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Christian Research Journal Christian Research Institute webmaster@equip.org Postmodern, Realities, Bible Answer Man, CRI, Christian Research Journal, Christian Reseatch Institute no no Recognizing and Responding to Occultism in Your Church and A Film review of Hail Satan? http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_146.mp3 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Recognizing and Responding to Occultism in Your Church and A Film review of Hail Satan? The new Magnolia Pictures documentary Hail Satan?, directed by avant garde documentarian Penny Lane, is a thought provoking darkly comedic study of an upstart faction of Satanists known as The Satanic Temple TST. Cofounded by Lucien Greaves and Malcom Jarry in 2013, TST has been a growing, mischievous, and yet whimsical presence in public life. The group has earned a reputation as diehard political activists, that takes the art of trolling to a whole new level. The discussion covers what Satanists believe, how Satanists are misunderstood, and how TST differs from other branches of Satanism. In addition to an deep dive review of the film, there is also a discussion of occcultism as a pervasive influence marked by the pursuit of hidden knowledge or power through divination fortune telling, spiritism spirit contact, and magic. Occultism poses a special threat to the church because it does not operate like mainline religion. Instead, it spreads like a fog, able to infiltrate most every cult, religion, and church. Its a countercultural phenomenon that can reorient good ideas and faithful practices into tools of occultism. Its too dangerous and too prevalent to ignore. But we can combat occultism first by recognizing its appeal the promise of secret knowledge, power, and autonomy, and the signs of its influence, including wide spread beliefs such as self deification, depersonalization of God, and magickal thinking. Then, appreciating the different ways occultism leads practitioners astray from biblical faith and practice, we can respond with tactful discernment and devotion to God, demystifying the allure of occultism. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author John D. Ferrer about his online exclusive Infiltrated: Recognizing and Responding to Occultism in Your Church https://www.equip.org/article/infiltrated-recognizing-and-responding-to-occultism-in-your-church/ and movie review of, Satanic Lessons on Religious Freedom: A review of Hail Satan?.https://www.equip.org/article/satanic-lessons-on-religious-freedom/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here. Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author Episode 131 Sabrina The Teenage Anti Christ Sabrina The Teenage Anti Christ, Reviews the First Two Seasons of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix. Satanism: A Taste for the Dark Side Modern Witchcraft: It May Not Be What You Think Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 01:09:02 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no On Being an Old Apologist: Reflections on Ciceros on Old Age http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_145.mp3 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 01:00:00 -0400 On Being an Old Apologist: Reflections on Ciceros on Old Age The stereotype of old people as crusty, cantankerous complainers who have nothing better to do than remind young whippersnappers of how much better things used to be, tends to be supported by experiences we have with many of the elderly we meet. So its surprising when an old man or woman who does not fit this stereotype. As we age, how can we can be the kind of people who bear the burdens of old age well and continue to be productive people well into his or her later years? Ciceros On Old Age is a short book with reflections on old age are not flashy or exciting and may strike some as boring similar, ironically and sadly, to the way some find reflections of the elderly generally boring. But those reflections are hard to discount, for their overall advice seems rather commonsensical, needing little defense. This episode is a conversation with Stephen Mizell about Ciceros work On Old Age. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Stephen Mizell about his online exclusive article On Being an Old Apologist: Reflections on Ciceros On Old Age.Coming Soon! We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here. Other articles related to this topic: Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author: Slaughter House Five as a Tool for Christian Self-Examination Episode 061: Slaughterhouse Five as a Tool for Christian Self Examination Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:55:21 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Taking the Long View: A Christian Approach to Youth Sports http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_144.mp3 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Taking the Long View: A Christian Approach to Youth Sports Many Christians think of sports as having little to no value. They see the time, money, devotion, and energy that many put into sports as time, money, devotion, and energy that could be better used for the sake of the kingdom of God. But can we think about sports, and be involved in them, in ways that build the kingdom? Yes! To do this, however, will require that we approach sports in ways that are often countercultural. Not only can we approach sports with a kingdom mindset, we must do so. The cultural influence of sports at all levels, including elite sports, is felt across the world. Anyone interested in doing cultural apologetics would do well to consider how to think about and participate in the world of sport, as a Christian. Many cultural apologists spend considerable time and effort understanding other influential aspects of culture, including movies, television, books, and politics. But sports are also a reflection of our culture, and an influence upon it, for better and for worse. Many cultural issues arise in sports, and are discussed by well known athletes who use their platforms to do so. Whether it is equal pay for equal work, issues related to race and justice, politics, sexual ethics, abortion and many others numerous professional athletes make their views known via social media and other outlets, influencing the culture. Christians should not ignore this. There is great potential for sports to contribute to human flourishing, as Christians understand it. Sports can build good character, including specifically Christian virtues like faith, hope, love, and humility. Even those who have little interest in sports would do well to develop a Christian understanding of sports at their best, as well as a thoughtful and helpful critique of the ways in which the actual world of sports falls short of the Christian ideal. Followers of Christ can bring light into the dark corners of the sporting world, and they can celebrate the parts of that world that are already shining examples of what human beings can do as they seek to glorify God in this realm of life. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Michael W. Austin about his online exclusive article Taking the Long View: A Christian Approach to Youth Sports. We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. 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Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:44:52 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Seeking Spiritual Solace in a Daze of Digital Distraction http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_143.mp3 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Seeking Spiritual Solace in a Daze of Digital Distraction Todays world is a laboratory for experimenting with all types of new media, and we are all creating our own ways of adopting technologies as they develop. It is not dramatic to say that these digital technologies and especially the ones we use on our computers, smartphones, and tablets we use every day, summed in the simple word app, are changing what it means to function as humans. Apps on our electronic devices have certainly made communication faster and access to information easier but we are bombarded by this information and notifications about more information almost every waking moment or at least every moment we look at and interact with our devices. However, the Christian walk requires stopping and asking ourselves, What does this do to my soul? Because we are still learning how these apps are changing our culture for better and worse, it is up to us to evaluate our own interactions with new technologies and examine what is leading us to be more alive and able to live our callings, or what is pulling us away from the very things that make us human. The Christian life by its very nature requires stillness, contemplation, thought, and study. A life dominated by digital interaction does not foster the pursuit of spiritual disciplines or face to face community in the local church. This episode is a conversation about technology and why Christians should consider the practice of taking digital sabbaths or intentional time away from our devices. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Rachel Ollivant about her article in the 42:2 Journal Seeking Spiritual Solace in a Daze of Digital Distraction https://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/loving-god-and-others-in-the-midst-of-suffering/. Subscribe in Fall 2019 and recieve this as your first issue. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Related articles and podcasts: Episode 074: Authentic Community in the Age of Social Media The Virtualization of Culture and the Need for an Embodied Christian Alternative The Graven Images of Social Media Episode 009: The Graven Images of Social Media Episode 098 Virtual Violence, Video Game Addiction, and the Kingdom of God Can God Fit in This Machine? Video Games and Christians Episode 077: Video Gaming, Kids and Addiction Episode 128 Summer Vacation, Kids, and Video Games: Better Alternatives to Fortnite Summer Vacation, Kids, and Video Games: Better Alternatives to Fortnite An Ethic of Instagram What Price Cyberspace? Understanding Social Media Is It Impossible to Redeem Electronic Media? 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Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:32:59 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Why Do 1 West Hebrew Israelites Call Whites Edomites And Chinese Moabites? http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_142.mp3 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Why Do 1 West Hebrew Israelites Call Whites Edomites And Chinese Moabites? Those familiar with the street preaching type of Hebrew Israelites have usually seen their 12 Tribes of Israel Chart. Hebrew Israelites are usually black, Hispanic, and Native Americans who claim they are the true biological descendants of Jacob from their paternal line. Hebrew Israelites of the street proselytizing variety usually trace their theological roots back to a small, New York City based school, initially called the Israelite School of Torah. The school, launched in 1969, was at one time located at 1 West 125th Street in Harlem. Christian urban apologists have dubbed adherents to this vein of Hebrew Israelism as 1 Westers. The 1 West camps (rough equivalent to denominations) have many theological distinctives. One is the aforementioned 12 Tribes Chart, and another is their 18 Nations Chart. 1 West Hebrew Israelites often carry a laminated poster of this breakdown (their word for an interpretation) with them as they proclaim their message in city centers across the United States and abroad. This 18 Nations Chart features a total of 17 non elect nations considered to be Gentile heathens who cannot be redeemed based on their ethnicity. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Vocab Malone about his online exclusive feature article Why Do 1 West Hebrew Israelites Call Whites Edomites And Chinese Moabites ? https://www.equip.org/article/why-do-1west-hebrew-israelites-call-whites-edomites-and-chinese-moabites/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Related articles and podcasts: Hank Unplugged Episode Black Hebrew Israelites with Vocab Malone The Origin and Insufficiency of the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement Postmodern Realities Episode 056: Spirituality in Modern Hip Hop: The Theology of Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper Spirituality in Modern Hip Hop: The Theology of Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:37:53 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Firm Foundations of the House of David: A Defense of King Davids Historicity http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_141.mp3 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:00:00 -0400 The Firm Foundations of the House of David: A Defense of King Davids Historicity Despite certain elements of the accounts of King David in the Hebrew Bible appearing to be legendary, there are several intriguing sources that strongly suggest that David existed and founded a dynasty and that Davids kingdom was more than a myth. Textual sources written from the perspective of the enemies of Israel and Judah mention the house of David, a clear reference to David as a dynastic founder. While direct, physical evidence ie David was here is lacking, archaeological data from key sites points towards the activity of a king or strong central authority. Additionally, David established his kingdom precisely during a power vacuum in the ancient Near East region. Thus, the overall picture paints David as a historical figure, and biblical accounts of his kingdom are plausible. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Mark D.Janzen about his online exclusive feature article The Firm Foundations of the House of David: A Defense of King Davids Historicity.https://www.equip.org/article/the-firm-foundations-of-the-house-of-david-a-defense-of-king-davids-historicity/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts related to this topic Making a Case for the Historicity of Moses Episode 119 The Historicity of Moses Historical Artifacts and Biblical Sources: Determining What Is True Christians and Archaeology Bible Reliability: M A P S to Guide You through Bible Reliability Biblical Archaeology: Factual Evidence to Support the Historicity of the Bible Biblical History: The Faulty Criticism of Biblical Historicity Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:31:02 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Theological Mess in the Moxie of Jen Hatmaker http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_140.mp3 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:00:00 -0400 The Theological Mess in the Moxie of Jen Hatmaker Of all the public conversions from conservative evangelical too progressive, Jen Hatmakers is one of the most culturally appealing. Her trademark breezy, well timed humor penetrates to the heart of the overwhelmed American woman she gathers into her tribe and admonishes to keep up the hard work, which will, by her gritty love, save the world. This is Hatmakers gospel as you model your life on Jesus and love as inclusively as He did, you will heal yourself, your family, and the world. This gospel is delivered in a package of can do, no nonsense American pragmatism. Hatmaker rose to prominence in May 2013 with a viral blog post hilariously decrying the trials of the exasperating end of the school year. This led to an HGTV home remodeling show and her New York Times bestseller For the Love Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards Thomas Nelson, 2015. She joined the conference circuit and endeared herself to mainstream feminine evangelicalism with her insightful, funny, and unobjectionable Bible teaching. She was well positioned, then, to rock the evangelical world with her apparent about face embrace of the LGBT agenda in an interview with Jonathan Merritt in 2016. After the interview, Lifeway pulled her books and social media drew up for battle. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Anne Kennedy about her Volume 42:2 feature article The Theological Mess in the Moxie of Jen Hatmaker. https://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/loving-god-and-others-in-the-midst-of-suffering/ Also see a special blog post by Anne Kennedy The Unhindered Leadership of Jen Hatmaker https://www.equip.org/article/the-unhindered-leadership-of-jen-hatmaker/ Subscribe in Fall 2019 and receive this as your first issue.https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Other articles and podcasts featuring this author Have You Considered Trying Harder The Theology of Rachel Hollis Episode 136 Have You Considered Trying Harder The Theology of Rachel Hollis The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans Episode 125 The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:40:55 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Cannot Lose: Why Spielbergs Aliens Help Make us More Human http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_139.mp3 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Clear Skies, Hurt Hearts, Cannot Lose: Why Spielbergs Aliens Help Make us More Human Steven Spielbergs made five movies featuring aliens: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., A.I., The War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But the really important alien movies are Spielbergs first two: Close Encounters and E.T. Like Spielbergs other early films, Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark, these movies refined a B movie genre into critically acclaimed gourmet popcorn. Close Encounters and E.T. raised the bar for cinematic science fiction. They also did something unusual, which few alien movies that followed, including Spielbergs own, have attempted: the early alien movies function as moral metaphors. The encounters with aliens imaginatively exercise our hearts and minds, and may help to exorcise our worldly wisdom. These movies are good for the soul and more people should watch them or rewatch them. Two of the best reasons for art criticism is to get people to watch the good stuff and to help them see why its good. This may seem a bit obvious, but the most important things in life are usually obvious. People need to be reminded more than they need to be taught. Aristotle said that all philosophy begins in wonder. American philosopher Martha Nussbaum has said that compassion is the basic social emotion. Close Encounters and E.T. remind us of the value of wonder and compassion. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Philip Talon about his online exclusive feature article ClearSkies, Hurt Hearts, Cannot Lose: Why Spielbergs Aliens Help Make us More Human. https://www.equip.org/article/clearskies-hurt-hearts-cant-lose-why-spielbergs-aliens-help-make-us-more-human/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Another way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Other articles and podcasts featuring this author Tolkien Review: Episode 123 Tolkiens First Fellowship Tolkiens First Fellowship A film review of Tolkien Alfred Hitchcock films: Episode 100: A. Hitchcock Films The Coen Brothers Films: Episode 050: O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence O Father, Where Are Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence The Films of Quentin Tarantino: Episode 001: The Films of Quentin Tarantino Reservoir Gods: Quentin Tarantinos Premodern Theology Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:40:55 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Using NBCs The Good Place in Conversational Apologetics http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_138.mp3 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Using NBCs The Good Place in Conversational Apologetics NBCs The Good Place television series has had three hilarious yet thought provoking seasons its final and fourth season begins Sept 26 2019 which tell a riveting story while examining crucial philosophical questions such as what it means to live a good life and whether we have any moral obligations to our fellow man. Along the way, viewers have been exposed to the ideas of several major figures of Western philosophy such as Aristotle, Kant, Kierkegaard, Hume, Mill, and Sartre, as well as a few contemporary thinkers such as Todd May, the Clemson University philosopher who serves as one of the shows consultants. In addition to its value as a fun pedagogical tool, The Good Place has turned out to be a rich resource for apologetics many elements of the storyline and character dialogue can be used in conversations about human nature, objective morality, and why the exclusion of God results in a failure to make sense of things in an intellectually satisfying way. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Melissa Cain Travis about her online exclusive review Using NBCs The Good Place in Conversational Apologetics. https://www.equip.org/article/using-nbcs-the-good-place-in-conversational-apologetics/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. 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To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Other articles and podcasts featuring this author Hank Unplugged Women in Apologetics with Melissa Cain-Travis The Artistic Pro-Life Theme in Netflixs I Am Mother Postmodern Realities Episode 132 The Artistic Pro Life Theme in Netflixs I Am Mother A Grand Cosmic Resonance Postmodern Realities Episode 062: How the Structure and Comprehensibility of the Universe Reveal a Mindful Maker Motherhood and the Life of the Mind Postmodern Realities Episode 002: Motherhood and the Life of the Mind Postmodern Realities Episode 095 Virtue, Human Nature, and the Quest for Happiness Virtue, Human Nature, and the Quest for Happiness What the Size of the Cosmos Does not Say about Mankind A Wrinkle in Time: Drawing Apologetic Value from a De Christianized Film Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:57:25 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no How We Lost the Universities and How to Reclaim the Voice of Christ http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_137.mp3 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 01:00:00 -0400 How We Lost the Universities and How to Reclaim the Voice of Christ Losing the American universities is truly one of the greatest tragedies of world history. But first, why does it matter? It matters because the university is the most influential institution of western civilization. From it come our journalists, artists, doctors, lawyers, businessmen, political leaders, K 12 educators, and even future professors. As goes the university so goes the culture. Indeed, as goes the U S university, so goes the world. Ideas have consequences. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Corey Miller about his online exclusive feature article How We Lost the Universities And How to Reclaim the Voice of Christ.https://www.equip.org/article/how-we-lost-the-universities-how-to-reclaim-the-voice-of-christ/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. 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Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:50:34 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_136.mp3 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis In the world of Self Help, a genre to which Americans are peculiarly addicted, Rachel Hollis is suddenly ascendant her diminutive figure bolstered in 6 inch heels, her flawlessly high lighted hair extensions framing her bright, inviting smile. She is the with it cream at the very top of an already fulsome pitcher. Her enthusiastic Girl, You Can Do It inspires millions of women to reach deep into their pockets and plunk down their money with a restless hope. Whether they wash their faces and take their lives unapologetically into their own hands or not, her message of self actualization and self improvement is hitting the discontented, anxious, middle class suburban woman like a tuning fork just the right note and just the right moment. Unhappily though in a gospel of radical independence Hollis casts a this worldly vision, a utopia contingent upon the actions and motivations of the individual. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Anne Kennedy about her exclusive online article Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis. https://www.equip.org/article/have-you-considered-trying-harder-the-theology-of-rachel-hollis/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. 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To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Related articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans https://www.equip.org/article/the-theological-legacy-of-rachel-held-evans/ Episode 125 The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans https://www.equip.org/pmr-podcast/episode-125-the-theological-legacy-of-rachel-held-evans/ Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:40:36 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Questing for Divine Love Cormac McCarthys The Road http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_135.mp3 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Questing for Divine Love Cormac McCarthys The Road Are humans alone in the cosmos, or does some Divine Being watch over our lives? Is there a God who loves us, or are we left to ourselves? And how might human evil affect our ability to give an answer? Such questions arise from Cormac McCarthys 2006 Pulizter Prize winning, postapocalyptic novel The Road, a story in which the evil that has ruined the world is entirely the fault of humans. By juxtaposing moments of faith and despair, McCarthy reveals just how potent is the human capacity to affect human faith. A world in which humans have mostly wiped each other out, a world so dead that we can hardly imagine it will ever regenerate, makes belief in God very difficult. Why should Christians read McCarthys work? What is the apologetic value of The Road? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Stephen Mitchell about his online exclusive Christian Research Journal feature article Questing for Divine Love: Cormac McCarthys The Road.https://www.equip.org/article/questing-for-divine-love-cormac-mccarthys-the-road/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. 