Music

• The Summit Church, Jesus in My Place (featuring Matt Papa) from the album, Jesus in My Place, 2012

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
• Steve Jeffery discusses the atonement on Unbelievable?

Music

• The Summit Church, Jesus in My Place (featuring Matt Papa) from the album, Jesus in My Place, 2012

Promoted Resources

• Rethinking Hell, “Exploring Evangelical Conditionalism”
• Subscribe to the Rethinking Hell podcast in iTunes or directly via RSS
• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
• Steve Jeffery discusses the atonement on Unbelievable?

Music

• Nick Aquilino, Forgive Me Lord from the single, 2012

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
• Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
• Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.

Music

• Mic Boogie, Another Cold Case from the album, Mr. Boogie [Explicit], 2012

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reason with Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST on AM 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• Please Convince Me with Jim Wallace
  • The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes and the Zune Marketplace
  • Also check out Answers For Atheists for a growing list of answers to common objections to Christianity from atheists
• http://coldcasechristianity.com/ where you can learn more about J. Warner Wallace and his book
  • Available at Amazon

Music

• The Replacements, We’ll Inherit the Earth, from the Don’t Tell a Soul [Expanded Edition] album, 2008

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.

Music

• Ruth Wallis, Queer Things Are Happening from the album, Sings the Spice is Right, 2012

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 6–A Kick in the Teeth.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• www.askdrbrown.org, Dr. Brown’s home on the web where you can access his radio show, “The Line of Fire,” or his “Fire School of Ministry” and a variety of other resources, including the book we discussed, A Queer Thing Happened to America.

Music

• Christian Parker, She Leads the Way, from the album, Reflections of Tomorrow, 2009

Promoted Resources

• Please Convince Me, with Jim Wallace
  • The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes, the Zune Marketplace, or RSS feed.
  • Also the sister site, Answers for Atheists, geared specifically toward atheists seeking answers to their objections to Christianity.
• Split Frame of Reference, my friend’s blog
  • The introduction to the written debate in which I participated, with links to all three essays
• Dr. Payne’s website, including blog, publications and contact information
  • Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters
  • Linguist’s Software, Fonts for the Whole World, the world’s leading source of foreign language fonts since 1984
• Dr. Payne recommends:
  • Christians for Biblical Equality (http://www.cbeinternational.org/)
  • Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Heirarchy, by Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothius
  • Junia: The First Woman Apostle, by Eldon J. Epp
  • Abusing Scripture: The Consequences of Misreading the Bible, by Manfred T. Brauch
  • The Trinity & Subordinationism: The Doctrine of God & the Contemporary Gender Debate, by Kevin Giles.

Music

• Certified Slim, She’s Her Own Boss, from the album, Move Somethin’, 2012

Promoted Resources

• The Dividing Line, with Dr. James White, Director of Alpha & Omega Ministries
  • Listen online most Tuesday mornings at 11:00am PDT, and most Thursday afternoons at 4:00pm PDT.
  • Subscribe to the podcast via direct RSS feed.
• Dr. Payne’s website, including blog, publications and contact information
• Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters
• Linguist’s Software, Fonts for the Whole World, the world’s leading source of foreign language fonts since 1984
• Dr. Payne recommends:
• Christians for Biblical Equality (http://www.cbeinternational.org/)
• Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Heirarchy, by Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothius
• Junia: The First Woman Apostle, by Eldon J. Epp
• Abusing Scripture: The Consequences of Misreading the Bible, by Manfred T. Brauch
• The Trinity & Subordinationism: The Doctrine of God & the Contemporary Gender Debate, by Kevin Giles.

Music

• Big Daddy Weave, In Christ from the album, 6 Picks: Essential Radio Hits EP, 2009

Promoted Resources

• Evidence 4 Faith, with Keith Kendrex and Dr. Mike Lurakis
  • On the air Sundays 4-5pm (EST), WIBG 1020AM in Southern New Jersey, and streaming live at WIBG.com
  • Past shows available via podcast, also available in the iTunes Store
• The Convert: From Adam to Christ website, where you can learn more and order a copy.

Music

• Cheryl Jackson, Raised with Christ from the album, Be Still, 2007

Promoted Resources

• Real Apologetics, with Jamin Hübner.
• Check out the podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
• Reign of Christ Ministries, Sam’s ministry
• American Vision, where you will be able to purchase Sam’s book

Music

• The Strokes, The End Has No End from the album, Room on Fire, 2003

Promoted Resources

• Real Apologetics, with Jamin Hübner.
• Check out the podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
• Reign of Christ Ministries, Sam’s ministry
• American Vision, where you will be able to purchase Sam’s book

Music

• The Courteeners, Take Over the World from the album, Falcon [import], 2010

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
  • Steve’s and my recent appearance on Unbelievable? via online streaming, or download the episode
• Emmanuel Evangelical Church in Southgate, London
  • Steve’s blog

Music

• All the Nations from the album, Forever Worship, 2006

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
  • Steve’s and my recent appearance on Unbelievable? via online streaming, or download the episode
• Emmanuel Evangelical Church in Southgate, London
  • Steve’s blog

Music

• Ryan Bizarri, He Rules the Roost from the album, If I Was a Song, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Jim Hamilton’s website
• The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where Jim teaches
• Kenwood Baptist Church, where Jim preaches
• Jim recommends:
• Recovering BIblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism, edited by John Piper
• Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than 100 Disputed Questions, by Wayne Grudem
• Women in the Church: An Analysis and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15, edited by Andreas Köstenberger
• The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood website

Music

• O.V. Wright, He Made Woman For Man from the album, A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Ligonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul
• Subscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free
• Jim Hamilton’s website
• The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where Jim teaches
• Kenwood Baptist Church, where Jim preaches
• Jim recommends:
• Recovering BIblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism, edited by John Piper
• Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than 100 Disputed Questions, by Wayne Grudem
• Women in the Church: An Analysis and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15, edited by Andreas Köstenberger
• The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood website

