The Apologetics Podcast

Oct 22 2024 70 ep. 49 mins 227

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Welcome to The Apologetics Podcast! In each episode of this thoughtful but lighthearted podcast, bestselling apologetics author Timothy Paul Jones joins cohost Garrick Bailey and top scholars to wrestle with questions related to evidence for the truth of Christianity. Previously known as ”Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast.”

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How Multiethnic Churches Provide Proof of God's Truth, with Jamaal E. Williams

Oct 22 2024 46 mins

Heaven is multiethnic. Are you ready for that? The Bible tells us that the congregation gathered around God's heavenly throne will be “a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language,” all singing the praises of the Lamb. God's intention has always been to delight for all eternity in a redeemed community of ethnic diversity.But this diverse community shouldn't h

Styx, “Mr. Roboto,” and the Metanarrative of God

Oct 15 2024 43 mins

Kilroy Was Here! During World War 2, “Kilroy Was Here” described a type of graffiti that American soldiers chalked on walls wherever they went. In 1983, the phrase gained a completely different meaning. That’s when the band Styx developed a rock opera and concept album—complete with a ten-minute dystopian science-fiction film—in response to accusations that Styx had encod

Every Christian Is an Apologist Now (Part 2), with Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey

Oct 01 2024 43 mins

This is the second half of an exciting two-part episode of The Apologetics Podcast. Garrick and Timothy are still adventuring through time with a second-century apologist named Aristides, exploring three key points in his apologetic that addressed those that were skeptical of Christianity in his day. Aristides understood that every Christian is an apologist—and that's the truth t

Every Christian Is an Apologist Now (Part 1), with Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey

Sep 19 2023 56 mins

In this thrilling two-part episode of The Apologetics Podcast, Garrick and Timothy go back to the future. Or, perhaps more precisely, they go back to the second century for the sake of the future. In the book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, theologian Carl Trueman points out that the church's challenges of the second century A.D. provide one possible precedent for the stru

How Bible Literacy Equips the Church to Defend the Faith, with Jen Wilkin

Sep 12 2023 54 mins

In this episode, your intrepid cohosts learn why they need to get literate. "Bible literate," to be exact. According to author and Bible teacher Jen Wilkin, Bible literacy is a vital tool when it comes to apologetics—and "Bible literacy" is not the same thing as "biblical literacy." Biblical literacy means knowing about the Bible. Bible literacy requires knowing the Bible itself

How to Be an Apologist without Being a Jerk, with Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey

Mar 14 2023 25 mins

You don’t have to be a jerk to be an apologist. In fact, if you’re being a jerk, you’re not doing apologetics in a biblical way, because biblical apologetics calls Christians to defend the faith in “meekness and fear” (1 Peter 3:15b). So how can we do apologetics without being a jerk? One of the best ways not to be a jerk is to listen to 1980s rock, which is why your int

Resurrection-Centered Apologetics, with Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey

Mar 07 2023 46 mins

This episode begins with the infancy of Jesus and ends with his resurrection. Garrick brings up the infancy of Jesus in the Raiders of Church History segment in the most awkward of ways. This episode is the first—and hopefully the last—time that "lactation" has ever been mentioned on The Apologetics Podcast. Timothy brings the battle to a premature end by hitting Garrick in the

How to Know God Exists, with Josh McDowell

Feb 21 2023 41 mins

If they made apologetics action figures, Josh McDowell would be one of the figures in the first set. If they made apologetics trading cards, Josh McDowell’s card would be in a collectible foil pack. He has toured with the pioneering Christian rock band Petra, and his book Evidence that Demands a Verdict was selected by Christianity Today as the thirteenth most influential Christi

Apatheism, Mormonism, and Theological Shoegazing, with Kyle Beshears

Feb 14 2023 47 mins

Welcome to the Apathetic Episode of The Apologetics Podcast! An episode focused on apathy probably seems appropriate to all of you who have noticed how apathetic Garrick and Timothy have been about releasing new episodes for the past few months. But that wasn’t actually due to anyone’s apathy! It was because Timothy needed to finish writing a new apologetics book entitled In Ch

Huey Lewis and the News: The Holy Trinity and “The Power of Love”

Aug 09 2022 58 mins

Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones have already devoted one entire episode of this podcast to love. That was when they discussed Foreigner’s 1984 hit “I Want to Know What Love Is.” But Garrick and Timothy are far too full of love to fit all of their feelings about love into a single episode. That’s why they’re joining forces with Huey Lewis to talk about love again i