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Ted Cabal: Creation and the Age of the Earth + “Let There Be Rock” (AC/DC)

4th August 2020

This episode is packed with answers in Genesis—but, believe it or not, when we say “Genesis” we’re not talking about the group that’s been fronted by Phil Collins since the early 1970s from which Mike + the Mechanics was a spinoff. The focus of this week’s episode is the other Genesis, the one at the […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, History, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Answers in Genesis, apologetics, Apologetics Study Bible, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, church history, Controversy of the Ages, creation, evolution, Genesis, Henry Morris, history, Institute for Creation Research, old earth, old-earth creation, old-earth creationism, Ted Cabal, Theodore Cabal, young earth, young-earth creation, young-earth creationism

Lisa V. Fields: Apologetics through Eyes of Color + “Crossroads” (Robert Johnson)

28th July 2020

The blues, Robert Johnson, and The Jackson 5 are a few of the stars of this week’s episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast. Lisa V. Fields—popular apologetics speaker and founder of the Jude 3 Project—joins Timothy to discuss a recent apologetics curriculum from Jude 3 Project. Along the way, Lisa reveals […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, black church, Blog, Book reviews, History, Movie Reviews, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, racism, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: 1877, African American, alchemy, apologetics, black church, black colleges, Cream, Crossroads, devil, Eric Clapton, Faust, HBCU, Jim Crow, Jude 3 Project, Karate Kid, Lisa Fields, Lisa V. Fields, Mississippi, Ralph Macchio, Reconstruction, Robert Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Ry Cooder, Satan, selling soul, selling soul to the devil, selling your soul, soul, Steve Vai, sundown laws, sundown towns, Theophilus of Adana, Willie Brown

Vocab Malone: Speaking Truth to Hebrew Israelites + “One Vision” (Queen)

30th June 2020

Your intrepid cohosts have been watching lots of films with their families during this season of social distancing, so it’s not surprising that so many movies make appearances in this week’s episode. The first film that shows up is the 2016 Netflix film Barry, a fictional look at what Barack Obama’s first year at Columbia […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, music review, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With:  One Vision, African Israelites, Barack Obama, Bill and Ted, black Hebrew Israelism, Black Hebrew Israelites, Iron Eagle, Queen, Vocab Malone

J.V. Fesko: Reforming Apologetics + “Freewill” (Rush)

16th June 2020

Welcome to the Deeper-Than-Usual Episode! This episode has been named “the Deeper-Than-Usual Episode” mostly because it is a bit deeper than usual. Dr. J.V. Fesko—professor of systematic and historical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, author of Reforming Apologetics, and all-around very deep person—joins the dynamic duo to discuss many deep things. Dr. Fesko momentarily risks his […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, music review, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast

Matthew Levering: Why Reason and the Physical Resurrection of Jesus Matter + “Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin)

26th May 2020

Reason, resurrection, and the physical world are the focus of the most action-packed episode of Three Chords and the Truth ever produced. The primary reason why it’s so action packed is because the Toybox Hero Tournament includes a special cohost who is far more exciting than either of your intrepid cohosts. Renowned theologian Dr. Matthew Levering […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, music review, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast

Robert Plummer: Do the Gospels Tell the Truth? + “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty” (The Cure)

19th May 2020

What does it mean to say that the Bible tells the truth? Do the Gospels tell the truth? And what should Christians do when they find a claim in the Bible that looks like a contradiction? Do the Gospels Tell the Truth? New Testament scholar and Daily Dose of Greek mastermind Rob Plummer joins Garrick […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, music review, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, atheism, Bible, history, inerrancy, presuppositional, presuppositionalism, Rob Plummer, Robert Smith, The Cure, Worldview

J. Warner Wallace: A Cold-Case Detective Looks at the Gospels + “Another Brick in the Wall” (Pink Floyd)

12th May 2020

What happens when a cold-case detective applies his investigative skills to the New Testament Gospels? Find out as Timothy meets up with award-winning detective and bestselling apologetics author J. Warner Wallace. In addition to being a detective and apologist, Wallace is also a guitarist, bassist, and—Timothy is thrilled beyond words to discover—a fan of Steve […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Books, History, Learn, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Another Brick in the Wall, apologetics, evidentialism, Gospels, history, J. Warner Wallace, pig, Pink Floyd, presuppositionalism

Josh Chatraw: Apologetics at the Cross + “Word on a Wing” (David Bowie)

5th May 2020

Apologetics scholar Josh Chatraw joins Garrick and Timothy to talk about cross-centered apologetics, Augustine of Hippo, and what it takes to hang out with Tim Keller. Josh is the coauthor of several books, including Truth in a Culture of Doubt from B&H Academic and Apologetics at the Cross. Along the way, Josh makes the mistake […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, music review, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, Apologetics at the Cross, David Bowie, Josh Chatraw

Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey: Is the Coronavirus Evil? + “Sympathy for the Devil” (The Rolling Stones)

28th April 2020

It’s a new season of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, and Garrick and Timothy are serious about social distancing. They are, in fact, so serious about being socially distant that they’ve installed a mile-wide river to separate them. In the first half of this earthshaking season premiere, your intrepid cohosts discuss a recent […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, History, Learn, Music reviews, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, Augustine, Bavinck, coronavirus, COVID-19, Garrick Bailey, Hulk Hogan, Mick Jagger, natural evil, problem of evil, Rolling Stones, Satan, surd evil, Sympathy for the Devil, the Devil, Timothy Paul Jones

Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey: Are the Stories of Jesus Borrowed from Pagan Parallels to Christianity? + “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Billy Joel)

31st December 2019

This week’s podcast includes pagan parallels to Christianity, the Piano Man, and the most daring giveaway ever attempted on any human podcast. Paganism and plagiarism provide the theme for the first half. Even in ancient times, Roman philosophers claimed that Christians had “used pagan myths in fabricating the story of a virgin conception.” So is […]

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Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey: Three Chords Goes to the Movies: Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

24th December 2019

On May 25, 1977, a young filmmaker named George Lucas released a space fantasy that he had simply titled Star Wars. Over the past four decades, this story has developed into one of the most influential cultural phenomena of the modern era. Now, with the release of Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, the saga that began In 1977 has drawn to a end—and what an ending it is!

