Apologetics Profile is a weekly podcast discussing apologetics, world religions, atheism, cults, the occult, alternative religions, controversial doctrines and spiritual practices. We are an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to respectful conversations from a biblical perspective. Apologetics Profile is a production of Watchman Fellowship, a non-profit Christian apologetics ministry focused on interfaith evangelism and discernment. For more information, visit: www.watchman.org.
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Sep 28, 2026 · 1:00:40
Since 2018, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been publishing teaching curriculum for its members to study at home each week. It's called Come, Follow Me. Every…
Sep 21, 2026 · 37:06
How can Christians participate in the arts? What does Jesus have to do with aesthetics in the arts? How can a Christian-informed view of the arts help us better understand Jesus…
Sep 14, 2026 · 42:35
You've heard it said "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." What exactly, though, does that really mean? While it is true we all seem intuitively to know beauty when we see it,…
Sep 7, 2026 · 30:11
In the chaotic times in which we live, how can we navigate through its darkness? Where can we find the light of true wisdom? Where can we find rest for our souls? Jesus says in…
Aug 31, 2026 · 40:31
In a world that often seems to be chaotically out of control, in a world of an endless cacophony of competing voices, in a world that encourages us to do whatever we want, in a…
Aug 24, 2026 · 43:25
What do you say if two young Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints suddenly show up at your doorstep? What do you say? How do you say it? Watchman…
Aug 17, 2026 · 44:38
What do you say if two young Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints suddenly show up at your doorstep? Watchman Fellowship can help! If you know little…
Aug 10, 2026 · 34:23
This week is part two of our conversation with Old Testament scholar and theologian Dr. John Oswalt to discuss his 2009 book The Bible Among the Myths - Unique Revelation or Just…
Aug 3, 2026 · 46:45
A frequent argument leveled against the Bible by skeptics and non-believers is that the Bible is just a collection of borrowed myths from surrounding pagan nations. But is that…
Jul 27, 2026 · 52:08
If physical extraterrestrial beings from another region of our galaxy or universe is scientifically impossible, then what other alternatives are there which might reveal the true…
Jul 20, 2026 · 1:21:02
Do intelligent, extraterrestrial aliens exist? How might evolution explain their existence? Or can it? Here on this week's Apologetics Profile, we discuss intelligent design and…
Jul 13, 2026 · 45:56
What are the messages behind the new Steven Spielberg's new alien film Disclosure Day ? Should we pay attention to them? What should we think about them? What exactly are they?…
Jul 6, 2026 · 46:28
How does the omnipresence of God in the created world fill our day-to-day lives? How are our everyday lives actually manifestations of God's extraordinary grace? What makes a…
Jun 29, 2026 · 1:06:12
In the opening chapter of the Book of Isaiah, the LORD calls the heavens and earth to witness a remarkable but tragic thing. Planets and stars and all the heavenly hosts, which…
Jun 22, 2026 · 34:29
If intelligent design is so apparent in living organisms and in the cosmos, why don't more people accept it? Here on part two of our conversation with President of Reasons to…
Jun 15, 2026 · 54:02
"Evolution is a settled fact!" we're often told by scientists, science popularizers, and probably have seen this statement not a few times on social media. But there has been…
Jun 8, 2026 · 1:18:58
Doctrine and Covenants section 9, verse 8 are supposedly the words of the Lord, given through Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery in 1829. "But, behold, I say unto you, that you must…
Jun 1, 2026 · 1:29:21
Doctrine and Covenants section 9, verse 8 are supposedly the words of the Lord, given through Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery in 1829. "But, behold, I say unto you, that you must…
May 25, 2026 · 46:42
This week we continue our conversation with pastor, author, and publisher at B&H Academic, Dr. Michael McEwen about the influences of 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich…
May 18, 2026 · 44:00
On the last two episodes of the Profile we discussed the influences of 19th-century German philosopher Karl Marx on our culture today. This week and next we'll be examining the…
May 11, 2026 · 38:08
This week we continue our conversation with President and CEO of Ratio Christi Dr. Corey Miller about the baleful influences of Karl Marx's ideologies in our nation's colleges…
May 4, 2026 · 44:19
While the Berlin Wall no longer divides Germany, the ideas that led to its construction are still actively dividing our country today. Sadly, Marxism is still alive and well and…
Apr 27, 2026 · 35:24
This week on the Profile we hear the rest of the remarkable story of Devin Squeri and how Jesus lead him through a difficult two-year existential crisis. You'll hear how Devin…
