In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross speak with Doug Geivett and Holly Pivec about the “New Apostolic Reformation” (NAR) movement, as well as the specific teachings coming out of the movement. We cover some of the content they lay out in their newest book: Counterfeit Kingdom: The Dangers of New Revelation, New Prophets, and New Age Practices in the Church https://a315.co/3TNAzk2 1:04 - Intro to our guests 1:40 - discussing the book Counterfeit Kingdom 6:23 - About our guests 8:10 - How i...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 96
In this podcast, Brian Auten interviews Chad Gross, the co-host of the Apologetics315 Podcast, as well as the author at Truthbomb Apologetics. http://truthbomb.apologetics.com 1:44 - Book review: Counterfeit Kingdom by Doug Geivett & Holly Pivec https://a315.co/3TNAzk2 6:40 - The Passion Translation 9:30 - Chad’s background 10:25 - What did Chad believe about God? 12:26 - How did Chad come to belief in Christ? 20:12 - How did Chad get into apologetics? 26:00 - Chad’s areas of strength/intere...
Nov 21, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 95
In this podcast, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Travis Dickinson about his recent book: Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith amid Doubts and Big Questions. With the code 315POD listeners can get 30 percent off the ebook, along with a hard copy of Savoring Scripture (plus free shipping) at https://ivpress.com The code is good from 11/14-11/28 This is a great book, which explains what doubt is (and what it is not), how to approach and “lean into” our doubts while hanging on to our faith, and ...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 94
In this podcast, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Eric Johnson of the Mormon Research Ministry on the topic of Mormonism, what they believe, and how to engage with them. We also discuss the themes in Eric’s book: Introducing Christianity to Mormons. *We talk about:* Morality, The Lord of the Rings, and Awkward Jokes w/ Dr Peter Kreeft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIIiVz_t5VA Is God a Vindictive Bully? https://a315.co/3FPSgfA *Helpful links:* Mormonism Research Ministry https://www.mrm.org...
Nov 07, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 93
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 5 of the Deep Dive: “Ethics and Cultural Engagement” 0:48 - Colby Martin & Sean McDowell dialogue reflections 10:26 - Mailbag question 16:13 - Book recommendation 20:37 - Ch20 - The Environment 22:45 - Poverty 24:00 - Guns and Violence 26:17 - Immigration 29:37 - Artificial Intelligence 30:23 - Cultural Engagement Section 30:37 - Ch25 -...
Oct 31, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 92
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 4 of the Deep Dive: “Sexuality” 0:35 - Rings of Power Finale comments 3:14 - Lee Strobe’s “A Case for Heaven” book comments 5:30 - J.P. Moreland’s “Scientism and Secularism” comments 6:15 - back to the Deep Dive… 6:40 - Topics covered this week 7:43 - Sex 9:45 - “The orders were for your protection…” 12:30 - What if everyone followed Jesus’...
Oct 24, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 91
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 3 of the Deep Dive: “Relationships” 0:41 - More Rings of Power spoilers 5:22 - Books in the Mail 7:19 - Chapter 10: Loneliness 14:36 - Chapter 11: Bullying 21:10 - Chapter 12: Suicide 31:53 - Chapter 13: Assisted Suicide 38:50 - Chapter 14: Racial Tension Helpful links: A Rebel’s Manifesto Book: https://a315.co/Rebel Sean’s McDowell’s Websi...
Oct 17, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 90
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 2 of the Deep Dive: “Culture” 0:26 - Intro and where have we been? 1:20 - Rings of Power talk 6:00 - The New Robocop 7:14 - Rocky 8:52 - Back to the book: the Rebel’s Manifesto… Deep Dive 11:43 - Chapter 6: Smart phones and social media 25:00 - Chapter 7: Entertainment 29:20 - Chapter 8: Politics 36:15 - Chapter 9: Drugs and Addiction Helpf...
Oct 10, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 89
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 - Chap...
Sep 19, 2022•41 min
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 ...
Sep 12, 2022•50 min
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 mov...
Sep 05, 2022•53 min
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 We apprec...
Aug 29, 2022•58 min
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...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 13 min
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss a number of insightful quotes about Jesus and offer their thoughts and reflections. We appreciate your feedback. If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at podcast@apologetics315.com
Jul 18, 2022•35 min
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 ...
Jul 11, 2022•39 min
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...
Jul 04, 2022•49 min
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 th...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr
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. We welcome your feedback! If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at podcast@apologetics315.com...
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 18 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross interview Eli Ayala about the apologetic methodology known as presuppositional apologetics. The goal is to get a better understanding of the what and why of the approach. 2:28 - Who is Eli Ayala? https://a315.co/3MNxJrK 4:39 - Eli affirms 80’s movies and notes his favorites 6:05 - How did you get into apologetics? 13:28 - The Revealed Apologetics YouTube Channel 15:28 - What is important to Eli when doing apologetics? 18:35 - Key scriptures that infor...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross interview Clay Jones on evil, immortality, and the fear of death. Check out Clay’s website here: https://clayjones.net 1:03 - Intro to Clay Jones 2:52 - Why is Clay thinking about evil so much?! 6:11 - Why does God allow things like school shootings? 9:55 - Making sense of evil, thinking about God’s perspective 12:08 - Eternal perspective are often overlooked 13:47 - What’s the goal in writing the book Immortal? 18:02 - How does the fear of death driv...
