The Cerebral Faith Podcast

This is the final episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast. Mr. Minton explains his reasons for ending the podcast, as well as listing 30 episodes of the podcast that he recommends newcomers listen to the most. He then gives a few testimonials. He ends with a heartfelt thank you to all those who tuned in over the years as well as the guests who came on to converse on a variety of different topics.

In this episode, Evan Minton will go on to talk about his view on inerrancy and how that relates to the theory of divine accommodation which encompasses such topics as Ancient Near Eastern Cosmology, the head covering issue of 1 Corinthians 11, God's Gender, and Jesus' Sonship. He will also talk about the differences between Bible reading and Bible Study, as well as resources he recommends for digging deeper into one's Bible study.

To see The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy mentioned in this episode, click here --> https://www.etsjets.org/files/documents/Chicago_Statement.pdf

To see The Bellingham Statement on Inerrancy mentioned in this episode, click here --> https://drmsh.com/another-proposed-bellingham-statement/

In todays episode, Evan Minton talks about the case for the historical reliability of the book of Acts with Christian Apologist and YouTuber Erik Manning. Who wrote the book of Acts? When was Acts written? What extra biblical writings and archeological evidence can verify what Acts says? Are there any clues within the book of Acts itself that suggest that the author knew what he was talking about? All of these questions and more are addressed in this episode.

For more content from Erik Manning, check out his YouTube channel; Testify - https://www.youtube.com/@TestifyApologetics

In this episode, Mr. Minton has Dr. Kirk MacGregor on the podcast to talk about a view known as Open Theism, and what the biblical and philosophical issues with such a view are. Primarily they will be responding to arguments for Open Theism such as the argument that if humans have libertarian free will, God cannot foreknow our libertarianly free choices, as well as certain biblical proof texts Open Theists have marshaled in favor of their view. However, a positive case for God having foreknowledge of future contingent events is also made in this episode.

If you'd like to read more about Molinism and Open Theism from Dr. MacGregor, below are a couple of resources mentioned in the episode:

* "Calvinism and Middle Knowledge: A Conversation" -- https://www.amazon.com/Calvinism-Middle-Knowledge-John-Laing/dp/1532645732

* "Luis De Molina: The Life and Theology Of The Founder Of Middle Knowledge" -- https://www.amazon.com/Luis-Molina-Theology-Founder-Knowledge-ebook/dp/B00UF7W4AM?ref_=ast_author_dp

In this episode, it is also an episode of What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You in which Zach Miller had Evan Minton on as a guest. Miller and Minton respond to David Tsumura’s criticism of The Functional Origins/Temple Inaguration view of Genesis 1 as defended in books such as John Walton’s “The Lost World Of Genesis One” and “Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosmology”. 

If you’d like to see the video of this episode, click here —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Twp-gXDmY&t=3s

Click here to visit Zach Miller’s channel. —> https://www.youtube.com/@WhatYourPastorDidntTellYou

Back in 2022, Evan Minton was on Zach Miller's podcast "What Your Pastor Didn't Tell You". In this episode, they responded to criticisms of the interpretation of Genesis 1 defended by John Walton in books like "The Lost World Of Genesis One" and "Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosmology".

To see more of Zach Miller's podcast, visit the following URLs for the podcast in its video and audio only formats respectively.

https://www.youtube.com/@WhatYourPastorDidntTellYou

https://open.spotify.com/show/2YZOl3T8gyCYZiNqYuwZOy

Many people wonder about what's going to happen to them after they die. The Bible teaches that Christians will go to a place God has prepared for us called Heaven, whereas those who don't believe in Jesus go to a place called Hell. Yet as many tough questions as the latter place generates, there are also many questions about the former as well, even from people who have gone to church for years! In today's episode, Evan Minton interviews Brian Chilton, author of the book "Conversations About Heaven: Difficult Questions About Our Eternal Home". Dr. Chilton tackles questions such as "Where is Heaven?", "Does the soul survive the death of the body?", "What will the new creation be like?", and "Do animals go to Heaven?", "What about Near Death Experiences?" In the book, he discusses even more questions than what was discussed in this podcast episode.

Click here to get to the book --> https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-about-Heaven-Difficult-Questions/dp/1666762687

New Testament scholars treat John's gospel as largely a-historical when it comes to things Jesus said and did. This is even true of some evangelical scholars. For example, Craig Evans has publicly said that Jesus just sounds too different from how he talks in the synoptics, so John more or less paints an interpretive portrait of Jesus, making up things that Jesus never literally said in the narrative contexts we read about, but still vaguely captures some essence of what the historical Jesus taught. But how solid of a conclusion is this view? In this episode, Dr. Lydia McGrew offers a rebuttal.

To read more about this, check out Dr. McGrew's book "The Eye Of The Beholder: The Gospel Of John As Historical Reportage" and "Testimonies To The Truth: Why You Can Trust The Gospels". Click the links below for both books respectively.

https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Beholder-Gospel-Historical-Reportage/dp/1947929151

https://www.amazon.com/Testimonies-Truth-Why-Trust-Gospels/dp/1947929232/ref=d_m_crc_dp_lf_d_t1_sccl_2_2/135-4936731-3445617?pd_rd_w=CXY0O&content-id=amzn1.sym.5d471845-5073-424b-b27b-c0676f48a016&pf_rd_p=5d471845-5073-424b-b27b-c0676f48a016&pf_rd_r=H1XRG76F930CZD2NG53G&pd_rd_wg=r1cvP&pd_rd_r=0adbae74-ce82-45b1-97d6-930b1d216e68&pd_rd_i=1947929232&psc=1

In today's episode, Mr. Minton interviews John Wise; a philosophy professor who went from Christian to atheist to back to being a Christian again, a remarkable journey that spanned 25 years and culminated in 2019. Dr. Wise tells of his journey of faith and skepticism, and how he now views faith matters having been on both sides of "the looking glass". Dr. John Wise goes into more detail about his journey on his podcast "The Christian Atheist" which he runs alongside his wife Jenny Wise, as well as in his book "Through The Looking Glass: The Imploding Of An Atheist Professor's Worldview" which can be purchased on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.

Check out The Christian Atheist here --> https://open.spotify.com/show/4wWaVlpuRgoLOpZDtADBPD

Check out "Through The Looking Glass: The Imploding Of An Atheist Philosopher's Worldview" --> https://www.amazon.com/Through-Looking-Glass-Professors-Transcripts/dp/B0BW23B4MR/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=