Apologetics Simplified

This week Andrew & Leah interview Brady Blevins. Brady who is the Senior Apologist at Watchman Fellowship. Brady talked about psychics, tarot cards, and the occult. Brady talks about the beliefs and practices of the occult from a biblical perspective. Brady provides a compassionate approach to evangelism for those who are drawn towards such practices.

This week Leah and Andrew both took a segment. Leah’s was about Baylor University starting a Wesleyan program. Andrew’s was… different. Should Leah let Andrew lead segments by himself again? You decide!

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Relevant Profiles from Watchman.org

Psychics : https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/psychicsprofile.pdf

Occult : https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/occultprofile.pdf

Channeling : https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/channelingprofile.pdf

John Edward : https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/johnedwardprofile.pdf

James Van Praagh : https://www.watchman.org/staff/jwalker/ProfileVanPraagh.pdf

The Long Islam Medium Teresa Caputo : https://www.watchman.org/staff/jwalker/ProfileLongIslandMedium.pdf

The Concise Guide to Today's Religions and Spirituality by James Walker https://www.watchman.org/store/resources-catalog/books12626/concise/

Fantasy and Your Family by Richard Abanes https://www.watchman.org/store/occult/harry-potter-modern-magick/

This week Andrew & Leah interview Lyn Rosen Bond. Lyn is the daughter of Jews for Jesus founders Moishe and Ceil Rosen. Lyn provides insight into the breadth of what it means to be Jewish and what Jewish people belief. She shares examples of how her Jewish perspective impacts her reading of the New Testament.

During the segments they talk about a couple of noble football players and Bigfoot as a real estate agent.

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Jews For Jesus/Rosen Family Resources:

Top 40 Messianic Prophecies (email sign up) - https://jewsforjesus.org/prophecies

Witnessing to the Jews by Moishe Rosen - https://amzn.to/3hpSD1T

Demystifying Personal Evangelism by Moishe Rosen - https://amzn.to/2MZtgpz

Y'shua: The Jewish way to Say Jesus by Moishe Rosen - https://amzn.to/3e7kFNr

Christ in the Passover by Moishe & Ceil Rosen - https://amzn.to/2UMJDdi

Called to Controversy: the Unlikely story of Moishe Rosen and the founding of Jews for Jesus by Ruth Rosen - https://amzn.to/2AGpmPL

Jewish Christian Resources:

Jews Don't Need Jesus: And Other Misconceptions by Avi Snyder - https://amzn.to/2ADqEuY

Answering Jewish Objectives to Jesus by Michael Brown (5 Volume Set) - https://amzn.to/3e5SpuI

Walk Genesis! A Messianic Jewish Devotional Commentary by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg - https://amzn.to/2CaurjU

Jewish Non-Christian Resources:

The Rosh Hashanah Anthology by Philip Goodman (on Jewish Holidays) - https://amzn.to/30Lz7H2

The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred Kolatch - https://amzn.to/3e7YyXd

This week Andrew & Leah interview Lyn Rosen Bond. Lyn is the daughter of Jews for Jesus founders Moishe and Ceil Rosen. Lyn provides insight into the breadth of what it means to be Jewish and what Jewish people belief. She shares about her life of being both Jewish and Christian. Lyn also shares about her parents story of becoming Christians when they believed in Jesus as the Messiah.

During the segments they talk about all things Florida Man... and gators.

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Jews For Jesus/Rosen Family Resources:

Top 40 Messianic Prophecies (email sign up) - https://jewsforjesus.org/prophecies

Witnessing to the Jews by Moishe Rosen - https://amzn.to/3hpSD1T

Demystifying Personal Evangelism by Moishe Rosen - https://amzn.to/2MZtgpz

Y'shua: The Jewish way to Say Jesus by Moishe Rosen - https://amzn.to/3e7kFNr

Christ in the Passover by Moishe & Ceil Rosen - https://amzn.to/2UMJDdi

Called to Controversy: the Unlikely story of Moishe Rosen and the founding of Jews for Jesus by Ruth Rosen - https://amzn.to/2AGpmPL

Jewish Christian Resources:

Jews Don't Need Jesus: And Other Misconceptions by Avi Snyder - https://amzn.to/2ADqEuY

Answering Jewish Objectives to Jesus by Michael Brown (5 Volume Set) - https://amzn.to/3e5SpuI

Walk Genesis! A Messianic Jewish Devotional Commentary by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg - https://amzn.to/2CaurjU

Jewish Non-Christian Resources:

The Rosh Hashanah Anthology by Philip Goodman (on Jewish Holidays) - https://amzn.to/30Lz7H2

The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred Kolatch - https://amzn.to/3e7YyXd

This week Andrew & Leah interview James Walker of Watchman Fellowship. James is a former fourth generation Mormon and is now dedicated to Christian Evangelism. He talks about the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, how their beliefs differ from Christianity, and how to evangelize to a Mormon friend or missionary at your door.

During the segments they talk about silly names of shelter kittens and a Belgium man with a unique plight.

