Apologetics 315 Podcast 036 – Cultural Apologetics with Lenny Esposito

Today’s Show Notes:
Episode 036 – Cultural Apologetics with Lenny Esposito

In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview apologist Lenny Esposito on cultural apologetics, superhero movies, and ministry on the internet.

0:36 – Introduction to Lenny Esposito
2:47 – Apologetics and the dawn of the internet
4:44 – Old school internet apologetics
5:29 – Is Lenny related to famous hockey players?
6:40 – Are there any resources still lacking for apologetics today?
10:48 – Defining and describing cultural apologetics
16:47 – Grounding common cultural values in the Christian worldview
19:18 – Can we transition from cultural talking points to Christian truth?
23:22 – How superhero movies illustrate cultural values
26:00 – Symbiote Spider man and sin
28:11 – Forrest Gump and gospel reliability
31:40 – Chad is sad that Forrest Gump is not historical
31:57 – The trend toward anti-heroes and what it shows about culture
37:16 – Falcon and Winter Soldier
42:45 – Lenny’s writing a book about superhero movies and apologetics
45:58 – If God exists, why did he allow the Last Jedi?
48:14 – Chesterton and dragons
51:59 – Lenny’s resources:

Lenny’s Website:
www.comereason.org
Come Let Us Reason Podcast:
podcast.comereason.org
Lenny Esposito on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/comereason

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