The Don Johnson Show, 10-25-13 Don and Brandon answer listener emails regarding: Whether or not God placed individual species of animals around the world all at one time. What it looks like to strive after the good, true, and beautiful and whether or not that means...
Noted book reviewer Cathy Duffy offers a gracious and insightful look at my new book. She writes, Having read a number of books on apologetics, I was pleasantly surprised to find that How to Talk to A Skeptic takes a different approach that actually seems both...
The Don Johnson Show, 10-18-13 Don and Brandon discuss comedian Jamie Kilstein’s experience of becoming an atheist based on discovering how Niagara Falls was formed.
Conversational evangelism and apologetics can be very frustrating. Christians often to get to the end of a discussion with an unbeliever and think, “Well, that was a waste of time! We weren’t connecting on anything. Did we even speak the same language? All my great...
The Don Johnson Show, 10-11-13 Don and Brandon talk about the latest developments in the Ridley’s ongoing struggle to adopt their son.
The Don Johnson Show, 10-4-13 The Don Johnson Show, 10-4-13 Don and Brandon discuss comedian Jamie Kilstein’s assertion that if God exists, he is a sociopath.
I’m honored that Marvin Olasky saw fit to review and recommend my new book in Oct. 5th edition of World Magazine. He notes, “Johnson rightfully criticizes the idea of Christianity as a consumer product that we sell by suggesting that it will meet needs and...
The Don Johnson Show 9-27-13 Don and Brandon discuss a very interesting interview from The Conan O’Brien Show. Louis CK explains how sometimes people should just get quiet and cry out in despair because of the fact that life is “all for nothing and...
The Don Johnson Show, 9-19-13 Don talks with Bob Seidensticker, a popular atheist blogger at Patheos. Bob is also the author of Cross Examined: An Unconventional Spiritual Journey and Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change.
The Don Johnson Show, 9-17-13 Don talks with caller Aaron about “the atheist dilemma”: what are we to do with the universal human desire for the transcendent?
The Don Johnson Show, 9-13-13 Don and Brandon talk about last week’s caller, Don’s new book, and a very interesting article by Nat Case, an atheist Quaker who still hasn’t found what he is looking for.
The Don Johnson Show, 9-6-13 Don talks worldviews with caller Brett from New York.
I had the privilege of talking to talk with Brian Auten of Apologetics 315 last week. You can find the interview here.
The Don Johnson Show, 8-30-13 Would people still take vacations if they didn’t get to post pictures of their adventures on facebook? In this episode, Don and Brandon discuss that and more, including Don’s new book How to Talk to a Skeptic: An Easy to...
The Don Johnson Show, 7-19-13 Does the scientific method tell us all there is to know about the world? In tackling this issue Don and Brandon discuss an article by Barbara Forrest and refer to the new encyclical from Pope Francis.
The Don Johnson Show, 7-12-13 Don and Brandon discuss sexual ethics in light of what it means to be created in the image of God. They note that God made us with the ability to love, but we have largely chosen to squander that gift and live like animals, slaves to our...
On the Meaning of Love, Sex, Marriage, and Family – Genesis 1 and 2 Don preaches about the relationship between one’s family experience and belief in God. He examines what the creation accounts in Genesis tell us about what it means to be created in the...
The Don Johnson Show, 5-2-13 Don comments on the Kermit Gosnell case. Some links to go with the show: Why Gosnell’s Trial Should be a Front Page Story From Roe to Gosnell Gosnell Worker: Baby Surviving Abortion Struggled in Toilet Trying to Live The Lethal Logic...
The Don Johnson Show, 4-29-13 Don discusses the idea that the Boston Marathon bombers may have been motivated to become Islamists because it provided their life some meaning. He analyzes the various ways people respond to the void we all feel in our hearts. Some links...
Some time ago I interacted with a skeptic named Brian. Brian wasn’t sold on the biblical notion of free will, so I was trying to explain to him that God desires relationship with humans so he refused to make us robots. Instead, he gave us the ability to reject him. A...
Sermon by Brandon Ridley Brandon talks about what Jesus did on the cross, arguing that the atonement is about much more that just forgiveness of sins.
The Bible indicates that everyone who seeks God finds him (Deut. 4:29; 1 Chron. 28:9; Psalm 9:10; Jer. 29:13; Matt. 7:7; Heb. 11:6, for example). But sometimes people who seem like genuine seekers simply don’t find God. I personally know many skeptics that claim...
The Don Johnson Show, 4-5-13 Don compares worldviews with metaphysical naturalist blogger Matthew Ferguson, a doctoral student at UC Irvine. In this part of the conversation, Don and Matthew discuss science and miracles. Some links to go with the show: Miracles...
The Don Johnson Show, 4-5-13 Don compares worldviews with metaphysical naturalist blogger Matthew Ferguson, a doctoral student at UC Irvine. In this part of the conversation, Don and Matthew discuss the “mind-body” problem faced by reductionistic...
Samaria and the Love of God – John 4:7-26 In this sermon Don examines the nature of God’s love, using the history of Samaria as a case study. He argues that the Samaritan woman Jesus met at the well represents Samaria as a whole and that Jesus’ interaction with her...
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