Music

• Justin James, Deeper Waters from the album, Perfect Sometimes, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Rethinking Hell, “Exploring Evangelical Conditionalism”
  • Subscribe to the Rethinking Hell podcast in iTunes or directly via RSS
• Deeper Waters, Nick Peters’ blog.
• TheologyWeb.com, where Nick participates in theological debate
• The Deeper Waters TWeb forum
• Movies Nick recommends for better understanding people with Asperger Syndrome:
• Mozart and the Whale
• Adam

Music

• Paul Wilbur, Shalom Jerusalem from the album, Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, 2002

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
  • My recent appearance on Unbelievable? via online streaming, or download
• The Narrow Path, Steve Gregg’s radio and internet ministry where you can find hours of audio resources, including archives of past radio broadcasts and rcorded lectures of topical biblical lectures and of verse-by-verse teaching through the entire Bible
• Ask Dr. Brown, Dr. Brown’s home on the web where you can access his radio show, “The Line of Fire,” or his “Fire School of Ministry” and a variety of other resources, including his recent book, The Real Kosher Jesus.

Music

• Zerbin, New Earth, from the New Earth Single, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reason with Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST on AM 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.

Music

• Leann Albrecht, No Other God from the album, Pour Your Spirit Out, 2008

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• The Works of John Frame and Vern Poythress
  • Dr. Frame’s book on Open Theism, No Other God: A Response to Open Theism
  • The Doctrine of God, by Dr. Frame
  • Bound Only Once: The Failure of Open Theism, edited by Douglas Wilson
  • God’s Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism, by Bruce Ware
  • Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity, edited by Paul Helseth

Music

• Tim Jones, Heaven Lasts Forever from the album, Heaven Lasts Forever, 2009

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 6–A Kick in the Teeth.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.

Music

• Zander and Janine Jones, Christ Died For Us (Romans 5:6-8) from the album, Truth Songs EP, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Please Convince Me, with Jim Wallace
• The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes, the Zune Marketplace, or RSS feed.
• Also the sister site, Answers for Atheists, geared specifically toward atheists seeking answers to their objections to Christianity.
• RethinkingHell.com, soon to be launched with blog and podcast contributions by Chris Date and others

Music

• Emmaus, God of Wrath from the album, Church Songs, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Please Convince Me, with Jim Wallace
• The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes, the Zune Marketplace, or RSS feed.
• Also the sister site, Answers for Atheists, geared specifically toward atheists seeking answers to their objections to Christianity.
• RethinkingHell.com, soon to be launched with blog and podcast contributions by Chris Date and others

Music

• Calabrese, Death Eternal from the album, The Traveling Vampire Show, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Please Convince Me, with Jim Wallace
• The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes, the Zune Marketplace, or RSS feed.
• Also the sister site, Answers for Atheists, geared specifically toward atheists seeking answers to their objections to Christianity.
• RethinkingHell.com, soon to be launched with blog and podcast contributions by Chris Date and others

Music

• Europe, The Final Countdown, from the album, The Final Countdown, 2001
• Avantasia, The Seven Angels, from the album, Metal Opera Part II, 2001

Promoted Resources

• The Dividing Line, with Dr. James White, Director of Alpha & Omega Ministries
  • Listen online most Tuesday mornings at 11:00am PDT, and most Thursday afternoons at 4:00pm PDT.
  • Subscribe to the podcast via direct RSS feed.
• Biblical Horizons, James Jordan’s ministry committed to historical Biblical Christianity.
  • The Vindication of Jesus Christ, James Jordan’s reader’s guide to the book of Revelation.
  • The Handwriting on the Wall, James Jordan’s commentary on the book of Daniel
  • Through New Eyes, James Jordan’s book on biblical symbolism
  • WordMp3.com, containing many of Jordan’s audio resources.

Music

• Lisa Oliver-Gray, Adam’s Rib from the album, Dedicated to Love, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Dr. Payne’s website, including blog, publications and contact information
  • Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters
  • Linguist’s Software, Fonts for the Whole World, the world’s leading source of foreign language fonts since 1984

Music

• Fgs (for God’s Sake), One in Christ from the album, In This Moment, 2004

Promoted Resources

• Evidence 4 Faith, with Keith Kendrex and Dr. Mike Lurakis
  • On the air Sundays 4-5pm (EST), WIBG 1020AM in Southern New Jersey, and streaming live at WIBG.com
  • Past shows available via podcast, also available in the iTunes Store
• Dr. Payne’s website, including blog, publications and contact information
  • Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters
  • Linguist’s Software, Fonts for the Whole World, the world’s leading source of foreign language fonts since 1984

Music

• Celtic Woman, When You Believe from the album, Songs From the Heart, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Real Apologetics, with Jamin Hübner.
  • Check out the podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
• The Eastern / Greek Orthodox New Testament, by Rev. Pr. Laurent Cleenewerck
  • EUCLID and Humboldt State University, where Rev. Cleenewerck is amongst the faculty

Music

• Blood, Sweat & Tears, God Bless the Child from the album, What Goes Up: Best of Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1995

Promoted Resources

• Real Apologetics, with Jamin Hübner.
  • Check out the podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
• The Eastern / Greek Orthodox New Testament, by Rev. Pr. Laurent Cleenewerck
  • EUCLID and Humboldt State University, where Rev. Cleenewerck is amongst the faculty

Music

• Various artists, Tradition, from the 1971 motion picture soundtrack to Fiddler on the Roof, 1971

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• The Institute for Religious Research, of which Rob Bowman is Director of Research
  • Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ, by Rob Bowman
• The Eastern / Greek Orthodox New Testament, by Rev. Pr. Laurent Cleenewerck
  • EUCLID and Humboldt State University, where Rev. Cleenewerck is amongst the faculty

Music

• FLAME, Sola Scriptura, from the album Rewind, 2005

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• The Institute for Religious Research, of which Rob Bowman is Director of Research
  • Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ, by Rob Bowman
• The Eastern / Greek Orthodox New Testament, by Rev. Pr. Laurent Cleenewerck
  • EUCLID and Humboldt State University, where Rev. Cleenewerck is amongst the faculty

