C.S. Lewis famously wrote that we cannot accept Jesus as merely a great moral teacher without accepting His claim to be God - that Jesus is either a liar, a lunatic, or the one true Lord. In this episode, we take a look at this popular trilemma that Lewis puts forth in his book Mere Christianity. Then we examine the legitimacy of a possible fourth option, that the Jesus we know today is merely the result of embellishment - a legend. Plus, some exciting news about the podcast!

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Books:

• ⁠Mere Christianity⁠ by C.S. Lewis

Articles:

• Did Jesus Even Claim to Be God? by J. Brian Huffling
• A New Testament Passage That's Older than the New Testament by Robby Lashua

Videos:

• Did Jesus Claim To Be God? (J. Warner Wallace)

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The Good News of Christianity relies on the truth communicated in the Gospels.  But how do we know that they are reliable? In this episode, we examine the evidence for the reliability of the Gospels as early eyewitness accounts that are corroborated by inside and outside sources.

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Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels by J. Warner Wallace

Can We Trust the Gospels? by Peter J. Williams

⁠Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World⁠ by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell

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What is the purpose of life? What is our ultimate goal? In this episode, we close out the short series about the goals of Encountering Truth, by exploring the most important goal of all - to encounter Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life. We explain the role that apologetics plays in removing obstacles for the Gospel, and we discuss the twofold nature of the ministry - evidence and encounter. Although evidence is important to strengthen and ground our faith, it is not usually what leads someone to Christ. For most people, it all starts with an encounter.

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Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell

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It was said of Paul and those with him that they had "turned the world upside down" because they were not afraid to speak publicly about their faith and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah. In this second installment of our series about the goals of Encountering Truth, we discuss the obligation that Christians have to engage culture with kindness and conviction. With Paul as our model, we talk about the importance of boldly speaking the truth in love, the potential consequences of it, and whether that includes "political" issues.

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Books:

Letter to the American Church by Eric Metaxas

Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl

Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity's Toughest Challenges by Gregory Koukl

Articles:

⁠UK Article by Jon Brown⁠

Indiana Article by Kendall Tietz

Montana Article by Jackson Walker

Podcast Episode:

Podcast Episode about Montana Issue - Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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Why are you a Christian?  As we begin a short series discussing the three goals of the Encountering Truth podcast, we start by talking about why every Christian should examine the evidence for Christianity.  The cultural winds are blowing and beating against us, and if we are going to weather the storm in this world full of deception, we must be able to discern the truth.  Our faith must be rooted and grounded in the evidence.

Resources:

Articles:

Youth Exodus Problem by Frank Turek

Young Christians Are Leaving the Church - Here's Why by J. Warner Wallace

Books:

Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell

Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace

I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

Websites:

Stand to Reason: str.org

GotQuestions.org

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In this episode, we examine the difference between subjective and objective truth claims. What kinds of claims does Christianity make? The answer to this question holds eternal significance, which makes this episode one of the most important ones yet!

Resources:

The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It's Destructive, and How to Respond by Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy Pearcey

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Should Christians just have blind faith? Is it ever okay for Christians to have doubts or questions?  Are faith and reason really at odds with each other? In this episode, we talk about the definition of true biblical faith, and we examine the evidential nature of Christianity, along with what is (and what is NOT) the opposite of faith.

Resources:

⁠Sean McDowell Video: STOP Saying "Doubting Thomas"

Forensic Faith: A Homicide Detective Makes the Case for a More Reasonable, Evidential Christian Faith by J. Warner Wallace

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Is it ever okay to intentionally take the life of a human being? Is abortion morally wrong? This all boils down to how we answer one single question: What is the unborn? Join us in this episode as we engage culture in a discussion about the hot button issue of abortion.

Resources:

Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity's Toughest Challenges by Gregory Koukl

Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality by Nancy R. Pearcey

The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture by Scott Klusendorf

Life Training Institute: prolifetraining.com

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The Bible tells us that "when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman." In this special Christmas episode, we examine what this means and why Jesus came at the exact point in history that he did. We also discuss how the "reason for the season" is much more than just a cute little baby lying in a manger. Merry Christmas!

Resources:

Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible by J. Warner Wallace

ColdCaseChristianity.com

The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast with J. Warner Wallace

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Where does morality come from? Is there a transcendent, objective standard? Or is there a "Meeting of Moral Minds" that agrees upon what is right? What role does human flourishing play, and how do we measure it? In this episode, we revisit the Moral Argument for God’s existence by answering some objections about how we know morality and where it comes from in the first place. Plus, we talk about the "dress that broke the internet!"

Resources:

⁠Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity's Toughest Challenges by Gregory Koukl

⁠Why God Is the Best Explanation for the Existence of Objective Morality (Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast, May 17, 2023)

Objections to the Moral Argument for the Existence of God (Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast, May 19, 2023)

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