The Apologetics Podcast

What is a “Christian nationalist” and how do you know if you might be one?That’s the question Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones ask distinguished American historian Thomas Kidd. Along the way, Garrick and Timothy discover that the answer isn’t nearly as scary as some people seem to think. Garrick does, however, suggest a rather scary image that involves Jesus, a bald ea

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 ha

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 encoded Satanic messages

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

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 st

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 Bibl

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 you be an apologist without being a jerk? One of the best ways not to be a jerk is to listen to 1980s rock, which is why your intr

This episode begins with the infancy of Jesus and ends with his resurrection.It’s Garrick who brings up the infancy of Jesus, and it happens in the Raiders of Church History segment in a manner that’s far more awkward than Timothy anticipated. This episode is the first—and hopefully the last—time that lactation has ever been mentioned on The Apologetics Podcast. Timothy bri

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

Welcome to the Apathetic Episode of The Apologetics Podcast! An episode focused on apathy and apatheism 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