Music

• Treading Lemmings, The Unbelievable Truth from the album, Cliff Notes, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Ligonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul
  • Subscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free
• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
  • My recent appearance on Unbelievable? via online streaming, or download the episode

Music

• Karate High School, Under The Microscope from the album, Invaders, 2009

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
  • My recent appearance on Unbelievable? via online streaming, or download
• Answers in Genesis, “reclaiming the foundations of our faith…from the very first verse”
  • Dr. Georgia Purdom’s bio, with links to her blog, products and articles
  • The Code of Life, Dr. Purdom’s DVD on genetics and evolution
  • The NEW Answers Book (Bundle), giving substantive answers to big questions for the Christian life

Music

• Valkyrie, Apocalypse Unsealed, from the Man Of Two Visions album, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• www.KennethGentry.com, Dr. Gentry’s home on the web.
  • Book of Revelation Made Easy, the first book Dr. Gentry recommends for those curious of preterism and Revelation
  • Navigation the Book of Revelation, the first book produced from Dr. Gentry’s Revelation Commentary Project’s research.
  • Four Views on the Book of Revelation, in which Dr. Gentry represents preterism’s view of Revelation alongside proponents of the other views
  • Before Jerusalem Fell, Dr. Genry’s book defending an early date for the writing of the book of Revelation.
• GoodBirth Ministries, the ministry Dr. Gentry “established in order to expound, apply, advance, and defend conservative, evangelical Reformed theology in the modern world.”

Music

• Fen, The World Is Young from the album, Trails Out of Gloom, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Cowboy Bob Sorensen’s blogs
  • Stormbringer’s Thunder
  • Piltdown Superman
  • A Soldier For Jesus
• Books
  • The Young Earth: The Real History of the Earth – Past, Present, and Future, by John Morris
  • Thousands not Billions: Challenging the Icon of Evolution, Questioning the Age of the Earth, by Donald DeYoung
  • Starlight and Time: Solving the Puzzle of Distant Starlight in a Young Universe, by Dr. Russell Humphreys
• Organizations
  • Answers in Genesis
  • Institute for Creation Research

Music

• Eric Clapton (in Derek and the Dominos), Mean Old World from the album, Blues, 1999

Promoted Resources

• Cowboy Bob Sorensen’s blogs
  • Stormbringer’s Thunder
  • Piltdown Superman
  • A Soldier For Jesus
• Books
  • The Young Earth: The Real History of the Earth – Past, Present, and Future, by John Morris
  • Thousands not Billions: Challenging the Icon of Evolution, Questioning the Age of the Earth, by Donald DeYoung
  • Starlight and Time: Solving the Puzzle of Distant Starlight in a Young Universe, by Dr. Russell Humphreys
• Organizations
  • Answers in Genesis
  • Institute for Creation Research

Music

• Terrance Bell, Days Of Creation from the album, Relative to Life, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• Cowboy Bob Sorensen’s blogs
  • Stormbringer’s Thunder
  • Piltdown Superman
  • A Soldier For Jesus
• Books
  • The Young Earth: The Real History of the Earth – Past, Present, and Future, by John Morris
  • Thousands not Billions: Challenging the Icon of Evolution, Questioning the Age of the Earth, by Donald DeYoung
  • Starlight and Time: Solving the Puzzle of Distant Starlight in a Young Universe, by Dr. Russell Humphreys
• Organizations
  • Answers in Genesis
  • Institute for Creation Research

Music

• Robert Plant, House of Cards from the album, Band of Joy, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Ronnie’s Consuming Fire blog
• Joey Dear’s online presence
  • Joey’s “tome” defending annihilationism, The Bible Teaches Annihilationism.
• Ronnie’s debate with TurretinFan (part 1 and part 2)
• My debate with Hiram Diaz (part 1 and part 2)
• My friend Michael Burgos’ ministry, Grassroots Apologetics
  • Michael Burgos’ article, “Three Arguments Against Annihilationism“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Do Matthew 3:11-12 and Malachi 4:1-6 Support Annihilationism?“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Is Matthew 5:21-26 Merely Earthly Legal Advice?“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Utter Destruction and Consumption: Allowing Context to Define the Key Terms (Pt. 1)“
• TurretinFan’s exegesis of Jude’s “twice dead” trees

Music

• Rotersand, Exterminate Annihilate Destroy from the album, Welcome to Goodbye, 2005

Promoted Resources

• Ronnie’s Consuming Fire blog
• Joey Dear’s online presence
  • Joey’s “tome” defending annihilationism, The Bible Teaches Annihilationism.
• Ronnie’s debate with TurretinFan (part 1 and part 2)
• My debate with Hiram Diaz (part 1 and part 2)
• My friend Michael Burgos’ ministry, Grassroots Apologetics
  • Michael Burgos’ article, “Three Arguments Against Annihilationism“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Do Matthew 3:11-12 and Malachi 4:1-6 Support Annihilationism?“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Is Matthew 5:21-26 Merely Earthly Legal Advice?“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Utter Destruction and Consumption: Allowing Context to Define the Key Terms (Pt. 1)“
• TurretinFan’s exegesis of Jude’s “twice dead” trees

Music

• Theory of a Deadman, Drag Me to Hell from the album, The Truth Is…, 2011

Promoted Resources

• What Color is the Sky in Their World? Podcast, with Phil Naessens.
  • Also check out the blog of the same name.
• Ronnie’s Consuming Fire blog
• Joey Dear’s online presence
  • Joey’s “tome” defending annihilationism, The Bible Teaches Annihilationism.
• Ronnie’s debate with TurretinFan (part 1 and part 2)
• My debate with Hiram Diaz (part 1 and part 2)
• My friend Michael Burgos’ ministry, Grassroots Apologetics
  • Michael Burgos’ article, “Three Arguments Against Annihilationism“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Do Matthew 3:11-12 and Malachi 4:1-6 Support Annihilationism?“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Is Matthew 5:21-26 Merely Earthly Legal Advice?“
  • Hiram Diaz’ article, “Utter Destruction and Consumption: Allowing Context to Define the Key Terms (Pt. 1)“
• TurretinFan’s exegesis of Jude’s “twice dead” trees

