The Counsel of Trent

Do aliens need to be evangelized? What about lost tribes? Do Christians have to believe in the Devil? In this episode Trent and Randal take on some more tough questions.

In this episode Trent and Randal have a spirited discussion about whether they would want their children to be martyrs, whether we should be Christians if Christ did not rise from the dead, and whether they would rather be a “good Muslim” or an “evil Christian.”

Ghost ships? Crop circles? The Bermuda Triangle? Trent takes a look at these and other “unsolved mysteries” that actually have very rational explanations.

In this episode Trent examines NPR’s guidelines for reporting on abortion and gives you tips to counter this kind of propaganda.

Do the damned suffer eternally in hell, or does God destroy them instead? In this episode Trent sits down with Randal Rauser who defends “annihilationism,” or the belief that God annihilates the damned and does not let them exist in hell for eternity.

Do you miss the “good old days”? In the 17th century you might have been considered a victim of a mental illness, but today your nostalgia is big business and Trent shows that may not be such a good thing.

As abortion makes headlines Trent gives you some questions you should ask pro-choice friends and social media acquaintances and also provides commentary on video of a college student trying to infringe the rights of pro-life students.

In this episode Trent examines David Bentley Hart’s defense of socialism and shows that having a good vocabulary doesn’t mean you have a good argument.

Before Trent heads off to speak at a pro-life conference in Canada he shares 15 tips for how you can improve your hotel room stays.

In this episode Trent sits down with Dwight Welch, a minister in the United Church of Christ, who believes that Christian faith does not require belief in the Resurrection.

In this episode Trent shows you how to answer arrogant critics with class and style by examining on a politician who harasses pro-lifers and a priest who resorts to ad hominem attacks against Jimmy Akin.

Trent explores the history of the MPAA movie rating system and talks about the controversies behind the X, PG-13, and even the PG ratings.

Trent sits down with Dana Harper who has a critical response to an article Trent wrote addressing Pete Buttigieg’s claim that God “makes people gay.”

Do Christians need to believe in all that supernatural stuff? In this episode Trent examines a New York Times interview with a Christian minister who denies the Resurrection and some ambiguous tweets from Fr. James Martin.

Trent is in Bismarck to receive his masters degree in bioethics, but he still had time to go see Avengers: Endgame. No spoilers: just fan-boy delights for this free-for-all-Friday!