Apologetics for the Rest of Us: Making it Simple
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis is an apologetics podcast for beginners! Though apologetics can be "heavy lifting," I will strive to make it simple. We'll cover the basics of making the case for the Gospel of Jesus Christ reverently and respectfully.
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Episodes
#21 Good Friday?
April 11, 2020 00:00 - 9 minutes - 6.77 MBWho was Good Friday good for? Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#20 Is Jesus a "Cool Dude?"
March 20, 2020 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.36 MBIn Episode #20 Claudia Kaja interviews a gentleman about his views on God and Jesus. Dr. Ray responds with some cogent answers. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#19 Truth Revisited
March 17, 2020 21:00 - 10 minutes - 7.28 MBIn the first of three parts Dr. Ray looks at the classical vied of truth. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#18 Dialogue with Kellen Dooley
March 17, 2020 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBIn this episode I speak with "Kellen" a young man from our church. We discuss what's right and what's wrong with the church. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#17 More On the Spot Apologetics for the Rest of Us.
February 13, 2020 05:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBDr. Ray responds to On the Spot interviews in this episode. Here Claudia encounters some Christians and an self-identified agnostic. Listen in on how Dr. Ray answers and comments on each of them. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#16 Cursed with Common Sense Pt 2
February 10, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBDr. Ray interviews new author, Nicole Nelson about her book, "Cursed with Common Sense: How I Realized Thinking You're Smarter Than God Is Really Dumb." Nicole shares her own journey from skepticism and doubt to faith in God. This is Part 2 of a two part interview. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Cursed with Common Sense Pt 2
February 10, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBDr. Ray interviews new author, Nicole Nelson about her book, "Cursed with Common Sense: How I Realized Thinking You're Smarter Than God Is Really Dumb." Nicole shares her own journey from skepticism and doubt to faith in God. This is Part 2 of a two part interview. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#15 Cursed with Common Sense
February 06, 2020 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBDr. Ray interviews new author, Nicole Nelson about her book, "Cursed with Common Sense: How I Realized Thinking You're Smarter Than God Is Really Dumb." Nicole share her own journey from skepticism and doubt to faith in God. This is Part 1 of a two part interview. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#14 Alisa Childers Interview
February 03, 2020 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this episode Dr. Ray interviews Alisa Childers who blogs, writes, and speaks about "Progressive Christianity. Alisa tells how she almost ditched her faith because of some persuasive rhetoric that was actually "anti-biblical. Because she sought for clarity and answers to her doubts, God led her back to faith in Jesus Christ. Listen to the details of her journey. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#13 On the Spot - Answering Questions
January 31, 2020 18:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode, Ray responds to people put "on the spot" when asked about "what to you think of when you think about God. There are three people who willingly responded to the questions. The ages of these people reveals that thoughts of God, or what God is like is pretty common - even across the spectrum. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#12 Special Edition
January 23, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBResponding to questions about God, NPA, and suffering. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#11 Ambassadors For Christ
January 20, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode Dr. Ray speaks about the character of an ambassador, Loyalty, Integrity, and Humility. This is the first part of a two part series. Also in this episode is another "On the Spot" question concerning why good people suffer bad things. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#10 On the Spot - What is hell?
January 15, 2020 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBIntroducing a new feature where we ask people a question and then have them ask us/me a question that I'll answer in the podcast. This time 'round I'll answer Samila's question about that "hell" is. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
#9Design Arguments
October 10, 2019 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this episode, Dr Ray discusses the three arguments to learn to defend God's existence through the natural world. These arguments are the Anthropic Principle, Irreducible Complexity, and Specified Complexity. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Minimal Facts for The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
September 20, 2019 22:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBDr. Ray submits the five minimal facts that reveal the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Based on authority of Dr. Gary Habermas' research Dr. Ray lays out the arguments. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Ideas Have Consequences
September 12, 2019 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode #7 we continue on our understanding of thinking well, no stinking thinking. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Truth, God, and the Resurrection
September 06, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIn this episode, Dr. Ray shares the typical American belief of Moral Therapeutic Deism - MTD. The cure for it is knowing Truth, God, and the Resurrection. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Becoming a Truth Sleuth
August 30, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBThis episode faces the issues that the church faces concerning a post-truth culture. What does the culture say about truth? Do ideas have consequences? How can the church enter the battle for idea? Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Battle for Truth: Underpinnings
August 26, 2019 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode Dr. Ray Ciervo looks at the subject of postmodernism and how it has affected our culture and caused a cultural confusion. He briefly mentions Dr. Richard Rorty and how the teaching of one professor profoundly influenced our culture. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
We Persuade Men!
August 19, 2019 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. Ray Ciervo shows how the apostle Paul used persuasion when he declared the gospel to both Jew and Gentile. Persuasion is the art of offering evidence for the claims made. Paul did this effectively as both he and Luke demonstrate the use of persuasion. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Laying Out the Land
August 15, 2019 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBIn this episode Dr. Ray begins to lay out what you will need to do in order to get started in apologetics. Don't worry about the big words that normally scare you off. Dr. Ray shares that "making it simple" can be done. Support the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)
Introducing "Apologetics for the Rest of Us."
August 02, 2019 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBSupport the show (https://www.nopatanswers.com/donate.html)