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To leave a tip, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/pmr-jnl-tip/ Other articles by this author: Rejoicing over Owls Thoreau and the Gift of Being Humanity Crucified Hemingway and the Human Condition The Sting of Death Albert Camus and the Fight for Life Alexander Solzhenitsyn Confronts the Grand Inquisitor Reading My Favorite Atheists Ivan, Raskolnikov, and Kirilov Other podcasts with this author Episode 111 Humanity Crucified Hemingway and the Human Condition Episode 092 Literary Apologetics Flannery OConnor Episode 045: Alexander Solzhenitsyn Confronts the Grand Inquisitor Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. Itunes Spreaker Google Podcasts Player FM Podbean Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to play Postmodern Realities podcast. Alexa (Amazon) Google Assistant Siri (Apple) 00:56:52 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Are Laws Restricting Abortion Forced Organ Donation? A Review of Beyond Roe http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_134.mp3 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Are Laws Restricting Abortion Forced Organ Donation? A Review of Beyond Roe David Boonins new book Beyond Roe Why Abortion Should Be Legal Even if the Fetus Is a Person hits the shelves as the world ramps up the political wars over abortion. The Supreme Courts ideological make up may have shifted for the first time in decades as a result of President Trumps appointments of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Abortion rights supporters fear that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision responsible for protecting the right to an abortion in all fifty states, may be in jeopardy. New York, Illinois, and other state legislatures rushed to amend their laws to protect abortion in the event Roe falls. States such as Georgia, Ohio, and Alabama sought to push the boundaries of the current climate to test if they can restrict access to abortion. Celebrities, business leaders, and cultural influencers threaten boycotts while the Senate calls in social media executives to answer charges of discriminating against pro lifers. This book and its arguments could not be more timely or relevant, given the current climate. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Jay Watts about his online exclusive review Are Laws Restricting Abortion Forced Organ Donation? A Review of Beyond Roe https://www.equip.org/article/are-laws-restricting-abortion-forced-organ-donation-a-review-of-beyond-roe/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a special promotion for your gift for The Case for Life Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture click here to find our more. https://www.equip.org/product/the-case-for-life-equipping-christians-to-engage-the-culture/ Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring and topic: Annihilating Arguments For Abortion The Shifting Focus in the Abortion Debate: Does The Humanity of the Unborn Matter Anymore? Abortion Rights: Part One Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights? Part Two : Arguments from Pity, Tolerance, and Ad Hominem Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights Part Three: Is the Unborn Human Less Than Human? Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights Part Four: When Does a Human Become a Person Suffer the Violinist: Why the Pro abortion Argument from Bodily Autonomy Fails A Case Not Made A review of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt Dead Silence: Must The Bible Say Abortion Is Wrong Before We Can Know It is Wrong? The Vanishing Pro Life Apologist: Putting The Life Back Into The Abortion Debate Unplanned: An Imperfect but Brave Film Episode 117 Unplanned: An Imperfect but Brave Film Reversing Reason Review of Netflix documentary, Reversing Roe Episode 096 Reversing Roe Documentary Film Review Episode 094 The Pro Choice Argument against Aborting Children with Down Syndrome Abortion and Rape: Answering the Arguments for Abortion Rights Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. 00:42:50 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Disorientation of Deconversion http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_133.mp3 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 01:00:00 -0400 The Disorientation of Deconversion Watching a respected Christian walk away from his or her Christian faith the theological term is apostatize can be deeply disorienting. It leads us to ask all sorts of questions What argument against Christianity did they find so persuasive, and would I be persuaded by that same argument? What happened to them to make them exchange the Christian worldview for one so radically different? If they were formerly a well known Christian writer, musician, pastor, or leader, what does their deconversion mean for the things we have learned from them? Was he or she even a Christian to begin with? This disorientation and the subsequent questions that arise are natural expressions of the sense of loss that we feel when a Christian who we respect and have learned from has seemingly failed us. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Kyle Keating about his Christian Research Journal online-exclusive feature article Am I Just Not Chosen? The Disorientation of Deconversion.https://www.equip.org/article/am-i-just-not-chosen-the-disorientation-of-deconversion/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal . To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a book discussed in the podcast. Click here to find out more about Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton with a forward by Charles Colson. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-orthodoxy-by-g-k-chesterton-forward-by-charles-colson/ Another podcast episode with this author: Authentic Community in the Age of Social Media Do not miss an episode please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. 00:40:21 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Artistic Pro Life Theme in Netflixs I Am Mother http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_132.mp3 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 01:00:00 -0400 The Artistic Pro Life Theme in Netflixs I Am Mother A film review of I Am Mother Directed by Grant Sputore Streaming on Netflix, TV 14, 2019 Editors Note: Warning! This article contains plot spoilers for the film I Am Mother. Connoisseurs of science fiction cinema may not all agree on the core list of great making properties of a film or television series, but many would acknowledge that strong philosophical themes are a key element of a compelling storyline. Usually, such themes involve the ethics that come into play with hypothetical technologies such as artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and time travel. The characters of the piece typically find themselves facing moral dilemmas that result from the intersection of advanced technologies and human life. A recent Netflix exclusive, I Am Mother, a sci fi thriller directed by Grant Sputore and written by Michael Lloyd Green, employs cinematography and scripting that raise crucial philosophical questions about humanity. Intentionally or not, the theme of the sanctity of unborn and born human life pervades I Am Mother. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Melissa Cain Travis about her Christian Research Journal film review The Artistic Pro Life Theme in Netflixs I Am Mother.https://www.equip.org/article/the-artistic-pro-life-theme-in-netflixs-i-am-mother/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal . To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. Other podcasts featuring this author: Episode 062 How the Structure and Comprehensibility of the Universe Reveal a Mindful Maker Women in Apologetics with Melissa Cain-Travis Do not miss an episode please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. 00:40:21 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Sabrina The Teenage Anti Christ http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_131.mp3 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Sabrina The Teenage Anti Christ Move over, Harry Potter there is a new icon in magical fantasy entertainment, and her name is Sabrina. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina CAOS, a Netflix series now in its second season April 2019, has fast become one of the most popular shows on TV, ranked second behind the recently ended HBO series Game of Thrones. Based on the Archie comics of the same name by Roberto Aguierre Sacasa, this companion series to Riverdale TV show is set in the nearby town of Greendale. These Chilling Adventures are a macabre satanic horror story subjecting audiences to a glut of most everything occultism has to offer. CAOS is loosely tied to Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1996 2003, but whereas the older series was a campy situation comedy, this show is dark. CAOS centers around the lives of explicitly Satan worshipping witches and warlocks gathering as the Church of Night, learning satanic law, casting spells, performing unholy rituals, offering animal sacrifices, and chanting blasphemies such as Hail Satan in hopes of summoning Satan himself. Are all horror films and television shows off limits for Christians? How do we exercise discernment in what we watch? Why does pop culture have a fascination with the occult? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author John D. Ferrer about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive television series review Sabrina, the Teenage Anti Christ.https://www.equip.org/article/sabrina-the-teenage-anti-christ/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here.https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast.https://www.equip.org/pmr-podcast/ Articles related to this episode: An Apologetic of Horror Satanism: A Taste for the Dark Side Modern Witchcraft: It May Not Be What You Think Good Fantasy and Bad Fantasy Once upon a Time: The Enduring Appeal of Fairy Tales Television as the New Literature: Understanding and Evaluating the Medium Do not miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please can help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. 00:42:08 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Gods Directive or Political Adjustment? Change Made to Controversial LDS Policy for LGBTQ Members http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_129.mp3 Thu, 27 June 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Gods Directive or Political Adjustment? Change Made to Controversial LDS Policy for LGBTQ Members The leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS, or Mormon have reversed a Church policy that was implemented just three and a half years earlier. The original policy made on November 3, 2015, stated how a natural or adopted child of a parent living in a same gender relationship, whether the couple is married or cohabiting, may not receive a name and a blessing. In addition, the baptism of a child of a parent who has lived or is living in a same gender relationship was allowed only if the child was legally an adult 18 and committed to the teaching of the Church while not living with a parent who has lived or currently lives in a same gender cohabitation relationship or marriage.That decision resulted in loud protests by some members, including more than a thousand who claimed that they resigned their membership following that decision because they felt children were pawns in the Churchs stance against homosexuality. Reversing that policy, Dallin H. Oaks, the first counselor in the Churchs top leadership called the First Presidency, explained on an LDS Church website on April 4, 2019, that, effective immediately, children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender may be baptized without First Presidency approval if the custodial parents give permission for the baptism and understand both the doctrine that a baptized child will be taught and the covenants he or she will be expected to make. In addition, babies of non member parents or parents including LGBTQ parents can request their baby to receive an official blessing. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author author Eric Johnson about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive feature article Gods Directive or Political Adjustment? Change Made to Controversial LDS Policy for LGBTQ Members.https://www.equip.org/article/gods-directive-or-political-adjustment-change-made-to-controversial-lds-policy-for-lgbtq-members/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the JOURNAL . To subscribe to the JOURNAL, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and to help us continue to create free online exclusive articles and podcast episodes, we are offering a special promotion for two books about Mormonism. For your gift, you will receive either Mormonism 101: Examining the Religion of the Latter day Saints or Answering Mormons Questions: Ready Responses for Inquiring Latter day Saints. Click here for more information. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-mormonism-101-and-answering-mormons-questions/ Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author Episode 121 Pearl Before Swine and Evangelism Episode 105 Mormon Evangelism in the Twenty First Century Converting Them Softly with Their Words Moving Mormons toward a Personal Awareness of Sin The Mormon View of Salvation: A Gospel That Is Truly Impossible The Bridge or the Beehive? Mormon Apologetics in a Postmodern Age Do not miss an episode please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content. 00:36:30 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Summer Vacation, Kids, and Video Games: Better Alternatives to Fortnite http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_128.mp3 Thu, 20 June 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Summer Vacation, Kids, and Video Games: Better Alternatives to Fortnite Hardly a day goes by without an editorial or video being published by a concerned parent lamenting their childrens obsession with Fortnite. If you are a parent yourself, as summer approaches, you are likely bracing yourself for the barrage of requests for more screen time to play with friends. From June 2018 to March 2019, Fortnites player base grew from 125 million players to 250 million, making it one of the most popular games in the world. Depending on who you talk to, Fortnite is either a colorful game that promotes creative problem solving and teamwork, or something more akin to an illegal drug. For many parents, it can feel impossible to discern between unwarranted moral panic and reasonable loving concern. When Fortnite causes so many problems in the home, many will take that as an opportunity to be done with games altogether. This would be a mistake, particularly when there are many worthwhile games out there with redemptive themes and benefits. Since summer is a time when we have more free time than usual to devote to our families, this episode highlights some video and board games you can allow your kids to play. There are video and board games that provide healthier, less compulsive reward loops and provide kids and parents with intrinsic rewards. These are games around which you and your children can have meaningful theological conversations and are games that can help them build healthier relationships both with technology and with you. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Drew Dixon about his online-exclusive Christian Research Journal feature article Summer Vacation, Kids, and Video Games: Better Alternatives to Fortnite.https://www.equip.org/article/summer-vacation-kids-and-video-games-better-alternatives-to-fortnite/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the JOURNAL . To subscribe to the JOURNAL, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a special promotion for a book about gaming by Journal author Kevin Schut. For your gift, you can receive Of Games and God. To partner with us, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-of-games-and-god-a-christian-exploration-of-video-games/ 00:51:14 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Addressing the Emotional Problem of Evil http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_127.mp3 Thu, 13 June 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Addressing the Emotional Problem of Evil Since it is a safe generalization to say that every person who has ever lived has experienced evil in some form or fashion, including pain and suffering, answering the problem of evil is a formidable task. Due to the breadth and depth of the effects of evil, the problem of evil is not only the number one intellectual obstacle to belief in God, but also the number one emotional obstacle to belief in God. The emotional problem of evil, an aversion to a God who would allow suffering and evil, is even more difficult to answer due to the power of the emotional objection. Essentially, the answer to both the intellectual and emotional problem of evil, though sounding simplistic, is the Christian God. Whereas the intellectual problem of evil elicits a philosophical response with cold, hard facts and argumentation, the emotional problem requires a counselors response with a genuine concern for the skeptics suffering. Many times, we may hurt inside, anger with a God who would allow us or others to suffer. This problem may be one that momentarily undertakes no argumentation at all but requires a loving friend who will be a compassionate listener. However, this is also a time when apologetics and our study of the truth can make a striking impact, both for the sufferer and for the one grieving with him or her.This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Mary Jo Sharp about her Christian Research Journal feature article Addressing the Emotional Problem of Evil: Why Christians Hope https://www.equip.org/article/addressing-emotional-problem-evil-christians-hope/ We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal and join our team of print subscribers. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ Please partner with us and help us to continue to create free online exclusive content and this free podcast. We are offering a special promotion for two books mentioned in this episode. For your gift , you can receive either The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis or Why Does God Allow Evil by Clay Jones. To partner with us, click here.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-why-does-god-allow-evil-and-the-problem-of-pain/ Another article by this Author out our Website equip.org, Did Muhammad Believe in Womens Rights? . Other podcasts and articles about this topic:, Why Did God Let That Child Die?, Episode 114 Why Did God Let that Child Die?, Why God Permits Evil with Clay Jones, Responding to Evil Christianly, When Religious Doubt Grows Agonizing, Episode 108 Religious Doubt,Addressing the Problem of Evil,Steve Jobs, Jesus, and the Problem of Evil,How Should Christians Approach the Problem of Evil?,Sci Fi, Free Will, and the Problem of Evil. 00:43:58 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Whats the Problem with Conversion Therapy? http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_126.mp3 Thu, 06 June 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Whats the Problem with Conversion Therapy? Ban Conversion Therapy is the current rallying cry of the gay rights movement. Across the United States, LGBTQ activists and their allies call for the criminalization of counseling geared to helping people turn from homosexual behavior a form of counsel often labeled Conversion Therapy, and most of that counseling is provided by Christian counselors, pastors, or ministry leaders. Conversion Therapy remains poorly defined, subject to reinterpretations according to the whims of whoever criticizes it. The actual work done by counselors in this field hardly matches the definition of Conversion Therapy, yet the term, ominous and loaded with emotional baggage, helps disparage the persons to whom it is attached. The problem with Conversion Therapy, then, is the way it is presented sometimes inaccurately sometimes dishonestly and the way it is practiced. Like other forms of counseling, some of its practitioners have errored seriously, but that hardly calls for an end to the practice itself. Ultimately, the outcome of efforts to ban Conversion Therapy will have enormous ramifications for freedom of religion and the churchs ability to continue preaching and teaching the full counsel of God in Scripture. For this reason, believers should closely watch, and act on, efforts to criminalize Conversion Therapy. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Joe Dallas about Volume 42, Number 2 issue article Whats is the Problem with Conversion Therapy? We would also like to invite you to subscribe to the JOURNAL . To subscribe to the JOURNAL, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. 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To partner with us, click here. https://www.equip.org/product/premium-joe-dallas-books/ Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author: at equip.org Episode 103 Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part Two Part Two: Identity, Terminology, and the Revoice Conference Part one of this two part series: Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Examining Old Approaches and Assessing New Ones Part One: A History of Missions and Missteps Episode 101 Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part One Wrestling With The Gay Christian Label The Casual Sexual Revolution Book Review of: American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus Boy Erased Movie Review When Vague Is in Vogue: A New but Not Improved Approach to Homosexuality Is Growing among Evangelicals Episode 065: Love, Simon Film Review When Hearts Are Young and Gay with Joe Dallas The Bully Pulpit: When Gay Teens Commit Suicide, Are Preachers to Blame? Is Gay Christian an Acceptable Identity? Of Bathroom Bills and Basic Beliefs The Transsexual Dilemma Hath God Said? Assessing the Churchs Change of Heart about Homosexuality When Someone You Love Says, I am Gay 00:43:59 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_125.mp3 Tue, 28 May 2019 01:00:00 -0400 The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans Early on the morning of May 5, 2019, Rachel Held Evans, only 37, died suddenly after a brief hospitalization. She left behind her husband, two very young children, and a theological legacy that will take years to unravel. She was immediately and intensely mourned on Twitter, her preferred social media platform and a Christian subcultural space she helped shape. Evans fled Bible belt evangelicalism for the comfortable doubts of The Episcopal Church, frustrated that she had not been able to carve out theological space for herself. If she could have witnessed the heartbreak upon her death, however, she would have seen that she irrevocably had altered the face of American evangelical Christianity. Rachel Held Evanss blog posts, books, and conferences provided refuge for many in the evangelical Christian church who questioned their faith and had many doubts about what the Bible taught about sexuality, hell, and creation. This podcast is a conversation about the influence of Rachel Held Evanss beliefs and is a discussion about how she interpreted Scripture, why she was popular among evangelicals, and what her popularity says about the current state of the evangelicalism. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Anne Kennedy about her Christian Research Journal online exclusive feature article The Theological Legacy of Rachel Held Evans.https://www.equip.org/article/the-theological-legacy-of-rachel-held-evans/ Wed also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ 00:46:55 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Conscience, Justice, Morality and the College Admissions Scandal http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_124.mp3 Thu, 23 May 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Conscience, Justice, Morality and the College Admissions Scandal It seems like every student copies others homework and to some students it seems as if teachers dont care if students cheat. And so, the copying proceeds without a thought or care. The assignment is turned in with the confident hope of a perfect score. The over inflated grade point average is maintained, along with the future hope for admission into a prestigious college and, ultimately, a posh job. Given this mentality, pervasive among students and parents, the recent college admissions scandal should hardly come as a surprise. When the moral and social order is severed from the sacred order, as it is in our disenchanted age, then why not cheat and manipulate the admissions system in order to secure your childs spot in their college of choice? If happiness consists in the unfettered satisfaction of desire, as is widely thought, then why not, once in college, continue to cheat, manipulate, and pay your way through in order to graduate? Why not indeed? There are at least three problems with this behavior and the mindset that supports it. Given the outrage directed toward those rich and famous celebrities and business owners who have allegedly manipulated the system to benefit their own aims, many see at least one of the problems: the injustice of it all. When the haves steal the spots of the have nots by bribing their childs way into an elite university, others who are worthy of admittance on their own merit will be left out. This is unjust. It is wrong. It is theft over honest toil. But there are other,problems too, and in order to see them, we need a clear picture of the moral life. We need to recapture a vision of human flourishing that is actually true to the way things are. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Paul Gould about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive feature article Conscience, Justice, Morality, and the College Admissions Scandal.https://www.equip.org/article/conscience-justice-morality-and-the-college-admissions-scandal/ Wed also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. And these resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as this feature article, as well as our free as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and to help us continue to create free online exclusive articles and this podcast, we are offering a special promotion for Paul Goulds new book Cultural Apologetics: Renewing the Christian Voice, Conscience, and Imagination in a Disenchanted World. Please click here for more information. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cultural-apologetics-book-and-dvd-video-lectures/ 00:44:45 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Tolkiens First Fellowship http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_123.mp3 Thu, 16 May 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Tolkiens First Fellowship Editors Note: This conversation includes plot spoilers from the film Tolkien.The new film biopic Tolkien covers the early years of the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This podcast is a conversation about J.R.R. Tolkiens early life, his Christian faith, themes in his work, his love of languages, and why his work has such staying power more than seventy five years after first being published.This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Philip Tallon about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive film review article Tolkiens First Fellowship.https://www.equip.org/article/tolkiens-first-fellowship-a-film-review-of-tolkien-2019/ Wed also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal,https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/ When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help to provide the resources that minister to people worldwide who come to get answers at equip.org. And these resources include our free online exclusive articles like this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To partner with us and to help us continue to create free online exclusive content, we are offering a special promotion for two books about the work of J. R. R. Tolkien. For your gift, you will receive either The Messiah Comes to Middle Earth: Images of Christs Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot. https://www.equip.org/product/the-messiah-comes-to-middle-earth-and-the-hobbit-party-the-vision-of-freedom-that-tolkien-got-and-the-west-forgot/ Other articles and podcasts featuring this author are at www.equip.org Alfred Hitchcock films: Episode 100: A. Hitchcock Films Caught Looking: Hitchcocks Films in the Age of Instagram Issue 42, 1, the most recent issue if you subscribe today. The Coen Brothers Films: Episode 050: O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence O Father, Where Are Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence The Films of Quentin Tarantino: Episode 001: The Films of Quentin Tarantino Reservoir Gods: Quentin Tarantinos Premodern Theology 00:38:43 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Shamelessly Wrong http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_122.mp3 Thu, 09 May 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Shamelessly Wrong In her new bestselling book, Shameless A Sexual Reformation, Nadia Bolz Weber, a foul mouthed, irreverent, tattoo covered pastor, posits that the traditional Christian view of sex has resulted in damaged souls who are mistreated, confused, angered, and or wounded by the shaming sexual messages so prevalent in religion. Her thesis is that the Christian church for centuries has tried to control human sexuality and that a new sexual ethic is in order. This podcast discussion unpacks Bolz Webers view of sexuality, the Bible, abortion, and much more. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with Journal author Doug Groothuis about his Christian Research Journal online exclusive book review article Shamelessly Wrong. Wed also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help to provide the resources that minister to people worldwide who come to get answers at equip.org. And these resources include our free online exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast. To subscribe to the Journal, please visit. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/. 00:38:54 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Pearls Before Swine and Evangelism http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_121.mp3 Thu, 02 May 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Pearls before Swine and Evangelism Sometimes our evangelism efforts have been received with angry outbursts and personal insults by those rejecting God and the Bible. What should we do when those with whom we share the gospel are adverse? Sometimes Christians quote Matthew 7:6, Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you ESV, to posit that there are some people who are hostile to the gospel that we should not evangelize. What does that verse really mean? How should we approach our evangelistic efforts who those seemed closed to talking about the gospel? This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Eric Johnson about his Effective Evangelism article Offering Pearls to Pigs and Dogs in the Volume 42, number 1 issue of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL. 00:35:30 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Emergent Christians and the New Social Justice http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_120.mp3 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Emergent Christians and the New Social Justice Christians concerns for social justice have a rich history, rooted in the Lords commands and compassion revealed in Scripture. Biblically, justice is grounded ultimately in Gods character, who is just and calls us to be just because we are made in His image. Thus, the standard for justice is universal it is Gods communicable attribute, which is immaterial. While Christians agree that people should be just, much depends on how we answer two major questions. First, what kind of things are justice and dignity, and even humans? Christians have offered many different views about the nature of morals yet, not every interpretive framework will preserve these biblical positions and these core morals. Second, how do we know these things? The biblical authors seem to presuppose that we simply can know some things directly, such as that racism is unjust, even though we are finite and fallen. Yet, this presupposition has been denied by many today, both nonChristians and Christians. However, that means we cannot access Gods intended meaning itself in a given passage of Scripture we simply work with our interpretations. Today, many, including some Christians, are advocating a new form of social justice, new in the sense that is grounded not in the universal, shared standard of Gods character and His Word but on different bases formed on answers to these questions. The question will be, Can these new bases for social justice preserve justice, human dignity, and equality? Or will they undermine them? I will identify some of the key Christians (such as Brian McLaren) who are embracing these new bases for social justice. Then, I will assess briefly these bases. I will show that moral qualities such as justice cannot be sustained on them. Finally, I will extend these findings for an implication to the gospel itself.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author R. Scott Smith about his online exclusive feature article Emergent Christians and the New Social Justice. 00:55:14 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Historicity of Moses http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_119.mp3 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 01:00:00 -0400 The Historicity of Moses The biblical depiction of Moses as an ancient leader par excellence, albeit a somewhat reluctant one, is wholly believable despite scholarly claims to the contrary. Some recent interpretations anachronistically analyze the historicity and leadership of Moses with little concern for comparative ancient data or context. One example compares him to George Washington, as a jack of all trades leader, who is essentially too good to be true. For many scholars, Moses is a mythical figure whose life accounts are not historically reliable. They are quick to point out a perceived lack of substantiating archaeological evidence. As a result, they believe the search for the historical Moses to be futile. This demonstrates two larger problems regarding scholarly treatments of Moses: 1 the failure to seek external, independent data from the ancient Near East and 2 a misunderstanding of the capabilities of archaeological data. While the Hebrew Bible remains the primary source for Mosess life, comparisons to relevant ancient texts reveal that Moses, while extraordinary in many ways, was in fact a typical ancient leader. Close examination of the biblical accounts of Mosess life reveals parallels from both Egypt and the broader ancient Near East. Such ancient data provides the only suitable and useful comparisons. From his allegedly legendary birth to his upbringing in Pharaohs palace, Moses was well suited to the role Yahweh assigned to him. The covenant Moses helped establish between his people and Yahweh has parallels from other ancient civilizations. He was an ancient leader through and through attempts to reinvent him to fit modern conceptions reveal modern mentalities, not the historical Moses. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Mark D. Janzen about his Volume 42, No. 1 feature article, Making a Case for the Historicity of Moses. To read his article about Moses, please subscribe to the JOURNAL 00:32:19 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Honoring Dishonorable Parents http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_118.mp3 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Honoring Dishonorable Parents Editors Note: This episode contains an extended discussion about emotional and physical child abuse and thus its content may not be appropriate for all listeners. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you Exod. 20:12 ESV. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord Col 3:20.Scripture commands us to honor our parents, but how do Christians do that if they were abused by their parents? This episode covers the following topics: What constitutes bad parenting as defined today? What truly rises to the level of abuse? Who is responsible for stopping parental abuse? When does the child stop trying to honor the abusive parent and begin to protect himself and confront the evil? When does abuse rise to the point where legal authorities need to be notified and involved? What is the role of the church in the prevention and mediation of child abuse? Can a parent take her or his children and leave her or his spouse in cases of child abuse? Can divorce be a legitimate biblical option in such cases? How should we respond to allegations of child abuse in our me too culture? And much more. This conversation is with author Michael F. Ross about his Volume 42 No 1 Viewpoint article Honoring Dishonorable Parents.Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all Christians, with the intended result that Christians thinking on that issue will be stimulated and enhanced whether or not people end up agreeing with the authors opinion. To read this article, please subscribe to the JOURNAL. 00:30:49 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Unplanned: An Imperfect but Brave Film http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_117.mp3 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Unplanned: An Imperfect but Brave Film Trigger Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of various types of abortions. Therefore, this content might be disturbing and traumatizing and not suitable for some listeners. During the fall of 2018, a public and brutal Supreme Court nomination battle saw Judge Brett Kavanaugh assume the seat left vacant by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the highest courts perennial swing vote, establishing an assumed conservative majority. Those who defend abortion as a fundamental right fear that the permissive legal environment created through Roe v Wade hangs in the balance. States are declaring sides in the abortion battle with New York, Virginia, Illinois, and others shoring up permissive abortion laws similar to the national Roe environment while Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky and others seek to restrict the practice of abortion. Actress Alyssa Milano recently headed a list of celebrities threatening to boycott the state of Georgias film industry in response to their Fetal Heartbeat Bill as heated Twitter wars erupted daily. The film Unplanned was released in March 2019 in the midst of all of this division surrounding abortion with accompanying high expectations about how it could impact this landscape. The film tells the real life story of Abby Johnson the former Bryan, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic director as she goes from college student and Planned Parenthood volunteer to clinic director and finally to prolife advocate. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Jay Watts about his online exclusive CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL film review Unplanned: An Imperfect but Brave film. 00:59:50 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Why Christians Should Observe the Christian Calendar http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_116.mp3 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Why Christians Should Observe the Christian Calendar While there are many potentially healthy shaping influences for a Christians spiritual growth, one of the greatest shaping influences neglected by many Christians today is the Christian calendar. A 2016 survey done by LifeWay Research reveals that fewer than three in ten American evangelicals observe Lent 28 percent. Even 40 percent of Roman Catholics surveyed said they did not observe Lent. This general neglect of observing the Christian calendar is lamentable. God desires that His people be conformed to the image of Christ Rom. 8:29 and not to that of the world Rom. 12:2. How we mark and fill our time is a significant shaping influence that can aid us in this process of growth in Christlikeness. Many Christians today order their lives in basically the same way our pagan neighbors do. They work five or six days a week, take a break on Sunday maybe, plan a yearly vacation, and then observe the standard national holidays. At a glance, there is nothing notably different about this routine from the routine of our unbelieving neighbors. But as Christians, should we not mark our time differently? Should not our approach to our schedule reflect our commitment to Jesus Christ above all else? Keeping the church calendar year after year can bring the story of redemption into our time and space and can serve as another helpful means of speaking to our whole person. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Josh Moore about his online exclusive CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL Viewpoint article Why Christians Should Observe the Christian Calendar. 00:37:14 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Something to Prove Why Captain Marvel Just Doesnt Work http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_115.mp3 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Something to Prove Why Captain Marvel Just Doesnt Work Editors note We realize that various interpretations and reactions to storyline elements in this film and their ramifications have been debated. We offer this review as one plausible viewpoint. Please also be aware there are spoilers in this episode, as major plot points are discussed. A weak and problematic entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the female centric Captain Marvel is heavy handed and artless in its themes. The topic of feminism in the female empowerment sense and its relationship to heroism has been a trending topic on social media since the movies release. However, this film is a clunky sign post filled movie with badly wrought feminism rather than a feminist view that is secure with itself. This portrayal of female power clangs in desperation demanding to be heard. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Corey Latta about his online exclusive CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL film review Something to Prove Why Captain Marvel Just Doesnt Work. 00:37:53 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Why Did God Let that Child Die? http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_114.mp3 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Why Did God Let that Child Die? Perhaps the most difficult and emotionally charged question ever asked the pastor or apologist is why God let a particular child suffer or die. The question is rarely abstract. Ive never been asked why God lets children die. Im asked why God let six year old Ethan get killed by a car while he was skateboarding or why God let four year old Kaylee die of leukemia. The typical Christian answer is, We wont know until we get to heaven. Of course, we will certainly know more when we get to heaven, but is that all we can answer? I suggest we know more than that. We may not know all of Gods reasons for letting a particular child die at a particular moment, but we can answer why God allows children to die. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Clay Jones about his CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL article Why Did God Let That Child Die? 00:39:16 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Necromancing the Stone: Is Artificial Intelligence A.I. Taking Over http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_113.mp3 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Is Artificial Intelligence A.I. Taking Over The classic film 200 A Space Odyssey played on the fear that computers would soon become conscious, independent, and dangerous to humanity. A fear of computers is not just the stuff of scifi nightmares but also is shared by Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates. They need not worry. While Kubrick, Hawking, Musk, Gates, and the rest of us should be afraid of what some people armed with supercomputers and artificial intelligence can do to us, we have no need to fear what the computers themselves can do. A groundbreaking mathematical discovery in 1930, and its implications for computer science, can put our minds at rest. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL author Charles E. White about his philosophical apologetics article Whos Afraid of HAL? Why Computers Will Not Become Conscious and Take over the World. 00:32:47 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Necromancing the Stone: The Thrill of Dancing with the Dead http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_112.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Necromancing the Stone: The Thrill of Dancing with the Dead Pulse Evolution is an entertainment company that used a hologram technique several years ago to summon the ghost of slain rapper Tupac Shakur at the Coachella music festival. The necromantic language seems appropriate. This was not a music video per se, but a live performance. Whether Ghost Dancing will become a new entertainment venue or just another passing fad remains to be seen, but it says something about the progression of celebrity culture born more than a century ago out of the Graphic Revolution. In his groundbreaking book The Image, historian Daniel Boorstin described how our culture had created a thicket of unreality which stands between us and the facts of life. Taken together, telegraphy, photography, radio, cinema, and television brought forth the pseudo-event, an occurrence staged to call attention to itself. Boorstin was not just concerned with the now-familiar photo-op or media event. He put his finger on a much larger problem. Americans not only confused the copy with the original but also actually preferred the copy to the original. News was no longer gathered; it was made. The traveler, a person who travails, had been replaced with the tourist a person who stays at American hotels in France made to look like French hotels. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Arthur W. Hunt III about his CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL cultural discernment article Necromancing the Stone: The Thrill of Dancing with the Dead. 00:35:26 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Humanity Crucified: Hemingway and the Human Condition http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_111.mp3 Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Humanity Crucified: Hemingway and the Human Condition Nothing is the great dread that threads Ernest Hemingways literary work. Most of his characters believe that nothing awaits them at death. Their machismo is a stance that both accepts and defies lifes collapse into nothing. For Hemingway, it is Christ crucified and not Christ resurrected that holds interest. His work demonstrates that this world leaves each human, ultimately, alone. This Postmodern Realities episode is an in-depth conversation with JOURNAL author Stephen Mitchell about his article Humanity Crucified: Hemingway and the Human Condition. 00:52:54 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Ancient Aliens http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_110.mp3 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Ancient Aliens In the beginning, ancient aliens visited planet Earth, significantly influenced human history, and possibly even engineered human life to evolve. Furthermore, as a result of ancient alien visitations, history is replete with clues regarding these alien astronauts. Flying saucers and little green men may seem the stuff of 1950s B movies, yet ideas like the ones just described are gaining momentum not only in popular culture but also in some scientific circles. Such ideas have also made their way into millions of homes via the History Channel television program Ancient Aliens, currently in its 13th season in 2019. Beyond pop culture, codiscoverer of DNA Francis Crick held to the possibility of directed panspermia the belief that life on Earth did not come about on its own, as naturalism holds, but was instead seeded extraterrestrially. Atheist Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, also lends credence to this perspective. But arent ideas about ancient extraterrestrials nothing more than supermarket tabloid fodder? Isnt it just harmless fun? This conversation with author Robert Velarde about his article Did Ancient Extraterrestrials Visit Earth? covers a brief look at the historical roots of the alien astronauts fascination, explores some of the purported evidence, evaluates claims that the Bible supports UFOs, and reviews some implications for theology. 00:32:17 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Morality, Therefore God: An Evangelistic Strategy http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_109.mp3 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Morality, Therefore God: An Evangelistic Strategy Humans may disagree on what behaviors are moral, or on the best way to make specific moral decisions. Even so, our fundamental concept of goodness has to come from somewhere. This is what the moral argument for the existence of God addresses. Put simply, morality exists therefore, God exists. For a culture intoxicated by naturalism, morality provides a strong reason to believe in a Creator the prerequisite for belief in the person and work of Jesus Christ. For many Christians, the moral argument can serve as an apologetic starting point for evangelization. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Sarah Geis about her CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL Effective Evangelism article Morality, Therefore God: An Evangelistic Strategy. 00:35:04 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Religious Doubt http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_108.mp3 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Religious Doubt Emotional religious doubt presents an enigma. Exceptionally prevalent and sometimes excruciatingly painful, religious doubt is experienced by believers in a wide variety of ways. Distraught sentiments often appear habitually as agonized What if scenarios. Viewed in the context of other forms of doubt, there are many differences. However, the common notions of how to progress toward healing doubt are frequently very wide of the mark, and can be counterproductive. For example, Christian evidences by themselves rarely halt the pain. This version of uncertainty generally requires some additional attention to emotive elements, which are the most disruptive feature. In Scripture, we discover many questioning believers as well as much prescriptive advice regarding how to deal with emotional hurt. Combined with some exceptionally helpful principles from contemporary Christian counseling, emotional doubt can often be lessened significantly, or even healed. Further, the resulting discipline can be helpful in other areas of the Christian life, as well. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Gary Habermas about his article When Religious Doubt Grows Agonizing. 00:23:24 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Sharing the Gospel with Those Living with Intellectual Disability http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_107.mp3 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Sharing the Gospel with Those Living with Intellectual Disability We live in a world broken by sin. One manifestation of brokenness is found in those living with disabilities. God shows great affection for the lost, including those who live with brokenness the blind, lame, crippled, etc. It behooves us to ask how we can more effectively respond to this vast and often forgotten population. We ask, How can the church share the Good News with people whose intellectual capacities are affected by disability ? First we affirm that all people are fallen and need redemption in Christ. People who live with disability are no different. We cannot assume they are automatically accepted by God apart from faith in Christ. But we must understand that the range of intellectual disability includes some who can express faith, and others who cannot. Second, for those whose developmental disability allows them to understand, we must contextualize the Good News in ways they can grasp. If they can express faith, however simply, we must help them do so. Romans 10:9 models this simplicity. Gods people must work carefully to communicate essential aspects of faith in Christ in easily understandable terms for those with mental disability. But another difficult question arises concerning those whose intellectual capacity does not allow them to express faith in a verbal manner. Jesus teaching John 15 and Pauls 1 Corinthians 7 offer a way for including in Gods community those whose brokenness is more severe and limiting. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Michael S. Beates about his coauthored CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL article Retelling the Old, Old Story Sharing the Gospel with Those Living with Disability. 00:31:00 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Internal Testimony of the Holy Spirit http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_106.mp3 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Internal Testimony of the Holy Spirit This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author James N. Anderson about his article The Internal Testimony of the Holy Spirit How Do You Know That the Bible Is Gods Word? Topics covered in this episode include what is meant by the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit? Why is it important to know that the Bible is Gods Word, and isnt it enough to just to have faith? Is there any biblical basis for the idea of the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit? Is the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit purely subjective, and does it imply a subjectivist view of knowledge? Is the idea of the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit similar to the Mormon idea of the burning bosom, or are there are important differences? If we know the Bible is Gods Word by the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit, then it seems that arguments and evidences become redundant. Are we putting Christian apologists out of a job? 00:38:24 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Mormon Evangelism in the Twenty First Century http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_105.mp3 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Mormon Evangelism in the Twenty First Century Mormon Evangelism in the Twenty First Century For many years, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormons have practiced what they call friendshipping. This coined word describes the attitude that Mormons are told to have in their relationships with less active members or those who have no connection whatsoever to the LDS Church. By going out of their way to do kind gestures, Mormons hope to present a positive image of their church and possibly entice friends and neighbors to enter into the missionary lessons. In addition, many Christians are pressured to join the LDS Church when they become involved in romantic relationships with Mormons. While Mormons apparently can date outside their faith as long as their partners are pure and wholesome, they are not supposed to marry nonmembers. Thus, the Christian boyfriend or girlfriend is typically required to join the LDS Church before the relationship can head to the next step, which could be a Mormon temple wedding ceremony. While Christians certainly can and should have friendships with those from other religions, including Mormons, they also need to understand the potential pitfalls when others are trying to convert them to their faith. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Eric Johnson about his CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL article Converting Them Softly with Their Words: Mormon Evangelism in the Twenty-First Century. 00:50:07 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Unpacking Animes Thematic and Spiritual Depth http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_104.mp3 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 01:00:00 -0400 Unpacking Animes Thematic and Spiritual Depth Originally a niche medium, anime Japanese animation has experienced a massive explosion in popularity in recent decades. Its cultural influence is widespread, from massive conventions full of truly devoted fans to Hollywoods biggest blockbusters and family films. However, anime can be daunting to explore and understand due to both cultural differences as well as its willingness to feature more mature themes and subject matter than are usually found in American animation including sex and violence. While this is cause for concern, animes willingness to wrestle with serious themes also means that it contains numerous titles that parallel Christian theology in surprising ways, and are worth the discerning believers consideration. Studio Ghibli has become the most celebrated studio in anime history thanks to its beautifully rendered tales full of moral complexity and ambiguity. Ghost in the Shell offers a cyberpunk look at technologys challenges to our definition of what it means to be human. One mans neverending search for atonement and forgiveness is at the heart of Rurouni Kenshins samurai tale. Haibane Renmeis depiction of the wages of sin and selfrighteousness could easily have been lifted from 1 Johns opening chapter. And finally, Attack on Titan is a violent and harrowing look at what it means to live in an apparently materialistic and godless universe. Titles like these not only offer Christians some fascinating explorations of important themes but also provide a way for believers to engage with one of pop cultures most dynamic influences.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Jason Morehead about his article Unpacking Animes Thematic and Spiritual Depth 00:34:36 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part Two http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_103.mp3 Thu, 27 Dec 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part Two After Exodus International, the largest and most prominent ministry to address homosexuality, closed its doors in 2013, the public, both Christian and secular, became more skeptical about the possibility of homosexuals going straight. As a result, a different approach developed, one in which someone who was Christian but same sex attracted could still identify himself as gay but also hold the historic, orthodox biblical view on sexuality. This new approach began showing itself through the writings of authors and teachers Wesley Hill, Nate Collins, Eve Tushnet, Gregory Coles, and Preston Sprinkle, among others. This approach was highlighted at the July 2018 Revoice Conference in St. Louis, a conference that underscored the chasm between those viewing homosexuality as a sin and identity to be renounced, versus those viewing it as a sin to commit but an identity to embrace. Gay Christians were the targeted participants of the conference, and many within the Christian church applauded. Many voiced concerns as well, particularly about the terms the conference employed. In addition to gay Christians, it referred to homosexuals as a sexual minority, advocated spiritual friendships as ways of satisfying unmet needs for deep bonding, extolled the community gay Christians created, and pondered the prophetic voice they had when rebuking the churchs idolatrous emphasis on marriage and family. The conference was birthed by a void felt decades ago when samesex attracted believers felt they had no resource for ministry and support. While Exodus International met that need for years, its closing reintroduced the void, adding to it the question as to whether or not change is possible for Christians wrestling with homosexual temptations. Since much of the terminology used at Revoice squares poorly with Scripture, its terms should be avoided but its participants listened to as they describe a struggle the church should acknowledge. In so doing, Christians should reject the labels Revoice has proposed, while accepting the challenge to respond to their needs. 00:43:20 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no What Cops Can Teach Christians about the Critical Use of Language http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_102.mp3 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:00:00 -0400 What Cops Can Teach Christians about the Critical Use of Language Why should Christians avoid Christian jargon when witnessing to non Christians? J. Warner Wallace talks about his evangelistic tips on witnessing to nonbelievers without using Christianese. He answers questions like Why is it important to avoid specifically Christian language when talking with non Christians? What was difficult for you when you were a non Christian talking to Christians? What are some of the benefits of trying to avoid Christianese? Why do you think Christianese is particularly irritating to non Christians? Shouldnt we try to maintain the Christian language and biblical terms that God has given us? What are some good tips for Christians to think about when trying to avoid Christian jargon?This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author J. Warner Wallace about his evangelism article What Cops Can Teach Christians about the Critical Use of Language. 00:37:22 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part One http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_101.mp3 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Homosexuality and Modern Ministry: Part One Historically, people within the church who experienced homosexual feelings went unaddressed, creating a void. They recognized both the Biblical and cultural prohibitions against yielding to their temptations, but also realized the temptations remained. Afraid to confess and deal with them, many fell into secret homosexual sin, while others eventually came out as openly gay. Still others remained faithful, yet felt isolated and alienated from fellow Christians. Ministry to same-sex attracted people became publicly available when Exodus International was formed in 1976, along with other lesser known networks. For over three decades, the organization heavily influenced the Christian populations view of ministry to homosexuals, but was also beset from the beginning with detractors, critics, and internal struggles. Those struggles escalated between 2005-2013, culminating in Exodus decision to close its doors in 2013. Conflicts within the organization, leading to its closure, had to do with the approach its leadership was taking on issues of grace, sin, proper ministry approaches to homosexuality, and a growing emphasis on harmony with the gay community at the expense of clarity regarding sexuality and scripture. With its Executive Director claiming most homosexuals couldnt change, and that gay Christians were in fellowship with God along with other believers, a split within the organization became inevitable. When Exodus closed, new ministries sprang up in the aftermath, and most of the ministries associated with it continue to thrive. The ensuing controversies, though, confused many people who wandered what the options were for people wanting to repent of homosexuality. That confusion, in turn, has opened the door to a new approach to ministry to samesex attracted people which is causing considerable controversy and calls for Biblical examination, and examination which will be made in the second part of this series. This Postmodern Realities episode this the first part of a two part series which is a conversation with JOURNAL author Joe Dallas about his online exclusive articles. This episode covers part one called Homosexuality and Modern Ministry Examining Old Approaches and Assessing New Ones, Part I A History of Missions and Missteps. 00:38:12 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no A. Hitchcock Films http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_100.mp3 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 01:00:00 -0400 A. Hitchcock Films Alfred Hitchcock was one of the most forward thinking filmmakers of the 20th century, advancing the art form and anticipating the taste of audiences. Through his most famous films Psycho, Rear Window, and Vertigo we find a common theme anonymous watching. This theme is exponentially more relevant today than in Hitchcocks own time, living as we do with the power to present our stories and peer into the lives of others. Though Hitchcocks cinema is often morally askew, gleefully implicating the viewer as just another peeping tom, his work offers a powerful lesson. Art offers us the chance to see ourselves through the screen. It draws us in through the chance to watch unseen, but then reveals to us our own motives. One of the most famous features of Hitchcocks movies his cameo shows us that the director is as aware of the audience as we are of the actors. Though we may think that we are bystanders in media, Hitchcock suggests, we are really participants. Like Norman in Psycho, we think we are anonymous watchers, but Hitchcocks cinema shows that there is no such thing. Someone is always watching us, if only the creator of the works we consume. Like Jeff in Rear Window, our idle past time of peeping grows to an obsession that will be found out, but it can offer moments of genuine insight. Like Scottie in Vertigo, however, if we unthinkingly accept the vistas we are offered, vision can easily degrade into delusion. Hitchcock, more than any other modern filmmaker, understood this and helps us to see it as well. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Philip Tallon about his upcoming 2019 feature article called Caught Looking: Hitchcocks Films in the Age of Instagram. 00:33:23 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Taking Jesus to Work http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_099.mp3 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Taking Jesus to Work If the Great Commission tells us anything, it tells us that the mission to make disciples doesnt rely on ministry professionals. The very notion of a distinction between secular work and full time ministry would have been incoherent to the original apostles sent out ones, especially Paul, a tentmaker whose greatest recorded evangelistic success began in the Athenian agora, a sprawling marketplace for worldly goods, that he infiltrated with the power of Christian ideas. The truth is that if you call yourself a Christian, you are, by default, engaged in full time ministry, and one aspect of that identity entails a commitment to share the good news to incorporate the title of evangelist into our full time job descriptions no matter where we work. The message of the gospel is so comprehensive it can fight its way out of the arguments of an atheist and into the heart of someone who already claims to know it but has substituted his own pride and vanity for confidence in Christ. The gospel can challenge cultural assumptions, answer questions no other worldview can answer, and it reaches to the end of the Earth a place all of us should be able to see from our office window. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Bob Perry about his Christian Research Journal Effective Evangelism article Taking Jesus to Work. 00:32:43 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Virtual Violence, Video Game Addiction, and the Kingdom of God" http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_098.mp3 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:00:00 -0400 "Virtual Violence, Video Game Addiction, and the Kingdom of God" Recently the World Health Organization added Gaming Disorder to the 11th International Classification of Diseases ICD-11 3 a tool for diagnosing diseases. Combine this with the many parents dismayed by their childrens obsession with the video game Fortnite, and it seems that the game industrys darkest demons are being exposed. More than two billion people play video games worldwide and in America there are 221 million Americans who play video games. This is where God calls believers to be salt and light. We cannot responsibly exercise this calling to reach all kinds of people including gamers with the truth of Christianity without honestly striving to understand gaming. As image bearers, what place do video games have in our lives? Hundreds of studies in recent years have attempted to ascertain a connection between aggression and violent video games. Despite all this effort, there is no real consensus among researchers on the impact of virtual violence on aggressive behavior. So should Christians play or allow their children to play violent video games? And if many video games, when played in moderation or played socially, can have a positive impact on our lives, how do Christians encourage responsible, age appropriate engagement so that we might capitalize on the best that games have to offer? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Drew Dixon about his Postmodern Realities feature article in Volume 41 5 called Virtual Violence, Video Game Addiction, and the Kingdom of God. 00:55:47 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Was Hitler a Christian? http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_097.mp3 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Was Hitler a Christian? MY FEELINGS AS A CHRISTIAN POINT ME TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR AS A FIGHTER. ADOLF HITLERIt is not difficult to find collections of quotes like this one, intended to prove that Adolf Hitler was a Christian. In many of his speeches and writings, Hitler referred to God or Jesus or quoted the Bible. Consequently, it is argued, Hitler must have been a believing Christian. The matter, however, is not that simple. A Muslim may refer to God or Jesus, or allude to biblical teachings, but this does not make him or her a Christian. Hitlers religious beliefs have been the source of much misinformation. Some argue that while Hitler paid lip service to Christianity, he was actually an atheist. Others argue that Hitler was an occultist. The reality is that Hitler adhered to a system of belief that may be classified as pseudo Christian and extremely heretical. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author J. P. Holding about his article Was Hitler a Christian? 00:34:16 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Reversing Roe Documentary Film Review http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_096.mp3 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Reversing Roe Documentary Film Review If the battleground over abortion resembles a chess board, the new Netflix documentary Reversing Roe is an offensive bombardment on the pro life movements front lines. The problem is that the film talks around abortion without ever really talking about it at all. Its release is eerily timely its conclusion set the stage for the dramatic showdown over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And its method is strikingly similar to coverage of the Kavanaugh debacle a postmodern feelings led approach that runs roughshod over the ins and outs of valid arguments. The documentary juxtaposes a brief history of abortion rights with recent efforts several states have made since Roes inception to limit access to abortion. From the pre Roe era of illegal abortions whether therapeutic and performed in hospital settings or done with coat hanger segments in hidden rooms to President Trumps inauguration and nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Reversing Roe spells out the purported dangers of eliminating abortion as a constitutional right for women. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Megan Almon about her online review article Reversing Reason. 00:34:16 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Virtue, Human Nature,and the Quest for Happiness http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_095.mp3 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Virtue, Human Nature, and the Quest for Happiness It is evident from social observation that human beings desire happiness, not as a means to something else but as an end in itself. Many major worldviews seem to agree that one crucial ingredient of happiness is virtuous living. This idea goes back at least as far as ancient Greek philosophy, particularly the works of Aristotle, who argued that virtue is necessary for a healthy soul, and that the soul is the part of humankind that is closest to the divine. Later, the idea was expounded by the great medieval Christian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, who wrote that God is the ultimate good, the end toward which humankind must move in order to properly flourish. In contemporary thought, virtue based happiness is endorsed in the writings of various world religions as well as secular humanism. However, unless a belief system posits the existence of God and an essential human nature that is designed to flourish under divine moral law, then the proposition that virtue, in the classical sense, is integral to happiness is incoherent. Without a transcendent good, virtuous living moral behavior has no content beyond mere subjective opinion on right and wrong, good and evil. Prominent atheist philosophers of the Western tradition, such as Nietzsche and Sartre, readily admitted this. Repelled by the notion that objective goodness does not exist, some espouse moral Platonism, but this view suffers from major shortcomings. Christianity provides the best grounds for believing that our happiness is closely linked to how we live. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Melissa Cain Travis about her Volume 41 5 feature article Virtue, Human Nature, and the Quest for Happiness. 00:29:06 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Pro-Choice Argument against Aborting Children with Down Syndrome http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_094.mp3 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:00:00 -0400 The Pro-Choice Argument against Aborting Children with Down Syndrome In Choosing Down Syndrome Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies, author Chris Kaposy, the associate professor of Bioethics in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University Newfoundland, argues that advancements in less invasive prenatal testing will increase the use of those tests and produce a greater number of occurrences of selective abortion in cases of Down syndrome diagnosis. As the father of a son with Down syndrome, Kaposy encourages people to resist the overwhelmingly preferred option of abortion and choose to allow their children with Down syndrome to be born. Kaposy, however, argues from the perspective of an outspoken pro choice advocate who believes the human fetus is not the kind of organism that can be wronged and women should be free to choose abortion without interference of the state or community. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Jay Watts about his Volume 41 5 book review article Assessing a Pro Choice Argument against Aborting Children with Down Syndrome. 00:32:58 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Ghost Hunters and God:Finding Reason in the Pursuit of the Paranormal http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_093.mp3 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Ghost Hunters and God: Finding Reason in the Pursuit of the Paranormal Stories of ghosts and experiences of the paranormal have been a historical constant for as long as humans have wondered what happens after death. But as the entertainment industry has become increasingly desperate for our always divided attention, these stories have been hybridized with reality TV and promoted on channels not traditionally associated with the category of the paranormal. The Travel, History, and National Geographic channels are the prime examples. In ghost hunting shows, for instance, teams travel around the world to places thought to be haunted, using various pieces of technology to test for the presence of paranormal activity. And they seem to find much to go on. From flickering lights, to temperature changes, to unexplained moving objects, these teams give producers and then viewers a great deal of excitement. But how should Christians respond? Our worldview supports the existence of the supernatural, and we also acknowledge the presence of evil. Not all of the supernatural realm is good, but in addition, not all is evil. It is therefore wise to test the spirits to see if they are of God, as we are instructed in 1 John 4:1. Moreover, perhaps understanding someones interest in paranormal activity could serve as a gateway into a conversation about other seemingly unexplained phenomena, such as angels, demons, and ultimately the nature of God. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Sara Geis about her Volume 41 5 feature article Ghost Hunters and God Finding Reason in the Pursuit of the Paranormal. 00:30:50 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Literary Apologetics:Flannery O'Connor http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_092.mp3 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Literary Apologetics:Flannery O'Connor Flannery OConnor was a Roman Catholic novelist, essayist, and short story writer whose Complete Short Stories won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1972. Her fictional work explores existential questions of grace, morality, freedom, and transcendence in the lives of grotesque characters. Are humans free to determine the nature of reality or does reality both spiritual and material precede the human will and make a legitimate claim upon it? Is truth a construct erected by powerful people to sustain their own power or is it a bedrock structure of being against which humans rebel at their own peril? This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Stephen Mitchell about his Volume 41 5 feature article Flannery OConnor and the Problem of Freedom. 