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The Counsel of Trent

DIALOGUE: Why a Christian pop/punk star lost his faith (with Jon Steingard)

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Trent sits down with Jon Steingard, the former front man for the popular Christian pop/punk band Hawk Nelson, to discuss why he left the Faith. Together they discuss the problem of evil, divine hiddenness, and Bible difficulties.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.

0:12.0

I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.

0:15.0

Joining me today is John Steingard.

0:17.0

He is the former frontman for Hawk Nelson.

0:20.0

You made a big splash, if you will, back in 2020.

0:25.0

I'm reading here this article at todaymagazinetoday.com.

0:30.0

How Christian singers life has changed since revealing he no longer believes in God.

0:36.0

So we'll talk about the evolution of your belief up to that point and even after.

0:41.0

Sure, yeah.

0:42.0

That point.

0:43.0

But I'm super excited you're here because we're actually recording in the studio we used to record for our school of apologetics here in Oceanside, California.

0:53.0

And so we were talking and I said, hey, we should have a dialogue.

0:56.0

I'd love to hear your story and talk about the issues that are raised.

0:59.0

And then when I found out where you live, I realized you live like five minutes from a studio.

1:03.0

I probably could have walked here.

1:05.0

It's quite convenient for me.

1:07.0

And so this is helpful because I live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area now.

1:10.0

But I happen to be here filming a course.

1:13.0

And so it just works out well.

1:15.0

I'm super excited you're here.

1:16.0

Thanks for having me.

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