For years I struggled to find the truth; does God exist? Is there an afterlife? What religion (if any) does God want me to follow in order to achieve my ultimate purpose in creation? These were the kinds of profound questions that kept me up at night and that drove me to seek out answers to the best of my ability.
I became what I call a Real Seeker. Being a “real seeker” requires the fulfillment of 3 criteria on the part of the seeker;
a) The Real Seeker must be sincerely open-minded to the truth about these matters.
b) The Real Seeker must actively seek the truth via seriously considering all sides to the very best of their ability (this is relative to each individual’s best efforts as some have access to more resources and/or have more abilities than others and thus some may have more/less of a burden than other seekers).
c) The Real Seeker must be willing to obey, follow and/or submit (in whatever way appropriate) to the truth about such matters upon discovery.
*** Note: That, these Real Seeker criteria are specific to knowledge about certain religious truths/actions (e.g. what is the nature of ultimate reality, what is my ultimate purpose, how do I achieve it, etc.) that one must know/do in this respect. These do not apply to any other areas of knowledge like having to learn all the sports stats or how many grains of sand are on a beach or learning new scientific facts, etc. The Real Seeker criteria are specific to certain religious matters. ***
In the end, I concluded that Christianity provided the answers to most, if not all, of the profound questions I was asking. I worked with various scholars and world’s experts from various religious and philosophical backgrounds and made sure to acquaint myself with the arguments on all sides as fully as I could before reaching this point. Along the way, I developed a consistent and systematic approach (via the use of an 11-premise deductive argument) and it is through the framework of this argument that I wish to create this website (and Podcast). I want to help other “real seekers” along their journeys by sharing how and why I made the conclusion that I did and detail what exactly the evidences/methodologies were that allowed me to finally make the decision to place my faith in Jesus Christ.
Dale Glover has hosted five Episodes.
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Episode 16: The Historical Jesus & Cultural Apologetics w/ Dr. Darrell Bock
June 6th, 2023 | 59 mins 15 secs
bart ehrman, cultural apologetics, darrell bock, gnostic, gospels, historical jesus, incarnation, jesus, messiah, mythicism, relational apologetics, resurrection
Dr. Darrell Bock from Dallas Theological Seminary joins Dale & Tyler to discuss their take on cultural apologetics and making the case for the Historical Jesus Christ!
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Episode 15: Should Christians Abstain from Alcohol?
May 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 54 mins
abstain, abstention, alcohol, bible study, christianity, drunkenness, medicinal, pleasure, salvation, sanctification, strong drink, testimony, theosis, wine
In this episode, we invited Gods4givenSoldier (Jason White) from TikTok to discuss the topic "Should Christians Abstain from Alcohol?" Jason will lay out his affirmative case but the Crew (given that one of our very own David Russell makes wine) have some different views!
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Episode 14: The Woes of Hell: Answering Omar Fakhoury and David Kemball-Cook's Questions about Hell
May 4th, 2023 | 1 hr 50 mins
afterlife, annihilationism, conditional immortality, eternal conscious torment, gehenna, hades, hell, hinduism, matthew, religion, revelation, skeptic
Our co-host Dale from Real Seekers has been helping to evangelize both Omar Fakhoury (a former Hindu with an interest in Christianity) and David Kemball-Cook (a recent apostate from the faith). In this episode, Dale and Tyler team up and bring both Omar and David together to talk about their objections to Christianity on the basis of Hell.
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Episode 13: Faith Unaltered Live Talks: w/ Dane, Dale, David and Dane
April 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 41 mins
bible study, christianity, jesus, live, salvation, testimonies
In this episode we give our testimonies on how we each came to faith in Christ!
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Episode 12: Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? A Debate between a Catholic and an Athiest
April 1st, 2023 | 1 hr 58 mins
apologetics, atheist, christianity, gospels, jesus, medical, miracles, naturalistic materialism, philosophy, resurrection, resurrection theories, roman catholic, skeptic
Roman Catholic Hugh Farey and Atheist Ben Watkins goes head to head in this fantastic debate centered on the question "Did Jesus rise from the dead"?