Confronting Christianity (with Rebecca McLaughlin)

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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🗓️ 14 November 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Can Christianity answer the toughest questions raised against it? According to Rebecca McLaughlin, the answers is yes. In this interview, Sean and Scott ask McLaughlin, author of the new book Confronting Christianity, some of the most challenging questions Christians face today related to science and faith, the supposed intolerance of religion, the claim that Jesus is the only way, and so on. Rebecca McLaughlin holds a PhD from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Bibbically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.
0:06.0	I'm your host Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics at Towlett School
0:09.8	Theology, viola University.
0:11.8	And I'm your co-host, Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty, and Professor of Christian Ethics, also at
0:16.2	Talbot School of Theology here at Biola University.
0:19.2	Today we have a guest who's written a fascinating new book called Confronting Christianity.
0:24.6	Twelve hard questions for the world's largest religion,
0:28.2	which of course is Christianity.
0:30.5	Rebecca McLaughlin holds a PhD in Renaissance literature from Cambridge University and a theology
0:36.5	degree from Oak Hill College.
0:39.2	She's the co-founder of Vocable Communications and former Vice President of content at the Veritas forum.
0:45.1	So she has spent a lot of time interacting with people on these questions.
0:50.0	Rebecca, thanks for joining us today.
0:52.0	You're very welcome.
0:52.6	Glad to be here.
0:53.8	Let me just start off by asking you personally.
0:56.0	What motivated you to write a book
0:58.4	where you're tackling 12 of the toughest questions
1:01.5	that, frankly, a lot of people hope don't come up in
1:04.4	conversation you kind of took them head on so what's the story behind this book?
1:09.7	Three different things so firstly ever since and a serious Christian I'm wanting to
1:15.4	tell my friends about Jesus and I happened to be in very secular quite academic
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