Music

• Axenstar, Forever the Pain from the album, Aftermath, 2011

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• Hiram Diaz’s blog, Involuted Speculations
  • Also contributes to Grassroots Apologetics, created by Michael Burgos
• The Apologetic Front, with Mike Felker
  • Contact Mike at mike@theapologeticfront.com
  • Call Mike at 678-208-9153 and leave a voicemail
  • YouTube channels: http://www.youtube.com/entrsnm3 and Context Ministries
  • Also check out Mike’s band, The Status (MySpace)

Music

• Monster Magnet, Perish In Fire from the album, Mastermind, 2010

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• Hiram Diaz’s blog, Involuted Speculations
  • Also contributes to Grassroots Apologetics, created by Michael Burgos
• The Apologetic Front, with Mike Felker
  • Contact Mike at mike@theapologeticfront.com
  • Call Mike at 678-208-9153 and leave a voicemail
  • YouTube channels: http://www.youtube.com/entrsnm3 and Context Ministries
  • Also check out Mike’s band, The Status (MySpace)

Music

• Jerry Lee Lewis, When The Saints Go Marching In, from the album, Great Balls of Fire & Other Favorites, 2009

Promoted Resources

• Please Convince Me, with Jim Wallace
  • The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes, the Zune Marketplace, or RSS feed.
  • Also the sister site, Answers for Atheists, geared specifically toward atheists seeking answers to their objections to Christianity.
• Risen Jesus, the ministry of Dr. Mike Licona
  • Endorsements Video containing endorsements by Frank Turek, William Dembski, Gary Habermas, Josh McDowell and William Lane Craig
  • The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach, by Dr. Mike Licona
• Deeper Waters, the blog of Michael Licona’s son-in-law, Nick Peters
  • “Literal Is Best,” the post Michael Licona mentioned in the interview

Music

• Donnie McClurkin, The Great I Am, from the album, We All Are One (Live In Detroit), 2009

Promoted Resources

• The Dividing Line, with Dr. James White, Director of Alpha & Omega Ministries
  • Listen online most Tuesday mornings at 11:00am PDT, and most Thursday afternoons at 4:00pm PDT.
  • Subscribe to the podcast in via direct RSS feed.

Music

• Chris Allen Band, Firstborn of Creation, from the album, You Are, 2008

Promoted Resources

• The Dividing Line, with Dr. James White, Director of Alpha & Omega Ministries
  • Listen online most Tuesday mornings at 11:00am PDT, and most Thursday afternoons at 4:00pm PDT.
  • Subscribe to the podcast via direct RSS feed.

Music

• Claire Taubenhaus, Real Knowledge from the album, No Compass & No Commands, 2009

Promoted Resources

• Evidence 4 Faith, with Keith Kendrex and Dr. Mike Lurakis
  • On the air Sundays 4-5pm (EST), WIBG 1020AM in Southern New Jersey, and streaming live at WIBG.com
  • Past shows available via podcast, also available in the iTunes Store
• Scott Smith’s article, “Emergents and the Rejection of Body-Soul Dualism,” at equip.org

Music

• Clutch, Immortal from the album, Live at the Googolplex, 2003

Promoted Resources

• Real Apologetics, with Jamin Hübner.
  • Check out the podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
• Thoughts of Francis Turretin & Reformed Apologetics, TurretinFan’s blog
  • Also see TurretinFan’s Facebook page
  • TurretinFan also contributes to the Alpha & Omega Ministries blog.
• Consuming Fire, Ronnie’s blog
  • Ronnie’s notes can be found here

Music

• Third Day, Consuming Fire from the album, Third Day, 1996

Promoted Resources

• Real Apologetics, with Jamin Hübner.
  • Check out the podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
• Thoughts of Francis Turretin & Reformed Apologetics, TurretinFan’s blog
  • Also see TurretinFan’s Facebook page
  • TurretinFan also contributes to the Alpha & Omega Ministries blog.
• Consuming Fire, Ronnie’s blog
  • Ronnie’s notes can be found here

Music

• Nirvana, Lake of Fire from the album, MTV Unplugged in New York, 1994

Promoted Resources

• Dr. Larry Dixon’s blog
  • Larry’s book, The Other Side of the Good News

Music

• Evanescence, The Other Side from the album, Evanescence (Deluxe Edition), 2011

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• Dr. Larry Dixon’s blog
  • Larry’s book, The Other Side of the Good News

Music

• Van Canto, Lost Forever, from the album, Tribe of Force, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Thoughts of Francis Turretin & Reformed Apologetics, TurretinFan’s blog
  • Also see TurretinFan’s Facebook page
  • TurretinFan also contributes to the Alpha & Omega Ministries blog.
• The Evangelical Universalist Forum, where Jason Pratt contributes
  • Also see CADRE Comments, “Comments from the Christian Cadre,” where Jason also contributes

Music

• Pete & J, No More One More Chance, from the album, Dressed For Conversation, 2005

Promoted Resources

• Thoughts of Francis Turretin & Reformed Apologetics, TurretinFan’s blog
  • Also see TurretinFan’s Facebook page
  • TurretinFan also contributes to the Alpha & Omega Ministries blog.
• The Evangelical Universalist Forum, where Jason Pratt contributes
  • Also see CADRE Comments, “Comments from the Christian Cadre,” where Jason also contributes

Music

• Lenny Kravitz, God Save Us All from the album, Lenny, 2001

Promoted Resources

• Ligonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul
  • Subscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free
• Thoughts of Francis Turretin & Reformed Apologetics, TurretinFan’s blog
  • Also see TurretinFan’s Facebook page
  • TurretinFan also contributes to the Alpha & Omega Ministries blog.
• The Evangelical Universalist Forum, where Jason Pratt contributes
  • Also see CADRE Comments, “Comments from the Christian Cadre,” where Jason also contributes

Music

• Rebecca Lynn Howard, God Is in the House from the album, Songs 4 Worship: Country, 2007

Promoted Resources

• New Testament Reformation Fellowship (www.ntrf.org)
  • House Church, a book contributed to by several NTRF authors, available for free for a limited time!

