This is a Deep Dive into the book: A Rebel’s Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love amid the Noise of Today’s World by Sean McDowell.

This is Part 1 of the Deep Dive: “The Challenge"
0:25 - Intro and current reading
• The Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress - https://a315.co/3QKPdHm
• Introducing Christianity to Mormons - https://a315.co/3Lnu4ll
5:30 - Intro to the Rebel’s Manifesto Deep Dive
8:15 - Chapter 1: Standing for What is Right
14:30 - Chapter 2: Becoming a Good Person
20:37 - Chapter 3: Loving My Neighbor
28:01 - Chapter 4: Thinking Christianly
33:08 - Chapter 5: Judging Others

Helpful links:

A Rebel’s Manifesto Book:
https://a315.co/Rebel

Sean’s McDowell’s Website:
www.seanmcdowell.org

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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Sean McDowell on themes in his book A Rebel’s Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love amid the Noise of Today’s World.

Helpful links:

Sean’s Website:
www.seanmcdowell.org

A Rebel’s Manifesto Book:
https://a315.co/Rebel

Think Biblically Podcast:
https://a315.co/ThinkBiblically

Book Review: Fate of the Apostles by Sean McDowell
https://a315.co/3BvK69K

Book Review: Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists
https://a315.co/3Dbqfh5

What if Everyone Lived the Sexual Ethic of Jesus? by Sean McDowell
https://a315.co/3L377DT


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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Dr. Frank Turek of Crossexamined.org. They discuss themes in his most recent book Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God.
https://a315.co/HollywoodHeroesBook

0:43 - About Frank Turek
1:31 - Featured Resource: Worldview Bulletin
https://a315.co/WorldViewBulletin
2:55 - About Hollywood Heroes
5:43 - Welcoming Frank Turek
6:00 - What’s it like writing a book with your son?
7:36 - Should Christians be afraid of watching certain movies?
10:31 - What is true heroism?
12:23 - “But all you need to do is share the Gospel…”
16:07 - What was a shock to Frank about the Harry Potter stories?
21:18 - Ironman vs. Captain America… why?
24:55 - Money, sex, and power.
29:07 - Star Wars or Superhero movies: Frank’s authoritative take
31:40 - The audiobook version of Hollywood Heroes
32:38 - Revenge of the Sith and falling into sin…
36:12 - New advice for apologists
41:15 - What can discourage Frank Turek?
43:50 - How can Christians keep their hearts from becoming hardened?
50:05 - Where to find all the cool goodies:

Check out Hollywood Heroes here:
https://a315.co/HollywoodHeroesBook

Find Frank’s website here:
www.crossexamined.org

Find Frank’s books here:
https://crossexamined.org/books

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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Joel Settecase to discuss parenting and apologetics, how we might teach young people to defend the faith using his 3-step method, discussing worldviews and more.

Check out the Worldview Legacy Podcast here:
https://link.chtbl.com/WLonA315

Check out Joel Settecase’s The Think Institute here:
https://thethink.institute/

Check out Joel’s book:
Catakids!: The New Covenant Catechism for Little Ones
Here at amazon: https://a315.co/3AVAgxB

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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Dr. Lydia McGrew about making a case for the resurrection of Jesus with a “maximal data” approach.

0:43 - Where have we been? On Holidays!!
1:03 - Chad’s important info on two Walters… https://a315.co/3PLbTXo
4:10 - Intro to Lydia McGrew
7:00 - Welcome Lydia, about her background
9:08 - Methods of defending the resurrection
10:09 - Where to find Paley’s arguments
10:26 - What is the Minimal Facts Argument for the resurrection?
13:24 - Why has the MFA become so popular?
15:12 - Are there any strengths of using the MFA approach?
18:17 - Shouldn’t we use data that are agreed upon by a consensus?
23:24 - Can you just use “well-evidenced” facts
25:36 - When does a case become maximal vs. minimal?
29:07 - Do scholars really affirm what the MFA claims?
32:11 - Can the minimal facts even get you to the resurrection?
37:22 - Are there other problems? Overselling it?
39:48 - We ask Lydia to demonstrate another approach: maximal data
40:49 - The elevator pitch of the maximal data approach for resurrection
43:47 - Does this approach kick us back to defending Gospel reliability?
44:58 - Making a case for Gospel reliability
46:15 - When skeptics point to scholars
48:38 - More defense of Gospel reliability (where we spend the time)
49:52 - Why not argue for BOTH reliability and resurrection?
52:14 - A common false saying to watch out for
52:35 - Gospels and doctrine
55:20 - Scholars doubting John’s reliability
55:50 - 15-minute version of the Maximal Data Case for the Resurrection
1:09:17 - Suggested resources for learning to defend the resurrection and the Gospels:

Maximal Data Approach - Areopagus forum presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJOmf3XMWSU

Lydia McGrew’s books on New Testament
https://www.amazon.com/Lydia-McGrew/e/B073V1ZP1Y?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1661023565&sr=8-1

Lydia McGrew’s Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/LydiaMcGrewChannel

Podcast version of Youtube content:
https://anchor.fm/lydiamcgrew

Lydia’s Minimal Facts playlist on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe1tMOs8ARn0sWTtdaXPg8oMRqmYnhU6M

Lydia’s seres from last fall on the Minimal Facts Argument:
http://lydiaswebpage.blogspot.com/2021/11/on-minimal-facts-case-for-resurrection.html
http://lydiaswebpage.blogspot.com/2021/11/on-minimal-facts-case-for-resurrection_29.html
http://lydiaswebpage.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-minimal-facts-for-resurrection-part.html

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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss a number of insightful quotes about Jesus and offer their thoughts and reflections.

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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss how apologetics can contribute to and enrich one’s worship of God.

0:28 - Chad did something exciting
2:09 - Current reading:
• Evidences for Christianity by William Paley
• Strategy: A History by Lawrence Freedman
• A Rebel’s Manifesto by Sean McDowell
5:43 - What do I mean by worship and apologetics?
8:10 - Worship and loving God with your mind
13:06 - It is the glory of God to conceal a matter…
14:43 - Natural theology pointing to God
19:01 - How arguments point us to God, and how they should move us
22:33 - How the truth affects emotions
25:26 - Loving wisdom, seeking wisdom and understanding
29:43 - Three or four ways we can go wrong, and the remedies

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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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In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross interview Neil Shenvi about his new book Why Believe?: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity. We love this book and it was a great conversation unpacking his approach and some of the arguments from the book.

0:43 - Impressions of the book
3:36 - Neil’s crazy bio that we didn’t understand
5:19 - Welcoming Neil
7:07 - Neil’s background
9:58 - How Neil became a Christian
14:00 - Isn’t apologetics just an exercise in confirmation bias?
20:18 - Discussing the structure of the book
24:30 - Unpacking the trilemma argument
27:25 - Addressing the best atheistic arguments
30:08 - The argument for Christianity from the Gospel
37:43 - Objections to the argument?
41:51 - Addressing hiddenness objections
51:16 - The truth-seeking argument https://a315.co/TruthArgument
57:43 - Neil’s present work and focus

Neil Shenvi’s bio:
https://a315.co/NeilShenvi

About the book:
https://a315.co/AboutWhyBelieve

Get is on Amazon here:
https://a315.co/WhyBelieveBook

Audiobook here:
https://a315.co/WhyBelieveAudiobook

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In this episode Brian Auten is interviewed by Eli Ayala of the Revealed Apologetics YouTube channel.

From one interviewer to another, we touch on the many things we have learned from our conversations with various scholars, apologists, theologians, and philosophers.
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