The Stand to Reason "Please Convince Me" Apologetics Podcast
The Stand to Reason “Please Convince Me” Podcast is hosted by J. Warner Wallace, cold-case detective and author of Cold-Case Christianity (A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels). We examine the case for the Christian Worldview from an evidential perspective and do our best to tell it like it is. With the rules of evidence clearly in mind, we examine the case for the existence of God, the reality of dualism, the reliability of the Biblical text, and the deity of Jesus. Along the way we also take a critical look at the nature of the Christian Church in America today. Why are so many young people leaving the church? Why are so many older Christians apathetic and unengaged? Why do so few Christians understand what they believe, and why do even fewer understand WHY they believe it? Join us each week as we sort through the evidence for the Christian Worldview and examine the life of the Church. Please visit our websites at www.STR.org and www.ColdCaseChristianity.com.

While many of us describe ourselves as Christians, few of us are able to articulate Christian Orthodoxy. Fewer and fewer Christians are Biblically literate and many Christians hold non-Biblical ideas about the nature of God, Jesus and Salvation. To make matter worse, most young Christians will walk away from Christianity in their college years and the Church is often more concerned about itself than the community around it. In this podcast, Jim describes a three-pronged approach to "Church life" that may help solve some of these problems.


As Christians, should we support legislation such as the recently passed Health Care Reform Bill? Are there any over-arching Christian principles that should be considered when we examine legislation of this nature? In this podcast, Jim examines five Christian principles that can help us to filter legislative ideas through a Christian Worldview. Jim also answers an email about the Milgram Experiment, and an email about the difficulty we sometimes have trying to obey God's command to honor our father and mother.


In this podcast, Jim completes a two part series in abductive reasoning as he examines five additional pieces of evidence in the universe. The process of abduction can help us to make sense of the evidence as we compare the explanations that are offered by philosophical naturalism and theism. Which system best accounts for what we see in the universe and in our own lives? Jim also answers listener email about the nature of evidence and the reliability of the scripture.

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In this podcast, Jim begins a two part series in abductive reasoning as he examines the first five (of ten) pieces of evidence in the universe and evaluates the explanatory power of philosophical naturalism versus that of theism. Jim also answers listener email and discusses the role that empiricism and authority play in determining truth.

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In this podcast, Jim interviews apologist, author and national conference speaker Sean McDowell about his recent debate with Jim Corbett, "Is God the Best Explanation for Moral Values?" What role does preparation play in the life of Christians? How are we to conduct ourselves when our opposition is less than kind, and what strategies can we employ to reflect the compassion of Jesus while affirming the truth of God? Are debates a constructive way to proclaim the truth of the Christian Worldview?

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