Come Let Us Reason Podcast: Recent Episodes
Lenny Esposito
Welcome to Come Let Us Reason Together, the podcast from Lenny Esposito and Come Reason Ministries. Here, we dig deeply into ways Christianity shows itself as an intelligent and rational faith. Episodes include topics about faith, ethics, worldview, and philosophy from a distinctly Christian perspective. Join us each week and see just how rational faith can be!
"God Is Dead!" - How Nietzsche’s Shocking Legacy Impacts Our Culture
In this eye-opening episode of Come Let Us Reason Together, Dr. Greg Ganssle unpacks Friedrich Nietzsche's life, from his tragic youth to his "death of God" declaration and the Übermensch vision. Through a Christian lens, explore how his ideas fuel today's relativism, mental health crises, and quest for self-made meaning—contrasting it with Jesus' abundant life. Discover why Nietzsche's warnings about nihilism echo in our chaotic world, and find why his ideas lead to hopelessness while Christ gives true hope.
Mind Shift: Create a Life-Changing Turning Point in Your Faith
In this eye-opening talk, discover how shaping your intellect according to historic Christian beliefs shields you from worldly conformity, leading to true victory in faith. This transformative session reveals how avoiding worldly conformity through intellectual renewal leads to humility, divine wisdom, God-sensitivity, and developing your spiritual gifts—all key to pleasing God.
Epic Apologetics Q&A on God, Creation, Family, and Why Atheism Fails!
In this must-watch panel, experts bridge faith and reason, addressing debates with atheists on transcendent truth, old vs. young earth views, the emptiness of critical theory, the family crisis, and denominational harmony. Find inspiration to defend your faith with humility, evidence, and the transformative power of Christ's hope.
Christianity and Our Turning Point: What Charlie Kirk's Slaying Means for America
In the wake of Charlie Kirk's tragic murder during a campus debate, this video explores the deep cultural rot exposed by this act of hatred. From the rise of political violence in a post-Christian society to the dangers of progressive ideologies that fuel division, we delve into why this pivotal moment signals the decline of Western values. Drawing on Scripture and history, discover how Christians can respond with righteousness, resist demonization, and steer our nation toward true flourishing—before it's too late.
Tim Kaine's Godless Rights Claim Destroyed: Divine Truth Exposed!
In this explosive podcast, Lenny Esposito and Dr. Darren Guerra dismantle Sen. Tim Kaine's controversial dismissal of religion as the foundation of rights, contrasting it with the Declaration of Independence's divine endowment. They expose moral relativism's dangers, differentiate positive rights demanding labor from negative ones protecting freedoms like speech, and tackle abortion's personhood debate. Rooting rights in God's character and individual worth, they champion self-evident truths over government overreach, urging ordered liberty amid viral backlash to Kaine's claims.
The Christian’s Secret Weapon for Surviving Secular College
In the modern college landscape, students of faith confront DEI-driven ideologies, cultural relativism's ethical traps, and technology's critical thinking pitfalls. In this episode, Dr. Owen Anderson joins Lenny to reveal strategies to thrive: resisting shifts for diverse viewpoints, overcoming self-censorship through resilience, leveraging historical insights, and building supportive communities with mentors to transform the college experience into opportunities for growth and influence.
New Discovery Shakes Life's Origins: Proof of Intelligent Design?
This eye-opening conversation uncovers the complexities of life's origin, scrutinizing the RNA world hypothesis against molecular biology's harsh realities. Experts Dr. Brian Miller and Dr. Casey Luskin join Lenny to discuss DNA-protein interdependence, polymerization challenges in water, and why self-organization doesn't explain life's emergence. With probabilistic hurdles in focus, they emphasize the need for a paradigm shift in scientific research to better address these fundamental questions.
The Selfie Society: How Hyper-Individualism Is Killing Our Soul
In this conversation, Lenny Esposito and Pascal Emmanuel Gobry explore the erosion of timeless norms in society, the cultural shifts occurring in America and Europe, and the implications of self-centeredness in the selfie generation. They discuss the role of social norms, etiquette, and the importance of family and marriage in maintaining a healthy society. The conversation also touches on the dangers of genetic screening and the anti-natalist movement, emphasizing the need for a cultural revival rooted in transcendent values.
Becoming More Than Conquerors: Exercising Heroic Faith
In this inspiring talk based on Romans 8:31-39, explore the believer's God-given gifting to triumph as more than conquerors, mirroring superheroes with invincible strength. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Christians access unlimited divine resources and spiritual gifts, ensuring nothing can separate them from God's love. Through instant prayer connection to the Creator, you're equipped to combat evil in a society that cherishes wickedness. Embrace this calling to become an unstoppable force for righteousness, turning personal battles into testimonies of supernatural victory.
Working Together for the Good: Reconciling Predestination and Free Will
Are your choices truly yours, or is everything predestined? This video dives deep into the tension between Calvinistic determinism and Armenian free will, exploring how these perspectives shape our understanding of salvation. We introduce God’s Middle Knowledge as a mind-blowing solution that bridges the gap between divine sovereignty and human freedom. With clear explanations and relatable insights, this talk will challenge your assumptions and spark meaningful reflection on how God’s plan and your choices intertwine in the journey to salvation.
God And Allah the Same? The One Fact Everyone Misses in the Debate
The question of whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God has set the Internet on fire, with the Roman Catholic Church arguing "Yes" based on philosophical reasoning. But is this claim accurate? In this Come Let Us Reason Podcast, Lenny Esposito tackles the debate, dissecting the arguments and highlighting a critical flaw that undermines the "same God" position. Esposito argues that the differences in how each faith describes God are irreconcilable, offering a definitive case against shared worship. This episode provides a clear, engaging analysis that challenges conventional thinking and invites listeners to explore the theological divide. Tune in for a compelling discussion that reshapes the conversation.
From Prison to Freedom: The Power of Living In the Spirit
Join us for an uplifting message on Romans 8, where Lenny explores how Christ’s victory over sin transforms our lives. As recipients of the great rescue from the flesh, from the law and from death, we must seek a new way of living. Through the gripping story and sound biblical teaching, discover how to break free from the old life and embrace the new.
Spider-Man 3 and the Struggle with Sin
What can a superhero movie teach us about the power of sin and how Christians should live? Quite a bit, actually! Our battle with the attraction to doing what we shouldn’t is so universal, it should be no surprise that it shows up in our stories—especially in films like Spider-Man 3, where the concept of good an evil is on full display For the natural man, sin is the ultimate master of one's actions both prior to conversion and possibly afterwards, if we let it. Here we see how Tobey McGuire's Spider-Man brings us a vivid illustration of what happens when we allow that sin nature to overtake us. We’ll also look at practical ways to escape the clutches of that fate.
The tragic killing of a Minnesota state rep exposes a deeper crisis: America’s drift from Christian values. Join Lenny and his guests, Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel as they unpack how relativism and political tribalism are fueling violence and division, how politics has replaced morality as America’s yardstick, and why Christians must stand firm to restore morality and civility in a chaotic world!
The Irrefutable Resurrection: Why Skeptics Can’t Crack the Case
In this gripping conversation, Gary Habermas and Lenny Esposito explore why the resurrection remains unrefuted after 2,000 years of scrutiny. Discover how scholarship silences even the toughest critics and learn how to navigate conversations with skeptics using undeniable evidence. This episode unpacks the historical evidence, including New Testament scholarship, and explains why popular counterarguments fail to offer any cohesive alternative. They discuss the importance of eyewitness testimony, the limitations of naturalistic theories, and how to engage with skeptics effectively. Become empowered with a robust defense of your faith!
Is God Making a Comeback? Why Secular Thinkers Are Turning to Christianity!
From Jordan Peterson to Douglas Murray, prominent secular intellectuals are giving Christianity credit for shaping the West. But does this signal a revival of faith? Harry Edwards, Lenny Esposito, and Dr. Peter Harris explore Justin Brierley’s The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, discussing why New Atheism collapsed and what’s next for belief in God. Tune in for a fascinating analysis!
Pride Month Exposed: Manipulation or Celebration of Human Nature?
Unpack the hidden motives behind Pride Month, questioning whether it uplifts or exploits humanity’s basest instincts. Lenny is joined by commentator Bethel McGrew when they trace the movement’s roots from Stonewall to today’s corporate-backed celebrations, exploring how identity politics overshadows virtue, reason, and beauty. Their discussion dives into the mental health challenges within the LGBTQ+ community and the Christian perspective on navigating these cultural shifts with moral integrity.
My LIVE Conversation with Mormons
In this captivating doorstep conversation, Lenny lovingly challenges Mormon missionaries on the Book of Mormon’s credibility, pointing out its internal contradictions and lack of evidence. With a winsome tone, he engages LDS theology and shares the transformative power of the true Gospel. Don’t miss this powerful moment!
Why We’re ALL Born Sinners — And How Jesus Saves Us!
Discover the Christian teaching of original sin, that every baby is born with a sinful nature, which separates us from God. This video explores how in Adam we inherit a corrupted human nature, one that pulls us towards rebellion. But through the Second Adam—Jesus—we have the gift of justification, restoring our relationship with God. Learn practical ways to avoid sin by following Christ’s model of grace. We’ll unpack the theology behind original sin, its impact on humanity, and how grace transforms lives. Perfect for Christians seeking to deepen their faith and live a holy life, inspired by Jesus’s example.
The Shocking Truth About Finding Joy When the World Hates You
Jesus promised that the world would hate His followers, yet He also commanded us to have joy. How can we experience joy in a world that often opposes our beliefs? This podcast delves into the paradoxical nature of Christian joy, showing how it flourishes even in adversity. Through scriptural teachings, you'll learn that joy is not dependent on circumstances but on our relationship with God. Embrace the truth that suffering can be a catalyst for joy and spiritual growth, and discover practical ways to cultivate this joy in your daily life.
Faith Under Fire? Engaging Tough Questions with Confidence!
When your Christian faith faces tough questions, are you ready to respond? This video empowers students to stand strong. In Part 1, Lenny shares simple, effective ways to engage in spiritual discussions, teaching you how to connect with skeptics, ask thought-provoking questions, and present biblical truths with clarity and kindness. In Part 2, watch Lenny put these techniques into practice in a live Q&A, answering real student questions. This video equips you to share Jesus confidently in any setting. Watch now, share with friends, and get ready to tackle doubts with boldness and love.
Should Christian Morality Shape Our Laws? A Deep Dive
Can Christian morality guide modern governance without alienating a diverse society? This podcast explores the provocative question of whether biblical principles, like ordered love—prioritizing God, family, and community—should influence legislation. Dr. Darren Guerra and Dr. Jacob Daneil join Lenny to discuss whether governments share the same moral duties as individuals, such as charity and justice, or if their role is distinct. The discussion traces the rule of law’s roots to Christian ethics while questioning how far biblical mandates should extend to secular institutions. Should governments enforce virtues like forgiveness or stewardship, or is their purpose purely pragmatic? With rising cultural divides, we examine if Christian morality offers a unifying framework or risks exclusion. Join us for a nuanced debate on balancing faith, freedom, and governance in today’s world.
Can the Gospel Win Back Jewish Hearts? A Bold Vision
Brian J. Crawford shares a hopeful vision for Jewish evangelism. Dive into the seismic shift in Jewish identity after the Second Temple’s fall. From priestly rituals to rabbinical wisdom, explore how the Talmud reshaped Jewish thought and why figures like Maimonides still spark debate today. With Lenny Esposito, they discuss how the gospel could spark renewed interest among Jews. Watch this inspiring talk!
Christianity Flatlining or Fighting Back? The Results Are In!
The latest Pew survey drops a bombshell: Christianity in America isn't fading—it's holding steady. But what's next for faith in the U.S.? In this discussion, Lenny is joined by Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel who help uncover the cultural shifts, demographic changes, and rising diversity of beliefs reshaping the spiritual landscape. We dig into how Christians can adapt, engage, and evangelize in this evolving world. What does it all mean for the church’s role in society? Is Christianity on life support or gearing up for a comeback? Watch now for a thought-provoking look at the surprising trends defining faith’s future in America!
Is God Accountable for Evil?
The Problem of Evil has always been one of the most difficult questions for all belief systems. Christianity teaches that a perfect God created all people knowing that every one of them would be thoroughly evil. He even gave his commands to the Jews, knowing they wouldn’t be able to keep his laws. How can God then judge us, knowing we were made fallible? Doesn’t this also make God ultimately responsible for the evil we see in our world? Explore the answer to why God isn't culpable for our evil acts in this podcast.
Q&A Panel - Conquering the Challenges of Culture
Lenny Esposito is joined on stage by J. Warner Wallace, Dr. Hugh Ross, Joe Dallas, Becket Cook, and Monique Duson for a fascinating Q&session recorded at a recent Dare to Defend Conference. Here, they tackle issues such as whether a Christian should attend a loved one’s gay wedding, how to approach the CRT issue, how the universe’s beginning matches the biblical account, and so much more! It’s a stimulating 90-minute conversation that will leave you wanting even more!
The Most Insidious Sin
What is the worst of all sins? Brutality? Rape? Murder? Church fathers like Augustine and Aquinas saw those as true evils, but they also understood all evil stems first from putting our inner desires first, before God. Thus, it is the sin of Pride they held as the root of every other kind of evil. is possibly the worst of all sins.
In this podcast, I’ll be unpacking a sin that is too often overlooked–especially so in the church! See how the ignored practice of Vainglory is subtlety malicious and, as C.S. Lewis noted, able to transform a good man into an absolute scoundrel. Yet, in the 21st century we are more in danger of falling prey to it than ever before. In fact, very visible Christians have been corrupted already. Join in and learn how to tackle the most insidious sin.
How a Hijacker Tested My Faith: A Passenger's Inspiring Story
In this episode, Lenny interviews Daniel Pop, a passenger on the attempted hijacking in Melbourne, Australia. Daniel opens up about surviving the hijacking attempt as well as enduring the heartbreaking loss of a child, two events that shook his world. He discusses how the faith modeled by his family who themselves were forced to flee a communist dictatorial regime led him to a stronger, more grounded belief. Watch and see how you may find hope and meaning even in life’s toughest moments.
Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: When Faith Surrenders to Secularism
Lenny Esposito and John G. West unpack “Stockholm Syndrome Christianity,” a trend where Christian leaders embrace secular ideologies over biblical truth. From cultural influences to critiques of figures like Andy Stanley and Francis Collins, this discussion reveals the corruptions creeping into modern Christian practice and offers insights on how believers can identify wolves in sheep’s clothing while standing firm in their faith.
Evangelicals, Politics, and Trump: The Future of American Christianity?
Analysts have reported that evangelicals that made the difference in electing Donald Trump, but do evangelical beliefs reflect the aspirations of Trump supporters? in looking at the data, there are other, underlying issues that aren’t necessarily discussed in media reports.On this podcast I bring you a discussion with Dr. Darren Guerra and Logan Zeppieri, two political experts who look at just what motivated voters during the 2024 election, how the term evangelical is applied differently in a political context and just what it mean to be a believer in our current political climate.
Ordo Amoris: The Christian Teaching Everyone Got Wrong
Discover how ordo amoris, a fundamental Christian teaching on the order of love, has been misunderstood by political commentators. From oversimplification to ideological bias, Lenny uncovers why the concept is being distorted, sets the record straight on its theological origins, and explain why it’s still relevant today.
Comics, Murder... and the Gospel? How a Detective Turned Comic Creator Is Redefining Christian Storytelling.
J. Warner Wallace, a seasoned detective, sits down with Lenny Esposito to share the secrets behind his leap into graphic novels. This episode dives into blending crime-solving realism with a Christian worldview, engaging readers, and tackling big ideas like human worth in a fresh way.
Christianity for Thinking People: The William Lane Craig Interview
Can Christian faith stand up to rigorous thought? The answer is a resounding yes and you can see why in this interview with Dr. William Lane Craig on his latest project, Systematic Philosophical Theology. This innovative work explores why Christianity isn’t just for the heart but for the head, it isn’t afraid to ask hard questions, and shows how Christianity can be a thrilling intellectual adventure for those who crave a thinking person’s spirituality.
The Authority of Scripture
Why Should we trust the Bible as the sole authority of our faith and how do we know that only these books and no others are the genuine words of God? In this podcast, Lenny explores how Christians should understand why scripture holds the ultimate authority for those who want to be true disciples of Jesus and his teachings. The doctrine of the inspiration of scripture and what it means to be God-breathed is essential for every believer to understand and why only the scriptures—not traditions—hold the final say on how we live in a way that Jesus himself taught.
Battling the War Against the Family
What is the next most dangerous thing that we as a society face? What is the next big battle standing against our traditional values and our understanding to be human? Culture seems to be devaluing family and the incredibly dangerous ramifications we are facing as marriage happens later and birthrates drop precipitously. It's an issue you don’t hear talked about in church pulpits, but the threat is significant and we need to think more deeply about it.
Hidden Ways The Gospels Prove Reliable
Can we trust the Gospels? Why should people place their trust in documents written so long ago that don't even agree with each other? In this podcast, Lenny investigates some interesting facts which cannot be written off as coincidences and demonstrate why the Gospels are reliable history.
Can We Trust the Gospels About Jesus? Featuring Wesley Huff
What’s the truth about the Gospels we have today? There has been no more scrutinized religious literature that the New Testament and specifically the gospel accounts of Jesus’s life. Here, we talk with Bible scholar Wesley Huff, recently seen on the Joe Rogan Experience, about the authorship of the four Gospel accounts and their reliability. Find out why you can be confident that the story of Jesus in the New Testament is history!
Unraveling Faith: Are the Resurrection Claims of Jesus Supported by FACTS?
In this enlightening podcast episode, Lenny, along with Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel, dives deep into the historical accounts of Jesus' resurrection, examining the compelling reasons to believe in this central Christian event. With an analysis of the gospel narratives alongside crucial discussions on factual evidence, we explore why competing theories often fall short. Join us on a thought-provoking journey to understand the profound explanatory power of resurrection belief in Christianity!
Why Does God Remain Hidden?If God really wants us to believe in him, then why doesn’t He show himself more clearly? The idea that God is hidden, that if he were real he would provide obvious signs to us mere mortals proving his existence is a charge that many skeptics have leveled against believers. When asked what he would say if after he died he was face to face with God, atheist Bertrand Russel famously replied “Not enough evidence!”
Today, I bring you a talk I recently gave at the Defend Conference in New Orleans. Here I address the charge that God’s hiddenness counts against him being real, tackling issues like the so-called missing miracles today, as well as some more sophisticated objections, like those given by philosopher J.L Shellenberg. We will learn why God’s hiddenness is actually important and good for us.
What Defines a True Christian?
Is there such a thing as a Deep Fake Christian? The problem of deep-fake Christians—those who act and sound like true followers of Jesus when their beliefs are actually different than what he taught—has been a real problem ever since the inception of the church. How can one tell what marks a true Christian from someone who has been corrupted by a deep fake? Is it simply a desire to follow Jesus, to follow the conviction of the Holy Spirit? As the Apostle John warned the local church in his day, we must be careful because there are wolves out there who like to dress as sheep and, as they say, The Devil's in the details.
Top Podcasts of 2024
The Come Let Us Reason Podcast celebrated its 18th year with an amazing assortment of topics and interviews. With ourexponential growth on YouTube, we are seeing more people than ever before watching or listening to these episodes. Here arekey snippets from six of the most popular shows, including issues about Christian cults, science, the woke left,evolution, and more.
Is It Possible to Be Good Without God? What’s Necessary for Morality
Investigate if secular ethics can stand on their own without religious foundations. In this interview with Dr. David Horner on his new book Metaethics: A Short Companion, we explore what is objective morality, how atheists, naturalists, and those of other belief systems ground their morality and why the Christian understanding of what constitutes “the good” makes the most sense.
The Nobel Prize as Evidence of Intelligent Design
What does this year’s Nobel Prize have to do with intelligent design? A lot more than you may imagine! On this episode I’ve invited Dr. Fazale Rana from Reasons to Believe and Dr. Casey Luskin from the Discovery Institute to review and discuss the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of micro-RNAs and how it supports intelligent design and weakens the evolutionary paradigm. Join us as we dive into a fascinating discussion on the mechanisms of life.
Redesigning Humanity? Christianity and Modern Body Identity Trends
There’s been a clear cultural push towards viewing one's body as simply a canvas that may be modified for personal expression. But such a view is shortsighted and can be dangerous, powering ideas as radical as transgender surgeries. The Bible holds our bodies as sacred, a substantial part of what makes one human. Is the desire to modify our bodies costing us our dignity? How do our bodies reflect our creation in God's image? Explore a robust theology of the body and how it fits in God's design.
Deconstructing World Religions: Why the Bible Stands Apart!
Ever pondered how different religions of the world stack up against each other in their claims to be true? What if we were to "deconstruct" the faiths of the world and boil them down to their bare essentials. Would they still make sense? This video compares the teachings, worldview, and moral aspects of Christianity and measures them against other major religious systems, revealing why only the Bible and its doctrines can be confidently asserted as coming directly from God.
Thanksgiving Decoded: The Christian Roots of America's Favorite Holiday
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? Discover the theological underpinnings and historical events that established Thanksgiving as a day of national gratitude and America’s last religious holiday. Understand why giving thanks isn't just a ritual but a recognition of the God of the Bible. Ideal for those seeking a deeper understanding beyond the turkey and pie.
The Battle for Our Minds: Is Technology Rewiring Our Beliefs?
Are we being unknowingly reprogrammed by the digital world? This discussion uncovers the alarming ways social media manipulates our minds, challenges Christian worldviews, and reshapes humanity's connection to truth, faith, and freedom. Here’s how to stand firm in faith amidst a growing digital onslaught.
The Cost of Grace: Persecution as Part of the Christian Faith
Although not often preached today, suffering and persecution are intrinsic to Christian discipleship. Jesus Himself foretold suffering for His followers, early Church Fathers, like Tertullian, viewed suffering as a badge of honor and a means of testifying to the truth of Christianity, and suffering through persecution provides every Christian a means to prove and strengthen his or her faith. Martyrdom is not mere endurance; it is participation in the redemptive work of Christ.
From Family Values to Family Crisis: The Hidden War Against Families
The last two decades have seen an assault against traditional values and traditional structures of society more than ever before. Trans-activists are leveraging politicians to separate children from parents. Elementary schools push soft porn books in schools. And people are having fewer babies while tech promises to outsource pregnancy. In this talk, taken from the Come Reaon Dare to Defend Conference, Lenny presents a Christian understanding of why the family is under fire, the hidden threats that lie ahead, and what we need to do about it.
Are Atheists Losing Faith in Atheism? The Surprising Return of God
In an age of scientific progress and secularization, many would expect belief in God to decline—but recent trends suggest otherwise. In this video, we explore Justin Brierley’s compelling insights from his new book, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, and discover why a growing number of atheists and skeptics are beginning to question their disbelief. Join us as we dive into the philosophical, scientific, and cultural shifts sparking new conversations about God’s existence.
God’s Masterpiece: Why Little Acts of Faith Make a Big Impact
In this talk, we explore how even the smallest acts of ministry hold incredible significance in God's grand design. Like an artist carefully adding brushstrokes to a canvas, every kind word, simple gesture, and unnoticed deed contributes to a masterpiece that reflects God's purpose for mankind. We'll uncover how God finds immense value in each act, no matter how small it seems, and how these moments are woven together to reveal His greater plan. Join us to discover the power of small, faithful actions and how you play a vital role in the divine masterpiece He’s creating.
False Teachings Exposed: A Christian's Guide to Discernment
Ever since its beginnings, Christianity has battled false teachers. However, today the church is facing false teachings that take on a more nuanced approach. Some of our most popular and influential worship producers and book authors hold to dangerous doctrines. As thoughtful believers, how can we recognize heretical doctrines or misleading teachers? And how do we check our own beliefs to make sure they are true? Using a story form Jeremiah as an example, we learn why we need to be discerning Christians and just how to do so.
Apologetics and the Arts: The Doug Powell Interview
Is defending the faith only an intellectual exercise? There’s another way God reveals his existence: through beauty and the arts. Doug Powell is an accomplished musician working with such top-level artists like Alan Parsons, Sixpence None the Richer, and Wilco. He’s also a novelist and an apologist. Here, we discuss art and beauty and how these virtues can also point to the truth of the Gospel.
Richard Dawkins and Why Cultural Christianity Isn't Enough
Richard Dawkins is arguably the world’s foremost atheist. Yet he like Sam Rubin, Douglas Murray, Tom Holland and others claims to be a cultural Christian. Why would the man who paid for bus advertisements dismissing God want to be identified with Christianity? Dawkins likes the benefits of living in a Christian society. But what Dawkins forgets is for any society to sustain the fruits of Christianity, there needs to be a strong root of true belief in Jesus. Enjoy this riveting discussion with myself, Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel as we discuss the cultural Christian phenomenon.
The Bible is undeniably unique among the books of the world. No other book has sold more copies, been at the forefront of new technologies and been the most challenged, studies, scrutinized, and debated text the world over. Yet, it stands as the preeminent revelation of God’s message to his people. In this podcast, we look at what inspiration means and see the power of God’s word to change lives as well as how it withstands all attacks.
Virtuous Leaders and Why They Matter
Leadership. It's lauded as essential to managing a group, but what effect do leaders really have? The question of leadership has increased in relevance these days as it seems that no matter on what side of the political aisle one resides, good leaders are becoming more and more rare.
In this study of Jeremiah Chapters 34 and 35, Lenny explores the concept by looking at a stark contrast in leadership between the bad and the good. You can find opens all kinds of parallels to issues we face today and our text even helps us understand how faithful Christians can navigate today’s ignoble politics where perhaps no good leaders may be found.
Bethel Church and the New Apostolic Reformation: Christian or Cult?
Many people have been attracted to Bethel Church and the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. However, the movement’s emphasis on modern-day apostles and prophets shows dangerous signs of being more about power and control than creating a church faithful to Jesus’s teachings. Here I engage in a roundtable discussion with Anthony Costello, Dr, Douglas Geivett, and Holly Pivec, exposing NAR as something more counterfeit than Christian.
Why the Virgin Birth Matters: The Rhyne Putman Interview
Ever since the earliest days of the church, the idea that Jesus was born of a virgin became crucial to understand certain aspects of Christianity. It was included in the church creeds and has dramatic implications to how we understand who Jesus is and all he come to accomplish as savior. In this interview, Dr. Rhyne Putman joins me to explore many of the meanings and objections he covers in his new book.
Calvinism, Arminianism, and God's Middle Knowledge
Salvation. How do we understand it? Within the church there are two primary views that Christians hold: God has predestined us to be saved but we also have liberty—we may choose to either follow or deny him. On this podcast, we're going to explore something that is a third choice, something called middle knowledge or Molinism. Join us as we explore aspects of each of these positions with Dr. Kenneth Keathley.
Is God Evil in the Old Testament?
Atheist Richard Dawkins famously wrote “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction” and charged him with being a genocidal ethnic cleanser. Other atheists have also specifically criticized the biblical story of the conquering of Canaan by the Israelites because God ordered them to wipe out all who live there—sometimes even including the livestock.
How should Christians understand the slaughter of the Canaanites and the orders God gave to the Israelites? There’s actually more than meets the eye here as we explore why a good God would give such a command.
Should Christians Seek to Shape Culture?
What should be the role of the church in shaping the broader culture of our society? Today’s secular culture seems to be running further and further away from its Christian roots. But does that mean we no longer have a responsibility to it? Are Christians to withdraw from the world or do we bear a responsibility to try and move culture toward a more moral and Godly direction?For today’s podcast, I’m behind the radio mike, joining the Apologetics.com team of Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel to discuss just what we mean by culture and identify what duties the church has in bringing culture more in line with our biblical values.
Faith and Science: Where the Conflict Really Lies
Faith and science. These two topics have been seemingly at loggerheads formany years. But don't believe everything you hear. Can people of faith embrace some of the most modern scientific discoveries of today? We're going to be exploring the ideas of faith and science and how these two disciplines are not at loggerheads, but actually work together to give us a clearer picture of the world.
Conservative Politics and the Danger of Secularism
What is a cultural Christian? Those who have traditionally been opposed to Christian beliefs, people Like Richard Dawkins, James Lindsay, and others are publicly siding with Evangelicals for conservative causes associated previously with church-goers. They don't believe, but identify as "cultural Christians." What are we to make of all of this? Is it a good thing or something we need to be wary of? Learn about the new rise of secular conservatism on this podcast.
Christianity Vs. Christian Nationalism and the Woke Right
Today's culture has really shifted as more people are disconnected from faith. Proponents of what we may term "traditional values" are on the rise even though they don't ground such values in any transcendent ethic. Others, claiming to be Christians place their political battles on par with their religious beliefs and some have adopted the tactics that those on the left have used such as cancel culture against their opponents. How can we as Christians understand what it means to be virtuous in a society that no longer holds virtue as a value?
Why Are Churches Blessing Same Sex Couples While Denying Same Sex Marriage?
There’s an alarming trend beginning to emerge in churches today across Christendom. Conservative Catholic, Orthodox and even Evangelical churches have taken to offer blessings to same-sex couples while still trying to hold that same-sex unions are against the teachings of scripture. Should "pastoral care" trump the clear teaching of scripture on what we understand as an immoral lifestyle? And how do we as evangelicals elevate doctrine to its proper position while still “loving the sinner and hating the sin”? We tackle this difficult topic in this round-table discussion.
One Nation Under God: How America’s Christian Heritage Shaped Our Country
We’ve heard the phrase “American Exceptionalism.” Just what is it that makes America different? In a word, it’s Christianity. Because Christianity so changed and infused the culture, Christian ideas provided the foundation of the American experiment. Indeed, America could not have existed without it and those Christian principles are necessary to maintain the nation as the founders envisioned.
How We Became a Crotch-Driven Culture
Pride month, transgender ideology, throuples, onlyFans, sexual self-expression, InCels, and abortion. It seems that almost all the issues that capture the attention and the headlines today center around the pelvis. How is it that the center of our culture revolves around the vulgar and the crass? How did civilization lose its way? In this podcast, Dr. Harry Edwards and I discuss why in the 20th century culture turned from elevating the human condition to a more self-centered and feelings-based drive of the individual and how that led to our sex-saturated society.
Understanding In-vitro Fertilization As A Christian
Reproduction, in vitro fertilization, and all of the questions that go along with it have been making the headlines recently. Did the Southern Baptists really oppose IVF treatments for infertile couples? How can pro-life people be against bringing more babies into the world? Just what issues are there with IVF and other reproduction-assisting procedures? Are there dangers to the parents? Listen in as Lenny explores all those questions and more.
Pope Francis vs Augustine: Are People "Fundamentally Good"?
In a recent 60 Minutes television interview, Pope Francis made the claim that people are "fundamentally good in heart." Such a statement by the head of the Roman Catholic church seems to directly contradict Catholic theology, going all the way back to Saint Augustine! Is the pope renouncing the doctrine of original sin? What about human nature and human depravity? Is the pope even Catholic? In this podcast, I'm joined by Reasons to Believe scholar Ken Samples as we contrast Catholic and Protestant theology and help unravel Francis's cryptic comments.
What's the Big Deal About The Trinity, Anyway?
The Trinity. It forms the center of Christian doctrine, yet most Christians today either don’t understand it or ignore it as something not important. But if God wasn’t a triune being, our salvation would be impossible. How can we make the Trinity more comprehensible? In this episode I interview Dr. Fred Sanders of Biola University, an expert on the Trinity, as we explore the deep things of God.
Leveraging Culture for Christianity
It's no secret we're no longer living in a Christian culture when we see all of the various ways that church has been displaced in our society. How can we share our faith with people who simply aren't interested in religion anymore? By leveraging the desires and the thoughts that people do have to show them that Christianity actually is the answer that they're searching for.
What Does Athens Have to Do With Jerusalem?
That question was first famously asked by the church father Tertullian when he was contemplating the relationship between Greek philosophy and church theology. Today, many people wonder the same thing. Do we need all that egghead scholasticism or can’t we just love Jesus? Yet, for most of Christian history the pastors were the professors! It is only recently that some mistakenly separate belief from intellectual scholarship. Listen in to learn just how much Christian scholarship can contribute to the church and why we need both to love God with all our minds as well as our hearts.