Music

• Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Our House from the album, Deja Vu, 1994

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
• New Testament Reformation Fellowship (www.ntrf.org)
  • House Church, a book contributed to by several NTRF authors, available for free for a limited time!

Music

• Lincoln Brewster, Everlasting God, from the Let the Praises Ring: The Best of album, 2006
• Jason Roy, And Can It Be (Love Divine Album Version), from the Love Divine: The Hymns of Charles Wesley album, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
  • Glenn’s podcast series, “In Search of the Soul”
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
    • Part 4
    • Part 5

Music

• N.W.J., Eternal Fire from the album, Takin’ it Back, 2009

Promoted Resources

• Edward Fudge Ministries
  • The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment, Third Edition, now available.
• Other Books
  • Two View of Hell: A Biblical & Theological Dialogue, with Edward Fudge and Robert A. Peterson

Music

• Saliva, Burn It Up from the album, Under Your Skin, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• Edward Fudge Ministries
  • The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment, Third Edition, now available.
• Other Books
  • Two View of Hell: A Biblical & Theological Dialogue, with Edward Fudge and Robert A. Peterson

Music

• Nathan Good Family, Church of Christ, Sleep No More from the album, Sons and Daughters, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Edward Fudge Ministries
  • The Restoration Movement Fulfilled in Jesus Christ, Dr. Fudge’s free online book
• Other Books
  • Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America, by Dr. Richard Hughes
  • The Stone-Campbell Movement: The Story of the American Restoration Movement, by Leroy Garrett
  • The Churches of Christ in the 20th Century: Homer Hailey’s Personal Journey of Faith, by David Harrell

Music

• Jeremy Camp, Restored from the album, Live Unplugged, 2005

Promoted Resources

• What Color is the Sky in Their World? Podcast, with Phil Naessens.
  • Also check out the blog of the same name.
• Edward Fudge Ministries
  • The Restoration Movement Fulfilled in Jesus Christ, Dr. Fudge’s free online book
• Other Books
  • Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America, by Dr. Richard Hughes
  • The Stone-Campbell Movement: The Story of the American Restoration Movement, by Leroy Garrett
  • The Churches of Christ in the 20th Century: Homer Hailey’s Personal Journey of Faith, by David Harrell

Music

• Tribal Seeds, 144,000 from the album, The Harvest, 2009

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• The Apologetic Front, with Mike Felker
  • Contact Mike at mike@theapologeticfront.com
  • Call Mike at 678-208-9153 and leave a voicemail
  • YouTube channels: http://www.youtube.com/entrsnm3 and Context Ministries
  • Also check out Mike’s band, The Status (MySpace)

Music

• Area-7, Second Class Citizen from the album, Bitter & Twisted, 2000

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• The Apologetic Front, with Mike Felker
  • Contact Mike at mike@theapologeticfront.com
  • Call Mike at 678-208-9153 and leave a voicemail
  • YouTube channels: http://www.youtube.com/entrsnm3 and Context Ministries
  • Also check out Mike’s band, The Status (MySpace)

Music

• U2, A Man and a Woman from the album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, 2004

Promoted Resources

• The recent New York Times article discussing Michael’s story
• World Net Daily’sarticles about, or written by, Michael:
  • How a ‘gay rights’ leader became straight
  • ‘Gay’-rights leader quits homosexuality
  • Confessions of a former ‘gay rights’ leader
  • The ‘straight’ scoop-2 years later
  • Houston, we have a ‘gay’ problem
  • To Ricky with love: You can resist
• Interview with Joseph Nicolosi at the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality
• Contact Michael at michaeleglatze@gmail.com
• Other resources:
  • Exodus International and Love Won Out
  • Gay Christian Movement Watch: “A Blog Upholding Biblical Standards on Sexuality”

Music

• Deitrick Haddon, Changed Man from the album, Lost and Found, 2001

Promoted Resources

• The recent New York Times article discussing Michael’s story
• World Net Daily’sarticles about, or written by, Michael:
  • How a ‘gay rights’ leader became straight
  • ‘Gay’-rights leader quits homosexuality
  • Confessions of a former ‘gay rights’ leader
  • The ‘straight’ scoop-2 years later
  • Houston, we have a ‘gay’ problem
  • To Ricky with love: You can resist
• Interview with Joseph Nicolosi at the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality
• Contact Michael at michaeleglatze@gmail.com
• Other resources:
  • Exodus International and Love Won Out
  • Gay Christian Movement Watch: “A Blog Upholding Biblical Standards on Sexuality”

Music

• Richland Hills Church of Christ, The Day God Died from the album, This is Love, 2010

Promoted Resources

• Evidence 4 Faith, with Keith Kendrex and Dr. Mike Lurakis
  • On the air Sundays 4-5pm (EST), WIBG 1020AM in Southern New Jersey, and streaming live at WIBG.com
  • Past shows available via podcast, also available in the iTunes Store
• Theology Web, where “We debate theology… seriously!”
  • Michael Burgos’ article attempting to refute the physicalist’s understanding of Luke 23:43
• Physicalism resources:
  • Fuller Seminary Campus Guide on the Human Person, including links to a variety of resources
  • Body, Soul and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible, by Dr. Joel B. Green
  • What About the Soul?, edited by Dr. Joel B. Green
  • In Search of the Soul: Four View of the Mind-Body Problem, edited by Dr. Joel B. Green

Music

• Mel and Tim, Mail Call Time, from the album, Good Guys Only Win in the Movies, 1996

Promoted Resources

• Please Convince Me, with Jim Wallace
  • The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes, the Zune Marketplace, or RSS feed.
  • Also the sister site, Answers for Atheists, geared specifically toward atheists seeking answers to their objections to Christianity.