Jun 06, 2022•53 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross discuss what they think are five arguments every Christian should know. When in conversation, what are some useful arguments to keep handy that are simple, easy to use, and effective? Covered in this podcast: Cosmological Arguments Design Arguments Moral Arguments Resurrection Arguments New Testament Arguments Argument Against Religious Pluralism What arguments do you think are helpful for Christians to know? Suggested Resources: On Guard by William L...
May 30, 2022•34 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross interview Wintery Knight and Desert Rose about their new podcast: The Knight & Rose Show. 0:23 - Intro 1:25 - What’s new with Wintery Knight 2:11 - Who is “Desert Rose”? 5:05 - How Knight and Rose got started 7:27 - An overview of the Knight and Rose Show 12:15 - Mentoring people in apologetics and using evidence and facts 19:36 - Why serving the boss is the number one priority 22:15 - God’s not our cosmic butler 24:51 - Why are people leaving the...
May 23, 2022•48 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross interview Casey Luskin of the Discovery Institute on the topic of intelligent design. https://www.discovery.org/p/luskin/ 0:22 - Casey Luskin Intro 3:23 - Casey’s background and how he got involved in ID 8:02 - Casey’s work with Discovery Institute 14:42 - What do we mean when we talk about Intelligent Design? 22:40 - How does creationism get confused with ID? 32:04 - Examples of testable predictions made by ID 44:13 - Biggest developments in ID in th...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 19 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross interview Vocab Malone about his book Street-Level Apologetics. They discuss practical evangelism and apologetics. 0:21 - Intro to Vocab Malone 2:12 - Vocab’s background in Christian hip-hop & evangelism 4:26 - “Does your family call you ‘Vocab’?” 5:39 - How did Vocab get into evangelism and apologetics? 9:49 - What is contextualization and what does it look like? 13:39 - Critiquing other worldviews 18:56 - Using theological terms when doing evang...
May 09, 2022•53 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross discuss the main takeaways from a number of previous podcast episodes. Don’t forget to fill out the PODCAST SURVEY for a chance to win a prize! 0:28 - The purpose of today's podcast review. 2:29 - Book recommendation: Is Atheism Dead? by Eric Metaxis https://a315.co/3KypuPa 5:29 - Book recommendation: Fearless Prayer by Craig Hazen https://a315.co/38EX60u 7:14 - Podcast recommendation: The Knight & Rose Show Youtube: https://a315.co/3kAAa5f iTunes...
May 02, 2022•41 min
In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross discuss the topic of slavery in the Bible. Did the Bible condone slavery? A wide-ranging discussion. This week’s book reading discussed: 1:54 - Peter J. Williams’ book: Can We Trust the Gospels? https://a315.co/3EHH8ic 2:25 - C. S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet https://a315.co/3va7hTA 3:01 - Frank Turek’s Hollywood Heroes https://a315.co/37GQ0IW 5:48 - Mailbag question: Molinism, Provisionism, and crossing the streams… and Tim St...
Apr 25, 2022•44 min
Did Jesus really claim to be God? In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross talk about the personal claims and actions of Jesus which clearly demonstrated his divinity. Further resources: *The Apologetics Study Bible for Students* https://a315.co/3uOfUD7 *Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ by Robert Bowman & Ed Komoszewski* https://a315.co/3rU9UqX We welcome your feedback! If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.s...
Apr 18, 2022•46 min
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss Blaise Pascal’s Pensées. They discuss the topics of apologetic methodology, Pascal’s “Night of Fire,” Pascal’s reflections on distraction, the state of man, the hiddenness of God, the need for humility in approaching God, and Pascal’s appeal to the seeker. Further resources: The Pensées, FREE for Kindle: https://a315.co/FreePensees The best audiobook version of The Pensées: https://a315.co/AudioPensees Brian’s Review of The Pensées: https://a31...
Apr 11, 2022•51 min
In this episode, Brian Auten interviews Brett & Erin Kunkle on the topic of parenting and apologetics. A great discussion! https://maventruth.com/team/brett-erin-kunkle 0:30 - Intro to the topic 1:06 - About MAVEN and Brett & Erin 2:30 - What is MAVEN? 4:12 - What is a worldview approach so important when parenting? 10:04 - How can parents adopt an intentional approach to discipleship? 22:20 - How to integrate practices of discipleship with our kids 31:10 - It’s okay to feel inadequate; ...
Apr 04, 2022•59 min
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Christian philosopher Doug Groothuis about the argument from beauty, as well as the objection of divine hiddenness. https://douglasgroothuis.com 0:21 - Intro to Doug Groothuis 3:06 - Welcome to Dr. Groothuis 3:30 - Why write a second edition and what is new in this book? 5:37 - Why take a cumulative case approach to apologetics? 9:15 - What is the argument from beauty? 18:09 - Why don’t we hear more from this argument? 21:00 - How can this ar...
Mar 28, 2022•52 min
