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The Foundation of Christian Theology: Divine Aseity

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Did Protestantism Cause Secularization?

3

What Church Was ACTUALLY Like In 150 A.D.

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Was Jesus a False Prophet?

5

Young Earth vs Old: A Better Way? (With Dr. Marcus Ross)

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Where Is the True Church? (Fr. Stephen De Young & Gavin Ortlund)

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Is Stoning Children Really Commanded in the Bible?

8

Salvation Outside Orthodoxy? Jonathan Pageau and Gavin Ortlund Dialogue

9

Did the Bible Warn Us About AI? (with John Lennox)

10

A Protestant and a Dominican Friar Explore Disagreements and Agreements

11

Should All Christians Pray in Tongues?

12

Can Protestants and Catholics Agree on Penal Substitutionary Atonement? (Dialogue With Erick Ybarra)

13

Disagreeing on the Flood Isn't Heresy (Responding to Rosaria Butterfield)

14

Was the Earliest Bible Canon Actually Protestant?!?

15

Should Only Men Be Pastors? My Honest Reflection on a Controversial Topic

16

Christianity and the Problem of Evil: The Story That Helped Me

17

Does the Bible Have Errors? A Better Way to Think About Inerrancy

18

Can Christians Believe in Ghosts?

19

The Real Reason Jan Hus Was Burned (When Church History Gets Dark)

20

Did Cameron Bertuzzi Just Refute Me?

21

How Church History Gets MISUSED Against Protestants

22

The Question Atheism Struggles to Answer (It’s Not What You Think)

23

The Secret to Enjoying Life (Christians Miss This)

24

Is Gen Z Turning Catholic? Analyzing a Fascinating Trend

25

If Christianity Is True… Why So Many Religions?

26

What Church Was Like in 150 AD (Justin Martyr Reveals)

27

If Aliens Exist, Does Christianity Collapse?

28

Did the Father Hate the Son on the Cross?

29

Why Gen Z Loves Church History (And What to do About It)

30

Is AI Making us Lonely?

31

What Does Sola Scriptura Even Mean?

32

Christianity’s Best Argument Isn’t What You Think

33

7 Reasons the Nephilim Were Angelic

34

Abortion and Marriage Aren’t In the Bible?

35

Did Emperors Actually Run the 7 Ecumenical Councils?

36

The Shroud of Turin: Evaluating the Best Arguments (For and Against)

37

Why Protestants Win the Church History Debate (Newman Was Wrong)

38

What is the Unforgivable Sin?

39

Explaining Every Chapter of Revelation

40

Are the End Times Here? Explaining Each Event

41

The Internet, Protestantism, and the State of Christianity (With Wes Huff)

42

Abortion in the Early Church: The Surprising Witness We Need Today

43

Why Sam Harris’s Moral Vision Still Doesn’t Satisfy

44

How Did Monotheism Really Begin?

45

Do Christians Have to Believe in the Virgin Birth?

46

Are Protestant Churches Valid? Examining Apostolic Succession

47

Should We Pray to the Holy Spirit?

48

Is Annihilationism Heresy? (The Internet Is Shaping Us)

49

Calvinism: What Everyone Misses

50

What Jesus Prays For Now (Most Christians Miss This)

51

Jon Stewart Just Challenged Believers (The Problem of Evil)

52

Why Protestant Is More Catholic

53

The Night Tolkien Convinced C.S. Lewis of Christ (The Power of Myth)

54

Is Scripture the Only Infallible Rule? (Dr. Jordan Cooper & Dr. Michael Horton)

55

Is Isaiah 53 About Jesus?

56

A Christian View of Stars (This Will Surprise You)

57

Pascal’s Wager Is the Answer You’re Looking For

58

It's Time To Speak Up

59

The Best Scene In Narnia

60

Can This Prove Christianity? (Fulfilled Prophecy)

61

When Did the Papacy Begin? (Response to Joe Heschmeyer)

62

Francis Chan Opens Up About the Eucharist

63

The Papacy Is Not From God

64

Before Dunking on Keller … Consider This

65

Atheist-Christian Dialogue: The Meaning of Life (Mindshift & Gavin Ortlund)

66

You Should WANT Christianity To Be True

67

Are Catholic Rituals Man-Made?

68

The Early Church on Genesis 1: A Forgotten Debate

69

The State of Protestant Apologetics

70

What Now?

71

Can Protestants and Orthodox Agree? (Fr. Josiah Trenham & Gavin Ortlund)

72

If You Need Hope...

73

Why Joe Rogan Is "Sticking With Jesus"

74

How To Find the One True Church™ (You Need Faith)

75

Did Jesus Descend Into Hell?

