[Bonus Podcast] Why I Still Believe (with Mary Jo Sharp)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Talbot, Church, Christianity, Christian, Culture, Biola, Sean Mcdowell, Religion & Spirituality, Scott Rae, Think Biblically

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🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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As a former atheist from the Pacific Northwest, Mary Jo Sharp thought religion was for the weak-minded. But she was transformed by encountering Jesus in the New Testament. In this episode, Sean and Scott interview MJ about her latest book Why I Still Believe. She shares her journey to faith, including some difficult experiences she had adapting to church culture. Professor Sharp offers some powerful wisdom for engaging non-believers today. Mary Jo Sharp is one of the leading apologist...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically, conversations on faith and culture.
0:07.0	I'm your host Sean McDow, Professor of Apologetics at Taubit School of Theology,
0:11.8	Biola University.
0:13.0	And I'm your co-host, Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics,
0:17.0	also at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.
0:20.0	Today we're here with a guest that I have been looking forward to having on for a long time.
0:24.4	Number one, she's a personal friend.
0:26.6	Number two is a graduate of our Biola MA in Apologetics program.
0:31.8	Mary Joe Sharp has written a new book that's just wonderful on a
0:34.8	commend to all our listeners. It's called Why I Still Believe. She is a full-time
0:39.8	professor at Houston Baptist University,
0:42.7	writes and speaks, and has just made a wonderful contribution
0:46.2	in the world of apologetics and beyond.
0:48.8	Mary Joe, thanks for joining us.
0:51.0	Hey guys, it's so good to be on today.
0:53.0	So in this book really is an apologetics book but in another sense it's your story, it's your journey,
0:59.0	and you do apologetics but just in a narrative fashion, which I love.
1:04.0	So maybe let's just start by you sharing your journey to faith,
1:08.3	kind of from atheism to becoming a Christian.
1:11.9	Yeah, well, part of my journey is that I didn't grow up Christian.
1:16.4	And I think sometimes people have trouble with understanding that on the outset because they
1:21.9	hear my name is Mary Jo and you know I have this southern
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