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Is Gen Z Turning Catholic? Analyzing a Fascinating Trend

2

If Christianity Is True… Why So Many Religions?

3

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

4

If Aliens Exist, Does Christianity Collapse?

5

Did the Father Hate the Son on the Cross?

6

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

7

Is AI Making us Lonely?

8

What Does Sola Scriptura Even Mean?

9

Christianity’s Best Argument Isn’t What You Think

10

7 Reasons the Nephilim Were Angelic

11

Abortion and Marriage Aren’t In the Bible?

12

Did Emperors Actually Run the 7 Ecumenical Councils?

13

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

14

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

15

What is the Unforgivable Sin?

16

Explaining Every Chapter of Revelation

17

Are the End Times Here? Explaining Each Event

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

How Did Monotheism Really Begin?

22

Do Christians Have to Believe in the Virgin Birth?

23

Are Protestant Churches Valid? Examining Apostolic Succession

24

Should We Pray to the Holy Spirit?

25

Is Annihilationism Heresy? (The Internet Is Shaping Us)

26

Calvinism: What Everyone Misses

27

What Jesus Prays For Now (Most Christians Miss This)

28

Jon Stewart Just Challenged Believers (The Problem of Evil)

29

Why Protestant Is More Catholic

30

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

31

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

32

Is Isaiah 53 About Jesus?

33

A Christian View of Stars (This Will Surprise You)

34

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

35

It's Time To Speak Up

36

The Best Scene In Narnia

37

Can This Prove Christianity? (Fulfilled Prophecy)

38

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

39

Francis Chan Opens Up About the Eucharist

40

The Papacy Is Not From God

41

Before Dunking on Keller … Consider This

42

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

43

You Should WANT Christianity To Be True

44

Are Catholic Rituals Man-Made?

45

The Early Church on Genesis 1: A Forgotten Debate

46

The State of Protestant Apologetics

47

What Now?

48

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

49

If You Need Hope...

50

Why Joe Rogan Is "Sticking With Jesus"

51

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

52

Did Jesus Descend Into Hell?

53

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

54

Craig and Ortlund Clash on the Eucharist (Respectful Dialogue)

55

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

56

The Most Miserable Sin

57

The ULTIMATE Case for Sola Scriptura

58

Should Pastors Use Profanity?

59

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

60

Why I Reject Infant Baptism (This Convinced Me)

61

Atheism is Devastating and Unlivable

62

Christ's Ascension is Stranger Than You Think

63

These A.I. Videos Raise a Theology Question

64

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

65

How to Read the Bible (A Plan That Works)

66

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

67

How Rebuttals Go Wrong: Joe Heschmeyer and the Canon Debate

68

Is the Book of Job Evil?

69

Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

The NEXT BEST Theory of Easter is Still Pretty Weak

74

The Nicene Creed: Every Word Explained

75

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

76

Fuller Seminary on Marriage: A Mixed Message?

77

Ortlund and Zoomer Have a Respectful Clash

78

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

79

Is Redeemed Zoomer Right About Evangelicals? Engaging Operation Reconquista

80

Annihilationism: Why I'm Not Convinced

81

Wes Huff Just Crushed It Explaining the Trinity

82

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

83

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

84

Protestant Appreciation of Pope Leo XIV

85

Why Full Preterism is the Worst End Times View

86

Christian Online Discourse: We Must Do Better

87

How Did "Low Church" Get Uncool?

88

Universalism in Church History is a Fascinating Story

89

Christian Apologetics Must Learn From Rhett and Alex

90

John Wycliffe's Bible: Correcting a False Narrative

91

Is a "Quiet Revival" Among Us?

92

Evangelicals, We Must Learn From This

93

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

94

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

95

A Female Aslan?!?

96

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

97

Is Dan McClellan Right? No Monotheism in the Bible?

98

The Korean Revival of 1907: The Power of Confession

99

Heaven is Not What You Think

100

Am I Liberal?

101

England BEFORE vs. AFTER John Wesley (Amazing Revival)

102

Is the Trinity Politics?

103

Evangelicalism Has Fractured. Now What?

104

Did the FIRST Christians Worship Jesus?

105

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

106

No, Jerome Didn't Accept a Larger Canon

107

Did Protestants Remove Books From the Bible?

108

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

109

Do Marian Apparitions Prove Christianity? Protestant Response

110

PENANCE: A Protestant Critique

111

Does Lutheran Christology Make Sense?

112

Why You Need Religion (with Ross Douthat)

113

Stop Abandoning the Moral Argument (Do This Instead)

114

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

115

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

116

A "Vibe Shift" About Religion?

117

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

118

A "Worship Problem" For Protestants?

119

The Calvinist Orthodox Patriarch: Introducing Cyril Lucaris

120

Satan: Answering the Biggest Questions

121

How Do We KNOW the New Testament Canon?

122

Is the Old Testament Bloodthirsty? With Dr. Matthew Lynch

123

Alex O'Connor on Animal Suffering: Christian Response

124

Are Catholics Christians? Why Protestants Can Say YES

125

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

126

Rainn Wilson's Religious Views Are Fascinating

127

How Protestants View the Papacy (Debate Reaction)

128

Can Math Prove God? The Argument From Eternal Truths

129

Why Young Men Are Becoming Eastern Orthodox

130

Answering Taylor Marshall on the Eucharist

131

The Bonhoeffer Film Has One BIG Problem

132

When Should You Leave Your Church?

133

The Most Neglected Theologian From All Church History?

134

Is Icon Veneration a Big Deal?

135

Protestant-Oriental Orthodox Dialogue: How It Began

136

Did Joseph of Arimathea Bury Jesus? Responding to Bart Ehrman

137

Reformation in 1400s Ethiopia: The Forgotten Story of Estifanos

138

Eastern Orthodox Critics: My Question For You

139

Before You Become Eastern Orthodox...

140

Why Dawkins and Peterson Miss Each Other

141

How to Read More Books

142

Did Jesus Claim to be God? Answering Bart Ehrman

143

Are Guardian Angels Real?

144

What is HERESY? (When to Use This Term)

145

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

146

Evangelical Worship Needs Church History

147

Revival on College Campuses?

148

Has God "Changed His Mind" on Sexuality?

149

Why A.I. Lacks the Image of God

150

The Apostles' Creed: EVERY Word Explained

151

"Obey Tradition!" is LITERALLY IN THE BIBLE!

152

A Fallible List of Infallible Books?

153

Fundamentalism 100 Years Ago vs. Today

154

Is Heaven BORING and WEIRD? Response to Mindshift

155

I Wrote A Book About Protestantism

156

Does I Timothy 3:15 DEBUNK Protestantism?

157

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

158

Did Early Israelites Believe in the Afterlife?

159

Responding to Megan Basham's Latest Claims

160

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

161

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

162

Why Asking "What Caused God" Misses the Mark

163

Is Trump Changing? What Christians Should Remember

164

Clerical Celibacy: A Protestant Critique

165

Perelandra: The BEST Scene: Hatred Has a Purpose

166

Sharing the Gospel in 2024 vs. 2014

167

Einstein on God, Jesus, and Religion

168

The Fine-Tuning Argument is STRONG

169

Dawkins vs. Ali: The Key Takeaway

170

Orthodox-Protestant Dialogue (Demetrios Bathrellos & Gavin Ortlund)

171

How Baptists Viewed the Nicene Creed Historically

172

The Early Church on Entertainment

173

Is the Filioque True? (With Fred Sanders)

174

The Biggest Misunderstanding About Protestantism

175

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

176

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

177

1 Protestant + 2 Catholics Discuss Divine Simplicity

178

Was Pacifism the Early Church's View?

179

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

180

Persecution in Church History: Stories We MUST Know

181

Is Spirituality A Greater Threat Than Atheism? With Michael Horton

182

War R*pe in Deuteronomy 21?

