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According to many Christians today, faith isn't based on external facts or evidence, but is considered an internal, subjective feeling, intuition, or experience. But is this taught anywhere in the Bible? What about other religious texts and traditions? Shane Rosenthal explores these questions and more and talks with Craig Parton, author of Religion on Trial. Note: This is Humble Skeptic episode #4, which was originally released on Dec. 6, 2022.SPECIAL OFFER: What is Faith?This 20-page PDF resource by Shane Rosenthal walks through many of the issues covered on this episode, and includes all the supporting documentation in case you'd like to research things further yourself. We'll send you a link to download this PDF when you upgrade to a paid subscription or make a gift of any size. Click here for more info.SHOW NOTESArticlesIs Faith a Feeling? Shane RosenthalThe Mormonization of American Christianity, Shane RosenthalWhy Should We Believe the Bible?, Shane RosenthalDoes Hebrews 11:1 Teach Blind Faith?, Shane RosenthalIs My Dad Mentioned in Billy Joel's “Piano Man”?, Shane RosenthalBe a Berean!, Shane RosenthalOn Faith & Doubt, Shane RosenthalHow to Detect Deception, Shane RosenthalThe Story of Us, Shane RosenthalEpisodesReligion on Trial, Humble Skeptic #5 with Craig PartonThe Pilot Episode, Humble Skeptic #1 — The Billy Joel episodeNew Evidence for The Executive Room, HS #55 with John GibsonEvidential Reasoning, Humble Skeptic #56 with Craig PartonFaith & Experience, Humble Skeptic #28Is Faith Blind? Humble Skeptic#3Is Faith Irrational? Humble Skeptic #2Faith Founded on Facts, Humble Skeptic #15Are The Gospels History or Fiction? Humble Skeptic #52Dealing with Doubt, Humble Skeptic #19BooksReligion on Trial, Craig Parton,Habits of the Heart, Robert Bellah et al1984, George OrwellGod in the Whirlwind, David WellsFaith is Not Wishing, Greg KouklTestimonies to the Truth, Lydia McGrewCan We Trust The Gospels? Peter J. WilliamsIs Jesus History? John DicksonWe Need Your Help!Consider supporting The Humble Skeptic podcast by making a one-time gift or by upgrading to a paid subscription via Substack ($5.95 per month, $59 per year). Use the button below for more information about giving options.Books Currently For Sale in Our New & Used Bookstore (US Only)Every purchase helps to support this podcast. We'll even throw in a Humble Skeptic coaster with every purchase!Redating the New Testament, John A.T. Robinson • $45The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in their Local Setting, Colin J. Hemer • $40The Deconstruction of Christianity, Alisa Childers & Tim Barnett • $24The Great De-Churching, Jim Davis & Michael Graham • $20Click one of the links above to get more info about a book or to purchase via Ebay. Click here for additional books, including a complete set of the New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT) by Eerdmans, featuring respected scholars such as F.F. Bruce, Leon Morris, Philip Hughes, Herman Ridderbos, and others.LIMITED TIME OFFER — U.S. Residents Only!The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (30 Vol. Softcover Set)We'll send you a brand new boxed set for a donation of $675 to support the work of The Humble Skeptic. This commentary series retails for over $1,500, and is currently listed on Amazon for over $1,400. This donation is not tax-deductible. Get full access to The Humble Skeptic at www.humbleskeptic.com/subscribe
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On this program Shane talks with trial attorney Craig Parton about evidential reasoning, which is an outlook that seeks to impartially examine the facts of any particular controversy in order to find the best explanation of those facts. The two apply this type of reasoning to the facts uncovered on last week's episode about the location of The Executive Room, as well as to the field of Christian apologetics as a whole. Craig Parton is the author of Religion on Trial, The Defense Never Rests, and more recently, The Art of Christian Advocacy.SHOW NOTESRecommended BooksThe Art of Christian Advocacy, Craig Parton & John W. MontgomeryReligion on Trial, Craig PartonThe Defense Never Rests, Craig PartonA Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Simon Greenleaf—FREEThe Testimony of The Four Evangelists, Simon Greenleaf—FREEFaith Founded on Fact, John W. MontgomeryJesus & The Eyewitnesses, Richard BauckhamChristianity on Trial, Mark LanierAtheism on Trial, Mark LanierRelated ArticlesIs Luke a Trustworthy Historian? Sir William RamsayCan We Trust Luke's History of the Early Jesus Movement? Shane RosenthalConsidering Alternatives to the Resurrection, Shane RosenthalAuthenticating The Fourth Gospel, Shane RosenthalOutside The Gospels, What Can We Know About Jesus? Shane RosenthalSimon of Cyrene: An Archaeological