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April 5, 2017
Episode 105 - Does All Faith in Jesus Save?
Can you have faith in Jesus and still not be a Christian, still be someone who dies and goes to hell? You may be thinking, "Well, of course not." But actually I would say the answer is yes. This all hinges on what you mean by faith.
Oftentimes in Christian circles we talk about faith like it's some incredibly special type of thing, like it's, even sadly, believing in spite of evidence, which it's not. Biblically speaking, faith is active trust in what you have good reason to...
March 29, 2017
Episode 104 - Atheism's Selective Quest for More Answers
Do explanations require more explanations? Sometimes atheists say yes, and sometimes they seem to say no.
As you begin to have more conversations about your Christian convictions with non-Christians, you'll likely see some patterns emerge. For instance, many atheists won't think that they actually have to defend the idea that they believe there is no God. They think the burden is totally on you, yet that is a claim they've made, and they should back it up with evidence and re...
March 22, 2017
Episode 103 - Common Claims that Self-Destruct
Today, we're going look at five common claims that can often stump Christians who are trying to be faithful to Christ in conversation.
If you talk about your Christian convictions, I almost guarantee you that you will have heard or you will hear one of the objections we're going to look at today. Before we look at these arguments, I want to quickly teach you two things. The first is what a self-refuting statement is, and the second is how to spot arguments or positions in the...
March 15, 2017
Episode 102 - Is the Trinity a Contradiction?
For many Christians, I think the Trinity is doctrinal baggage. I hate to say that, because the doctrine of the Trinity is a beautiful doctrine, a beautiful teaching about how God is and how the Bible talks about him. I will say, it is difficult to understand, and I don���t even think we can fully understand it, but for many people, it even seems contradictory.
I want to talk about that today, is the doctrine of the Trinity contradictory? Some people, especially non-Christians...
March 13, 2017
March 8, 2017
Episode 101 - "Stop Being Such A Pharisee"
Most of the topics we talk about here on Unapologetic are geared towards equipping you to talk with people who are not Christians about the truth of the Gospel. But sometimes I think it's worthwhile to talk about how we should converse with others who are Christians about our Christian convictions. Because we often have different convictions than other people who are still Christians.
There's this interesting phenomenon that occurs in our Christian subculture sometimes where,...
March 1, 2017
Episode 100 - What Happens to Those Who Never Hear the Gospel?
Before we get started today, I would just like to point out that this is our hundredth episode of the Unapologetic podcast. (Technically, it's the 101st. We started at episode zero but this is the hundredth ���real��� episode of the podcast.)
For those of you who have been along for this journey spanning two years now, thank you. For those of you who are new, thank you. Thanks for the feedback and the questions and the encouragement, I appreciate it and I hope this podcast con...
February 22, 2017
Episode 99 - A Christian Response to Transgenderism
How should we address people struggling with transgenderism?
Despite the number of people who identify as transgender, being incredibly small, like fractions of a percentage point in the United States, the issue of transgenderism and gender identity is in the news. Every single day, there is some story in a prominent publication about gender identity. It's influencing all of us in direct and indirect ways. This could be from bathrooms, to religious liberty implications, to th...
February 15, 2017
Episode 98 - Is the Church Full of Hypocrites?
One of the common objections and rejoinders to Christians is that they're hypocrites, and in fact, the church is full of hypocrites, people will say. This is in line with the general trajectory of our civil discourse and conversation today.
When someone doesn't like something, instead of addressing ideas and their merits, and the reasons people hold those ideas, all too often, people, including Christians, will resort to just labeling people so as to minimize their position o...
September 19, 2016
Three Quick Points on Science
Christians can���t afford to be unprepared to address claims that Science has disproved Christianity or the Bible. While Christians who are ���old in the faith��� may be comfortable not addressing this, younger generations will see this avoidance as an admission that Christianity is an outdated relic of our religious past, fit for being discarded like last year���s phone.
Three quick points on science.
First, we must point out that science doesn���t ���say��� anything; scientists do. They are...
