Are We Witnessing the Abolition of Humanity? With Stuart McAllister | Ep 76
Release Date: 04/04/2025
The Creation of Evil and the Origin of the Qur'an (Viewer Questions) | Ep 93
All Rise with Abdu Murray
In this new series, Abdu Murray and Derek Caldwell tackle your toughest—and sometimes bluntest—questions about Christianity, Islam, theology, philosophy, and culture. In today’s episode, we address two big viewer questions: 1. “What does it mean when Christians say evil is a ‘negation of the good’? Doesn’t that minimize real evil?” We unpack the classical Christian understanding of evil—not as something trivial or imaginary, but as a profound distortion of the good—and explain why this view actually amplifies the seriousness of evil rather...
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Do We Choose to Believe or Discover the Truth? And More! (Live Q&A) | Ep 92
All Rise with Abdu Murray
In this live university Q&A at Western Michigan University, Abdu Murray engages students in a wide-ranging conversation about belief, doubt, and truth. From cultural identity and politics to science and the soul, Abdu explores whether faith is a leap or a response to something real. Students press him on everything from the “women be silent” passage to the Trinity, from moral questions to science and DNA. Drawing from his journey from Islam to Christianity, Abdu shows how truth isn’t just an idea to defend—it’s a reality that changes how we see the world and one...
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Why Does God Allow Evil? And More Tough Questions (Live Q&A) | Ep 91
All Rise with Abdu Murray
In this live audience Q&A at Northend Church, Abdu Murray joins Pastor Mike Sherbino to tackle some of the hardest questions people ask about God, evil, and faith. From the problem of suffering to the reach of grace, from apathy and doubt to conversations with Muslims and Hindus, this open forum explores what it means to trust God when the world feels broken. Abdu also shares from his own journey from Islam to Christianity, and how the hope of Christ transforms not only how we think, but how we see others. Abdu has been a regular guest...
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Why I Left Orthodox Judaism for Christ: David Shapiro's Story & Belief | Ep 90
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How could an Orthodox Jew become a Christian? Doesn't that mean rejecting the Torah and your own Jewishness? In this episode of All Rise, Abdu sits down with David Shapiro, host of the Boundless Bible Podcast and a former Orthodox Jew turned Christian apologist. Together they talk about David's journey from Judaism to Christianity and explore the continuity and discontinuity between these two worldviews by looking at the Torah, the Fall and the Tree of Life, the Messiah, binitariansim, and much more. Learn more about...
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Burning Questions on Hell, Islam, Sexuality, and More Answered (NYC Q&A) | Ep 89
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What do you say when someone asks, “If God is so loving, why do people end up in hell?” In this special Q&A at Times Square Church in New York City, Abdu Murray tackled some of the hardest questions about faith, truth, and the hope found in Christ. From challenges about the Bible’s trustworthiness to how Christians can minister to friends in the LGBTQ community, these questions cut to the heart of what it means to follow Jesus in today’s culture. Thanks to the efforts of Times Square Church, this evening brought together hundreds of seekers and...
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My Dialogue with a Hindu on Creation, Evil, Reincarnation and Much More! | Ep 88
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In this episode of All Rise, we are bringing you a wide-ranging dialogue between Abdu Murray (a former Muslim who is now a Christian) and Fred Stella (a former Catholic who is now Hindu) on life’s deepest questions. How did the universe come to be? Why is there evil and suffering? What happens after death—and what role do reincarnation and karma play? Together, in front of a packed audience at Compass Church in Naperville, Illinois, they engage candidly on the Hindu and Christian views of creation, the problem of suffering, the caste system, and the hope of the...
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Beyond the Binary? What the Bible REALLY Teaches with Kyla Gillespie | Ep 87
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In this episode of All Rise, Kyla Gillespie joins us to explore the deeper theological debates surrounding gender and Scripture. Some voices argue that the Bible supports transgender identities—but what do those arguments really say? And how should we think about them in light of creation, redemption, and identity in Christ? With clarity and compassion, Kyla and our hosts explore what Scripture really teaches about gender, creation, and identity in Christ. Far from being a message of exclusion, the Bible offers a vision of wholeness, truth, and redemption that speaks to every...
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Gender Confusion and Finding Faith w/ Kyla Gillespie (Pt. 1) | Ep 86
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What happens when the identity you built your life around suddenly collapses—and Christ steps in to rebuild it? Kyla Gillespie is a survivor. In this episode of All Rise, we sit down with Kyla, a woman who once identified as transgender but ultimately found truth, freedom, and a new identity in Jesus Christ. Kyla shares her raw and powerful story, not as a political argument, but as a deeply personal journey through pain, searching, and redemption. With honesty and grace, she unpacks what drew her into a false identity, what shattered her illusions, and how God patiently...
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100 Years Later: The REAL STORY Behind the ‘Monkey Trial’ w/ Dr. Rick Townsend | Ep 85
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Was the Scopes “Monkey Trial” ever really about science—or was it a staged showdown with a hidden agenda? In this episode of All Rise, we talk to Dr. Rick Townsend, a historian of ideas whose groundbreaking dissertation uncovers the real story behind one of the most famous courtroom dramas in American history: the 1925 Scopes Trial. For a century, we’ve been told it was the moment science defeated religion. But what if the real battle wasn’t evolution vs. creation—but parental rights vs. elite control? Dr. Townsend walks us through how the trial was...
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PROOF Junk DNA was NEVER Junk! Science Finally Caught Up … with Fuz Rana | Ep 84
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Was "junk DNA" ever really junk—or did science just need to catch up with design? In this episode of All Rise, we talk to Dr. Fazale Rana (biochemist and President & CEO at Reasons to Believe) to dive into one of the most groundbreaking scientific reversals in recent history: the 2024 Nobel Prize awarded for discoveries showing that so-called “junk DNA” is functional and essential. For decades, large portions of the human genome were written off as useless leftovers of evolution. But was that ever good science—or just bad theology in...
info_outlineThe Christian world is finally awaking to the reality of the technological captivity of humanity. But one man who has been thinking about this from the beginning is Stuart McAllister. Gleaning wisdom from CS Lewis and many other authors, Stuart helps us navigate the technological world by first helping us understand the underlying problems and what is at stake.
Stuart is the Director of Ministry for Thinking Out Loud (featuring Cameron McAllister and Nathan Rittenhouse) and the Director of Leadership and Deployment for Restoration Presbyterian Church in Dacula, Georgia. Stuart is an in-demand speaker, author, and thought leader who has contributed chapters to several books and co-wrote Faith That Lasts: A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief (InterVarsity Press, 2021).
We mentioned a lot of resources in this episode! If you're interested in this topic, we recommend you check them out. Here is a list of the works referenced, which are all books unless otherwise noted:
CS Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society
Peter Berger, Brigitte Berger, and Hansfried Kellner, Homeless Mind
Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust
Neil Postman, Technopoly
Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings
Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Rod Dreher, Living in Wonder
Gerard Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur (poem)
Robin Phillips and Joshua Pauling, Are We All Cyborgs Now
Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants
Paul Kingsnorth, The Cross and the Machine (article)
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