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Is Christianity true? Answering the hardest questions about God, Jesus, and the Bible
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- Jun 3, 2026
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Summary
In this episode of Faith & Clarity , Dr. Mark Turman is joined by Ryan Denison and Dr. Jim Denison for a wide-ranging conversation about the hard questions of faith and how Christians can engage a skeptical culture with confidence and grace. Jim opens up about the spiritual questions that have shaped his life—from his father's WWII trauma and early doubts in the church pew to the transformative influence of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity . Together, they unpack the difference between proof and evidence, making the case that faith is less like a math equation and more like a relationship, assessed by the weight of what we know to be true. The conversation explores why belief in God is so often questioned in prosperous cultures, how to distinguish deism from theism, and four compelling tests for the Bible's trustworthiness: manuscripts, fulfilled prophecy, internal consistency, and archaeology. They also take on some of the bigger cultural challenges to faith such as Jesus' claims to deity, the logic of the atonement, and whether dinosaurs or extraterrestrial life pose any real threat to Christian belief before turning to the question suffering raises that reason alone cannot fully answer, and why God's presence with us in pain matters more than any explanation. Topics (0:00) Introduction (2:02) Jim Denison's early doubts (4:48) Church culture and C.S. Lewis (7:40) War trauma and faith (19:34) Does God exist today (28:48) Is the Bible trustworthy (31:54) Four tests for Scripture (35:14) Faith as relationship (37:00) Jesus claims divinity (49:37) Dinosaurs and aliens (53:53) Why God allows suffering (59:16) God with us in pain (1:04:47) Cancer and "help my unbelief" (1:06:45) Conclusion Resources Camp mystic director breaks down in tears during trial Wrestling with Go…