A Commitment to Reality
Christian Research Institute
Christian Research Institute
A Commitment to Reality
Christian Research Institute
Christian Research Institute

About

Hosted by Dave Hanegraaff

A Commitment to Reality is a podcast for a post-truth—and increasingly post-reality—age. We are living through one of the most disorienting periods in human history—leaving many to wonder: What is reality? As artificial intelligence accelerates and institutional trust erodes, our shared sense of what is real continues to crumble. Reality is the way the world truly is—independent of our beliefs, opinions, or illusions. If truth is the map by which we navigate our lives, then it is no surprise that we feel disoriented when we live by lies. The post-truth, post-reality crisis is not merely an intellectual problem; it is an existential one. A commitment to reality is a dedication to discerning what is true and developing the discipline to live in alignment with that truth—with reality. This podcast is an apologetic for reality—each episode serving as an intentional act of grounding our existence together as we commit to what is beautiful, good, and true.

Episodes

  • The Strange Beauty Science Can’t Explain | Douglas Axe
    The Story of Everything is one of the most important films to hit theaters in years. It's also one of the most beautiful films about science that you might ever see. On this episode, Dave Hanegraaff is joined by biologist Doug Axe, one of the...
  • Sin Isn’t Your Main Problem—Art of Unseen Warfare | Justin Marler
    Sin is a problem. But, one of the great psychological tragedies of the West is a misunderstanding of sin. We turned it into a legal category — a list of infractions — and lost what the word actually means: missing the mark. The ancient Church didn't...
  • Christian Atheism: God as an Idea Is No God at All | Fr. Stephen Freeman
    Re-Enchantment—Everyone is talking about it these days. But, you can’t re-enchant something that always was. We are simply realizing the reality of Enchantment. In this episode of A Commitment to Reality, Fr. Stephen Freeman joins Dave Hanegraaff...
  • Are We All Cyborgs Now? Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Machine | Joshua Pauling
    Are we all cyborgs now? We’re not just building machines that act like humans. We’re becoming humans that act like machines. In a world obsessed with whether AI can become human, far less attention is given to the way we are sacrificing our humanity...
  • What Part of You Has Come Here to Die? Recovering a Wild Christianity | Martin Shaw
    “What part of you has come here to die?” It’s a question that Martin Shaw—one of our great living storytellers—is famous for asking. Shaw offers these kinds of provocations to a Western world where Christianity has largely been domesticated and...
  • When Ideas Meet Reality — Economics, AI, and Fasting | Jay Richards
    Jay Richards and Dave Hanegraaff explore why reality requires commitment, embodiment, and disciplined practices that keep us grounded when our digital lives lead us into abstraction. This is a wide-ranging conversation, beginning with the reality of...
  • Making a Commitment to Reality | Frederica Mathewes-Green
    Welcome to A Commitment to Reality, hosted by Dave Hanegraaff. Frederica Mathewes-Green and Dave Hanegraaff explore the importance of “shared reality” in a post-truth age—and why the most important word in the title might be commitment. This is a...
  • Why Reality Matters
    A Commitment to Reality is a podcast for a post-truth—and increasingly post-reality—age. We are living through one of the most disorienting periods in human history—leaving many to wonder: What is reality? As artificial intelligence accelerates and...