The Examine Podcast: Recent Episodes
Kyle Fagala, DDS, MDS
Join us as we kickoff a 5-week series on The Gospel called "The Gospel You Missed in Youth Group."
Dr. Michael Vracar teaches our first lesson on "Who Is God?”
Kyle Fagala leads a discussion on "The Legacy of C.S. Lewis", summarizing his life and major works. As you may know, C.S. Lewis was for many years an atheist and was the 2nd most recognized voice in Britain during the war. His books have sold millions and his theological works have influenced the minds of practically every pastor and minister for the past 50 years. His story is a compelling one, and I know you will enjoy learning more about it.
Eric Gentry (preaching minister at Highland Church) continues our 20 Questions series with a lesson on "What is the Trinity?" The Trinity is one of the least understood, yet most important Christian doctrines there is, so I hope you will find this lesson thought-provoking and faith-affirming.
Dr. Kyle Fagala continues our 20 Questions series with a lesson on "What is the Bible?" We look at four main questions: is the Bible authoritative, clear, necessary, and sufficient? We'll also do a live poll to see how our group views the Bible before (and after) the lesson. It goes without saying, but understanding the word of God is paramount to our faith - plus, I think you'll really enjoy this one.
Dr. Michael Vracar continues our 20 Questions series with a lesson on "What is God Like?"
Dr. Kyle Fagala continues our 4-week series on the New Testament with a lesson on the books of Romans through Jude.
Dr. David Flatt continues our 4-week series on the New Testament with a lesson on the Book of Acts.
Dr. Kyle Fagala kicks off our 4-week series on The New Testament with a lesson on The Gospel of Luke. We look at the five main sections of Luke, how Jesus’ life and ministry fulfill Old Testament promises and prophecies, and how Jesus brings God’s new order into motion.
Dr. Will Woodruff continues our Old Testament series with a lesson on the Prophets of and After the Exile. We will cover 7 prophets in all: Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
Dr. Kyle Fagala continues our series on The Old Testament with a lesson on the Wisdom of Israel. We will cover literary styles in the Bible and spend some time with the 5 books of Wisdom and Poetry: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.
Dr. Michael Vracar teaches the "Prophets Before the Exile": Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah. I know it's a lot to get through in one night, but I think you'll appreciate the information and themes that are discussed.
Dr. David Flatt looks at the hard question "What If I Doubt?" Is doubt a natural part to Christian faith? And, how should we react when we are faced with questions we don't know how to answer?
Dr. Kyle Fagala looks at the hard question "Why is there suffering?" If God is good and all powerful, then why does he allow us to suffer?
Drs. David Flatt and Kyle Fagala will look at the prophecies of the Old Testament that point to a coming Messiah and how Jesus fulfilled those promises with his life.
Dr. David Flatt continues our series on The Old Testament with a lesson on the books of Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, and 1&2 Chronicles, with a focus on The Rise and Fall of Israel's Kingdom.
Join us as we kick-off 2019 and continue our series on The Old Testament as Dr. David Flatt covers the books of Joshua and Judges, with a focus on The Promised Land.
Join us as we continue our series on The Old Testament as Dr. Kyle Fagala covers the fourth and final books of The Torah, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Dr. David Flatt continues our series on the Old Testament with the 2nd and 3rd books of The Torah: Exodus and Leviticus.
Dr. Kyle Fagala kicks off our multi-week survey of The Old Testament with Genesis, a profound, mysterious, and captivating book. We explore the themes of Genesis, principles for thinking about Genesis and Science, and how the stories of Genesis connect to Jesus.
Join us as we continue our 5-week series on Worldviews. A worldview is a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world. We are surrounded daily by people with different worldviews and this week Dr. Grant Dasher covers the worldview of Postmodernism. A postmodernist would believe that no definite terms, boundaries, or absolute truths exist, and this is obviously a very popular way of thinking these days.
Join us as we continue our 5-week series on Worldviews. A worldview is a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world. We are surrounded daily by people with different worldviews and this week Dr. Kyle Fagala will cover the worldview of Islamic Theism. Islam shares many beliefs and origins with Christianity. It is also the second biggest world religion, so it's a worldview that is definitely worth understanding better.
Join us as we continue a new 5-week series on Worldviews. A worldview is a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world. We are surrounded daily by people with different worldviews and this week Dr. Kyle Fagala will cover the worldview of Naturalism. Naturalism is the view that the natural world is all that there is and that we should only believe what can be scientifically proven.
Join us as we begin a new 5-week series on Worldviews. A worldview is a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world. We are surrounded daily by people with different worldviews and we will cover five over the next few weeks: Christian Theism, Naturalism, Nihilism, Postmodernism, and Islamic Theism. Dr. David Flatt will kick things off with an Introduction to Worldviews and the worldview of Christian Theism.
