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Theology for the Rest of Us — 279 episodes
297: “Total Depravity”: The Heart of the Debate
296: Calvinism vs. Arminianism: Are We Even Asking the Right Question?
295: What Are the 5 Points of Calvinism? What is TULIP?
294: What are the Five Solas? Why do they Matter?
293: What is Reformed Theology? Is it the Same as Calvinism?
292: The Podcast is Back & Kindness is Not Niceness
273: Can People Grow By Listening to False Teachers?
272: The Power of Lament with Aubrey Sampson
271: What is Apologetics?
270: What About Intelligent Design?
269: What Genetics Teaches Us About Micro-Evolution?
268: What is the Kalam Cosmological Argument?
267: Does Kenny Ortiz Deny Creationism? (Responding to a Reviewer)
266: Scientism and Secularism with JP Moreland
265: What is the “Fine Tuning” Argument?
264: Dr. Hugh Ross: Old Earth Creationism, Navigating Genesis, Noah’s Flood, and Proto-Humans
263: Young-Earth Creationism and the Global Flood with Steve Schramm
262: The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism
261: What About the Leviathan and the Behemoth? with Ben Stanhope
260: Are Dinosaurs Mentioned in the Bible?
259: Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? with Dr. Jack Collins
258: What Happened to the Dinosaurs? And What About Dragons?
257: Refuting Naturalism
256: What is “Naturalism”?
255: What About Animal Death Before the Fall of Man?
254: Understanding Genesis One: The Literary Framework Model with Tyler Vela
253: Understanding Genesis One (Part 2): “A Parable of Steve Jobs”
252: Understanding Genesis One (Part 1)
251: Was Adam a Real Person?
250: Should Christians Believe in Evolution? (Short Version)
249: Should Christians Believe in Evolution?
248: How Old Is the Universe? (Short Version)
247: How Old Is the Universe? (5 Views)
246: “Never Settle For Normal” with Jonathan Parnell
245: Should We Judge Preachers Based on Theology?
244: Will People From All Denominations Go to Heaven?
243: Prophecy Revisited
242: Is There Such a Thing as “The One” Person to Marry?
241: When is It Okay to Disobey the Law?
240: Is the United States a Christian Nation?
239: What Are Natural Rights?
238: What About the Sins of the Jewish Kings?
237: Are the Jews Still God’s People?
236: Is Yoga Okay for Christians?
235: Why Does Jesus Give Us “Glory”? (Examining John 17:22)
234: Can We Pray for “Whatever We Want”?
233: Differences Between Conservatives and Liberals
232: What is Heterodoxy?
231: What is Heresy? How Should Churches Deal with Heretics?
230: What is an Evangelical Christian?
229: What is Christian Fundamentalism?
228: Does Demon Possession Still Happen?
227: Is Oral Sex Sin?
226: Is Nudity Always Sinful?
225: What is the Law? Why Does it Matter?
224: The Value of Helping Families in Need with Amber Matyi
223: Is Biblical Truth Being Lost in Translation?
222: Should Women Always Be “Stay-at-Home” Moms?
221: What’s the Difference Between a Convert and a Disciple?
220: Why Your Work At Home Matters to God? with Courtney Reissig
219: How to Know if Someone is Truly Saved?
218: Should We Approach a Heretic in Our Church?
217: Should A Christian Business Owner Be Forced to Do Business with Gay People?
216: Should I Ever Attend a Same-Sex Wedding?
215: Are Gay People Born Gay?
214: Should We Get Angry When We’re Labeled Bigots for Our View on Homosexual Behavior?
213: Is Homosexual Behavior Unique From Other Sins?
212: Is It Wrong to Hate Homosexuality?
211: Motherhood As a Spiritual Discipline with Catherine McNiel
210: Why Am I Against the Death Penalty?
209: Is it Sinful to Want to be Dead?
208: What Does it Mean to be “Orthodox”?
207: Why is God Allowed to Break His Own Rules?
206: What is Liminality? with Tim Carson
205: Is It Wrong for Christians to Sue a Non-Christian or the Government?
204: Should a Christian Ever Sue Another Christian?
203: The “Curious Christian” with Barnabas Piper
202: Holy Spirit in the OT vs. Holy Spirit in the NT
201: Why Do Non-Christians Experience God’s Grace?
200: What to Do When My Relationship with God is “Dry”?
199: Does God Answer the Prayers of Non-Christian People?
198: Is Jesus Omnipresent?
197: Does Jesus Know Everything? (The Omniscience of Christ)
196: Did First Century Jews Embrace Reincarnation?
195: How Should We Respond to Euthanasia?
194: Why Were Moses & Elijah Selected to be at Jesus’ Transfiguration?
193: Why Should We Care About Missions?
192: Should Christian Parents Raise Their Kids Believing in Santa Claus?
191: How to Tell a Friend Their Church is Unbiblical?
190: Are Statues of Religious Figures Wrong?
189: What About the Letter to the Laodiceans?
188: If Someone Commits Suicide, Will They Go to Hell?
187: Are Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses Cults?
186: Can Psychics Talk to Angels?
185: Is it Sinful for Christians to Listen to Secular Music?
