Speak Life | Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't || Gavin Ortlund @TruthUnites and Glen Scrivener @SpeakLifeMedia | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Glen Scrivener from Speak Life interviews Gavin Ortlund about his new book, "Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism".
Gavin Ortlund's YouTube channel: youtube.com/@TruthUnites
Watch Gavin interview Glen about The Air We Breathe (recorded straight after this conversation!): youtube.com/watch?v=u_CMkTR6LyQ&t
Available via The Speak Life Podcast (episode SLP450):
buzzsprout.com/1202891/12321498
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Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world.
Learn more about us here: speaklife.org.uk
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Are you a creative Christian? Would you like to join us for a day, a week or 10 months? Find out more here:
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TIMESTAMPS//
00:00 Intro, and what is The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics?
01:39 Are you excited about the opportunities in this cultural moment?
02:36 What is apologetics?
08:37 What's the heart behind your new book, 'Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn't'?
11:32 How do you think people tick, such that this is your approach?
17:27 Is our evangelism sometimes targeted at the wrong thing?
19:51 What is an abductive argument?
23:40 What is an inductive argument?
24:09 Didn't Jesus give us the simple marching orders of making disciples? What is the place of apologetics?
29:02 What is the argument for God you would use at the pub?
33:15 For people who want to stick with a generic theism
37:45 Is the Jesus influence on our films due to the way the human heart is wired, or the Christian history of our society?
46:30 Where can people find you online and what are you hoping to do with your YouTube channel, Truth Unites?
Glen Scrivener from Speak Life interviews Gavin Ortlund about his new book, "Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism".
Gavin Ortlund's YouTube channel: youtube.com/@TruthUnites
Watch Gavin interview Glen about The Air We Breathe (recorded straight after this conversation!): youtube.com/watch?v=u_CMkTR6LyQ&t
Available via The Speak Life Podcast (episode SLP450):
buzzsprout.com/1202891/12321498
LINKS//
Subscribe to this channel for conversations that get to the heart:
youtube.com/SpeakLifeMedia?sub_confirmation=1
Subscribe to our other YouTube channel, 'Reformed Mythologist', to explore how the stories we love point to the greatest story of all:
youtube.com/@ReformedMythologist?sub_confirmation=1
The Speak Life Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts:
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-speak-life-podcast/id626198781
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6RTY21mbOb3G0ywyXvowqy
Amazon: music.amazon.com/podcasts/e037fe1a-ba0d-4d1b-b419-36d4f0509cf3/the-speak-life-podcast
Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world.
Learn more about us here: speaklife.org.uk
CONNECT//
Are you a creative Christian? Would you like to join us for a day, a week or 10 months? Find out more here:
speaklife.org.uk/foundry
Discord is an online platform where you can interact with the Speak Life team and other Speak Life supporters. There’s bonus content and creative/theological discussion. You can join our Discord here:
speaklife.org.uk/give
Social Media:
facebook.com/speakLifeuk
twitter.com/speaklifeuk
instagram.com/speaklifeuk
tiktok.com/@speaklifeuk
TIMESTAMPS//
00:00 Intro, and what is The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics?
01:39 Are you excited about the opportunities in this cultural moment?
02:36 What is apologetics?
08:37 What's the heart behind your new book, 'Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn't'?
11:32 How do you think people tick, such that this is your approach?
17:27 Is our evangelism sometimes targeted at the wrong thing?
19:51 What is an abductive argument?
23:40 What is an inductive argument?
24:09 Didn't Jesus give us the simple marching orders of making disciples? What is the place of apologetics?
29:02 What is the argument for God you would use at the pub?
33:15 For people who want to stick with a generic theism
37:45 Is the Jesus influence on our films due to the way the human heart is wired, or the Christian history of our society?
46:30 Where can people find you online and what are you hoping to do with your YouTube channel, Truth Unites?
