Ep 06: What Does TJ Actually Believe?

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08/01/20 • 101 min

Andy and TJ are guest-less (thanks Covid!), which worked out well because they needed to clarify some things anyway. Andy attempts to figure out what the heck TJ actually is, and TJ raises some critiques of Andy's thinking.

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Ep 05: A Really Good Story

Andy and TJ are joined by Andrew Stout, who was in TJ's grade at Living Word Christian School. After a brief homeschooling rebellion, Andrew returned to CHS. He got his bachelor's in Philosophy from Lindenwood (sharing many of the same professor's Andy had in the Christian Ministries program), then got his Masters from Covenant Theological Seminary.
They discuss their shared experiences at Living Word/CHS, the New Covenant church system in St. Louis, charismatic Christianity, the metaphysics of belief in God, and more.
Click here for a photo and TJ and Andrew (Stout) together at a 2nd grade roller skating party.

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Ep 07: Properly Basic Beliefs

Andy and TJ are joined by Sam Tunnell, who was in Andy's grade at Christian High School (class of '06). Andy and Sam were also in the same "Christian Ministry" undergraduate program at Lindenwood University. Sam is a pastor in St. Louis. He also co-hosts the podcast "Please Be Reasonable".
They discuss Alvin Plantinga's philosophy of "Properly Basic Beliefs", axiomatic assumptions, what it means to be a Baptist, John Hick's book "Philosophy of Religion", faith deconstruction, hell, and other things.
Extra stuff:
- You can get a quick introduction to Plantinga's philosophy of "Properly Basic Beliefs" here.
- You can buy John Hick's book, "Philosophy of Religion", here.
- Andy was a guest on Sam's podcast in 2017 (disclaimer: this was before Andy was on Lexapro AND before a sinus surgery that made Andy a bit less nasaly). You can listen to that episode here.