Think Well
Ryan Pauly
Training Christians to THINK WELL by curating conversations with Christian thinkers and giving a framework for engaging the culture with a biblical worldview.
Ryan Pauly has been working with students for over a decade as a teacher, missionary, and apologist. He is the Founder and President of Think Well, the Director of Immersive Experiences at MAVEN, and an Adjunct Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. His work creating online content, teaching, and speaking around the country focuses on equipping Christians to confidently and compassionately engage some of the most difficult cultural issues with a biblical worldview. Ryan holds a B.A. in Theology and Youth Leadership from Vanguard University, an M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University, and is a doctoral candidate in Practical Theology at Talbot School of Theology. His dissertation looks at apathy among Christian students and how the church can instill a passionate and lasting faith.
Ryan Pauly has been working with students for over a decade as a teacher, missionary, and apologist. He is the Founder and President of Think Well, the Director of Immersive Experiences at MAVEN, and an Adjunct Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. His work creating online content, teaching, and speaking around the country focuses on equipping Christians to confidently and compassionately engage some of the most difficult cultural issues with a biblical worldview. Ryan holds a B.A. in Theology and Youth Leadership from Vanguard University, an M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University, and is a doctoral candidate in Practical Theology at Talbot School of Theology. His dissertation looks at apathy among Christian students and how the church can instill a passionate and lasting faith.
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Jul 22, 2017 • 30min
4 Apologetic Lessons From The Open Championship
The world's top golfers understand the need for preparation and perseverance. They must also have a deep understanding of the rule book which helps them know which decisions are right and wrong. Listen how Ryan applies these same four lessons to apologetics and students.
Jul 9, 2017 • 31min
Making The Case for a Forensic Faith with J. Warner Wallace (Part 2)
J. Warner Wallace, a cold-case homicide detective, joined me for a two part interview on his newest book, "Forensic Faith." Listen as we discuss the importance for Christians to have a more reasonable, evidential Christian faith.
Jul 9, 2017 • 31min
Making The Case for a Forensic Faith with J. Warner Wallace (Part 1)
J. Warner Wallace, a cold-case homicide detective, joined me for a two part interview on his newest book, "Forensic Faith." Listen as we discuss the importance for Christians to have a more reasonable, evidential Christian faith.
Jul 6, 2017 • 30min
The Fine Tuning Argument With Kendall Brewer
Kendall Brewer joins me to discuss the fine tuning argument for the existence of God.
May 22, 2017 • 30min
How Are Other Worldviews Influencing Christians Today?
Ryan looks at new research released by Barna at how competing worldviews are influencing Christians today. Ryan then gives a practical example of how you can teach students that not everything is biased or a person's interpretation. There really is an objective reality and objective morality that we need to discover.
Apr 28, 2017 • 31min
Starting Faith Conversations
Over the last two weeks I have had multiple questions about how to get people to think about Christianity. How can we motivate students to think about other people and future decisions? What can we do when they are apathetic? How can we initiate conversations about Christianity with friends or family members? This week I answer these questions and give a few practical steps that we can take to discuss Christianity with those around us.
Apr 14, 2017 • 30min
The Case For Christ
This week is a look at the four main evidences for the resurrection of Jesus and the naturalistic explanations.
Apr 8, 2017 • 31min
Evangelism and the Big Bang with Dr. Jeff Zweerink
Dr. Jeff Zweerink, an astrophysicist and research scholar at Reasons to Believe, joined me to talk about what Christians need to know about Big Bang cosmology. It was interesting that he was able to show how the Big Bang can be useful when it comes to Evangelism. Listen and see how he connected the two!
Apr 1, 2017 • 32min
The Integration of Science and Faith with Dr. Jeff Zweerink
Dr. Jeff Zweerink, a research scholar at Reasons to Believe, joined me this week to talk about the integration of science and faith. He is an astrophysicist studying the multiverse theory, dark energy and dark matter, and exoplanets. In this episode he talks about what it is like being a Christian scientist, why the church should care about the scientific disciplines, and how students can stay strong in their faith while studying science.
Mar 25, 2017 • 33min
Logical Fallacies with Kenneth Samples
This week is part 2 with Kenneth Samples, senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe, on logic and critical thinking. This week we finished talking about the laws of logic and then discussed three important logical fallacies.
