#221 Can You Make the Case for the Existence of God? With Douglas Groothuis and Andrew Ike Shepardson

The Alisa Childers Podcast

Alisa Childers

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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For some, “apologetics” is a big scary word that sounds intimidating or overwhelming. For others, it seems like head-knowledge with no heart. For still others, it can conjure images of debate by argumentative intellectuals. In today’s episode, we’ll talk with Dr. Doug Groothuis, and Dr. Andrew I. Shepardson about their new book which spells it all out in simple terms. We’ll talk through some objections to apologetics, and walk through several arguments for the existence of God.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Elisa Childers Podcast, where we equip Christians to identify the core
0:13.5	beliefs of historic Christianity, discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with
0:17.7	clarity, kindness, and truth.
0:19.7	And I have just had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Andrew Eich Scheperton and Dr.
0:24.7	Doug Groitys, who have together just written a wonderful intro to apologetic
0:29.9	politics called the Knowledge of God in the world and the Word.
0:33.5	It's just a really basic introduction to apologetics, and this is the big apologetics
0:38.3	episode for you today.
0:39.5	There are some serious highlights from me from this conversation that I've just had.
0:43.6	Number one, they defined apologetics.
0:45.9	They identified some of the misconceptions that people have about apologetics and how
0:51.0	we can do better.
0:52.0	We talked about how some Christians feel like doing apologetics hinders the work of the
0:55.6	Holy Spirit or the claim that you can't argue people into the kingdom.
0:59.9	We talked through some of that.
1:01.0	Then we talked about the difference between presuppositional apologetics and classical apologetics.
1:06.0	If you're new to the apologetics conversation, this will really help you understand the
1:10.6	different methodologies in the world of apologetics.
1:14.0	And then we just talked through three of the major arguments for the existence of God,
1:18.3	the cosmological argument, the argument from design, and the moral argument.
1:22.6	And then through some objections there too that you might face when you're having conversations
1:26.2	with your friends, what a great conversation.
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