Discovery, Shane RosenthalWho is Sergius Paulus? Shane RosenthalHow to Detect Deception, Shane RosenthalThe Virtue of Doubt, Shane RosenthalOn Faith & Doubt, Shane RosenthalRelated AudioIs Faith A Feeling? Shane Rosenthal & Craig PartonReligion on Trial, Shane Rosenthal & Craig PartonThe Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, Shane Rosenthal & Richard BauckhamThe Four Gospels: History or Fan Fiction? Shane Rosenthal & Lydia McGrewAtheism on Trial, Shane Rosenthal & Mark LanierFaith Founded on Facts, Shane Rosenthal & John Lennox & OthersAre the Gospels History? Shane Rosenthal & John DicksonQuestioning Conventional Wisdom, Shane Rosenthal & David RohlThe Jesus of History, Shane RosenthalUPCOMING EVENTS CEDAR CITY, UTAHOn Wednesday, Sept. 18th, Shane will discuss the topic of his forthcoming book, Is Faith Blind? at the Festive Hall Conference Center in Cedar City, Utah. The event is free and dinner is provided. Doors open at 6:00 pm, and you can find the event page here.ST. LOUIS, MISSOURIOn Friday, Oct. 18th, Shane will be the keynote speaker at the ReThink315 fundraising dinner, which will take place at the Missouri Athletic Club in Des Peres. To purchase tickets for this event or for more info, click here.MILAN, ITALYOn Sunday, Oct. 13th, Shane will be speaking at Chiesa Riformata Filadelfia on the northwest side of Milan. For more info or directions, click here.HOUSTON, TEXASOn Friday & Saturday, Nov. 8-9, Shane will be participating in a panel discussion on the historicity of Jesus' resurrection, featuring Gary Habermas and others. This event will take place at the Lanier Theological Library.If you would like to invite Shane Rosenthal to speak at your event, send an email to: INFO at HUMBLESKEPTIC dot COM. SUPPORT THIS PODCASTDonations to The Humble Skeptic podcast are tax-deductible. To make a one-time donation or set up recurring monthly gifts, click here. Another way to support this podcast is by upgrading to a paid subscription via Substack. Subscriptions begin at $5.95 per month or $59 per year, however, this option is not tax-deductible. Get full access to The Humble Skeptic at www.humbleskeptic.com/subscribe
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Episode 162 Apologetics in Strasbourg, France with Craig Parton A few years ago David Fleming, the executive director of the Lanier Foundation, and Mark Lanier signed an agreement to host annually the John Warwick Montgomery Lecture in Evidential Apologetics. Along the way we have become acquainted with the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights. One of the instructors for that summer academy is Craig Parton. Who Is Craig Parton? Craig Parton lives in California. He became a Christian in college and developed interest early in apologetics. He is now a trial lawyer, but he spends a lot of time as the US Director for the International Academy of Apologetics. What Is the Apologetics Academy? Twenty-six years ago Craig Parton and John W. Montgomery (JWM) started the Apologetics Academy in Strasbourg, France. Every year they train around twenty men and women in apologetics, situated in one of the most historic and beautiful European cities. The academy lasts about two weeks. It is intentionally small to in order to facilitate conversation, discussion, questions, and community. To learn more about the academy: www.apologeticsacademy.eu The cost for the experience and learning is very reasonable. Accommodations are included. Some scholarships are available as well. Look for the brochure on the website for details and registration. The Annual Lecture at Lanier Library, Houston This year John Lennox, retired Professor of Mathematics from the University of Oxford, will be giving the John Warwick Montgomery Lecture in Evidential Apologetics. His topic will be “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity.” To hear David Capes' podcast with Dr. Lennox in 2022 on the topic, click HERE. The lecture will be held 21 October 2023. It will be streamed lived on the Lanier Library's YouTube channel. And a recored version will be posted there later as well as on the Library website. More Resources To watch JWM's lecture at the Library several years ago, click here. To hear JWM's podcast with David Capes (recorded in 2021) click HERE. You can read a transcript of this podcast here. For more resources check out these links. Want more Stone Chapel Podcasts on some great topics? Just click here. What's more, you can get information on upcoming lectures at Lanier Theological Library by clicking here. Subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss any of the great conversations with scholars and church leaders from around the world. [podcast_subscribe id=”12247″] The post Episode 162 Apologetics in Strasbourg France first appeared on Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center.