J. Warner Wallace: The Inside Scoop on True Crime
Can a homicide detective who dealt with murderers and death really uncover important truths about how to live? In this fascinating interview, Lenny speaks with Det. J. Warner Wallace about his career as a cold-case detective and his new book The Truth in True Crime. In it, Wallace shares the fifteen most important principles to improve your life, strengthen your faith, and make you a better human being.
Learning From 35 Answered Prayers in the Bible
Throughout the Bible, we see the heroes of the faith coming in prayer to God for all kinds of issues, But have you really studied just how they prayed? In this interview with Dr. Nathan Ward, author of _Our Eyes Are On You: A Study of Biblical Prayer_, we discuss what specific things effective prayers have in common and how our understanding of God's nature and attributes should inform our petitions.
What Dangers Does AI Hold For The Future?
Artificial intelligence is quickly being integrated into more and more systems we use to work and create. But are there dangers to it? Past doomsday scenarios in film may not be realistic, but ther are some legitimate cautions we should heed that accompany the benefits of AI. In this episode, Lenny joins the Kirkwood Center roundtable to look at the benefits and potential pitfalls of AI, including some areas of concern that aren’t normally discussed.
Belief, Denial, and Delusion: Lessons from Jeremiah
People will hold their beliefs strongly. If a belief is justified, that should be the case. But what happens when we believe things that aren’t true because we simply don’t want to? We have many examples throughout history of people denying or deluding themselves into believing things about God that are simply wrong, and they even use scripture to try and prove it! In this podcast, we examine how our denial or biased understanding of God makes for dangerous, dangerous trap that can lead to significant consequences.
Losing Culture: How Relativism Makes People More Savage
Why do we see more incivility in our society today? We read about the increase in mass shootings, student violence against speakers with whom they disagree, and an ever-growing online belligerence. And what's worse is our country and our world are being divided among ideological lines where no thought or no charity is given to the person holding a differing view. Here, our panel explores how we are losing our culture--specifically how relativism is making people more savage, causing them to lose the understanding of what civility actually means.
Fake News! How the Misinformation Police Get It Wrong
What counts as misinformation, disinformation or fake news? Are people so led astray by today's social media that they continually confuse facts with opinion? Lenny examines a journalarticle by political sciientists who claim to show how people get their facts and opinions wrong. However, there's a big problem... the researchers themseves don't understand knowledge. By misdefining what counts as fact, theitr paper provides an example of how the experts are committing the very error they are lecturing others about. Find out how to think a little more clearly on this Come Le Us Reason Podcast.
Deconstruction, Doubt, and Christianity: The Bobby Conway Interview
Doubt about the claims of Christianity have existed since the day of Jesus's resurrection. Many young people today are deconstructing their faith based on their doubts. But what happens when the one wrestling with doubt is a pastor? How does he face his congregation each week? In this riveting interview, Lenny talks with pastor and apologist Bobby Conway about the difficulties and doubt he faced even while pastoring a church. Hear why doubt doesn't mean the end of faith and why Christianity actually gives us ways to overcome darkness and depression in our lives.
Defusing the Wars Against Men and Culture: The Nancy Pearcey Interview
Our culture is in crisis in many different ways. Depression rates are soaring, young men are finding it more difficult to find their place in this world, confusion over the value that our bodies hold is commonplace, as is the idea that morality isn’t rooted in fact. In special interview with Nancy Pearcey, we discuss several of the most crucial issues that are rocking our culture today. Her books like Saving Leonardo, Total Truth, and her most recent book, The Toxic War on Masculinity, really focus on some of these most important issues that show a seismic shift in where we used to be as a culture and where we find ourselves now.
Christianity and Masculinity: What Does it Mean to Be a A Man?
What does it mean to be a Christian and a man in 2024? Is it the hyper-aggressiveness and crudity of an Andrew Tate or is it a benign passivity of a Ward Cleaver? Here, we examine the extremes, the stereotypes, and the assertions of how manhood has gone wrong. But we also look to Jesus—the primary example of what being a true man is—and offer a model of biblical manhood that becomes something a bit different from what both the secularists and Christian critics try to make it.
A Paleontologist's View of Darwinism and Intelligent Design
Evolution is a hot=button issue. As our science progresses, is the evidence for evolution beoining more concrete or more tenuous? Here, I interview Dr. Günter Bechly, an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist who has devoted much of his life studying Darwinism. He highlights the incredible problems facing the modern neo-darwinian synthesis and how design makes much better sense of the data.
Does #HeGetsUS Really Get Jesus Right?
How do you reach a culture that thinks Christianity is not only unnecessary, but evil? The #HeGetsUs commercials made a huge splash during the Superbowl, but were they effective? And did they properly communicate the gospel message? Here Lenny, along with Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel, discuss the pluses and the problems of the #HeGetsUS effort and offers a balanced, thoughtful view, shedding more light to a topic that has generated quite a bit of heat, both inside and outside the church.
Beware! The Language Games of the Woke
Words matter. We use words in order to communicate ideas, in order to share feelings, and gain knowledge. But words can also wound and be weaponized. In fact, today political ideology has driven an intentional misuse of words and a conflict over how we even understand shared ideas.
Here Lenny exposes the intentional obfuscation of terms and points out the language shell games that are sometimes used to try and shame and coerce us into holding a specific view. However, through a proper approach of engaging and extending ideas, we can actually open a door to gospel conversations.
My LIVE Conversation with Jehovah's Witnesses
What do you do when a Jehovah's Witness knocks on your door? Many people have a bit of a panic attack or want to shoo them away as quickly as possible, Christians included! But you shouldn't be afraid to engage these people, for it's rare enough that someone wants to talk to us about the things of God! I had the opportunity to capture a visit that a couple of Witnesses made to my door and I take you through the entire conversation, providing my thinking and my strategy so you too may be able thoughtfully and graciously engage those who are lost to the cults.
The Lazy Approach to Evangelism
Evangelism. It's a word that can strikes fear into the hearts of a lot of people. We know we're supposed to evangelize, but how do we do so? Does it require tons of study? Doesn't it require feet of iron? Maybe there's a lazy way that we can still be faithful to our gospel command and share our faith with those who don't believe in Jesus. That's our topic as I interview author and apologist Eric Hernandez on his new book The Lazy Approach to Evangelism.
Crisis of the Shrinking Family: The Tim Carney Interview
We are in the midst of a baby-bust. For the first time in our history, the number of seniors are growing at a greater rate than the number of babies being born, which spells a dangerous future for our lives as well as our culture. Why has the millennial generation shied away from having kids? What are the real reasons for the hesitancy in becoming parents and what can the church do about it? In this interview with Tim Carney, author of the upcoming _Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be_, we discuss these questions and the underlying drivers that disincentivize growing families. it is a topic that should concern us all.
Andy Stanley, Alistair Begg, and Confusion over LGBTQ+ Issues
What are we to make over the recent controversies that have encircled prominent Evangelical leaders about their stances on same-sex weddings, transgender grandchildren, and the like? A few months ago, Andy Stanley hosted a conference where he invited a "married" gay couple to speak to Christian parents. Last week, Alistair Begg got into hot water for his advice about attending such unions. How are Christians to discern what the right path is?
In this podcast, Lenny examines the statements and positions of these events and offers a sensitive, nuanced explanation of how you can be loving to your LGBTQ+ family and friends while still holding to a clear biblical morality.
Building a Bulletproof Faith in Your Kids
The stats are clear. Once they leave home, Christian kids are leaving the church in alarming numbers. How can we help young believers stand up to the continual onslaught of peer-pressure, professors, and pop culture pushing them away from the faith? In this session, noted apologist Lenny Esposito provides parents and young people with specific tools to solidify their faith and help them see why Christianity makes the most sense of our world.
Losing The Family: Are Millennials Choosing Comfort Over Kids?
It’s no secret that birthrates are declining in the west and it seems to be more prevalent with the millennials. Why are young people today reluctant to start families?In this podcast Lenny, along with Kirkwood Center colleagues Anthony Costello and Dr. Jacob Daniel review a couple of recent articles written by millennial women where they tell how they actually dread the idea of motherhood and how they aren't alone in their feelings. What does this mean for society and for the future? The answers are chilling.
Would The World Be Better Without Religion?
Is it true that science fly you to the moon while religion flies you into buildings? Skeptics such as Richard Dawkins often claim that the biggest evils in the world are perpetrated because of religious beliefs. Does religion cause more wars, more hatred and prejudice than other views? What would a world free of religion look like? Join Lenny as he shows why such objections have no grounding in reality.
Top Podcasts of 2023 - The Best of the Best!
Here it is. As we close out 2023 and welcome 2024, Lenny reviews all the interviews and roundtable discussions published over the year and highlights clips from the top five most watched podcasts of the year. Issues like neo-paganism, J.R.R. Tolkien and God in Lord of the Rings, and how Sigmund Freud shifted our culture towards a sex-saturated ideology are here. Interviews with Stephen Meyer, Austin Freeman and former militant atheist Sy Garte are included. Listen all in this final retrospective.
- The God of Middle Earth: How Tolkien's Faith Fueled The Lord of the Rings
https://youtu.be/sWcyBWajHDU - Top Scientist Changes From Militant Atheist to Christian Believer - Because of Science!
https://youtu.be/xXYEPDvSEJQ - Four Hot Button Topics the Church Cannot Ignore
https://youtu.be/S98nsB0HCQA - Stephen C Meyer Interview: The Return of the God Hypothesis
Part 1: https://youtu.be/SOpDxXuFkwo
Part 2: https://youtu.be/huAKw8jIEbA - Freud's Poison: Corrupting Civilization Through Sex
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Top Podcasts of 2023 - Part 1
As we look back on our first year of our newly reformatted Come Let Us Reason Together podcasts, there are several standout moments. Here, Lenny shares some clips from five of the top ten podcasts of the year, discussing issues from the resurrection of Jesus, questions on Hell, engaging Jehovah's Witnesses, why God doesn't make himself more visible, and the logic of holding Christianity instead of other faiths.
College and Faith: Can Christianity Make a Difference on the University Campus?
It’s no secret that the modern university is bastion of leftism and secularism., yet these institutions of higher learning play an outsized role in shaping our culture. Is it possible for Christianity to make a difference on the university campus? How should young Christians approach college life? In today’s podcast, I’m joined in the discussion by Corey Miller, the President of Ratio Christi, and my colleague at the Kirkwood Center, Anthony Costello, as we explore the state of higher education today and what is being done to fight the moral decay on campus.
Faith And Politics: Where Should Christianity Fit in the Democratic Process?
As we get ready to enter another election year in the United States, the question arises of how faith should inform one’s politics. Faith is the basis of morality, and even the founding of the United States points to God who endows us with inalienable rights. How do we make sense of this in a pluralistic culture? Here, our panel explores questions of faith in politics and how Christianity should fit into the democratic process. Is there any virtue in voting for the lesser of two evils? Is politics an appropriate point of discussion for Christian apologetics? These questions and more are tackled in our latest episode.
Top Scientist Changes From Militant Atheist to Christian Believer - Because of Science!
It's common today to hear atheists proclaim that believing in God is anti-science and as our science progresses, faith will be abandoned. But what if doing good science actually makes a compelling case for God? In this pocast, Lenny talks wth Dr. Sy Garte, a self-described "militant atheist" whose journey as an origin of life scholar prompted hm to abandon his atheism and affirm the Christian faith.
Sy talks about his new book, Science and Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology and the current state of origin of life research as well as how the more we learn, the more God is evident in design.
How to Talk About Jesus Without Fear: The Andy Bannister Interview
As Christians, we all want to share the life-changing belief of Jesus with others, but it can seem to tough! Will I say the right thing? Will I be ridiculed? Will I offend someone else? In this engaging interview, Lenny talks with Andy Bannister about his new book How to Talk About Jesus Without Sounding Like an Idiot about no-pressure ways you can engage others in conversations that easily open the door for the Gospel.
Resurrecting a Bold Faith
Have you ever wished that you could have the faith as those heroes we read about in the Bible? Bold faith isn’t something you stumble upon, it can be cultivated and strengthened. In the second part of our study of Hebrews 11, Lenny examines how faith begins with what we know and how you can make yours grow by deepening your experiences with God.
What Is Faith?
In today's secular world, faith is dismissed as something akin to wishful thinking. Atheists proclaim faith is nothing more than belief without evidence. However, nothing could be further from the truth. in this, the first of a two-part series, Lenny looks at the Biblical definition of faith in Hebrews 11 and how that faith is demonstrated through the lives of key biblical figures. Learn why faith actually requires evidence in this fascinating study.
Christianity and Culture: Is Therapy Doing More Harm Than Good?
Therapy seems to be all the rage. JAMA Health Forum recently reported use of mental health services has jumped by almost 40% and for most young people today believe therapy is normal and everyone should be in it. Why then are we seeing a mental health crisis exploding across our nation and in the western world, especially among young people? And what's the difference between secular therapy and Christian therapy?
In this discussion, Lenny talks with Dr. Jacob Daniel and Tom Thomazin, a Christian counselor with over thirty years of experience to flesh out both the benefits and the limitations of our modern therapeutic mindset.
The Consummate Covenant<
Have you ever wanted to make a deal with God? We live in an age of contracts, of covenants. God is a God of the Covenant, but what does this mean? In this podcast, Lenny unpacks the different covenants God has offered in His dealings with humanity, culminating in the covenant that Jesus executes by dying on the cross. It's a fascinating study and one that shows just why Jeus provides the Consummate Covenant.
Abandoning Virtual Faith
What is driving the growing number of "Exvangelicals"—younger people deconstructing their faith and leaving Christianity? One significant problem is they have never been grounded in the real Jesus. Much like the early believers in the book of Hebrews, they are more familiar with the culture of evangelicalism than with Christ, our Great High Priest who appeals to God in Heaven and makes atonement for our sins. In this podcast, Lenny explores how people have substituted culture for Christ and how Christians should be cautious not to believe in a shadow of Jesus instead of the true center of our faith.
How Can I Know Gods Will For My Life? The Drew Dyck Interview
Many Christians want to be used by God, but they don't know where to start. Life is busy and hard. How should a Christian view his walk with God in our go-go culture? In this interview with author Drew Dyck, we discuss Drew's new book, Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians). In our discussion we point out easy ways that you can begin to make a big difference with little acts.
Why Questions Will Help You Love God and Build Your Faith
Is being a questioner a good thing or a bad thing? Christians are familiar with doubting Thomas, but Thomas's request allowed Jesus to more clearly state he was the way, the truth and the life. Lenny talks with author Matthew Lee Anderson on his new book Called Into Questions and why getting into a habit of asking good questions is foundational for growing in faith and finding deeper understanding.
Stephen C Meyer Interview: The Return of the God Hypothesis - Part 2
In this, the second of a two part interview, Lenny and Kirkwood Center colleague Anthony Costello continue their discussion with Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on his new book “The Return of the God Hypothesis”. In this section, we shift to issues concerning the philosophy of science and the naturalistic assumptions that keep so many begrudgingly tied to a Neo-Darwian explanation for life on earth instead of design from an intelligent creator. We also explore how Darwin's tree of life model has broken down and what the current discussions are regarding theories of life coming into existence.
Stephen C Meyer Interview: The Return of the God Hypothesis Part 1
The concept of intelligent design has caused many waves since its introduction in the 1990s. In this podcast, Lenny and his fellow Kirkwood Center colleague Anthony Costello interview Dr. Stephen C. Meyer of the Discovery Institute. Stephen Meyer is the author of three seminal works in the philosophy of science: “Signature in the Cell” (2009), “Darwin’s Doubt” (2013) and the new “Return of the God Hypothesis” (2021). In this the first of a two part series, we dig deep into the scientific evidences that favor theistic design as the best hypothesis to explain fine-tuning in physics, chemistry and biology.