76

Should Christians Use Profanity? (Gavin Ortlund & Joe Rigney)

77

Craig and Ortlund Clash on the Eucharist (Respectful Dialogue)

78

The Athanasian Creed: Christianity’s Most Controversial Statement of Faith

79

The Most Miserable Sin

80

The ULTIMATE Case for Sola Scriptura

81

Should Pastors Use Profanity?

82

A Knockout Blow to Penal Substitution? Engaging John Mark Comer on the Atonement

83

Why I Reject Infant Baptism (This Convinced Me)

84

Atheism is Devastating and Unlivable

85

Christ's Ascension is Stranger Than You Think

86

These A.I. Videos Raise a Theology Question

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5 Years On YouTube: Looking Back and What's Next

88

How to Read the Bible (A Plan That Works)

89

How Did Infant Baptism Begin? A Story of Five Centuries of Church History

90

How Rebuttals Go Wrong: Joe Heschmeyer and the Canon Debate

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Is the Book of Job Evil?

92

Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

93

The Protestant Canon Defended (With Javier Perdomo and Cleave to Antiquity)

94

Best Evidence for Jesus OUTSIDE the Bible (With Tom Schmidt)

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Are We "Commanded" to Support Israel? Engaging Ted Cruz' Comments

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The NEXT BEST Theory of Easter is Still Pretty Weak

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The Nicene Creed: Every Word Explained

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I'm Studying A.I. and It's Scarier Than I Thought

99

Fuller Seminary on Marriage: A Mixed Message?

100

Ortlund and Zoomer Have a Respectful Clash

101

Agnostic YouTuber and Christian Mathematician Identify the Best Argument For God?

102

Is Redeemed Zoomer Right About Evangelicals? Engaging Operation Reconquista

103

Annihilationism: Why I'm Not Convinced

104

Wes Huff Just Crushed It Explaining the Trinity

105

How to Overcome Anxiety (Sermon on Isaiah 26:3)

106

Protestant vs. Mormon Dialogue on the Trinity (Jacob Hansen and Gavin Ortlund)

107

Protestant Appreciation of Pope Leo XIV

108

Why Full Preterism is the Worst End Times View

109

Christian Online Discourse: We Must Do Better

110

How Did "Low Church" Get Uncool?

111

Universalism in Church History is a Fascinating Story

112

Christian Apologetics Must Learn From Rhett and Alex

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John Wycliffe's Bible: Correcting a False Narrative

114

Is a "Quiet Revival" Among Us?

115

Evangelicals, We Must Learn From This

116

The KEY Point in the Alex O'Connor vs. David Wood Debate (The Divine Council in John 10)

117

Engaging Dan McClellan on Monotheism in the Bible (Final Response)

118

A Female Aslan?!?

119

What Galileo Would Say to Catholics, Protestants, and Atheists in 2025

120

Is Dan McClellan Right? No Monotheism in the Bible?

121

The Korean Revival of 1907: The Power of Confession

122

Heaven is Not What You Think

123

Am I Liberal?

124

England BEFORE vs. AFTER John Wesley (Amazing Revival)

125

Is the Trinity Politics?

126

Evangelicalism Has Fractured. Now What?

127

Did the FIRST Christians Worship Jesus?

128

Trump Gaza, Andrew Tate, and Why Christians Must Critique Both Right and Left (Third Wayism)

129

No, Jerome Didn't Accept a Larger Canon

130

Did Protestants Remove Books From the Bible?

131

Rebutting Alex’s Rebuttal of my Rebuttal of his Rebuttal of Wes’ comments on Joe Rogan

132

Do Marian Apparitions Prove Christianity? Protestant Response

133

PENANCE: A Protestant Critique

134

Does Lutheran Christology Make Sense?

135

Why You Need Religion (with Ross Douthat)

136

Stop Abandoning the Moral Argument (Do This Instead)

137

J.D. Vance on Ordo Amoris: A Christian Idea?

138

The Ontological Argument: Christian and Agnostic Dialogue (Joe Schmid and Gavin Ortlund)

139

A "Vibe Shift" About Religion?

140

Wes Huff is UNTOUCHED By Alex O'Connor's Critiques

141

A "Worship Problem" For Protestants?

142

The Calvinist Orthodox Patriarch: Introducing Cyril Lucaris

143

Satan: Answering the Biggest Questions

144

How Do We KNOW the New Testament Canon?

