Hey friends, Alisa Childers here. We're going to talk today with Sean McDowell about the

doubts he went through as a young adult, plus we're going to talk about his PhD work

on the fate of the Apostles and the brand new updated evidence that demands a verdict

on today's podcast.

My guest today is Dr. Sean McDowell. Sean is a gifted speaker, author, apologist, and

scholar who travels all over the U.S. and the world, talking about everything from hot

button cultural issues to hard evidence for the truth of Christianity. He's got a passion

to equip the church and young people in particular to make the case for Christianity.

He's an associate professor in the Christian apologetics program at Biola and is the resident

scholar for Summit California. Sean still teaches one high school Bible class, which I want

to ask him about in just a moment because that's pretty interesting. He holds a PhD in

apologetics and world view from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He's written or edited

over 18 books and most recently he worked on the updated evidence that demands a verdict

with his dad, Josh McDowell. He's got a great website that's just a tremendous resource

for all kinds of articles, videos, and a brand new podcast called Think Biblically, and

you can find all of that at seanm McDowell.org. So Sean, I want to welcome you to the podcast

and I want to ask you about working with high schoolers. That's really interesting to

me. Why do you still do that? Why is that important to you?

Well, I've always had a passion for the next generation. I gained that probably from my parents

and just the way I'm wired. I love working with junior high and even more particular high school

students. So I did it 10 years before I started teaching at Biola. And when the position

came up at Biola finished up my doctorate. There was the chance to stay here part time.

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