Apr 20, 2026 · 34:19
For the last several weeks, we have been discussing how to navigate through periods of doubt, despair, and depression, with guests Dr. Gary Habermas and Dr. Alan Noble. For the…
Apr 13, 2026 · 57:30
Behind proclamations of the Gospel, behind the rigorous apologetic defenses for the Christian faith, behind many of God's chosen servants, and behind those who fiercely opposes…
Apr 6, 2026 · 37:14
Deserts can be forbidding even deadly but they are also beautiful and needful for our earthly sojourn. At some point in our lives as Christians, we too will pass through the…
Mar 30, 2026 · 52:19
Passing through a desert wilderness is a common theme throughout Scripture. Many of God's choicest saints have spent time, alone, in the wilderness. And the wilderness can mean…
Mar 23, 2026 · 59:26
What might you say to a Latter-day Saint missionary or acquaintance who questions you about the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture? We'll tackle this question and several…
Mar 16, 2026 · 42:53
There is a growing trend in social media of Latter-day Saint (Mormon) apologists defending their faith. And because of the success of streaming shows such as The Secret Lives of…
Mar 9, 2026 · 38:15
In Latter-day Saint scriptures, Doctrine & Covenants section 82, verse 7 states "And now, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, will not lay any sin to your charge; go your ways…
Mar 2, 2026 · 47:54
What might you say to a Latter-day Saint who asks you to define how you understand the concept of forgiveness? It is important to know that most Latter-day Saints understanding…
Feb 23, 2026 · 42:46
Are leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prophets and apostles in a true biblical sense? Was Joseph Smith a true prophet? We believe the answer to both…
Feb 16, 2026 · 45:48
The Bible gives us a standard by which we may discern truth from falsehood, especially when someone proclaims themselves to be a prophet (Deuteronomy 13; 18; Matthew 24:24; 1…
Feb 9, 2026 · 31:49
The official teaching of the Catholic Church directs its parishioners to pray directly to Mary to intercede to Jesus on our behalf (see the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)…
Feb 2, 2026 · 45:59
What role does Mary, the mother of Jesus, have in traditional Catholic theology? This week and next on Apologetics Profile, we will examine some of the core dogmas of Catholic…
Jan 26, 2026 · 36:00
When Jesus began His Church, He did not intend for us to live out our calling in isolation from our fellow believers. He prayed that we would, as the Church, be united as one…
Jan 19, 2026 · 49:08
Apologetics might sometimes seem like an off-putting, snobbishly academic endeavor for those among us who are more prone to delight in arguing with nonbelievers. But what might…
Jan 12, 2026 · 34:22
What do charges of blasphemy against Jesus teach us about who Jesus really is? Clearly the Jews, Scribes, Pharisees, and even Caiaphas the High Priest thought Jesus claimed to be…
Jan 5, 2026 · 44:01
Did Jesus really say He was God? The Scribes, Pharisees, and the High Priest Caiaphas sure understood Jesus to be making that claim. They accused Jesus of blasphemy (see Mark 2;…
Dec 27, 2025 · 1:29:46
What does it mean to be human? We thoughtfully tackle this ancient question on our annual Year-in-Review episode, featuring segments from Profile interviews of 2025. Guests…
Dec 22, 2025 · 33:34
Isaiah expert and Old Testament scholar Dr. John Oswalt is our guest again this week on the Profile. On this episode John discusses the discovery of the Great Isaiah Scroll in…
Dec 15, 2025 · 49:29
"Of all the books in the OT, Isaiah is perhaps the richest. Its literary grandeur is unequaled. Its scope is unparalleled. The breadth of its view of God is unmatched. In so many…
Dec 8, 2025 · 38:36
How have industry and technology shaped our understanding of ourselves and of our understanding and relationship with God? How have such intellectual and societal trends…
Dec 1, 2025 · 54:38
What intellectual and social paradigms have made atheism seem like a plausible and viable alternative worldview in the 21st century? What factors have contributed to the cultural…
Nov 24, 2025 · 40:56
Today, science has uncovered many wonders about the cosmos and about life within it, but science has also "reduced" most everything in the universe to virtually nothing. In our…
Nov 17, 2025 · 47:14
On the last four episodes of the Profile, we have discussed the importance of understanding and living in accordance with the fact that we as human beings are intentionally…
Nov 10, 2025 · 41:51
Is there any redeeming value in reading fantasy literature or literature from the ancient world that is not distinctively Christian? What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?…
Nov 3, 2025 · 39:52
Any purpose or end goal of education requires one to have an understanding of what it means to be human. Etymologically, the word “curriculum” means to run a course. The Apostle…
Oct 27, 2025 · 40:47
With the recent tragic death of Christian and political activist Charlie Kirk, it is more essential than ever for us as Christians to move forward in civil dialogue with those…
Oct 20, 2025 · 36:19
Mothers and children were devalued in ancient Greco-Roman society. The advent of Christianity, however, introduced a radically different perspective - that every human being at…
Oct 13, 2025 · 39:05
This is part two of our conversation with software engineer, former Hindu and former atheist Ganesh Vankataramanan. Here on part two Ganesh shares how certain aspects of physical…
Oct 6, 2025 · 34:15
Born into the Brahmins, the highest caste class in India, Ganesh began doubting Hinduism while in college and eventually turned to atheism. While in the United States, the…
Sep 29, 2025 · 38:20
We continue our conversation about the history and interaction of Christianity and Islam with Dr. Wafik Wahba of Tyndale University in Toronto, Canada. We will be discussing more…
Sep 25, 2025 · 32:02
On September 10th, 2025, in front of over 3,000 students on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, a lone gunman took the life of Christian and political activist…
Sep 22, 2025 · 41:05
The history of Christianity and Islam has a long and complex history spanning several centuries, from Christians living among Muslims in Baghdad during the Golden Age of Islam to…
Sep 15, 2025 · 39:53
This week we continue our fascinating conversation with biochemist, intelligent design advocate, and author Dr. Michael Behe, looking back over three decades since he first…
Sep 8, 2025 · 49:52
On the last two episodes of AP, we talked with Tricia Scribner about how theistic evolution impacts how we understand the God of the Bible. On the next two episodes, we will be…
Sep 1, 2025 · 47:29
This week Profile we continue our conversation with former nurse, author, and Christian apologist Dr. Tricia Scribner about how theistic evolution impacts a traditional, orthodox…
Aug 25, 2025 · 58:51
Jesus said to the Jews of His day that if they really believed in Moses they would believe in Him, but if they did not believe in Moses, He asked how they could really believe in…
Aug 18, 2025 · 1:07:19
How does philosophy inform modern physics? And how do physicists incorporate philosophy into their research? On this episode, we dive into those questions with philosopher Dr.…
Aug 11, 2025 · 51:58
Again this week we talking with YouTuber Bradley Cooper who hosts the God Loves Mormons channel. Bradley sat down with Daniel Ray at the Utah Christian Research Center in Draper,…
Aug 4, 2025 · 1:00:43
This is our special 300th episode of Apologetics Profile! We have been offering our podcast completely free, without subscription or advertising, for over 5 1/2 years. If you…
Jul 28, 2025 · 24:56
Is science really a barrier to belief in the Bible and Christianity? Why does science remain one of the primary reasons why people are rejecting Christianity? This week we dig…
Jul 21, 2025 · 49:47
New Atheism is in decline but atheism in general still persists. But so too does Christianity. What are the current trends today in the Atheist and Christian dialogue? Is…
Jul 14, 2025 · 45:35
The Bible tells us that we can see and understand "God's invisible attributes" through what He has created. And this is precisely what former atheist Michael Ray Lewis discovered…
Jul 7, 2025 · 55:07
God's creation shows us His invisible attributes. He uses His creation to lead us to Christ, through whom and for whom the entirety of the heavens and earth were made (Colossians…
Jun 30, 2025 · 47:33
The 15th president of the LDS Church Gordon B. Hinkley said in 1961 that "this cause is either true or false. Either this is the kingdom of God, or it is a shame and a delusion.…
Jun 23, 2025 · 50:16
How could a young, relatively uneducated farm boy from upstate New York in the late 1820s have written something like The Book of Mormon? Was it inspired by God or is it merely…
Jun 16, 2025 · 31:16
There exists a popular myth among skeptics and non-believers that Jesus did not really rise from the dead. What may have happened, they suggest, is that Peter and/or Paul…
Jun 9, 2025 · 33:35
If Jesus did not rise from the dead, as skeptics claim, then our faith in Christ is worthless and we are still in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17). So do arguments rooted in…
Jun 2, 2025 · 50:36
How many invisible entities does it take to explain the origin of the universe? Is the origin and existence of the cosmos ultimately best explained by a host of invisible…
May 26, 2025 · 48:18
Critics call it creationism in a cheap tuxedo. Some think is merely religion masquerading as a pseudo-scientific theory, but many others believe it to be a viable scientific…
May 19, 2025 · 38:02
Evolutionary biologists have attempted in a multitude of different ways to genetically alter a species of fruit fly in an attempt to create some kind of new species. But their…
May 12, 2025 · 42:03
Since Charles Darwin's 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species there has been much debate and discussion about the relationship of Darwin's naturalistic hypothesis as it…
May 5, 2025 · 37:14