145

Is the Old Testament Bloodthirsty? With Dr. Matthew Lynch

146

Alex O'Connor on Animal Suffering: Christian Response

147

Are Catholics Christians? Why Protestants Can Say YES

148

Augustine on the "Rock" of Matthew 16 (This Will Surprise You)

149

Rainn Wilson's Religious Views Are Fascinating

150

How Protestants View the Papacy (Debate Reaction)

151

Can Math Prove God? The Argument From Eternal Truths

152

Why Young Men Are Becoming Eastern Orthodox

153

Answering Taylor Marshall on the Eucharist

154

The Bonhoeffer Film Has One BIG Problem

155

When Should You Leave Your Church?

156

The Most Neglected Theologian From All Church History?

157

Is Icon Veneration a Big Deal?

158

Protestant-Oriental Orthodox Dialogue: How It Began

159

Did Joseph of Arimathea Bury Jesus? Responding to Bart Ehrman

160

Reformation in 1400s Ethiopia: The Forgotten Story of Estifanos

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Eastern Orthodox Critics: My Question For You

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Before You Become Eastern Orthodox...

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Why Dawkins and Peterson Miss Each Other

164

How to Read More Books

165

Did Jesus Claim to be God? Answering Bart Ehrman

166

Are Guardian Angels Real?

167

What is HERESY? (When to Use This Term)

168

Tyndale's Brutal Death is NOT What You've Been Told

169

Evangelical Worship Needs Church History

170

Revival on College Campuses?

171

Has God "Changed His Mind" on Sexuality?

172

Why A.I. Lacks the Image of God

173

The Apostles' Creed: EVERY Word Explained

174

"Obey Tradition!" is LITERALLY IN THE BIBLE!

175

A Fallible List of Infallible Books?

176

Fundamentalism 100 Years Ago vs. Today

177

Is Heaven BORING and WEIRD? Response to Mindshift

178

I Wrote A Book About Protestantism

179

Does I Timothy 3:15 DEBUNK Protestantism?

180

The Trinity is NOT an Accretion! (It's Apostolic)

181

Did Early Israelites Believe in the Afterlife?

182

Responding to Megan Basham's Latest Claims

183

Megan Basham's Shepherds For Sale: The Problems With This Book

184

Classical Theism and Our Books About God (with Pat Flynn)

185

Why Asking "What Caused God" Misses the Mark

186

Is Trump Changing? What Christians Should Remember

187

Clerical Celibacy: A Protestant Critique

188

Perelandra: The BEST Scene: Hatred Has a Purpose

189

Sharing the Gospel in 2024 vs. 2014

190

Einstein on God, Jesus, and Religion

191

The Fine-Tuning Argument is STRONG

192

Dawkins vs. Ali: The Key Takeaway

193

Orthodox-Protestant Dialogue (Demetrios Bathrellos & Gavin Ortlund)

194

How Baptists Viewed the Nicene Creed Historically

195

The Early Church on Entertainment

196

Is the Filioque True? (With Fred Sanders)

197

The Biggest Misunderstanding About Protestantism

198

The Conquest of Canaan: Answering Objections With Michael Jones (of Inspiring Philosophy)

199

Alex O'Connor vs. Dinesh D'Souza: What I Would Have Said

200

1 Protestant + 2 Catholics Discuss Divine Simplicity

201

Was Pacifism the Early Church's View?

202

Icon Veneration is STILL an Accretion (Response to Hamilton/Garten)

203

Persecution in Church History: Stories We MUST Know

204

Is Spirituality A Greater Threat Than Atheism? With Michael Horton

205

War R*pe in Deuteronomy 21?

206

The Conquest of Canaan: Genocide or Just?

207

John MacArthur on Mental Illness: Why I Disagree

208

Were Adam and Eve Historical People?

209

Chatting About Life and YouTube With Paul Vanderklay

210

DEBATE: Is Divine Simplicity True? Gavin Ortlund vs. Ryan Mullins

211

Atheist INCONSISTENCIES on Slavery in the Bible

212

How Many Sacraments Are There? 2, Not 7!

213

How NOT to Help a Sufferer

214

Is Richard Dawkins a Cultural Christian?

215

The Deconstruction Movement: How the Church Should Respond

216

What We MISS About Easter

217

Slavery in the Bible: Answering Atheist Critiques

218

Protestant vs. Orthodox: Scripture and Tradition (Gavin Ortlund + Stephen De Young)

219

The Hyper-Masculinity Problem in the Church

220

Sola Scriptura is Totally Medieval, This Will Blow Your Mind

221

Mike Bickle and Church Dissillusionment

222

Ken Ham is Tweeting About Me Again

223

Comparing Christianity vs. Open Spirituality

224

The Inconsistency in Rhett's Critique of Christianity

225

The Ontological Argument is Sound!

