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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 also serves as a faculty member at Summit Ministries, a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Reasons to Believe Scholar Community, and a volunteer at www.talkaboutdoubts.com. Ryan received a 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 Practical Theology. His research is focused on what Scripture says about the most pressing practical issues of our day like gender and sexuality, race, technology, politics, deconstruction, and more. He also holds a certificate in Science Apologetics from the Reasons Institute.

Does the church need apologetics? (Podcast)

Are most people within the church ready to give a thought out response to the difficult cultural issues today?

Do objective moral laws point to God?

Objective morality exists and the most reasonable explanation is an objective moral law giver.

RHF Questions Class (Week 3)

This was the third and final week for the Questions Class at Rock Harbor Fullerton. We spent some time in the last class looking at creation vs. evolution. Here is a short review and links to the three week class... Continue Reading →

Is free will an illusion?

If free will exists, and there is good reason to think that it does, then there is something outside this natural world that gave it to us.

RHF Questions Class (Week 2)

Are miracles possible? Is the New Testament Reliable?

Is our mind the same as the brain?

In order to deny the existence of the mind, one has to use their mind to think clearly and make an argument against the existence of their mind.

RHF Questions Class (Week 1)

The audio and further resources from the Questions Class at Rock Harbor Fullerton.

Has our universe been designed?

The basic building blocks of life have been designed and therefore need an intelligent designer.

Why teach apologetics to students? (Podcast)

I had the privileged of speaking to the youth pastor and a few students at a church here in Southern California. They talked to me about why they do apologetics in youth ministry and how it has helped them understand why... Continue Reading →

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