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June 14, 2017
Episode 115 - Bernie Sanders, Religious Pluralism, and Condemnation
Today we're going to talk about Bernie Sanders, religious pluralism, and condemnation. Stay tuned on Unapologetic.
Recently, as part of the Senate's responsibility to advise the president on his nominees, Bernie Sanders was interviewing, under oath, a presidential nominee, Russell Vought. This was Trump's nominee to the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Anyways, here was the controversy. Sanders was upset that this man had previously written t...
June 7, 2017
Episode 114 - Why Do People Reject Good Arguments?
Do you ever wonder why you can give a great explanation to someone and yet they still won't come to agree with your point?
I'm one of those people who has this kind of innate, implicit view that if I just explain something well enough, people will agree. They'll see it my way. There's a certain kind of pride that's behind that I think, that God's been working on my heart on over the years, to where I frequently now realize I don't see things the right way. I don't have the ri...
May 31, 2017
Episode 113 - What was Jesus' View of Scripture?
What was Jesus's view of Scripture?
Today there are many different ways of looking at Scripture. Is it authoritative? Is it true? There are many different views on this, but you know what I find to be very interesting is that many people end up holding a view of Scripture that Jesus himself didn't even hold. They might be trusting in Jesus for salvation, that he's going to secure their place in the life after this one, and then they're going to go to heaven because of him, bu...
May 24, 2017
Episode 112 - Bad Ideas Have Casualties
Ideas have consequences and bad ideas have casualties.
Ideas have consequences. We're familiar with that phrase. But something I read this last week, and I wish I could remember where so I could cite the source, was that bad ideas have casualties. They actually have human fallout. People get hurt. This isn't that new of a concept, but I think it's just nice and succinctly put.
It's also been said that when words lose their meaning, people lose their lives. That sounds really d...
May 17, 2017
Episode 111 - Discussing God with Mormons
Today, we're going to talk about how to discuss God with Mormons.
It's common to hear confusion about the differences in Mormonism and Christianity. Some of this confusion even comes from Christians and Mormons. What you already may have noticed is that I'm making a distinction between Christianity and Mormonism, which is often part of the confusion. Is there actually a difference? Well, I'll going to say yes, there is, and here's why.
When Mormons claim to be Christians, or...
May 10, 2017
Episode 110 - Arguing Against God Is Only Possible Because He Exists
People who argue against God are only able to do so because God exists.
Last week, we talked about how if God does not exist, morality does not exist. There's no such thing as a moral obligation or a moral value or duty if God does not exist. Moral laws require a moral law-giver.
At the same time, we also pointed out that a person can deny the existence of God and still do moral actions. Now, there wouldn't be such thing as a moral action if God didn't exist, but you can den...
May 3, 2017
Episode 109 - Do You Know Any Smugglers?
Do you know any smugglers? You're probably thinking, "That's kind of of weird. I don't know any smugglers." Right? Honestly, I don't know any either. In fact, when I think of smuggling, I think of Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope, where Han Solo was a smuggler. He hides Princess Leia and Luke underneath the floorboard in his ship, where he used to hide the cargo or contraband that he'd hide from the Empire... because he was a smuggler.
That has really nothing to do with what...
April 26, 2017
Episode 108 - A Conversation on Gender, Love, and the New Book
This week, I am pleased to welcome my friend Hunter Leavine to the podcast; we have just written and have released a book on gender for parents (which you can get here). On the episode we discuss why we wrote the book along with some thoughts on why the church struggles to discuss these topics in our culture today.
Brian: Hunter, could you tell us a little bit about yourself? Who you are, what you do, how you got here?
Hunter: Yeah, absolutely. I'm the student director at City...
April 18, 2017
Episode 107 - Why are there Verses Missing from My Bible?
Have you ever heard someone say that there are verses missing from the Bible? Perhaps this has even been someone in your church, and they might be comparing your NIV translation to their KJV. They're saying, "Look, these new Bible publishers, they're taking verses out of the Bible. They're distorting. They're corrupting God's word."
Is this true? You yourself might even have been looking at a passage that your pastor was preaching out of and you might have realized at some poi...
April 12, 2017
Episode 106 - How Important Is History in Discussing the Resurrection?
Easter is this coming Sunday. I hope you are excited about that, I hope you are looking forward to it, and I hope you're using this time - which is somewhat artificial; we put it on a calendar ��� to reflect on, in an intentional way, the life, death, and work of Jesus, and ultimately his resurrection. I hope you're taking advantage of this time and this season for your own personal spiritual growth and worship.
Today I want to talk some about the resurrection and Easter. I w...
