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Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Abortion, Apologetics, and the End of Roe v. Wade

25th July 2022

Christians have been talking about abortion far longer than you may have imagined. Abortion has even shown up in apologetics conversations, although probably not in the ways that you would expect.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Family Ministry, History, Music reviews, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, The Apologetics Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: abortion, apologetics, Athenagoras, Athenagoras of Athens, pro birth, pro choice, pro life, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Tertullian, Tertullian of Carthage

Keith Plummer: Doubt, Deconstruction, and an Apologetic of Kindness

5th July 2022

Welcome to the Very Kind Episode! Of course, almost every episode of this podcast is kind of kind, mostly because Garrick is just that kind of person, but this episode is particularly kind, because we’re joined by Dr. Keith Plummer.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, black church, Blog, Book reviews, History, ministry, music review, Music reviews, pastoral care, Podcast, racism, The Apologetics Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: apologetics, Before You Lose Your Faith, Belferlein, belt, Cairn University, cincture, deconstruction, deconversion, dog, doubt, Facebook, Instagram, Keith Plummer, kind, kindness, Martin Luther, Mary, science, scientism, social media, technology, Twitter

Metallica (Part 2): The Problem of Evil, the Power of Shame, and “The God That Failed”

17th May 2022

The dynamic duo ends this two-part episode with a powerful look at how the gospel answers the dilemmas of shame and unforgiveness that emerge as such dominant themes in Metallica’s later albums.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, The Apologetics Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, Black Album, Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly, Christian Science, Church of Christ Scientist, Cliff Burton, Enter Sandman, forgiveness, James Hetfield, Jason Newsted, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Metallica, pornography, problem of evil, reading room, shame, Thorn Within, Unforgiven

In a skeptical age, we need more apologetics, not less

Apologetics: Final Examination for Christian Apologetics—Spring 2022

30th April 2022

It’s final examination week again at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary! That means another final examination in my favorite class in the world to teach, 28700 Christian Apologetics. What that means for students in the on-campus class is an opportunity to demonstrate and to apply what they’ve learned throughout the semester. What that means for […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog Tagged With: 28700, apologetics, Christian Apologetics, examination, final, final examination, School of Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: How the Life of the Church Defends the Truth of the Faith

26th April 2022

In an act of heroism of a sort that hasn’t been seen since the conclusion of Avengers: Endgame, Garrick and Timothy bravely prevent the end of apologetics. Also, they show how Live Aid would never have happened in 1985 if it hadn’t been for the rise of Christianity nearly two thousand years earlier.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Lead, leadership, ministry, music review, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, ecclesial, ecclesial apologetics, Garrick Bailey, Josh Chatraw, Myron Bradley Penner

Dan Kimball: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture

22nd March 2022

Dan Kimball joins The Apologetics Podcast this week to talk about his most recent book, How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Book reviews, Family Ministry, History, Podcast, The Apologetics Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Antonello, apologetics, Benny Goodman, church history, Dan Kimball, donkey in a bathtub, emergent church, Francis of Paola, history, How (Not) to Read the Bible, How to Read the Bible, inerrancy, Lance of Destiny, Lance of Longinus, pet trout, The Clash, They Like Jesus But Not the Church, trout, unicorns, Vintage Faith, Vintage Faith Church

J. Warner Wallace: What Could We Know About Jesus If Every Bible in the World Disappeared?

22nd February 2022

What if every single copy of the Bible went fluttering away, never to be seen again? If that happened, surely all of our knowledge about Jesus would be gone as well, right? Not so fast, says cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, History, Learn, pastoral ministry, Podcast, The Apologetics Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, Bible, church history, detective, history, J. Warner Wallace, Jesus, New Testament, Person of Interest

Care for the poor

Apologetics: Care for the Poor and the Parentless as an Apologetic for the Truth of God

18th November 2021

This week, I am presenting a paper at the 2021 meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society entitled “‘Something Divine Mingled Among Them’: Care for the Poor and the Parentless as Ecclesial Apologetic in the Second Century.” For those who are interested, here is the paper and the slideshow: Slideshow: PDF slideshow of presentation Paper: Paper […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn, ministry, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: apologetics

Jarvis Williams: Redemptive Kingdom Diversity and Apologetics

13th July 2021

For the first time ever, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast reveals the future! It’s the last episode of season 2, and it’s quite possible that your mind won’t be able to handle everything that takes place in this thrilling season finale. Your intrepid cohosts turn out to be not only pastors and […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, black church, Blog, Book reviews, Books, featured, History, Learn, ministry, music review, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, racism, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: African American, African-American church, apologetics, Baker Academic, Bible, black, black church, critical race theory, critical theory, CRT, diversity, ethnic diversity, gospel, grace, Jarvis Williams, multicultural, multicultural church, multiethnic, multiethnic church, New Testament, prophecy, race, racial reconciliation, racism, redemptive kingdom diversity, SBTS, social justice, Sojourn Church, Sojourn Community Church, Southern Seminary, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Village Church, Village Institute

Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Good Times with the End Times (Part 2) + “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” (R.E.M.)

