AC Gleason

The audio quality isn't the greatest, but the content is fantastic. Father Murphy is one of my heroes. He changed the way I view just about everything, making my outlook much more focused on Christ and how He impacts everything. We talk about the Holy Grail, Yggdrasil, and Fairy Tales.

Kipp Davis is an expert in ancient languages and cultures. I had him on because, while I disagree with him theologically, he knows a lot more than I do about the ancient world. Also I think he tries to be intellectually honest. He's good friends with Josh, our previous atheist scholar, and they have similar views on a lot of things. It's a wide ranging discussion but mostly its about Kipp's gradual loss of faith and lots of nerdy things about the Old Testament, which we both agree is much more interesting than the New Testament.

Where does religion come from? The contemporary academy will probably tell you they don't know, then there are some who think it comes from an evolutionary process. The most exciting theory of the origin of religion is ancient monotheism, the idea that the oldest religion is a simple faith in the One Creator God, in the tradition of Melchizedek. Winfried Corduan is probably the leading expert today on this subject and he's the guest on this episode.

Hip hop artist and pastor T Barlow joins me to discuss Calvinist Hip Hop. We also nerd out on the new Turtles movie, Batman, and a host of other things.

One of my favorite podcasts of all time is Monster Talk. Blake has been plugging away in the skeptical weird stuff area for over a decade. We have a wonderful conversation about his religious past, science, and bigfoot (amongst other things).