In Authentic, the flagship television and radio program of the Voice of Prophecy, Pastor Shawn Boonstra pursues the deepest questions of human existence. Check out the most recent episodes below.
Shivering in the shadow of life’s darkest problems, will we ever think our way to the light? Inspired by Thomas Aquinas, nineteenth-century philosophers argued that we could. Shawn Boonstra claims the opposite. Learn why human reason often paves the way to corruption—and discover what it really takes to find the answers to those deepest of life’s questions.
Why would a loving god allow suffering—if one even exists? And why do bad things happen, if that god is perfect? Atheists say evil proves that no god exists. Shawn Boonstra investigates an ancient problem.
Did Christopher Hitchens lie? Or did he just interpret things differently? We're revisiting claims from the well-known "atheist evangelist" who said that religion poisons everything.
Atheists love to praise Christopher Hitchens—one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism. But they leave out some pretty critical info that should really change how you evaluate his claims.