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Postmodern Realities Episode 167 Faithful Living Through the Coronavirus
“These are the times that try men’s souls,” wrote Thomas Paine in his rousing call to Americans to fight for independence. “The Crisis” was the title…
6 years ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 166 Controversial Guru Teal Swan Brings New Age Teachings to the Social Media Generation
The New Age Movement has made a resurgence in 2020. Particularly popular for those claiming to be spiritual and not religious, we cannot write off Ne…
6 years ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 165 History’s Bloody Mess: Why Marxism (& Socialism) Always Fails
Marxism, rebranded as socialism or democratic socialism today, is making a comeback. And now the makeover is complete. But Karl Marx’s theory suffers…
6 years ago
PMR Episode 164 What’s Pain Got to Do with It? Why Arguments over Fetal Pain Capability Ultimately Miss the Mark in the Abortion Debate
The pro-life argument isn’t that it is wrong to intentionally kill fetuses because they are capable of experiencing pain. Abortion is wrong because i…
6 years, 1 month ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 163 Merely Human: The Problem of Recognizing Chimpanzees as Persons
Christians are not averse, in principle, to the concept of nonhuman persons. We attribute personhood to the Trinity and to angels, clearly nonhuman b…
6 years, 1 month ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 162 You Say You Want A Revolution
Just War Theory (JWT) has been criticized for being so flexible that it can be used to rationalize almost any motivation for initiating war and is th…
6 years, 1 month ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 161 What Do You Mean by God? Pullman’s “Straw-Man God” in His Dark Materials
In apologetics, a crucial question to ask a critic of religion is, “What do you mean by God?” Author Philip Pullman gives an imaginative answer to th…
6 years, 1 month ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 160 Naming Names: Why It’s OK (and Necessary) to Call Out False Teachers and Fugitives from Church Justice
The internet gives Christians a virtual platform from which to survey the theological landscape and spot from a long way off the horrifying wrongness…
6 years, 2 months ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 159 A Cinematic Call to Change: Postmodern Reform in The Two Popes
This film review examines the artfulness and cinematographic symbolism that makes The Two Popes spiritually uplifting, while also providing philosoph…
6 years, 2 months ago
Postmodern Realities Episode 158 The Light Of The World Or A World Of Darkness? An Examination of Three Teachings and Practices of The Light
The Light of the World Church (TLOW), with over 15,000 temples in 58 countries, claims to be the restoration of the early church of Christ. Although …
6 years, 2 months ago