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Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. Sean is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. On this channel he tackles some of the biggest questions about God, morality, and contemporary culture. Visit www.seanmcdowell.org for more posts and info.
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- Rob Liefeld Grilled by Students and Christian Apologists · 1 h 18 minCHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) CHECK OUT: Consider Supporting the Ministry! (https://seanmcdowell.org/give) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS…
- 8 Reasons I am Not Roman Catholic | Gavin Ortlund · 39 minCHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) CHECK OUT: Consider Supporting the Ministry! (https://seanmcdowell.org/give) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS…
- Middle Schoolers Ask Dr. Craig Their 20 Toughest Questions · 47 minCHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) CHECK OUT: Consider Supporting the Ministry! (https://seanmcdowell.org/give) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS…
- 5 Ways Apologetics is Shifting (ft. Gavin Ortlund) · 47 minCHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) CHECK OUT: Consider Supporting the Ministry! (https://seanmcdowell.org/give) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS…
- What Happens When a Christian Apologist Sits Down with Two Scientologists? · 1 h 3 minCHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) CHECK OUT: Consider Supporting the Ministry! (https://seanmcdowell.org/give) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS…
- What Scholars Found in Early Qur’an Manuscripts May Surprise You · 1 h 15 minCHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) CHECK OUT: Consider Supporting the Ministry! (https://seanmcdowell.org/give) *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS…
- The 9 Blind Leaps of Atheism (Thaddeus Williams) · 1 h 15 minCHECK OUT: The Sean McDowell Collection (manuscriptshop.com/seanmcdowell) CHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) CHECK OUT: Consider Supporting the…
- The Case for Sola Scriptura You Probably Haven't Heard (Michael Kruger) · 51 minCan we actually get back to what the apostles wrote? That question sits underneath every other question about the New Testament. Before you ask whether the story is true, you…
- The Approach That’s Leading Muslims to Christ · 1 h 10 minBelle Liu is 21, she stepped into full-time ministry this year, and she has two mission statements: raise a biblically literate generation, and make Muslims Christian. I first…
- Prisoners Ask Me About God, Suffering, and Forgiveness · 34 minI was recently given the opportunity to check out a Prison in Texas with the help of Prison Fellowship. We had them ask me some great questions some of which really surprised me…
- We Have Early New Testament Manscripts...Here's What They Reveal · 1 h 2 minCan we actually get back to what the apostles wrote? That question sits underneath every other question about the New Testament. Before you ask whether the story is true, you…
- What the Bible REALLY Says about Animals in Heaven · 59 minWill our pets be in heaven? Do animals have souls? Will there be hunting, fishing, and meat eating on the new earth? Might some animals talk? Randy Alcorn wrote the book that…
- What Frank Turek Has Learned in 3 Decades of Ministry · 1 h 6 minIn this conversation with Sean and Scottie McDowell, Frank walks through his own path to faith, including the Sunday morning in 1985 when a pastor answered his exact objection…
- 5 Ancient Manuscripts That Confirm the New Testament’s Reliability · 52 minDr. Dan Wallace has spent decades photographing and cataloging Greek New Testament manuscripts. After all of it, he says he has more confidence in the reliable transmission of…
- Why a Devout Muslim Abandoned Islam and Risked His Life to Follow Jesus · 1 h 4 minDanny Burmawi grew up in Jordan, where 98% of the population shares one sect of Islam and you rarely meet anyone outside it. In this conversation he explains what he thinks…
- Why Charity Is Our Best Apologetics Today | Kristy Graham · 38 minIn this episode, Dr. Sean McDowell interviews Kristy Graham from Samaritan's Purse to explore how practical charity, disaster relief, and caring for the suffering serve as…
