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036 - Cultural Apologetics with Lenny Esposito

2021/8/22
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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview apologist Lenny Esposito on cultural apologetics, superhero movies, and ministry on the internet.0:36 - Introduction to Lenny Esposito2:47 - Apologetics and the dawn of the internet4:44 - Old school internet apologetics5:29 - Is Lenny related to famous hockey players?6:40 - Are there any resources still lacking for apologetics today?10:48 - Defining and describing cultural apologetics16:47 - Grounding common cultural values in the Christian worldview19:18 - Can we transition from cultural talking points to Christian truth?23:22 - How superhero movies illustrate cultural values26:00 - Symbiote Spider man and sin28:11 - Forrest Gump and gospel reliability31:40 - Chad is sad that Forrest Gump is not historical31:57 - The trend toward anti-heroes and what it shows about culture37:16 - Falcon and Winter Soldier42:45 - Lenny’s writing a book about superhero movies and apologetics45:58 - If God exists, why did he allow the Last Jedi?48:14 - Chesterton and dragons51:59 - Lenny’s resources:Lenny’s Website:www.comereason.org)Come Let Us Reason Podcast:podcast.comereason.orgLenny Esposito on Twitter:www.twitter.com/comereason)We appreciate your feedback.If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315) or you can email us at [email protected])