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Atheists tell us science has no need for the “God hypothesis.” But three discoveries in the 20th century challenged materialism and revealed the Mind behind the universe. Dr. Stephen Meyer joins Shane to explore his book, “The Return of the God Hypothesis.”

Tim Padgett joins Shane to dig deeper into the conversation with Joel Clarkson on his book, Sensing God. Tim and Shane explore the ways in which our culture abuses the senses, and how sin itself is rooted in disordered desire for good things.

Shane welcomes Joel Clarkson, author of Sensing God: Experiencing the Divine in Nature, Food, Music & Beauty to help us recover a theology of the senses, and to understand how our physical experiences were designed to spark worship.

Tim Padgett joins Shane to reflect on the conversation with Rebecca McLaughlin, and to challenge those who cite Jesus without consulting the inspired accounts of His life, the four Gospels.

Why is it that even those who don’t accept Christian theology can’t help but admire the character of Jesus? Shane welcomes author and apologist Rebecca McLaughlin to explain why all of us need to reencounter the hero of the Gospels, and guides us using her book, Confronting Jesus.

Tim Padgett joins Shane again to reflect on the conversation with Glen Scrivener, whose book, The Air We Breathe challenges our secular neighbors to ask where their moral values come from, and whether they can hold on to those values without the Savior who taught them.

Christianity remade the world so completely that even so-called “secular” values are just an echo of Christian morality. Shane welcomes speaker, filmmaker, and priest Glen Scrivener to talk about his new book, “The Air We Breathe,” and to reveal what the West owes Jesus, even if we no longer worship Him.

Tim Padgett joins Shane again to reflect on this week’s episode with Dr. Brendan Case about the Christian use of mockery and satire, and how they are compatible with the command to love our enemies.

Is it possible to make fun of an opponent and still love them? Blaise Pascal thought so. Shane welcomes Dr. Brendan Case, Associate Director for Research in The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, to explain what a seventeenth century controversy can teach us about mockery and winsomeness.

What are the limits of religious freedom? Is it possible to “live and let live” in a society where our neighbors have fundamentally different beliefs about the way human sexuality and families work? Tim Padgett joins Shane again to unpack his recent conversation with Jack Phillips and Barronelle Stutzman at the 2022 Wilberforce Weekend.