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.
His writing has been featured at crossexamined.org, seanmcdowell.org, thepoachedegg.net, apologetics.com, josh.org, and he is also a contributor to the updated version of the popular Apologetics Study Bible for Students which was released in 2017. Along with his writing, Ryan has appeared as a guest on Truth Matters TV.
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September 25, 2015 at 3:19 am
Nice work buddy!!
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September 25, 2015 at 3:22 am
Thanks Isaac.
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February 29, 2016 at 12:22 pm
A great “listen”. Looking forward to future podcasts 🙂
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February 29, 2016 at 1:36 pm
Thank you!
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October 23, 2017 at 9:52 pm
Hi Ryan
Contact me at Khaldoun@logicallyfaithful.com
I would like to interview you
Khaldoun
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February 2, 2019 at 1:45 pm
Just came across your site here and I love what I am seeing! It’s so funny because I just got the CSB Apologetics Study Bible for Students as a New Year’s gift from my parents and I love it so very much! I can’t wait to check out your videos and podcast!
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February 2, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Thanks for sharing! I hope you enjoy the videos and podcasts.
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February 26, 2019 at 10:01 am
Amazing Teacher
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