226

Atheist-Turned-Agnostic Talks with Christian (Gavin Ortlund + Matthew Adelstein)

227

How to Overcome Discouragement (A Sermon on I Kings 19)

228

An Incarnational Model of the Eucharist? With Dr. James Arcadi

229

Does Eastern Orthodoxy Have the "Fullness of the Faith?"

230

What Critiques of Alistair Begg Are Missing

231

How to Persevere in Wilderness Seasons

232

Is My Local Flood View HERESY?

233

Is the Trinity in the New Testament? Yes!!

234

Why Do Protestants Convert? With Brad Littlejohn and Chris Castaldo

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Pope Francis on Blessing Same-Sex Couples: A Protestant Response

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Was Noah's Flood Local?

237

Did John Chrysostom Affirm Purgatory?

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What is Heaven Like? 6 Things Christians Forget (or Don't Know)

239

Why Believe in Divine Simplicity?

240

Cessationist: A Critical Evaluation of This Film

241

Was God the Son Omnipresent in 10 A.D.?

242

Is Jordan Peterson Now Preaching a Christian Message?

243

How to Study Church History (And Why Every Christian Should)

244

How "Is Genesis History?" Harms Christian Witness

245

Is Private Judgment a Problem for Protestantism?

246

Is Religion Bad For Society?

247

Atheist and Christian Dialogue on Divine Hiddenness (Justin Schieber and Gavin Ortlund)

248

How to Overcome Intellectual Anxiety

249

Was the Early Church Infallible? No, That's Not How it Works

250

Do Baptists Believe in Real Presence in the Eucharist?

251

Where Do Catholics and Protestants Agree? With Erick Ybarra

252

Did C.S. Lewis Abandon Apologetics After the Anscombe Debate?

253

Does Fulfilled Prophecy Prove Christianity?

254

Divine Hiddenness: My Response to Alex O'Connor

255

Why Reformation Was Needed

256

Talking With My Dad About Revival

257

Union with Christ with Todd Billings (Crossover with Credo/Matthew Barrett)

258

Mega-Huge Update for Truth Unites

259

The Best Pastoral Theology Ever Written?

260

Is Same-Sex Marriage an "Agree-to-Disagree" Issue?

261

Catholic vs. Protestant Dialogue (Gavin Ortlund + David Gordon)

262

Origen and Praying to Saints: What Joe's Criticisms Miss

263

Is the Bible Pro-Slavery?

264

Response to Ken Ham (Part 2): Animal Death, Historicity, and Science

265

What Ken Ham Misses About Creation

266

Praying to the Saints? No, Origen is NOT For it

267

Deconstruction: How Christians Should Respond

268

Is Mary the "Mother of God?"

269

The Immaculate Conception: A Protestant Appraisal

270

Is The Lord of the Rings a "Christian Book?"

271

What Les Mis Shows About the Gospel

272

Mary’s Assumption Is Simply Indefensible

273

Does Jerome Undermine Apostolic Succession?

274

Rabbi Tovia Singer is Wrong About the Trinity

275

Why Apologetics Is Different Now

276

"A Question Protestants Can't Answer?" My Response to Brian Holdsworth

277

Why Jesus Prayed For Unity (A Sermon on John 17)

278

The Moral Argument Still Works: Response to Recent Critiques

279

Defending Traditional Marriage with Preston Sprinkle

280

Rick Warren on Female Pastors: About That SBC Debate

281

Are the Marian Dogmas Credible?

282

Protestant-Orthodox Relationship: The Moment That Defined It

283

How to Get Assurance of Salvation

284

The Best Case for Jesus' Resurrection with Mike Licona

285

Why Believe in Real Presence in the Eucharist?

286

Tim Keller's Powerful Parting Words

287

Response to George Farmer and Allie Beth Stuckey on Catholicism Vs. Protestantism

288

Defending My Views on the Canon and Icons

289

Mainline Denominations and Church Unity? With Redeemed Zoomer

290

Dennis Prager is Wrong About Porn

291

Is Papal Infallibility in the 1st Millennium? Response to Erick Ybarra

292

Why I'm a Baptist

293

Does Pope Leo I Validate Vatican 1?

294

This C.S. Lewis Book Predicted the 21st Century

295

Pope Vigilius: A Challenge to Vatican 1

296

The Best New Book on Protestantism (with Matthew Barrett)

297

The Simulation Hypothesis (with Parker Settecase)

298

Answering Questions From My Patrons

299

Apologetics, The Deity of Christ, and Protestantism (with Jeremiah Short)

300

Would Augustine Embrace Evolution?

