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Apologetics and Biblical studies.
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14 episodes
#13: Introduction to Creeds and Confessions
Intro:Romans 10:9: “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” [ESV]Today - we’re finally getting to our introduction on c...
#12: AC - suffered under Pontius Pilate
Intro:J. Gresham Machen is quoted as saying: “‘Christ died’ - that is history. ‘Christ died for our sins’ - that is doctrine. Without these two elements, joined in an absolutely indissoluble union, there is no Christianity.”
#11: Jude 1-4 - A Warning Against Wolves
Intro:We find plenty of warnings in Scripture to be on the lookout for those who will lead the church astray. Jude’s letter is one such warning. This is a remarkably rich letter - only containing 25 verses and abou...
#10: Apostles' Creed - His only Son, our Lord, conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary
Intro:Today, as we continue through the Apostles’ Creed, you might recall that the first few episodes focused on the first stanza that described God - and that declaration of God separates the Christian faith from those religi...
#9: Machen's The Virgin Birth of Christ, chapters 3-5
Intro:In our first 2 episodes on Machen’s The Virgin Birth of Christ - we covered the first 2 chapters of his book wherein Machen diligently established an early date for the birth narrative and demonstrated that Luke’s birth ...
#8: Apostles' Creed - Maker of Heaven and Earth
Intro:Today we continue working our way through the Apostles’ Creed with “Maker of Heaven and Earth”. Our question today - why is there something rather than absolutely nothing?Key points:T...
#7: Apostles' Creed - God the Father Almighty
Intro:Today we continue through the Apostles’ Creed with - I believe in God the Father Almighty. And the question we need to ask: “Are the coffee shop critics right to declare that since this God is unable to create a rock so ...
#6: Book review - Christ Crucified by Thomas Schreiner
Intro:There is no shortage of books, commentaries, or articles on Paul’s letter to the Galatians - but when it came time for me to teach a brief series on Galatians - my primary sources distilled down to four authors: two from...
#5: The Virgin Birth of Christ by Machen - Chapter 2
Intro:When discussing the reliability of the gospel narratives - most of us simply appeal to the field of NTTC. But Machen, in his work, The Virgin Birth of Christ, does the heavy lifting. In turn, that heavy lifting giv...
#4: The Virgin Birth of Christ by Machen - Chapter 1
Intro:Machen’s The Virgin Birth of Christ stands as one of the best defenses of the virgin birth in print today - maybe ever. One reviewer of his book is quoted as saying in the British Weekly: “...we shall wait long for any...
#3: Apostles' Creed - I believe
Intro:Today we’ll start what I plan to be a complete line-by-line series on the Apostles’ Creed.Key points:Why does the Apostles’ Creed start with “I believe” vs. “We believe”?
#2: Worldview overview
Intro:In the simplest terms a worldview is the foundation from which each person engages and acts on life’s most important questions and decisions. And once you understand worldview - you see it everywhere. <...