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Camp Meetings and Moral Apologetics

itunes pic [https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/3c/03/ce/jon-pruitt/3000x3000_10550719.jpg] Dr. Baggett felt inspired to write this book about a Michigan campmeeting when his mom was sick and in the hospital in Lansing, Michigan about nine months before she died. As he walked the grounds at the Eaton Rapids Campground in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, thinking about her physical decline, he felt nostalgic thinking about his parents’ love of the place and its formative role in his upbringing. The idea occurred to write a history of the 130 year old holiness campmeeting, and now, four years later, the book by him and his wife, with Joelee Bateman, is done and available for purchase. It’s called At the Bend of the River Grand, and available at, for example, Amazon.com. The price currently listed on Amazon.com is 45 dollars, but that’s going to change to 31.50 very soon. For those acquainted with campmeetings, you’ll appreciate reading the book and may well recognize much of what’s discussed; for those less familiar, we hope the book brings a little bit of campmeeting to you. Before too long we at MoralApologetics.com may feature a Campmeeting writing contest, the winner of which will receive a free copy of the book. If you’re wondering how campmeeting connects with moral apologetics, that will become clear in the course of the interview, but quickly: campmeeting is about both evangelism and living a victorious Christian life. So it touches in a very practical way on what we here at the site call the performative variant of moral apologetics: how by God’s enablement we are made able to live victoriously, finding victory over sin, and, ultimately, being conformed entirely to the image of Christ.

C. S. Lewis and the Problem of Personal Suffering with David Baggett

itunes pic [https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/3c/03/ce/jon-pruitt/3000x3000_10550719.jpg] In this week's podcast, we hear from Dr. David Baggett as he discusses two of C. S. Lewis' most psychologically insightful works, A Grief Observed and The Great Divorce. Dr. Baggett helps us understand how Lewis thought we should deal with intense emotional pain, how the love of God "has teeth," and how moral transformation may require much suffering.

Understanding C.S. Lewis' Moral Argument with Dr. David Baggett

itunes pic [https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/3c/03/ce/jon-pruitt/3000x3000_10550719.jpg] On this week's episode, we hear from the co-author of Good God, Dr. David Baggett. Dr. Baggett explains how Lewis' moral argument works, what makes it effective, and the impact it has had on contemporary moral apologetics.

A Christian Perspective on Bioethics with Mark Foreman

itunes pic [https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/3c/03/ce/jon-pruitt/3000x3000_10550719.jpg] On this week's podcast, Dr. Mark Foreman gives a Christian perspective on some key bio-ethical issues. Dr. Foreman helps us understand how we should think about trans-humanism, fertility treatments, abortion, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. Working from a Christian and Aristotelian and natural law perspective, Dr. Foreman explains how right action results from careful consideration of human nature.

An Argument against Abortion in Ten Minutes with Mark Foreman

itunes pic [https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/3c/03/ce/jon-pruitt/3000x3000_10550719.jpg] On this week's podcast, we hear from philosopher and bioethicist Mark Foreman. Dr. Foreman explains in aboutten minutes why pre-born humans are persons and deserve all the rights due to human persons.