In the last few months, I was given the opportunity to develop and defend the main claims of the book in several greatly enjoyable shows, so here are the links for you to view/listen.
1-Apologetics Academy, with Jonathan McLatchie
In this web seminar given at Jonathan McLatchie's apologetics academy, I developed in detail the various arguments in my book. I explain free will, discuss the pets/puppets argument, coercion argument, manipulation argument, the principle of alternate possibilities, etc... I discuss divine involvement in evil as well, and then we take audience questions.2-Trinities Podcast with Dale Tuggy.
I was interviewed byDale Tuggy on his philosophical show "Trinities podcast", which resulted in two different episodes.The first episode introduced all the notions: free will, determinism, Calvinism, moral responsibility, who believes what, what are the main issues, etc... Lots of clarification, and a fair bit of argumentation.
In the second episode, Dale put on the gloves and got into the ring for a few rounds of objections / responses to probe into the controversy on free will and divine involvement in evil.
It was all in good spirit and enjoyable, though you'll see he doesn't spare me the hard questions.
podcast 216 – Bignon’s Defense of Calvinism – Part 1
podcast 217 – Bignon’s Defense of Calvinism – Part 2
3-Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley: debate with W. Paul Franks
Finally, I debated the excellent philosopher W. Paul Franks from Tyndale University in Toronto, on Justin Brierley's popular radio show: "Unbelievable?"
The debate centered around the two main claims of my book: does Calvinism excuse sinners and make God guilty? The conversation tackles substantial issues surrounding determinism and the ability to do otherwise, the threat of Pelagianism, God's own free will, and the authorship of sin.
The exchange was vigorous and respectful.
Link to the episode
I hope you enjoy these, and if they make you want to read more, the book is available here.
I got to watch David Wood's and your path to Christianity videos. It was truly a jump for joy moment. But then I saw the link to David's interview with you about Calvinism and my heart sank. One of my dearest friends accepted the calvinist interpretation of God's word many years ago and that loss of fellowship was very painful. It was like I went through it all over again after watching both of your wonderful testimonies and then seeing your acceptance of Calvinism. I believe the god of calvinism has more in common with the god of Islam, than with the God of the Bible. The degree of love and forgiveness that Christians are taught to follow is on a much higher plane than that exhibited by the god of calvinism. I would beg you to read a book entitled, "What Love is This?" by Dave Hunt. I have to acknowledge that my dear friend wasn't influenced by this book. In fact I think it made him raise the banner of calvinsim even higher. I believe it is the most thorough investigation into the origins and teachings of calvinsim available. May God be with you, Steven J
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