In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview apologist Lenny Esposito on cultural apologetics, superhero movies, and ministry on the internet.

0:36 - Introduction to Lenny Esposito
2:47 - Apologetics and the dawn of the internet
4:44 - Old school internet apologetics
5:29 - Is Lenny related to famous hockey players?
6:40 - Are there any resources still lacking for apologetics today?
10:48 - Defining and describing cultural apologetics
16:47 - Grounding common cultural values in the Christian worldview
19:18 - Can we transition from cultural talking points to Christian truth?
23:22 - How superhero movies illustrate cultural values
26:00 - Symbiote Spider man and sin
28:11 - Forrest Gump and gospel reliability
31:40 - Chad is sad that Forrest Gump is not historical
31:57 - The trend toward anti-heroes and what it shows about culture
37:16 - Falcon and Winter Soldier
42:45 - Lenny’s writing a book about superhero movies and apologetics
45:58 - If God exists, why did he allow the Last Jedi?
48:14 - Chesterton and dragons
51:59 - Lenny’s resources:

Lenny’s Website:
www.comereason.org
Come Let Us Reason Podcast:
podcast.comereason.org
Lenny Esposito on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/comereason

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