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Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Did the Council of Nicaea Choose the Books in My Bible?

8th June 2022

The books of the Bible were selected in the year 325 at the Council of Nicaea, right? That’s what a lot of Christians seem to think. But is this story true? And, if it isn’t true, how did the tale of a council that created the canon begin in the first place?

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.

Metallica (Part 1): Christian Science, the Problem of Evil, and “The God That Failed”

17th May 2022

How a nineteenth-century cult known as the Church of Christ, Scientist, impacted James Hetfield and the music of Metallica.

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 […]

Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Ecclesial Apologetics

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.

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.

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.

Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Who Really Wrote the Gospels?

14th February 2022

Who really wrote the Gospels? And why does it matter? Garrick and Timothy take on Bart Ehrman’s claim that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John couldn’t have written the Gospels that bear their names.

Advent: The Difficult Discipline of Celebrating the Waiting

24th November 2021

Once upon a time, there was a season in the church year known as “Advent.” The word comes to us from the Latin for “coming.” The purpose of the season was to anticipate the coming of Christ to earth; it was a season that focused on waiting.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Good Times with the End Times (Part 1) + “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” (R.E.M.)

3rd June 2021

It’s eschatology and R.E.M. in part one of this two-part almost-the-end-of-the-season mega-episode. The topic is the end times. After discussing some of the greatest apocalyptic tunes in the history of rock and roll, your intrepid cohosts settle on a 1987 hit from R.E.M., “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine).”

Food Trucks in Babylon: Moral Apologetics, Prayer, and the Impassibility of God

7th May 2021

A few months ago, one of our most faithful listeners and favorite supporters Tanner Billson asked a question about apologetics and the impassibility of God. It was a difficult dilemma, so Garrick and Timothy headed to the best place in the world to determine how to deal with difficult dilemmas: superhero comics. That’s because, in […]

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 […]

Urban Ministry Podcast: Sharing the Gospel in London and Beyond

7th April 2021

Jacob Boss is Affinity Leader for European Peoples with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Prior to his current role in London, he served two years as the Vice President of Global Training for Meridian University. At Meridian, he implemented a series of simple and reproducible tools that have helped to develop […]

Urban Ministry Podcast: Seeking a Sense of Place in Global Cities

24th March 2021

Michael Crane serves as a director of Radius Global Cities Network, a think tank for urban missions research. Passionate about church planting, he helped to launch a church planting network in Southeast Asia called Gospel City Network. Michael also serves on the faculty of two graduate schools. He has authored or co-authored several books, including […]

Urban Ministry Podcast: Urban Church Planting in Africa

10th March 2021

Stephen Dinkins and his family moved to East Africa in 2013 to serve with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Stephen now serves as the Nairobi City Team Leader in Nairobi, Kenya. In this episode, Stephen and Timothy discuss the distinct dynamics of urban church planting in sub-Saharan Africa. For more information […]

Apologetics: Should Pastors Preach for Conversions?

6th March 2021

In the churches where I first came to know Jesus Christ, no service was complete without an invitation—a time for the people in the pews to respond to the message by making their way down the aisle. Especially during weeklong revival services, “Just as I Am” inevitably ran out of verses before the preachers ran […]

Urban Ministry Podcast: Replanting and Revitalizing Urban Congregations

24th February 2021

Thousands of churches in urban contexts are ripe for revitalization—but church revitalization isn’t easy! James Fields has spent nearly two years working with a congregation near Churchill Downs in Louisville, seeking to revitalize a once-thriving church. He joins Timothy Paul Jones to discuss what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what he’s learned. For more information about […]