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Movie Reviews, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: episode 9, George Lucas, Lucasfilm, movies, Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars

Rob Plummer: The Perplexing Problem of When Quirinius Governed Syria + “The Living Years” (Mike + the Mechanics)

16th December 2019

This week’s episode covers the birth of Jesus, death, resurrection, and everything in between! It’s only a few days until Christmas 2019—a celebration which, this year, Timothy has very helpfully renamed “The Star Wars: Episode IX After Party.” At some point between now and Christmas Day, millions of people throughout the world will hear these words […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: death, error, gospel, Gospel According to Luke, Gospels, governor of Syria, immortality, Luke, Mike + the Mechanics, Oscar Cullmann, Plummer, Quirinius, resurrection, Rob Plummer, Robert Plummer, The Living Years

Dan DeWitt: Why Do the Apologetics of C.S. Lewis Matter? + “All Along the Watchtower” (U2)

13th December 2019

Welcome to a new episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, with Dr. Dan DeWitt, a discussion of C.S. Lewis, and a celebration of a duo of flagrant illegalities! This episode commemorates two illegal acts, both of which were captured on tape and involved live rock and roll. The first of these […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: All Along the Watchtower, C.S. Lewis, Dan DeWitt, U2

Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey: Why Everyone Needs Creeds + “Where the Streets Have No Name” (U2)

10th December 2019

Welcome to the creed episode of Three Chords and the Truth! But don’t worry: we are not talking about the band Creed. (In case you’ve forgotten, Creed was the 1990s band whose videos were filled with embarrassingly-bad CGI and with way too many scenes in which the lead vocalist apparently couldn’t keep himself from flailing […]

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Eric Johnson: How Can a Good God Allow Evil in the World? + “Free” (Stryper)

18th November 2019

How can a good God allow so much evil and suffering in the world? And why do some people seem to suffer so much more than others? According to a recent survey of college students, the problem of evil is the question about Christianity that college students find most difficult to answer. This week, Eric […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Canons of Dort, eric johnson, pelagianism, problem of evil, semipelagianism, soteriology, stryper, theodicy

Peter Gurry and Elijah Hixson: Mistakes Apologists Make About Textual Criticism + “Learning to See” (Van Halen)

4th November 2019

Finally, it’s the long-anticipated Van Halen episode, which manages to feature not only Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen but also another important Dutch-born “Van”: Reformed theologian Cornelius Van Til! Plus, New Testament textual critics Elijah Hixson and Peter Gurry are back with us to discuss the mistakes that people defending the Christian faith […]

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Peter Gurry and Elijah Hixson: Was the Bible Copied Accurately? + “You Belong to the City” (Glenn Frey)

25th October 2019

Has the Bible been copied accurately? Skeptics such as biblical scholar Dr. Bart Ehrman have suggested that it wasn’t. According to Bart Ehrman‘s book Misquoting Jesus, it makes no sense for Christians to refer to the Bible as God’s inspired Word “because we no longer possess the words that God supposedly inspired. … All that […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Bart Ehrman, city, Elijah Hixson, Glenn Frey, Peter Gurry, Textual criticism, urban ministry

Jonathan Pennington: What Are the New Testament Gospels and Why Should We Trust Them? + “We Are the World” (USA for Africa)

15th October 2019

According to bestselling religious scholar Reza Aslan, the New Testament Gospels “are not, nor were they ever meant to be, a historical documentation of Jesus’s life.” The Gospels are, Aslan claims, fictional compositions from early Christians who re-imagined a Jewish revolutionary named Jesus as an ethereal Christ of faith. But is it really reasonable to read […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Ethiopia, Gospels, Jonathan Pennington, Michael Jackson, Pennington, USA for Africa, We Are the World

Doug Blount: What Is the Relationship Between Evidence and Faith? + “Jack and Diane” (John Cougar Mellencamp)

4th October 2019

“Faith is,” according to Christopher Hitchens, “the surrender of reason.” But is faith actually the antithesis of reason and evidence? That’s the question Garrick and Timothy explore in the first half of this week’s episode with Doug Blount, who completed master’s and doctoral degrees in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, an institution that may be found—according to some reports—within the borders of Indiana.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: adolescence, apologetics, atheism, Doug Blount, Faith, G. Stanley Hall, Hoosier, Indiana, Jack and Diane, James Dean, John Mellencamp, reason, Richard Dawkins, Summer of ‘69, teenager

Grady Adkins and Joshua Swindall: What Christian Beliefs Do College Students Struggle to Defend? + “Don’t Stop Believin'” (Journey)

13th September 2019

In this special back-to-school episode, Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones are joined by Dr. Grady Adkins and Dr. Joshua Swindall, two researchers who have spent the past year exploring which specific Christian beliefs are the most difficult for college students to believe and to defend.

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