Some audio debates, philosophical discussions, apologetics talks, and miscellaneous MP3 files I have found very interesting and helpful in understanding the Catholic and Christian faith.
This page of audio are some of the better debates and Christian apologetics talks available on the Internet. Topics include commentary on the C.S. Lewis classic Mere Christianity; debates on atheism, the resurrection, the problem of evil, and other subjects with the evangelical Christian apologist and philosopher William Lane Craig, theologian Alister McGrath, and conservative author Dinesh D'Souza; critics of the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code; some creation-evolution-intelligent design discussions and debates; rare Catholic convert and theologian Scott Hahn, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, and Catholic Answers apologist Karl Keating.
For more on the Catholic faith see the Apologetics, Philosophy, and Spirituality articles available here on this site, and many articles available from EWTN documents and Catholic Answers sites are most helpful (see links for more great Catholic and Christian sites).
Debates and Apologetics Talks on this site (right click to save, left to listen)
C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity and more (see www.CSLewis.com)
Peter
Kreeft on the Existence of God MP3 (see www.PeterKreeft.com)
Peter Kreeft on C.S. Lewis MP3
Philip van der Elst on C.S. Lewis MP3
C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity COMPLETE AUDIOBOOK MP3
C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain COMPLETE AUDIOBOOK MP3
Hear C.S. Lewis
from 1944 speak on Beyond Personality MP3
William Lane Craig debates (see www.ReasonableFaith.org)
Existence of God
| Debaters | Year | Topic | Quality |
| Craig vs. Frank Zindler | 1993 | Atheism vs. Christianity | |
| Craig vs. Paul Draper | 1997 | Existence of God |
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| Craig vs. Peter Atkins (round 1) | 1998 | Evidence For/Against Existence of God |
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| Craig vs. Antony Flew | 1998 | Does God Exist? | |
| Craig vs. Keith Parsons | 1998 | Why I am/am not a Christian |
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| Craig vs. Eddie Tabash | 1999 | Secular Humanism vs. Christianity |
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| Craig vs. Massimo Pigliucci | 2001 | Does the Christian God Exist? | |
| Craig vs. Victor Stenger (round 1) | 2003 | Is There A God? |
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| Craig vs. Austin Dacey (round 1) | 2004 | Does God Exist? | |
| Craig vs. Austin Dacey (round 2) | 2005 | Does God Exist? | |
| Craig vs. John Shook | 2008 | Existence of God | |
| Craig vs. Victor Stenger (round 2) | 2010 | Existence of God | |
| Craig vs. Lawrence Krauss (round 1, there is a 3-part debate 2013 below) | 2011 | Is There Evidence for God? | |
| Craig vs. Peter Atkins (round 2) | 2011 | Does God Exist? | |
| Craig vs. Stephen Law | 2011 | Does God Exist? | |
| Craig vs. Peter Millican | 2011 | Does God Exist? | |
| Craig vs. Alex Rosenberg | 2013 | Is Faith in God Reasonable? (with commentary) | |
| Craig vs. Sean Carroll | 2014 | God and Cosmology | |
Resurrection of Jesus
| Debaters | Year | Topic | Quality |
| Craig vs. (Robert) Greg Cavin | 1995 | Resurrection ("Jesus twin" debate) | |
| Craig vs. John Dominic Crossan | 1995 | Historical Jesus and Resurrection |
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| Craig vs. Gerd Ludemann (round 1) | 1997 | Resurrection | |
| Craig vs. Robert M. Price | 1999 | Resurrection |
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| Craig vs. Marcus Borg | 2001 | Resurrection (with additional commentators) | |
| Craig vs. Gerd Ludemann (round 2) | 2002 | Resurrection | |
| Craig vs. Hector Avalos | 2004 | Resurrection | |
| Craig vs. John Shelby Spong | 2005 | Resurrection |
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| Craig vs. Bart Ehrman | 2006 | Resurrection (also debate transcript) | |
| Craig vs. James Crossley | 2007 | Resurrection | |
| Craig vs. Roy Hoover | 2008 | Resurrection | |
| Craig vs. Richard Carrier (improved audio!) | 2009 | Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? | |
MORE CRAIG DEBATES AND TALKS
Craig
on "Is God A Delusion?" with Panel Discussion 2011 MP3
Craig
speaks on his debates and the "Evidence for Christianity" 2002 MP3
Craig speaks on answering skeptics (Dan Barker, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins) MP3
Craig's Analysis of
the Craig vs. Carrier Debate 2009 MP3
Craig
vs. Lawrence Krauss "Has Science Buried God?" 2013 MP3
Craig
vs. Lawrence Krauss "Why is there Something Rather Than Nothing?" 2013 MP3
