Revealed Apologetics

In this episode, Eli is joined by Stephen Feinstein, author of the fantastic book entitled "We Destroy Arguments." This book is highly recommended for people wanting to learn a thoroughly biblical and powerfully effective approach to defending the faith.

In this episode, Eli walks through an article written by James N. Anderson where he offers an argument against atheistic naturalism. For Dr. Anderson's article can be read here: https://www.proginosko.com/2023/10/an-epistemological-argument-against-naturalism/

In this episode, Eli responds to a question about whether a full-preterist eschatology would strengthen the presuppositional apologetic by offering a more robust fulfilled worldview. Spoilert alert; it doesn't!

In this episode, Eli unpacks an interesting little article written by Dr. James Anderson entitled: Theistic Preconditions for knowledge. Here, Eli tries to simplify and make practical Dr. Anderson’s insights.

In this episode, Eli walks through the view of salvation held by the Jehovah's Witnesses and offers a biblical response.

In this episode, Eli interacts with Richard Dawkins's infamous quote about the character of the God of the Bible.

In this episode, Eli considers the view known as epiphenomenalism as an alternate account of the nature of consciousness. He then offers a presuppositional analysis and critique of the view.

This is the Full-Debate between Christian apologist and presuppositionalist Eli Ayala and atheist Dan Barker. This is a great resource to see the presuppositional apologetic approach in action. Enjoy!

In this episode, Eli interacts with an old argument against TAG, called the Transcendental Argument for the Non-existence of God (TANG), put forward by the atheist Michael Martin; the very same atheist who backed out of a public debate with Greg L. Bahnsen.

In this episode, Eli begins his walkthrough and commentary on Cornelius Van Til's book, Christian Apologetics.

In this episode, Eli continues his reading through Van Til's "Why I Believe in God" and offering his commentary.

In this episode, Eli applies the presuppositional apologetic approach to Wicca. The hope is that believers learn how to apply the biblical approach to apologetics to literally any form of non-Christian worldview.

In this episode, Eli reads through the pamphlet by Cornelius Van Til entitled, "Why I Believe in God" and provides commentary and explanation. This pamphlet is the only writing of Van Til in which he lays out the presuppositional apologetic approach within the context of a hypothetical dialogue with an unbeliever.

In this episode, Eli teaches how to apply the presuppositional apologetic approach to the religion of Hinduism.

In this episode, Eli does a deep-dive response to the classic Euthyphro Dilemma.

In this video, Eli actually responds to Richard Dawkins who wrote the forward to Dan Barker’s book “godless.”

In this episode, Eli applies a presuppositional approach to Progressive Christianity.

In this video, Eli takes some time to comment on Greg Koukl's take on the transcendental argument for the existence of God. Greg Koukl is an excellent apologist and communicator, whose ministry should be greatly appreciated, but Eil shares some areas of respectful disagreement.

In this video, Eli is joined by Dr. Tony Costa and former Eastern Orthodox priest Joshua Schooping to respond to an attempt at a refutation of Protestantism and Protestant epistemology.

In this episode, Eli discusses issue of God's existence, science and how they relate.

In this episode, Eli walks through and provides commentary and analysis on Greg Bahnsen's opening statement in his classic debate with Gordon Stein. In the near future, Eli intends to do the same with the atheist Gordon Stein's opening statement.

In this episode, Eli shares his notes on a lecture/presentation by apologist Anthony Rogers on the topic of the Trinity & Tawhid.

In this episode Eli talks with Sarah Vick from Amomlogetics on Instagram.

Eli looks at the The Popular Encyclopedia on Apologetics and what it has to say regarding Presuppositional Apologetics. Does the Encyclopedia get it right?

In this episode, Eli interacts with some popular atheist memes found on the internet.

In this episode, Eli walks through the 10 tenets of Covenantal Apologetics laid out in the book Covenantal Apologetics by K. Scott Oliphint, and explains and expands upon them.

In this episode, Eli is joined by Joshua Pillows to discuss the release of the new book "The Great Debate" (Bahnsen vs. Stein) does God Exist?

In this episode, Eli continues his walkthrough of the study questions in the book "The Impossibility of the Contrary" by Greg Bahnsen. He specifically covers chapter 4.

This episode is a part 1 of sorts in a multi-part series in which Eli answers the study questions at the end of each of the chapters of the book "The Impossibility of the Contrary" by Greg L. Bahnsen.

In this episode, Eli covers the study questions of chapter 3 of the book "The Impossibility of the Contrary" by Greg L. Bahnsen.

In this episode, Eli responds to an attempted internal critique of the Christian worldview, which focuses upon an apparent inconsistency within the trinity and the historic Christian creeds.

In this episode Eli discusses BahnsenAI with his friend Joe Petruzzi. They talk about the value of this interactive interface and the pros and cons of Ai.

In this episode, Eli gives a presentation on the biblical evidence for the deity of Christ and explores how to engage with muslims (who deny this core Christian belief.

In this episode, Eli discusses important issues pertaining to secularism and the Christian worldview with co-founder of the Discovery Institute, Dr. John West.

In this episode of Revealed Apologetics, Eli Ayala offers a presuppositional critique of atheist Dan Barker’s arguments from his debate with Dr. James White. Topics include the unfalsifiability objection, the FANG argument, divine power and immateriality, and the definition of "spirit."

In this episode Eli is joined by the Apologetic Dog Jeremiah Nortier to explore the problems with Hyper (Full) Preterism.

In this episode, Eli interacts with Dr. James Sterba's attempt at presenting a successful Logical Problem of Evil.

In this video, Eli explores what seem to be two unrelated topics: Molinism & Presuppostionalism. Is Molinism (View of God's Omniscience) compatible with Presuppositional Apologetics (Apologetic Method)? The answer might surprise you.

In this episode, Eli is joined by apologist and evangelist Anthony Silvestro to discuss the role of biblical prophecy in apologetics.

In this episode, Eli responds to the notion that logic is not absolute because there are different systems of logic.

In this episode, Eli discusses his issues with Molinism, a view that he once held.

In this episode, Eli shares his journey to embracing partial preterism and walks through the key Bible passages that reshaped his view.

In this episode, Eli is joined by Dr. James R. White to respond to 9 arguments against Sola Scriptura put out by Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity.

In this episode, Eli further explores the issue of neutrality in apologetics and why we should reject such an approach. He draws from an article written by Joshua Pillows, a fellow presuppositionalist which can be found in its entirety here: https://www.apologeticscentral.org/blog/antithesis-a-biblical-refutation-of-neutral-apologetics

Eli responds to a critic of the Transcendental Argument for God.

In this episode, Eli explores the role of the Holy Spirit in Apologetics.

In this episode Eli provides some practical guidance on how to approach a conversation with a Mormon, what passages of the Bible are relevant to this engagement and how to be clear on the message.

In this video, Eli dives into a crucial question for every Christian and apologist: What was Jesus’ view of Scripture? If we’re going to defend the Christian faith, we must first understand how Jesus regarded the Word of God—as inspired, authoritative, and without error. Anything less undermines our witness and our worldview.

In this episode, Eli offers an accessible introduction to Cornelius Van Til’s concept of analogical reasoning, a cornerstone of his apologetic method. Van Til insists that human knowledge is not univocal (exactly the same as God's) nor equivocal (completely different from God's), but analogical—that is, our knowledge corresponds to God’s truth in a creaturely way. Eli contrasts this with the epistemology of Gordon Clark, who emphasized a more univocal understanding of truth between God and man, grounded in propositional revelation and logical consistency.

In this episode Eli looks at key texts that divide Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses and shows that the clear testimony of scripture is that Jesus is God.