The God of Middle Earth: How Tolkien's Faith Fueled The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle Earth and its inhabitants have continued to explode in popularity since the last century. Many know Tolkien was a follower of Jesus, but fewer understand just how central God was in the way he crafted his world. In this podcast, Lenny speaks with Dr. Austin Freeman, an expert in Tolkien and his theology, on the ways the Gospel is reflected in Tolkien's works.
Differences Over a Decade: Cold Cases, Christianity, and What's Changed with J. Warner Wallace
Can we really know that Jesus was raised from the dead? Ten years ago, Detective J.Warner Wallace was an atheist who examined the Gospel accounts using the same approach as his cold-case investigations, resulting in him writing Cold-Case Christianity. Now, a decade later, he sits down with Lenny to talk about his approach, what has changed in the years since his breakout best seller was published, and what is important in the future for those looking to share their faith. Join us for this riveting discussion.
Should Christians Fear Artificial Intelligence?
We’re all familiar with films like the Terminator or the Matrix where machines advance to such a degree they become sentient, and rise up to either subjugate humans or seek to wipe them out. Is the rapid advances in artificial intelligence we hear about today the first step to that scenario? Lenny, Dr. Harry Edwards, and Finney Premkupar discuss just what A.I. is, and how we as Christians should understand this brave new technology.
The Beauty of Eternity: What Is Heaven and Why Did God Creaate Hell?
Most people who believe in an afterlife hope to be in a paradise. Many will speak of a loving God who wants to give good things to those he loves. But if God is all-loving, how can He stand to send people to Hell? Why would He even create Hell in the first place?
In this podcast, Lenny explains how God's nature of love actually demands that Hell exists and that the punishment of sin is actually a result of a loving and just God. Join us as we explore must how beautiful eternity is.
A lot of attention has been given to the alarming trend of young people leaving the faith. Both parents and pastors are concerned as they see kids raised in Bible-believing churches who attended youth group each week "deconvert" or identify as one of the "nones". How do we communicate the importance and validity of the gospel to young people whose lives and values have been significantly influenced by our modern anti-Christian culture? In this podcast, Lenny joins with Harry Edwards and Jonathan Noyes to talk about ways we can reach out to Gen Z and better communicate the importance of Christianity in living a good life.
Do I Have to Try All Religions to Know Which One Is True?
"Just how many belief systems did you try before settling on your particular one?" It is a question that seems to challenge the idea of Christianity as the best understanding of how the world works. Yet, claiming that one must try all different religions before determining the truth lacks practicality and logical coherence.In this study, springing from a passage in Hebrews chapter 5, Lenny examines how one can rationally eliminate many of the different faiths because they hold incoherent views about God internally. He then turns towards a fuller examination of Judaism and Christianity, demonstrating how Jesus as messiah is the logical completion of the Old Testament faith.
The Crucifixion as Tangible History
We live in an age where the questionable is declared certain and what had been understood as certain is now questioned. Certainly, the Gospel accounts of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection have been questioned since the first century. But today, there are some who even doubt whether Jesus existed at all! In this study, Lenny examines the historical evidence of Jesus’s passion that forms the foundation of our faith.
Answers to Living A Christian Life in a Non-Christian Society
T.S. Eliot once wrote "The problem of leading a Christian life in a non-Christian society is now very present to us… And as for the Christian who is not conscious of his dilemma—and he is in the majority—he is becoming more and more de-Christianized by all sorts of unconscious pressure: paganism holds all the most valuable advertising space." That's the theme of this recent Q&A session that took place at Rock Hill Church. Lenny fielded questions from the audience dealing with issues of doubt, confronting the anti-Christian culture, and how science can inform faith.
Talking Faith Without Fighting: How to Be a Winsome Witness
Sharing one’s faith is becoming more and more difficult as our culture moves away from its traditionally religious roots. Passionate discussions can sometimes lead to angry words or hurt feelings. But this isn’t the way we should spread the Gospel; it’s unloving and ineffective, too. In this talk, Lenny offers some specific tactics in sharing the Christian faith so you may present the truth in a loving, attractive, and effective manner.
Overcoming Barriers to Belief
It's no secret we live in a post-Christian society. Yet, many believers make a fundamental mistake when they try to share their faith with others. They fail to realize just how foreign certain Christian beliefs and assumptions are to people today. Even though we share many cultural touchstones, there are still significant barriers that must be over come to better communicate the great need for Jesus today.
In this podcast, Lenny joins the Apologetics.com team to identify some of the barriers to belief and how to overcome them in our witnessing efforts.
The Need for a Creed: Confirming Christian Belief
What do we mean when we say we’re Christians? Is it enough to claim to follow Christ? Mormons and others who have radically different views of the nature of God, the nature of Jesus, and key matters of faith have also claimed to be Christian, but that doesn’t mean they are. In this key study, Lenny examines how creeds became central to defining the essential elements of the Christian faith and how important they are in establishing true from false beliefs.
Critical Theory, Politics, and Reducing Humanity to Sexual Beasts
What's happened to our society? Prior generations have always understood themselves in ways that reference the external world. Today, we're not only feelings focus, we seem to use our sexual proclivities as the primary filter for self-identity. In this episode, Lenny and Dr. Harry Edwards explore how the ideas of Freud and Marx come together in critical theory to exploit sexual ideas and corrupt ideals to a public more than willing to be debased by them.
Abandoning Atheism: What Did It Take for Skeptics to Believe?
Just how does someone who vehemently dismisses the concept of God actually come to faith? In this fascinating interview, Lenny speaks with Dr. Jana Harmon on her research studying the conversion of over 100 atheists--people who had described themselves as staunchly against the idea of God--but who have since become believers. Their stories, their reasons for not believing, and their reasons for believing provide tremendous insight for you who are witnessing to skeptical friends and family.
The End of Humanity
The crucifixion of Jesus sits at the center of the Christian faith. It also marks the end of humanity. What does that mean, exactly? In this lesson, Lenny explains how the word "end" can convey a thing’s ultimate purpose as well as its final outcome. Join us as we explore how the crucifixion not only displays the ultimate example of evil in sinful creatures putting their holy Creator to death, but also sets a glorious destiny of forgiveness for Adam’s offspring.
Four Hot-Button Topics the Church Cannot Ignore
A.I., Critical Race Theory, Neo-Paganism, Christian Nationalism. These are big issues that are causing quite a stir on our society today. In this week's podcast, Lenny and Kirkwood Center fellow Anthony Costello examine each of these hot-button issues and offer suggestions on how the Christian church should engage and respond.
Why Does God Remain Hidden?
Why is God so hidden? The existence of God is questioned more than ever, but if God wants us to believe and trust him, then how come he doesn't perform grand miracles to make himself obvious?
But is it the case that providing miracles will convince skeptics of God’s existence? In this podcast, Lenny investigates the idea of God's hiddenness and why it's beneficial for humanity. Let’s look at five reasons why God's hiddenness is a good thing.
Freud's Poison: Corrupting Civilization Through Sex
It's no secret that we live in a sex-saturated culture. Everywhere you turn it seems that we are not only inundated with sexual images, but more and more people see their sexual behavior as a defining aspect of who they are. This is the complete opposite of what civilization used to mean. What happened and how did we get here? In this podcast, Lenny joins the Apologetics.com panel to discuss the outsized impact Sigmund Freud had on modern society, teaching us to filter our understanding if the world through a sexual lens and just how dangerous that can be.
Hidden Ways the Gospels Prove Reliable
Can we trust the Gospels? Why should people place their trust in documents written so long ago that don't even agree with each other? In this podcast, Lenny investigates some interesting facts which cannot be written off as coincidences and demonstrate why the Gospels are reliable history.
The One Factor of Mass Killings No One Is Talking About
The tragedy of mass shootings is on the increase. Lots of theories are bantered about as to why more and more people are turning violent and what to do about it. But one important point is woefully neglected--our post-Christian culture is reaping the consequences of its purging of God from the common understanding of morality. In this episode, Lenny is joined by Raymond Gregory to talk about the uptick in homicides, shootings, and why these are early warning signs of a civilization that is beginning to crumble.
The Six Trials of Jesus
Luke chapter 20 records for us a point of history upon which the entire world turns. The trial, suffering and death of Jesus is simply the most important event in all of humankind. In this first message of a semi-regular series, Lenny explores the six different trials of Jesus of Nazareth and how it is the evil in the hearts of man that allowed them to condemn the only one who walked the earth without sin.
Conscience: Our Moral Compass
Right and wrong. Good and evil. Christianity teaches that these can be objectively known. In the book of Romans, the Apostle Paul tells us that even people who don't have God's revealed word can still stand guilty before Him because their consciences bear witness against them. What is the conscience and how does it help us to understand the concepts of good and evil? That's the discussion on this week's podcast.
Facing the Facts of the Resurrection
Have you ever wondered how the news of the resurrection would play out if they had social media in the first century? In this engaging Easter message, Lenny walks through a Facebook exchange between the Apostle Paul, himself, and various characters you typically run across on social platforms to show why the resurrection really does stand up as historical fact and how the skeptics' own arguments point to the validity of the resurrection accounts.
Balancing Predestination and Free Will (Part 2)
The Bible holds that God predestines all things to work towards his ultimate goal but we're also told that we control our choices and those choices are real. Is this a contradiction? In this podcast, Lenny explores the apparent tensions between our free will and God's foreordination and shows how both can not only be true, but how a proper understanding helps us see theological questions in a different light.
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Balancing PRedestination and Free Will (Part 1)
The Bible holds that God predestines all things to work towards his ultimate goal but we're also told that we control our choices and those choices are real. Is this a contradiction? In this podcast, Lenny explores the apparent tensions between our free will and God's foreordination and shows how both can not only be true, but how a proper understanding helps us see theological questions in a different light.
Mormonism boasts over 12 million adherents, and it's still growing. What should we say when Mormon missionaries come to our door? How are Christian beliefs different than Mormon beliefs? In this podcast, Lenny teaches you how to engage Mormons in fruitful discussion.
A Culture Filled with Plastic People
Lenny once again joins Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel to discuss Carl Trueman's landmark book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. This discussion centers on how for the first time in history people define themselves primarily by their feelings instead of more objective standard and the dangers such subjective and ethereal measurements create.
Resurrection, Near Death Experiences, and the Shroud of Turin: Interview with Gary Habermas
Christians have centered their faith around the resurrection of Jesus, not simply as a tenet of belief, but as an historical fact. In this podcast, Lenny talks with Dr. Gary Habermas, one of the world's leading experts on the historical nature of the these accounts and why the evidence points to the resurrection as a real event of history. We also discuss Gary's research into the Shroud of Turin and his examination of Near Death Experience reports. Join us for this fascinating discussion.
Talking with Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses have made a name for themselves by traveling door to door and converting people. But how can we defend our beliefs against their objections? In this podcast, Lenny teaches you how to dialogue with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Five Questions to Ask Skeptics
Usually, Christians feel that they are on the hot seat--having to defend their faith and prove that Jesus is true. But skeptics shouldn't get a free pass; they must also account for their view of the world and how it works. In this week's podcast, Lenny gives you five questions to ask non-believers that show why Christianity offers the best answers in understanding reality.
Of Locusts and Love: Why A Loving God Would Bring Calamity
The Bible is frequently caricatured as displaying contradictory concepts of God. Critics claim that while the God of the New Testament is a filled with love and forgiveness while the Old Testament God is a God of vengeful wrath. Of course, nothing is further from the truth. In this podcast, Lenny looks at the book of Joel, when God calls judgment upon wayward Israel, and shows how God's actions truly reflect his love and concern for his people. We then turn to our plight today and understand that God can only be considered a loving God if he also upholds justice.
The War Against the Family
Our culture is obviously fragmenting today. We've seen many concerns from parents and others, especially Christian parents who see the society that they grew up in slipping away. Nowhere is this more transparent than in the tensions that are showing up in households. What does it mean that the new sexual politics, these new identity concepts which are being introduced to our children and to our nation are starting to pull apart the very building block of society that is the family? How can Christian parents guard against the state's intrusion into the home? These questions and more are answered by Lenny and his special guest, Dr. Jacob Daniel.
Divine Love as the Basis for Morality - Interview with Adam Johnson
C.S. Lewis famously wrote how it was the argument from morality that set him on a path of abandoning atheism and believing in God. The fact that moral values and duties really exist is difficult to square with an atheistic understanding of the world. If there are at least some moral precepts that stand above all humanity, where do they come from and how can we explain why we are beholden to them? Here, Lenny interviews Dr. Adam Johnson on his new book Divine Love Theory which argues that the best explanation for the reality of moral obligations flows not simply from God's nature, but specifically from the love relationship that the three members of the Trinity share.
Starting Your New Year Strong
A new year has begun and everyone is busy hoping to better themselves by making various resolutions. But so many times, we begins with good intentions but abandon our goals before the snow thaws. How can we draw closer to God? In this episode, Lenny explains that instead of resolving to do (or not do) things, we can better focus our efforts on character formation, making changes that will stick.
Imagining People As Products: EctoLife and our Brave New World
The EctoLife artificial womb facility video has taken the internet by storm. The video, produced by science popularizer Hashem Al-Ghaili, shows what may be possible in our near future: baby-making factories where fetuses are grown and hatched instead of birthed from their mother's uteruses. While this is still conceptual, it says quite a bit about the existing trends in reproductive technologies and just how dangerous and inhuman we have become in thinking about reproduction.
In this podcast, Lenny is joined by Patheos author Anthony Costello to discuss how new reproductive technologies, while promising a panacea, have become more of a Pandora's box in presenting new problems and dehumanizing us in the process.
Answering Atheist Arguments On Twitter: Where Does Matter Come From?Engaging atheists on social media platforms like Twitter can be tricky. Many such enounters devolve into not much more tha trading insults. However, in this podcast, Lenny uses a reent conversation with two atheists on Twitter to show ow Christians can better defend their faith while keeping the tone respectful. In this exchange, the atheists sought to disprove the Gospel concepton narrative, but when faced with the problem of the creation of matter out of nothing, which their worldview asserts, their own objections undermined them. Here, Lenny breaks down the entire conversation.
Reviving the Sacred in a Secular World Throughout history, humans have seen themselves as part of a larger world, one where God or gods and the supernatural were fundamental. In western societies today, that is no longer true. Our secular culture ignores the supernatural as a way of understanding the way things are. Is it possible to re-sensitize modern society to the sacred? Listen as Lenny joins the Apologetics.com radio panel to discuss how we have become callous to the things of God.
God's Sovereignty and Man's Freedom (Part 2) The Bible holds that God predestines certain people to be saved, but we're also told that we must choose to follow Jesus. Is this a contradiction? Are our choices real? In this video, Lenny explores the apparent tensions between our free will and God's foreordination and looks at possible solutions offered in theological systems like Calvinism, Arminianism and Molinism. (Part 2 of 2)
God's Sovereignty and Man's Freedom (Part 1) The Bible holds that God predestines certain people to be saved, but we're also told that we must choose to follow Jesus. Is this a contradiction? Are our choices real? In this video, Lenny explores the apparent tensions between our free will and God's foreordination and looks at possible solutions offered in theological systems like Calvinism, Arminianism and Molinism. (Part 1 of 2)
We're Devolving: Losing Our Humanity in a Secular Age What does it mean to be human? How do we order our lives in such a way that we are being the best human beings we can be? While our modern society seeks the answer by following our feelings and our appetites, it has proven highly unsatisfying. Instead, we must see ourselves as God’s image bearers and recognize that our fallen nature will deceive us.
How Can I Know God's Will for My Life? Have you ever wondered what God has for your life? How can you know that you're in God's will? In this teaching, Lenny takes a fresh look at four famous figures from the Bible and uses their examples to show how God can use the little things placed before us right now to ultimately accomplish miraculous achievements.
When Did Transgenderism Become Normalized? In just a few years it seems our culture went from holding natural marriage in high regard to not only accepting concepts like being born in the "wrong" body, but to advocating for them. This podcast recording captures a recent Apologetics.com radio program where Lenny, Dr. Harry Edwards, and Dr. Jacob Daniel discuss the first chapter of Carl Trueman’s book “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.” Specifically, they cover Philip Rieff’s cultural development of society beginning with what he calls the Political Man, then on to the Religious Man, to the Economic Man, and finally onto the Psychological Man.