4th June 2021

Welcome to the stunning conclusion of this two-part series about the end of time! This episode focuses on four truths about the end times that matter far more than any particular perspective on how God will fulfill his eschatological promises. In the process of exploring these four truths, the dynamic duo considers how different views […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Books, History, Lead, leadership, Learn, ministry, music review, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Accelerate, amillennial, amillennialism, apologetics, Bavinck, church history, end times, eschatology, Herman Bavinck, history, It’s the End of the World, Juergen Moltmann, Jurgen Moltmann, Moltmann, postmillennial, premillennial, R.E.M., tribulation

In a skeptical age, we need more apologetics, not less

Apologetics: Final Examination for Christian Apologetics—Spring 2021

27th April 2021

It’s final examination week at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary! That means another final examination in my favorite class in the world to teach, 28700 Christian Apologetics. What that means for students in the on-campus class is an opportunity to demonstrate and to apply what they’ve learned throughout the semester. What that means for those […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn Tagged With: 28700, apologetics, Christian Apologetics, final examination, Southern Seminary, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Mary Jo Sharp: A Former Atheist Looks at the Problem of Evil + “One of Us” (Joan Osborne)

23rd February 2021

Why do atheists see the problems of evil as such a problem for Christians? And is the problem of evil really as problematic as some atheists seem to think? Those are a few of the many questions that Timothy explores in this episode with Mary Jo Sharp. A former atheist who’s now a faithful follower of […]

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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: 1995, apologetics, college ministry, Emancipation, Joan Osborne, Mary Jo Sharp, One of Us, Prince, problem of evil, Relish, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Why I Still Believe

Apologetics: Five Reminders to Strengthen Your Defense of the Faith

9th February 2021

1. Apologetics is not an apology; apologetics is a defense that includes evidence. I was in my late teens the first time I read the words “apologetics” and “apologist.” At first, I thought these words had something to do with Christians apologizing for misdeeds undertaken in the name of Christ. It didn’t take long for […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: 1 Peter, apologetics, Peter, resurrection

Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Job, Jesus, and the Existential Problem of Evil + “You Found Me” (The Fray)

26th January 2021

If you’re a Christian who’s suffering or if you want to help people who are suffering, this episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast—“Job, Jesus, and the Existential Problem of Evil”—is the most important installment in this entire series about the problem of evil. This time around, the focus is the existential problem […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, leadership, ministry, music review, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, cross, defense, Epicurean dilemma, Epicurean Paradox, existential problem of evil, God’s problem, Jesus, Job, kenosis, pastoral care, pastoral problem of evil, problem of evil, problem of suffering, suffering, The Fray, theodicy, You Found Me

Apologetics: Were the Gospels Meant to Be Taken as Historical Testimony?

29th December 2020

How do we know if the testimonies preserved about Jesus in the New Testament Gospels were intended to be taken as historical testimony in the first place? It is possible, after all, that the Gospels that came to be included in the New Testament were never meant to describe actual occurrences. Perhaps they were written […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, History, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, genre, Gospels, historical, Historical Jesus, Historical testimony, history

Apologetics: How Can Presuppositional Apologists Use Classical and Evidential Arguments?

29th December 2020

How do the classical arguments for God’s existence fit into presuppositional apologetics? Or do they? Is there any place for the teleological, cosmological, or ontological arguments in presuppositionalism? And what about historical texts, artifacts, and arguments? Can evidences from history help to make a presuppositionalist case for faith or not?

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, History, Learn Tagged With: apologetics, B.B. Warfield, classical, classical apologetics, Cornelius Van Til, evidential, evidential apologetics, natural theology, presuppositional, presuppositionalism, Thomas Aquinas, Van Til

Josh Chatraw: The Apologetics of Blaise Pascal + “Superstition” (Stevie Wonder)

29th December 2020

Faith happens, and this week’s episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast is all about how faith happens. In the first half, Garrick and Timothy are joined by Josh Chatraw, the apologist extraordinaire who has been freshly forgiven for his many missteps when it comes to being conversant in the art of […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, History, Learn, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, Solve, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, Blaise Pascal, church history, epistemology, gospel, history, Josh Chatraw, Pensees, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Telling a Better Story

Apologetics: Were the Stories of Jesus Based on Pagan Parallels?

12th November 2020

Pagan parallels to Christianity! Is it possible, as some people claim, that the stories of Jesus were based on Pagan myths? It’s an accusation that’s been around a long time. Even in ancient times, critics of Christianity noticed some parallels between Christian beliefs and pre-Christian myths. In the late second century, a philosopher named Celsus charged, “The […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Christmas, Easter, gospel, Gospels, Mithras, myth

Apologetics: Final Examination for Fall 2020 On-Campus Christian Apologetics Courses

10th November 2020

It’s that time again! Below, you will find the final examination for my on-campus courses in Christian Apologetics this semester at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Students: Once you open the file, you must complete the examination in its entirety. There is no time limit, but the only resources you may use are your own […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog Tagged With: 28700, apologetics, Christian Apologetics, exam, examination, final, final exam, final examination, SBTS, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Alisa Childers: The False Gospel of Progressive Christianity + “I Want to Know What Love Is” (Foreigner)

6th October 2020

Welcome to the first-ever—and probably the only-ever—episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast that’s focused on love. And so, pull up a chair, strap on your headphones, grab your favorite scissors and your red construction paper, and prepare to cut out some paper hearts. (And, by the way, why hasn’t anyone ever […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Book reviews, History, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: agape, Alisa Childers, Another Gospel?, apologetics, Apologetics Podcast, Bob Dylan, Brian McLaren, C.S. Lewis, eros, Foreigner, Four Loves, Garrick Bailey, Lou Gramm, love, love episode, Mick Jones, philia, progressive Christianity, Richard Rohr, storge, Superchick, Three Chords and the Truth, Timothy Paul Jones, Traveling Wilburys, ZOEGirl

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