Coffeehouse Questions With Ryan Pauly

Three big topics on the show this week. 1. I have three interviews coming up in the next three weeks on evangelism and prayer. 2. New York has made abortion legal up until birth for almost any reason and Christians need to know how to respond. 3. This is part 2 on our conversation last week about why students are laving the Church. This week focuses on sex, exclusivity, and doubters.

This episode looks at the first three of six reasons why students are leaving the faith. Ryan shares personal stories of how we can address the issues of isolationism, shallowness, and anti-science with our youth.

This is part 2 in Ryan's discussion of entertainment culture. This episode focuses on questions that we can ask to help us think critically about entertainment.

Ryan discusses a recent talk he gave to a group of high school students. He goes through the ways that amusement culture is hurting us and shows how Christians can redeem entertainment.

Many different questions have come up after the death of missionary John Chau. Ryan offers some thoughts on that story and answers questions related to the fate of the unevangelized.

It is common to see Genesis 1 and 2 offering two creation accounts. In this episode, Ryan gives you the tools you need to attack apparent contradictions as he looks at the Genesis accounts.

Ryan discusses the internal and external evidence for the Bible's authority and how that information affects the decisions we make every day.

Ryan discusses the recent news surrounding Azusa Pacific University and LGBTQ relationships.

A Christian recently called into an atheist podcast in order to present an argument for God's existence. Ryan goes over that call this week and shows that when understood correctly, it is a very strong argument for God's existence.

Is the Bible scientific? How do you know Christianity is true? Where do we place the dinosaurs? Why should we take a side on the age of the earth debate? Dr. Hugh Ross joined me to answer these questions and discuss his newest book, "Always Be Ready."

Dr. Hugh Ross, Christian astrophysicist and founder of Reasons to Believe, joined me to discuss his new book, "Always Be Ready." Listen and be encouraged by Hugh's story of finding Christ as a lover of science.

Melissa Cain Travis joined me for a second week to discuss her newest book, "Science and the Mind of the Maker: What the Conversation Between Faith and Science Reveals About God." I hope you enjoy our great conversation as she explains the Maker Thesis.

Melissa Cain Travis, author of the new book "Science and the Mind of the Maker" joined me this week to discuss her story in apologetics, apologetics to children, women in apologetics, and science and faith issues. This is part one of the series. Next week we will get into more of the content of her new book.

Ryan recently got back from leading his first Maven Immersive Experience to Utah. He had a great time with a group of students and leaders from South Dakota for six days. They spent time at Temple Square, BYU, and other locations. In this show, Ryan goes over the MAVEN trip and share tips from four conversations he had with Mormons in Utah.

Ryan looks at cultural issues like evolution, abortion, marriage, creation, and the resurrection in order to show you how a worldview can change everything. Hopefully by asking the right questions you can help uncover the worldview bias.

This week focuses on listener questions submitted in a recent Instagram poll. 1) How was Satan able to be in God's presence in the book of Job? 2) Who's the cute girl in the pic? 3) What has God taught you this past week? 4) Would you live internationally again given the chance? Ryan then finishes the show by discussing a recent article on marriage and the main question you should focus on.

Krista Bontrager and I finished our discussion from last week on the global vs local flood. We then looked at whether or not there was death before the fall.

The universal or global flood view seems to be the most common view among Christians. However, it is possible to keep a high view of scripture and believe in a local flood. Krista Bontrager from Reasons to believe joined me this week to discuss how that is possible.

Dr. Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries, joined me to discuss the major issues facing students today and strategies to prepare our students for those challenges.

Eric Johnson joined me for a second week to discuss his newest book that he co-edited with Sean McDowell titled "Sharing the Good News with Mormons." This podcast looks at a few of the 24 strategies mentioned in the book and responds to listener questions.