Should We Allow Public Displays of Faith in Government Settings? Recently, a US Supreme Court decision stated that a high school football coach was within his constitutional rights to pray at the 50 yard line after school football games. The ruling quickly became controversial, adding to a growing tension between expressions of faith in public, especially when government entities are involved. Crosses on hilltops, Christmas nativity scenes on city hall lawns, and even the ten commandments posted on courtroom walls have all been under fire. What is the proper way to understand faith in the public square? We examine this more closely on our latest podcast.
Jordan Peterson has offered a message to Christian Churches, instructing them to begin engaging young men in order to save the culture. Is he right? How should we understand Peterson's call or should we bother with it at all? We will examine his message a bit more closely in this week's discussion.
Examining Jordan Peterson's Message to the Christian Churches.
After Roe: How the Dobbs Decision Changed the Abortion Debate The overturning of Roe vs. Wade sent shockwaves through our culture. Yet, this isn’t the end of the abortion debate. It is only the end of the first chapter. In this newly restructured podcast, Lenny is joined by Raymond Gregory and Dominique Aguiar to discuss the impact of the Dobbs decision, what it really means to be pro-life, and how Christians should approach the objections of pro-abortion activists.
Debunking "Bible Secrets" Television Shows (Part 4)
YouTube, as well as cable channels like The History Channel or Discovery love to hype programs where they air supposed secret findings about the Bible. Even PBS produced "The Bible's Buried Secrets" – the latest in a list of documentaries that tries to undermine the Bible's credibility. How should we understand these shows and what are we to o with the charges from some very significant scholars? In this series, Lenny shows some of the tricks the producers use to make fringe possibilities seem definite and exposes how these shows truly present an emperor who has no clothes.
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Debunking "Bible Secrets" Television Shows (Part 3)
YouTube, as well as cable channels like The History Channel or Discovery love to hype programs where they air supposed secret findings about the Bible. Even PBS produced "The Bible's Buried Secrets" – the latest in a list of documentaries that tries to undermine the Bible's credibility. How should we understand these shows and what are we to o with the charges from some very significant scholars? In this series, Lenny shows some of the tricks the producers use to make fringe possibilities seem definite and exposes how these shows truly present an emperor who has no clothes.
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Debunking "Bible Secrets" Television Shows (Part 2)
YouTube, as well as cable channels like The History Channel or Discovery love to hype programs where they air supposed secret findings about the Bible. Even PBS produced "The Bible's Buried Secrets" – the latest in a list of documentaries that tries to undermine the Bible's credibility. How should we understand these shows and what are we to o with the charges from some very significant scholars? In this series, Lenny shows some of the tricks the producers use to make fringe possibilities seem definite and exposes how these shows truly present an emperor who has no clothes.
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Debunking "Bible Secrets" Television Shows (Part 1)
YouTube, as well as cable channels like The History Channel or Discovery love to hype programs where they air supposed secret findings about the Bible. Even PBS produced "The Bible's Buried Secrets" – the latest in a list of documentaries that tries to undermine the Bible's credibility. How should we understand these shows and what are we to o with the charges from some very significant scholars? In this series, Lenny shows some of the tricks the producers use to make fringe possibilities seem definite and exposes how these shows truly present an emperor who has no clothes.
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Confronting Counterfeit Christianity (Part 2) Is Christianity in the west dying? With deconversion stories and scandals making the headlines, some pundits think so. However, God’s plan was always to use imperfect people to grow his kingdom. Using Acts 13 as a backdrop, Lenny draws a distinction between the true church and the counterfeits that give Christianity a bad name. He then explores how many who claim the faith today are actually mistaking spirituality for true holiness.
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Confronting Counterfeit Christianity (Part 1) Is Christianity in the west dying? With deconversion stories and scandals making the headlines, some pundits think so. However, God’s plan was always to use imperfect people to grow his kingdom. Using Acts 13 as a backdrop, Lenny draws a distinction between the true church and the counterfeits that give Christianity a bad name. He then explores how many who claim the faith today are actually mistaking spirituality for true holiness.
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Acts: From Heritage to Mission (Part 2) So often, people point to the book of Acts and say that it is the model of what the Christian church should be today. That’s both right and wrong, for too many people look at the structures of the early church instead of the motivations and what consequences they bring. In this introduction to the book, Lenny offers a bit of a different perspective: that Acts serves as the tale of Jesus’s ministry through his church, a program that should continue even today.
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Acts: From Heritage to Mission (Part 1) So often, people point to the book of Acts and say that it is the model of what the Christian church should be today. That’s both right and wrong, for too many people look at the structures of the early church instead of the motivations and what consequences they bring. In this introduction to the book, Lenny offers a bit of a different perspective: that Acts serves as the tale of Jesus’s ministry through his church, a program that should continue even today.
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Emmaus Road: Jesus Declared in Genesis (Part 4)
When Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus, He started from Moses and explained all the prophecies concerning Himself. Are there hidden prophecies about Jesus in Genesis? Here, we explore the writings of Moses and discover they're all about Jesus.
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Emmaus Road: Jesus Declared in Genesis (Part 3)
When Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus, He started from Moses and explained all the prophecies concerning Himself. Are there hidden prophecies about Jesus in Genesis? Here, we explore the writings of Moses and discover they're all about Jesus.
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Emmaus Road: Jesus Declared in Genesis (Part 2)
When Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus, He started from Moses and explained all the prophecies concerning Himself. Are there hidden prophecies about Jesus in Genesis? Here, we explore the writings of Moses and discover they're all about Jesus.
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Emmaus Road: Jesus Declared in Genesis (Part 1)
When Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus, He started from Moses and explained all the prophecies concerning Himself. Are there hidden prophecies about Jesus in Genesis? Here, we explore the writings of Moses and discover they're all about Jesus.
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Talking About Science and Faith Without Exploding (Part 3) Talking about faith issues seems stressful enough, but how do Christians engage people who use science against their beliefs? In this closing set of teachings from our Christianity and Science series, Lenny explains how to open up conversations instead of fights, where to be cautious in making your claims, and why including ideas like love and justice are key to creating a fruitful dialog.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Talking About Science and Faith Without Exploding (Part 2) Talking about faith issues seems stressful enough, but how do Christians engage people who use science against their beliefs? In this closing set of teachings from our Christianity and Science series, Lenny explains how to open up conversations instead of fights, where to be cautious in making your claims, and why including ideas like love and justice are key to creating a fruitful dialog.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Talking About Science and Faith Without Exploding (Part 1) Talking about faith issues seems stressful enough, but how do Christians engage people who use science against their beliefs? In this closing set of teachings from our Christianity and Science series, Lenny explains how to open up conversations instead of fights, where to be cautious in making your claims, and why including ideas like love and justice are key to creating a fruitful dialog.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Your Mind is Not Your Brain: The Case for the Soul (Part 2) Materialists and evolutionists believe the physical self is all there is; your consciousness is nothing more than a complex series of interacting electro-chemical processes in your brain. However, Christianity holds human beings are more than just matter. We have been created as body and soul. Here, Lenny explains the Christian concept of the soul and shows why materialism is insufficient to make sense of consciousness.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Your Mind is Not Your Brain: The Case for the Soul (Part 1) Materialists and evolutionists believe the physical self is all there is; your consciousness is nothing more than a complex series of interacting electro-chemical processes in your brain. However, Christianity holds human beings are more than just matter. We have been created as body and soul. Here, Lenny explains the Christian concept of the soul and shows why materialism is insufficient to make sense of consciousness.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Arguing Against Naturalism and Materialism (Part 2) The idea of the supernatural seems anathema to many in the scientific community today. Most of the hard sciences are taught from an exclusively naturalist point of view, where concepts such as God, the soul, or even an immaterial mind are at best ignored or outright rejected. However, the naturalist has a huge problem-—claiming naturalism means abandoning reason itself. Listen in as Lenny shows why believing in materialism means giving up on the idea of knowledge
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Arguing Against Naturalism and Materialism (Part 1) The idea of the supernatural seems anathema to many in the scientific community today. Most of the hard sciences are taught from an exclusively naturalist point of view, where concepts such as God, the soul, or even an immaterial mind are at best ignored or outright rejected. However, the naturalist has a huge problem-—claiming naturalism means abandoning reason itself. Listen in as Lenny shows why believing in materialism means giving up on the idea of knowledge
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Brave New World: Bioethics in the 21st Century (Part 2) With life-saving treatments, artifical implants, and new techniques, humans are relying on medical science more than ever. But science without morality is dangerous and can lead us into real-world situations that were only nightmares in the past. Gene editing, human cloning, euthanasia, and abortion are just some of the real risks to the inherent dignity of human beings. In this podcast series, Lenny outlines the need for a transcendant moral grounding for the biological sciences, and how new technologies do pose a danger as knowledge outpaces our prudence.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Brave New World: Bioethics in the 21st Century (Part 1) With life-saving treatments, artifical implants, and new techniques, humans are relying on medical science more than ever. But science without morality is dangerous and can lead us into real-world situations that were only nightmares in the past. Gene editing, human cloning, euthanasia, and abortion are just some of the real risks to the inherent dignity of human beings. In this podcast series, Lenny outlines the need for a transcendant moral grounding for the biological sciences, and how new technologies do pose a danger as knowledge outpaces our prudence.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The Dangers of New Reproductive Technologies (Part 2) Human reproduction is one of the most amazing areas of life we study. Scientific advancements can now allow people to become parents who would never have otherwise had the chance. But this area is fraught with dangers like those that exploit surrogates or treat embryos as disposable commodities. Listen in as Lenny cautions about the progress and the pitfalls of new reproductive technologies.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The Dangers of New Reproductive Technologies (Part 1) Human reproduction is one of the most amazing areas of life we study. Scientific advancements can now allow people to become parents who would never have otherwise had the chance. But this area is fraught with dangers like those that exploit surrogates or treat embryos as disposable commodities. Listen in as Lenny cautions about the progress and the pitfalls of new reproductive technologies.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Is It Anti-Science to Believe in Miracles? (Part 2) In early Christianity, miracles played a significant part in the Christian witness, but do miracles really happen? Science has shown us so much more about how the world works. Does it disprove miracles as confused thinking? Are we rational to reject miracle claims out of hand? In this podcast, Lenny will look at why holding to miracle accounts can be considered completely rational and how miracles can help you share with others.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Is It Anti-Science to Believe in Miracles? (Part 1) In early Christianity, miracles played a significant part in the Christian witness, but do miracles really happen? Science has shown us so much more about how the world works. Does it disprove miracles as confused thinking? Are we rational to reject miracle claims out of hand? In this podcast, Lenny will look at why holding to miracle accounts can be considered completely rational and how miracles can help you share with others.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Archaeology: Where Science and Faith Meet (Part 3) The Bible is unique among sacred texts in that it is set against a historical backdrop. Do recent archaeological discoveries validate or discredit the Biblical accounts? In this week's podcast, Lenny explore the relationship between the Bible and archaeology.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Archaeology: Where Science and Faith Meet (Part 2) The Bible is unique among sacred texts in that it is set against a historical backdrop. Do recent archaeological discoveries validate or discredit the Biblical accounts? In this week's podcast, Lenny explore the relationship between the Bible and archaeology.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Archaeology: Where Science and Faith Meet (Part 1) The Bible is unique among sacred texts in that it is set against a historical backdrop. Do recent archaeological discoveries validate or discredit the Biblical accounts? In this week's podcast, Lenny explore the relationship between the Bible and archaeology.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The LICE Problem for Evolutionists (Part 2) Evolution. Most high schools and colleges teach it today as unquestioned fact. However, new evidence has emerged that cast serious doubt on modern views of the theory. In this podcast, Lenny offers a cunulative case argument against the modern evolutionary synthesis and show why it is reasonable to believe that man is intelligently designed, a product of special creation.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The LICE Problem for Evolutionists (Part 1) Evolution. Most high schools and colleges teach it today as unquestioned fact. However, new evidence has emerged that cast serious doubt on modern views of the theory. In this podcast, Lenny offers a cunulative case argument against the modern evolutionary synthesis and show why it is reasonable to believe that man is intelligently designed, a product of special creation.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Understanding the Evolution Debate (Part 4) Ever since Charles Darwin offered his Origin of Species in 1859, evolution has proven to be one of the more contentious issues in the science and faith discussion. In this set of talks, Lenny explains what the nature of the debate over evolution entails, the three main competing ideas on the origin and diversity of life, and a few of the problems of modern evolutionary theory.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Understanding the Evolution Debate (Part 3) Ever since Charles Darwin offered his Origin of Species in 1859, evolution has proven to be one of the more contentious issues in the science and faith discussion. In this set of talks, Lenny explains what the nature of the debate over evolution entails, the three main competing ideas on the origin and diversity of life, and a few of the problems of modern evolutionary theory.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Understanding the Evolution Debate (Part 2) Ever since Charles Darwin offered his Origin of Species in 1859, evolution has proven to be one of the more contentious issues in the science and faith discussion. In this set of talks, Lenny explains what the nature of the debate over evolution entails, the three main competing ideas on the origin and diversity of life, and a few of the problems of modern evolutionary theory.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Understanding the Evolution Debate (Part 1) Ever since Charles Darwin offered his Origin of Species in 1859, evolution has proven to be one of the more contentious issues in the science and faith discussion. In this set of talks, Lenny explains what the nature of the debate over evolution entails, the three main competing ideas on the origin and diversity of life, and a few of the problems of modern evolutionary theory.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Science and Evidence for God: A Finely Tuned Universe (Part 2) Atheists and others have argued that as scientific knowledge increases, our belief on God will seem more and more silly. They say we simply believe in a "God of the gaps." However, one of the startling results of the modern scientific enterprise is just the reverse: the more we understand our universe, the more we need God as creator to explain it.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Science and Evidence for God: A Finely Tuned Universe (Part 1) Atheists and others have argued that as scientific knowledge increases, our belief on God will seem more and more silly. They say we simply believe in a "God of the gaps." However, one of the startling results of the modern scientific enterprise is just the reverse: the more we understand our universe, the more we need God as creator to explain it.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Science and the Evidence for God: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? (Part 2) Atheists and others have argued that as scientific knowledge increases, our belif ion God will seem more and more silly. They say we simply believe in a "God of the gaps." However, one of the startling results of the modern scientific enterprise is just the reverse: the more we undersatnd our universe, the more we need God as creator to explain it.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Science and the Evidence for God: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? (Part 1) Atheists and others have argued that as scientific knowledge increases, our belif ion God will seem more and more silly. They say we simply believe in a "God of the gaps." However, one of the startling results of the modern scientific enterprise is just the reverse: the more we undersatnd our universe, the more we need God as creator to explain it.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The Trouble with "Trusting the Science" (Part 3) We've all heard the admonishment to "trust the science" in various situations. But is demanding faith in science while dismissing faith in religion truly rational? In this episode, Lenny Esposito tackles the distinctions between faith, belief, and knowledge and offers specific examples of where the tenets of the Christin faith not only proved more accurate than the invocation of science during the last century, but also proved to be more humane.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The Trouble with "Trusting the Science" (Part 1) We've all heard the admonishment to "trust the science" in various situations. But is demanding faith in science while dismissing faith in religion truly rational? In this episode, Lenny Esposito tackles the distinctions between faith, belief, and knowledge and offers specific examples of where the tenets of the Christin faith not only proved more accurate than the invocation of science during the last century, but also proved to be more humane.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The Trouble with "Trusting the Science" (Part 2) We've all heard the admonishment to "trust the science" in various situations. But is demanding faith in science while dismissing faith in religion truly rational? In this episode, Lenny Esposito tackles the distinctions between faith, belief, and knowledge and offers specific examples of where the tenets of the Christin faith not only proved more accurate than the invocation of science during the last century, but also proved to be more humane.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Separating Science from Scientism (Part 3) Atheist Richard Dawkins claims that "scientists get to work and solve problems" while those of faith offer nothing to help advance humanity. Stephen Hawking says the universe doesn't need God; it can make itself. What these famous scientists have in common is a belief in scientism, not science. With all the talk of “trusting the science,” it becomes crucial to learn the difference between what is knowledge and what is a faith statement that eliminates all other forms of knowledge. Lenny shows you how to recognize scientism in our latest podcast.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Separating Science from Scientism (Part 1) Atheist Richard Dawkins claims that "scientists get to work and solve problems" while those of faith offer nothing to help advance humanity. Stephen Hawking says the universe doesn't need God; it can make itself. What these famous scientists have in common is a belief in scientism, not science. With all the talk of “trusting the science,” it becomes crucial to learn the difference between what is knowledge and what is a faith statement that eliminates all other forms of knowledge. Lenny shows you how to recognize scientism in our latest podcast.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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Separating Science from Scientism (Part 2) Atheist Richard Dawkins claims that "scientists get to work and solve problems" while those of faith offer nothing to help advance humanity. Stephen Hawking says the universe doesn't need God; it can make itself. What these famous scientists have in common is a belief in scientism, not science. With all the talk of “trusting the science,” it becomes crucial to learn the difference between what is knowledge and what is a faith statement that eliminates all other forms of knowledge. Lenny shows you how to recognize scientism in our latest podcast.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The Origin and Nature of Western Science (Part 2) There’s a popular trope that science is somehow antithetical to Christian belief. Not only is this not true, it is a well-established fact that without Christianity the modern practice of science wouldn’t exist. Indeed, it was Christian assumptions and motivations that birthed today’s modern scientific enterprise. Listen in as Lenny explores the intimate relationship between Christianity and science.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The Origin and Nature of Western Science (Part 1) There’s a popular trope that science is somehow antithetical to Christian belief. Not only is this not true, it is a well-established fact that without Christianity the modern practice of science wouldn’t exist. Indeed, it was Christian assumptions and motivations that birthed today’s modern scientific enterprise. Listen in as Lenny explores the intimate relationship between Christianity and science.
