Progressive Christianity: Another Gospel?
In her new book, Another Gospel, Alisa Childers argues that “progressive Christianity is not simply a shift in the Christian view of social issues. It’s […]
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The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self
How did so many people in our day come to believe that sexuality is at the core of a person’s individual identity? And how is […]
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The Gospel According to Abraham
Who was Abraham and why did God choose to bless him along with his descendants? Was it because he was a particularly holy and righteous […]
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Promise, Law, Faith
In Genesis, Abraham was told that in his seed, all the nations would be blessed. So why then did God later command the Israelites to […]
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The New Perspective on Paul
Scholars such as James Dunn and N.T. Wright have argued that both Old and New Testament saints were members of one and the same covenant, […]
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Social Media, Technology, & Cultural Decline
Has smartphone technology changed the way we live and relate to others? Is there a relationship between social media usage and increased suicide rates among […]
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Christianity vs. Woke Ideology
What is “woke capitalism,” and how is it changing contemporary American culture? What are the beliefs and values of this new ideology, and how do […]
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The Cult of Soft Totalitarianism
In his recent book Live Not by Lies, Rod Dreher tells the story of a Czech professor who began noticing a shift taking place in […]
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Violence, Revolution & the Quest for Utopia
In response to the racial violence that he had witnessed back in the sixties, Os Guinness wrote that “Violence may be pragmatically successful in overturning […]
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The Impact of the Sixties Counterculture
“No one can understand the present crisis in the United States and the West without understanding the sixties.” So writes Os Guinness in the preface […]
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The Italian Reformation
On this episode of 鶹AV, Shane Rosenthal talks with Mike Brown about some of the forgotten figures of the short-lived Italian Reformation such […]
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Who Is God?
In various places throughout Scripture, there are a few key moments in which God reveals himself to his people. In these important scenes, God reveals […]
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What Is Progressive Christianity?
Should we think of Jesus more as a model for living than as an object of worship? Did he die on the cross for our […]
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What Did Paul Preach?
On this episode, Shane Rosenthal continues his conversation with Dennis Johnson on the content of the earliest Christian sermons that we find throughout the book […]
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Evaluating the Earliest Christian Sermons
What kinds of sermons did the Apostles preach? Did they tell amusing stories while keeping the focus on practical matters such as how to have […]
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The Historical Reliability of Acts
What happens if we compare the book of Acts with other historical works from the same period? What can we learn about the events recorded […]
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Can We Trust the Book of Acts?
Does the book of Acts present an authentic narrative of the events that took place in the earliest days of the Christian church, or is […]
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Can We Trust the Gospels?
Most people believe that Jesus was a real person who lived in first century Palestine. But what about the stories told of him in the […]
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Transformation Through Mind Renewal
Contemporary culture is anything but neutral. In fact, it frequently promotes ways of thinking and behaving that are contrary to Scripture. If we’re not intentional […]
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The Challenge of an Increasingly Secular Culture
Spending a day at the ocean can be a wonderful experience, but it can also be dangerous. Sometimes the undercurrents can be deceptive, and the […]
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John Lennox on the Threat of A.I.
Artificial Intelligence is already changing the world as we know it, but how will it change the future? Is it possible that humans will one […]
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Near-Death Experiences
Every year it seems a new book or movie is released that recounts an individual’s brief tour of heaven. Are there any common threads that […]
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The Untold Story of Purgatory
For centuries Protestants have rejected the doctrine of purgatory, claiming that it’s taught nowhere in Scripture and that it actually undermines crucial doctrines related to […]
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Is Jesus History?