Craig
vs. Lawrence Krauss "Is it Reasonable to Believe in God?" 2013 MP3
Craig
Reasonable Faith Podcasts on the Krauss Debates 2013 MP3
Craig
vs. Sean Carroll "God and Cosmology" 2014 MP3
Craig vs. Brian
Edwards on Resurrection (U.K. radio) MP3
Craig vs. Brian
Edwards on Existence of God (U.K. radio) MP3
see also these William Lane Craig and N.T. Wright books
"Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?" DVD produced by Ignatius Press
Alister McGrath debates and others (see Alister McGrath page)
Alister
McGrath "Is God a Delusion?" 2006 MP3
Daniel Dennett "Darwin's
Dangerous Idea" MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Daniel Dennett on God and Religion 2006 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Peter Atkins on God, Darwin, Humanity 2007 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Richard Dawkins on Theism / Atheism 2007 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Richard Dawkins the cut segment from "Root of All Evil?" MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Christopher Hitchens on Religion in Modern World 2007 MP3
Alister
McGrath vs. Susan Blackmore on Is God a Delusion? 2007 MP3
Dinesh D'Souza debates (see www.DineshDSouza.com)
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Michael Shermer on God, Religion, Morality 2007 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Christopher Hitchens "What's So Great About Christianity?" 2007 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Daniel Dennett "Is God (and Religion) a man-made invention?" 2007 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Dan Barker on Christianity versus Atheism 2008 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. Dan Barker "The Great God Debate" 2009 MP3
Dinesh
D'Souza vs. John Loftus "Does the Christian God Exist?" 2010 MP3
Dinesh
interview on his debate with John Loftus MP3
Walter Martin debates (see www.WalterMartin.com)
Walter Martin vs. Madalyn Murray
O'Hair 1968 MP3
Walter Martin vs.
Hugh Schonfield on The Passover Plot MP3
Walter Martin vs.
Van Hale on Mormonism MP3
Walter Martin vs.
John Shelby Spong on The John Ankerberg Show 1989 MP3 (see www.JAShow.org)
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Peter and Papacy MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Justification by Faith MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Marian Doctrines MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Confession and Penance MP3
Walter Martin vs. Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Purgatory MP3
The Problem of Evil and Morality
Doug
Geivett on The Problem of Evil MP3
Answer to
"Why Won't God Heal Amputees?" MP3 (from www.GotQuestions.org)
William
Lane Craig vs. Shelly Kagan on "Is God Necessary for Morality?" MP3
William
Lane Craig vs.
Paul Kurtz on "Goodness Without God is Good Enough" MP3
William Lane
Craig vs.
Sam Harris on "Is Good From God?" 2011 MP3
Frank
Turek vs. Michael Shermer "What Explains Morality: Science or God?"
2015 MP3
William
Lane Craig vs.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong debate on Evil and Suffering MP3
William
Lane Craig vs. Ray Bradley debate on God and Hell MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Richard Swinburne on The Problem of Evil 2009 MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Dinesh DSouza on The Problem of Evil 2010 MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Michael Brown on The Bible and Suffering 2010 MP3
David Wood vs.
John Loftus on The Problem of Evil 2007 MP3
Historical Jesus and Bible Reliability
conservative / moderate evangelical scholars
N.T. Wright on Jesus of Myth and History 1996 MP3
Craig Blomberg on historical Jesus research 2000 MP3
Craig Keener on The Historical Jesus of the Gospels 2009 MP3 (see www.CraigKeener.com)
The Search for Jesus
with evangelical scholars 2001 MP3 (see www.JAShow.org)
Craig Evans and Gary
Habermas discuss Jesus books MP3
John Ankerberg with Gary
Habermas on the historical Jesus MP3 (see www.GaryHabermas.com)
Hank
Hanegraaff with historian Paul Maier on The Lost Tomb of Jesus 2007 MP3 (see
www.Equip.org)
Are
the Gospels Reliable? Debate on "Unbelievable" 2009 MP3
Timothy
McGrew on the Gospels and Acts as History 2011 MP3
Craig
Blomberg on Why Should I Believe the Gospels are True? 2014 MP3
Richard Bauckham
and James Crossley Debate Jesus and the Eyewitnesses 2009 MP3
Dale
Allison on the Historical and Theological Jesus 2008 MP3
Paul
Maier on the Real Jesus, New Evidence from History and Archaeology 2013 MP3
Why Should I
Believe in Jesus? Debate on "Unbelievable" 2009 MP3
Amy Orr-Ewing
Five Questions on the Bible MP3
Bible
Contradictions and Inerrancy Debate on "Unbelievable" (2 programs)
2009 MP3
N.T.
