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Sean McDowell

Are Progressives Like Me Going to Hell? A Response to Sean McDowell and Tom Gilson

February 25, 2023 by Randal

Tom Gilson has posted a critique of my critique of Sean McDowell. Now I post a critique of Gilson’s critique of my critique of Sean McDowell. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: progressive Christianity, Sean McDowell, Tom Gilson

Sean McDowell’s Radical Sectarian Attack on Progressive Christians

February 24, 2023 by Randal

Sean McDowell claims progressive Christianity is another religion. But in fact, his argument implies a radical fracturing of Christendom in which any Christian who doesn’t accept his conservative American evangelical beliefs does not count as a Christian. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: fundamentalism, progressive Christianity, Sean McDowell

How Conservative Evangelicals Foment Hatred and Suspicion toward Progressive Christians

July 4, 2022 by Randal

Today, I received the following comment in response to a YouTube video in which I critique Sean McDowell’s misinformation about progressive Christians. The comment sounds like a string of talking points from conservative evangelicals like Alisa Childers, Mike Winger, and Sean McDowell. To begin with, the comment offers an absolute binary judgment in which progressive […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alisa Childers, misinformation, progressive Christianity, Sean McDowell

“Put Your Damn Bible Down”? How Sean McDowell spreads Misinformation About Progressive Christians

July 4, 2022 by Randal

Evangelical Christians like Sean McDowell claim that progressive Christians undermine truth. And yet, McDowell’s own interaction with progressive Christianity is characterized by strawmanning, hasty generalization, cherry-picking, and other tools of misinformation. You can’t serve truth by promoting falsehood. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, evangelicalism, misinformation, progressive Christianity, Sean McDowell

An Open Letter to Lee Strobel and Sean McDowell

July 12, 2021 by Randal

To Lee Strobel and Sean McDowell, I am writing to you concerning your endorsements of Alisa Childers’ book Another Gospel?  Mr. McDowell, you referred to the book as “a timely must-read book.” And Mr. Strobel, you actually wrote the forward to the book and you claim that Childers “fearlessly confronts the distortions and outright falsehoods […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alisa Childers, Lee Strobel, Sean McDowell

Does God command genocide in the Bible?

September 24, 2020 by Randal

In this video, I offer a response to a short clip from an interview between Sean McDowell and Charlie Trimm. For the full McDowell interview, see here.    

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Charlie Trimm, genocide, Sean McDowell

Sean McDowell’s 5 Reasons the Bible is True: A Response

April 30, 2020 by Randal

Let’s start with the video. Don’t worry, it’s only 52 seconds. 5 Reasons the Bible is reliable in one minute! VIDEO. pic.twitter.com/mX7VelC8VC — Sean McDowell (@Sean_McDowell) April 25, 2020 I think this kind of stuff does more harm than good. First off, most of Sean’s points pertain not to the Bible simpliciter but rather to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bible, Sean McDowell

Fundamentalist Apologetics Comes of Age: A Review of Evidence that Demands a Verdict

June 21, 2018 by Randal

Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell. Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Thomas Nelson, 2017). Like many in my generation, I grew up with a copy of Josh McDowell’s Evidence that Demands a Verdict (henceforth, Evidence) on the bookshelf. Over the years, I frequently consulted Evidence to quell doubts and provide ammunition to fire back at the skeptics on topics like evolution and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Evidence that Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell

Strawmen, the Golden Rule, and Apologetic Hypocrisy

June 13, 2018 by Randal

A couple months ago I was sent a copy of Josh and Sean McDowell’s new edition of Evidence that Demands a Verdict. It’s a mammoth book (798 pages) and I hope to review it soon. But I keep finding myself getting distracted as I read, and often it isn’t for a good reason. Consider, for example, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, hypocrisy, Josh McDowell, Paul Copan, Sean McDowell

An Unbelievable Illustration of My Problem with Christian Apologetics

June 7, 2018 by Randal

I have some significant frustrations with popular Christian apologetics. Perhaps my greatest problem is that Christian apologists often prefer answers that simplify to the point of distortion. Whatever attraction those kinds of answers may have in buoying confidence and rallying the base, they ultimately inhibit Christians from maturing in the faith. A clear example of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bart Campolo, Justin Brierley, Sean McDowell, Unbelievable

Ken Humphreys’ strange prejudice against the Bible

July 8, 2016 by Randal

The British radio show Unbelievable is a reliable source of good material for further reflection, and this past week’s episode pitting young apologist Sean McDowell against Jesus mythicist Ken Humphreys was no different. That’s not to say it was an even match, not even close. McDowell was excellent: crystal clear, consummately cordial, and coolly collected. And […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Jesus Mythicism, Justin Brierley, Ken Humphreys, Sean McDowell, Unbelievable

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