Episodes
Time Stamps:1. 0:17 {Can Megachurches be Effective?} From a biblical and practical standpoint, is there a maximum number of people that can or should make up a local church? Assuming their doctrine is biblical, can a megachurch with multiple satellite sit
Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:0:00 - Introduction1. 0:28 {How the Jewish Bible is Different} Why aren't there Bibles with the Hebrew order of the Old Testament? Some say the Hebrew order helps to show additional context and beauty of the Prophe
Was it God or Satan who incited David to take the census?How many troops were counted? 2 Sam. and 1 Chron. have different numbers.The book of James says God doesn't tempt anyone, so how can that be reconciled with him inciting David?Why are Israel and Jud
Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:1. 0:10 {How to Support a Recovering Spouse} My husband is a recovering alcoholic, now beginning to attend AA meetings. As a wife, what are the most practical ways I can support him while encouraging him to begin l
I have a bumper sticker on my car that occasionally causes pro-choice people to want to interact with me. In this case, someone left a note on my windshield explaining why she thinks I wasn't aborted and thinks it's not only allowable to kill babies in th
Lyrics:VERSE:GOD DEMONSTRATED HIS OWN LOVETHAT WHILE WE WERE SINNERS HE SENT HIS SONHE LOVED US FIRST, BORE OUR SINSAND CALLED US TO FOLLOW, TO LOVE LIKE HIMCHORUS:FIRST AND MORE YOU LOVED ME LORDFIRST AND MORE YOU LOVED ME LORDSO I WILL LOVE OTHERS FIRST
"He who testifies to these things says, 'Surely I am coming quickly.' Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!"Revelation 22:20Lyrics:Verse:JESUS YOU HAVE PROMISED TO COMEFATHER OUR HOPE IS IN THE SON
Chorus:THE DAY OF THE DAWN IS COMING IN QUICKLYAND ALL MEN WI
Inspired by the poetic beauty of the book of Psalms"Be still, and know that I am God."Psalm 46:10aLyrics:Verse 1:YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVERYOU’RE STILL THE SAMEDEEPER THAN THE OCEANS HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENSYOUR LOVE REMAINS
Verse 2:WHITER THAN THE WHITE
"…and after the fire a still small voice."1 Kings 19:12bLyrics:YOU ARE MY JOY
Verse 1:WHEN THE WORLD RETREATSNO DISTRACTIONS HERETHEN YOUR SPIRIT SPEAKSWHISPERS IN MY EARSAYING “I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU,I LOVE YOU… EVEN NOW”
Verse 2:EVERY WORD THAT’S SPOK
"And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me... For when I am weak, then I am strong."2 Corinthian
I'd like to take a moment to explain one of the lyrics on this song. "Who am I to gain such worth, that my Lord would share my birth, when you created the heavens"God shared our birth in that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. This increased our wo
This song was intended to be easily usable as a communion song. It is filled to the BRIM with scripture. I have connected most of the scripture references with the lyrics and encourage you to look them up.Lyrics:Verse 1:I BELIEVE THE FATHER SENT THE SON (
"We love Him because He first loved us."1 John 4:19Lyrics:Verse 1:AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUNDTHAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE MEI ONCE WAS LOST BUT NOW I’M FOUNDWAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE
Verse 2:T’WAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART TO FEARAND GRACE MY FEARS RELI
WE WILL PRAISEThanks be to God for His indescribable gift!2 Corinthians 9:15VerseTHANK YOU LORD FOR THE GOODNESS THAT YOU’VE SHOWNTHANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR LOVETHANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR MERCIES EVER NEW (Lam 3:22-23)THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR SON
ChorusWE WILL
"He ransoms me from death and surrounds me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things."Psalm 103:4-5a (NLT)Lyrics:Verse:YOU SURROUND ME WITH YOUR LOVING KINDNESSAND MY DAYS WITH GOOD THINGSOH MY MORNINGS WITH YOUR NEW MERCIESYOU’RE SO
Meditation is good and meditation is bad. It really depends on what you mean by "meditation." Here's a biblical perspective on it.
This is just one question from a long interview I did for the moderators of the r/Bible subreddit. They asked their subredd
Our first question today is about the 7 tenets of Satanism. I think most people don't really understand what they are about. Let's get into it a bit.
Here's that video giving a biblical evaluation of suicide: https://youtu.be/T6nlUhWJe00
To get your own
"Typology" is a fancy word for how God put intricate details about Jesus throughout the stories of the Old Testament. I'm not talking about prophecy here, although there is a relationship between typology and prophecy. I'm saying that Jesus is the main to
Omnism, in the sense that we just pretend all religions are true, is a really nice (in the old sense of the word) religion. It has high hopes and seems to help everyone to "get along," but it depends entirely on utter irrationality and dishonest evaluatio
Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:0:00 - Introduction1. 0:23 {Will Psychopaths be Judged the Same?} It has recently been scientifically proven that many psychopaths have a physical brain alteration that doesn't allow their synapses to receive the n
I'm not exaggerating when I say that some skeptics, and even some Christians, and some scholars in both categories, will teach that if Mark ends his Gospel at 16:8 then it destroys Christianity as we know it. I think this is silly. But I also think it nee
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0:00 - Introduction1. 0:29 {Why Didn’t Jesus Mention Paul?} Hello, I am a Christian, and it's been important to me to understand why the Lord Jesus didn't mention to the apostles or anyone that Paul would be comi
Today's the day. I've spent weeks trying to dig deep on the debate of whether the last 12 verses of the Gospel of Mark are actually part of the Gospel of Mark. We will look at manuscript evidence, translations, church fathers, lectionaries, internal evide
Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:0:00 - Introduction 1. 0:37 {Conscience before the New Covenant?} Based on Jeremiah 31: 33-34, did people before the New Covenant not have a conscience (innate knowledge of God and the ability to know right from wr
Is Leviticus just offering advice about medical health? Is it identifying homosexual acts as sinful, or just potentially unhealthy? Can we calmly and carefully try to understand the passage in context? I hope so.
I think that the overall context of the p
This passage is probably most well known because of its abuse by snake handling preachers in the United States. I will address that issue but it's far from the only important thing to talk about in these verses! Though the snake comments in the passage ge
Here’s the video on dealing with depression, which I mentioned during the stream: https://youtu.be/KspwQ2wyuUU
Taking live questions from the YT live chat! Every Friday at 1 p.m. Pacific time. While I don't pretend to know all the answers, I hope to offe
Taking live questions from the YT live chat! Every Friday at 1 p.m. Pacific time. While I don't pretend to know all the answers, I hope to offer some thoughts that will help you in the direction of thinking biblically about things.
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I know you have questions about this. I hope this helps answer them.But if my short answer isn't enough (and it's probably not) THIS is the link to my FULL teaching on the issue, where I go through many specific verses of the Bible which give us help work
They tell me that the internet is where religion goes to die, but they also tell me the internet is full of poor research and unreasonable arguments.
We are going to get pretty technical today. Lots of different threads of evidence will be explained and