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In this episode, Tom Short and I share stories from campus, discuss evangelism in the context of the sexual revolution, the cultural victory (or chaos) of Hugh Hefner, and the point of contact.
In this episode, Tom Short and I share storeis from our week preaching on campus together.
A brief over of some points in Biblical Eschatology to point in the direction that we are not in the "last days" or "end times."
In this series, we've discussed starting a meeting, keeping a crowd, and the character of a preacher, but here we discuss how we close a meeting.
In the first two episodes we discussed how to get and how to keep a crowd, but here we discuss the character of the preacher. (Almost) as important as our message is our character - Paul tells Timothy to watch his life and doctrine closely, not only to save yourselves, but those who listen.
After drawing a crowd, which we discussed last week, it is important to be able to keep a crowd. In this episode, we discuss how we keep a crowd on campus while preaching.
After drawing a crowd, which we discussed last week, it is important to be able to keep a crowd. In this episode, we discuss how we keep a crowd on campus while preaching.
One of the most common questions I receive about open-air preaching is, how do you start? In this episode, I and my guest, Tom Short, lay out how we start preaching each day.
If there are any particular issues on preaching or apologetics you'd like me to (try to) answer, please reach out at Keith @ CampusPreacher.com
For the last 4 decades Tom Short has faithfully preached the Gospel on college campuses. I sat down with Tom to discuss the last 40 years of ministry.
This is part 1 of 2 on the life of Campus Preacher Jed Smock.
Note: I have no outro in this episode, so it ends abruptly, but we will pick it up next week.
Porn is ubiquitous in our culture. In this podcast, I have a couple discussions I have from campus on pornography.
Francis Schaeffer introduced me to the idea of pre-evangelism, which is an attempt to find a point of contact and tension in your neighbors non-Christian philosophy and then seeking to apply the Gospel to their life. This is a dialogue I had with a young woman on a campus, which is my attempt at some pre-evangelism.
A brief interaction with an Andy Stanley tweet and some thoughts on Beth Allison Barr on the "household codes" and the Christian house.
Beth Allison Barr's "The Making of Biblical Womanhood" is one of the latest attacks on creation and redemption. This work attempts to be an "insider" critique, an ex-complementarian that has seen the light of egalitarianism, but it is a sub-biblical anthropology, theology, and history.
Tacitus said that Christians were identified as “haters of the human race.” There is nothing new under the pluralist sun and Christians are still identified as “haters of humanity,” which is still the pretext of their marginalization/persecution in a pluralist State.
I first heard Rush Limbaugh in the early ’90’s, then in the summer of ’92, I read his book “The Way Things Ought to Be,” which had a profound influence on my thinking, and was a means the Lord used to bring me to the Gospel. This is a small tribute or thank you to Rush, acknowledging the places he influenced me.
I just wanted to use alliteration. Building from Ep. 76 on Isaiah 7 and Matthew’s use of “fulfillment” and the virgin birth, I wanted to further show how this hermeneutic applies to Matthew 2 and Hosea 11.
Matthew’s Gospel introduces Jesus via virgin birth, appealing to Isaiah 7, but, it is argued, that Isaiah 7 is not a predictive prophecy of an event 700 years into the future, but deals with the birth of a child during the life of King Ahaz. How doe we understand this?
Whether you are on the Right or the Left, I think it’s fairly plain that chaos abounds in the United States. The root issue is worship. In this episode, I seek to address our political idolatry and the way the forward.
What is reason? Reason is often thrown out in discussions, but it is often used differently by different people. In order to properly grasp the “argument from reason” for God’s existence, we need to properly understand reason.
A response to Tim Keller’s article in the New York Times about Christians the two party system and where Christians fit in.
At the beginning of this year, I first heard about the Cosmic Skeptic and watched a debate he had about “The Argument from Reason” as a proof for God. I don’t believe his naturalist/atheist position is tenable and I seek to explain why over a couple episodes. In this episodes, I discuss the metaphysical distinctions b/t naturalism and theism.