Many of us have plenty of experiences with math, especially when we were younger. Perhaps some of your memories of what math was like for you in school are unpleasant, to say the…
Apr 28, 2025 · 41:57
We have all had meaningful and profound encounters with beauty in our lives. Even though we often know what we mean when we say "That is absolutely beautiful," beauty, as it…
Apr 21, 2025 · 41:55
Colossians tells us that all things were made through Christ and for Christ. John tells us that all things came into being through the Word who was and is God incarnate, the…
Apr 14, 2025 · 40:34
"The whole world has gone after Him" the Pharisees said to one another about Jesus of Nazareth (John 12:19). He healed the sick, cured the lepers, brought sight to the blind,…
Apr 7, 2025 · 48:35
Word-faith teachers claim that faith is a kind of power or force that we can utilize to our advantage to help us prosper physically, financially, and spiritually. This week…
Mar 31, 2025 · 38:25
The word-faith prosperity gospel is not really the Gospel at all. Much of the heretical theology and practice within the word-faith movement comes from much older and…
Mar 24, 2025 · 39:36
In early 1820 a young farm boy by the name of Joseph Smith believed he had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ appearing to him, exhorting him not to join any of the…
Mar 17, 2025 · 50:25
If you have ever had a deeply moving personal experience with God, you know it can be something that words cannot adequately convey. Perhaps it is deeply emotional, powerful, and…
Mar 10, 2025 · 46:19
There are nearly seven million Latter-day Saints in the United States today. And yet despite the growth of Latter-day Saints in foreign countries , the LDS church in the US…
Mar 3, 2025 · 55:41
This week and next on the profile President of Watchman Fellowship, James Walker sits down with Bill McKeever , founder of Mormon Research Ministry (MRM) and the Utah Christian…
Feb 24, 2025 · 36:07
This week on Apologetics Profile, Watchman senior apologist Dr. Brady Blevins continues his conversation with counter-cult apologist Steve Matthews about the recent split of the…
Feb 17, 2025 · 46:44
This week and next on the Profile, Watchman senior apologist Dr. Brady Blevins talks with counter-cult apologist Steve Matthews about the recent split of the International…
Feb 10, 2025 · 36:42
Just how radically different is the portrait of Isa in the Qur'an with Jesus of the Bible? This week we'll hear once more from president of Watchman Fellowship James Walker's…
Feb 3, 2025 · 31:32
This week we conclude our series on Islam with the testimony of a former Muslim who became a Christian after questioning some of the basic teachings of the Qur'an and the…
Jan 27, 2025 · 32:41
When engaging Muslims with the truth of Christianity, it is crucial we understand clearly not only our own doctrines but those of our Muslim friends and neighbors as well. While…
Jan 20, 2025 · 33:31
God is doing a work in the Middle East. This week and next on the Profile we talk with the founder and president of Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary in Aman, Jordan Dr.…
Jan 13, 2025 · 37:49
When sharing our own testimonies and stories about our faith in Christ with Muslims, it is essential to know some basic differences between Christianity and Islam. What do…
Jan 6, 2025 · 41:29
The Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is perhaps one of the most difficult and challenging doctrines of the Christian faith. Perhaps it is nowhere more challenging to…
Dec 30, 2024 · 36:42
You have probably seen the picture of Earth taken by the Voyager I satellite on Valentine's Day in 1990. It looks like nothing more than a little pixel, just a tiny point of…
Dec 23, 2024 · 37:02
You have likely heard the term "the Dark Ages" to describe the period of history from about 450 A.D. to 1450 A.D. And you have likely heard a historian or science popularizer or…
Dec 18, 2024 · 1:19:40
Our 2024 year-in-review theme for this special broadcast is From Unbelief to Belief. We feature clips from selected episodes in 2024 discussing the problem of unbelief and the…
Dec 16, 2024 · 43:35
In today's age of rampant individualistic interpretations of Scripture how can we properly cultivate a right understand the Bible? Our guest again this week on the Profile is…
Dec 9, 2024 · 44:54
In today's age of rampant individualistic interpretations of Scripture how can we properly cultivate a right understand the Bible? Our guest this week and next on the Profile is…
Dec 2, 2024 · 50:10
Perhaps two of the biggest objections you hear against God's existence are slavery and hell. Why would God, a loving God, allow such things? This week we continue our…
Nov 25, 2024 · 46:31
Why? We often have many "Why?" questions when it comes to God and our relationship with Him. Why would God allow evil or why would God flood the earth? God does not tell us…
Nov 18, 2024 · 34:49
Our guest again this week, astrophysicist and author at Reasons to Believe ( www.reasons.org ) Dr. Jeff Zweerink, tells us that we have nothing to fear, not even the multiverse!…
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