (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 12:03


    A young earth perspective on the question of ice age(s) and ice cores.

    Post-Babel Living Conditions and the Development of Ancient Mankind (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 6:08


    Primitive living conditions of ancient mankind were due to factors other than having intelligence inferior to ours.

    The Ecological Zonation Theory (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 10:46


    Pre-flood ecological zones and the relationship of their inhabitants to fossils in the geological record.

    Problems with the Standard Evolutionary Interpretation of the Fossil Record (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 6:26


    Interpreting the Fossil Record from a Standard Evolutionary Perspective is Problematic for a Number of Reasons.

    Three Pillars of Catastrophic Plate Tectonics and Its Explanatory Superiority (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 16:35


    Three central features of the theory of catastrophic plate tectonics and the theory's explanatory superiority.

    Population Statistics and Early Man's Intelligence Comparable to Ours Favor a Young Humanity (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 4:48


    Processes That Limit the Age of Earth to Thousands of Years (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 6:12


    Various natural processes seem to favor the earth being only thousands of years old.

    Helium in Zircons as Evidence for a Young Earth (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 6:29


    The amount of helium present in zircons is explained by a young earth and accelerated nuclear decay.

    Accelerated Nuclear Decay and a Young Earth Better Explain Radiometric Dating Data (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 11:12


    Data of radiometric dating is better explained by accelerated nuclear decay and a young earth.

    Three Challenges to a Catastrophic Interpretation of Sedimentary Rock Layers (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 8:20


    Though there are significant reasons that support the hypothesis of the catastrophic formation of sedimentary rock layers, there have been some challenges to that view.

    Widespread Coal Beds and Cross-Bedded Sandstones Support Catastrophic Formation of Sedimentary Rock Layers (with Paul Garner) (Clip)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 12:43


    Widespread Coal Beds and Cross-Bedded Sandstones support the hypothesis that sedimentary rock layers were formed catastrophically.

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