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Every book Frank Turek recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Frank Turek appears on, in one place — not just one.
Frank Turek is an American Christian apologist and author. He is best known as the founder and president of the Christian apologetics ministry CrossExamined.org. Turek has co-authored two books with Christian philosopher Norman Geisler, and has also written two books of his own. During an appearance on The Charlie Kirk Show, Turek discussed Theodore Anthony Perry's book "Psalm 19," referencing the scripture to talk about the grandeur of the universe and how creation reflects God's attributes. On the same show, he quoted from Bob Krogstad's "Psalm 103" to emphasize the magnitude of God's love and justice. Later, during an episode of The Rubin Report, Turek brought up Thomas Nagel's book "Mind and Cosmos" while discussing atheist critiques of materialism, noting that Nagel, despite being an atheist, questioned standard materialist views in his work. Through these podcast appearances, Turek utilized various theological and philosophical texts to support his arguments regarding creation, divine love, and the challenges to materialist thought.
Books recommended by Frank Turek
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Mind and Cosmos
Mind and Cosmos by Thomas Nagel is a concise philosophical work by a prominent non-religious thinker that challenges the fundamental limits, assumptions, and problems of a strictly materialist framework on the world.
Discussed“In fact, Thomas Nagle, who I think John Lennox mentioned in your dialogue with him, he's an NYU professor, wrote a book about 12 years ago called "Mind and Cosmos" where he said, even though he's an atheist, he said, I'm trying to remember the subtitle.”
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Psalm 103
Discussed“Psalm 103:1 says, God's love to those that fear him exceeds the height of the heavens above the earth.”
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Psalm 19
Psalm 19 by Theodore Anthony Perry is a religious and literary examination exploring biblical verses and the theological themes of divine creation.
Discussed“What do the scriptures say about God? Psalm 19 says, The heavens declare the glory of God.”
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Books Frank Turek wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Freedom Built to Last Memorial Megastream | The Charlie Kirk Show | 2026-09-11 | 2 |
| Prominent New Atheist Wakes Up to His Main Error | Frank Turek | SPIRITUALITY | Rubin Report | The Rubin Report | 2023-07-02 | 1 |
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And we I tell the whole story in the first chapter of the war on reality what happened, but with the first question”
“Um she wrote the forward for this book, but you don't need to buy the book to read the forward. Just go to Amazon and look under editorial comments, and you'll see her entire two-page forward. I I cried when I read this. Because Well, you'll see. Just Just go there and read. It's two and a half pages.”
“If you just go to Amazon, look for the war on reality and click on editorial comments.”
“My friend uh Bill Federer, I usually have him on on my podcast, the I don't have enough faith to be an atheist podcast every year to talk about the traditions of Christmas.”
“I wrote co-wrote a book called I don't have enough faith to be an atheist. And so I go to colleges, high schools, and churches and present that.”