Justin Martyr Father of Apologetics
Thinking Fellows
1517 Podcasts
4.8 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The Thinking Fellows explore the life and significance of Justin Martyr, an early Christian apologist. They focus on the challenges Justin faced, and his example for contemporary apologetics. Justin's work also highlights the distinction between apologetics and polemics, emphasizing defending the Christian faith against external criticisms and internal heresies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the thinking fellow's podcast. name is Caleb Keith, and today I am joined by Bruce Hillman, Adam Francisco, and Scott Keith to talk about Justin Martyr. But before we do that, a reminder that the Thinking Fellows is part of the 1517 podcast network of shows. |
| 0:38.5 | Go to 1517.org to check out all of our resources. |
| 0:42.7 | And you can subscribe to the Thinking Fellows on YouTube. |
| 0:45.9 | We have our own YouTube channel now for these episodes if you'd like to see us |
| 0:50.0 | rather than just listen to us. |
| 0:52.4 | And we also have related content in a shorter form over on the 1517 YouTube channel. |
| 1:00.0 | And I do suggest that all listeners of the Thank You Fellows go subscribe over there because |
| 1:04.9 | we're going to be sort of pairing things together there. |
| 1:08.5 | That's because we released before this episode a theology in 15 minutes |
| 1:14.3 | or less episode where I sat down with Adam and asked him questions about Justin Martyr. |
| 1:20.5 | He squeezed in as much information as he could in 15 minutes. I actually had to cut him off |
| 1:26.5 | in order to keep with the format, |
| 1:30.1 | but it was a pretty good episode, and those are fun. And we're doing those basically every week |
| 1:34.2 | now. We're picking a topic, having somebody do a rundown in 15 minutes or less. We're testing |
| 1:40.3 | their theological skills, their communication skills to cram this information in. |
| 1:46.8 | And then we're doing full-length episodes over here. |
| 1:49.1 | So if you want to see those, listen to those, you've got to go subscribe over at 1517 on YouTube. |
| 1:55.9 | You'll see the 1517 logo and you can subscribe there today. |
| 2:00.8 | Okay, so we're talking about Justin Martyr. |
| 2:03.5 | Adam and I in our little video focused on the apologetics of Justin Martyr, which is |
| 2:09.2 | appropriate, right? |
| 2:09.9 | Because that's what he's known for. |
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