Dr. Kyle Fagala finishes our Christian Disciplines series with a lesson on How to Make Disciples.
Eric Gentry continues our Following the King series on Christian Disciplines with a very detailed and practical look at how to pray.
Dr. David Flatt shares the 5 P’s of Bible Reading: Prayer, Posture, Purpose, Plan, and Place.
Drs. Kyle Fagala and David Flatt share The Gospel by walking through 5 key verses in the book of Romans.
Dr. David Flatt concludes our Romans series with chapters 12-16 and how the Gospel unifies the Church.
Join us as Dr. Grant Dasher teaches on one of the most theologically challenging sections of the Bible, Romans 9-11.
Join us is Dr. Kyle Fagala summarizes Romans chapters 5-8. The live podcast was lost, so this is a 20-minute abridged version.
Dr. Grant and Jessica Dasher follow up our previous lessons on the Imago Dei with a look at God's design for courageous, kind, and sacrificial manhood. Our key verse for the night will be Genesis 1:27 - "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."
Join us as David Flatt follows up last week's lesson on the Imago Dei with a contrasting discussion on how and why our culture has distorted the Imago Dei.
Kyle Fagala kicks off our 4-week Reflect series with a discussion on the Imago Dei - the idea that we as humans are made in the Image of God. There are many deep and profound questions surrounding this topic, and I can't wait to discuss them together.
The Gospel loses its power without an actual, physical resurrection of the body of Christ. Paul says it like this in 1 Corinthians 15:14 - "And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain." David Flatt will discuss these questions in the final week of our Apologetics series with a lesson on "The Historical Argument for the Resurrection."
We continue our Apologetics series with a discussion on the topic of "Faith and Science." Dr. Grant Dasher will help lead us through this extremely relevant topic to see if these two fields of study and thought mostly coexist, complement, or contrast.
Join us as we discuss the question "Did the Universe Begin to Exist?" David Flatt will summarize Dr. William Lane Craig's famous Kalam Cosmological Argument and establish how a belief in God is more scientifically rational than ever before.
Dr. Kyle Fagala looks at fine-tuning in the universe and discusses whether physical necessity, chance, or design best explain this phenomena.
Join us as we begin our Apologetics series with a discussion on the question "Does Life Matter Without God?" We will dive deep into this philosophical question and look at the meaning, value, and purpose that exist in a reality with or without God.
Join us as we finish our series on A.W. Tozer’s classic book “The Attributes of God.” We will spend 5 weeks covering 2 characteristics of God each week. This week Dr. Kyle Fagala will look at God’s Holiness and Perfection.
Join us as we continue our series on A.W. Tozer’s classic book “The Attributes of God.” We will spend 5 weeks covering 2 characteristics of God each week. This week David Flatt will look at God’s Mercy and Grace.
Join us as we continue our series on A.W. Tozer’s classic book “The Attributes of God.” We will spend 5 weeks covering 2 characteristics of God each week. Eric Gentry will look at God’s Omnipresence and Immanence.
Dr. Kyle Fagala discusses God’s Goodness and Justice from A.W. Tozer’s “The Attributes of God.”
Is God infinite? Has God always existed? How big is God? Dr. Grant Dasher explores these questions and more as we begin our 5-week series on A.W. Tozer’s classic book “The Attributes of God.”
Do you have plans for this year? Have you set goals on improving your faith, family, friendships, and more? Join us as Dr. David Flatt leads on making 2018 your best year ever!
Join us as Eric Gentry finishes our series on Mere Christianity with a look at “Beyond Personality.”
Dr. Kyle Fagala summarizes Book 2 of C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity with a look at “What Christians Believe.”
Dr. Grant Dasher covers the introduction and Book One of Mere Christianity with a discussion on objective morality, primary vs. secondary doctrine, and a whole lot more.
Dr. David Flatt wraps up our False Doctrines series with a lesson on Christ and Culture, focusing on 4 different cultural periods in US history.
Dr. David Flatt leads us in a lesson on “False Gospels” including the Social Justice Gospel, the Prosperity Gospel, and the Political Gospel.
Dr. Kyle Fagala kicks off our False Doctrines series with an introduction including a discussion of good doctrine, a method for evaluating doctrines, and a look at the next 4 weeks of this series.
Dr. Kyle Fagala wraps up our Gospel series with a lesson on the question “Is Death The End?”
Dr. Kyle Fagala teaches on part 4 of our Gospel series with the question “What is Faith?”
Dr. Kyle Fagala leads part 3 of our Gospel series by exploring the question "Who is Jesus?"
Dr. David Flatt leads part 2 of our Gospel series with a look at the question "Who Am I?"
Dr. Kyle Fagala leads a discussion on the question of Who is God? The take home point is that God's essential character is both Holy and Loving.
Dr. Kyle Fagala explains the purpose of our new discipleship group for medical and dental students.