Episode 162 Apologetics in Strasbourg, France with Craig Parton A few years ago David Fleming, the executive director of the Lanier Foundation, and Mark Lanier signed an agreement to host annually the John Warwick Montgomery Lecture in Evidential Apologetics. Along the way we have become acquainted with the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights. One of the instructors for that summer academy is Craig Parton. Who Is Craig Parton? Craig Parton lives in California. He became a Christian in college and developed interest early in apologetics. He is now a trial lawyer, but he spends a lot of time as the US Director for the International Academy of Apologetics. What Is the Apologetics Academy? Twenty-six years ago Craig Parton and John W. Montgomery (JWM) started the Apologetics Academy in Strasbourg, France. Every year they train around twenty men and women in apologetics, situated in one of the most historic and beautiful European cities. The academy lasts about two weeks. It is intentionally small to in order to facilitate conversation, discussion, questions, and community. To learn more about the academy: www.apologeticsacademy.eu The cost for the experience and learning is very reasonable. Accommodations are included. Some scholarships are available as well. Look for the brochure on the website for details and registration. The Annual Lecture at Lanier Library, Houston This year John Lennox, retired Professor of Mathematics from the University of Oxford, will be giving the John Warwick Montgomery Lecture in Evidential Apologetics. His topic will be “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity.” To hear David Capes' podcast with Dr. Lennox in 2022 on the topic, click HERE. The lecture will be held 21 October 2023. It will be streamed lived on the Lanier Library's YouTube channel. And a recored version will be posted there later as well as on the Library website. More Resources To watch JWM's lecture at the Library several years ago, click here. To hear JWM's podcast with David Capes (recorded in 2021) click HERE. You can read a transcript of this podcast here. For more resources check out these links. Want more Stone Chapel Podcasts on some great topics? Just click here. What's more, you can get information on upcoming lectures at Lanier Theological Library by clicking here. Subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss any of the great conversations with scholars and church leaders from around the world. The post Episode 162 Apologetics in Strasbourg France first appeared on Lanier Theological Library.
We continue a short series on Christian Apologetics, exploring the role of Apologetics in Christian education and youth ministry. Faith Spelbring, DCE, joins us to give insight and resources to equip young people to think critically about the intersection of faith and life and witnessing to others. Resources in this episode: Life's Big Questions, God's Big Answers by Brad Alles cph.org/lifes-big-questions-gods-big-answers The Defense Never Rests by Craig Parton cph.org/the-defense-never-rests-second-edition Bio: Faith Spelbring, DCE, lives with her husband Chris, and four children in Belleville, Illinois. Faith has a bachelor's degree in religious education with a youth ministry emphasis from Concordia University –Irvine. She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Christian Apologetics, Evangelism and Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. Find the LCMS Youth Ministry resource website at youthesource.com.