This class is part of a full series of lectures entitled "Christianity and Science: Tackling the Issues of the 21st Century." To find out more, visit the comereason.org web site.
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The End of Evil Through the Death of God (Part 2) One of the most challenging questions Christians face is "Why Ddoes God allwow evil in this world?" Most of the time, the person vocingin that objection never talks about the most evil act in human history: putting the sinless Creator to deth on a cross. As Lenny concludes his four-part series on the resurrection, he examines how Christianity and the crucifixion specifically provide a solution to the problem of evil that all other worldviews lack and why through Jesus alone you can find comfort in times of suffering.
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The End of Evil Through the Death of God (Part 1) One of the most challenging questions Christians face is "Why Ddoes God allwow evil in this world?" Most of the time, the person vocingin that objection never talks about the most evil act in human history: putting the sinless Creator to deth on a cross. As Lenny concludes his four-part series on the resurrection, he examines how Christianity and the crucifixion specifically provide a solution to the problem of evil that all other worldviews lack and why through Jesus alone you can find comfort in times of suffering.
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Double Vison: Seeing Jesus's Second Coming in the First (Part 2) Christians have historically held that Jesus not only came to be our redeemer through his sacrifice, but he will also come again in glory to rule and reign in righteousness. While this was a mystery to the Old Testament prophets, it has been revealed to his church. In this talk, Lenny explores how the second coming of Jesus is foreshadowed even in the cricifixion account.
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Double Vison: Seeing Jesus's Second Coming in the First (Part 1) Christians have historically held that Jesus not only came to be our redeemer through his sacrifice, but he will also come again in glory to rule and reign in righteousness. While this was a mystery to the Old Testament prophets, it has been revealed to his church. In this talk, Lenny explores how the second coming of Jesus is foreshadowed even in the cricifixion account.
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The Crucifixion as Tangible History (Part 2) In thinking about Jesus’s death, it can become easy for us to distance ourselves from events that we may believe but are over-familiar with. The historical can take on a fictional quality. However, we must remind ourselves that the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth was really real. In this study, Lenny examines the historical evidence of Jesus’s passion that forms the foundation of our faith.
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The Crucifixion as Tangible History (Part 1) In thinking about Jesus’s death, it can become easy for us to distance ourselves from events that we may believe but are over-familiar with. The historical can take on a fictional quality. However, we must remind ourselves that the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth was really real. In this study, Lenny examines the historical evidence of Jesus’s passion that forms the foundation of our faith.
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The End of Humanity (Part 2) The crucifixion of Jesus sits at the center of the Christian faith. It also marks the end of humanity. What does that mean, exactly? In this lesson, Lenny explains how the word "end" can convey a thing’s ultimate purpose as well as its final outcome. Join us as we explore how the crucifixion not only displays the ultimate example of evil in sinful creatures putting their holy Creator to death, but also sets a glorious destiny of forgiveness for Adam’s offspring.
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The End of Humanity (Part 1) The crucifixion of Jesus sits at the center of the Christian faith. It also marks the end of humanity. What does that mean, exactly? In this lesson, Lenny explains how the word "end" can convey a thing’s ultimate purpose as well as its final outcome. Join us as we explore how the crucifixion not only displays the ultimate example of evil in sinful creatures putting their holy Creator to death, but also sets a glorious destiny of forgiveness for Adam’s offspring.
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How Reasonable Is It to "Trust the Science"? (Part 2)
We've all heard the admonishment to "trust the science" in various situations. But is demanding faith in science while dismissing faith in religion truly rational? In this episode, Lenny Esposito tackles the distinctions between faith, belief, and knowledge and offers specific examples of where the tenets of the Christain faith not only proved more accurate than the invocation of science in t the last century, but also more humane.
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How Reasonable Is It to "Trust the Science?"(Part 1)
We've all heard the admonishment to "trust the science" in various situations. But is demanding faith in science while dismissing faith in religion truly rational? In this episode, Lenny Esposito tackles the distinctions between faith, belief, and knowledge and offers specific examples of where the tenets of the Christain faith not only proved more accurate than the invocation of science in t the last century, but also more humane.
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Jesus and the Impact of Ideas (Part 2) Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
This last two-part talk of the series, “Jesus and the impact of Ideas,” Lenny explains how Jesus answered those who would question his position by keeping the most important point at the forefront of his discussion and how to ask the right questions to display the defective beleifs of his accusers.
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Jesus and the Impact of Ideas (Part 1) Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
This last two-part talk of the series, “Jesus and the impact of Ideas,” Lenny explains how Jesus answered those who would question his position by keeping the most important point at the forefront of his discussion and how to ask the right questions to display the defective beleifs of his accusers.
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Jesus: The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived (Part 2) Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
If you were asked to choose the most intelligent person in history, who would it be? Einstein? Newton? Socrates? What about Jesus? Jesus valued the life of the mind and it showed as he confronted his critics. This talk, entitled “Jesus: The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived,” will show just how Jesus leveraged logic and reason to leave his accusers dumbfounded and why their charges were bankrupt.
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Jesus: The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived (Part 1) Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
If you were asked to choose the most intelligent person in history, who would it be? Einstein? Newton? Socrates? What about Jesus? Jesus valued the life of the mind and it showed as he confronted his critics. This talk, entitled “Jesus: The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived,” will show just how Jesus leveraged logic and reason to leave his accusers dumbfounded and why their charges were bankrupt.
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Jesus and the Trampling of Truth (Part 2) Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
In our next instalment, titled “Jesus and the Trampling of Truth,” Lenny examines the parable of the wicked tenants and how it fits within today’s cancel-culture mindset.
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Jesus and the Trampling of Truth (Part 1) Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
In our next instalment, titled “Jesus and the Trampling of Truth,” Lenny examines the parable of the wicked tenants and how it fits within today’s cancel-culture mindset.
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Jesus and the Roots of Conflict (Part 1)Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
The first two installments are entitled "Jesus and the Roots of Conflict."
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Jesus and the Roots of Conflict (Part 2)Controversy and conflict seem to be more and more prevalent in our lives. We divide over matters of the church, over politics, over health, and even over others who are themselves fighting. In our post-Christian culture, believers are especially susceptible to finding themselves arguing against the continuing rise of decadence. How can we deal with conflict and controversy in a biblical way? In this multi-part series based on Luke chapter 20, Lenny looks at how Jesus responded to conflict and controversy in his day and offers some tips on how we can use his model to better engage others.
The first two installments are entitled "Jesus and the Roots of Conflict."
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God's View Towards Cancel Culture (Part 2)Cancel culture is one of the more contentious issues in society today. What is it and how should Christians approach it? Suprisingly the answer is found in a tiny, often-neglected book of the Old Testament: Obadiah. Listen in as Lenny explains how God uses this prophet to teach us how he feels about cancel culture and how to respond biblically.
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God's View Towards Cancel Culture (Part 1)Cancel culture is one of the more contentious issues in society today. What is it and how should Christians approach it? Surprisingly the answer is found in a tiny, often-neglected book of the Old Testament: Obadiah. Listen in as Lenny explains how God uses this prophet to teach us how he feels about cancel culture and how to respond biblically.
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Is Jesus Just a Copy of Ancient Myths? (Part 4)Skeptics and Internet sites make the claim that Jesus' story is not unique. There were many saviors in ancient religious systems, and the gospels were just borrowing from earlier myths. Is this true? Listen in and discover why we can dismiss claims of ancient plagiarism as so much hogwash.
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Is Jesus Just a Copy of Ancient Myths? (Part 3)Skeptics and Internet sites make the claim that Jesus' story is not unique. There were many saviors in ancient religious systems, and the gospels were just borrowing from earlier myths. Is this true? Listen in and discover why we can dismiss claims of ancient plagiarism as so much hogwash.
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Is Jesus Just a Copy of Ancient Myths? (Part 2)Skeptics and Internet sites make the claim that Jesus' story is not unique. There were many saviors in ancient religious systems, and the gospels were just borrowing from earlier myths. Is this true? Listen in and discover why we can dismiss claims of ancient plagiarism as so much hogwash.
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Is Jesus Just a Copy of Ancient Myths? (Part 1)Skeptics and Internet sites make the claim that Jesus' story is not unique. There were many saviors in ancient religious systems, and the gospels were just borrowing from earlier myths. Is this true? Listen in and discover why we can dismiss claims of ancient plagiarism as so much hogwash.
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Why Does God Allow Suffering and Evil? (Part 4) It's a popular objection: If God is all loving, then how can He allow evil to exist in the world? Is God being cruel in allowing evil, or is He just not powerful enough to do anything about it? Does this prove there is no God at all? In this class, Lenny shows why evil proves that God must exist.
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Why Does God Allow Suffering and Evil? (Part 3) It's a popular objection: If God is all loving, then how can He allow evil to exist in the world? Is God being cruel in allowing evil, or is He just not powerful enough to do anything about it? Does this prove there is no God at all? In this class, Lenny shows why evil proves that God must exist.
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Why Does God Allow Suffering and Evil? (Part 2) It's a popular objection: If God is all loving, then how can He allow evil to exist in the world? Is God being cruel in allowing evil, or is He just not powerful enough to do anything about it? Does this prove there is no God at all? In this class, Lenny shows why evil proves that God must exist.
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Why Does God Allow Suffering and Evil? (Part 1) It's a popular objection: If God is all loving, then how can He allow evil to exist in the world? Is God being cruel in allowing evil, or is He just not powerful enough to do anything about it? Does this prove there is no God at all? In this class, Lenny shows why evil proves that God must exist.
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The Problem of Moral Relativism (Part 4)You hear them all the time, those little quips that stop you cold: "That's true for you but not for me", "You shouldn't push your morality on others", "That's only your interpretation of the Bible," and more. Moral relativism has been widely accepted in our culture today. In this class, we'll teach you how to answer these supposed show-stoppers.
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The Problem of Moral Relativism (Part 3)You hear them all the time, those little quips that stop you cold: "That's true for you but not for me", "You shouldn't push your morality on others", "That's only your interpretation of the Bible," and more. Moral relativism has been widely accepted in our culture today. In this class, we'll teach you how to answer these supposed show-stoppers.
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The Problem of Moral Relativism (Part 2)You hear them all the time, those little quips that stop you cold: "That's true for you but not for me", "You shouldn't push your morality on others", "That's only your interpretation of the Bible," and more. Moral relativism has been widely accepted in our culture today. In this class, we'll teach you how to answer these supposed show-stoppers.
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The Problem of Moral Relativism (Part 1)You hear them all the time, those little quips that stop you cold: "That's true for you but not for me", "You shouldn't push your morality on others", "That's only your interpretation of the Bible," and more. Moral relativism has been widely accepted in our culture today. In this class, we'll teach you how to answer these supposed show-stoppers.
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Christianity and the Question of Suicide (Part 3)
Suicides are on the rise, and as recent tragedies have shown, Christians are not exempt for the epidemic. What is the biblical understanding of suicide? Does it disqualify a believer from salvation? How can we equip ourselves to help others contemplating suicide? Listen to this new podcast series for the answers.
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Christianity and the Question of Suicide (Part 4)
Suicides are on the rise, and as recent tragedies have shown, Christians are not exempt for the epidemic. What is the biblical understanding of suicide? Does it disqualify a believer from salvation? How can we equip ourselves to help others contemplating suicide? Listen to this new podcast series for the answers.
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Christianity and the Question of Suicide (Part 2)
Suicides are on the rise, and as recent tragedies have shown, Christians are not exempt for the epidemic. What is the biblical understanding of suicide? Does it disqualify a believer from salvation? How can we equip ourselves to help others contemplating suicide? Listen to this new podcast series for the answers.
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Christianity and the Question of Suicide (Part 1)
Suicides are on the rise, and as recent tragedies have shown, Christians are not exempt for the epidemic. What is the biblical understanding of suicide? Does it disqualify a believer from salvation? How can we equip ourselves to help others contemplating suicide? Listen to this new podcast series for the answers.
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Christianity and the Question of Suicide
Islam and Engaging with Muslims (Part 4)Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world, but is still a mystery to most Christians. Is it a religion of peace or a breeding ground for terrorists? In our latest Christianity in the Hot Seat installment, Lenny examines Islamic beliefs and discusses how to effectively witness to Muslims.
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Islam and Engaging with Muslims (Part 1)Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world, but is still a mystery to most Christians. Is it a religion of peace or a breeding ground for terrorists? In our latest Christianity in the Hot Seat installment, Lenny examines Islamic beliefs and discusses how to effectively witness to Muslims.
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Islam and Engaging with Muslims (Part 3)Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world, but is still a mystery to most Christians. Is it a religion of peace or a breeding ground for terrorists? In our latest Christianity in the Hot Seat installment, Lenny examines Islamic beliefs and discusses how to effectively witness to Muslims.
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Islam and Engaging with Muslims (Part 2)Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world, but is still a mystery to most Christians. Is it a religion of peace or a breeding ground for terrorists? In our latest Christianity in the Hot Seat installment, Lenny examines Islamic beliefs and discusses how to effectively witness to Muslims.
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Does God Promote Slavery, Genocide, and Sexism? (Part 4)
Skeptics will charge that the Bible contains passages that promote slavery, sexism and genocide. But how can the true God be sexist? How should we understand commands given in the Old Testament? Why didn't God prohibit slavery if it's such an abhorrent practice? Join us in this class as Lenny shows why the God of the Bible is not immoral or out of date.
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Does God Promote Slavery, Genocide, and Sexism? (Part 3)
Skeptics will charge that the Bible contains passages that promote slavery, sexism and genocide. But how can the true God be sexist? How should we understand commands given in the Old Testament? Why didn't God prohibit slavery if it's such an abhorrent practice? Join us in this class as Lenny shows why the God of the Bible is not immoral or out of date.
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Does God Promote Slavery, Genocide, and Sexism? (Part 2)
Skeptics will charge that the Bible contains passages that promote slavery, sexism and genocide. But how can the true God be sexist? How should we understand commands given in the Old Testament? Why didn't God prohibit slavery if it's such an abhorrent practice? Join us in this class as Lenny shows why the God of the Bible is not immoral or out of date.
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Does God Promote Slavery, Genocide, and Sexism? (Part 1)
Skeptics will charge that the Bible contains passages that promote slavery, sexism and genocide. But how can the true God be sexist? How should we understand commands given in the Old Testament? Why didn't God prohibit slavery if it's such an abhorrent practice? Join us in this class as Lenny shows why the God of the Bible is not immoral or out of date.