Wright vs. John Dominic Crossan 2005 dialogue on the Resurrection MP3
William
Lane Craig
on the Wright-Crossan Dialogue MP3
radical / liberal critics
Gary
Habermas, Mike Licona, Richard Carrier on The Infidel Guy Show MP3 (see www.InfidelGuy.com)
Gregory
Boyd vs. Robert M. Price on the historical Jesus 2003 MP3 (see www.Veritas.org)
Gregory
Boyd and Paul Eddy discuss The Jesus Legend 2008 MP3
Bart
Ehrman on Misquoting Jesus and NT Criticism MP3 (see www.BartDEhrman.com)
Bart
Ehrman interviewed by "Infidel Guy" 2007 MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Craig Evans on "Is the NT Historically Reliable?" 2010 MP3
Bart
Ehrman on Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
2013 MP3
Bart
Ehrman vs. Simon Gathercole on How Jesus Became God / How God Became Jesus
2014 MP3
J.P.
Holding vs. Kenneth Humphreys on "Did Jesus Exist?" 2009 MP3
J.P.
Holding vs. Richard Carrier on "Is the NT Reliable?" 2011 MP3
Earl
Doherty Interview with Brian Flemming 2005 MP3 (see www.TheGodMovie.com
and this
review by Mike Licona)
R.G. Price on Jesus
a Very Jewish Myth MP3 (see www.RationalRevolution.net)
Richard
Carrier on "Why I Don't Think Jesus Existed" 2013 MP3 (see www.RichardCarrier.info)
Fulton J. Sheen -- "Life Is Worth Living" series (see www.SaintJoe.com)
Sheen
on Truth Claims, Revelation, Authority, Miracles MP3
Sheen on Creed, Christ,
Trinity MP3
Sheen on Church, Peter,
Mary, Womanhood MP3
Sheen on Sin, Grace,
Sacraments MP3
Sheen on Last Things MP3
Karl Keating and Catholic/Protestant Debates and others (see www.Catholic.com)
Karl Keating vs. Peter Ruckman 1987 MP3
Karl Keating vs. Bart Brewer 1987 MP3
Karl Keating vs. Bill Jackson 1987 MP3
Karl Keating vs. Dave Hunt on Action Sixties February 1993 MP3
Karl Keating vs. Dave Hunt on Catholicism and "Early Christianity" 1994 MP3
Keith Fournier vs. Dave Hunt on "Evangelical Catholics" 1992 MP3
Scott Hahn Conversion Story (the "original" from 1989) MP3 (see www.Catholicity.com)
Scott Hahn on Bible Answer Man June 1990 MP3 (see www.Equip.org)
Fr. Mitch Pacwa on Bible Answer Man July 1991 MP3
Scott Hahn "Answering Common Objections" COMPLETE
1990 MP3 (see www.ScottHahn.com)
Norman
Geisler on "Roman Catholics and Evangelicals" from SES COMPLETE 2014 MP3 (see
www.SES.edu)
Scott
Hahn vs. Robert Bowman on Justification/Salvation 1997 MP3 (see www.CatholicCompany.com)
Fr. Mitch Pacwa
vs. Kenneth Samples on Sola Scriptura/Authority 1997 MP3
Mark Bonocore vs. Matt Slick on CARM's "Faith and Reason" 2006 MP3 (see
www.CARM.org)
Tim
Staples vs. Mike Gendron on The Drew Mariani Show 2007 MP3 (see www.RelevantRadio.com)
Frank
Beckwith and Timothy George on "Can You Be Catholic and Evangelical?"