Music

• Karen Davis, Israel, My Beloved, from the album, Israel My Beloved, 2006

Promoted Resources

• Confident Christianity, with Mary Jo Sharp
  • The Confident Christianity podcast, available in iTunes

Additional Topic Resources

On Hebrew thought: http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/12_thought.html and http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Hebrew_thought.

Diagram of the relationship between the Church and Israel, most particularly the top two diagrams, where Israel and the Church overlap (note I do not share this author’s eschatology which is distinctively dispensational and premillennial):

David H. Stern, Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel, 1st ed. (Jerusalem, Israel; Gaithersburg, MD, USA: Jewish New Testament Publications; Distributed by Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations, 1988), 21.

Music

• Cameo, Post Mortem, from the Anthology album, 2002

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• Michael’s Grassroots Apologeticsblog
  • Michael’s article, “An Examination and Refutation of Modal Communication“

Music

• The Benjy Davis Project, The Aftermath, from the Lost Souls Like Us album (Amazon exclusive), 2010

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• Michael’s Grassroots Apologeticsblog
  • Michael’s article, “An Examination and Refutation of Modal Communication“

Music

• The Royal Dumonts, She’s the Boss, from the Before the Stone album, 2011

Promoted Resources

• Ligonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul
  • Subscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free
• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast

Music

• Marion Williams, This Generation Shall Not Pass, from the Standing Here Wondering Which Way To Go album, 2007

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).

Music

• Yellowcard, Only One, from the Ocean Avenue album, 2003

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• Michael’s Grassroots Apologeticsblog
  • Michael’s article, “An Examination and Refutation of Modal Communication“

Music

• Joe Cocker, My Father’s Son, from the No Ordinary World album, 2008

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• Michael’s Grassroots Apologeticsblog
  • Michael’s article, “An Examination and Refutation of Modal Communication“

Music

• Loretta Lynn, God Makes No Mistakes, from the Van Lear Rose album, 2004

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• RealApologetics.org, with Jamin Hübner
  • Subscribe to Jamin’s podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via RSS feed, also available in iTunes
  • Jamin also periodically posts at the Alpha & Omega Ministries Blog

Recommended Reading

• “Calvin, Bavinck, and 21st Century Views of Inerrancy,” by Jamin Hübner
• Inspiration and Authority of the Bible, by Benjamin B. Warfield
• How We Got the Bible, by Neil R. Lightfoot
• The Origin of the Bible, by Philip W. Comfort
• The Infallible Word: A Symposium by the Members of the Faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary, edited by N. B. Stonehouse
• Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon, edited by D. A. Carson
• A Biblical Case For Total Inerrancy: How Jesus Viewed the Old Testament, by Robert P. Lightner
• Inerrancy, by Norman L. Geisler
• Scripture and Truth, edited by D. A. Carson
• Inerrancy and the Church, edited by John D. Hannah
• The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority, G. K. Beale

Music

• Jessie Baylin, Contradicting Words, from the Firesight album, 2008

Promoted Resources

• What Color is the Sky in Their World? Podcast, with Phil Naessens.
  • Also check out the blog of the same name.
• Episode 8: Walking Contradiction, in which I addressed several other alleged contradictions.

Alleged Contradictions

Source: Bible Contradictions from Project Reason

• #1: How many men did the chief of David’s captains kill? 2sam 23:8 ≠ 1chron 11:11
• #2: Was Abraham justified by faith or by works? rom 4:2 ≠ jam 2:21
• #3: How many sons did Abraham have? heb 11:17, gen 22:2 ≠ gen 16:15, 21:2-3, 25:1-2, 4:22
• #4: Was Abiathar the father or the son of Ahimelech? 1sam 22:20, 23:6 ≠ 2sam 8:17, 1chron 18:16, 24:6
• #5: Who was Abijam’s mother? 1ki 15:1-2 ≠ 2chron 13:1-2
• #6: How were Abijam and Asa related? 1 ki 15:8 ≠ 1ki 15:1-2, 15:9-10
• #7: How long was the ark of the covenant at Abinadab’s house? 1sam 7:1-2, 10:24 ≠ 2sam 6:2-3, acts 13:21
• #8: How old was Abram when Ishmael was born? gen 16:16 ≠ acts 7:2-4, gen 11:26, 11:32
• #9: (Repeat #7)
• #10: When did Absalom rebel against David? 2sam 15:7 ≠ 2sam 5:4
• #11: The two contradictory creation accounts. gen 1:25-27 ≠ gen 2:18-22
• #12: Who Was Achan’s father? jos 7:1 ≠ jos 7:24, 22:20
• #13: How many of Adin’s offspring returned from Babylon? ezra 2:15 ≠ neh 7:20

Music

• Nickel Creek, When in Rome, from the Why Should the Fire Die album, 2005

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• Alpha & Omega Ministrieswith Dr. James White
  • Listen to Dr. White’s webcast, The Dividing Line, live most Tuesday mornings at 11:00am PDT and most Thursday afternoons at 4:00 PDT
    • Subscribe to the podcast, available in the iTunes Store.
  • Dr. White’s book, Scripture Alone, which he referred to in the interview
  • David King and William Webster’s Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith 3-volume set, which Dr. White recommended in the podcast

Music

• Coffey Anderson, Call On The Name from the album, The Inspiration Vol. 1, 2007

Promoted Resources

• Evidence 4 Faith, with Keith Kendrex and Dr. Mike Lurakis
  • On the air Sundays 4-5pm (EST), WIBG 1020AM in Southern New Jersey, and streaming live at WIBG.com
  • Past shows available via podcast, also available in the iTunes Store

Music

• Beastie Boys, Hey Ladies from the album, Paul’s Boutique, 1989

Promoted Resources

• Real Apologetics, with Jamin Hübner.
  • Check out the podcast, “The Provocative Microphone of the Christian Religion,” via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
• Confident Christianitywith Mary Jo Sharp
  • Listen to the podcast via the RSS feed or the iTunes Store
  • Check out the Confident Christianity blog
  • Find Confident Christianity on Facebook