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What about All the Contradictions in the Bible? (Part 4)You hear the objection all the time: "I can't believe the Bible because it contains too many contradictions." Are there contradictions in the Bible? How can Christians reconcile the different accounts of the resurrection? In this podcast series, Lenny shows why discrepancies in the Bible are not contradictions, why they're important, and how to answer this common objection.
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What about All the Contradictions in the Bible? (Part 3)You hear the objection all the time: "I can't believe the Bible because it contains too many contradictions." Are there contradictions in the Bible? How can Christians reconcile the different accounts of the resurrection? In this podcast series, Lenny shows why discrepancies in the Bible are not contradictions, why they're important, and how to answer this common objection.
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What about All the Contradictions in the Bible? (Part 2)You hear the objection all the time: "I can't believe the Bible because it contains too many contradictions." Are there contradictions in the Bible? How can Christians reconcile the different accounts of the resurrection? In this podcast series, Lenny shows why discrepancies in the Bible are not contradictions, why they're important, and how to answer this common objection.
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What about All the Contradictions in the Bible? (Part 1)You hear the objection all the time: "I can't believe the Bible because it contains too many contradictions." Are there contradictions in the Bible? How can Christians reconcile the different accounts of the resurrection? In this podcast series, Lenny shows why discrepancies in the Bible are not contradictions, why they're important, and how to answer this common objection.
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How Could a Loving God Send People to Hell? (Part 4)
If God is all-loving, how can He stand to send people to Hell? Why would He even create hell in the first place? Couldn't God judge Satan before He tempted Eve? In this session, Lenny explains how God's nature of love actually demands that He punish sin.
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How Could a Loving God Send People to Hell? (Part 3)
If God is all-loving, how can He stand to send people to Hell? Why would He even create hell in the first place? Couldn't God judge Satan before He tempted Eve? In this session, Lenny explains how God's nature of love actually demands that He punish sin.
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How Could a Loving God Send People to Hell? (Part 2)
If God is all-loving, how can He stand to send people to Hell? Why would He even create hell in the first place? Couldn't God judge Satan before He tempted Eve? In this session, Lenny explains how God's nature of love actually demands that He punish sin.
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How Could a Loving God Send People to Hell? (Part 1)
If God is all-loving, how can He stand to send people to Hell? Why would He even create hell in the first place? Couldn't God judge Satan before He tempted Eve? In this session, Lenny explains how God's nature of love actually demands that He punish sin.
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The Question of Transgenderism (Part 4)Today's headlines are replete with issues of gender identity. How should we understand gender vs. sex? What are Christians to make of those who sincerely feel they are transgender? What's the best way of talking about this contentious issue with others? Listen in as Lenny explores a reasoned approach to the transgender question in this podcast.
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The Question of Transgenderism (Part 3)Today's headlines are replete with issues of gender identity. How should we understand gender vs. sex? What are Christians to make of those who sincerely feel they are transgender? What's the best way of talking about this contentious issue with others? Listen in as Lenny explores a reasoned approach to the transgender question in this podcast.
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The Question of Transgenderism (Part 2)Today's headlines are replete with issues of gender identity. How should we understand gender vs. sex? What are Christians to make of those who sincerely feel they are transgender? What's the best way of talking about this contentious issue with others? Listen in as Lenny explores a reasoned approach to the transgender question in this podcast.
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The Question of Transgenderism (Part 1)Today's headlines are replete with issues of gender identity. How should we understand gender vs. sex? What are Christians to make of those who sincerely feel they are transgender? What's the best way of talking about this contentious issue with others? Listen in as Lenny explores a reasoned approach to the transgender question in this podcast.
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The Bible vs Other Faiths—Which is From God? (Part 4) Christians hold that the Bible is God's revealed word given to us. But critics argue that the Bible was written by men and changed over the years to suit their purposes. Other faiths claims their sacred writings are inspired. Is there a way to tell? In this first session of our new "Christianity in the Hot Seat" series, Lenny will compare how the Bible stacks up against the claims of other sacred writings and why Christianity is the more reasonable faith. (Part 4 of 4)
The Bible vs Other Faiths—Which is From God? (Part 1) Christians hold that the Bible is God's revealed word given to us. But critics argue that the Bible was written by men and changed over the years to suit their purposes. Other faiths claims their sacred writings are inspired. Is there a way to tell? In this first session of our new "Christianity in the Hot Seat" series, Lenny will compare how the Bible stacks up against the claims of other sacred writings and why Christianity is the more reasonable faith. (Part 1 of 4)
The Bible vs Other Faiths—Which is From God? (Part 2) Christians hold that the Bible is God's revealed word given to us. But critics argue that the Bible was written by men and changed over the years to suit their purposes. Other faiths claims their sacred writings are inspired. Is there a way to tell? In this first session of our new "Christianity in the Hot Seat" series, Lenny will compare how the Bible stacks up against the claims of other sacred writings and why Christianity is the more reasonable faith. (Part 2 of 4)
The Bible vs Other Faiths—Which is From God? (Part 3) Christians hold that the Bible is God's revealed word given to us. But critics argue that the Bible was written by men and changed over the years to suit their purposes. Other faiths claims their sacred writings are inspired. Is there a way to tell? In this first session of our new "Christianity in the Hot Seat" series, Lenny will compare how the Bible stacks up against the claims of other sacred writings and why Christianity is the more reasonable faith. (Part 3 of 4)
Christianity, Race, and Human Dignity (Part 3)Given the recent tragic events in our country, race has become the central focus today. All men are created equal. Where does the concept of universal human dignity come from and what does it mean to say all people are valuable? Join us for this talk where we explore how only Christianity offers a consistent view of intrinsic human value and why concepts like race should be seen as sacred.
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Christianity, Race, and Human Dignity (Part 2)Given the recent tragic events in our country, race has become the central focus today. All men are created equal. Where does the concept of universal human dignity come from and what does it mean to say all people are valuable? Join us for this talk where we explore how only Christianity offers a consistent view of intrinsic human value and why concepts like race should be seen as sacred.
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Christianity, Race, and Human Dignity (Part 1)Given the recent tragic events in our country, race has become the central focus today. All men are created equal. Where does the concept of universal human dignity come from and what does it mean to say all people are valuable? Join us for this talk where we explore how only Christianity offers a consistent view of intrinsic human value and why concepts like race should be seen as sacred.
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The Resurrection: Fraud, Fable, or Fact (Part 2)
Christianity has held the resurrection of Jesus as the central pillar of its faith. Take that away and the whole thing comes toppling down. It's unsurprising, then, that skeptics have targeted the resurrection accounts throughout the history of the Church. In this two-part talk, Lenny looks at the charges claiming the resurrection accounts were either forgeries intent to deceive their audiences or fables that grew to be believed and demonstrates why either position comes up short.
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The Resurrection: Fraud, Fable, or Fact (Part 1)
Christianity has held the resurrection of Jesus as the central pillar of its faith. Take that away and the whole thing comes toppling down. It's unsurprising, then, that skeptics have targeted the resurrection accounts throughout the history of the Church. In this two-part talk, Lenny looks at the charges claiming the resurrection accounts were either forgeries intent to deceive their audiences or fables that grew to be believed and demonstrates why either position comes up short.
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A Rational Approach to COVID-19 (Part 2)As we enter the second month of shelter-in-place, people are asking "Just how dangerous is the coronavirus really?" In this interview, Lenny talks with Dr. AJ Roberts, who worked at the NIH for three years on the first SARS-coronavirus, to get clarity on what the virus is, just how dangerous it can be, and what we will be facing now that the initial wave of infections has crested.
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A Rational Approach to COVID-19 (Part 1)As we enter the second month of shelter-in-place, people are asking "Just how dangerous is the coronavirus really?" In this interview, Lenny talks with Dr. AJ Roberts, who worked at the NIH for three years on the first SARS-coronavirus, to get clarity on what the virus is, just how dangerous it can be, and what we will be facing now that the initial wave of infections has crested.
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The Sickness of Self - Discussion with Ken Samples (Part 2)
The driveness of “self” has plagued humanity since the garden of Eden. Yet, from that time until now, God has called us to be self-less. To consider others “better than” ourselves. What it is this “sickness of self”? What drives it? And what does it look like when the Great Physician heals us of this? Are we more prone to selfishness in our culture of radical individualism? In this engaging discussion, Lenny is joined by Kenneth Samples of Reasons to Believe to discuss the Sickness of Self, how our society is rife with it, and what it means to love your neighbor more than yourself.
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The Sickness of Self - Discussion with Ken Samples (Part 1)
The driveness of “self” has plagued humanity since the garden of Eden. Yet, from that time until now, God has called us to be self-less. To consider others “better than” ourselves. What it is this “sickness of self”? What drives it? And what does it look like when the Great Physician heals us of this? Are we more prone to selfishness in our culture of radical individualism? In this engaging discussion, Lenny is joined by Kenneth Samples of Reasons to Believe to discuss the Sickness of Self, how our society is rife with it, and what it means to love your neighbor more than yourself.
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Authority, Revelation, and Scripture (Part 4)It seems today there are as many different beliefs about spiritual matters as there are people that hold them. But Christians believe the Bible holds the authority on how we should relate to God and to one another. In this series, Lenny explains just why authority is essential in matters of faith, how God communicates through revelation, and why scripture can be trusted as the primary means of God providing guidance for our lives.
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Authority, Revelation, and Scripture (Part 3)It seems today there are as many different beliefs about spiritual matters as there are people that hold them. But Christians believe the Bible holds the authority on how we should relate to God and to one another. In this series, Lenny explains just why authority is essential in matters of faith, how God communicates through revelation, and why scripture can be trusted as the primary means of God providing guidance for our lives.
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Authority, Revelation, and Scripture (Part 2)It seems today there are as many different beliefs about spiritual matters as there are people that hold them. But Christians believe the Bible holds the authority on how we should relate to God and to one another. In this series, Lenny explains just why authority is essential in matters of faith, how God communicates through revelation, and why scripture can be trusted as the primary means of God providing guidance for our lives.
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Authority, Revelation, and Scripture (Part 1)It seems today there are as many different beliefs about spiritual matters as there are people that hold them. But Christians believe the Bible holds the authority on how we should relate to God and to one another. In this series, Lenny explains just why authority is essential in matters of faith, how God communicates through revelation, and why scripture can be trusted as the primary means of God providing guidance for our lives.
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Will You Be an Apprentice or an Arsonist? (Part 2)
The Bible is the authoritative text for Christianity. It is why cults of Christianity have to twist and distort the meaning of Bible verses in order to justify their belief systems. But many times, Christians are guilty of abusing biblical passages too! In this study of Luke 17, Lenny demonstrates how familiar stories can be misunderstood by believers by ignoring the passages' larger context and then outlines what marks maturity in Christians believers.
Will You Be an Apprentice or an Arsonist? (Part 1)
The Bible is the authoritative text for Christianity. It is why cults of Christianity have to twist and distort the meaning of Bible verses in order to justify their belief systems. But many times, Christians are guilty of abusing biblical passages too! In this study of Luke 17, Lenny demonstrates how familiar stories can be misunderstood by believers by ignoring the passages' larger context and then outlines what marks maturity in Christians believers.
Building a Bulletproof Faith in a Backwards World (Part 2)
The stats are clear. Once they leave home, Christian kids are leaving the church in alarming numbers. How can we help young believers stand up to the continual onslaught of peer-pressure, professors, and pop culture pushing them away from the faith? In this session, Lenny provides parents and young people with specific tools to solidify their faith and help them see why Christianity makes the most sense of our world.
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Building a Bulletproof Faith in a Backwards World (Part 1)The stats are clear. Once they leave home, Christian kids are leaving the church in alarming numbers. How can we help young believers stand up to the continual onslaught of peer-pressure, professors, and pop culture pushing them away from the faith? In this session, Lenny provides parents and young people with specific tools to solidify their faith and help them see why Christianity makes the most sense of our world.
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Interview with J.P. Moreland: Scientism and Secularism (Part 2)
In this special edition of the podcast, Lenny sits down with Dr. J.P. Moreland to discuss his new book Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology. Listen in as J.P. explains the difference between science and scientism, how our culture has placed too much trust in the scientific enterprise as the arbiter of knowledge, and why such trust actually makes us less knowledgeable.
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Interview with J.P. Moreland: Scientism and Secularism (Part 1)
In this special edition of the podcast, Lenny sits down with Dr. J.P. Moreland to discuss his new book Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology. Listen in as J.P. explains the difference between science and scientism, how our culture has placed too much trust in the scientific enterprise as the arbiter of knowledge, and why such trust actually makes us less knowledgeable.
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Four Marks of the One True Church (Part 2)What does it mean to be a Christian? That question was as pressing to believers in the first centuries of the Church’s existence as it is to us today. How do we know if a church that claims to be Christian really is? The Church Fathers crafted the Nicaean Creed to help answer that question and included the line that the church should be “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.” But what do each of these identifiers mean? Here, Lenny explains why Christians should recognize they aren’t part of individual faiths but the one true faith given to all saints. Listen in.
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Four Marks of the One True Church (Part 1)What does it mean to be a Christian? That question was as pressing to believers in the first centuries of the Church’s existence as it is to us today. How do we know if a church that claims to be Christian really is? The Church Fathers crafted the Nicaean Creed to help answer that question and included the line that the church should be “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.” But what do each of these identifiers mean? Here, Lenny explains why Christians should recognize they aren’t part of individual faiths but the one true faith given to all saints. Listen in.
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The Need for a Creed — Knowing the Truth about God (Part 2)What do we mean when we say we’re Christians? Is it enough to claim to follow Christ? Mormons and others who have radically different views of the nature of God, the nature of Jesus, and key matters of faith have also claimed to be Christian, but that doesn’t mean they are. In this key study, Lenny examines how creeds became central to defining the essential elements of the Christian faith and how important they are in establishing true from false beliefs.
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The Need for a Creed — Knowing the Truth about God (Part 1)What do we mean when we say we’re Christians? Is it enough to claim to follow Christ? Mormons and others who have radically different views of the nature of God, the nature of Jesus, and key matters of faith have also claimed to be Christian, but that doesn’t mean they are. In this key study, Lenny examines how creeds became central to defining the essential elements of the Christian faith and how important they are in establishing true from false beliefs.
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The Necessity of a "Risky" Faith (Part 2)Statistics show that while we are living in an age of incredible prosperity and comfort, people are becoming more and more depressed. Why? It seems the more humans pursue material standards of success, the less happy they become. In a motivational teaching to start the new year, Lenny looks at how Jesus upends the assumptions of success and offers four practical ways Christians can become more focused in our discipleship.
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The Necessity of a "Risky" Faith (Part 1)Statistics show that while we are living in an age of incredible prosperity and comfort, people are becoming more and more depressed. Why? It seems the more humans pursue material standards of success, the less happy they become. In a motivational teaching to start the new year, Lenny looks at how Jesus upends the assumptions of success and offers four practical ways Christians can become more focused in our discipleship.
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What Makes Christianity Compelling? (Part 2)In Luke 14, Jesus gives the famous Great Banquet parable. A master wants to fill his banquet hall with guests, so he instructs his servants to go out into the roads and byways and “compel them to come in.” Is Jesus teaching that compulsion is a way to salvation? Should we force other people to become Christians? On the contrary, the instruction is for us as sharers of our faith. We need to make a compelling case for Christianity. In this teaching, Lenny looks at how the early church proved to be compelling in pagan Rome and offers three points on how you can become more compelling in living out your faith.
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What Makes Christianity Compelling? (Part 1)In Luke 14, Jesus gives the famous Great Banquet parable. A master wants to fill his banquet hall with guests, so he instructs his servants to go out into the roads and byways and “compel them to come in.” Is Jesus teaching that compulsion is a way to salvation? Should we force other people to become Christians? On the contrary, the instruction is for us as sharers of our faith. We need to make a compelling case for Christianity. In this teaching, Lenny looks at how the early church proved to be compelling in pagan Rome and offers three points on how you can become more compelling in living out your faith.
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Seven Heavy Questions Pressing on Kids Today (Part 2)What were the biggest issues you worried about in your early teen years? Being cool? The big test? How to get the attention of someone of the opposite sex? Today’s Christian teens face a much more harrowing set of concerns. From worrying about friends wanting to commit suicide to schoolmates pushing for transgenderism, kids in junior and senior high school are wrestling with sophisticated issues. In this recorded Q&A session from a church youth event, hear Lenny respond to questions that are weighing on our kids today.