2009 MP3
Frank
Beckwith interviewed by Greg Koukl on "Stand to Reason" 2007 MP3 (see
www.STR.org)
Hank
Hanegraaff of CRI "Bible Answer Man" Converts to Orthodoxy 2017 MP3
Former CRI
employee and Orthodox convert Perry Robinson on Hank 2017 MP3 (see www.Equip.org)
Darrell
Bock Breaking The Da Vinci Code Workshop MP3
J.P. Holding Interview on The Da Vinci Code
MP3
Carl Olson talk in Wisconsin MP3
Carl Olson talk in South Dakota MP3
Gary Habermas on The Da Vinci Code MP3 (2 parts)
Mike Licona Exploring The Da Vinci Code MP3
Amy Welborn on Decoding Mary Magdalene MP3
Vatican Radio interviews Fr. Gerald O'Collins and Amy Welborn MP3
Craig Blomberg on the Secret Gnostic Gospels MP3
Craig Blomberg on Conspiracy of a Divine Jesus MP3
Stephan Hoeller on Da Vinci Code from a Gnostic Perspective MP3
Stephan Hoeller on the Gnostic Gospels MP3
John Ankerberg with guests Unraveling Da Vinci MP3 (3 parts)
Creation and Evolution and "Intelligent Design" Talks and Interviews
Henry
M. Morris Creation Talks 1990 "The Long War Against God" etc MP3 (see
www.ICR.org)
Phillip E. Johnson
1991 Moody Open Line radio MP3
Kenneth R. Miller on Intelligent Design August 2005 Open Source radio MP3
Kenneth R. Miller at Case Western Reserve in Ohio January 2006 MP3
Zachary Moore Evolution 101 Podcast Collection MP3
Denis
Lamoureux on "Beyond the Evolution vs. Creation Debate" MP3
Francis Collins on Genetics, Evolution, and Christian Faith 2006 MP3
Karl
Giberson on "Can I be a Christian and Believe in Evolution?" MP3
Loren
Haarsma on Human Evolution, Original Sin, and Christianity 2014 MP3
Cardinal
Christoph Schonborn on Chance or Purpose? 2008 MP3
The Church and Science
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr MP3 (chapter from How the Catholic Church Built
Western Civilization)
Intelligent
Design Panel Discussion Part 1 Fr. George Coyne and others MP3
Intelligent Design Panel Discussion Part 2 Lawrence Krauss and others MP3
Krista Tippett interviews biographer James Moore on Charles Darwin MP3
Barry Lynn interviews Barbara Forrest on the Dover ID Trial MP3
Michael Shermer and Jonathan Wells on Why Darwin Matters and ID Debate MP3
Creation and Evolution and "Intelligent Design" Debates MP3
Henry
M. Morris vs. Kenneth R. Miller 1981 Debate "Evolution vs. Special
Creation"
MP3 (see NCSE.com)
Phillip
E. Johnson vs. Will Provine 1994 Debate "Evolution: Science or Dogma?" MP3
The Firing Line 1997 Creation-Evolution Debate
MP3 (see
also debate
transcript)
Blind
Evolution or Intelligent Design? Dembski and Behe vs. Miller and Pennock 2002
MP3
Stephen Meyer vs.
Kenneth R. Miller and Lawrence Krauss 2002 MP3 (see www.ScienceFriday.com)
Stephen
Meyer, Richard Sternberg vs. Donald Prothero, Michael Shermer 2009 Debate "Evolution
and Origins of Life" MP3
Stephen
Meyer, Michael Medved, Chris Mooney, others 2009 Debate "Signature in the
Cell" MP3
William
Dembski vs. Eugenie Scott on Intelligent Design 2001 MP3
William Dembski vs. Lee Silver on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
William
Dembski vs. Michael Shermer on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
George Will vs. Cal Thomas on Intelligent Design from Nightline
2005 MP3 (see also transcript)
Michael Behe vs. Vincent Cassone on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
Paul Nelson vs. Kenneth R. Miller on Intelligent Design 2005 MP3
Jerry
Coyne, Paul Nelson, Denis Lamoureux on Evolution and Religion 2007 MP3
Alvin
Plantinga vs. Daniel Dennett on Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? 2009 MP3
Richard
Weikart on "From Darwin To Hitler" MP3
Richard Weikart vs.