Music

• Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In), from the soundtrack, The Big Lebowski, 1998
• Susan Boyle, Amazing Grace, from the album, I Dreamed a Dream, 2009

Promoted Resources

• Confident Christianity, with Mary Jo Sharp
  • The Confident Christianity podcast, available in iTunes

Music

• 2Pac, Letter 2 My Unborn, from the Until the End of Time album (explicit lyrics), 2001

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• Life Training Institute, “Persuasively Communicating the Pro-Life Message”
  • Scott Klusendorf’s book, “The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture” at Amazon
  • Watch this video of Scott addressing the Students for Life of America National Conference at the LTI blog

Music

• Lady Sovereign, Blah Blah, from the Public Warning album (explicit lyrics), 2006

Promoted Resources

• Ligonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul
  • Subscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free
• No Compromise Radio, hosted by Mike Abendroth.
  • Available via podcast in iTunes, the Zune Marketplace or RSS feed
  • Mike is Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Bible Church in West Boylston, MA, and sermons are available via podcast

Music

• Rage Against the Machine, Testify from the album, The Battle of Los Angeles, 1999

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
• Please Convince Mewith Jim Wallace
  • The Please Convince Me podcast, available in iTunes and the Zune Marketplace
  • Also check out Answers For Atheists for a growing list of answers to common objections to Christianity from atheists

Music

• The Stills, In the Beginning from the album, Without Feathers, 2006

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• Answers in Genesis, “reclaiming the foundations of our faith…from the very first verse”
  • Steve Ham’s book, In God We Trust: Why biblical authority matters for every believer

Music

• Boston, More Than a Feeling from the album, Boston, 1976

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• He Is There and He Is Not Silent by Francis Schaeffer

Music

• Alien Ant Farm, Flesh and Bone, from the Anthology album, 2001
• Matt Maher, Christ is Risen, from the Alive Again album, 2009

Promoted Resources

• What Color is the Sky in Their World? Podcast, with Phil Naessens.
  • Also check out the blog of the same name.
• TheologyWeb, where “We debate theology… seriously!”
  • Follow a debate on physicalism and 1 Corinthians 15 here.
• Michael’s Grassroots Apologeticsblog
  • Michael’s article, “The Immortality of the Human Soul.”
  • Also, “Physicalism, Dualism and 1 Corinthians 15.”
• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
  • Listen to August 7th, 2010′s episode on the resurrection here.
• Episode 1 of the Theopologetics Podcast, discussing the resurrection, citing support from the Church Fathers.

Historical References

Creeds

• Apostle’s Creed
• “Rule of Faith” cited by Irenaeus
• Athanasian Creed

Church Fathers on the Resurrection

• Polycarp: Epistle to the Philippians
• Church of Smyrna: Martyrdom of Polycarp
• Tertullian: On the Resurrection of the Flesh
• Athenagoras: On the Resurrection of the Dead
• Augustine: Exposition on Psalm 63, Exposition on Psalm 30, quoted in General Resurrection (Catholic Encyclopedia)

Commentaries

• John Gill:
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:38
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:44
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:45
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:50
• John Calvin
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:35-50
• John Wesley
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:44
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:50
• Robert Jamieson
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:44
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:50
• Matthew Henry
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:45
• Norman Geislerand Thomas Howe
  • On 1 Corinthians 15:45 in When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, 1992, pp. 467-468

Music

• Tyson, Mecca and Medina, from the Ghetto Messiah album, 2004
• Europe, The Final Countdown, from the The Final Countdown album, 1986

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• Date Power!, my powerlifting blog.
• Stand to Reason, with Greg Koukl.

Music

• P.O.D., Youth of the Nation, from the Sattelite album, 2001
• The Rocky Orchestra, Gonna Fly Now, from the The Rocky Story album, 1991

Promoted Resources

• Confident Christianity, with Mary Jo Sharp
  • The Confident Christianity podcast, available in iTunes
• Stand to Reason, with Greg Koukl
  • STR Place, Brett Kunkle’s STR website geared toward youth
  • Bulletproof, Brett’s podcast, also available in iTunes

Music

• Stan Ridgway, Mr. Smith, from the The Drywall Incident album, 1997

Promoted Resources

• Institute for Religious Research
  • Mormons in Transition, IRR’s Mormonism resources

Music

• U2 featuring Green Day, The Saints Are Coming, from the The Saints Are Coming single, 2006

Promoted Resources

• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry(CARM)
  • Listen to CARM radio’s Faith and Reason Radio live with Matt Slick, Monday through Friday, 4-5pm PST on KSPD, Boise Idaho, AM 790
  • Or subscribe to the podcast
• Institute for Religious Research
  • Mormons in Transition, IRR’s Mormonism resources

Music

• The Cult, Faith Healer, from the Best of Rare Cult album, 2000

Promoted Resources

• The Whole Truthblog and podcast
  • Subscribe to the podcast
  • Available in the Zune Marketplace here
• Justin Peters Ministries
  • Overview of Justin’s A Call for Discernment seminar
  • Resources page where you can purchase his seminar on DVD, as well as a copy of his Master’s thesis

Word of Faith

• Notable Teachers/Ministries
  • Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
  • Kenneth Hagin, Sr.
  • Benny Hinn
  • Kenneth Copeland
  • Gloria Copeland
  • Jesse Duplantis
  • Joyce Meyer
  • Joel Osteen
  • Creflo Dollar
  • Paula White
• “Dangerous Doctrines”
  • “Positive Confession” and “Substance of Faith”
    • Words are containers of the force of faith
    • We can speak our desired reality into existence using faith-filled words
  • “Little gods Doctrine” and the Fall
    • Adam was an exact duplicate of God and we are “little gods”
    • In the fall, God lost power of the world and Adam’s reign was transferred to Satan
    • Prayer is giving God permission to act in the world
• “Mangled Manifestations”
  • Abuse of tongues
  • Spectacular claims of heavenly encounters and divine revelation
  • Bizarre behavior and slaying in the spirit
  • False prophecies
  • Occultic/demonic connection in communicating with the dead
• “The Hurt of Healing”
  • If one is not healed, not enough faith
  • If one gives enough money, one will be healed
  • 2 Peter 2:1-3 says these false teachers “make merchandise” out of their followers, and they are all filthy rich