184: Are Christians Obligated to Vote?
183: Were There Any Writings From God that Are Not in the Bible?
182: How Do We Know that Our Gospel Message is Right and Complete?
181: Should Doctrine Impact How You Choose A Church?
180: Is It Wrong to Want to be God’s Favorite?
179: Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?
178: Is the Gospel Too Good to Be True? with Ricky Jones
177: Should Women Be Allowed to Preach?
176: What About Deborah?
175 : Why Should Women Change Their Name When They Get Married?
174: Should Women Be Allowed to Be Pastors?
173: What is Egalitarianism?
172: How Have So Many Christians Accidentally Become Feminist? with Courtney Reissig
171: What is Complementarianism?
170: Why Did Jesus Call John the Baptist the “Greatest”?
169: Why Wasn’t Jesus Named “Immanuel”?
168: How to Be a “Relevant” Missionary in Your “Regular” Life? with Josh Armstrong
167: Who Are the Nephilim? with Tyler Vela
166: What’s the Difference Between Spiritual Gifts and Natural Talents? with Ken Freire
165: Erik Guzman: Sometimes Our Faith is Messy, And That’s Okay
164: How Should We Decide What is and is Not a “Closed-Hand” Issue?
163: Why Are There Two Different Genealogies of Jesus in the Gospels?
162: Can God Heal Addiction?
161: How Will We Be Happy in Heaven While We Have Loved Ones in Hell?
160: The Importance of Healthy Family Life with Ajith Fernando
159: What is the Sabbath? Does it Apply to Christians?
158: What is Christian Fasting?
157: Is God a Moral Monster? with Tyler Vela
156: What is “Soul Sleep?” Is it Biblical?
155: Why Is the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible?
154: The Importance of Apologetics with Jason Ladd
153: What About Reincarnation?
152: Did Jesus Have Children? And What About “The Da Vinci Code?”
151: What is Theonomy & Christian Reconstructionism?
150: What’s the Difference Between Conviction and Condemnation?
149: Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews?
148: What is the “Seeker Sensitive” Movement?
147: Do the Angels Really Celebrate When a Sinner Repents?
146: What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Why Do They Matter?
145: Has the Bible Been Changed Over the Centuries?
144: How Was the Bible Compiled?
143: Who is Josephus? Why Does He Matter?
142: Are All Sins Equal?
141: Should Preachers “Call-Out” Other Preachers? with Kenneth Freire
140: What is the Covenant of Redemption?
139: What’s the Difference Between Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology?
138: What is Covenant Theology?
137: What Should We Think of the Jewish People, Being that they Rejected Jesus?
136: What Does It Mean to be Confessional?
135: What is the Unforgivable Sin?
134: What Is the Prosperity Gospel Movement? Why Is It Dangerous?
133: What Does It Mean to Have a Seared Conscience? Is It Irreversible?
132: Is the Bible Trustworthy? with Kenneth Freire
131: Is Déjà vu a Spiritual Experience?
130: Was Job Suicidal?
129: Does The Bible Support Slavery?
128: Is It Okay to Be Proud of My Country?
127: Is It Okay For Christians to Be Cremated?
126: Does Jeremiah 29:11 Apply to Christians Today?
125: Can We Sin in Heaven? If Not, How Come Lucifer Sinned?
124: Is Gambling a Sin?
123: Did Jesus Have Siblings?
122: Should Christians Give to Charities?
121: What Are Angels? Why Do They Exist?
120: Does God Give Personal Revelations to Certain People?
119: Does God Still Speak Through Dreams?
118: Why Did God Declare Pork Unclean and Then Clean?
117: What’s the Importance of World Missions? with Jonathan Ferguson
116: What About Churches that Use Video Preaching?
115: Are Tattoos Wrong?
114: Is It Okay for Women to Wear Pants?
113: Should Christians Date Non-Christians?
112: Is It Okay to Skip Church and Just Watch the Live Stream?
111: How Can Ordinary People Change the World? with Tony Merida
110: Why is Jesus Called the “Son of Man”?
109: Why is the “Fruit of the Spirit” Important? with Matt McAfee
108: Are We Always Going to Understand Everything About God?
107: Why Did God Wait So Long to Send Jesus to Earth?
106: How to Experience “Abundant Life?” with Josh Reich
105: Should We Use Sources Other than the Bible to Determine our Beliefs?
104: Why Did the Holy Spirit Descend on Jesus Like a Dove?
103: Why Do You Call Jesus the “God-Man”?
102: If Jesus Commanded Us to Take Care of the Poor, Why Are You a Republican?
101: Is Every Area of Theology of Equal Importance?
100: What’s the Greatest Lesson I’ve Learned From Doing this Podcast?
99: What’s the Minimum a Person Needs to Believe to be a Christian?
98: How to Engage with the Holy Spirit on a Daily Basis? with Matt van Winkle
97: What Does It Mean that the Holy Spirit “Convicts” the World?
96: Why Do Some Call Him the “Holy Ghost” Instead of the “Holy Spirit”?
