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In this episode Brian Auten & Chad Gross interview Eli Ayala about the apologetic methodology known as presuppositional apologetics. The goal is to get a better understanding of the what and why of the approach.2:28 - Who is Eli Ayala? https://a315.co/3MNxJrK)4:39 - Eli affirms 80’s movies and notes his favorites6:05 - How did you get into apologetics?13:28 - The Revealed Apologetics YouTube Channel15:28 - What is important to Eli when doing apologetics?18:35 - Key scriptures that inform presuppositional methodology21:46 - Why is this method called “presuppositionalism”?23:45 - Is this like worldview analysis? What’s special about this?27:22 - What is the essence of the presuppositional approach?32:10 - What is the presup framework vs. presup method? Who decides what presuppositionalism means?34:15 - Is this approach modeled in scripture?36: 00 - Does Acts 17 show a presuppositional approach or not?40:01 - Trying to nail down what’s missing in a non-presup method…46:55 - Trusting God vs. trusting the unbeliever?48:00 - Discussing various approaches within the presuppositional “camp”53:49 - Whose theology? And how do we actually apply it?56:20 - Can we build bottom up or should we start from top down?1:01:47 - Why isn’t presuppositionalism not taken seriously in philosophy of religion?1:06:29 - Further resources for reading about presuppositionalism1:11:43 - Where to find Eli online:www.revealedapologetics.com)Books: We Destroy Arguments by Stephen Feinsteinhttps://a315.co/3MGRFg4)Always Ready by Greg Bahnsenhttps://a315.co/3MMomZx)Against All Opposition by Greg Bahnsenhttps://a315.co/3HhstvD)The Impossibility of the Contrary by Greg Bahnsenhttps://a315.co/3xLn0d6)We welcome 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])