In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Corey Miller and Ross Anderson , two former Mormons, on their book Responding to the Mormon Missionary Message: Confident Conversations with Mormon Missionaries (and Other Latter-day Saints) - https://a315.co/3PYWohY Check out the website www.mormonmissionarymessage.com for more! About our guests: https://a315.co/45c79Su 0:24 - Intro to the book and our guests 2:47 - Welcome to Corey and Ross 4:23 - How did the book come together? 7:20 - What...
Oct 02, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 126
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Christian Philosopher Peter S. Williams about his book An Informed Cosmos: Essays on Intelligent Design Theory . Find his resources at www.peterswilliams.com 0:24 - Intro to our guest 2:15 - About the book An Informed Cosmos 9:25 - Getting clarity on what intelligent design is 14:10 - Is I.D. science? And defining “science” 19:39 - Truth as the most important approach 21:56 - Imposing worldviews on the data? 25:01 - Is evolution the means by ...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 125
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Lydia McGrew about her book Testimonies to the Truth: Why You Can Trust the Gospels . 0:24 - Intro to Lydia McGrew 1:51 - Welcome Lydia, and intro to the book 3:43 - How does a philosopher approach the Gospels? 6:39 - Is an “outside perspective” welcomed? 9:28 - Old and new approaches to the Gospels 12:03 - Current approach of scholars to the New Testament 15:44 - How have Christians historically defended the Gospels? 16:50 - Why a cumulative...
Sep 18, 2023•51 min•Season 12Ep. 124
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Christian philosophy Paul K. Moser . They discuss the themes in Moser’s book The Severity of God: Religion and Philosophy Reconceived - https://a315.co/3sOD6mx 0:24 - Intro to Paul Moser 3:33 - Welcome to Paul Moser 4:00 - What do you mean by “God’s severity”? 9:06 - We’ve lost the message of suffering and hardship 11:25 - The moral perfection of God and his intentions 18:20 - Why is this theme lacking? 22:42 - The experience of Gethsemane an...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 123
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Chris Date on the topic of Eschatology, or the End Times. They explore the ins and outs of various views of the end times, before discussing more deeply the view that Chris holds on the subject. A very helpful and informative conversation! www.chrisdate.info 0:24 - Intro to Chris Date 2:43 - An update on Chris and his wife’s treatment 5:07 - What is eschatology? 6:47 - Chris’ work and engagement on the subject 9:44 - Why should anyone care ab...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 12Ep. 122
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Holly Ordway about her new book, Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography. A wonderful book and a fascinating interview that will be a real treat for Tolkien fans. www.hollyordway.com 0:24 - Intro to Holly Ordway 4:45 - Welcoming Holly 5:35 - The 50th Anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s death, Sept 2023 6:45 - The goal in writing a spiritual biography of Tolkien 11:23 - How central was Tolkien’s faith to his life and work? 14:26 - Why is this the f...
Aug 28, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 121
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Richard P. Moore. They talk about the New Apostolic Reformation and its theological problems. 0:23 - Intro to Richard Moore 3:50 - Why is Richard in Germany, and why write this book? 8:02 - What has been the influence of the NAR in Germany? 19:42 - What differentiates NAR from traditional pentecostal/charismatic? 25:42 - Why do those within NAR want to distance themselves from the label “New Apostolic Reformation”? 33:10 - Where does NAR theo...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 120
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Chris Reese on the topic of gender ideology, transgenderism, and approaching challenges cultural issues. Based on Chris Reese’s helpful article at Summit.org, found here: https://a315.co/gender-ideology Christopher L. Reese is the editor-in-chief of The Worldview Bulletin and cofounder of the Christian Apologetics Alliance . He is a general editor of the Dictionary of Christianity and Science and Three Views on Christianity and Science and hi...
Aug 14, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 119
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Dr. Peter Gurry , co-author of the book Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible . 0:27 - Intro to Peter Gurry 3:07 - Welcome to Peter Gurry 3:27 - Peter’s background and focus 5:22 - What got Peter interested in studying the origin of the scriptures? 7:56 - Did your study make you more or less confident in the scripture? 13:09 - How do we know what was written without the originals? 22:16 - Interesting scribal notes f...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 2 min
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss a variety of topics. 1:46 - Chad makes English Tea 3:20 - Where have we been? 4:20 - Mailbag question: Apologetics songs? 15:45 - What have we been reading? 16:11 - The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges 18:13 - The Knight & Rose Show 18:27 - Common Sense Economics 19:09 - When the Church Was Young 19:54 - Not so keen on C.S. Lewis? 23:39 - Why There Is No God 29:46 - Pocket History of the Church 30:25 - What we’ve been watching… 30:34 - ...