Debrief the FLF Conference and being asked on campus if I think men own women? My answer is “yes!” Well, husbands own their wives…
The charge of “Racist! Sexist! Anti-Gay!” is often lobbed at Christians. How should we understand and interact with this?
If you’re a Christian, you’ve probably been accused of being “racist,” “sexist,” and “anti-gay.” The early Church was accused of being cannibals, incestuous, and atheists. Rhetorical bullying is nothing new. How did we get here and where do we go? In this episode, and in the next two, Aaron Ventura of Christian Reformed Fellowship and I discuss just that.
Much evangelism begins with “sin” and “hell” and preach the Gospel as a means for the forgiveness of sin and salvation from Hell. This is often separated from the doctrine of creation and why God created the heavens and earth. Yet, man was made to have dominion over the whole earth and the through Adam’s rebellion that dominion was compromised. The Gospel, through the Second Adam, restores man to the Dominion Mandate.
J.D. Greear, the President of the SBC, gave a state of the union type address last week, discussing several key issues in the SBC along with Black Lives Matter. I think he misses the mark. Ironically, atheist Sam Harris hits a bullseye on what we need to do to move forward in the discussion.
I was asked, if you were leading the Reformed Churches during this time, what would you do? I think spending a few weeks preaching the holiness of God is in order. We have almost completely lost the idea of God’s holiness, even mentioning it makes people think of hellfire preaching. While a fruit of God’s holiness is that the wicked cannot stand in the congregation of the righteous, it is rooted in the beauty of God’s character and draws worship from the Saints.
Also, I briefly discuss dispensationalism and Eph. 3:6.
The riots and protests the past week has been classic American “revivalism,” people demonstrating great emotion, repenting, and taking up a new religious cause. In this ep, responding to a friends question about what I would do if I was in charge of the Reformed Church in given us a direction in our current crisis. In this episode, I discuss the call to commitment, take up your cross. BLM & the Communists call people to great religious devoting and Christians are often afraid to issue such a call.
Revolution and Conspiracy Theories are in the air. In this ep, I take a brief look at the religious nature of the protest, appealing to Eugene Peterson’s thoughts on crowds, and give a quick intro to the idea of conspiracy theories and the Christian.
In “How Jesus Became God” Bart Ehrman argues that the historian cannot determine if Jesus rose from the dead, but the historian can affirm that the disciples did in fact have “visions” of Jesus post crucifixion. Seek to show the internal incoherence of Ehrman’s view.
Bart Ehrman in “How Jesus Became God” argues that there is little historical probability to the Gospel’s account of Jesus’ burial and, obviously, his resurrection. In this episode, we look at Bart’s claim that the Roman’s would’ve left Jesus on the cross, that burial was in a mass grave, and that Pilate, being a bad hombre, wouldn’t have allowed Jesus to be buried. NOTE: He’s wrong on all accounts.
Dr Bart Ehrman argues in his book “How Jesus Became God” that the New Testament accounts of the burial of Jesus are internally and externally inconsistent with what the Gospels say, as well as what we know about the Roman Empire. In this episode, I look at Bart’s claims regarding internal incoherence of the Bible’s account of the burial of Jesus.
Dr Bart Ehrman is a popular author and professor from UNC-Chapel Hill. He’s a one time Evangelical turned agnostic and Bible critic. He’s superb with rhetoric and making forceful arguments, but much of that is, despite his contention, based on secular and enlightenment presuppositions. This is part 1 of a 3 part series looking at Bart’s historiography, then I will move on to the burial and resurrection of Jesus.
In his piece “Why I am Not a Christian,” Bertrand Russell suggests he’s not a Christian because of “the curious story” of Jesus and the fig tree, as well as the fact that Russell thinks Jesus predicted his “second coming” in the lifetime of his disciples. Russell doesn’t read the Bible very well, because if he understood the story of the fig, he would see it is related to Jesus “second coming” (Note: It’s not about the second coming!).
This is part two of Eddie Roman’s interview with me at the G3 Conference. Eddie works, largely, behind the scenes at Ray Comfort’s “Living Waters” ministry, which some of you may be familiar with.