00:31:12 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Solo Sex and the Christian http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_091.mp3 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Solo Sex and the Christian Although masturbation solo sex is a nearly universal behavior, it is rarely discussed in the church. However, the increasing support in the media for solo sex as a healthy activity means the church must begin to address it. The moral legitimacy of this behavior has long been debated in Christian circles. To arrive at a biblical conclusion, we need to go beyond prohibitions to consider the positive teaching on sexuality with its profound theological implications. God intends sexuality to teach us what it means to be made in His image and, more importantly, what it means to be in relationship with Him. When we understand the design of biblical sexuality, coupled with the nature of Christian discipleship, it is clear this is not a legitimate sexual activity. The central New Testament passage discussing sexuality in marriage makes clear that the focus of marital intimacy is satisfying my spouse not my personal pleasure. In this way, our sexuality should reflect the larger call of discipleship to self denial and love for others. Questions asked in this episode include in what ways does the church need to improve the approach to sexuality? Why is teaching about sexuality in the church important? Since there isnt a clear biblical prohibition against masturbation, is it a sinful behavior? Does masturbation impinge on your relationship with God? What about solo sex and singles who face unsatisfied sexual desires? Is there a place for masturbation in marriage? Teenagers have raging hormones and since they arent married, if they engage in solo sex, who is that hurting? How do parents address the subject of a masturbation and a biblical sexual ethic with their kids? This Postmodern Realities extended episode is a conversation about biblical sexuality with JOURNAL author David White about his Volume 41 5 feature article, Solo Sex and the Christian. 00:47:41 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Philip Dick Man in High Castle http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_090.mp3 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Philip Dick Man in High Castle There is little doubt that the New Testament makes several unique claims concerning Jesus. Some of these exclusive comments regard claims that Jesus Christ was deity, or that He is the sole path to salvation, or that He was raised from the dead. The claims and deeds of Jesus become even more distinct when compared with the founders of other religious traditions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, or Zoroastrianism. Crucially, the claims and actions of other religions founders encompass highly significant historical issues. The most common problem involves the time intervals between the claimed teachings or events and their recording, with usual gaps of hundreds to well over a thousand years. In contrast, the Gospels were written within a few decades after Jesus. Another significant problem concerns identifying when some founders such as Buddha or Zoroaster actually lived, involving differences of a thousand years or more. Hinduism faces huge problems regarding the extant date of the Upanishads, whether Hindu scholars think Krishna even lived, and treating the potential millennia gap with the Bhagavad Gita. Finally, scholars have too often placed world religious claims approximately on a par while failing to look critically at the historical case for the New Testament writings and events vis a vis non Christian claims. This has led to various confusions such as viewing all religious claims as being equally true or likewise historical, or that one religious truth automatically requires the truth of others. Overly critical attitudes toward Christian beliefs while hardly posing any similarly tough questions to the almost always unevidenced, non Christian beliefs reveals a scholarly double standard. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Benjamin Shaw about his coauthored with Gary Habermas feature article The Historical Uniqueness of Jesus Christ among the Founders of the Worlds Major Religions in the Volume 41 4 2018 issue of the JOURNAL. 00:36:12 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Uniqueness of Jesus Christ http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_089.mp3 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Uniqueness of Jesus Christ There is little doubt that the New Testament makes several unique claims concerning Jesus. Some of these exclusive comments regard claims that Jesus Christ was deity, or that He is the sole path to salvation, or that He was raised from the dead. The claims and deeds of Jesus become even more distinct when compared with the founders of other religious traditions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, or Zoroastrianism. Crucially, the claims and actions of other religions founders encompass highly significant historical issues. The most common problem involves the time intervals between the claimed teachings or events and their recording, with usual gaps of hundreds to well over a thousand years. In contrast, the Gospels were written within a few decades after Jesus. Another significant problem concerns identifying when some founders such as Buddha or Zoroaster actually lived, involving differences of a thousand years or more. Hinduism faces huge problems regarding the extant date of the Upanishads, whether Hindu scholars think Krishna even lived, and treating the potential millennia gap with the Bhagavad Gita. Finally, scholars have too often placed world religious claims approximately on a par while failing to look critically at the historical case for the New Testament writings and events vis a vis non Christian claims. This has led to various confusions such as viewing all religious claims as being equally true or likewise historical, or that one religious truth automatically requires the truth of others. Overly critical attitudes toward Christian beliefs while hardly posing any similarly tough questions to the almost always unevidenced, non Christian beliefs reveals a scholarly double standard. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Benjamin Shaw about his coauthored with Gary Habermas feature article The Historical Uniqueness of Jesus Christ among the Founders of the Worlds Major Religions in the Volume 41 4 2018 issue of the JOURNAL. 00:37:08 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Training Teens in Apologetics http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_088.mp3 Thu, 6 Sep 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Training Teens in Apologetics Generation Z the 70 million kids born between 1999 and 2015 is another testament to our cultures alarming slide into secularism. This emerging generation is twice as likely as adults to be atheists, theyre twice as likely to identify as LGBT, theyre committed moral relativists, and only one in eleven can be considered an engaged Christian. Couple this with the fact that many sectors of American culture no longer are friendly to Christianity not merely neutral but hostile to Christian ideas and values. Clearly, Gen Z is a post Christian generation, and the church has a major uphill battle on its hands. Its time for Christian parents and leaders to wake up! Our families and churches are hemorrhaging students. We all know numerous students who spent the first eighteen years of their lives growing up in Christian homes and in the church but who have now walked away. So isnt it time to consider that much of what weve been doing to disciple our kids for last twenty to thirty years is not working? We need some major paradigm shifts in discipleship. Apologetic and worldview training for our students is no longer optional rather, its essential to their discipleship under Jesus in the twenty-first century. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Brett Kunkle about his Volume 41 4 feature article, A Practical Guide to Teaching Students Apologetics. 00:35:19 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Westworld & A.I. http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_087.mp3 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Westworld & A.I. HBOs TV series Westworld is a remake and expansion of the 1973 film by writer Michael Crichton about an immersive theme park where guests can interact with artificially intelligent robots programmed to act out cowboy stories from the Old West. The film follows a similar pattern as Crichtons 1990 novel Jurassic Park, but instead of genetically engineered dinosaurs, Westworld features artificially intelligent robots. The robots malfunction and eventually start to attack the parks guests. The HBO version of Westworld adds a new wrinkle to the story the robots violent turn is a result of their becoming self aware. They gradually realize they are robots and attempt to stage a revolution against their human masters in the name of freedom. Such warnings about the dangers of self aware artificial intelligence AI are familiar in science fiction films, from 2001 A Space Odyssey 1968 to The Terminator 1984 to recent standout Ex Machina 2014. Like its predecessors, the new version of Westworld is essentially a Frankenstein story in which an artificial life form turns on its human creators. But the TV series is not simply a cautionary tale about AI technology. It warns us against the uncritical optimism of scientific utopianism, but it also critiques todays culture of social media and video games, embedding these themes in an overarching philosophical and neuroscientific exploration of consciousness and free will. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author John McAteer about his Volume 41 4 feature article, HBOs Westworld and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.. 00:31:38 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Reaching Unchurched African American Men with the Gospel http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_086.mp3 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Reaching Unchurched African American Men with the Gospel African American men might be one of the most unreached people groups existing today. In all of the Christian churchs efforts to be obedient to the Great Commission, sharing the gospel with an African American man within our spheres of influence needs to be an important part of our efforts to reach people for Christ. On this episode of the Postmodern Realities podcast, author Eric C. Redmond talks about his Volume 40 5 2017 Effective Evangelism article Reaching African American Men with the Gospel. 00:30:42 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Mark Twain http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_085.mp3 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Mark Twain More than 100 years after his death, Mark Twain remains one of the most colorful and well beloved American authors. Even infrequent readers know of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn who have become iconic characters in the American imagination, and Twains public persona and incisive wit are the stuff of legend. Both prolific and profound, Twain managed to expose social ills and elicit a hearty dose of laughter from his readers, who themselves were often the very targets of his critique. There was a dilemma that defined Twains religious struggles hope for rectifying clear injustice required something uncorrupted by those wrongs. Twain seemed able neither to relinquish his hope for a better world nor to embrace a God of perfect goodness who alone is capable of accomplishing that redemption. This Postmodern Realities podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Marybeth Baggett about her Volume 41 4 Aug. 2018 feature article, Mark Twains Tightrope Walk, Caught between Despair and Hope. 00:31:36 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Sexuality & Singles http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_084.mp3 Wed, 8 Aug 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Sexuality & Singles To follow Jesus faithfully means we need to reorient our values and priorities radically. One radical value Jesus proclaimed was that single men and women had equal standing in His kingdom. Society, which up to that point was centered on marriage and family, was now to include those who were unmarried as valued and equal partners. The apostle Paul and church father John Calvin, counter to the thinking of their time, proclaimed the surprising worth of being single and celibate, echoing Jesus words. Singles are complete in Christ just as much as those who are married. But Christian singles do have a life journey that does not include the experiences of sexual expression that married couples enjoy or, to be honest, of those who choose to live outside of Gods design for our sexuality. We know this is not easy, especially as we live in a culture that often proclaims sexual pleasure as the highest of all human experiences and its counterpoint to deny oneself in this area is to live a life of great tragedy. Singles of all ages need a constant infusion of the gospel to steward their sexuality as an overflow of the beauty and power that comes from devotion to Christ. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Ellen Dykas about her 2014 feature article, Single in Christ and a Sexual Being which is available free on our website. For more articles about biblical sexuality like the feature article on solo sex masturbation and the Christian, please subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL. 00:32:10 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Mere Ambassadors http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_083.mp3 Wed, 1 Aug 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Mere Ambassadors What do we do with the Christian spokesperson whose message seems at best tangential to the gospel, and whose megaphone is the national media? How should an everyday, street level apologist handle the backlash the Christian community receives from the very public statements of those who seem to make headlines instead of making a clearly reasoned case for the faith? When it comes to high profile proclamations like these, the gospel doesnt even seem to be in play. It gets lost in a public theater of the absurd and buried under an avalanche of disconcerting rhetoric. Then we are left to deal with the aftermath in our own little corners of the world. Instances like these certainly dont make our evangelism any easier. Unfortunately, there is always the temptation to separate ourselves from the ridiculous by engaging in our own form of ridicule. We want to assure everyone we know that what they just heard in the news is not my Christianity, so we move a little too quickly to throw the offending believer under the bus. If our goal is evangelism, we need to think beyond the immediate relief we feel at separating ourselves from the ridiculous and focus instead on the greater goal of reflecting the character and cause of Christ. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Bob Perry about his Volume 41, No. 3 Effective Evangelism article, Mere Ambassadors. To read his article, please subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL. 00:29:08 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Pros and Cons of Labels http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_082.mp3 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Pros and Cons of Labels A recent trend, which gained traction with a piece released by Planned Parenthood a handful of years ago Moving Beyond ProLife vs. ProChoice Labels, Youre Not in Her Shoes, is attempting to do just that. There is a growing desire that the terms prochoice and prolife be abolished because they do not adequately express feelings about abortion. Most people just dont want to be labeled, proponents claim. They may very well be on to something, but theyre taking things too far. Simply put, labels come with pros and cons. Some labels are associated automatically with stereotypical meanings, which can be exacerbated further by any number of factors that influence individuals culture, education, loyalties, circumstances, media. When labels are thrown out haphazardly, they oftentimes unfairly corral others into groups according to the audiences perception.It may be that the call for abolishing the label prochoice comes from the fact that many identify themselves as personally prolife, while others label them prochoice. These individuals play the moral relativism card by reducing moral truth to mere personal preference. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Megan Almon about her 2018 Volume 41, No. 3 Viewpoint article, Whats in a Name? A Growing Trend to Abolish the Labels Prochoice and Prolife.To read her opinion piece, please subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL 00:37:25 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Why People Stop Believing http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_081.mp3 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Why People Stop Believing There is a growing wave of Christian leaders who are rejecting Christianity and becoming some of its most ardent critics, often supported by a plethora of new organizations arising to encourage such people to cut ties to their faith. This is a new challenge from a different breed of critics who are using their instant credibility and insiders knowledge of theology, the Bible, church history, even apologetics, to debunk the faith they once believed and promoted. They have taken aim at the foundations of Christianity, including God, the Scriptures, miracles and the supernatural, and Christianitys perceived inherent prohibition on free enquiry. How do Christians answer these critics? Why did they stop believing and now reject Christianity? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Paul Chamberlain about his Volume 41 4 feature article, Why People Stop Believing. To read his review, please subscribe to our JOURNAL. To read his book on which this article is based, please partner with CRI for the month of July 2018 and receive this book as a thank you for your gift. 00:34:05 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Astrophysics for People in a Hurry http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_080.mp3 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry For more than one year, Neil deGrasse Tysons book, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, has sat on the bestsellers list. Is it a book Christians should read? This episode gives listeners an overview of Tysons world view, an overview of the book, and explores what Tyson thinks of the Big Bang theory and the multiverse. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Guillermo Gonzalez about his Volume 41, No. 4 book review, Missing the Signposts. To read his review, please subscribe to our journal. 00:21:52 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Theology of Morgan Freeman http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_079.mp3 Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Theology of Morgan Freeman The cable TV series The Story of God with Morgan Freeman will return for a third season in 2019 on the National Geographic Channel. Hosted by Freeman who famously played God in the 2003 movie Bruce Almighty, the show attempts to be a comparative religion course translated into edutainment. Like many such courses, it espouses the claim that all religions are equally valid in their truth claims. Freeman and his writers emphasize similarities between religions in the attempt to foster mutual understanding and tolerance between religious people. But The Story of God is also honest about the differences between religions and at points seems to admit that Christianity was a genuine improvement over earlier religions. Yet the show takes an evolutionary approach to religion familiar from secular anthropology. Different religions are explained as various cultural responses to the same human instincts that are hard-wired into our brains. Thus Freeman typically concludes that a particular aspect of religion belief in God, miracles, the afterlife, the end of the world is grounded in human nature and contributes to the survival of the species by giving us comfort or helping us cope with fear and suffering. The Story of God is mostly accurate and fair but is guided by naturalistic assumptions and occasionally includes Freemans own New Age beliefs, such as the quasi pantheist doctrine that every human being is God. Freeman is no Oprah, so it is unclear how much influence his theological ideas have on average Americans, but his series does illustrate some trends already prevalent in todays culture. Indeed, it reflects an interesting combination of scientism and antiintellectualism. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author John McAteer about his Volume 41 3 feature article, The Story of Morgan Freeman Not God. 00:33:07 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Mindfulness http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_078.mp3 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Mindfulness We live in a climate dominated by information technology. Before the glow of our screens, we constantly are tempted to divide our attention between this reality and the digital virtual world. Of course, we cannot be both in the real world and in the digital world, so this leaves us feeling torn, conflicted, and distracted. Such a steady psychological struggle leads us to seek ways of escaping the maelstrom of exigencies. On its long journey from its Eastern religious origins in the other side of the world, mindfulness emerged in America in the late twentieth century as an easy, healthy, if not momentary, deliverance from such a life. A major reason mindfulness has been successfully mainstreamed is that we are so overstimulated and chronically busy that our minds are desperate for some sort of rest that takes as little time as possible. But like many popular activities, the mindfulness of mainstream America is not necessarily the same as the original activity from which it originated. Because mindfulness has entrenched itself in American culture, Christians need to investigate it thoroughly in order to determine whether it is friend or foe. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Sarah Geis about her Volume 41, No. 03 feature article, Thinking through Mindfulness Psychology, Religion, or Both? subscribe to the JOURNAL and your June 2018 subscription starts with the issue in which her article appears. 00:31:23 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Video Gaming, Kids & Addiction http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_077.mp3 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Video Gaming, Kids & Addiction this Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Dr. Kevin Schut. Kevin is Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Dean of the School of the Arts, Media and Culture at Trinity Western University, a Christian university in Canada. He teaches about media, culture, and technology from a faith based perspective. His research focuses on video games and how they intersect with our culture and faith in a number of different ways. Dr. Schut is also the author of the book Of Games and God A Christian Exploration of Video Games. He has also written on games and history, games and masculinity, games and religion, and games and story telling. He enjoys playing strategy video games as well as playing adventure video games. The conversation covers topics like How is a particular video game constructed and why might the designers have constructed it that way? Are kids more impulsive after they play violent games? Is playing first person shooter video games morally wrong for Christians? The new video game phenomenon, Fortnite, is discussed. How parents can keep up on the latest video games to find out what they are about is also covered. In addition, there is a discussion about Christian parents can model screen behaviors to their kids and how families can determine appropriate uses of technology, gaming, and social media. For more cultural apologetics articles like this one, please subscribe to the CHRISTIANRESEARCH JOURNAL. 00:35:44 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Street Epistemology http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_076.mp3 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 01:00:00 -0400 Street Epistemology Christians may find themselves approached on the street being asked to consider religious faith. Sounds like Christian street witnessing, right? Well, it may be youre face to face with an atheist and often a GoPro video recorder being engaged in whats come to be known as street epistemology. What is street epistemology? According to Peter Boghossian atheism advocate and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University, this is an activist approach for engaging the faithful in conversations that help them value reason and rationality, cast doubt on their beliefs, and mistrust their faith. He wants people equipped with an array of dialectical and clinical tools who actively go into the streets, the prisons, the bars, the churches, the schools, and the community into any and every place the faithful resideand help them abandon their faith and embrace reason. Street epistemology has two main goals. First, the street epistemologist aims to get religious folks to apply reason to faith. But this isnt the primary goal of street epistemology. The ultimate goal is to eradicate the virus of faith. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Travis M. Dickinson about his Volume 40, No. 6 feature article, Street Epistemology The New Atheist Evangelism. 00:34:12 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Film Nostalgia & Heaven http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_075.mp3 Wed, 6 Jun 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Film Nostalgia & Heaven It seems that most popular new movies these days are sequels, prequels, reboots, or remakes. The reason Hollywood seems unoriginal is because, when it comes to films, we prefer nostalgia to novelty. Every human has a basic desire for how things are actually meant to be. Nevertheless, this ideal is perverted by sin to the extent that, more often than not, our desires themselves are wayward. The reason sequels, reboots, and remakes become mixed up in this desire is because our broken world is deficient to satisfy our hunger. Instead, we attach the desire to something more tangible, but still vague enough to provide an ineffable hope, like memories of feelings we have had during certain times in our past when things seemed just right. We are drawn to sequels and prequels because they promise to take us back to a place we remember enjoying. We are drawn to remakes because they promise to recreate encounters with characters and stories that once gave us comfort. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Jeffrey Porter about his 2017 Postmodern Realities column article, Looking for Heaven at the Movies What our Fondness for Nostalgic Films Says about Us. For more cultural apologetics articles like this one, please subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL 00:29:06 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Authentic Community in the Age of Social Media http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_074.mp3 Tue, 29 May 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Authentic Community in the Age of Social Media Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat as the ubiquity of social media expands, we are drawn, whether unwittingly or not, into their orbit a relentless cycle demanding as much of our time, energy, and attention we choose to offer. For human beings who are created in the image of our triune creator and share His characteristic impulse toward relationship, social media provides an avenue for both knowing and being known for community. Whether its finding a niche Facebook group for a particular hobby or life experience, connecting with people otherwise unknown via Twitter, or watching distant friends raise their family on Instagram, each creates opportunities to create long lasting community. Yet a growing number of people, both Christian and non Christian alike, are increasingly wary about social medias promise of providing a meaningful community. We need the church, and the particular relationships created within, to offer true north in the midst of an increasingly transient and digital world. The community of the church provides a number of essential resources for us as we go out into the world. The church offers a place of safety and security in which its people can be truly vulnerable as they confess their individual and collective need for grace. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Kyle A. Keating about his Volume 41, No. 2 Postmodern Realities article, Cream or Sugar? Fostering Authentic Community in the Expanding Age of Social Media. 00:37:28 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Hell and Kids http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_073.mp3 Tue, 22 May 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Hell and Kids It is important to understand the sources of our modern distaste for the teaching of the doctrine of hell, for these are part of the strongholds characteristic of our times. By critically exploring these sources, we can best instruct children in the essential biblical doctrine of hell and avoid an abuse of greater severity their being unaware of its reality. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Rebekah Valerius about her upcoming Volume 41 3 feature article, Is It Abusive to Teach Children about Hell? 00:35:07 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Sexual Sanity for Women http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_072.mp3 Wed, 16 May 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Sexual Sanity for Women Christians dont have a shining track record in addressing sex. It may have been presented in unhelpful and unbiblical teaching through poor teaching of the Bible or ignored altogether. Women in the church have struggled with the louder silence in regard to female sexuality. In a world spiraling into a sexual free for all, many Christian women are succumbing to the cultural insanity that says sex is all about you do what you want. On the other hand, others are smothered in shame concerning their sexual struggles, because supposedly only men struggle with sexual desires gone amok. God speaks to all of these issues and He does so without blushing, shaming, or offering cliches. Sexual sanity, which is gained through the wise, unashamed, and bold teaching of the Bible, is Gods gift for all. Freedom and the healing grace of Jesus are for all those including women who have experienced broken heartedness and the captivity of sexual addictions. Sexual sanity is a reality women can grow into as we embrace Gods design for sexuality rather than the ever increasing expressions of broken sexuality. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Ellen Dykas about her 2013 feature article, Sexual Sanity for Women in a World Gone Mad. For more articles about biblical sexuality like the forthcoming feature article on solo sex masturbation and the Christian, please subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL. 00:33:40 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Why We Cheat http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_071.mp3 Wed, 9 May 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Why We Cheat We live by a fudge factor, seeing our value in our achievements as greater than they really are. God, however, sees us as we really are sinful, irrational beings willing to cheat and lie to ourselves, exaggerating our accomplishments to others. Despite our faults, God also views us as inherently valuable, based not on our flawed image but His perfect one. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Richard J. Poupard about his Volume 41, no. 2 cover feature article, Lying to Ourselves Why We Cheat. 00:30:42 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Christian Polyamory http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_070.mp3 Wed, 2 May 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Christian Polyamory The increasing acceptance of polyamory by progressives and soon to be former evangelicals is a symptom of the state of the churchs witness to Gods normative pattern for sexuality after Obergefell the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same sex couples. Whether pressured or free to come to terms with their accusers in the wider culture, these pastors and teachers have taken license with the biblical text to open up a path for LGBTQ and polyamorous persons into the church without confession and repentance of their sexual sin required by Jesus Christ. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author C. Daniel Motley about his Volume 41, no. 2 Postmodern Realities article, Two or More? Christian Polyamorys Problematic Theology. 00:32:33 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no The Virtualization of Culture and the Need for an Embodied Christian Alternative http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_069.mp3 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:00:00 -0400 The Virtualization of Culture and the Need for an Embodied Christian Alternative Our Internet connected devices offer an amazing world of information and connectivity, yet many feel more fragmented and disconnected than ever. Dont blame it all on Google or Facebook rather, a great deal of our angst comes from a more subtle restructuring of human life the virtualization of culture. The church, too, is being virtualized; but it more naturally provides the solution. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author John Dyer about his feature length cultural discernment Viewpoint article in Volume 40 5 called The Virtualization of Culture and the Need for an Embodied Christian Alternative. 00:27:18 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Something Made: The Role of Form in Apologetics http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_068.mp3 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Something Made: The Role of Form in Apologetics Whatever argument the Christian apologist hopes to present, he must first find, or make, its frame. There must be form, else the idea comes to nothing. As C. S. Lewis understood well, the more penetrating and memorable instances of apologetic defense are those with harmony between idea and form. The apologist, like the writer, must become a rhetorical craftsman, careful about how shell say what needs saying. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Corey Latta about his feature article in Volume 41 1 2018 called Something Made The Role of Form in Apologetics. To read Coreys article, please subscribe to the JOURNAL. 00:32:31 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Spielberg's Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_067.mp3 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Spielberg's Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One with John McAteer Editors note The following review contains many spoilers about the content of the film. The podcast conversation also touches on subject matter not covered in the written review. Ernest Clines 2011 science fiction novel Ready Player One tells the story of a dystopian society in the near future where people spend most of their waking hours inside a virtual reality simulation called the OASIS where they can live out any fantasy they can imagine. After the creator of the OASIS James Halliday, played by Mark Rylance dies, it is revealed that he has embedded a series of video game like puzzles within the OASIS. The first person to solve the puzzles will inherit Hallidays stock and become an instant billionaire. The trick is that the solution to the puzzles require exhaustive knowledge of 1980s nerd culture. Some of the themes discussed in this podcast episode are virtual reality, video gaming, technology, religion in a technology centered dystopian future, the themes of Spielberg films, and how to use this film as an apologetics tool. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author John McAteer about his equip.org film review called Spielbergs Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One. 00:48:27 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Comic Cons, Geek Culture, and the Mission of Christ" with Drew Dixon http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_066.mp3 Wed, 4 Apr 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "Comic Cons, Geek Culture, and the Mission of Christ" with Drew Dixon Every year, millions of devoted fans travel to our nations largest cities to play unreleased video and board games, meet the stars of their favorite scifi shows, and attend panel discussions on fantasy worlds. Last year, 150,000 people attended New York City Comic Con, 130,000 people attended San Diego Comic Con, and more than 200,000 people attended one of the three Penny Arcade Expos located in Seattle, Boston, and San Antonio. About 65 percent of American households are home to someone who plays video games regularly. Board game sales are rapidly rising, and cafes and bookstores dedicated to tabletop gaming are springing up all over. Scifi, superhero, and fantasy are among the most widely loved And yet, the churchs default reaction to geek culture in recent history has ranged somewhere between guarded skepticism and ignorance. As has been documented, evangelical preachers commonly assume that video games are at best a waste of time and at worst destructive to spiritual health. It has been documented, however, that playing video games in moderation relieves stress, improves brain function, and boosts creativity. While video games and geek culture certainly contain their share of graphic violence, sexual objectification, and addictive qualities, much good can be found in these mediums as well. So how can apologists reach this unchurched group of nerds for Christ? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Drew Dixon about his Postmodern Realities article in Volume 40 6 called Comic Cons, Geek Culture, and the Mission of Christ. 00:35:54 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Love, Simon Film Review "When Hearts Are Young and Gay" with Joe Dallas http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_065.mp3 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Love, Simon Film Review "When Hearts Are Young and Gay" with Joe Dallas The new Greg Berlanti directed film, starring Nick Robinson, is a teen romantic comedy in the vein of its John Hughes directed predecessors from the 1980s Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink. This time, though, the teenage search for romantic love involves the main characters gay identity. Will he come out of the closet? This film has been well received by movie critics and has earned an A plus rating from filmgoers. Should Christians see the film? How do parents respond if their kids ask to see the film? How do Christians engage with friends about the films world view? On this episode of the Postmodern Realities podcast, CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL contributing writer Joe Dallas gives his insights into the film. To read the written review by Joe Dallas please go to our Website. 00:34:50 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Inescapability of God" (Feature article: Issue 40.05) with James N. Anderson http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_064.mp3 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "The Inescapability of God" (Feature article: Issue 40.05) with James N. Anderson Although the Bible teaches that Gods existence is evident from nature, it has become commonplace in modern society for people to doubt or deny that God exists. This article contends that six aspects of our lives that all of us take for granted existence, values, morality, reason, mind, and science can only be explained adequately on a theistic basis. 1 The existence of contingent things including humans ultimately depends on a noncontingent, selfexistent God who freely created the universe. 2 Objective value judgments about things within the universe presuppose an absolute standard of goodness that transcends the universe, by which those things can be judged good or bad. 3 Objective moral judgments about human actions presuppose transcendent moral laws that in turn require a transcendent moral lawgiver, as even many atheists concede. 4 Our rational faculties must find their ultimate origin in a rational source reason cannot come from nonreason, and naturalistic evolutionary explanations of our cognitive faculties are selfdefeating. 5 Our possession of conscious minds cannot be explained on an atheistic materialistic basis; naturalistic evolutionary accounts of the emergence of complex conscious minds assume the very thing they purport to explain. 6 Science rests on a host of foundational philosophical presuppositions, including two assumptions that cannot be justified apart from a theistic worldview the universe is orderly and rational and 2 our minds are wellfitted to comprehend that order and rationality. Insofar as atheists take these six things for granted, they have to depend on God even while they deny His existence. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author James N. Anderson about his feature article in Volume 40 5 called The Inescapability of God. This article is based on Andersons book Why Should I Believe Christianity?, which is available to you as one of the Equipping Essentials Resources when you join the CRI Support Team. 00:36:21 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Black Panther Film Review with Eric Redmond http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_063.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Black Panther Film Review with Eric Redmond Last week, our online film review of Black Panther by Eric C. Redmond was one of the most viewed articles on our Website. Since then, Black Panther ticket sales soared to $1.1 billion and also became the first movie since Avatar to have five straight weeks at the number one spot in the box office. On this episode of the Postmodern Realities podcast, author Eric C. Redmond gives his insights into the film and how it can be used as an apologetics tool. To read the written review by Eric C. Redmond please visit our Website. 00:34:44 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "How the Structure and Comprehensibility of the Universe Reveal a Mindful Maker" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Melissa Cain Travis http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_062.mp3 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "How the Structure and Comprehensibility of the Universe Reveal a Mindful Maker" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Melissa Cain Travis The notion that there is a mysterious resonance between the structure of the material world, the abstract world of mathematics, and the human mind what can be called Cosmic Resonance not only has major implications for the contemporary debate between materialism and theism but also is rooted in some of the earliest thought of the Western tradition. This episode is a discussion of the rich intellectual pedigree of Cosmic Resonance and how well this great idea endured, and indeed flourished, through periods of major scientific advancement. Cosmic Resonance effectively dispels the myth that progress in the sciences has been driven by materialism and has undercut the case for design. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Melissa Cain Travis about her feature article in Volume 41 1. Her article is called A Grand Cosmic Resonance How the Structure and Comprehensibility of the Universe Reveal a Mindful Maker. 00:24:42 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Slaughterhouse-Five as a Tool for Christian Self-Examination" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Stephen D. Mizell http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_061.mp3 Wed, 7 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "Slaughterhouse-Five as a Tool for Christian Self-Examination" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Stephen D. Mizell Kurt Vonneguts frequently challenged novel SlaughterhouseFive 1969 still influences American culture via high schools and colleges. Truth can come from unexpected places, and a fresh look at this offensive novel reveals some thought provoking lessons about the churchs blind spots. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Stephen D. Mizell about his feature article in Volume 41 1 called Slaughterhouse Five as a Tool for Christian Self Examination. 00:37:45 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "A Christian Response to the Hindu Concept of Spiritual Quest" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with C. Wayne Mayhall http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_060.mp3 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "A Christian Response to the Hindu Concept of Spiritual Quest" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with C. Wayne Mayhall Hindus believe that life is basically a search, or a quest. One cannot expect to find all the answers to lifes deepest questions in one lifetime in a simple, easy to digest formula. It is a long, ongoing endeavor. Hindus believe that a search of this magnitude and importance takes an immense amount of time and energy and lasts likely more than one lifetime. Most Hindus struggle with the gospel presentation because it takes away the deep search of humankind, hinders spiritual progress, and impedes the evolutionary cycle of self knowledge established by nature and Hindu many gods. Christians, on the other hand, believe that one has to put his or her faith in Jesus Christ to be saved, and although Hindus do not argue with this teaching choosing rather to overlook it, they wonder about the concept of a continuing spiritual search that has been, according to their teachings, in progress for countless ages. This occurs through many lifetimes and life forms in the cycle of birth to death through reincarnation a quest for the ultimate, the final realization of Self the inner being, the eternal Atman within oneself, and which is the ultimate destiny of humankind. The final destination is becoming one with Brahman, the ultimate impersonal oneness. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author C. Wayne Mayhall about his Effective Evangelism article in Volume 41 1 called A Christian Response to the Hindu Concept of Spiritual Quest. 00:31:01 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Kindergarteners Need Apologetics, Too" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Natasha Crain http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_059.mp3 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "Kindergarteners Need Apologetics, Too" (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Natasha Crain Asking when we should begin teaching apologetics assumes it is a discipleship endeavor that is separate from the rest of a childs spiritual development. For many people, the reason for that idea is an assumed definition of apologetics that is overly narrow and difficult to apply to young kids. With a more comprehensive understanding of what apologetics is, however, it becomes clear that there is a much wider scope of teaching opportunities available. Yes, even for kindergarteners. Most Christians who have at least some knowledge of apologetics think of it simply as defending the faith. Christian parents, aware of the fact that the world is becoming increasingly hostile to Christianity, often want their kids to learn apologetics so they are prepared to make that defense. But if a parent thinks teaching apologetics means sitting a child down with a textbook on biblical archaeology or textual criticism, that child wont be learning to defend their faith for many years. Meanwhile, young elementary kids are already hearing from classmates, friends, and popular media that God doesnt exist, that the Bible is a fairly tale, that Christians are unloving, that the most important thing in life is to be true to yourself, and much more. The bridge must be gapped, and it starts with identifying what kinds of knowledge are involved in defending the faith. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Natasha Crain about her Volume 41, no. 1 feature article, Kindergarteners Need Apologetics, Too. 00:34:38 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no A movie review of The Shape of Water Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Rated R, 2017) with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_058.mp3 Wed, 7 Feb 2018 08:00:00 -0400 A movie review of The Shape of Water Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Rated R, 2017) with John McAteer In The Shape of Water, Mexican writer director Guillermo del Toro blends a wide variety of sources from fairy tales to classic Hollywood movies to the Bible to tell an original and unusual love story about a humanoid fishlike monster and a woman who works as a janitor in the secret government laboratory where the fish man is being held captive. While del Toro is undeniably pushing a secular progressive agenda, he uses Christian stories and imagery. Surprisingly, he ends up getting a lot of the gospel right. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with John McAteer about his online film review of the Oscar nominated film The Shape of Water called How The Shape of Waters Fish Man Symbolizes Christian Grace. 00:27:18 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Seeing Red: The Handmaid's Tale, Human Dignity, and Hope." (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Megan Almon http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_057.mp3 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "Seeing Red: The Handmaid's Tale, Human Dignity, and Hope." (Feature article: Issue 41.01) with Megan Almon Fans of The Handmaids Tale, Hulus television adaptation of Margaret Atwood 1985 dystopian novel, have taken to donning the red handmaids attire to protest current cultural and political threats to reproductive freedom, specifically abortion rights. If those rights go, they surmise, then so will all of the progress feminism has achieved to this point, and America will soon resemble Atwoods imagined Gilead, where women have no rights save for those granted by corrupt men in power. Those claiming that the television adaptation created by Bruce Miller is more documentary than fiction may be closer to the truth than they realize, but the similarities between Gilead and 2017 America do not stem from Christianity. Both worlds teeter on a functional view of human value, a system brought about in todays world in large part by secular feminism, the availability of abortion on demand, and the idolization of sexual freedom. Instead of Atwoods provocative prose depicting a caste system distinguished by colored clothing, however, todays handmaids tale is told in terms of wealth, performance, and status, as well as in the language of artificial reproductive technologies that cross moral boundaries. As so called progress continues, children are continually reduced to products whether disposable or purchasable and women (as well as men) steadily are being defined out of existence. Were not hurtling toward a dystopian Gilead were already there. Ultimately, neither story can be told without glimmerings of human dignity, particularly deep longings for identity and justice. True Christianity answers both worlds and tells a far better story. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with Megan Almon about her Volume 41 1 cover Seeing Red The Handmaids Tale, Human Dignity, and Hope. 00:35:16 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Spirituality in Modern Hip Hop: The Theology of Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper" (Feature article: Issue 40.06) with Vocab Malone http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_056.mp3 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "Spirituality in Modern Hip Hop: The Theology of Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper" (Feature article: Issue 40.06) with Vocab Malone Has secular hip hop gone religious? One platinum selling artist gives performances on high profile stages that resemble worship services. Another critically acclaimed rapper includes on his album interludes with expositions from Deuteronomy. This small trend is a surprise. In the 90s, hip hop music was generally anti Christian see Ras Kass. Paris, Public Enemy, and X Clan advocated militant nationalism. Wu Tang, Brand Nubian, Rakim, Digable Planets, and Poor Righteous Teachers espoused Five Percent beliefs a Nation of Islam sect. Nas and Jay Z employed semiblasphemous statements and imagery. Hip hop music has often been spiritually minded, but recent times saw less spiritual content. Hedonism and nihilism permeate hip hops current stars are preoccupied with girls, gold, and a good time. Yet, there are anomalies twenty four year old Chance the Rapper and thirty year old Kendrick Lamar. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with Vocab Malone about his Volume 40 6 feature article film Spirituality in Modern Hip Hop The Theology of Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper. 00:36:46 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Malcolm X and the Christian Ethic of Violence" (Feature article: Issue 40.06) with Jimmy Butts http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_055.mp3 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0400 "Malcolm X and the Christian Ethic of Violence" (Feature article: Issue 40.06) with Jimmy Butts Malcolm X is arguably one of the most important people in African American religious and political thought. He was a man heavily influenced by his own personal experiences and the historic moment into which he was born. Along with the societal hardships that accompanied being Black in America when Jim Crow discrimination was enforced by law, Malcolms family endured racial violence. His life trajectory began to be characterized by his rejection of the society that had rejected him. This landed him in prison, where he was converted to the Nation of Islam. On release from prison, Malcolm rose in the ranks of the Nation of Islam and spread the message of Elijah Muhammad across America. His ministry developed in the context of the civil rights movement and was characterized as the violent alternative to the peaceful solutions that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. offered the nation. Many who have rejected Malcolms social philosophy unfairly have interpreted him as a preacher of wanton violence against White people. However, this has left them susceptible to the charge of hypocrisy because there are elements within his ethic of violence that many Christians would defend if applied to their own lives. Malcolms ethic of violence has at least three essential parts self defense, revolutionary, and retaliatory. A full theological examination of each of these exceeds the limitations of this article. However, one can conclude that Christian ethics allows for violence in the act of self defense. Contrarily, Malcolms advocacy of retaliatory violence conflicts with biblical Christianity. Rather than softening the critique of Malcolm, I believe that this strengthens the argument against his philosophy because its precision protects the apologist from condemning what God allows. Therefore, African Americans should reject Malcolms teaching on retaliation because it conflicts with biblical Christian ethics. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with Jimmy Butts about his Volume 40 6 feature article Malcolm X and the Christian Ethic of Violence. 00:21:56 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Last Jedi: A Star Wars Movie for the Era of 'the Nones'" with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_054.mp3 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:00:00 -0400 "The Last Jedi: A Star Wars Movie for the Era of 'the Nones'" with John McAteer Editors not: We realize that interpretations and reactions to storyline elements and their ramifications have been hotly debated. We offer this review as one plausible viewpoint. Theoretically, the Force in the Star Wars movies has always been religious. It is referenced in terms of religion at least twice in the original 1977 Star Wars a.k.a. Episode 4 A New Hope. But in practice, there is not much religion in either the original trilogy or the prequel trilogy Episodes 1 to 3. Yes, as they train the young Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force, the elderly Jedi masters Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda spout some vaguely Taoist and Buddhist philosophical principles about a spiritual energy source with light and dark sides, overcoming attachments, and trusting intuition, but when we see them at the height of their powers in the prequels, the Jedi Council leaders of those who follow the light side of the Force are more political than spiritual, acting primarily as a police force for the Galactic Republic. In the two most recent Star Wars movies, however, the series has begun to foreground the more religious elements of the Force. Warning this conversation has spoilers for the Star Wars film The Last Jedi. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with John McAteer about online film The Last Jedi A Star Wars Movie for the Era of the Nones. 00:35:15 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Changing Attitudes toward the Resurrection of Jesus" (Feature article: Issue 40.04) with Gary Habermas http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_053.mp3 Wed, 4 Oct 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Changing Attitudes toward the Resurrection of Jesus" (Feature article: Issue 40.04) with Gary Habermas When considering recent critical responses to the resurrection of Jesus, believers may envision the centuries old, well worn alternatives. Did Jesus disciples steal His dead body, as mentioned in Matthew? Five such counter moves are found in the gospels, with three of them even being proposed by believers! The most recent scholarly research has been significantly more open toward Jesus healing the sick and predicting His resurrection beforehand, His burial tomb being empty, and even His resurrection appearances. So the latest brand of criticism has often shifted gears, with critics now responding more frequently with what I term metacritiques comebacks that question the overall resurrection message instead of disputing individual items within the story. Two of these approaches are considered here 1 resurrections simply do not occur, there is insufficient evidence ever to establish them, and 2 we cannot use the New Testament writings to support the Resurrection because it is a biased or prejudiced text. More than one approach should be used in answer to the first challenge. Naturalism itself should be challenged. If this worldview is going to be utilized as the basis for questioning the Resurrection, then this critical starting point itself must be established first. Regarding the second challenge, something must be wrong with this charge from the start, because critical scholars not only allow well attested New Testament texts but employ them! This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with Gary Habermas about his Volume 40 4 feature article Changing Attitudes toward the Resurrection of Jesus. 00:29:45 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Benedict Option" (Book Review: Issue 40.04) with Mike Austin http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_052.mp3 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Benedict Option" (Book Review: Issue 40.04) with Mike Austin What exactly is the Benedict Option? In short, the book includes a call for Christians to consider withdrawing from some aspects of, and strategies for engaging, American culture, such as seeking change through the means of political power. The heart of the book is not about escaping culture rather, it focuses on the fact that the local church should be a community of individuals who love, care for, and support one another in their daily lives. Many Christians, especially in America, have for far too long ignored the classic disciplines of spiritual growth that Dreher discusses in Chapter 3 prayer, asceticism, stability, community, and hospitality. The focus of the book that all believers should be able to agree on includes the revitalization of our churches through a focus on the classical spiritual disciplines of the church, building community among members outside of Sunday morning, equipping our children in the faith, and valuing relationships in the home and with other believers. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with Michael W. Austin about his Volume 40 4 book review Is the Benedict Option a Live Option? Mike answers questions including Why do you think our culture has encouraged feelings over reason? Why do you think there is a problem with anti intellectualism in the church? What is the role of knowledge in the life of the follower of Christ? 00:33:56 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Apologetics of Community in All Saints" web film review with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_051.mp3 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Apologetics of Community in All Saints" web film review with John McAteer In the new faith based film All Saints, in theaters Sept. 2017 newly ordained, Michael Spurlocks first assignment is to pastor All Saints, a struggling church in Tennessee with and handful of members and a mortgage beyond its means. The best option may be to sell the church. But when All Saints church hesitantly risks welcoming a community of Christian Karen refugees from Burma former farmers scrambling for a fresh start in America Pastor Michael feels they may be called to an improbable new mission. Michael must choose between closing the church and selling the property or listening to a still, small voice challenging the people of All Saints to risk it all and provide much needed hope to their new community. Together with the Karen refugees, they risk everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all. Importantly, this revival of a church happens when the church turns outward, looking both to help those who showed up as outsiders and also to receive help from the wider community, instead of focusing inward on maintaining self sufficiency. When the church faces a crisis toward the end of the film, even non Christians show up to help out, because they can see the good work the church is doing. It is like Matthew 5:14-16 in action. In simplest terms All Saints makes the argument that love is the best apologetic for the truth of the gospel. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a conversation with John McAteer about his web film review The Apologetics of Community in All Saints. 00:32:42 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence (Volume 40 #4, 2017) with Philip Talon http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_050.mp3 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:00:00 -0400 O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence (Volume 40 #4, 2017) with Philip Talon The Coen Brothers are among the most critically acclaimed directors of our time, yet their work presents critical challenges, as their films resist easy interpretation. Confusing on a first viewing, the meaning behind the movies is often veiled in mystery. This element offers a clue about the Coens worldview. The difficulty is part of the design. The viewer must wrestle with the meaning behind the movies, just as the main characters struggle to make sense of a chaotic and confusing universe. Given their apparent atheism, if we had to ascribe a worldview to the Coens, the viewer may be tempted to see them as nihilists. However, they seem to share The Big Lebowskis disdain for nihilisms lack of an ethos. Rather, the Coen brothers seem to share in the existentialists philosophical struggle with nihilism, encouraging human wrestling with ultimate issues, even if they think the struggle is unlikely to succeed. In this sense, the Coens might be grouped more safely with absurdists such as Albert Camus, who see the tragedy and comedy in the human striving for meaning, and our perpetual failure to find it. Given one of the brothers philosophical training, it is not a stretch to see their works as fundamentally Socratic in nature questioning all attempts at ultimate answers but encouraging the ongoing struggle to understand our place in a harsh universe. Though the filmmakers themselves are not spiritual, they are deeply interested in religious issues, returning again and again to the questions of faith and morality. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with Philip Tallon about his Volume 40 4 cover article O Father, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the Riddle of Existence. 00:30:31 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no That "Nones" May Not Perish (Volume 40 #4, 2017) with Bob Perry http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_049.mp3 Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:00:00 -0400 That "Nones" May Not Perish (Volume 40 #4, 2017) with Bob Perry The church is facing ominous times. Science, culture, and politics are conspiring to silence the gospel and render Gods bride impotent. You can see it in the numbers less than one half of 1 percent of eighteen to twenty three year olds hold to a Christian view of the world.1 More than 80 percent of young adults are spiritually disengaged by age twenty nine. In society as a whole, the number of those who profess no belief in God the nones more than doubled between 2007 and 2014. Though statistics show an overall worldwide increase in the numbers of religious believers, that phenomenon is almost solely attributable to growing numbers in places such as Africa and China. In Europe and America, the numbers of the faithful are declining as younger nones replace their more religiously affiliated elders. So how do Christians reach nones with the gospel? This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with Bob Perry about his Volume 40 4 Effective Evangelism article That Nones May Not Perish as he answers questions including To what do you attribute the growing number of nones in our culture? Do you think the church shares any culpability in this trend? What traits can you identify that the nones hold in common? Can you suggest an overall strategy that we can employ to address the attitudes and concerns of the nones? Arent we bowing to the culture by using this kind of evangelistic method? Shouldnt we just be preaching the Gospel and letting the Holy Spirit do the work? 00:32:33 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today's World with Brett Kunkle http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_SPECIAL_EPISODE_BRETT_KUNKLE.mp3 Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:00:00 -0400 A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today's World with Brett Kunkle Christians need to navigate each cultural wave. We must view each issue in light of biblical truth and then engage it in our homes, churches, communities, and in the larger culture. If Christians are going to effectively engage todays culture, we must be culturally savvy and engage both the seen and unseen elements all around us. Only then can we demolish the cultural arguments that set themselves up against the knowledge of God 2 Cor. 105 and in contrast, proclaim the truth and hope of the gospel. This special episode of the Postmodern Realities podcast is an interview with Brett Kunkle, co author of A Practical Guide to Culture Helping the Next Generation Navigate Todays World as he answers these pressing questions Because of sin, there has never been a completely Christian culture How then do we as Christians engage in culture, or as you say, where should we draw the line? What role do parents pastors have in helping youth develop a healthy worldview in an age that is increasingly digital and informative? How can parents pastors encourage kids to have a healthy relationship with entertainment? How can we make an argument for the authority of scripture and that we can accept these words as truth? How can parents pastors equip our kids to push back against the lies of culture with the truth and hope of the Gospel? 00:57:27 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Not Guilty: A Biblical Case for Ministering to the Accused (Volume 36 #3, 2013) with David Hagopian http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_048.mp3 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:00:00 -0400 Not Guilty: A Biblical Case for Ministering to the Accused (Volume 36 #3, 2013) with David Hagopian There are Christians who think that Christian attorneys necessarily compromise their faith in their practice. Perhaps no issue brings this kind of thinking to the fore more than the question of whether Christian attorneys should represent the guilty. Complicating this question, in part, is American pop cultures portrayal of lawyers who represent guilty clients as villains, and lawyers who betray guilty clients as heroes The Devils Advocate, And Justice for All. So the real question is whether a Christian is ethically permitted to represent a client she knows committed the crime. We are not talking about condoning legally unethical conduct such as committing perjury or destroying evidence, only the ethical propriety of forcing the state to prove its case. We also are not talking about just any crime. No one gets too worked up over a traffic ticket, only over big ticket offenses such as murder. This Postmodern Realities Podcast episode is a JOURNAL author conversation with David Hagopian about his 2013 Viewpoint article Viewpoint addresses relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective thats not usually shared by all Christians. This columns aim is for readers thinking on Viewpoint issues to be stimulated and enhanced whether or not readers end up agreeing with the author. Davids article is tilted, Not Guilty A Biblical Case for Ministering to the Accused. 00:21:57 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Book Review of "American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Joe Dallas http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_047.mp3 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:00:00 -0400 Book Review of "American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Joe Dallas Thanks to everything from pop culture to college propaganda when students arrive on campuses today they expect with varying levels of inclination and trepidation to have a really good time. Many assume theyll encounter, as one student featured in The American Hookup put it apprehensively, a big four year orgy. Like most people I knew, she wrote, I believed that college was a wild, sexual party scene, and that to fit in, you had to be into alcohol, weed, and sex. Its taken for granted today that college is supposed to be fun and that sex is part of why. The best years of your life, is how another student put it. Fun takes priority over sleep and rest, she insisted, forgetting to mention studying altogether. Its an odd way to think about an institution dedicated to occupational training, if you think about. How did college become fun? And how did casual sex, of all things, become synonymous with enjoying ones higher education? American Hookup The New Culture of Sex on Campus by Lisa Wade This JOURNAL author conversation is a discussion of the book review Joe Dallas wrote about American Hookup The New Culture of Sex on Campus by Lisa Wade. Joe answers questions including What is the goal of the hook up culture specifically on the college campus? What does the author say about the hook up culture promoting rape culture on campus and a loss of intimacy? How is the hook up culture is institutionalized on the college campus according to the author? Secularists say that the Christian sexual ethic is narrow, limiting, and stifles freedom of sexual expression. How does a Christian sexual ethic differ from the hook up culture? Many Christian parents are about to send a child to college for the first time, what word of encouragement can you give them to prepare their kids to not succumb to the on campus hookup culture? 00:27:06 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "In Search of the Sacred: Evangelicals on a Quest and Why It Matters" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Arthur W. Hunt III http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_046.mp3 Wed, 9 Aug 2017 13:00:00 -0400 In Search of the Sacred: Evangelicals on a Quest and Why It Matters" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Arthur W. Hunt III Young Christians hanker for mystery and meaning in a world that has become progressively disenchanted over the past five hundred years. Philosopher Charles Taylor begins his much discussed tome A Secular Age by asking this question Why was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 1500 in our Western society, while in 2000 many of us find this not only easy, but even inescapable? Premodern Christians lived in a world of spirits, demons, and moral forces. Because the liberal democratic project has reduced belief in God to a personal matter, no longer allowing the Creator to play a role in public policy, the official stance on the Divine Being is now identical to that of John Lennons atheism Imagine theres no heaven No hell below us. Above us only sky. If the cultural and political environments in which we swim shape us to any extent, then we are, for practical purposes, all devoted materialists.This JOURNAL author conversation is a discussion with author Arthur W. Hunt 3rd about his article In Search of the Sacred Evangelicals on a Quest and Why It Matters. 00:32:54 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Alexander Solzhenitsyn Confronts the Grand Inquisitor" (Volume 30 #6, 2013) with Stephen Mitchell http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_045.mp3 Wed, 2 Aug 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Alexander Solzhenitsyn Confronts the Grand Inquisitor" (Volume 30 #6, 2013) with Stephen Mitchell This podcast episode is a conversation with author Stephen Mitchell as he answers questions about his literary apologetics article, Alexander Solzhenitsyn Confronts the Grand Inquisitor and covers topics including free will and Russian gulags. 00:36:31 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Human Embryo: Potential Person or Person with Great Potential?" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Clinton Wilcox http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_044.mp3 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Human Embryo: Potential Person or Person with Great Potential?" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Clinton Wilcox People use the word potential in many different ways. A child can show potential when it comes to having sports or musical aptitude. If a speaker gives a presentation without being adequately prepared, there is the potential for disaster. However, in philosophy, potential is a technical term, and it is not as simple as one might expect. An oak sapling has the potential to become a mature oak tree, and it has the potential to become a house. But each of these senses of the word potential is different and has real world application to debates in bioethics. Some prochoice advocates try to argue that human embryos are not persons but are potential persons. In this view, embryos are biological members of the human species, but they have not yet reached the developmental milestone necessary for grounding their identity as persons. However, calling the human embryo a potential person is misguided. A common idea is that living things are constructed piece by piece from the outside, when, in fact, they develop from within themselves. To say that a human embryo is a potential person is misguided because it fails to take into account the fact that the reason the embryo eventually will become an adult is because she is a human being with a human nature, and it is this nature that directs her development as a human being. As she has a rational, volitional nature, she will develop all of the present capacities to perform personal activities. Human embryos are not potential persons they are actual persons with potential. This podcast episode is a conversation with author Clinton Wilcox as he answers questions about his article The Human Embryo Potential Person or Person with Great Potential? 00:28:47 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Understanding Our Response to LGBT Culture" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Matt Holland http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_043.mp3 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Understanding Our Response to LGBT Culture" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Matt Holland This podcast episode is a conversation with author Matt Holland as he answers questions about his Postmodern Realities Column article including What motivated you to write this article? Can you be gay and be a Christian? Some Christians condemn homosexuality over other sins. Are they just in doing this? Are people naturally attracted to the same sex? Is this something they choose? What should happen when a gay couple becomes Christian? Do they totally abandon their old lifestyle? Do you see a battle culture war between homosexuality and the church? 00:30:05 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "When Freedom of Expression and Emotions Collide on Campus" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Jay Watts http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_042.mp3 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "When Freedom of Expression and Emotions Collide on Campus" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Jay Watts A battle over free speech dominates the newsfeeds of online media. The rhetoric grows harsher as two sides seek to establish competing narratives. Are our universities dominated by a privileged class that forces vulnerable minorities to study in a hostile environment, or is the problem really that emotionally fragile students cannot handle dissenting opinions without experiencing emotional meltdowns? It can be difficult to establish a clear definition of safe spaces or to determine limits to the right of students to govern their participation in curriculum they find troubling. Any effort to communicate is frustrated by different sides using similar moral terminology with different meanings, one objectively grounded and the other emotionally grounded. We must recommit to understanding universities as institutions aimed at fostering open dialogue in pursuit of knowledge and truth.The Bible offers examples of countering bad speech with good speech through the examples of both Jesus and Paul. We cannot become so afraid of offending others that we cease to equip the next generation. This podcast episode is a conversation with author Jay Watts as he answers questions including What are safe spaces and trigger warnings? Does this issue transcend the normal conservative versus progressive liberal dynamic that so often plays out in cultural conflict? Does commitment to freedom of expression mean that everyone must be allowed to speak? Even Nazis? 