183

The Conquest of Canaan: Genocide or Just?

184

John MacArthur on Mental Illness: Why I Disagree

185

Were Adam and Eve Historical People?

186

Chatting About Life and YouTube With Paul Vanderklay

187

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

188

Atheist INCONSISTENCIES on Slavery in the Bible

189

How Many Sacraments Are There? 2, Not 7!

190

How NOT to Help a Sufferer

191

Is Richard Dawkins a Cultural Christian?

192

The Deconstruction Movement: How the Church Should Respond

193

What We MISS About Easter

194

Slavery in the Bible: Answering Atheist Critiques

195

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

196

The Hyper-Masculinity Problem in the Church

197

Sola Scriptura is Totally Medieval, This Will Blow Your Mind

198

Mike Bickle and Church Dissillusionment

199

Ken Ham is Tweeting About Me Again

200

Comparing Christianity vs. Open Spirituality

201

The Inconsistency in Rhett's Critique of Christianity

202

The Ontological Argument is Sound!

203

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

204

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

205

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

206

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

207

What Critiques of Alistair Begg Are Missing

208

How to Persevere in Wilderness Seasons

209

Is My Local Flood View HERESY?

210

Is the Trinity in the New Testament? Yes!!

211

Why Do Protestants Convert? With Brad Littlejohn and Chris Castaldo

212

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

213

Was Noah's Flood Local?

214

Did John Chrysostom Affirm Purgatory?

215

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

216

Why Believe in Divine Simplicity?

217

Cessationist: A Critical Evaluation of This Film

218

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

219

Is Jordan Peterson Now Preaching a Christian Message?

220

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

221

How "Is Genesis History?" Harms Christian Witness

222

Is Private Judgment a Problem for Protestantism?

223

Is Religion Bad For Society?

224

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

225

How to Overcome Intellectual Anxiety

226

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

227

Do Baptists Believe in Real Presence in the Eucharist?

228

Where Do Catholics and Protestants Agree? With Erick Ybarra

229

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

230

Does Fulfilled Prophecy Prove Christianity?

231

Divine Hiddenness: My Response to Alex O'Connor

232

Why Reformation Was Needed

233

Talking With My Dad About Revival

234

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

235

Mega-Huge Update for Truth Unites

236

The Best Pastoral Theology Ever Written?

237

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

238

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

239

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

240

Is the Bible Pro-Slavery?

241

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

242

What Ken Ham Misses About Creation

243

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

244

Deconstruction: How Christians Should Respond

245

Is Mary the "Mother of God?"

246

The Immaculate Conception: A Protestant Appraisal

247

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

248

What Les Mis Shows About the Gospel

249

Mary’s Assumption Is Simply Indefensible

250

Does Jerome Undermine Apostolic Succession?

251

Rabbi Tovia Singer is Wrong About the Trinity

252

Why Apologetics Is Different Now

253

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

254

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

255

The Moral Argument Still Works: Response to Recent Critiques

256

Defending Traditional Marriage with Preston Sprinkle

257

Rick Warren on Female Pastors: About That SBC Debate

258

Are the Marian Dogmas Credible?

259

Protestant-Orthodox Relationship: The Moment That Defined It

260

How to Get Assurance of Salvation

261

The Best Case for Jesus' Resurrection with Mike Licona

262

Why Believe in Real Presence in the Eucharist?

263

Tim Keller's Powerful Parting Words

264

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

265

Defending My Views on the Canon and Icons

266

Mainline Denominations and Church Unity? With Redeemed Zoomer

267

Dennis Prager is Wrong About Porn

268

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

269

Why I'm a Baptist

270

Does Pope Leo I Validate Vatican 1?

271

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

272

Pope Vigilius: A Challenge to Vatican 1

273

The Best New Book on Protestantism (with Matthew Barrett)

274

The Simulation Hypothesis (with Parker Settecase)

275

Answering Questions From My Patrons

276

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

277

Would Augustine Embrace Evolution?

278

Did Satan's Fall Corrupt Nature?