This is part 1 of my interview with Eddie Roman. Eddie works with Ray Comfort and has joined me several times on campus, so he was a good person for me to sit down and talk with. We brush on evangelism stories, methods, and a bunch of parts inbetween.
“What must I do to be saved?” “There’s nothing you can do,” “Just accept Jesus,” or “Repent and be Baptized.” Inviting others to Jesus via baptism.
This episode we finish up our look at Bart Ehrman’s “Revelatory Moment About ‘god,'” And we look at David French’s idea that the Church has a politically correct/cancel culture problem.
This episode I discuss getting punched, a discussion with a trans student, and continue with a brief look at Bart Ehrman’s epistemology from his blog post “My Revelatory Moment about ‘god.’
Bart Ehrman recently wrote a blog post title “A Revelatory Moment About God.” Over the next couple of episodes, we will look at his revelatory moment, its implications, and how he is helpful in framing evangelistic and apologetic discussions.
Rush Limbaugh was diagnosed with late state lung cancer, so I speak briefly about how, of all people, he’s one of the people the Lord used to bring me to the Gospel via “The Way Things Ought to Be.” Also, Franklin Graham is cancelled in the UK, so what does that mean?
Last episode, we briefly discussed unbelieving man’s self-conception and in this episode we round out that discussion with the rise of Revoice/homosexual self-conception in the context of Christianity.
Over the past semester, during my discussion with some students on campus, they prefer the use of “queer” over “homosexual.” The shift in language, I believe is helpful in our evangelistic endeavors and communicating the Gospel to individuals.
This is part 2 of my interview with Christian Reformed Fellowship in Moscow, Idaho with Christ and Trinity Churches college ministry.
In early November, I ventured to the home of he-who-cannot-be-named and worked with his campus ministry to discuss campus ministry. This is part 1 of the interview with Collegiate Reformed Fellowship. It was a fun meeting and I think you will enjoy the interview.
A discussion with Hunter, a physics major, seeking to show “Why YHWH is the True God,” although we only end up trying to get Hunter to believe in the non-physical realm.
Eph. 2 tells us that men are spiritually dead, how does that related to evangelism? The idea that many have no interest in God or “spiritual things” shouldn’t surprise us, as it is the nature of man. Also, a brief dialogue with a young woman about whether or not my preaching is judgmental, at least a little.
There are different parts of the body and, obviously, the different parts serve different functions. The Church and its members are the Body of Christ, so each person serves their particular function – one sows, one waters, but God gives the increase. In my evangelism, I regularly see that I am one part of what God is doing on campus through me and the different groups on campus. In short, we need each other in our evangelism.
Is open-air preaching effective? What’s your definition of effective? Also, a discussion with Ali – a Muslim turned agnostic turned Mormon. He was very humble and seeking the truth, so I was trying to encourage him to continue to seek the Truth, Jesus of Nazareth.
John MacArthur told Beth Moore to “go home” with respect to women preachers, but what about women open-air preachers and women in evangelism? In this episode, I briefly look at the central role of women in evangelism and an interaction with two Christian men on women preachers in the Church.
JesusIsKing is Kanye’s new album. He’s right – Jesus is King! And, as the King, he has enemies. We discuss both in this episode and how the King comes to wash and die for his enemies.
I get asked about being a postmillennialist and we discuss the reality that the Bible teaches that God hates. What does this strange doctrine mean? I seek to brush on that in the context of open-air preaching where students accused me of “hate speech” and preaching that God “hates.” Well, I believe God hates. I don’t believe all “hate” is equal and we need to understand what the Bible means that God hates and that He loves.
Did David rape Bathsheba? I address some tweets/texts suggesting he did, and I seek to develop a paradigm for answering an objection to the Bible that “virgin’s must marry their rapist per Deut. 22:28-29.”
One of the most common questions I get is, how do you get started? I briefly discuss that here. Also, I am asked almost daily, “WHAT ABOUT THE JEWS?” Which is framed to suggest that any suggestion the Jews are not saved is some how anti-semitic…Here’s an interaction with a young man from campus after he asked, “I’m Jewish, am I going to Hell?” As always, I want to thank the All Saved Freak Band for allowing to use “Sower” in the intro and outro.
Here are two conversations from campus that are centered on the idea of “Christian Supremacy.” The basic idea is that something is going to be supreme in a culture and, since Jesus is the Truth, I maintain that Jesus and his supremacy ought to be maintained by the Christian. In the mind of many, the concept of “supremacy” means oppression, but it is the Most High God that comes and serves, washing the feet of his enemies.
Drew Brees took some heat from encouraging kids to bring their Bibles to school, then he took heat from some in the Church, and I think we need more wisdom on these types of issues. Also, I play two clips from campus. One discussion is with a humble agnostic kid and the other with a Christian seeking clarification.
Robert Jay Lifton has an outstanding book called “Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of ‘Brainwashing’ in China.” In chapter 22, he lays out 8 phenomena of “Ideological Totalism” and he discusses “thought-terminating cliches.” This is an important concept that is helpful in our evangelism, because we realize that people are given cliches to prevent them from thinking further and deeper about issues. Once we recognize these cliches, we have the opportunity to deal with this terminating language and press certain issues further.
A couple weeks ago, there was a glitch in the matrix, so Ep. 29 & 30 did not properly upload. This week I’m blessed with something close to laryngitis, so it works well for me. In this episode, I finish my interaction with Peter Atherton’s NYTimes opinion piece “The God Problem,” which isn’t really a problem, but a problem with poor definitions.
As the Church faces increasing social marginalization, we need to return to the basics of the church and evangelism.
Central to our evangelism is addressing the nature and reality of sin. Often sin is dealt with in a trivial – everyone knows they’re a sinner – so we rarely address the depths of the nature of the sin of man in our evangelism and relying on “human flourishing” or mere psychological categories. A recovery of the reality of sin is what our soul sick culture needs.
Joshua Harris, an influential “purity culture” advocate and pastor, has renounced the Faith. We look at his apostasy and seek to relate it to the most common question I get in the Church, “How do you keep your kids in the Faith?”
We brush on Joshua Harris’ divorce and #PurityCulture, as well as continue our response to Dr Peter Atterton’s “A God Problem.”
Over the next few weeks, I’ll look at God’s attributes of omnipotence, omnibenevolence, and omniscience, and whether or not they present a problem for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This week I focus on omnipotence.
Intro and outro music: All Saved Freak Band “The Sower.”
In March, the NY Times published an opinion piece arguing that theism, understood as “God” being an “omnipotent,” “omniscient,” and “omnibenevolent” being is incoherent. I introduce that issue, which we will address over the next few weeks each one of these attributes and seek to show they are actually coherent.
Norm Geisler passed today, so I speak about his influence on me early on in my Christian life, and then I address “why pluralism?” or, really, why so many different religions? At the Tower of Babel God divided the Nations and handed them over to the “sons of God,” but kept Israel for himself.
In this episode, we look at the claims of pluralism, both religious and political, that suggest the exclusivist religious claims are arrogant intellectually and morally. We show that pluralism is open to the same charges they make against exclusivism and is in fact an “exclusivistic” point of view. The ASFB leads us in and out with “The Sower.”
The early Church was birthed in the Roman Empire, a pluralist society that persecuted the early church. The American Empire has some parallels to the Roman Empire, including pluralism, and it is willing to tolerate all forms of worship, as long as they fall in line with the American Empire. This week, building out of Francis Schaeffer, we look at why the early church was persecuted and how that squares with current pluralist notions. Thanks to The All Saved Freak Band for allowing me to use “Sower” for my intro and outro.
Pluralism is a central element of our society and any evangelism is going to have to deal with pluralist objections, both intellectual and psychological. We introduce the issue this week as well as look at A.W. Tozer’s “The Old Cross and the New”
Ever so brief look at Horus and Mithra re: Christianity copying their religious dogmas. We also touch on revival and prayer in the expansion of the Kingdom.