00:39:28 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Gracious Heroism of Wonder Woman" with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_041.mp3 Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Gracious Heroism of Wonder Woman" with John McAteer Wonder Woman is a movie about heroes and the power of heroic role models to inspire heroism in others. Part of the cultural significance of Wonder Woman as a character is to provide young girls with a larger than life image to which they can aspire, parallel to the role Superman plays for young boys. This spoiler-filled podcast episode is a conversation with author John McAteer as he answers questions including what is the approach to heroes that Wonder Woman takes. Wonder Woman is a feminist icon is this movie trying to tear down biblical gender roles? What does the movie say about the origin of war and the possibility of ending war? Some Christian movie reviewers have interpreted Wonder Woman as a Christ-figure. Would you agree with that? 00:23:41 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Is the Black Man God? Challenging the Central Claim of the Nation of Islam" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Jimmy Butts http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_040.mp3 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Is the Black Man God? Challenging the Central Claim of the Nation of Islam" (Volume 40 #3, 2017) with Jimmy Butts During the 1950s and 60s, Americans were confronted with a unique time of racial conflict. African Americans organized a movement to challenge the racial caste system in the nation. Amidst this largely Christian movement were African Americans who were disillusioned by Christianitys complicity in their experience of racial terror. Many of these people joined the movement known as the Nation of Islam NOI. Those two decades mark the zenith of the NOIs recruitment and activity. Although presently the numbers have dwindled, there are signs of continued influence in African American communities such as the continued ministry of Minister Louis Farrakhan and the twentieth anniversary of the Million Man March held in October 2015. One of the fruits of Farrakhans ministry is Dr. Wesley Muhammad, who has defended the doctrines of the NOI using his academic training in the area of religion. In the past, the myths taught by this group were seen as fanciful and easily rejected by the intellectually minded individual. However, Muhammad seeks to legitimize the teaching that the black man is God. This defense, however, although claiming to be founded on a historic Afrocentric philosophy, departs from the majority of African thought on the nature of God. Muhammad also bases his theory of the development of anthropomorphic understandings among philosophers on his presupposition about traditional Jewish hermeneutics rather than the history of interpretation of the Bible. Finally, he seems to miss the fact that his own explanation about an ontologically immaterial being conflicts with NOI orthodoxy. This podcast episode is a conversation with author Jimmy Butts as he answers questions including: What is the historical response to the Nation of Islam that Christians need to avoid? Why would some people accept the claims of the NOI that some would describe as outlandish? Why should Christian apologists have NOI apologist Dr. Wesley Muhammad on their radar? Who is Elijah Muhammad and why does he characterize the God of Christianity as the spook god? How does the NOIs doctrine of God influence their doctrine of the devil? How can churches prepare their members to engage adherents of NOI? 00:23:07 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Gospel According to Marvel" (Volume 38 #3, 2015) with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_039.mp3 Wed, 31 May 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Gospel According to Marvel" (Volume 38 #3, 2015) with John McAteer Over the past decade, there has been a revival of interest in comic book superheroes, driven in large part by the Disney owned Marvel Comics brand, publishers of such characters as Spider Man, the X Men, the Avengers, and more. Every culture has had its own heroes, from Hercules to King Arthur to the Lone Ranger, but the phenomenal popularity of Marvel superheroes in recent years suggests that Marvels unique approach to envisioning heroism is, for better or worse, feeding some sort of spiritual hunger in American culture. In the 1960s, Marvel transformed the entire comic book industry by introducing heroes who were ordinary people that found themselves with unique abilities and struggled to overcome personal weaknesses to use those abilities for the benefit of those in need. Marvels attempt to ground their heroes in a more realistic world than other superheroes led to at least two questionable results. First, the Marvel universe tends to avoid genuinely supernatural phenomena, instead explaining unusual events in science fiction terms. Second, as popular culture has coarsened in the decades since the 1960s, Marvels flawed heroes have had to become more violent to maintain their apparent psychological realism. This means that comic books are now less appropriate for children than they were in the past. On the other hand, the positive result of Marvels emphasis on ordinary, realistic people is that readers can identify with their flawed characters more easily than they could identify with the idealized heroes of yesteryear. This means that Marvel fans can imagine themselves as potential superheroes and learn to cultivate heroism in their own lives. Moreover, comic book stories give us a clear sense of good and evil and the human need for a Savior who is more than human, themes that Christian apologists can use to draw out the innate existential longing for Christ hidden in the heart of all people This podcast episode is a conversation with author John McAteer as he answers questions including Why is Marvel in particular doing so well at this moment? Marvel characters are less perfect compared to DC, but isnt the point of a superhero to be a role model? Shouldnt we want our heroes to be perfect? Does Marvel can go too far in making their heroes flawed? Are flawed and anti heroes really role models for kids? How can apologists and other ministers make use of comics in talking with people about faith? 00:27:09 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Engaging Unbelievers Philosophically" (Volume 40 #2, 2017) with Mark Bird http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_038.mp3 Wed, 24 May 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Engaging Unbelievers Philosophically" (Volume 40 #2, 2017) with Mark Bird It is often useful to prepare people for the gospel by asking them some key philosophical questions to help them recognize that truth is exclusive. In our postmodern culture, people think that we all create our own truth, so why would it matter what religion we believe? Universities claim to teach young people to think, but most teach relativism and thus undermine even the most basic distinction between truth and falsehood. Therefore, Christians should help an unbeliever understand the concepts of truth, knowledge, and the law of noncontradiction. This podcast episode is a conversation with author Mark Bird as he answers questions about witnessing to non Christians using philosophical questions. Issues discussed include How can understanding how to answer major philosophical questions from a biblical perspective help when talking with an unbeliever? What philosophical questions do you ask? How do you actually start the conversation? How do you help an unbeliever understand what truth is? How do you help an unbeliever understand what knowledge is? Why do you talk them about that? How do you help an unbeliever understand that the universe has a First Cause? Where do you work the gospel into a philosophical discussion? 00:22:14 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Choose Your Own Enchantment: Freedom and Conscience in What We Watch" (Volume 40 #2, 2017) with Caleb Woodbridge http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_037.mp3 Fri, 12 May 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Choose Your Own Enchantment: Freedom and Conscience in What We Watch" (Volume 40 #2, 2017) with Caleb Woodbridge A conversation with author Caleb Woodbridge as he answers questions about freedom and conscience when consuming TV shows and films. Issues discussed include What are some of the pitfalls that Christians fall into when deciding what to watch? What are the foundations for making wise choices? Did you grow up in a Christian family? What approach did your parents take to media consumption? Have there been stories you have enjoyed that other Christians have had a problem with? How do you recommend things that have questionable content? Do you offer a disclaimer or heads up? Or do you just let the work speak for itself? What stories have you stopped watching or reading because of conscience? How can engaging with stories help us connect with others? 00:35:18 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Three Ways to Teach Your Kids Apologetics (Without Them Realizing It)" (Volume 40 #2) with Paul Gould http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_036.mp3 Wed, 3 May 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Three Ways to Teach Your Kids Apologetics (Without Them Realizing It)" (Volume 40 #2) with Paul Gould Postmodern Realities Episode 036: "Three Ways to Teach Your Kids Apologetics (Without Them Realizing It)" (Volume 40 #2) with Paul Gould 00:34:08 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no Viewpoint-"All Sins Are Not the Same" (Volume 40 #2) with Michael W. Austin http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_035.mp3 Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:00:00 -0400 Viewpoint-"All Sins Are Not the Same" (Volume 40 #2) with Michael W. Austin Postmodern Realities Episode 035: Viewpoint-"All Sins Are Not the Same" (Volume 40 #2) with Michael W. Austin 00:17:23 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Ethics of Modern Board and Card Games?" (Volume 40 #2) with Richard J. Poupard http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_034.mp3 Thu, 6 Apr 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Ethics of Modern Board and Card Games?" (Volume 40 #2) with Richard J. Poupard Postmodern Realities Episode 034: "The Ethics of Modern Board and Card Games?" (Volume 40 #2) with Richard J. Poupard 00:31:07 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Shack Movie - Heretical or Healing?" with Adam Pelser http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_033.mp3 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Shack Movie - Heretical or Healing?" with Adam Pelser Postmodern Realities Episode 033: "The Shack Movie - Heretical or Healing?" with Adam Pelser 00:26:43 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "On Chimeras and What It Means to Be Human" with Jay Watts http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_032.mp3 Mon, 6 Mar 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "On Chimeras and What It Means to Be Human" with Jay Watts Postmodern Realities Episode 032: "On Chimeras and What It Means to Be Human" with Jay Watts 00:26:09 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Love is Love, or Is It?" with Adam Tucker http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_031.mp3 Fri, 3 Mar 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Love is Love, or Is It?" with Adam Tucker Postmodern Realities Episode 031: "Love is Love, or Is It?" with Adam Tucker 00:26:09 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Evangelizing the Cultural Christian" with Clay Jones http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_030.mp3 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "Evangelizing the Cultural Christian" with Clay Jones Postmodern Realities Episode 030: "Evangelizing the Cultural Christian" with Clay Jones 00:26:09 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Hidden Faith of Silence" with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_029.mp3 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:00:00 -0400 "The Hidden Faith of Silence" with John McAteer Postmodern Realities Episode 029: "The Hidden Faith of Silence" with John McAteer 00:26:09 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Unending Bending of Gender: Helpful or Harmful?" with Ellen Dykas http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_028.mp3 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "The Unending Bending of Gender: Helpful or Harmful?" with Ellen Dykas Postmodern Realities Episode 028: "The Unending Bending of Gender: Helpful or Harmful?" with Ellen Dykas 00:38:08 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview" with Robert Velarde http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_027.mp3 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview" with Robert Velarde Postmodern Realities Episode 027: "Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview" with Robert Velarde 00:23:02 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Christians and Public Education: A Matter of Biblical Justice" with Jemar Tisby http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_026.mp3 Fri, 2 Dec 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Christians and Public Education: A Matter of Biblical Justice" with Jemar Tisby Postmodern Realities Episode 026: "Christians and Public Education: A Matter of Biblical Justice" with Jemar Tisby 00:31:55 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Arrival" (film review with major spoilers) with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_025.mp3 Thu, 1 Dec 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Arrival" (film review with major spoilers) with John McAteer Postmodern Realities Episode 025: "Arrival" (film review with major spoilers) with John McAteer 00:31:23 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Dr. Strange" (film review with spoilers) with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_024.mp3 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Dr. Strange" (film review with spoilers) with John McAteer Postmodern Realities Episode 024: "Dr. Strange" (film review with spoilers) with John McAteer 00:27:48 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Hacksaw Ridge" (film review with spoilers) with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_023.mp3 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Hacksaw Ridge" (film review with spoilers) with John McAteer Postmodern Realities Episode 023: "Hacksaw Ridge" (film review with spoilers) with John McAteer 00:19:21 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Can God Fit in This Machine? Video Games and Christians" with Kevin Schut http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_022.mp3 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Can God Fit in This Machine? Video Games and Christians" with Kevin Schut Postmodern Realities Episode 022: "Can God Fit in This Machine? Video Games and Christians" with Kevin Schut 00:36:04 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Christians and Marijuana-Is Medical Marijuana OK? What about Voting for Marijuana Ballot Initiatives?" with Elliot Miller http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_021.mp3 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Christians and Marijuana-Is Medical Marijuana OK? What about Voting for Marijuana Ballot Initiatives?" with Elliot Miller Postmodern Realities Episode 021: "Christians and Marijuana-Is Medical Marijuana OK? What about Voting for Marijuana Ballot Initiatives?" with Elliot Miller 00:35:13 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Should We Continue to Use the Term Sexual Purity?" (Issue 39 Volume #5, 2016) with Richard J. Poupard http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_020.mp3 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Should We Continue to Use the Term Sexual Purity?" (Issue 39 Volume #5, 2016) with Richard J. Poupard Postmodern Realities Episode 020: "Should We Continue to Use the Term Sexual Purity?" (Issue 39 Volume #5, 2016) with Richard J. Poupard 00:25:47 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Doubt as Virtue: How to Doubt and Have Faith without Exploding" (Issue 39 Volume #4, 2016) with Travis M. Dickinson http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_019.mp3 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Doubt as Virtue: How to Doubt and Have Faith without Exploding" (Issue 39 Volume #4, 2016) with Travis M. Dickinson Postmodern Realities Episode 019: "Doubt as Virtue: How to Doubt and Have Faith without Exploding" (Issue 39 Volume #4, 2016) with Travis M. Dickinson 00:27:38 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Origin and Insufficiency of the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement" (Issue 39 Volume #4, 2016) with Jimmy Butts http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_018.mp3 Thu, 8 Sep 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "The Origin and Insufficiency of the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement" (Issue 39 Volume #4, 2016) with Jimmy Butts Postmodern Realities Episode 018: "The Origin and Insufficiency of the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement" (Issue 39 Volume #4, 2016) with Jimmy Butts 00:28:39 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Suicide Squad, Deadpool, and the Rise of the Comic Book Antihero" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 05, 2016) with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_017.mp3 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Suicide Squad, Deadpool, and the Rise of the Comic Book Antihero" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 05, 2016) with John McAteer Postmodern Realities Episode 017: "Suicide Squad, Deadpool, and the Rise of the Comic Book Antihero" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 05, 2016) with John McAteer 00:27:55 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Anti-Intellectualism in the Church" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 4, 2016) with Michael W. Austin http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_016.mp3 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Anti-Intellectualism in the Church" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 4, 2016) with Michael W. Austin Postmodern Realities Episode 016: "Anti-Intellectualism in the Church" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 4, 2016) with Michael W. Austin 00:23:22 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Philosophy, Politics, and the End of Liberal Arts Education" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 4, 2016) with Adam Pelser http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_015.mp3 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Philosophy, Politics, and the End of Liberal Arts Education" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 4, 2016) with Adam Pelser Postmodern Realities Episode 015: "Philosophy, Politics, and the End of Liberal Arts Education" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 4, 2016) with Adam Pelser 00:33:19 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Finding Dory and Pixar Animation Studios" with Robert Velarde http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_014.mp3 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Finding Dory and Pixar Animation Studios" with Robert Velarde Postmodern Realities Episode 014: "Finding Dory and Pixar Animation Studios" with Robert Velarde 00:28:57 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Physician Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die" with Jay Watts http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_013.mp3 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Physician Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die" with Jay Watts Postmodern Realities Episode 013: "Physician Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die" with Jay Watts 00:32:27 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Jesus Films" with John McAteer http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_012.mp3 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Jesus Films" with John McAteer Postmodern Realities Episode 012: "Jesus Films" with John McAteer 00:32:48 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Why Accept the Pythagorean Theorem" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 03, 2016) with Paul Nelson http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_011.mp3 Fri, 3 Jun 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Why Accept the Pythagorean Theorem" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 03, 2016) with Paul Nelson Postmodern Realities Episode 011: "Why Accept the Pythagorean Theorem" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 03, 2016) with Paul Nelson 00:27:36 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "There's Something About Relativism" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Travis M. Dickinson http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_010.mp3 Fri, 20 May 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "There's Something About Relativism" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Travis M. Dickinson Postmodern Realities Episode 010: "There's Something About Relativism" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Travis M. Dickinson 00:29:38 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Graven Images of Social Media" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Amber M. Stamper http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_009.mp3 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "The Graven Images of Social Media" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Amber M. Stamper Postmodern Realities Episode 009: "The Graven Images of Social Media" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Amber M. Stamper 00:26:49 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Modesty, Objectivism, and Human Value" (CRJ Issue 38 Volume 04, 2015) with Richard J. Poupard http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_008.mp3 Fri, 06 May 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Modesty, Objectivism, and Human Value" (CRJ Issue 38 Volume 04, 2015) with Richard J. Poupard Postmodern Realities Episode 008: "Modesty, Objectivism, and Human Value" (CRJ Issue 38 Volume 04, 2015) with Richard J. Poupard 00:28:00 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Rape and Sexual Violence on the College Campus" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Jay Watts http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_007.mp3 Tue, 03 May 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Rape and Sexual Violence on the College Campus" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Jay Watts Postmodern Realities Episode 007: "Rape and Sexual Violence on the College Campus" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Jay Watts 00:35:18 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Digital Souls: What Should Christians Believe about Artificial Intelligence?" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with James Hoskins http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_006.mp3 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Digital Souls: What Should Christians Believe about Artificial Intelligence?" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with James Hoskins Postmodern Realities Episode 006: "Digital Souls: What Should Christians Believe about Artificial Intelligence?" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with James Hoskins 00:26:13 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Wealth and Stewardship: Key Biblical Principles" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Michael W. Austin http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_005.mp3 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Wealth and Stewardship: Key Biblical Principles" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Michael W. Austin Postmodern Realities Episode 005: "Wealth and Stewardship: Key Biblical Principles" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Michael W. Austin 00:27:41 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Agile Apologetics" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Douglas Groothuis http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_004.mp3 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Agile Apologetics" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Douglas Groothuis Postmodern Realities Episode 004: "Agile Apologetics" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 02, 2016) with Douglas Groothuis 00:32:04 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Recovering the Lost Unity of Heart and Mind" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with James Hoskins http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_003.mp3 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Recovering the Lost Unity of Heart and Mind" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with James Hoskins Postmodern Realities Episode 003: "Recovering the Lost Unity of Heart and Mind" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with James Hoskins 00:27:09 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "Motherhood and the Life of the Mind" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with Melissa Cain Travis http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_002.mp3 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "Motherhood and the Life of the Mind" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with Melissa Cain Travis Postmodern Realities Episode 002: "Motherhood and the Life of the Mind" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with Melissa Cain Travis 00:24:32 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no "The Films of Quentin Tarantino" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with Phillip Tallon http://www.equip.org/crj-pmr-podcast/ http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/PMR_EPISODE_001.mp3 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:00:00 -0400 "The Films of Quentin Tarantino" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with Phillip Tallon Postmodern Realities Episode 001: "The Films of Quentin Tarantino" (CRJ Issue 39 Volume 01, 2016) with Phillip Tallon 00:25:30 CRI Postmodern Realities Postmodern Realities, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Bible Answer Man no no