by Jay Medenwaldt | Feb 3, 2020 | Apologetics, Evangelism, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Science
Apologists tend to think like engineers in the sense that we’re very analytical and logical, which also means that we often misunderstand people who don’t think this way. Nearly every apologist goes through a phase where we think, if I just show people the...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Jan 18, 2020 | Apologetics, Book Review, Evangelism, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Science
I’ve been meaning to read Jonathan Haidt’s books, The Righteous Mind and The Coddling of the American Mind for quite a while. In fact, I considered applying to work with him for my PhD because his research is so relevant for...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Jan 9, 2020 | Apologetics, Evangelism, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology
You have to meet people where they areor they’ll never get to where you are. Part I of this article discussed paraphrasing as a secret weapon that anyone can use in apologetics or evangelism. All you have to do is repeat what the other person said in your own...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Jan 9, 2020 | Apologetics, Evangelism, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology
I’m currently reading the new edition of Tactics, which is a must-read if you want to learn how to have better conversations with unbelievers. The books Relational Apologetics and Influence: Science and Practice (non-Christian book) are also great for evangelism...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Jan 5, 2020 | Apologetics, Gender, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Science, Sex, Sexuality
Sexuality, biological sex, and gender are the hot topics of the day, and unfortunately, nearly everyone has an over-simplified view of each topic. For this article, I’m only going to focus on biological sex, and for 99% of people reading this, my guess is that...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Dec 27, 2019 | Book Review, Evangelism, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World by Leon FestingerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars In 1954, a group of social psychologists heard about a small cult group who believed aliens were...