In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Jonathan McLatchie. www.jonathanmclatchie.com. Jonathan discusses and critiques presuppositional apologetics, while advocating for an evidential approach to apologetics.

1:33 - Resources for Discussing Your Pro-Life Convictions:
https://a315.co/3yDTgzl
2:35 - Intro to the topic and Jonathan McLatchie
5:08 - An outline of various apologetic methodologies
14:43 - Has Jonathan always been an evidentialist?
15:28 - A helpful debate on apologetic methodology:
https://a315.co/3ygEKw0
16:17 - Cumulative case apologetics / Five views on apologetics
https://a315.co/3NEIRrw
17:16 - Defining presuppositionalism
19:07 - How does it differ from inference to the best explanation?
20:42 - How does presuppositionalism look different in practice?
22:39 - Were people “doing it incorrectly” before Van Til?
25:47 - Does presuppositionalism require the triune God of Scripture?
26:21 - Ontology and espistemology
28:07 - Would this be the method of first-century fisherman?
30:18 - Is the method demonstrated in Scripture?
32:28 - Arguing in a circle
35:07 - What methodology do we see in Acts 17?
37:15 - What value can we take away from the presuppositional approach?
37:53 - Talking about neutrality
40:16 - Jonathan’s case for evidentialism
43:58 - In summary…
46:06 - www.talkaboutdoubts.com

Check out Jonathan’s resources:
www.jonathanmclatchie.com
www.talkaboutdoubts.com

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