May 22, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 117
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Chris Date on the subject of the deity of Christ. They also discuss the debate Chris had on the topic with Dale Tuggy, and explore further. 4:30 - Welcome to Chris Date 5:20 - A health update on Chris’s wife 7:00 - Chris’s future education plans 10:04 - How did the Dale Tuggy debate come about? 13:02 - How to prepare for a debate 19:17 - What do we mean when we say Jesus is Divine? 22:19 - What weight do we give to early church fathers about ...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 116
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross talk to Andy Bannister about his forthcoming book: How to Talk about Jesus Without Looking Like an Idiot: A Panic-Free Guide to Having Natural Conversations about Your Faith . An episode filled with some great insights, encouragement and tools for sharing your faith with others. 0:25 - Intro 3:24 - Welcome to Andy 5:27 - Where is Andy located in UK? 7:45 - About SOLAS 10:23 - Why this title for the book? 13:12 - Overcoming fear in sharing your faith 16...
May 01, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 115
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross select a classic interview from the archive: an interview with Gary Habermas on the topics of doubt, the resurrection, and near death experiences. Interviews Mentioned: • Michael Ward - https://a315.co/3MNx3Xh • Nabeel Qureshi - https://a315.co/3GNqCQb • Norman Geisler - https://a315.co/41x6jOF • Scott Klusendorf - https://a315.co/4083hPW • Paul L. Maier - https://a315.co/3UHR834 • Gary Habermas - https://a315.co/41zAEMO • James Spiegel - https://a315....
Apr 17, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 114
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Holly Ordway about the themes and ideas in her book Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith . 0:22 - About Holly Ordway, and our thoughts on her book 4:02 - Welcome to Holly, and the role of imagination in her conversion 9:01 - What is “imagination” and what role does it play in apologetics? 12:19 - How meaning is constructed and imagination’s role 13:51 - Distortion of meaning: how can we addr...
Apr 10, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 112
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss Jesus the master thinker: how Jesus reasoned, persuaded, argued, and valued reason and evidence. Debate mentioned: Is Christianity Dangerous? with Michael Jones and Aron Ra Books mentioned : The Apologetics of Jesus: A Caring Approach to Dealing with Doubters by Norman Geisler and Patrick Zukeran Logic and the Way of Jesus: Thinking Critically and Christianly by Travis Dickinson Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life o...
Apr 03, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 112
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross talk about the recent Defenders Conference in Wisconsin, then Jacob Varghese from SAFT Apologetics joins us to give an update on the ministry. SUPPORT SAFT BELOW!! https://blog.saftapologetics.com —> https://www.patreon.com/saftapologetics <— info@saftapologetics.com jacob@saftapologetics.com ================================ We appreciate your feedback. If you’re on TWITTER, you can follow Chad @TBapologetics. You can follow Brian @TheBrianAuten ...
Mar 27, 2023•38 min
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Christian philosopher Paul Gould about his book A Good and True Story: Eleven Clues to Understanding Our Universe and Your Place in It . 0:25 - Intro bits and pieces 3:44 - Welcome to Paul Gould 4:05 - Palm Beach Atlantic University and its apologetics programs 6:00 - Why is Paul’s book formatted the way it is? 9:18 - What is it about “story” that might be missing when we are doing apologetics? 11:54 - Bridging the gap between world views wit...
Mar 20, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 108
In this episode, Brian Auten interviews Steve Kozar, who runs The Messed Up Church YouTube channel. His channel exposes the error of false teachings. You’ll find videos on the word of faith movement, the prosperity Gospel, NAR, and a lot of the most damaging teachings that need to be exposed and called out. 0:25 - Intro 3:00 - Interview begins 3:10 - How Steve’s blog and YouTube channel got started 18:13 - The catalyst for Steve doing deeper digging into scripture 20:48 - Irritating people, or g...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 109
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Justin Brierley, host of the Unbelievable? Radio Program . We discuss what Justin has learned from moderating debates and conversations about God and faith for the past 17+ years, as well as his book, Unbelievable?: Why After Ten Years of Talking with Atheists, I'm Still a Christian . 0:24 - Intro to Justin Brierley 3:28 - Welcome to Justin 7:37 - How Unbelievable? started 10:03 - An apologetic for apologetics? 14:03 - Justin unpacks his fine...
