South Dakota Apologetics Podcast

Since the discovery of the DNA double helix it’s been all but impossible to rationally account for what we’ve been finding biologically from a purely naturalistic perspective. What might have been known scientifically in Darwin’s day has now been far surpassed in terms of biological complexity. I’m going to look at just two of the newest discoveries we’ve made in ...

Aaron and his wife Jessica share their Christian testimony at the E-Free church in Wall Drug.

Join Aaron Knudson and Brian Johnson as they recap the last couple weekends of speaking engagements and discuss the Stand To Reason conference coming up this weekend!

Join Brian Johnson, Matt Irwin, Peter Irwin and Justin Hornbaker as they update our listeners on SD Apologetics events as well as the free upcoming Stand To Reason conference in September. You can register for the STR event here: REGISTRATION PAGE LINK

In Part 2 of our podcast with Rob Ward we continue our discussion on whether or not the New Testament is reliable and what evidence there is that we can evaluate.      

In this podcast Rob Ward joins us to discuss whether or not the New Testament is reliable and what evidence there is that we can evaluate.

Mat Irwin and Brian Johnson recap Hills Alive 2016 and discuss the upcoming STR event in Rapid City September 10-11, 2016.    

Billboards promoting atheism have been showing up all over Sioux Falls for the past few years. In the most recent run of billboards one of them was apparently vandalized. The gentleman that rented this billboard claims that what that person did was ‘wrong’ but from an atheistic worldview how can he justify that it was wrong? In this podcast we ...

If we don’t know how something happened naturally atheists are quick to reply that we shouldn’t just say ‘God-did-it’. We call this the ‘God of the Gaps’ argument. That is, we shouldn’t just insert ‘God’ where gaps of scientific knowledge exist. I agree with them on this, but are there times where we are fair to infer ‘God-did-it’? Is every gap in our scientific ...

Sean McDowell and his father Josh McDowell were in Hill City this past weekend doing a ‘Heroic Truth’ conference. What an amazing event! Sean McDowell was extremely gracious and managed to work me into his busy schedule. In this podcast we deal with some of the more front and center issues facing our country today and Sean gives us his ...

Part 3 of a 3 part podcast on Mormonism with another member of the SD Apologetics group, Austin Brummer. In this final podcast Austin talks about the scientific evidence for Mormonism and how we Christians can open a dialogue with our Mormon friends and neighbors.

Part 2 of a 3 part podcast on Mormonism with another member of the SD Apologetics group, Austin Brummer. In this podcast Austin breaks down the differences between salvation from a Christians perspective and a Mormons perspective.

The Friendly Atheist is a very popular YouTube atheist who will be appearing in the Old Main building on Tuesday April 17th on the USD campus in Vermillion. In this podcast I break down a few of his ideas and arguments concerning Christianity in an attempt to familiarize you with who he is and how he thinks. I recommend you ...

Part 1 of a 3 part podcast on Mormonism with another member of the SD Apologetics group, Austin Brummer. Austin meets frequently with Mormon missionaries and is able to give some great insight into the better held secrets of their beliefs. If you don’t know much about the Mormon religion then this series will be a true eye opener! Photo ...

In this podcast Brian Johnson and Justin Hornbaker give a brief review of the movie God’s Not Dead 2. They highlight the apologetic content previewed in the movie, talk about the objection of stereotypes often brought up by critics, and discuss what worked for the movie without giving away any spoilers. Send us any questions or objections you have, whether it ...

As we look upon the cross and Christ’s crucifixion the question we ask in this podcast is “Why did Jesus have to die”? God, with all of his power, could have simply chose to save us in many different ways but he chose to send his Son. Why? What was the purpose? Was It really necessary to save us from our sins? Our ...

This is part two of a two part podcast on the transgender bill 1008. The SD Apologetics team has a round table discussion on our initial reactions, what we can learn from this, and what we as Christians can do going forward concerning this sensitive topic. You are free to copy and distribute the audio as long as it is not ...

This is part one of a two part podcast on the transgender bill 1008. The SD Apologetics team has a round table discussion on our initial reactions, what we can learn from this, and what we as Christians can do going forward concerning this sensitive topic. You are free to copy and distribute the audio as long as it is not ...

In this podcast I discuss the different ideas and worldviews surrounding science and the Bible. I lay the framework from which we will work from going forward with future scientific podcasts. Topics explained are Darwinian Evolution, Intelligent Design, and three different ideas behind Creation including theistic evolution, progressive creation, and young earth creation. You are free to copy and distribute ...

For this podcast we are in Sioux Falls for the Frank Turek convention. He is doing another talk tonight, Feb 22, at Sioux Falls First Church and will be there again tomorrow night for the final presentation. It all starts at 6:30 and finishes up around 8 with questions being taken. Get yourself out there and make sure you hug Pastor ...