Why Christians Can’t Defend Their Faith… And It’s Destroying America | Frank Turek

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In today’s episode, Seth Gruber sits down with renowned apologist Frank Turek to confront a growing crisis in American Christianity: believers who can’t defend what they claim to believe. As culture spirals further into confusion, Seth and Frank expose how a watered-down, feelings-based faith has left Christians intellectually and spiritually unarmed. They dive deep into the historical evidence for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus—asking the question most people are afraid to answer: can the Gospel actually be proven? Frank unpacks powerful arguments for Christianity’s truth claims, while also revealing how the Old Testament points directly to Christ through stunning prophetic connections. The conversation takes a darker turn as they explore the recurring symbolism of serpents throughout history and culture—even showing up in modern entertainment like Harry Potter—raising questions about the spiritual forces shaping our world. This episode is a wake-up call for Christians to stop coasting on emotion and start standing on truth. Test your beliefs—explore the evidence for Christianity: https://crossexamined.org/ Shop EveryLife, the ONLY diaper company rooted in pro-life values! Use code “Seth10” to get 10% off. https://everylife.com/discount/SETH10 Give Your Children Values-Driven Books You Can Trust — Shop BRAVE Books!https://bravebooks.us/ Join the Movement at The Last Stand — Get Your Tickets Now!https://thelaststand.com/ Get Your Gruber Wear! https://gruber-wear.printify.me/ FOLLOW Seth’s Rumble channel in case he gets kicked off YouTube: https://rumble.com/c/sethgruber SUBSCRIBE and tap the bell for more unapologetically pro-life, pro-family, pro-America content. HOST A SCREENING of Seth's documentary "The 1916 Project". This film exposes the hidden history of the secular moral revolution, and the architects of our current culture of death. Sign up your church to join the hundreds of churches screening this powerful film! https://the1916project.com/ Tune in to The Seth Gruber Show every Tuesday and Thursday. Understand not only the things happening in our culture but also how they became realized. Now streaming on all podcast platforms! To help Seth educate and expose culture to the evil of abortion so that every person has a right to be born, become an ALLY of The White Rose Resistance at https://thewhiterose.life

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0:00.0	If God doesn't exist, nothing is good or evil. Things just are. Everything's just a matter of opinion.
0:05.6	But we know things are evil. We know murdering people is evil. We know raping people is evil.
0:10.8	J.K. Rowling admitted that she basically took the storyline for Harry Potter out of the Bible.
0:17.2	Yep, she did. That's the storyline. And in Deuteronomy 19, if you falsely accused someone of, say, murder, you would be the one
0:23.6	executed.
0:24.6	Man, if we had those laws in place today, the entire internet would shut down.
0:27.6	... Maybe our culture is so upside down because Christians can't defend our beliefs.
0:50.3	American Christianity has been so watered down to feelings that people don't even know why they believe what they believe.
0:58.0	How do we successfully defend the Bible in our modern culture?
1:02.2	How do you convince people that the life and resurrection of Jesus is historically accurate?
1:06.7	My brother and friend Frank Turrick, brilliant apologist, author and founder of cross-examined,
1:11.7	joins me today to discuss how we should be reading the Old Testament and the incredible
1:15.9	prophetic connections between the books of the Bible and the interesting aspect of serpents
1:21.0	throughout history, even in things like Harry Potter.
1:24.3	That's spiritual.
1:26.4	There's no one better than Frank Turt to talk about
1:28.5	and how to defend and prove the gospel. Guys, check out Gruberware at Seth Gruber.com for your
1:33.5	controversial pro-life merch. Give us a rating and review. We really appreciate it. And join us at the
1:38.8	White Rose Resistance at the whiterose.com. Let's get into it. I'm Seth Gruber, and this is The Seth Gruber Show.
1:47.2	Frank, welcome back to the show, brother. It's always great being with you, Seth. How are things going?
1:52.4	Good, man. I think it's been since, man, we were at that Alan Jackson conference together, I think, was the last time.
1:59.4	I had you. Anyways, but a lot's happened.
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