Cliff!

Author and speaker Cliff Goldstein melds basic truths, literature, and popular culture to answer some of life’s most abstract questions. A former atheist, he understands firsthand the struggle with faith.

Cliff!

November 28th, 2021

Principles of Marriage

Cliff departs from his typical topics like metaphysics, cosmology, and eschatology to discuss something he has had over 35 years of experience in – marriage.

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  1. November 28th, 2021

    Principles of Marriage

    Cliff departs from his typical topics like metaphysics, cosmology, and eschatology to discuss something he has had over 35 years of experience in – marriage.

  2. November 21st, 2021

    The Logic of Existence

    Is our existence logical? Can logic be used to explain how we got here? The evidence may show that it is nothing short of miraculous.

  3. November 7th, 2021

    Tolstoy's Confessions

    Leo Tolstoy was once the world’s most famous writer. He had all the world had to offer. So, what led him down the path to despair, despite all his worldly success? Cliff identifies what was missing.

  4. October 24th, 2021

    Barbra Ehrenreich’s Search for the Truth about Everything

    An atheist woman does everything she can to find “truth” outside of God, but ironically her efforts only bring her to know the God of truth.

  5. May 30th, 2021

    The Logic of the Miraculous

    Miracles in their essence, cannot be explained. Then how about finding logic in a miracle? would not that be trying to explain it? Cliff explains in fascinating detail the logic of the miraculous.

  6. May 23rd, 2021

    Embarrassing The Faith

    Many individuals believe in evolution. That either chance, a big-bang, or any other thought that can “explain” the universe, can be accepted as the origin of things. That can be accepted usually in the scientific community, where the backing of evolution is almost a requirement. It is unusual, however, that Christians will subscribe to this idea. Cliff goes in detail and explains why such individuals, do in fact, embarrass the faith.

  7. May 16th, 2021

    Why Live If You Can Be Buried for Ten Dollars?

    Human nature intrinsically rejects the idea of death. Even the most avid evolutionists will, at some point, have to face this reality… the reality of dying. Cliff shares what must be accepted if every person is to face this reality in peace.

  8. May 9th, 2021

    Who Gets the Ventilator?

    The Theory of Evolution at its core denies basic, moral elements. The popular premise, “survival of the fittest,” goes in stark contrast to Jesus’ teachings of serving and helping the needy. Once again Cliff proves in scientific terms the dissonance between humanistic thought and heavenly teachings.

  9. May 2nd, 2021

    A Deeper Reality

    Science is a wonderful tool to explain many aspects of life. But it cannot explain the supernatural. When it comes to the resurrection of Christ, there is a deeper reality that science cannot explain.

  10. April 25th, 2021

    The Cost of Love

    Technology has brought changes to our daily lives. We are now able to perform amazing things, feats unimaginable 15 years ago. Despite the advancements, there is something technology will never be able to replicate – human emotions. Some argue, however, that robots can imitate all forms of human feelings, but Cliff shares deeper thoughts on the matter.

  11. April 18th, 2021

    Art Is for the Living, Not The Dying

    Christopher Hitchens was one of the world’s most renowned intellectuals. He was also an atheist. He wrote extensively about human life with no God, and how everything humans can obtain they can do without a higher power. At the time of his death, however, he continued writing, but Cliff shows how the tenor of his arguments changed.

  12. April 11th, 2021

    The Physics of Love

    For many years, the influence of the book Principia by Isaac Newton made people see the world as an ordered, coherent place that could be fully understood through science, reason, logic and mathematics, but love cannot be defined by any of those element and Cliff explains why.

  13. April 4th, 2021

    The Frankenstein Factor

    Frankenstein, the famous Mary Shelley novel, is compared to Jesus’ resurrection. How can two unlike stories find common ground? Cliff explains that the resurrection of Jesus is not fictional, but a reality that is much easier to accept than Frankenstein’s monster resurrected from the dead.

  14. March 28th, 2021

    Confessions of a Science Denier

    Cliff admits in this episode that he is in fact a science denier. He explains his reasons as to why, and under the right circumstances, a science denier is not a bad thing to be.

  15. August 7th, 2018

    The Reality of God

  16. August 7th, 2018

    Certainty Second Coming

  17. August 7th, 2018

    Beginnings and Endings

  18. August 7th, 2018

    Choose this Day

  19. August 7th, 2018

    Brahms Second Symphony

  20. August 7th, 2018

    Galileo's Legacy

  21. August 7th, 2018

    Unweaving The Rainbow

  22. August 7th, 2018

    Einstein's Brain

  23. August 7th, 2018

    The Fifth and Forever

  24. August 7th, 2018

    Just Set Down Here

  25. November 7th, 2011

    The Room and the Light

  26. January 1st, 2011

    The Demarcation Problem

  27. January 1st, 2011

    Moral Authority

  28. January 1st, 2011

    The Meaning of Life

    When a baby is born, we have such great hopes for their future. We hope they find purpose in their lives and fulfill their dreams. Yet, life can become so dismal and negative. Is there really a God that “plans to give [us] a hope and future?

  29. January 1st, 2011

    Interpretations All the Way Down

    You say poTAto, I say POtato. Can both pronunciations be correct? When it comes to life, how do we know if we are correctly interpreting life or are we just sharing our mixed up opinion of thoughts and ideas?

  30. January 1st, 2011

    Einmal ist Keinmal

    The German phrase: Einmal is keinmal is translated “one time is no time.” It’s an idiomatic expression that means if something happens only once, it really doesn’t matter. Does this mean that our one shot at life on this earth is meaningless?

  31. January 1st, 2011

    Guilty As Sin

  32. January 1st, 2011

    Law and Freedom

    Our universe relies on morals. We have an opportunity to choose what is right and wrong. Millennia ago, Satan contested that we really don’t have the freedom to choose God’s law.

  33. January 1st, 2011

    What Aristotle Got Wrong

  34. January 1st, 2011

    What Aristotle Got Right

  35. January 1st, 2011

    The Enormous Radio

  36. January 1st, 2011

    Satin Romeo

  37. January 1st, 2011

    Epistemological Tools

  38. January 1st, 2011

    The Grand Inquisitor

  39. January 1st, 2011

    Math Problem

  40. January 1st, 2011

    On Means and Ends

  41. January 1st, 2011

    Madame Bovary’s Dreams

  42. January 1st, 2011

    The Darwin Dilemma

  43. January 1st, 2011

    The Book of Beauty

ABOUT THE SHOW

Author and speaker Cliff Goldstein melds basic truths, literature, and popular culture to answer some of life’s most abstract questions. A former atheist, he understands firsthand the struggle with faith.

Using the words of the world’s well-known thinkers, Cliff examines philosophies that have been held for thousands of years.

He discusses the Christian worldview without being preachy. This is a great place to start if you want a real, logical foundation for faith.

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Cliff Goldstein

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