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Episode 165 - Christian Identity (And Intersectionality)

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I've a question for you before we get going. How do you think of yourself? Who are you? What is your identity? How would you describe yourself if someone said, "Hey, tell me about you?"

Often what we do is we start saying the things that are either, one, most important to us or, two, we think are going to be most important to the other people in terms of giving them a picture of who we are. So, what's your picture? Who are you? What is most important about you?

Now, the fact...

Episode 164 - Jesus: Doctrines Aren't A Grab Bag

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Today, we're going to talk about Jesus. Doesn't everyone like to talk about Jesus? When we talk about defending our Christian convictions, one of the main things that makes us Christian is Jesus: his person and his work. If we get those wrong, we may not actually be Christian. We need to be prepared to talk about the importance of different doctrines dealing with Jesus and how they fit together. That last point is incredibly key.

I can remember when I was starting to learn ab...

Sermon: Psalm 19 - The Glory of God Proclaimed

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But before we get started, I want you to take a moment and think of a moving experience you've had in nature with the created world. Maybe that looks like seeing the sunset behind a mountain range or the sun rise on the beach in the morning. Maybe it's just simply lying on the grass and looking at the stars.

What comes to mind for me is a 2016 hunting trip I took to Colorado. I remember sitting to the side of a mountain at 12,000 feet watching the sun rise behind peaks th...

Episode 163 - When Should We Discriminate?

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This week we're going to talk about discrimination, what is it, when should you do it, should you do it? How does this fit into how Christians think about and approach cultural issues of morality and ethics and those sort of things in the public square today.

For instance, just yesterday as I recorded this, the Supreme Court released their ruling on the Masterpiece Cake Shop case, which was basically about a cake baker, who was a Christian, who did not want to make same sex we...

Episode 162 - Why Is God Necessary?

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We talk about all sorts of topics. Some of them are more theological; some of them are more practical or cultural engagement-focused; and some are more philosophical. Growing up, I didn't know what philosophy was. I thought it was weird, which is kind of weird to think something is weird and not actually know what it was, but I didn't know much about it.

Later on in life, as I learned more about philosophy, I realized that everyone has a philosophical system. It's just someth...

Episode 161 - Was there a Split in the Trinity at the Cross?

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I wonder if you've ever sung the song that says ���the Father turned His face away.��� Often we might sing that at Good Friday or Easter, but what it seems to present is that while Jesus was on the cross, the Father couldn't even look at the Son, and in fact some people have gone far enough to say that there was maybe even a division in the Godhead at the cross, at the crucifixion as Jesus took on and was credited with the sins of the world.

Here's what the gospel according t...

Episode 160 - What's New About New Testament Morality?

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One of the areas that often confuses Christians, both newer Christians and lifelong Christians, is the relationship of the Old and the New Testament. Roughly, that equates to the relationship between the old and the new covenants - the agreements between God and his people. There was an old one and a new one. The Old Testament - and testament literally means covenant - and a new one and it describes the new covenant. So Old Testament, New Testament. What is the relationship of...

How Gospel-Centered Is Your Apologetic?

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Episode 159 - Isn't The Greater Forgiveness When The Debt Isn't Paid?

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As you've likely seen around here if you've listened before, we hit all sorts of issues. Last week, we dealt with an ethical issue, a moral issue of how we treat people at the end of their life. We've also looked at why there are books in our Bible or books that are not in our Bible. We've talked about theological issues and worldview issues and everything in between, because as Christians, we often get asked or have our own questions about a wide array of topics, everything f...

Episode 158 - Euthanasia: How Should We Treat People At The End Of Life?

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While we often talk about how to defend the Christian faith and gospel and worldview, sometimes we also need to just be prepared to think through things Christianly or biblically for ourselves. To view the world in such a way that the Bible informs how we see and think about and interpret what's around us, what we see in the news and certain ethical issues. That's what we're going to talk about today. We're going to consider how we should treat people who are terminally ill, a...