- The Book of Enoch Explained: Nephilim, Demons & Genesis 6 · 1 h 7 minThe Book of Enoch has exploded online, and the claims run in both directions: some say it unlocks the Bible's biggest mysteries, others say it can't be trusted at all. Dr. Joel…
- Where Demons Actually Come From, According to Heiser · 1 h 21 minMost of what Christians picture when they hear "angel" came from medieval art and Vacation Bible School, not from the biblical text. Dr. Joel Muddamalle worked alongside Michael…
- The "Lost" Gospels Are Back. What Do They Really Say About Jesus? · 1 h 17 minBart Ehrman posed it as a hypothetical question: What if the canon had ended up containing the Gospels of Peter, Thomas, and Mary instead of Matthew, Mark, and Luke? I put that…
- Daniel 1:1-8: The Principles You Decide Before the Pressure Comes · 32 minHere's a question worth sitting with: what are the principles you actually live by? In this message I look at Daniel. They changed where he lived, what he studied, the language…
- The Lost Site of the Tabernacle...Have We Found It? | Big Update · 46 minScott Stripling's team put out a press release about their latest season at Shiloh. Roughly 400 news stories followed. What his team actually found is more interesting. Since…
- What 50 Years Studying the Resurrection Taught Me - Gary Habermas · 55 minGary Habermas has likely studied the historical evidence for the resurrection more than anyone who has ever lived. He's just finished a four-volume work on it and he told me the…
- Book of Mormon vs the Gospels: Comparing the Witness Testimony · 1 h 28 minHow reliable are the eleven witnesses who attest to the Book of Mormon? Dr. Rob Bowman, author of Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions, joins me to do a deep dive comparing…
- The New Mormonism: How LDS Beliefs Are Changing · 1 h 8 minMormonism is changing and the version of it a Latter-day Saint holds today may look almost nothing like the version their parents held. I sat down with Aaron Shafovaloff and…
- Asking a Mormon Leader My Hardest Questions · 42 minI got a tour inside the San Diego Latter-day Saint temple and now I'm following up with an interview with Neal Walton who is a stake president in the Church of Jesus Christ of…
- Scott Rae Debunks 10 Common Moral Slogans · 44 minCan you legislate morality? Is secular ethics neutral? Did Jesus really say "never judge"? Dr. Scott Rae, one of the world's leading Christian ethicists and Sean's Think…
- J.P. Moreland on Suffering, Doubt, and Facing Death Without Fear · 1 h 6 minJ.P. Moreland is one of the most influential Christian philosophers alive and he's spent the last twelve years enduring what most of us never will: a rare genetic condition, more…
- The Most Uncomfortable Chapter in Acts? Peter, James, and the Problem of Evil · 37 minGod sent an angel to break Peter out of prison. But one chapter earlier, He let James be executed. Same God, same church, same prayers. Why rescue one apostle and not the other?…
- Transforming Power of Bible Study · 40 minCHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell) - use code "McDowell" *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA…
- Does Evil Actually Prove God Exists? | Christian vs. Atheist Dialogue · 1 h 31 min"If God is good, why is there pain and suffering?". Today, we have a video of atheist professor Paul Rinzler and I to discuss evil. This is our return to the Cal Poly Veritas…
- The Most Compelling Heaven Testimonies Ever Collected? | Skeptic Investigates 140 NDEs · 1 h 17 minRandy Kay was a biotech CEO and a self-described skeptic who didn't believe in near-death experiences until he flatlined for 30 minutes in 2005 and, in his telling, found himself…
- Is Michael Heiser's Unseen Realm the Best Way to Read the Bible? · 1 h 2 minGiants. A divine council. Demons and the Nephilim. Michael Heiser made the Bible's strangest passages impossible to ignore and sold hundreds of thousands of books doing it. So…
- The Rapture: What Is It and When Will It Happen? · 54 minTalbot New Testament scholar Dr. Alan Hultberg joins Sean McDowell to sort out what Scripture says, walk through the three major views, and ask the question everyone wants…
