According to many Christians today, faith isn’t based on external facts or evidence, but is considered an internal, subjective feeling, intuition, or experience. But is this taught anywhere in the Bible? What about other religious texts and traditions? Shane Rosenthal explores these questions and more and talks with Craig Parton, author of Religion on Trial. Note: This is Humble Skeptic episode #4, which was originally released on Dec. 6, 2022.
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SHOW NOTES
Articles
Is Faith a Feeling? Shane Rosenthal
The Mormonization of American Christianity, Shane Rosenthal
Why Should We Believe the Bible?, Shane Rosenthal
Does Hebrews 11:1 Teach Blind Faith?, Shane Rosenthal
Is My Dad Mentioned in Billy Joel’s “Piano Man”?, Shane Rosenthal
Be a Berean!, Shane Rosenthal
On Faith & Doubt, Shane Rosenthal
How to Detect Deception, Shane Rosenthal
The Story of Us, Shane Rosenthal
Episodes
Religion on Trial, Humble Skeptic #5 with Craig Parton
The Pilot Episode, Humble Skeptic #1 — The Billy Joel episode
New Evidence for The Executive Room, HS #55 with John Gibson
Evidential Reasoning, Humble Skeptic #56 with Craig Parton
Faith & Experience, Humble Skeptic #28
Is Faith Blind? Humble Skeptic#3
Is Faith Irrational? Humble Skeptic #2
Faith Founded on Facts, Humble Skeptic #15
Are The Gospels History or Fiction? Humble Skeptic #52
Dealing with Doubt, Humble Skeptic #19
Books
Religion on Trial, Craig Parton,
Habits of the Heart, Robert Bellah et al
1984, George Orwell
God in the Whirlwind, David Wells
Faith is Not Wishing, Greg Koukl
Testimonies to the Truth, Lydia McGrew
Can We Trust The Gospels? Peter J. Williams
Is Jesus History? John Dickson
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Religion on Trial
On this episode, Shane continues his conversation with Craig Parton, author of Religion on Trial: Cross-Examining Religious Truth Claims. In this book, Craig argues that “Religions are worldviews. Th…
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