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April 10, 2019
Episode 199 - Can God Do Everything?
Today we're going to talk about God and what is possible for him to do. And I want to tell you a story. I was speaking at a retreat for a church and they were singing a song before I went up to speak and the song went something like this, maybe you've heard it, "Our God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing our God cannot do." And it repeats and it repeats, and then there's this nice chorus and then it repeats again. Like any good church song, it must repeat a lo...
April 2, 2019
Episode 198 - The Bible is Embarrassing
We are quickly approaching episode number 200. And for those of you who have been with me for 100 episodes, or all 200, or even this is your first, thank you for listening. I hope this podcast benefits you and helps equip you to be more faithful in conversations about your Christian convictions. So here's what I would ask from you. If you have benefited from this podcast, go to the contact form and submit which episode has been most beneficial for you. And I'll enter your name into a dr...
March 27, 2019
Episode 197 - Hollis, Osteen, and What Encourages Us
We are getting really close to episode 200. For those of you who have been with me for most of this journey or all of this journey, thanks for hanging in there. I hope this is still bringing value to you in your weekly and daily life.
But here's what I'd like to do to celebrate 200 coming up. Go to the contact form, submit what your favorite episode has been. Shoot me a note, tell me this was the one that was most helpful or even send in a question along the way that you'd lik...
March 25, 2019
Sermon: Mark 14:1-4 (Worship or Betrayal?)
Here is the sermon I preached at City Church, Tallahassee on March 14th, 2019
VideoAudio TranscriptIf you have your bibles, go ahead and turn to Mark, Chapter 14. We'll be starting in Verse one. Mark Chapter 14. If you don't have a bible, we would love to give you one after the service, at the connect desk, in the lobby. We have been going through the Gospel according to Mark. We started in Chapter one, we just completed Chapter 13, and here we are in 14. I just want to set some context, so yo...
March 20, 2019
Episode 196 - 7 Questions for Spotting Good and Bad Ideas
There's an approach that undergirds how I look at conversations, how I analyze ideas, and I want to share it with you today. I think it's really important. If we're going to stand up for and defend our Christian convictions, we're going to have to first understand what the other person is saying. We often act like the opposite of talking is waiting, but the opposite of talking is listening in a conversation. And we don't just want to hear the words, we want to think about the...
March 13, 2019
Episode 195 - Would You Drown Everyone In A Flood?
There is a question going around, in at least atheistic circles, and I've seen it stumping Christians. But what's interesting is I've also seen Christians using this line of reasoning to try and stump atheists, and I don't think either of them is good. So for the Christian, think about what we're going to go through today, and think about if you would make similar points this way. And if you do, I would caution you against using this method we're going to look at. We should ne...
March 6, 2019
Episode 194 - Why Do People Go To Hell?
This week, we're going to talk about hell and specifically why do people go to hell. Now, we're going to do a little bit of interactive podcasting here. At least it will seem like that, hopefully. I'm going to ask you a question, and I want you to think of your answer. Then I'm going to ask you another question, and I want you to think of your answer to that. Here's the first question: Why do people go to prison? Hold on to the answer. Next question: Why do people go to hell?
...February 27, 2019
Episode 193 - Is It Legalism To Say An Action Is Right or Wrong?
We've been talking recently about some of the answers of a survey that the Barna Group did, specifically questions around should we share the Gospel, should we evangelize, and should we try to change people's convictions about faith and religion and God, and lastly, should we try to change people���s convictions about anything. In other words, is it judgmental to disagree with someone?
We���ve talked about this topic many times before. I think one of the things that might be b...
February 20, 2019
Episode 192 - If You Disagree With Someone Are You Judging Them?
I don't know if you've noticed this, but we are on episode 192. 192, that's pretty close to 200, and in some ways it doesn't seem like it's been all of that long. But I'm trying to figure out a way that we can kind of mark the passage of episode 200, and so I'll probably do some book giveaways, so be on the lookout for that in about, I guess that would be seven or eight weeks, which actually seems a rather long way away, but nonetheless, in the history of this podcast it is co...
February 13, 2019
Episode 191 - Is It Wrong To Try And Change A Person's Religion?
One of the things we've done in the past on this podcast is to look at surveys and their results. I think this is really helpful. Often we have our own intuitions about what we think culture is like and what we think the majority position is like and what we think different nuances are like. Often our intuitions are very wrong or they're very skewed by the bubble we often live in and we don't know we live in bubbles. Looking at nationwide surveys, or at least large surveys can...