- The Signs Are Clear: Why Jesus is Coming Soon! · 1 h 2 minCan we actually know Jesus is coming back or is this just a matter of blind faith? In this conversation, bestselling author and pastor John Bevere joins me to talk about his new…
- What We Can Learn About the Afterlife from Children’s Near Death Experiences · 1 h 9 minChildren who have near-death experiences make for unusually strong evidence and almost nobody has studied them. In this conversation, near-death experience researcher Dr. Steve…
- Top 12 Biblical Objections to Near-Death Experiences ANSWERED (Steve Miller) · 1 h 9 minMany Christians dismiss the evidence from near-death experiences on biblical or theological grounds by quoting Hebrews 9:27, citing soul sleep, worrying about new age…
- 10 Prophecies That Convinced a Jewish Man Jesus Is the Messiah · 1 h 25 minWhat are the strongest Old Testament prophecies that point to Jesus as the Messiah? My guest is Jeff Morgan, a former secular Jew who does street evangelism with Jewish people in…
- The Most Dangerous Idea Destroying Humanity Right Now · 49 minIn this conversation, Carl Trueman joins me and Scott Rae for one of the most wide-ranging episodes we've recorded. We get into CS Lewis, Nietzsche's madman, the anthropological…
- The Extraordinary Life of John Lennox: His Story · 49 minDr. John Lennox has lived one of the most remarkable lives in modern Christian thought. From sitting in on CS Lewis's final lectures at Cambridge in 1962, earning his PhD and…
- My Mom, Billie Jean & Michael Jackson’s Stalker | The Untold Story · 1 h 17 minThe Michael Jackson hit is one of the most recognizable songs in pop history. What most people don't know is that the woman behind the song was a real person with a real family…
- At What Cost? Stephen Meyer Assesses the Conformal Cyclic Cosmology of Sir Roger Penrose · 1 h 4 minDoes the science actually point to a beginning of the universe or can clever cosmological modeling get around it? Sir Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) is one of…
- Answering Your Most Difficult Questions About the Trinity | LIVE Q&A · 1 h 3 min*Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA (https://bit.ly/3LdNqKf) *USE Discount Code [smdcertdisc] for 25% off the BIOLA APOLOGETICS CERTIFICATE program…
- Can You Prove a Miracle? A Neuroscientist Says "Yes · 1 h 6 minA neuroscientist with a brain tumor. A wife with a strange dream. A demonic encounter. And a healing he can't explain away. Dr. Josh Brown is a professor of psychological and…
- "I Was Taught Christians Worship 3 Gods” | Former Muslim on the Trinity · 59 minTomas Samuel returns to the show to discuss his new book The Truth Unveiled: A Defense of the Trinity. Once trained to destroy anyone who challenged the Islamic faith, Tomas now…
- “Pick your Poison”: Naturalism’s Cosmological Dilemma · 55 minIn this episode, Dr. Stephen Meyer is back to set the record straight and unpack the bigger argument his critics keep missing. This is the first part of a response to Sir Roger…
- Responding to Questions on Fine-Tuning and Intelligent Design (w/ Jay Richards) · 1 h 2 min*Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA (https://bit.ly/3LdNqKf) *USE Discount Code [smdcertdisc] for 25% off the BIOLA APOLOGETICS CERTIFICATE program…
- Why the Fine-Tuning Argument is Stronger than Ever · 1 h 9 minIs the universe fine-tuned for life? Or has the fine-tuning argument been defeated? In this conversation, I sit down with Dr. Jay Richards, a philosopher, co-author of The…
- This Scientist Says Darwinism Can’t Explain Life… Here’s Why · 56 minToday, we sit down with Dr. Doug Axe, a molecular biologist, Caltech and Cambridge researcher, and author of Undeniable. He's here to discuss one of the most consequential…
- Was Stephen Meyer Right about the Big Bang? (Live Stream Response) · 1 h 0 min"If the universe needs a cause, what caused God?" In this episode, Dr. Sean McDowell and Dr. Tim Pickavance dive into the metaphysical heart of the universe's origin. They move…
- The “Battle for the Big Bang” Just Got Intense · 1 h 12 minToday, I talk with Dr. Stephen Meyer, a Cambridge-trained philosopher of science, about his belief in God about the beginning of the universe and how it points to a Creator. And…







