Dan Britton, a graduate of the MA in Apologetics program at Biola University and a Ratio Christi College Prep Chapter Director, joined me to talk about how he incorporated apologetics into his local church. His church realized the need for apologetics after he introduced it to the pastor and began to include apologetic topics with the youth and then the adults. Listen to Dan’s story below.
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Ryan Pauly
Ryan Pauly is the founder and president of Think Well and the Director of Immersive Experiences at MAVEN. He has been working with junior high, high school, and college students for over a decade as a missionary, school teacher, field guide and speaker.
After graduating from college he became a missionary in the Dominican Republic where he spent four years teaching English, Worldview, Apologetics, and Leadership to junior high and high school students. Ryan moved back to Southern California in 2015 and started teaching Historical Christian Doctrine and Apologetics, Comparative Religions and Worldviews, and Philosophy of Ethics at a Southern California Christian high school. He taught high school full-time for 12 years until 2023 when he left to work with Think Well and MAVEN.
Ryan started in the apologetics world back in 2015 with his blog, Coffeehouse Questions. This led to the podcast in 2016 and YouTube in 2020. Think Well was officially launched in June of 2022. Ryan joined MAVEN as a field guide in 2017 and was promoted to Director of Immersive Experiences in 2023. He is also serves as a faculty member at Summit Ministries, an affiliate of Stand to Reason, and a volunteer apologist for Reasons to Believe.
Ryan received Bachelor’s degree in Theology with an emphasis in youth leadership from Vanguard University. He completed his Master’s degree in Christian apologetics from Talbot School of Theology and is currently working toward a Doctor of Ministry in Engaging Mind and Culture. His current research is focused on a theology of technology and artificial intelligence. He also holds a certificate in Science Apologetics from the Reasons Institute.
July 18, 2016 at 12:50 pm
Thank you, Ryan! I appreciate you taking the time to sit down with me to discuss this important issue of integrating apologetics into a church culture.
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July 21, 2016 at 12:44 am
Thanks Dan! It was my pleasure. I’m glad I could get you on the podcast.
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