The Don Johnson Radio Show Archives

Don't Try This at Home

September 28, 2009

Don and Brandon discuss

• An atheist's attempt to defend religion.
• The Episcopal Church's attempt to attract more young people.
• A pastor's attempt to connect Barack Obama and the Antichrist. (Here is John Mark Reynold's excellent piece on this topic.)

Addressing Possible Contradictions in the Gospels

September 21, 2009

• Don and Brandon answer a listener email about a possible contradiction in the gospels. They also discuss the proper way to frame the discussion when talking about this type of issue with atheists.
• Other topics include a listener question about Darwinian ethics, a Newsweek article about whether or not belief in God is "hard-wired" and author Dan Brown's take on science and religion.

Why it is not in Government We Trust and More

September 14, 2009

• Don clarifies some points from last week about Christian political theory and explains why we don't want government running our lives. He illustrates his points with several examples from the news, including stories about Big Brother in England and a California lawmaker who has affairs with lobbyists. Don and Brandon also the nature of education and the government's role in forming out kids, referencing stories about Barack Obama's speech to schoolchildren, and recent decisions to force one student into public school for being too "rigidly" Christian and another to apologize for talking about Jesus.
• Don and Brandon answer a listener email about how to know which scriptures are truly the "Word of God" by discussing the nature of God's revelation to man. Don argues that God reveals much more than just words about himself and that we should understand the "Word of God" as more than just a text.

On Free Speech, the Theology of the Health Care Debate, Harvesting Organs from Babies and Biblical Interpretation

August 31, 2009

• Don and Brandon start by attempting to answer a listener email about what he should do to prepare for his year at a secular university. The resulting conversation is wide ranging, touching on everything from politics to bioethics to Biblical hermeneutics. Don references several articles along the way, including Jonah Goldberg's piece on President Obama's faith, two stories that advocate harvesting organs from aborted babies, an article making the case for infanticide, and a report from Florida about clothing that doesn't align with the local school district's worldview.