Faith Tools: Helping Christians Defend Their Beliefs | Bryan Osborne | Ep 48

Bryan Osborne joins the show and delves into the fascinating world of evidence-based apologetics. Discover how ancient manuscripts and artifacts align with biblical narratives, offering a treasure trove of evidence that challenges secular worldviews. This episode promises to give you practical insights for engaging skeptics and sharing the Gospel in the public square with confidence.

Bryan Osborne is an expert in the use of exciting, apologetics-based evangelism and chronological Bible teaching. He is a cutting-edge speaker for Answers in Genesis an organization that is an apologetics based ministry, which is another term for Christianity defending ministry, dedicated to enabling Christians to defend their faith and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ effectively with a particular focus on the book of Genesis.

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TOPIC TIMELINE
00:00 Introduction and Ark Encounter
04:30 Different Approaches: Presuppositional vs. Evidence-Based Apologetics
06:44 Personal Journey and Influences on Apologetics
09:38 Using Apologetics to Start and End Conversations
10:50 Approaching Conversations with Agnostics and Christless Conservatives
14:50 What Christless Conservatives Want
18:10 The Wow Factor: Archaeological Evidence for Biblical Stories
21:45 Assault on the Bible
24:04 The Bible: The Most Historically Documented Book
27:40 Jesus: The Most Historically Supported Biblical Figure
28:33 The abundance of New Testament manuscripts and secular references to Jesus
30:01 The alignment of biblical chronology with historical records
35:02 Overlap between secular archaeologists and historians and claims of the Bible
36:02 Don’t Need a PhD to Defend Your Faith
39:42 How does Worldview Account for Evidence
45:20 The importance of understanding evidence as confirmation, not proof
46:32 Resources
51:50 Engaging skeptics/Turning conversations into gospel opportunities
54:55 Guest closing Remarks
56:24 Closing Prayer