In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Jonathan McLatchie. www.jonathanmclatchie.com). Jonathan discusses and critiques presuppositional apologetics, while advocating for an evidential approach to apologetics.1:33 - Resources for Discussing Your Pro-Life Convictions:https://a315.co/3yDTgzl)2:35 - Intro to the topic and Jonathan McLatchie5:08 - An outline of various apologetic methodologies14:43 - Has Jonathan always been an evidentialist?15:28 - A helpful debate on apologetic methodology: https://a315.co/3ygEKw0)16:17 - Cumulative case apologetics / Five views on apologeticshttps://a315.co/3NEIRrw)17:16 - Defining presuppositionalism19:07 - How does it differ from inference to the best explanation?20:42 - How does presuppositionalism look different in practice?22:39 - Were people “doing it incorrectly” before Van Til?25:47 - Does presuppositionalism require the triune God of Scripture?26:21 - Ontology and espistemology28:07 - Would this be the method of first-century fisherman?30:18 - Is the method demonstrated in Scripture?32:28 - Arguing in a circle35:07 - What methodology do we see in Acts 17?37:15 - What value can we take away from the presuppositional approach?37:53 - Talking about neutrality40:16 - Jonathan’s case for evidentialism43:58 - In summary…46:06 - www.talkaboutdoubts.com)Check out Jonathan’s resources:www.jonathanmclatchie.com)www.talkaboutdoubts.com)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])
