
Episode #101
Episode 101: Is There a God? Dr. Patrick Briney's Search for the Truth
Almost everyone has asked the question — is God even real? Dr. Patrick Briney asked it louder and longer than most. Raised in a skeptic's home with a father who trusted only the physical realm, Dr. Patrick Briney spent his childhood and teenage years chasing the answer. He tried self-hypnosis at the kitchen table. He studied Eastern and Western religion. He decided by his first week of college that God simply didn't exist because you can't find answers about things that aren't real. And then, completely unplanned, a phone call from an old friend led him to a single conversation that changed everything. In this episode, Kimberly Faith sits down with Dr. Patrick Briney to hear that story in full of how one conversation, grounded entirely in the Bible, took a man convinced he was an atheist to being a man wrestling with doubt for two long years before finally, exhausted, surrendering his life to Christ. Kim and Dr. Briney talk through his "Four Fundamental Questions" for reaching skeptics, the subtle danger of trying to earn salvation which can only be received by grace, and why knowing about God is never the same as knowing Him personally. It's not that life is short on evidence: it's that we're often the last ones willing to stop arguing with it. Dr. Patrick Briney earned his Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Arkansas. He specialized in immunology and infectious diseases doing research in vaccine development and virulence investigation for Campylobacter jejuni. Dr. Patrick Briney is an author, speaker, and Bible teacher for practical Christianity. Dr. Briney serves as an Associate Pastor at Mission Boulevard Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is also the Founder and President of Leadership Training Institute of America and Life Changing Scriptures. Pat and his wife, Colleen, live in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They have two married daughters and three grandsons. You can reach Dr. Briney through his website, https://patrickbriney.com .






