078 - Presuppositional Apologetics with Eli Ayala

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 favorites 6:05 - How did you get into apologetics? 13:28 - The Revealed Apologetics YouTube Channel 15:28 - What is important to Eli when doing apologetics? 18:35 - Key scriptures that inform presuppositional methodology 21:46 - 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 presuppositionalism 1:11:43 - Where to find Eli online: www.revealedapologetics.com Books: We Destroy Arguments by Stephen Feinstein https://a315.co/3MGRFg4 Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen https://a315.co/3MMomZx Against All Opposition by Greg Bahnsen https://a315.co/3HhstvD The Impossibility of the Contrary by Greg Bahnsen https://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]