Ep. 330 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 3, Towards a Grand Unified Theology, the Case of John the Baptist
Bob covers John 1: 6-13 in his Bible commentary series. He likens the Arminian vs. Calvinist divide to General Relativity vs. quantum theory in physics, where both approaches are correct in their realm but–in their current versions–are incompatible. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The previous episode in this series, i.e. BMS…
Ep. 315 Caesar’s Realm, God’s Kingdom: Anarchism as a Biblical Response to Earthly Power
On March 27, 2024, Bob delivered this talk (as one of several) to the Free Enterprise Society at Oklahoma State University. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Bob’s previous night’s talk on private law & defense. BMS 305, Jesus as Logos. BMS 310, the guest makes the…
Ep. 310 Domenic Scarcella Argues Jesus Is a Good Neighbor But Bad Citizen
Domenic Scarcella discusses his new book, which makes the case that Jesus’ teachings and actions show Christians they should be good neighbors, but (in a sense) bad citizens. Bob pushes back at points to clarify what Domenic’s position truly is. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. The…
Ep. 304 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 1, Introduction
Bob launches a new miniseries, and starts by summarizing his chapter for a Festschrift in honor of Walter Block. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: [As of release, no information was available on the actual collection in honor of Walter. RPM will update when available.] Callahan and Murphy’s critique of Hans Hoppe’s argumentation ethics.…
Ep. 286 Scoring the Debate Over God Between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens, Part 2
After having parsed William Lane Craig’s opening statement making the case for theism, Bob now evaluates Christopher Hitchens’ opening. He concludes that Hitchens hardly responded at all to Craig, and spent most of his time criticizing Christianity rather than theism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The April 4, 2009 debate between…