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April 25, 2018
Episode 157 - Believing God Vs. Believing In God
We're going to talk about something today that will hopefully give you some categories to think through some of the conversations you've likely had and hopefully will have in the future. We���ll also come to understand some of the different ways in Scripture belief and trust in God is talked about.
Language is such an important thing for the Christian to understand. It's how we share the gospel. The gospel is communicated to us through language. We share it with others throu...
April 18, 2018
Episode 156 - The Pope and Roman Catholicism's Concept of Anonymous Christians
Today we're going to talk about anonymous Christians. Now those aren't the people who sit next to you at church that you don't talk to, that's a separate conversation!
What we're going to be talking about is the type of anonymous Christianity that would say that someone could be a Christian and not know it. They could be a Christian and not know about Christ. This topic has kind of come back into the forefront of the news recently because of a conversation that the Pope had wi...
April 11, 2018
Episode 155 - Why Are There Books Missing From My Bible?
Today, we're going to talk about why there are books missing from the Protestant Bible or perhaps we should start with the question, are there actually books missing from the Protestant Bible?
What you may not know is that there are actually different collections of books and in different orders around the world, so we have a very Western collection and order of books in our bible. There are places in the world, different cultures, different languages, where they have actually...
April 9, 2018
Three Steps to Better Doctrinal Disagreements
Sometimes, disagreeing is the most loving thing we can do, but disagreeing in a way that isn���t disagreeable is a skill that takes practice to develop.
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April 4, 2018
Episode 154 - The Internal Contradictions of Transgenderism
This week, we're going to talk about pollen. No, not really. That's just why my voice sounds weird. At least I think that's what it is. Everything outside has this yellow-orange coating on it, so I'm guessing I've developed allergies. Who knew?
Anyways, today we're going to talk about contradictions at the center of transgender ideology. That might sound complicated. Basically what we're going to talk about is the transgender worldview, what does it hold onto as true, and do t...
March 28, 2018
Episode 53 - Which Gospel Lists The Correct Number Of Women At The Tomb?
How many women were at the tomb of Jesus? Was it one, two, or three? Is it Matthew's account, Mark's account, or John's account?
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TranscriptOftentimes, when we talk about biblical contradictions, an example that���s brought up is the number of women at the tomb, because if you read Matthew, Mark, or John, you get different numbers. Let's read the different texts and then see how these things might fit together or even if there's the appearance of a contradiction. Here's what Matthew say...
March 21, 2018
Episode 153 - Bad Ways to Argue Against Abortion
This week I want to talk about abortion, and specifically some bad arguments that are often used to argue against abortion. Yes, you heard me right. You may be wondering, why are we critiquing arguments against abortion if we're against abortion? Why should we not use any argument we can to contend for the life and value of the unborn? On one hand, I can understand that. We should want to use any argument available to us to contend for the intrinsic worth and dignity that the...
March 17, 2018
March 14, 2018
Episode 152 - Do We Only Need The Spirit To Understand Scripture?
Have you ever heard someone say that all you need to understand the Bible is the Holy Spirit? You���ve got everything you need. Maybe you���ve heard this and not known how to respond or maybe you actually agree, but I'd like to talk today about how this is not the full truth. There is an aspect of truth to this, to where we do need the Spirit to understand the things of God, but how much of those things can we understand only by aid of the Spirit? What is the Spirit's role? Wh...
March 7, 2018
Episode 151 - Where Does Our Worth Come From?
What you may have noticed in society and culture today is sometimes someone will say something that seems like a simple disagreement and the reaction that is received seems disproportionately large compared to the point that was made. This happens a lot of times when we're talking about the rightness or wrongness of a behavior. So someone might say, "I think marriage is between a man and a woman." The response that comes back maybe from someone who is in favor of same sex marr...