In his book, Religion on Trial, Craig Parton says that “Religions are worldviews. They claim to address the primary questions of our existence—where we came from, where we are going, and why we are going where we are going.” In that sense he says, “Everyone is religious, because everyone has a worldview, even if that worldview is that we came from a totally purposeless beginning and are returning to dust.” But, how can we determine whether a given worldview happens to be true? That's the focus of this special bonus episode of The Humble Skeptic podcast.SHOW NOTESFor a gift of any size (using the tip jar above), we'll send you a copy of What is Faith? by Shane Rosenthal.To listen to a White Horse Inn conversation featuring Shane Rosenthal, Craig Parton and others on the eyewitness testimony found in the Fourth Gospel, click here.To order a copy of Religion on Trial by Craig Parton, click here.To order a copy of The Testimony of The Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf, click here.To read an online edition of A Brief Outline of The Evidences of The Christian Religion by Archibald Alexander, click here. Get full access to The Humble Skeptic at shanerose.substack.com/subscribe
According to many Christians today, faith isn't based on external facts or evidence, but instead is thought of as an internal subjective feeling, intuition, or experience. But is this idea biblical? Does the Bible actually say that faith is related to our feelings? Where do other religious traditions stand on this issue? Shane Rosenthal investigates these questions and talks with Craig Parton, author of Religion on Trial.SHOW NOTES• Related articles by Shane Rosenthal: “Is Faith a Feeling?” (published at Beautiful Christian Life), “What is Faith?”, and “Why Should We Believe the Bible?”• Related books: Religion on Trial by Craig Parton, Habits of the Heart by Robert Bellah, God in the Whirlwind, by David Wells, and 1984 by George Orwell.• To help support the work of The Humble Skeptic podcast, use the TIP JAR or consider upgrading to a paid subscription via Substack using the green button at the bottom of this page. For more information about our vision, click here.• Click the image below to begin the next episode: #5 Religion on Trial The Humble Skeptic is a listener-supported podcast. To support this work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Get full access to The Humble Skeptic at shanerose.substack.com/subscribe
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This week marks the 504th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. How did this gospel revolution unfold, how does the corruption of the Middle Ages compare to our own time, and what is the likelihood of another Reformation today? On the next JANET MEFFERD TODAY, Christian thinker and author Craig Parton joins Janet to talk about it. He is a contributor to the book, "Where Christ is Present." That and more on Tuesday's JANET MEFFERD TODAY.
This week marks the 504th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. How did this gospel revolution unfold, how does the corruption of the Middle Ages compare to our own time, and what is the likelihood of another Reformation today? On the next JANET MEFFERD TODAY, Christian thinker and author Craig Parton joins Janet to talk about it. He is a contributor to the book, "Where Christ is Present." That and more on Tuesday's JANET MEFFERD TODAY.
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On this episode, I take you through the process of sampling Craig Parton's 7x14 maple Shelby edition snare. I recorded it with low, medium, and high tuning. Check it out on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8e3mJhnKic/ This snare is based on the 1960's Shelby Cobra by Ford. Amazing Snare.
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There are many ways people try to defend the Christian faith. You will hear one on this episode that should never be used. Today Adam responds to a recent conference session at the 2018 Issues, Etc. Making the Case conference. The speaker in this session was Craig Parton, who teaches the audience that we should not make a defense of the Christian faith beginning with the authority of Scripture. We beg to differ. While much of what Mr. Parton says is excellent, his underlying foundation for apologetics is fatally flawed. Listen in, think with us, and respond here with your thoughts. Please share this episode, leave a review at the iTunes store, and drop a few bucks to help Adam pay the bills. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in the truth (including brother Craig Parton!) The original conference audio is here.
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Today's interview is with Craig Parton, attorney and author of The Defense Never Rests: A Lawyer's Quest for the Gospel as well as Religion on Trial. He is also the United States Director of the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism and Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. He talks about his faith journey, a lawyer's perspective on the evidence for Christianity, how to investigate religious truth claims, how we know things are true, evidential methodology, "beyond a reasonable doubt", how the burden of proof works, how to disprove Christianity, the apologetics academy in Strasboug, lessons learned as an apologist, advice for those doing apologetics, and more. Enjoy.
There is no text for this event; however, Craig Parton mentions the International Academy of Apologetics in his talk. Click here to visit the Academy’s website.
There is no text for this event; however, Craig Parton mentions the International Academy of Apologetics in his talk. Click here to visit the Academy's website.
There is no text for this event; however, Craig Parton mentions the International Academy of Apologetics in his talk. Click here to visit the Academy's website.
In this episode, Dr. Rod Rosenbladt gives an outstanding introduction to apologetics. This lecture comes as a gift from the guys at New Reformation Press. Make sure you stop by their page dedicated to the entire lecture series on Apologetics conducted by Dr. Rosenbladt and Craig Parton – over six hours in all, including Questions and Answers! Listen Now
Craig Parton, lawyer and apologist, lectures on the importance of Apologetics. Listen Now.