279

Which Denomination Should You Choose?

280

What is Sola Scriptura? Response to the Catechumen

281

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

282

Revival at Asbury? A Theological Reflection

283

How Secularism Borrows From Christianity (with Glen Scrivener)

284

The BEST and WORST Responses to my Icons Video

285

Spiritual Gifts and Spiritual Warfare (with Sam Storms)

286

The Puritans: 5 Books to Start With

287

The Church Fathers: 5 Books to Start With

288

Icon Veneration in the Early Church? Response to Craig Truglia

289

Response to Horn and Akin on Icons

290

Dissecting Arguments for God (with Lukas Ruegger)

291

Icon Veneration is CLEARLY an Accretion!

292

A MAJOR Problem With "Doctrinal Development"

293

Lessons From Tim Keller's Ministry with Collin Hansen

294

Are Protestants Like Skeptics? A Response to Michael Lofton

295

What is Protestantism? With Dr. Jordan Cooper

296

Engaging Suan Sonna's Typological Argument for the Papacy

297

Response to Jimmy Akin on Typology

298

How to KNOW You're in the Right Church

299

Can Typology Establish Doctrine?

300

Cameron Bertuzzi's Conversion to Rome: Protestant Response

301

Anselm on Friendship: What the Modern World is Missing

302

Should Evangelicalism Be Deconstructed?

303

Protestant vs. Orthodox Dialogue: Gavin Ortlund and Craig Truglia

304

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

305

Tongues, Healing, Prophecy: For Today?

306

Is the Eucharist a Sacrifice?

307

A Christian Approach to Justice: Gregory of Nyssa on Slavery

308

Former Priest Critiques Orthodox Theology (with Joshua Schooping)

309

Scandinavia's Christianization: A FORGOTTEN Story

310

The "Identity Problem" of Protestantism

311

A Case for Open Membership in Baptist Churches

312

Is Mary's Assumption a Gnostic Legend?

313

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

314

Which Atonement Theory is Right?

315

The Most Misused Verse Against Protestantism

316

The Problem of Evil with Dr. Josh Rasmussen

317

Indulgences: Patristic Vs. Medieval

318

Calvinism Isn't Crazy

319

For Struggling Protestants: A New Ministry

320

Justification, Calvinism, and More with Guillaume Bignon

321

One BIG argument for Protestantism

322

The Essence-Energies Distinction: A Protestant Reflection

323

The Assumption of Mary: Protestant Critique

324

How Does the Church Pursue Unity?

325

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

326

Is Apostolic Succession of Divine Appointment?

327

Why Apologetics is Dangerous

328

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

329

My Case Against the Papacy: Response to Criticism

330

My Baptism Questions for Trent Horn

331

Theological Triage (1): Why It Matters

332

My Brother's Cosmic Horror Novel

333

Baptismal Regeneration: Responding to Common Arguments

334

How to Decide Which Church to Join

335

Climate Change is REAL: Christian Response

336

How to Flourish in a Difficult Season

337

5 Questions That Point to God

338

My Church Advice for Mikhaila Peterson

339

Which Issues Divided the Church? With Ed Siecienski

340

Justification: Catholic vs. Protestant

341

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

342

Buddhism: A Christian Response

343

Response to Trent Horn on Purgatory

344

Existentialism: A Christian Response

345

Why Shepherds? Christmas Devotional

346

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

347

Christ's Intercession: A Neglected Doctrine

348

Purgatory: A Protestant Perspective

349

Get To Know Suan Sonna

350

Response to Lofton and Little on Augustine

351

Why I Wrote a Book on Whether God Exists

352

The Waldensians: Forerunners of the Reformation

353

Did Augustine Affirm Sola Scriptura?

354

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

355

The Lord's Supper: A Reformed View

356

Response to Critics: Augustine on Scripture

357

Relics: A Protestant Critique

358

An Orthodox Priest Becomes an Evangelical Pastor

359

William Lane Craig Defends His View on the Historical Adam