Ep. 124 - The Truth About Intellectual Dishonesty

This episode is a call to action to prioritize principles over your political party. You know, things like God, family, country, the Constitution, the rule of law and intellectual honesty.
Without this prioritization of principles over party you will invariably stop thinking for yourself; you will stop thinking critically and devolve into dehumanization of your political foes, name-calling, incivility, dismissiveness, hypocrisy, an unwillingness to call out your own team and moral relativism.
At the root of it all is intellectual dishonesty and a willingness to view everyone as made in the image of God regardless of their political persuasions.
Show Notes
Truth Quest Podcast
Episode #55 - The Truth About Freedom from Religion
Episode #91 - The Truth About Joe Biden
Episode #111 - The Truth About Kamala Harris
Episode #118 - The Truth About the Biden Crime Family
Episode #123 - The Truth About the Blinding Effect of Political Bias
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Ep. 116 - The Truth About September 2020

There is a consistent theme throughout this episode; most of these stories were covered up, breezed over or totally ignored by most mainstream media outlets. If you get your news from one of the alphabet soup news outlets, you likely have not heard about some of these stories or you were fed a skewed version of the truth. Consider: Nancy Pelosi's trip to the hair salon, the declassification of Russia collusion documents, the first presidential debate, Trump's Nobel Peace Prize nominations, RBG, the NFL and more.
Show Notes
Episode #104 - The Truth About Vote-by-Mail
Episode #112 – The Truth About August 2020
Episode #115 - The Truth About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Ep. 100 - The Truth About the First 100 Episodes

We covered a lot of ground in the first 100 episodes - the Constitution, economics, abortion, social issues, healthcare, socialism and Christian apologetics to name a few. In this episode, I take a brief look at some of the myths we busted and review lessons learned.
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Ep. 94 - The Truth About the Coronavirus Crisis: Lessons Learned - Part I

In this episode we begin by examining some of the the lighthearted lessons learned from the Coronavirus crisis. We then speculate/observe some of the booms spawned by the crisis. Next we turn our attention to some of the more serious implications and lessons learned including the impact on the future of four-year university attendance, the threat that China poses to the world and the impotence and incompetence of socialized medical systems.
Show Notes
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #9 – The Truth About Healthcare in America
Episode #12 – The Truth About Socialized Medicine
Episode #17 – The Truth About Healthcare Reform 
Episode #38 – The Truth About the Democratic Party
Episode #39 - The Truth About Student Loans and the Cost of College
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Ep. 77 - The Truth About the Good News

As Christmas approaches, I am reading the Book of Luke. As I read the first few chapters, three words kept jumping off the page - “THE GOOD NEWS”. Inherently, I think most Christians know what this means or, at least they think they know what it means. But the more I thought about it, the more I questioned myself. So I thought a deep-dive was in order.
2:30-4:23 -- "good news" scriptures
4:24-8:10 -- "THE GOOD NEWS" scriptures
8:10-9:46 -- Hebrews - Old Testament / New Testament
9:46-11:24 -- "THE GOOD NEWS" and "the gospel"
11:24-13:24 -- What is "THE GOOD NEWS"?
13:24-end -- Conclusion
Show Notes
Episode 5 - The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Episode 10 - The Truth About God and Evil
Episode 15 - The Truth About Prayer
Episode 22 - The Truth About Jesus Christ
Episode 26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode 30 - The Truth About the New Testament - Is it historically reliable?
Episode 35 - The Truth About the Existence of God
Episode 40 - The Truth About Islam, Christianity and Judaism
Episode 48 - The Truth About Wisdom - Biblically Speaking
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Ep. 40 - The Truth About Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Regular listeners know that I attempt to record a Christian apologetic-related topic in every once in awhile. Today I compare and contrast the three major monotheistic world religions - Islam, Christianity and Judaism. They have a lot in common, which may be eye-opening to many. However, it is their divergences that really matter.
The bottom line is if one of them is true, the other two cannot be. It's great food for thought. I hope this episode prompts you to dig a little deeper in your faith or lack thereof.
Show Notes:
Acts17Apologetics - YouTube
The Quran, the Bible and the Islamic Dilemma
Truth Quest Episodes:
Episode #5 - The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Episode #10 - The Truth About God and Evil
Episode #15 - The Truth About Prayer
Episode #22 - The Truth About Jesus Christ
Episode #26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode #30 - The Truth About the New Testament - Is it historically reliable?
Episode #35 - The Truth About the Existence of God
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Ep. 35 - The Truth About the Existence of God

Proving God’s existence or the fact that Jesus rose from the dead, will never be proven in a manner we are all familiar with from watching TV legal dramas – beyond a reasonable doubt. However, I have found Frank Turek and Norman Geisler’s approach to apologetics most helpful. Specifically their approach in their best seller I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist.
In today’s episode, I am going to present three arguments for the existence of God: (1) The Cosmological Argument, which argues that since the universe had a beginning something had to be the cause. The most logical explanation is that that "something" is God. (2) The Anthropic Principle which is the idea that the complexity of the universe proves the God exists and; (3) The Teleological Argument which reasons that the best explanation for the complex fine-tuning of the universe and life on Earth is an Intelligent Designer (or God).
Show Notes:
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be An Atheist - Frank Turek and Norman Geisler
CrossExamined.org
Over 1,000 Scientists Sign Dissent Darwinism Statement
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Ep. 30 - The Truth About the New Testament - Is it historically reliable

When I first started studying Christian apologetics someone gave me a copy of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek and Norman Geisler. If you read just one book this year and you are curious about Christianity or looking to bolster your current faith or, for that matter, you are a skeptic of Christianity, I cannot encourage you enough to read this book. One of the most profound insights I ever got into Christianity came from Chapters 9-12, which covers the historical reliability of the New Testament. Much of what I discuss in today’s episode comes from these three chapters. I hope you find it as profound as I did.
Show Notes:
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek and Norman Geisler
Early Testimony – Frank Turek
What Criteria Do Historians Use to Get to the Minimal Facts About the Historical Jesus - CrossExamined.org
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Ep. 26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition

As I thought ahead to the publication of this week’s episode, I noticed that it would fall on the week of Christmas. I glanced up at my bookshelf and pulled down my copy of In Defense of Faith by David Brog and I realized the message Brog presents in that book was a perfect foundation from which to base this week’s episode on.
Brog describes his book’s purpose as a rebuttal to the claim that people of faith are responsible for our greatest sorrows, bloodshed, war, hatred. His primary message is the Judeo-Christian tradition has been an overwhelming force for good throughout history with its message of equality and sanctity of all humans combined with the call to love one another. It’s the idea that all humans are made in the image of God and, therefore, are worthy of respect.
When you look at the atrocities committed in the world over time, you will notice that most of them were perpetrated with a purposeful rejection of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Show Notes:
In Defense of Faith, David Brog
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Ep. 22 - The Truth About Jesus Christ

This is the fourth episode focusing on a Christian apologetic topic. In Episode #5 we talked about The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Episode #10, we covered The Truth About God and Evil and in Episode #15 we talked about The Truth About Prayer.
What I want to talk to you about today is the remarkable (and dare I say, miraculous) story of a carpenter named Jesus from a map dot in the middle of the Middle East who lived over 2,000 years ago and the truth about the impact He left on the world. 
I’ve heard Jesus Christ called a lot of things but the most accurate word is “radical”. Let me know if you agree after listening to this episode.
Show Notes:
Who Is This Man - John Ortberg
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist - Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek
CrossExamined.org
One Solitary Life
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