301

Did Satan's Fall Corrupt Nature?

302

Which Denomination Should You Choose?

303

What is Sola Scriptura? Response to the Catechumen

304

Sola Scriptura Debate Review (with Josh Schooping and Sean Luke)

305

Revival at Asbury? A Theological Reflection

306

How Secularism Borrows From Christianity (with Glen Scrivener)

307

The BEST and WORST Responses to my Icons Video

308

Spiritual Gifts and Spiritual Warfare (with Sam Storms)

309

The Puritans: 5 Books to Start With

310

The Church Fathers: 5 Books to Start With

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Icon Veneration in the Early Church? Response to Craig Truglia

312

Response to Horn and Akin on Icons

313

Dissecting Arguments for God (with Lukas Ruegger)

314

Icon Veneration is CLEARLY an Accretion!

315

A MAJOR Problem With "Doctrinal Development"

316

Lessons From Tim Keller's Ministry with Collin Hansen

317

Are Protestants Like Skeptics? A Response to Michael Lofton

318

What is Protestantism? With Dr. Jordan Cooper

319

Engaging Suan Sonna's Typological Argument for the Papacy

320

Response to Jimmy Akin on Typology

321

How to KNOW You're in the Right Church

322

Can Typology Establish Doctrine?

323

Cameron Bertuzzi's Conversion to Rome: Protestant Response

324

Anselm on Friendship: What the Modern World is Missing

325

Should Evangelicalism Be Deconstructed?

326

Protestant vs. Orthodox Dialogue: Gavin Ortlund and Craig Truglia

327

The Hussites: The Amazing Story of the "First Reformation"

328

Tongues, Healing, Prophecy: For Today?

329

Is the Eucharist a Sacrifice?

330

A Christian Approach to Justice: Gregory of Nyssa on Slavery

331

Former Priest Critiques Orthodox Theology (with Joshua Schooping)

332

Scandinavia's Christianization: A FORGOTTEN Story

333

The "Identity Problem" of Protestantism

334

A Case for Open Membership in Baptist Churches

335

Is Mary's Assumption a Gnostic Legend?

336

The Antichrist, Great Tribulation, and Millennium: End Times Triage

337

Which Atonement Theory is Right?

338

The Most Misused Verse Against Protestantism

339

The Problem of Evil with Dr. Josh Rasmussen

340

Indulgences: Patristic Vs. Medieval

341

Calvinism Isn't Crazy

342

For Struggling Protestants: A New Ministry

343

Justification, Calvinism, and More with Guillaume Bignon

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One BIG argument for Protestantism

345

The Essence-Energies Distinction: A Protestant Reflection

346

The Assumption of Mary: Protestant Critique

347

How Does the Church Pursue Unity?

348

Atheist vs. Christian Dialogue (Tom Jump and Gavin Ortlund)

349

Is Apostolic Succession of Divine Appointment?

350

Why Apologetics is Dangerous

351

Trent Horn and Gavin Ortlund on Baptism: Catholic vs. Baptist

352

My Case Against the Papacy: Response to Criticism

353

My Baptism Questions for Trent Horn

354

Theological Triage (1): Why It Matters

355

My Brother's Cosmic Horror Novel

356

Baptismal Regeneration: Responding to Common Arguments

357

How to Decide Which Church to Join

358

Climate Change is REAL: Christian Response

359

How to Flourish in a Difficult Season

360

5 Questions That Point to God

361

My Church Advice for Mikhaila Peterson

362

Which Issues Divided the Church? With Ed Siecienski

363

Justification: Catholic vs. Protestant

364

The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, and "Deconstruction"

365

Buddhism: A Christian Response

366

Response to Trent Horn on Purgatory

367

Existentialism: A Christian Response

368

Why Shepherds? Christmas Devotional

369

Baptists Are Retrieving the Great Tradition (With Matt Emerson and Luke Stamps)

370

Christ's Intercession: A Neglected Doctrine

371

Purgatory: A Protestant Perspective

372

Get To Know Suan Sonna

373

Response to Lofton and Little on Augustine

374

Why I Wrote a Book on Whether God Exists

375

The Waldensians: Forerunners of the Reformation

376

Did Augustine Affirm Sola Scriptura?

377

On Owen Strachan, William Lane Craig, and the Historical Adam

378

The Lord's Supper: A Reformed View

379

Response to Critics: Augustine on Scripture

380

Relics: A Protestant Critique

381

An Orthodox Priest Becomes an Evangelical Pastor

382

William Lane Craig Defends His View on the Historical Adam