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Episode 190 - Does Paul Contradict Himself When Telling His Damascus Road Experience?

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As we have often discussed on this podcast, one of the convictions we as Christians hold to or should hold to, is that the scriptures are true. When they speak, God speaks and everything they affirm is true. It is accurate. The scriptures are infallible. They are without error.

Now, one of the things that comes up when someone makes this sort of claim is that people will say, "Well, the Bible has contradictions in it," and before we start to give a reply to that, we should as...

Episode 189 - Did Early Christians Regard the Old Testament as Authoritative?

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A few weeks ago, we talked about if the New Testament writers viewed what they were writing as scripture, and if the early church viewed the writings of the New Testament as scripture, also. But there's another question that perhaps is more pressing today, and that is: did early Christians, and even the New Testament writers themselves, view the Old Testament as authoritative scripture? Now, some of you might not even have a category in your mind for this question. Of course,...

Episode 188 - What Can Science Tell Us About Abortion?

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One of the convictions we as Christians should hold is that human life is created in the image of God. We're actually created to actively image God, to reflect the glory of our creator. We see this in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 in the creation accounts. God says this, "Let us create man in our own image," and that's what He did for man, and for woman.

Then, in Genesis 9, in responding to a murder God says that when one person, one human being, murders another human being that th...

Episode 187 - Did the New Testament Authors Believe They Were Writing Scripture?

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One of the convictions that we, as Christians, hold to is that the scriptures are the word of God. They are God's revelation to us. They are infallible. They are inerrant. They are authoritative. They tell us about ourselves and God and the world around us. They're the lens that we should interpret everything else through. Scripture is really important. Jesus had a high view of scripture. He should because He wrote it. It is God's revelation to us.

Now, one of the interesting...

Episode 187 - Did the NT Authors Believe They Were Writing Scripture?

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One of the convictions that we, as Christians, hold to is that the scriptures are the word of God. They are God's revelation to us. They are infallible. They are inerrant. They are authoritative. They tell us about ourselves and God and the world around us. They're the lens that we should interpret everything else through. Scripture is really important. Jesus had a high view of scripture. He should because He wrote it. It is God's revelation to us.

Now, one of the interesting...

Episode 186 - Did Jesus Go To Hell?

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Have you ever heard the Apostles' Creed, that seems to say that Jesus went to Hell? Or have you heard someone say that perhaps Jesus paid for our sin in Hell or went to Hell and preach to people? Well, that's what we're going to talk about today. Did Jesus actually go to Hell?

Now, the first time you heard this, you probably thought, "No, he didn't. He didn't go there." Surely that's wrong. But, there do seem to be some passages in scripture that could be confusing and may ma...

Episode 185 - Does God Want Us To Do "Big Things?"

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Hello, and welcome to the first Unapologetic Podcast of 2019. It's been a big break since we have been together. My daughter has had some health issues, which put me away from home for several weeks and just without the time or really, energy, to record an episode, so thanks for bearing with me. I know some you had mentioned that was kind of different, since in about three-plus years, I've missed maybe about four episodes. So I'm hoping to get back to a regular cadence here in...

The Books I Read in 2018

With 2018 coming to a close, and since I have benefited from seeing what others read, I���m posting the books I read completely in 2018. While a book���s inclusion is not indicative of agreement, I do give all of these books at least 3/5 stars. You can see individual ratings on my Good Reads page.

Book Title Author Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church Allison, Gregg R. Leading Change Kotter, John P. Chess, Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game Miller, Mark Divor...

Build a Daily Bible Reading Plan that Fits You (With an APP)

With the new year about to start, many of us will evaluate our lives and routines to see what works and doesn't. For the Christian, hopefully this will include considering how we're doing with our spiritual disciplines (Prayer, Bible Reading, Scripture Reflection, Worship, etc.). I don't know about you, but I struggle to find a good rhythm for reading the Bible. Many of the pre-made plans available on the internet require reading multiple chapters a day, with the goal of reading the entire Bi...

Episode 184 - Which Virgin Birth Do You Believe In?

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(Originally posted December 2015)

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Which virgin birth do you believe in? 

In today's day and age, talking about a virgin birth just sounds like foolishness. There aren't many virgins out there to start with, and they're certainly not giving birth to babies. Then, when we say that we can know someone was a virgin 2,000 years ago and actually gave birth, people throw their hands up and say, "How can you believe something that just seems so foolish?" Only they probably leave out the...