Apologetics in this passage begins with reverence for Christ, and its focus isn’t on defeating others but providing hope. There is no more consequential conversation than the one about who Jesus is and what he wants for us.

Still, we tend to think of apologetics conversations with a battle mentality. In this final episode of Difficult Conversations, experienced apologists show us a better way — one that’s not about winning arguments, but winning hearts and minds for Jesus.

Sean McDowell, a Christian apologist out of Biola University, unpacks perspective-taking, cancel culture, and how to diffuse conversations that go off the rails. Podcast host Justin Brierley shares lessons learned from two decades of hosting hundreds of high-profile debates between Christians, atheists and agnostics.

And, you’ll hear a powerful testimony from Preston Perry, co-host of With the Perrys alongside Jackie Hill Perry, on how God transformed his life by showing him the very heart of what it means to be a Christian.

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Resources

• Full interview with Sean McDowell on YouTube
• Full interview with Justin Brierley on YouTube
• “End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations” by Sean McDowell and Tim Muehlhoff
• “The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again” by Justin Brierley
• “How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts – Not Just Arguments” by Preston Perry
• How the Gospel Answers Culture’s Questions, NAE podcast with Rebecca McLaughlin
• “The Secular Creed: Engaging 5 Contemporary Claims” article by Rebecca McLaughlin

Show Notes: http://NAE.org/apologetics-podcast

In this episode of Difficult Conversations, host Walter Kim interviews Dr. Darrell Bock, one of today’s leading biblical scholars. Together they explore lessons from Scripture on how we can realign our approach to the way of Jesus, holding true to our faith and presenting a compelling witness to the world.

You’ll also hear observations from Robert Cunningham, vicar of Church of the Good Shepherd in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Frankie Powell, a pastor to pastors and leader of the Global Church Network, on navigating church life in the midst of culture wars.

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Show Notes: http://nae.org/culture-war-podcast

Resources

• Full interview with Dr. Darrell Bock on YouTube
• For further study, see 1 Peter 3, Ephesians 6, Romans 1, Luke 4 and Acts 4
• List of Dr. Darrell Bock’s books
• “Biblical Faith for Our Common Life in Complex Times” article by Walter Kim
• “The Secular Creed: Engaging 5 Contemporary Claims” article by Rebecca McLaughlin
• Love and Truth in the Most Difficult Issues, NAE podcast with Justin Giboney

However you may be feeling about the election results, God remains our refuge. His kingdom is greater, higher than any earthly kingdom. Now having concluded one set of difficult conversations leading up to the election, we embark on another set of difficult conversations with new opportunities to be the peacemakers that Jesus called blessed.

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Resources

• A Call to Prayer for President-Elect Trump and All Elected Leaders, NAE statement
• For the Health of the Nation
• RightNow Media + NAE video curriculum on For the Health of the Nation
• Following the God Who Transforms, NAE 10-day devotional
• How to Live Well With Enemies edition of the NAE magazine