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Seven Heavy Questions Pressing on Kids Today (Part 1)What were the biggest issues you worried about in your early teen years? Being cool? The big test? How to get the attention of someone of the opposite sex? Today’s Christian teens face a much more harrowing set of concerns. From worrying about friends wanting to commit suicide to schoolmates pushing for transgenderism, kids in junior and senior high school are wrestling with sophisticated issues. In this recorded Q&A session from a church youth event, hear Lenny respond to questions that are weighing on our kids today.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #3: How to Talk about Faith on Facebook (Part 4)
Social media takes up an increasingly large portion of our lives and it is the primary way people stay in touch with extended family and friends. But too often discussions about beliefs devolve into arguments or out-and-out insults. In this class, Lenny offers tips on how to talk with others online while being respectful and winsome.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #3: How to Talk about Faith on Facebook (Part 3)
Social media takes up an increasingly large portion of our lives and it is the primary way people stay in touch with extended family and friends. But too often discussions about beliefs devolve into arguments or out-and-out insults. In this class, Lenny offers tips on how to talk with others online while being respectful and winsome.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #3: How to Talk about Faith on Facebook (Part 2)
Social media takes up an increasingly large portion of our lives and it is the primary way people stay in touch with extended family and friends. But too often discussions about beliefs devolve into arguments or out-and-out insults. In this class, Lenny offers tips on how to talk with others online while being respectful and winsome.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #3: How to Talk about Faith on Facebook (Part 1)
Social media takes up an increasingly large portion of our lives and it is the primary way people stay in touch with extended family and friends. But too often discussions about beliefs devolve into arguments or out-and-out insults. In this class, Lenny offers tips on how to talk with others online while being respectful and winsome.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #2: Talking Faith without Fighting (Part 4)
Sharing one’s faith is becoming more and more difficult as our culture moves away from its traditionally religious roots. Passionate discussions can sometimes lead to angry words or hurt feelings. But this isn’t the way we should spread the Gospel; it’s unloving and ineffective, too. In this talk, Lenny offers some specific tactics in sharing the Christian faith so you may present the truth in a loving, attractive, and effective manner.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #2: Talking Faith without Fighting (Part 3)
Sharing one’s faith is becoming more and more difficult as our culture moves away from its traditionally religious roots. Passionate discussions can sometimes lead to angry words or hurt feelings. But this isn’t the way we should spread the Gospel; it’s unloving and ineffective, too. In this talk, Lenny offers some specific tactics in sharing the Christian faith so you may present the truth in a loving, attractive, and effective manner.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #2: Talking Faith without Fighting (Part 2)
Sharing one’s faith is becoming more and more difficult as our culture moves away from its traditionally religious roots. Passionate discussions can sometimes lead to angry words or hurt feelings. But this isn’t the way we should spread the Gospel; it’s unloving and ineffective, too. In this talk, Lenny offers some specific tactics in sharing the Christian faith so you may present the truth in a loving, attractive, and effective manner.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #2: Talking Faith without Fighting (Part 1)
Sharing one’s faith is becoming more and more difficult as our culture moves away from its traditionally religious roots. Passionate discussions can sometimes lead to angry words or hurt feelings. But this isn’t the way we should spread the Gospel; it’s unloving and ineffective, too. In this talk, Lenny offers some specific tactics in sharing the Christian faith so you may present the truth in a loving, attractive, and effective manner.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #1: Wrestling with Worldviews (Part 4)
Everyone has a particular way of believing how the world works, why it works the way it does, and what it means for them. These foundational beliefs are known as one’s worldview and understanding worldviews is important if you wish to have any kind of meaningful discussion on serious issues with others. In this first lecture from our new “Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World” series, Lenny explains just what a worldview is, how it’s formed, and where the modern secular worldview fails.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #1: Wrestling with Worldviews (Part 3)
Everyone has a particular way of believing how the world works, why it works the way it does, and what it means for them. These foundational beliefs are known as one’s worldview and understanding worldviews is important if you wish to have any kind of meaningful discussion on serious issues with others. In this first lecture from our new “Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World” series, Lenny explains just what a worldview is, how it’s formed, and where the modern secular worldview fails.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #1: Wrestling with Worldviews (Part 2)
Everyone has a particular way of believing how the world works, why it works the way it does, and what it means for them. These foundational beliefs are known as one’s worldview and understanding worldviews is important if you wish to have any kind of meaningful discussion on serious issues with others. In this first lecture from our new “Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World” series, Lenny explains just what a worldview is, how it’s formed, and where the modern secular worldview fails.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World #1: Wrestling with Worldviews (Part 1)
Everyone has a particular way of believing how the world works, why it works the way it does, and what it means for them. These foundational beliefs are known as one’s worldview and understanding worldviews is important if you wish to have any kind of meaningful discussion on serious issues with others. In this first lecture from our new “Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World” series, Lenny explains just what a worldview is, how it’s formed, and where the modern secular worldview fails.
About the Sharing Your Faith in a Post-Christian World SeriesThere's no doubt that we’ve entered a post-Christian world. That means some of the ways people have traditionally thought about God and Christianity have changed, and the Christian’s way of discussing faith needs to change as well. In this series of podcasts, we will explore how Christians can effectively share their faith in a post-Christian world.
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Christian History Series #8: The Rebellion Versus the Empire (Part 6)
Coming out of the Middle Ages, Christianity was again in a state of transformation. Christian teachings had taken hold throughout Europe, but the church hierarchy had become political and corrupt. Reformers like Wycliffe, Hus, and Luther sought to return Jesus’s teachings to the people. In this last set of talks, Lenny outlines the seeds of the Protestant Reformation, the motivations of the reformers, and the five key points that mark modern Protestant faiths today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #8: The Rebellion Versus the Empire (Part 5)
Coming out of the Middle Ages, Christianity was again in a state of transformation. Christian teachings had taken hold throughout Europe, but the church hierarchy had become political and corrupt. Reformers like Wycliffe, Hus, and Luther sought to return Jesus’s teachings to the people. In this last set of talks, Lenny outlines the seeds of the Protestant Reformation, the motivations of the reformers, and the five key points that mark modern Protestant faiths today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #8: The Rebellion Versus the Empire (Part 4)
Coming out of the Middle Ages, Christianity was again in a state of transformation. Christian teachings had taken hold throughout Europe, but the church hierarchy had become political and corrupt. Reformers like Wycliffe, Hus, and Luther sought to return Jesus’s teachings to the people. In this last set of talks, Lenny outlines the seeds of the Protestant Reformation, the motivations of the reformers, and the five key points that mark modern Protestant faiths today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #8: The Rebellion Versus the Empire (Part 3)
Coming out of the Middle Ages, Christianity was again in a state of transformation. Christian teachings had taken hold throughout Europe, but the church hierarchy had become political and corrupt. Reformers like Wycliffe, Hus, and Luther sought to return Jesus’s teachings to the people. In this last set of talks, Lenny outlines the seeds of the Protestant Reformation, the motivations of the reformers, and the five key points that mark modern Protestant faiths today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #8: The Rebellion Versus the Empire (Part 2)
Coming out of the Middle Ages, Christianity was again in a state of transformation. Christian teachings had taken hold throughout Europe, but the church hierarchy had become political and corrupt. Reformers like Wycliffe, Hus, and Luther sought to return Jesus’s teachings to the people. In this last set of talks, Lenny outlines the seeds of the Protestant Reformation, the motivations of the reformers, and the five key points that mark modern Protestant faiths today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #8: The Rebellion Versus the Empire (Part 1)
Coming out of the Middle Ages, Christianity was again in a state of transformation. Christian teachings had taken hold throughout Europe, but the church hierarchy had become political and corrupt. Reformers like Wycliffe, Hus, and Luther sought to return Jesus’s teachings to the people. In this last set of talks, Lenny outlines the seeds of the Protestant Reformation, the motivations of the reformers, and the five key points that mark modern Protestant faiths today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #7: Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night (Part 6)
Although it’s popular to caricature the medieval period with the label “The Dark Ages,” it was filled with brilliant thinkers who made significant advancements in human knowledge. Listen in as Lenny explains how the modern university was birthed from this time and how with Thomas Aquinas’s use of Aristotelian reason, the stage was set for modern science to flourish.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #7: Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night (Part 5)
Although it’s popular to caricature the medieval period with the label “The Dark Ages,” it was filled with brilliant thinkers who made significant advancements in human knowledge. Listen in as Lenny explains how the modern university was birthed from this time and how with Thomas Aquinas’s use of Aristotelian reason, the stage was set for modern science to flourish.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #7: Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night (Part 4)
Although it’s popular to caricature the medieval period with the label “The Dark Ages,” it was filled with brilliant thinkers who made significant advancements in human knowledge. Listen in as Lenny explains how the modern university was birthed from this time and how with Thomas Aquinas’s use of Aristotelian reason, the stage was set for modern science to flourish.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #7: Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night (Part 3)
Although it’s popular to caricature the medieval period with the label “The Dark Ages,” it was filled with brilliant thinkers who made significant advancements in human knowledge. Listen in as Lenny explains how the modern university was birthed from this time and how with Thomas Aquinas’s use of Aristotelian reason, the stage was set for modern science to flourish.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #7: Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night (Part 2)
Although it’s popular to caricature the medieval period with the label “The Dark Ages,” it was filled with brilliant thinkers who made significant advancements in human knowledge. Listen in as Lenny explains how the modern university was birthed from this time and how with Thomas Aquinas’s use of Aristotelian reason, the stage was set for modern science to flourish.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #7: Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night (Part 1)
Although it’s popular to caricature the medieval period with the label “The Dark Ages,” it was filled with brilliant thinkers who made significant advancements in human knowledge. Listen in as Lenny explains how the modern university was birthed from this time and how with Thomas Aquinas’s use of Aristotelian reason, the stage was set for modern science to flourish.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #6: The Continental Divide (Part 6)
Why is the church so fractured? Christianity today is known by its various denominations and groups, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this lecture, Lenny explains how both political division within Christian hierarchy and the rise of Islam and the Crusaders helped cleave the Christian world in two. He also examines the dangers that exist when faith becomes more focused on formality than function.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #6: The Continental Divide (Part 5)
Why is the church so fractured? Christianity today is known by its various denominations and groups, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this lecture, Lenny explains how both political division within Christian hierarchy and the rise of Islam and the Crusaders helped cleave the Christian world in two. He also examines the dangers that exist when faith becomes more focused on formality than function.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #6: The Continental Divide (Part 4)
Why is the church so fractured? Christianity today is known by its various denominations and groups, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this lecture, Lenny explains how both political division within Christian hierarchy and the rise of Islam and the Crusaders helped cleave the Christian world in two. He also examines the dangers that exist when faith becomes more focused on formality than function.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #6: The Continental Divide (Part 3)
Why is the church so fractured? Christianity today is known by its various denominations and groups, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this lecture, Lenny explains how both political division within Christian hierarchy and the rise of Islam and the Crusaders helped cleave the Christian world in two. He also examines the dangers that exist when faith becomes more focused on formality than function.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #6: The Continental Divide (Part 2)
Why is the church so fractured? Christianity today is known by its various denominations and groups, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this lecture, Lenny explains how both political division within Christian hierarchy and the rise of Islam and the Crusaders helped cleave the Christian world in two. He also examines the dangers that exist when faith becomes more focused on formality than function.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #6: The Continental Divide (Part 1)
Why is the church so fractured? Christianity today is known by its various denominations and groups, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this lecture, Lenny explains how both political division within Christian hierarchy and the rise of Islam and the Crusaders helped cleave the Christian world in two. He also examines the dangers that exist when faith becomes more focused on formality than function.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #5: He Came In through the Bathroom Window (Part 6)
Most Christians have heard about the twelve ragtag followers Jesus picked out to be his disciples. But many don’t know about those he saved in the subsequent centuries. In this fifth installment of our class, Lenny looks at two key figures who both had a tremendous impact in shaping Christian thought. Athanasius was a staunch defender of the Trinity, even though he faced decades of resistance and persecution. Augustine went from a carnal pagan to a cultist to one of the most influential thinkers in all Christendom—one whose arguments even shut down the New Atheists today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #5: He Came In through the Bathroom Window (Part 5)
Most Christians have heard about the twelve ragtag followers Jesus picked out to be his disciples. But many don’t know about those he saved in the subsequent centuries. In this fifth installment of our class, Lenny looks at two key figures who both had a tremendous impact in shaping Christian thought. Athanasius was a staunch defender of the Trinity, even though he faced decades of resistance and persecution. Augustine went from a carnal pagan to a cultist to one of the most influential thinkers in all Christendom—one whose arguments even shut down the New Atheists today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #5: He Came In through the Bathroom Window (Part 4)
Most Christians have heard about the twelve ragtag followers Jesus picked out to be his disciples. But many don’t know about those he saved in the subsequent centuries. In this fifth installment of our class, Lenny looks at two key figures who both had a tremendous impact in shaping Christian thought. Athanasius was a staunch defender of the Trinity, even though he faced decades of resistance and persecution. Augustine went from a carnal pagan to a cultist to one of the most influential thinkers in all Christendom—one whose arguments even shut down the New Atheists today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
Part 4 of 6
Christian History Series #5: He Came In through the Bathroom Window (Part 3)
Most Christians have heard about the twelve ragtag followers Jesus picked out to be his disciples. But many don’t know about those he saved in the subsequent centuries. In this fifth installment of our class, Lenny looks at two key figures who both had a tremendous impact in shaping Christian thought. Athanasius was a staunch defender of the Trinity, even though he faced decades of resistance and persecution. Augustine went from a carnal pagan to a cultist to one of the most influential thinkers in all Christendom—one whose arguments even shut down the New Atheists today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #5: He Came In through the Bathroom Window (Part 2)
Most Christians have heard about the twelve ragtag followers Jesus picked out to be his disciples. But many don’t know about those he saved in the subsequent centuries. In this fifth installment of our class, Lenny looks at two key figures who both had a tremendous impact in shaping Christian thought. Athanasius was a staunch defender of the Trinity, even though he faced decades of resistance and persecution. Augustine went from a carnal pagan to a cultist to one of the most influential thinkers in all Christendom—one whose arguments even shut down the New Atheists today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
Part 2 of 6
Christian History Series #5: He Came In through the Bathroom Window (Part 1)
Most Christians have heard about the twelve ragtag followers Jesus picked out to be his disciples. But many don’t know about those he saved in the subsequent centuries. In this fifth installment of our class, Lenny looks at two key figures who both had a tremendous impact in shaping Christian thought. Athanasius was a staunch defender of the Trinity, even though he faced decades of resistance and persecution. Augustine went from a carnal pagan to a cultist to one of the most influential thinkers in all Christendom—one whose arguments even shut down the New Atheists today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History Series The Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
Part 1 of 6
Christian History Series #4: The Most Interesting Man in the World (Part 6)
What beliefs define a true Christian? That was a key question after Constantine barred Christian persecution, lifting them from prisons to palaces. In the fourth and fifth centuries, the key questions of the faith centered around the divinity and humanity of Jesus. Was he God like God the Father or a created man? How did that work out specifically? In this part of our lecture series, we will explore how the early church affirmed Jesus’s full humanity as well as his full divinity and why these things are crucial even for us today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
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Christian History Series #4: The Most Interesting Man in the World (Part 5)
What beliefs define a true Christian? That was a key question after Constantine barred Christian persecution, lifting them from prisons to palaces. In the fourth and fifth centuries, the key questions of the faith centered around the divinity and humanity of Jesus. Was he God like God the Father or a created man? How did that work out specifically? In this part of our lecture series, we will explore how the early church affirmed Jesus’s full humanity as well as his full divinity and why these things are crucial even for us today.
About the Hidden Riches of Christian History SeriesThe Hidden Riches of Christian History lecture series takes you on a journey of exploration from the Resurrection to the Reformation. Along the way, we will hear remarkable stories and discover incredible insights into some of the most significant people and events that helped shape our faith into the world-transforming force it is today.
Part 5 of 6