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 struggles that Christians are facing in the present era. With that in mind, Garrick and Timothy travel back in time to see what contemporary Christians might learn from a second-century apologist named Aristides of Athens. It's basically like Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, except without the whole debacle in the shopping mall. In this first episode of Garrick and Timothy's excellent adventure, your intrepid cohosts learn how ancient Christians did radical civic good without bowing to the civic gods.
The Raiders of Church History segment is the softest and weakest battle so far in this season. Basically, it consists of a silk flag being flopped against a piece of rope that was once the property of a monk. Along the way, Garrick mentions "elf spots." No one knows exactly what an elf spot is, but everyone agrees that "Elf Spot" would be a great name for an acoustic emo band that wears medieval outfits and plays music at Renaissance fairs.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTSTimothy Paul Jones, Ph.D., is C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He teaches in the areas of family ministry and applied apologetics. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including Why Should I Trust the Bible?, The God Who Goes Before You, Perspectives on Family Ministry, In Church as It Is in Heaven, and Christian History Made Easy.
Garrick Bailey is a Ph.D. student in systematic theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, studying Herman Bavinck and Roman Catholicism under the supervision of Gregg Allison.
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Mary Jo Sharp: A Former Atheist Looks at the Problem of Evil + “One of Us” (Joan Osborne)
Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Job, Jesus, and the Existential Problem of Evil + "You Found Me" (The Fray)
Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: The Evidential Problem of Evil + “God’s Love” (Bad Religion)
Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: The Logical Problem of Evil + Pop (U2)
Three Chords and the Truth Goes to the Movies: Soul
Josh Chatraw: Blaise Pascal and Apologetics that Appeals to the Heart + “Superstition” (Stevie Wonder)
Sean McDowell: Getting the Gospel to Generation Z + "Baba O'Riley" (The Who)
Josh Chatraw and Stephen Presley: How to Do Apologetics Like the Early Church
Alisa Childers: The False Gospel of Progressive Christianity + "I Want to Know What Love Is" (Foreigner)
Russell Moore: The Search for a Satisfying Story + “He Went to Paris” (Jimmy Buffett)
Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey: How to Do Apologetics in a Skeptical Age
Ted Cabal: Creation, Evolution, and the Age of the Earth + "Let There Be Rock" (AC/DC)
Lisa V. Fields: Apologetics through Eyes of Color + “Crossroads” (Robert Johnson)
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Matthew Levering: Why Reason and the Physical Resurrection of Jesus Matter + "Stairway to Heaven" (Led Zeppelin)
Robert Plummer: Do the Gospels Tell the Truth? + "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty" (The Cure)
J. Warner Wallace: A Cold-Case Detective Looks at the Gospels + “Another Brick in the Wall” (Pink Floyd)
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