I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Bonevac (professor of philosophy at the University of Texas Austin) to discuss his paper, "The Argument from Miracles."  The paper is linked below.  baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/80295.pdf   Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian ..read more

Cruz Davis is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In a forthcoming paper he presents the "Problem of the Ascension of Jesus" and then evaluates various solutions. Here are some of the questions we'll be discussing. If Jesus was *physically* raised from the dead, where is his body now?  If you say it's in heaven, does that mean heaven has a spatial location? If yes, does that mean it's theoretically possible to reach heaven if we just had enough advanced technology? If no, then how can Jesus have a physical resurrection body?   For more from Cruz Davis, check ..read more

Cruz Davis is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In a forthcoming paper he presents the "Problem of the Ascension of Jesus" and then evaluates various solutions. Here are some of the questions we'll be discussing. If Jesus was *physically* raised from the dead, where is his body now?  If you say it's in heaven, does that mean heaven has a spatial location? If yes, does that mean it's theoretically possible to reach heaven if we just had enough advanced technology? If no, then how can Jesus have a physical resurrection body?   For more from Cruz Davis, check ..read more

If there is no best possible world, then for any world God picked to actualize, God could have picked a better one. But if God could have picked a better one, then it seems that God could have performed a better action. And if God could have performed a better action, then God could have been better. But how can God be better if God is essentially unsurpassable (a.k.a. "the greatest conceivable being"). This is a serious challenge to theism, and in this video Dr. Kraay offers five responses to this argument.    To read more about this topic, check out Dr. Kraay's paper linked below ..read more

There are several views of divine providence. Among these options is the view that God providentially controls the world using simple foreknowledge. In this interview, Dr. Hunt defends simple foreknowledge against two objections- what he calls the metaphysical problem and the doxastic problem.    If you'd like to go more in depth on this topic, check out Dr. Hunt's paper linked below. https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol10/iss3/8/   Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian   For more resources on Christi ..read more

Dr. Matthew Flummer is a professor of philosophy at Porterville College, and co-host of the Free Will Show.  To go deeper into this topic, check out  the two links below.   Podcast: Season 3 of the Free Will Show https://youtu.be/tmFC10L2mJA  Book: Free- Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will by Alfred Mele https://www.amazon.com/Free-Science-Hasnt-Disproved-Will/dp/0199371628/ref=asc_df_0199371628/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=334440177734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5372019013947462128&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hv ..read more

Dr. Justin Mooney is a professor of philosophy at Denison University. He offers a simple argument for molinism, then we discuss possible objections to each premise.   To hear my other interview with Justin about molinism, check out the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHjRvyDitQ&t=170s  To hear an overview of views on free will check out the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMYRr8Cx4U&t=1s  To hear an argument against molinism, check out my interview with Dr. Philip Swenson linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0fxXY3hjE&t=29s  ..read more

Dr. Philip Swenson is a professor of philosophy at the College of William & Mary. His dissertation defended the view that moral responsibility is incompatible with causal determinism.    For more on Dr. Swenson check out the link below.  https://sites.google.com/site/philipjswenson/home  Please consider supporting me on Patreon. Go to https://www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian  For more resources on Christian philosophy & theology, go to https://www.theanalyticchristian.com ..read more

I'm joined by Dr. Kenny Pearce, a professor of philosophy at James Madison University in Virginia. In this interview he defends a cosmological argument he's developed. For more on this argument, check out Dr. Pearce's debate book with Dr. Graham Oppy titled, "Is There A God?" Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/There-Little-Debates-about-Questions/dp/0367243946 Link to Dr. Pearce's website: http://www.kennypearce.net/ Link to Patreon & PayPal: www.theanalyticchristian.com ..read more

Dr. Max Baker-Hytch argues that the evil God challenge can succeed only if the "symmetry thesis" holds, but this symmetry thesis breaks down in three distinct ways.  To explore Dr. Baker-Hytch's argument in depth, check out his paper linked below.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papq.12304  To hear a defense of the evil God challenge, check out my interview with Dr. Asha Lancaster-Thomas (TAC.17).   For more of Max's work, check out his website below. https://www.theocca.org/author/max-baker-hytch/  Please consider becoming a patron. Go to https://www.patr ..read more