Dr. Sean McDowell is a professor of apologetics at Biola University and, with his father Josh, co-author of the latest revised editions of the classic Christian defenses, “More Than A Carpenter” and “Evidence That Demands A Verdict.”

During a recent interview, Sean addresses the claim that having faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is equivalent to leaving your brain and logic on the shelf and living blindly.
In the process, Sean offers encouragement to all Christians that may come as a surprise to those who think believers live according blind faith. That encouragement is to encourage, not discourage, intellectual discussion of challenges to the faith: