The AC Podcast

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Does Religion Poison Everything?
April 12, 2018

God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, reads the title of the late Christopher Hitchens’ bestselling book. From greedy preachers to militant jihadists, it is not that difficult to come across stories of people doing terrible things in the n...

Your Meaning vs My Meaning: What is the Purpose of Life?
April 05, 2018

When theists challenge atheists that they have no meaning in life, atheists often indignantly respond that their life is, in fact, full of meaning. What’s going on here? Clearly, theists and atheists are talking past each other.

Limited Religious Freedom: Navigating the Collision of Rights
March 31, 2018

Since its legalization in 2015, the issue of doctor-assisted suicide continues to remain a contentious issue in Canada. Recently, the Ontario divisional court ruled that, while the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario violated the charter righ...

An Apologetic for Apologetics: Q&A with Listeners
March 23, 2018

Is apologetics just for a small number of a particular kind of people in the church? Is it even appropriate for the youth? Also, how do we engage in apologetics and conversations with non-Christians in a way that is not merely academic?

What is a Better Foundation for Human Rights?: Dialogue Debrief with Dr. Andy Bannister
March 15, 2018

Just a couple days before the Apologetics Canada Conference 2018, Apologetics Canada and Westside Church partnered to host a dialogue on human rights between a Christian and a secular humanist. Dr. Andy Bannister,

Highlights from the 2018 AC Conference
March 08, 2018

The 2018 Apologetics Canada Conference has now come and gone. If you were there, you saw the conference from the front. Ever wondered what the view from the back might be like? Andy, Steve, and Terry are back this week to debrief on the conference and ...

Love Thy Body: An Interview with Nancy Pearcey
March 01, 2018

Does secularism have a lower view of the body? How does this impact the political hot-button issues of the day, like abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, and transgenderism? Nancy Pearcey, in her new book, Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about ...

How Should Humans Live?: The Human Project Session Four
February 22, 2018

What’s a good life? Everyone wants to live one but seldom do we come across those who have carefully thought through this question. How do the questions we’ve been covering so far in this series (What is human? What is the value of human life?

What Leads to Human Flourishing?: The Human Project Session Three
February 15, 2018

In history, we see peoples and governments trying to achieve utopia through social engineering projects. Some of these have resulted in crises that we hadn’t foreseen. What was meant to lead to human flourishing in fact created the opposite.

What is the Value of Human Life?: The Human Project Session Two
February 09, 2018

The UN Declaration of Human Rights begins begins with the words: “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom,