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How Did the Apostles Really Die? Dr. Sean McDowell

Theology in the Raw

Theology in the Raw

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Sean McDowell is a professor of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He has earned two Master's degrees in philosophy and theology and his Ph.D. in Apologetics and Worldview Studies. He is the author, editor, or co-author of more than 20 books including More Than A Carpenter, Chasing Love, End the Stalemate, and The Fate of the Apostles. He is the co-host of the Think Biblically podcast–one of the most popular podcasts on the intersection of faith and culture. At the end of this episode we also discuss our recent debate about whether Christians should use preferred pronouns. This “extra innings” portion of our conversation will be available for our patreon supporters. If you would like to become a member of the patreon community, then head over to patreon.com/theologyintheraw to get access to TITR “extra innings” and other premium content.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and around my guest today is my good friend, Dr. Sean McDowell, who is a professor of apologetics at Talbot School of Theology and Biola University. He has two master's degrees in philosophy and theology. And his PhD is in Apologetics and World View Studies. He is the author, editor, co-author more than 20 books, including more than a carpenter, chasing love and the

0:21.3

stalemate, and his forthcoming second edition of the fate of the apostles. And that's the topic

0:28.8

we're going to discuss. How did the apostles die? There's a lot of fact and fiction surrounding

0:36.0

this question, and Sean helps sort all this out.

0:39.5

He's also the co-host of the Think Biblically podcast, one of the more popular podcasts on the

0:43.4

intersection of faith and culture would highly recommend checking that out.

0:47.0

At the end of this episode, Sean and I also discuss our recent debate about whether Christians

0:50.8

should use preferred pronouns.

0:53.4

This extra innings, we're calling it extra innings,

0:55.8

this extra innings portion of our conversation

0:57.5

will be available for our Patreon supporters.

0:59.3

So if you'd like to become a member of the Patreon community,

1:01.8

then head over to patreon.com forward slash the algebra

1:05.2

to draw to gain access to Thealgenre Extra Innings

1:08.7

and other premium content.

1:10.4

Okay, let's welcome back to the show, the one and only, Dr. Sean McDowell.

1:23.3

All right, Sean McDowell.

1:24.4

Good to see you again, man.

1:25.4

I feel like I'm seeing you a lot these days.

1:27.1

I know, but good to be back.

1:29.1

And thanks for turning your hat around.

1:30.3

So if people aren't watching, I have a backwards hat on, which isn't, I don't typically

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