Unlike most religions, Christianity gambles its plausibility on certain datable events. Jesus not only died for our sins, but he “suffered under Pontius Pilate.” Most […]
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Post-Christian
Today’s post-Christian culture is running into dead ends and fatal contradictions. For example, many people today believe that gender is a matter of subjective preference […]
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Abdu Murray on Life in a Post-Truth Culture
According to Abdu Murray, “We don’t care about the truth if it gets in the way of our personal preferences.” In fact, he says, “if […]
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Abdu Murray on Islam & Christian Apologetics
As a proud Muslim, Abdu Murray enjoyed sparring with people of other faiths. But when he was eventually confronted with the evidence for Christ’s death […]
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Why I Left Islam: The Story of Fikret Bocek
Fikret Bocek converted to Christianity from a Muslim background, and he now serves as the pastor of a Protestant church in Izmir, Turkey. On this […]
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Greed, Heresy, & the Prosperity Gospel
In his second letter, Peter warns believers that “there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies. Because of them the […]
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John Lennox on God & the Coronavirus Pandemic
How are we to make sense of the coronavirus pandemic that has dramatically changed our world? Where is God in all this, and why would […]
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Your Worst Life Now
Many Christians around the world have bought into the assumptions of the prosperity gospel. With Jesus’s help, they have argued, we can all have our […]
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What Is Biblical Theology?
Though Bible readers may be familiar with all the individual stories recorded throughout Scripture, it seems that few are taught how all those stories fit […]
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How to Study the Bible
In light of the fact that there are so many interpretations to choose from, how do we properly read and study the Bible? On this […]
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Exodus: Myth or History?
Many archaeologists today claim that the ancient Israelites were never actually in Egypt, and that the entire story of the Exodus is just an old […]
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American Gospel: Christ Crucified
On this program Shane Rosenthal talks with writer and director Brandon Kimber about his American Gospel documentary series. His first film, American Gospel: Christ Alone, […]
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Does Everyone Go to Heaven?
Not long ago, Netflix released a film about the life of Pentecostal preacher Carlton Pearson who stopped believing in hell after he claimed that God […]
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Why Do People Believe in Hell?
In a recent issue of the New York Times, an article by David Bentley Hart raised the question, “Why Do People Believe in Hell?” In […]
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Reaching the Next Generation
According to the stats, the majority of those raised in conservative Christian homes stop going to church sometime in their late teens and early twenties. […]
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The New Spiritual Landscape
The world is changing. So how are we to deal with the new spiritual landscape in which many of those who claim to follow Jesus […]
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Walking in Wisdom Toward Outsiders
In today’s hyper-partisan and media-saturated culture, we’re not trained to be good listeners. In fact, when it comes to discussing our religious or political convictions […]
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What Do Hindus Really Believe?
In secular West, there seems to be an increasing interest in a variety of Hindu concepts such as karma or reincarnation. But what are the […]
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What Does Your Neighbor Believe?
We frequently talk on this program about the importance of “knowing what you believe and why you believe it.” But it’s also really important to […]
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Virtue Signaling & The Culture of Busyness
According to David Zahl, “Our religious crisis today is not that religion is on the wane, but that we are more religious than ever, and […]
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The Secularization of Virtue, Shame & Identity
As they attempt to fill the void left by religion, many people in today’s culture are increasingly finding their identity and purpose in things such […]
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The Abrahamic Promise
In his fourth and final conference address on the doctrine of justification, Michael Horton discusses the important contrast that we find throughout Paul’s writings between […]
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Why Is Justification So Controversial?
If justification by grace alone through faith alone is such an important doctrine of Scripture, then why do so many Christians end up denying it? […]
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Why Does Justification Matter?
Martin Luther once said that justification by faith alone was “the doctrine by which the church stands or falls.” What is so special about this […]
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What Is Justification?
Michael Horton’s two-volume set on Justification was recently awarded Christianity Today’s book of the year award in the category of Theology / Ethics. As a […]
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The Messiah’s Mission
Especially at this time of the year, many people tend to think that the ultimate mission of the little baby Jesus was to inspire warm […]
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The ‘I Am’ Sayings of Jesus
As we’ve seen this year throughout our study of the Gospel of John, Jesus did not claim to be merely a helpful teacher or some […]
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The Incarnate Word
The opening of John’s Gospel declares to us that “the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Then later in verse 14 we’re […]
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The Identity of the Beloved Disciple
Though most people throughout church history have assumed that the Gospel of John was written by the Apostle John, as we’ve seen throughout our year-long […]