Defending and Commending the Faith With Dr. Joe L. Mott, inviting the atheist, agnostic and skeptic to examine for themselves the evidence for the Christian faith

Mar 03 2025 212 ep. 16 mins 7

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Dr. Joe Mott earned his PhD at LSU, and was a distinguished math professor at Florida State University for 38 years years, helping to write 3 math textbooks, and authoring over 30 research articles in math.

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What Faith Are We Talking About?

Aug 03 2020 15 mins

Let's begin our discussion by looking at the ancient Christian creeds and the basics of faith. This is episode 1.

The Benefits or Detriments of Your Belief System

Aug 10 2020 15 mins

Today we talk about the benefits and detriments of a belief system. Does life have any real meaning or purpose? What does your belief system say about this? Thoughtful examination concludes that atheism is self-defeating. It's time to look for a belief system that is not self-defeating. This is episode 2.

All Religions Are Not Basically the Same

Aug 17 2020 16 mins

Which belief system will you choose? Today we begin to break down some of the differences in world religions. This is episode 3.

What Are the Differences Between the God of Christianity and the God of Islam?

Aug 24 2020 14 mins

In the last episode I began sharing a list of 10 major distinctions between the God of Christianity (and Judaism), and the God of Islam. I will continue that list today. I will also talk about what some call a contradiction, and that is when we talk about the Trinity while only having one God in Christianity. This is episode 4.

Pantheism

Aug 31 2020 16 mins

Previously I demonstrated that atheism is self-defeating and offers no meaning or purpose to life. I also demonstrated the differences between Christianity and Islam. Today I want to talk about pantheism. This is episode 5.

Reasons for Apologetics - Part 1

Sep 07 2020 15 mins

We begin today by answering listener comments about philosophy. What is philosophy? Do you need to study and learn philosophy? Then we close the program by getting into our topic, Reasons for Apologetics. This is episode 6.

Reasons for Apologetics - Part 2

Sep 14 2020 15 mins

Four reasons for doing apologetics. Do we need to learn philosophy? We do need to learn to give a defense for our Christian faith. Christians need to be strong thinkers, to understand logic, and to reason well. We should also consider the field of comparative religions. This is episode 7.

3 Reasons Why Paul’s Warning in Colossians 2:8 is Not Against the Study of Philosophy

Sep 21 2020 16 mins

Nascent Gnosticism was the erroneous doctrine leading the Colossians astray. Topics include Christian Liberalism, Rheinhold Niehbur's comment; Jesus Seminar a biased point of view. This is episode 8.

Distinctions Between Evangelism and Pre-Evangelism/Apologetics

Sep 28 2020 15 mins

Exposition of Jude 3; 5 preconditions for understanding the Gospel; Reasonable questions deserve reasonable answers This is episode 9.

Continuing to Give Reasons to be Involved in Pre-Evangelism/Apologetics

Oct 05 2020 15 mins

Subtitles: The Reformers said faith includes knowledge, assent, and trust. The New Testament says that saving faith is conditioned upon assent to 8 propositions listed. No one will believe in the Son of God, the Word of God, the miraculous acts of God, the salvation of God, and the people of God unless there is, in truth, a transcendent God who does miracles, who revealed Himself i