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Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

SEAN MCDOWELL | Bringing Truth to a New Generation (Ep. 398)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we welcome Sean McDowell to the show. He is a Christian apologist, author, speaker, blogger, and professor. Sean is also the author, co-author, or editor of over twenty books including Evidence That Demands a Verdict, So the Next Generation Will Know, The Fate of the Apostles, and his newest book A Rebel’s Manifesto. Additionally, he is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He earned his Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and M.A.s in Theology and Philosophy from Talbot School of Theology. He also hosts the Think Biblically podcast. In this interview, we discuss what it’s like being the son of one of the most famous Christian evangelists and apologists ever, how he handles when people compare him to his father, how Christian apologetics has changed since his father's heyday, why his new book is targeted at teenagers, how Christians should engage with the subjects of homosexuality and transgenderism, Christians refusing to fight the so-called “Culture Wars”, our disagreements about how he handled his chapter on race in America, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Undaunted Life, a man's podcast, I'm your host Kyle Thompson.

0:23.4

Let's get into it.

0:24.4

All right guys today we got a special guest on the podcast.

0:26.0

His name is Sean McDowell.

0:27.6

He's a Christian apologist author, speaker, blogger and professor.

0:31.1

He is the author, co-author or editor of over 20 books, including one of the greatest books

0:36.0

of all time evidence that demands a verdict it is on the book list that is on our website.

0:40.5

So the next generation will know the fate of the apostles and his newest book that we're

0:43.9

going to be talking about a lot today, which is a rebels manifesto.

0:47.2

So Sean is also an associate professor in Christian apologetics at Talbot School of

0:52.0

Theology at Biola University.

0:53.7

He got his PhD from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and M.A.s in both theology and philosophy

0:58.8

from the Talbot School of Theology, he's also the co-host of the Think Biblically Podcast.

1:02.9

So I was very excited to talk to him because obviously he's from the first family of Christian

1:06.4

apologetics because his dad is Josh McDowell wrote more than a carpenter.

1:09.9

So we talk about that.

1:11.1

We talk about how he's different from his dad and what apologetics was like back in the

1:14.7

day when his dad was really up and coming and versus what he does now.

1:18.4

And so we really look at all those different things.

1:20.5

We look at the trends in Christian apologetics and how it's different.

1:23.2

How you can't communicate in 2022 in the same way that you could do in 1982 or something

1:27.2

like that.

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