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Resources:

https://www.watchman.org/

Apologetics Profile Podcast: https://www.watchman.org/podcast/

This week Leah & Andrew discuss why it is important to study world religions at all. To do so they interview Lindsey Medenwaldt. Lindsey is the resident World Religions Specialist at Mama Bear Apologetics. She shares what she has learned from her study, why it is important to study other world religions, and gives some advice for engaging in religious conversations with those of other faiths.

During the segments they discuss Elon Musk and the Falcon 9 launch as well as the murder of George Floyd. You can read the statement read in the podcast at https://www.apologeticssimplified.com/blog/georgefloyd.

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Lindsey’s World Religion Series : https://mamabearapologetics.com/category/world-religions/

Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions by Winfried Corduan : https://amzn.to/2Bo7Cc5

A Guide to New Religious Movements : https://amzn.to/304aOUF

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi : https://amzn.to/2yShPfS

So What's the Difference? by Fritz Ridenour : https://amzn.to/2XTJxl1

Follow Lindsey on Twitter: @LMedenwaldt

Follow Mama Bear Apologetics on Twitter: @MamaBrAplgtics

This week's episode discusses the relationship between science and faith through several significant scientists throughout history including Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Gottfried Leibniz, Blaise Pascal, and Leonard Euler. To discuss these significant people we interviewed our often-discussed mother, Sarah Foster. Sarah is a devoted Christian, math teacher, and history buff making her the perfect candidate for such a discussion. In telling their stories Sarah makes a holistic presentation of the world in which these scientists lived by tying together church history and scientific history.

During the segments they sing a special hymn about pizza and ask a pressing question many students ask their math teachers.

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Resources:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz/#PhiThe

https://www.famousscientists.org/great-scientists-christians/

https://godandmath.com/2012/02/18/christian-mathematicians-pascal/

https://creation.com/euler

https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/scholarsandscientists/nicholas-copernicus.html

Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius by William R Shea & Mariano Artigas : https://amzn.to/2ZmntQP

This is part 2 of the "Christian Beliefs" series. In this episode Leah and Andrew talk about what happens after a person dies. The episode discusses events after death and at the end of time. We talk about life after death, heaven, hell, the new heaven and new earth, and Leah's understanding of what will happen when Jesus returns.

During the segments they discuss friendly snakes during Sayeth What and a common experience of those in the creative field during Newsflash.

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Recommended Resources:

Four Views on Hell https://amzn.to/3g45c27

Three View on the Rapture https://amzn.to/2ABD71M

Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond https://amzn.to/3e0qr2T

"Hell" in The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis https://amzn.to/3fG2W0U

Daniel 9:20-27, Daniel 12, Matthew 24, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Revelation 20-21

This episode explores basic Christian beliefs which orthodox Christianity has believed throughout time. We walk through the seven points of Dr. Michael Svigel's RetroChristianity and deal with some objections around the uniqueness of religions.

In the segment breaks Andrew sings a special song based on a Psalm and we talk about a miracle baby who survived COVID-19.

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Recommended Resources:

"Hell" in The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis https://amzn.to/3fG2W0U

Leah's favorite C.S. Lewis Collection: https://amzn.to/3dE0qXg

RetroChristianity: Reclaiming the Forgotten Faith by Michael Svigel https://amzn.to/2Wmqtwd

In this episode Leah and Andrew talk about Intelligent Design and Theistic Evolution. Andrew walks through theistic evolution (also called evolutionary creationism and BioLogos) and their beliefs about the relationship between the Bible and science and also the biblical creation account and evolution. In this he discusses their beliefs about Adam and Eve, original sin, the history of mankind, the biblical genealogies. Leah walks through intelligent design as a theory that holds to a Designer being the reason the universe came to be. In this we talk about the appearance of design, Darwinism, Richard Dawkins, Paley's Watchmaker argument, and the fine-tuning argument.

During the segments they discuss Tom Brady as the Florida man in Sayeth What and the significance of essential workers in our day-to-day world in Newsflash.

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Recommended Resources:

Youth Earth Creationism: Answers in Genesis: https://answersingenesis.org/

Old Earth Creationism: Reasons to Believe: https://reasons.org/

Intelligent Design: https://www.discovery.org/

Theistic Evolution: https://biologos.org/

Article mentioned in episode: Theistic Evolution: History and Beliefs https://biologos.org/articles/series/science-and-the-bible/theistic-evolution-history-and-beliefs

Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design: https://amzn.to/2yzjx5f

In this episode Andrew & Leah explore theological ideas and the persons of the Trinity through Harry Potter characters. Dumbledore and God the Father, Harry Potter and Jesus, and Hagrid and the Holy Spirit are all compared. Several theological questions are explored including whether God the Father subjected Jesus to the cross without Jesus understanding entirely what He would have to endure and whether Jesus always knew He was God or if He discovered it throughout His life.

During the segments Leah and Andrew talk about a 93 year old woman who got a very special delivery while sheltering in place and the immense creativity and hilarity which has come from many individuals and celebrities as of late.

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