James Talarico is a Texas State Representative and senatorial primary candidate, a Democrat, and a Christian. In recent viral podcast interviews with both Joe Rogan and The New York Times' Ezra Klein, Mr. Talarico sparked some controversy with his claims about religion, Jesus, and the nature of truth.

Mr. Talarico's comments garnered attention in part because he has made his Christian faith a large part of his progressive political platform. But they're worth examining, because his comments touch on sincere questions that many people have about faith in general and Christianity in particular.

For instance... Is ultimate truth a mystery, or can it be known? Are all religions ultimately pointing to the same universal truth, just (to use Mr. Talarico's metaphor) in different languages? What's most important to understand about Jesus? And what is the point of religion, anyway? Is it to understand the story of reality—or to understand the story within ourselves?

Atheist-turned-Christian apologist Jon Noyes joins the Know Why Podcast to examine these questions closely and reveal that ultimate truth can be known, and share why finding it matters.

More Resources:

How Should We Then Live? By Francis Shaeffer

https://www.amazon.com/Should-Then-Live-LAbri-Anniversary/dp/1581345364

Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433502208/?bestFormat=true&k=total%20truth%20book&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-v2_k0_1_12_de&crid=2XDVND7YFVESB&sprefix=total%20truth%20

Stand to Reason

https://www.str.org/home