Ep 901 | Does the Age of the Earth Matter? | Guest: Dr. Sean McDowell (Part Two)

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Today we’re joined by professor and apologist Dr. Sean McDowell for part two on our discussion about reaching the younger generation with the gospel. We continue with a discussion about the age of the Earth and whether it actually matters to our understanding of the gospel. How do we reconcile scientific beliefs and faith, and how do we respond to those who claim Jesus didn't actually exist at all? We look at why Jesus stuck as the most significant cultural figure ever and explain how liberating his message was and is for women. We also talk about how Christianity changed the game when it came to dignifying both women and children for the first time in history. Then, we explain why mom and dad are so fundamental to a child's understanding of both social issues and the gospel. --- Timecodes: (00:50) Age of the Earth (07:05) "Jesus didn't actually exist" (11:03) Jesus was God (14:50) Evidence for Jesus being raised from the dead (17:56) Basing entire world timeline off Jesus (20:00) Message of Jesus is liberating for women (22:10) Christianity values children & cultural battles (27:28) The power of mom and dad --- Today's Sponsors: PublicSq — download the PublicSq app from the App Store or Google Play, create a free account, and begin your search for freedom-loving businesses! Patriot Mobile — go to PatriotMobile.com/ALLIE or call 878-PATRIOT and use promo code 'ALLIE' to get free activation! --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 861 | Did Dinosaurs Exist? | Guest: Ken Ham (Part One) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-861-did-dinosaurs-exist-guest-ken-ham-part-one/id1359249098?i=1000625452083 Ep 862 | Can Christians Be Evolutionists? | Guest: Ken Ham (Part Two) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-862-can-christians-be-evolutionists-guest-ken-ham/id1359249098?i=1000625594270 Ep 679 | Busting Atheism’s Biggest Myths | Guest: Dr. Neil Shenvi https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-679-busting-atheisms-biggest-myths-guest-dr-neil-shenvi/id1359249098?i=1000579610722 Ep 784 | Did the Resurrection Really Happen? | Guest: Jeremiah Johnston https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-784-did-the-resurrection-really-happen-guest/id1359249098?i=1000607756837 Ep 900 | How to Reach Gen Z with the Gospel | Guest: Dr. Sean McDowell (Part One) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-900-how-to-reach-gen-z-with-the-gospel-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000633392634 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.9	How old is the earth? How do we reconcile science and faith? How do we know that Jesus
0:08.0	really existed and was raised from the dead? And then how do we talk about all of these issues
0:13.7	and all kinds of faith issues with our children in a way that they can understand and will really
0:20.7	make an impact on their worldview? Dr. Sean McDowell is back with us today for part two of our
0:27.1	two-part conversation answering these questions for us. This episode is brought to you by our friends
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0:50.3	This is not something that I have really covered in depth on my podcast. And just to be honest,
0:54.8	it's not really something that I mean, yes, of course, is a lifelong Christian. I went to a
1:00.4	Christian school and all of that. Thank the Lord for all of that. But and so we've studied creation
1:06.0	the different theories about creation, young earth, old earth, dinosaurs, all of those things. But
1:12.4	personally in my adult life, I have not really dug that much into all of the different camps
1:18.8	surrounding Genesis 1 through 3. So I know there's a huge question and I'm not asking you to land
1:24.6	on a particular conclusion or a particular view. But how do we even start kind of navigating
1:29.8	as Christians? Okay. How old is the earth? Does it really matter? Like does it really matter when
1:35.2	dinosaurs existed and all of that? You mentioned that people care about science. They don't want to
1:40.4	abandon science for Christianity. So I guess it does matter. Like we should be able to answer these
1:44.1	questions. So where do we start? So this might be helpful. My father and I wrote a book together
1:50.7	a few years ago called Evidence It Demands a Verdict. And we added a chapter on Genesis. And basically
1:57.0	one of the things we said is there's certain essentials that Christians have to be committed to.
2:02.4	Number one that God is the creator. That is an essential belief for Christians. Issue number two
2:10.0	is that the Bible is authoritative and it's God's word. And we have to be committed to interpreting
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