Hector Avalos on Darwin and Hitler MP3
William
Lane Craig vs. Jamal
Badawi debate on Islam versus Christianity MP3
Seeking
Allah, Finding Jesus with Nabeel Qureshi 2013 MP3
Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think 2008 MP3
Robert Spencer on
Islam 2007 MP3 (see www.JihadWatch.org)
Robert
Spencer vs. Peter Kreeft on Islam 2010 MP3
Robert
Spencer vs. Dinesh D'Souza on Islam MP3
Is
Islam a Religion of Peace? an "Intelligence Squared" Debate 2010 MP3
theism / atheism / philosophy / faith
William Lane Craig, Daniel Dennett, Alister McGrath on Theism/Atheism MP3
God, Science, and the Big Questions with W.L. Craig, J.P. Moreland, John Lennox MP3
Thomas
Warren vs. Antony Flew on the Existence of God 1976 (4 days -- 8 hours!) MP3
Greg Bahnsen vs. George
H. Smith The Case For / Against God 1991 MP3 (see www.CMFNow.com)
Cliffe
Knechtle vs. Michael Newdow 2003 debate on the existence of God MP3
Mark D. Roberts vs.
Christopher Hitchens on The Great God Debate 2007 MP3
Frank
Turek vs. Christopher Hitchens on Does God Exist? 2008 MP3
Peter
May vs.
John Loftus on "Unbelievable" 2008 MP3
Cardinal
George Pell vs. Dan Barker on "Without God We Are Nothing" 2010 MP3
Tim
McGrew vs. Peter Boghossian on Faith and Atheism 2014 MP3
John Warwick Montgomery on A Lawyer Defends Christianity 2014 MP3
"New Atheism"
William
Lane Craig on the "New Atheism" 2008 MP3
Scott Hahn and
Benjamin Wiker on the "New Atheism" 2008 MP3
Keith Ward on
Evolution, God, Dawkins on "Unbelievable" 2008 MP3
Tag-Team Debates on God and Purpose
Sam
Harris, Michael Shermer vs. Deepak Chopra, Jean Houston on "Does God Have A
Future?" 2010 MP3
Craig,
Wolpe, Geivett vs Dawkins, Ridley, Shermer on "Does the Universe have a
Purpose?" 2010 MP3
Lennox,
Barker, Joanna McGrath, Shermer, Peter Hitchens, Millican on God Does or Does
Not Exist 2012 MP3
Materialism / Naturalism / Secularism
Alvin Plantinga
"Against Materialism" MP3
Alvin Plantinga
"Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism" MP3
Matt
D vs. Kristine K on Secularists and Abortion Rights debate 2012 MP3
Reza Aslan vs.
Sam Harris on Religion and Secularism 2007 MP3
Chris Hedges vs.
Sam Harris on Religion, Ethics, Politics 2007 MP3
Resurrection
Michael
Licona vs. Richard Carrier on the Resurrection 2004 MP3 (see www.Veritas.org)
Michael
Licona vs. Dan Barker on the Resurrection 2003 MP3
Gary
Habermas vs. Kenneth Humphreys on the Resurrection 2008 MP3
David
Wood vs. John Loftus on the Resurrection 2015 MP3
Abdu
Murray vs. John Loftus on the Resurrection 2016 MP3
Nature of God
Trinitarianism
vs. Unitarianism Debate 2005 MP3
Sean
Finnegan vs. Brant Bosserman Trinity Debate 2008 MP3
Grant Palmer Mormon Historian on Joseph Smith, Polygamy, Changing View of God(s) MP3
Presuppositional Apologetics
R.C. Sproul on
Presuppositional Apologetics MP3
R.C. Sproul vs.
Greg Bahnsen on Classical vs. Presuppositional Apologetics 1977 MP3
Norman
Geisler on
Presuppositional Apologetics MP3
Homosexuality, 'Gay Marriage' and Christianity
Michael
Brown vs Harry Knox on Christianity and Homosexuality debate MP3
'Gay
Christian' Discussion with Michael Brown, Justin Lee, and others MP3
Robert
Gagnon vs. Jayne Ozanne on Scripture and Same-Sex Relationships MP3
What
is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense with Sherif Girgis, Ryan Anderson, Robert
George MP3
Brian
Brown vs Dan Savage on Gay Marriage debate MP3
Conversation
on Definition of Marriage with Robinson-Corvino vs Morse-Gagnon MP3
Ryan
Anderson vs Judith Stacy on Gay Marriage debate MP3
End Times
Harold
Camping vs. John Walvoord on Amillennialism vs. Premillennialism 1980 MP3
Hank
Hanegraaff ("preterist" c. 65 AD) vs. Mark Hitchcock
("futurist" c. 95 AD) on Dating the Book of Revelation 2007 MP3
William
Lane Craig on Catholicism and the "Coming Evangelical Collapse" MP3
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