Mar 06, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 108
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss a cornucopia of topics (a horn of plenty)… 0:58 - Things to discuss on the podcast today 1:16 - The upcoming Defenders Conference: www.thedefendersconference.com 4:03 - Brian’s passing of the torch to Chad…? 6:39 - Upcoming guests… 6:45 - Justin Brierley 10:27 - Steven Kozar from The Messed Up Church YouTube channel 17:37 - Paul Gould on A Good and True Story 19:43 - Holly Ordway on apologetics & the Christian imagination 24:13 - Recommende...
Feb 27, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 107
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Dr. Lydia McGrew about the reliability of the Gospel of John, exploring themes and ideas found in her book The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage . 0:25 - Intro to Lydia McGrew 2:25 - Information on the Defenders Conference: www.thedefendersconference.com 3:15 - Welcome to Lydia McGrew 3:30 - Lydia’s latest book: https://a315.co/3YuXV14 4:35 - What’ different about the Gospel of John? 6:48 - What role should schol...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 104
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Perry Marshall about the ideas in his book Evolution 2.0: Breaking the Deadlock Between Darwin and Design . 4:20 - Introducing Perry Marshall 4:46 - About Perry’s background 10:38 - Where does Perry land in his beliefs? 19:45 - Why “evolution 2.0”? 26:13 - How this view is actually affirming to faith 30:16 - Perry’s book summarized in two sentences… 32:32 - Looking at DNA with a systems engineer mindset 40:00 - Any pushback from fellow believ...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 105
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview astrophysicist Dr. Hugh Ross about the fine-tuning of the universe, solar system, and our planet for intelligent life to exist. They discuss the ideas of his latest book Designed to the Core. 0:35 - About Hugh Ross, and his latest book 3:48 - Information on the Defenders Conference: www.thedefendersconference.com 5:41 - Welcoming Hugh Ross 6:02 - Commentary on the James Webb space telescope 10:42 - Do the theistic implications of a big bang s...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 102
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Mark Mittelberg on the topics of apologetics and evangelism. They discuss themes within Mark’s book Contagious Faith: Discover Your Natural Style for Sharing Jesus with Others . 2:01 - Introduction to Mark Mittelberg 8:24 - Welcoming Mark 14:09 - The biggest obstacles to sharing our faith 18:18 - It’s ok to challenge other people’s ideas 22:00 - The 5 styles of sharing one’s faith 29:39 - The pitfalls of various styles of evangelism 35:09 - H...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 97
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross explore two arguments from Chad’s experience doing an atheist role-play: The argument from Massive Theological Disagreement, and the argument from Pointless Suffering. ================================ 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
Jan 23, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 102
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross talk about a couple podcasts, before diving into Chad’s experience doing an atheist role-play. They discuss three of Chad’s strongest atheist arguments. This episode focuses on the argument from divine hiddenness. ================================ Helpful links: PODCAST SERIES ON THE HISTORY OF THE NAR AND ITS RELATION TO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM: “Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation” https://a315.co/CharismaticRevivalFury RECOMMENDED P...
Jan 16, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 101
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross celebrate 100 episodes since the Ap315 Podcast reboot. What does Ghostbusters have to do with apologetics? Absolutely nothing, but Brian & Chad will pretend that it does, by dissecting 7 favorite quotes and forcing an apologetics interpretation onto them. Have fun! =========================== 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 ca...
Jan 09, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 100
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross discuss some of the popular buzzwords you might hear that come from the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). A helpful episode for knowing what the signs are that your church might be influenced by NAR teachings, as well as helpful questions to ask. ================================ Helpful links: BOOKS: A New Apostolic Reformation?: A Biblical Response to a Worldwide Movement - https://a315.co/3WXlL4n God's Super-Apostles: Encountering the Worldwide Prophe...
Jan 02, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 99
Please make an end-of-year donation to Ap315! https://apologetics315.com/donate/ In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Clay Jones on the topic “Why Does God Allow Evil?” 1:53 - What is the best Christmas movie? 3:43 - Intro about Clay Jones 4:56 - Interview begins 5:03 - Clay’s history reteaching and teaching the subject 7:55 - How do we define evil? 9:00 - Evil is not a “thing” 10:30 - Is the curse of the ground a punishment or a limitation? 12:15 - God using things to teach peo...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 98
In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Paul Copan on the themes in his latest book: Is God a Vindictive Bully? Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testaments. https://a315.co/3FgJs1r 0:44 - Intro, and Chad’s atheist role-play 5:33 - Intro to Paul Copan 11:30 - How important is it to read Old Testament texts with discernment? 15:30 - Why continue writing about the topic of “the God of the OT”? 22:54 - Paul lays out the landscape of views from “critics within” 30:33 - W...
Dec 05, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 97
