081 - Presuppositionalism or Evidentialism with Jonathan McLatchie

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/3yDTgzl2:35 - 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/3ygEKw016:17 - Cumulative case apologetics / Five views on apologeticshttps://a315.co/3NEIRrw17:16 - 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.comCheck out Jonathan’s resources:www.jonathanmclatchie.comwww.talkaboutdoubts.comWe 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]