95: Are the Gifts of the Spirit for Today? (The Case for Cessationism) with Greg Dutcher
94: Are There Any Spiritual Gifts Not Mentioned in the Bible?
93: Why the Holy Spirit Doesn’t Have to be Weird? with Matt McAfee
92: What’s the Difference Between Prescriptive and Descriptive Bible Passages?
91: Do All Christians Have the Ability to Speak in Tongues?
90: What is Speaking in Tongues?
89: What’s the Difference Between Charismatics and other Christians?
88: What Are the Spiritual Gifts?
87: What is Prophecy?
86: What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit? When Does it Happen?
85: What is the Role of the Holy Spirit?
84: Does God Love Everyone Unconditionally?
83: Muslims Accept Jesus, But Why Don’t Christians Accept Muhammad?
82: Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?
81: When Did Jesus Become the Son of God?
80: Can Gay People Go to Heaven?
79: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an “Issue”? with Dr. Preston Sprinkle
78: Why is Homosexuality a Sin?
77: What About Sex Toys? with Dr. Corey Allan
76: How to Work for a Company You Morally Disagree With?
75: How Should We Respond to the Transgender People and Bathrooms Debate?
74: How Should Theology Impact Our Eating Habits? with Stephen Mackey
73: Is Jesus a Liar, a Lunatic, or the Lord? with Stephen Mackey
72: Does God Give us the Power to Forgive Sin on His Behalf? with Stephen Mackey
71: Is Mental Illness Caused by Demons?
70: How Does God Determine What is Sin and What is Not Sin?
69: Does God Punish Christians?
68: Theology is Not Just for Theologians with David Schrock
67: Was God Unjust When He Asked Abraham to Kill Isaac?
66: Are We Made Up of Body, Soul, and Spirit?
65: Is it Wrong to Live Together Before We’re Married?
64: Why Does God Seem Angrier in the Old Testament?
63: How Should Christians Properly Judge?
62: Is it Ever Justified to be Angry at God?
61: If Martin Luther Was Antisemitic, Why Do You Praise Him?
60: How to Handle Doctrinal Differences Among Believers? with Jerome Danner
59: Why Didn’t God Just Create Us in Heaven?
58: Why Is God Consumed with His Own Glory?
57: Why Do So Many Christians Disagree on Doctrine?
56: If the Reformation Caused Division, Why Was it a Good Thing?
55: Why Does Sexual Purity Matter? with Dr. Corey Allan
54: What is Sin?
53: Three Essentials to “Enjoying Jesus” with David Mathis
52: Why Do I Believe in the Resurrection? And Why Does it Matter?
51: How to Respond to Three Common Attacks of the Resurrection?
50: How Is Paul’s Conversion Evidence for the Resurrection?
49: Were the Apostles Hallucinating When They Saw the Resurrected Jesus?
48: Is Easter a Pagan Holiday?
47: Is it Possible the Apostles Fabricated the Resurrection Story?
46: Are There Any Historical Mentions of the Resurrection? with Dr. John Morris
45: Why Should Christians Care About People in Other Countries?
44: How is Suffering an Opportunity to Know God Better? with Alexis Muscarella
43: Is Judas in Heaven or Hell?
42: Why Did Jesus Change Peter’s Name?
41: Why Should Christians Stop Tithing Immediately?
40: Why is the Local Church Important? with Tori Mayo
39: Why Do We Go to Church on Sundays?
38: Why is Temptation the Greatest Invitation to Worship? with Casey Cease
37: Was Jesus Human or God?
36: How Do We Believe in a God We Don’t Understand?
35: Why Are There So Many Denominations?
34: Why Do We Say “In Jesus’ Name” at the End of a Prayer?
33: Why is it so Hard to Believe that God Loves Me? with Mike Adams
32: What is Discipleship?
31: Why Does Understanding the Trinity Matter? with Ricky Jones
30: What is “Performance Based” Christianity? with Mike Adams
29: What is Sanctification?
28: What is Justification?
27: What is Legalism? Why is it Dangerous?
26: Should Christians Judge?
25: Why Do We Say “Amen” After We Pray?
24: The Importance of Embracing Grace with Blaise Foret
23: Seeing People Through the Eyes of Jesus with Blaise Foret
22: Does Genesis 38 Condemn Masturbation and Birth Control?
21: Is the Holy Spirit Fully God?
20: Regret vs. Repentance with Mary Butler
19: If God is Good, Why is There Evil in the World?
18: Why Doesn’t God Just Kill Satan Today?
17: Who is Satan?
16: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
15: What About the Separation of Church & State?
14: Is Masturbation Really a Sin?
13: What’s the Trinity?
12: Overcoming Shame with Aubrey Sampson
11: Why is Premarital Sex Sin?
10: Why Do You Oppose Abortion if the Babies go to Heaven?
09: Why is Abortion Wrong?
08: Do Babies Go to Heaven When They Die?
07: Is Jesus Really the Only Way to Heaven?
06: Should Christians only read the KJV?
05: Why Can We Confidently Speak on Behalf of God?
04: Which Version of the Bible is Best?
03: Why Are There so Many Bible Translations?
02: What is Theology? Why Does it Matter?
01: What’s This Podcast all About?