Episode 137: How Can We Know Christianity is True?

Mama Bear Apologetics

Hillary Morgan Ferrer & Amy Davison

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Amy is joined by Tricia Scribner, a classical apologist, to explore how we can know Christianity is true. They walk through a systematic, logical framework known as classical apologetics, beginning with the existence of truth and culminating in the evidence for Christ's resurrection and divinity. They compare this approach with cultural apologetics and emphasize the importance of understanding presuppositions in conversations about faith. The episode provides a high-level overview of the evidential and logical basis for Christianity’s truth claims and previews an upcoming series that will break down 20 evidences for the Christian faith.

Main Points Covered

Introduction to Classical vs. Cultural Apologetics
The Role of Presuppositions in Truth Claims
A Systematic Framework for Christian Apologetics
Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus
Reliability of the New Testament Documents:
Common objections

People and resources mentioned

Scriptures:
1 Corinthians 15:3–8
Isaiah 9 and 53
Colossians 2
John 2:19
Books:
Life Givers Apologetics by Tricia Scribner
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler & Frank Turek
How We Got the Bible by Greg Lanier
Scribes and Scripture by Peter Gurry and John Meade

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0:00.0	No matter what you believe, you need to know why you believe it.
0:09.7	Yes.
0:10.3	Because this is the thing.
0:11.9	If we die and rot, then maybe it doesn't make any difference.
0:15.8	Right.
0:16.3	If there's anything after this, then it does make a difference.
0:23.3	Welcome to the Mama Bear Apologetics podcast. I'm Hillary. And I'm Amy. We are just two gals who are
0:28.4	spiritually armed, highly caffeinated, and just sassy enough to make bad ideas cry. Mama Bear is a
0:34.0	ministry dedicated to helping you raise children who think critically, love biblically, and stand firm in the faith using scripture, reason, and reality.
0:42.0	Because remember, Mama Bears, this might not affect your faith.
0:45.0	But it might affect your children.
0:50.9	Hey, everyone, what is classical apologetics and how do we know that Christianity is true? Well, welcome to another Mama Bear Apologetics podcast, a podcast dedicated to helping you raise children who think critically, love biblically, and stand firm in the faith using truth and reason.
1:07.8	Joining me today is my dear friend, Tricia Scribner, who, gosh, if you have not been
1:13.2	following along on some of our podcasts where she is a guest, you have got to look those up.
1:17.5	We've got an amazing Nana Bear podcast, and her background is just incredible. So she and her
1:23.0	sweet husband have been married for 50 years. She has got beautiful three grown girls, son-in-law.
1:29.9	We've got grandbabies all over the place. It's incredible. But one of the things that I absolutely
1:34.8	love about her story is that she finished her master's and then her PhD so that she is better to
1:40.8	be able to answer the questions of her grandbabies because Trisha, I bet you
1:44.3	you get the best questions probably from those grandbabies, don't you? Definitely. Some stumpers.
1:49.7	Oh my gosh, absolutely. Right before bedtime, because they use that as a stalling tactic.
1:54.9	They know, but they are definitely asking those questions, and it's so important for us to answer
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