This episode I round out the historicity of Jesus and touch on the idea that the Pauline Epistles are actually “mythological” in nature and not rooted in a real, historical Jesus. As always, the All Saved Freak Band’s “Sower” brings us in and out.
Abortion is front and center in the news, so I explain how I discuss the topic on campus. And I round out the fact of arguing for the historical resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth by 1 Cor 15:1-9 and Gal. 1 & 2. Also, as always, I’d like to thank the AllSavedFreakBand.com for allowing me to use their music for my intro and outro.
We look at eradicating materialist presuppositions in the believer, briefly look at the practical aspect of engaging an unbeliever with the Bible or utilizing other resources in persuading the unbeliever, and then give a brief account on why we believe the crucifixion with a real, historical event.
In this episode, I address the “Christ Myth,” the idea that Jesus of Nazareth didn’t really exist, but is the invention of the early Church. We look at the internal evidence from the Bible, as well the work of Tacitus and Josephus. In short, yes, he existed.
In this episode, I begin to lay out the historical case for Jesus’ resurrection. I lay out why you should believe the Gospels were written within 40 years of the death of Jesus by eyewitnesses or secondhand accounts. The intro and outro music is provided by the All Saved Freak Band. You can visit my website at CampusPreacher.com, if you have any questions for me.
This episode we wrap up our brief outline on doing apologetics to Jews and we cover Daniel 7 and Mark 13. Mark 13 is about the destruction of Jerusalem and not the “second coming.” Also and as always, I want to thank the All Saved Freak Band for allowing me to use their song “Sower” for my intro and outro.
This is part 3 of our 4 part series on “The Jewish Question.” Basically, why do we believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah? In this episode, we take a brief look at Daniel 9 and how it tells us the timing of the Messiah.
This is part 2 of our, now, 4 part series on evangelizing/apologetics with our Jewish friends. In this episode, I look at Daniel 2 and the the prophetic timing of the coming of the Kingdom, which is during the Roman Empire. And what happened? The Kingdom came just like Daniel said it would. Thanks to the All Saved Freak Band for allowing me to use their music for my introduction.
A common claim is that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are the Abrahamic Faiths. There’s some truth to this, but Christians need to show that the Abrahamic Faith points to Jesus and not to modern Judaism or Islam.
This is episode 8 of The Campus Preacher Podcast. In this episode, we look at some fruitful discussions on campus, and seek to show that “I Don’t Know” needs to be part of your apologetic.
Episode 7 of the Campus Preacher Podcast – I share about evangelism on campus and give a brief intro to “Catholics and Canon.” Thanks to the All Saved Freak Band for allowing me to use their “Sower” song for my intro and outro.
The preaching of the Gospel will be met with intellectual and emotional objections. Most of the emotional objections include the assertion that the one evangelizing is intolerant, judgmental, and hates, so how do address that issue?
In Episode 4 of the Campus Preacher Podcast, I look at the Barna Groups’ discovery that 44% of Christians “would avoid discussions about my faith if my non-Christian friend would reject me.” We show that the New Testament addresses this fear with the hope of the Gospel and that Christians are beginning to internalize the world’s narrative.. If you have any questions, please contact me on twitter @CampusEvangel or via email @ Keith@ CampusPreacher.com
This is episode 3 of the Campus Preacher Podcast. We finish our introductory discussion on the Gospel and Hellfire and Brimstone preaching, as well as give a brief look at Psalm 2 and its import for evangelism and speaking to the rulers and governors.
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In this Episode of the Campus Preacher, I address the shade I threw at John MacArthur’s hell Gospel, give a brief historical background for the term Gospel, and seek to answer the question, “Who Made God?”
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Welcome to the Campus Preacher Podcast. In Episode 1 the Campus Preacher, Keith Darrell, is introduced and the trajectory of the podcast set – encourage and equip Christians in the work of evangelism. We will seek to do this in three ways: Discussions on Evangelism, Apologetics, and Rhetoric.
If a Christian is to bring the Gospel into the Public Square (evangelize), he needs to be prepared to defend the Gospel (apologetics) and to speak to our cultural context (rhetoric). Welcome to the Campus Preacher Podcast.