Music

• Fates Warning, Leave the Past Behind, from the Parallels album, 1998

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
  • Calls played:
    • Call #1 (me): “Reflections on UK Vacation,” 7/19/2010, @ 00:59:43
    • Call #2: “Nancy Pearcey – Saving Leonardo,” 10/25/2010 @ 00:22:52
    • Call #3 (me): “Our Task, God’s Problem,” 11/1/2010 @ 00:25:09
• What Color is the Sky in Their World? podcast with Phil Naessens
  • My interview on apologetics, hyperpreterism, powerlifting and more

Terminology

• Eschatology: a category within theology and philosophy concerned with what are believed to be the final events in history.
• Preterism: the view which holds that most of the biblical prophecies concerning the so-called “end times” were fulfilled in our past.
• Hyperpreterism: the heretical view that all biblical prophecies were fulfilled in our past including the Second Coming and resurrection.

Music

• Three Days Grace, It’s All Over, from the One X album, 2006

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.

Terminology

• Eschatology: a part of theology and philosophy concerned with what are believed to be the final events in history.
• Millennium: a “thousand years” seen by John in his vision, recorded in Revelation 20.
• Premillennialism: the view which holds that the Second Coming of Christ will usher in the millennium, a period of exactly 1,000 years, during which Christ and His saints will reign physically on earth.
• Postmillennialism: the view which holds that the Second Coming of Christ will follow a very long period of time, not necessarily exactly 1,000 years, a “Golden Age” or era of Christian prosperity dominance.
• Amillennialism: the view which holds that the millennium is symbolic, either of a very long period of time after which Christ returns, or of no period of time at all.
• Tribulation: the “great tribulation” Jesus speaks of in Matthew 24 after which He is to “come” in some sense, which He appears to have promised his contemporaries would experience.
• Rapture: a belief held by dispensational premillennialists that before, during or after the tribulation, Christ will come to remove Christians from the world, and will bring them back after the tribulation to reign with Him during the millennium.
• Pretribulationalism: the view which holds that the rapture will take place at the beginning of the tribulation.
• Mid-tribulationalism: the view which holds that the rapture will take place halfway into the tribulation.
• Futurism: the view which holds that most eschatological Bible prophecy remains to be fulfilled in our future.
• Preterism: the view which holds that most of the biblical prophecies concerning the so-called “end times” were fulfilled in our past.
• Historicism: the view which holds that Revelation does not foretell events which occur primarily in the first century or at the Second Coming, but symbolically foretells the Church’s experiences throughout history.
• Idealism: the view which holds that Revelation does not foretell a chronological series of events at all.
• Hyperpreterism: the heretical view that all biblical prophecies were fulfilled in our past including the Second Coming and resurrection.

More Show Notes Coming Soon…

Music

• R.E.M., It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), from the Document album, 1987

Promoted Resources

• Ligonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul
  • Subscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free
• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• Books
  • The Great Tribulation: Past or Future? by Thomas Ice and Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.
  • The Last Days According to Jesus by R.C. Sproul
  • The Apocalypse Code by Hank Hannegraaff

Terminology

• Eschatology: a part of theology and philosophy concerned with what are believed to be the final events in history.
• Millennium: a “thousand years” seen by John in his vision, recorded in Revelation 20.
• Premillennialism: the view which holds that the Second Coming of Christ will usher in the millennium, a period of exactly 1,000 years, during which Christ and His saints will reign physically on earth.
• Postmillennialism: the view which holds that the Second Coming of Christ will follow a very long period of time, not necessarily exactly 1,000 years, a “Golden Age” or era of Christian prosperity dominance.
• Amillennialism: the view which holds that the millennium is symbolic, either of a very long period of time after which Christ returns, or of no period of time at all.
• Tribulation: the “great tribulation” Jesus speaks of in Matthew 24 after which He is to “come” in some sense, which He appears to have promised his contemporaries would experience.
• Rapture: a belief held by dispensational premillennialists that before, during or after the tribulation, Christ will come to remove Christians from the world, and will bring them back after the tribulation to reign with Him during the millennium.
• Pretribulationalism: the view which holds that the rapture will take place at the beginning of the tribulation.
• Mid-tribulationalism: the view which holds that the rapture will take place halfway into the tribulation.
• Futurism: the view which holds that most eschatological Bible prophecy remains to be fulfilled in our future.
• Preterism: the view which holds that most of the biblical prophecies concerning the so-called “end times” were fulfilled in our past.
• Historicism: the view which holds that Revelation does not foretell events which occur primarily in the first century or at the Second Coming, but symbolically foretells the Church’s experiences throughout history.
• Idealism: the view which holds that Revelation does not foretell a chronological series of events at all.
• Hyperpreterism: the heretical view that all biblical prophecies were fulfilled in our past including the Second Coming and resurrection.

More Show Notes Coming Soon…

Music

• Deathcab for Cutie, Soul Meets Body, from the Plans album, 2005

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.

Biblical References

• “Souls” in Revelation
  • Revelation 20:1-4
  • Revelation 6:9-11
• “Today you will be with me in Paradise”
  • Luke 23:43
• “Caught up into Paradise”
  • 2 Corinthians 12:1-4
• “Absent from the body and at home with the Lord”
  • 2 Corinthians 5:1-8
• “The time of my departure”
  • Philippians 1:21-24
  • 2 Peter 1:14-15
  • 2 Timothy 4:6
• “Destroy both body and soul in hell”
  • Matthew 10:28
• “Lazarus and the rich man”
  • Luke 16

Music

• Sam & Dave, Soul Man, from the This is Sam & Dave album, 2009 (orig. 1967)
• Survivor, Eye of the Tiger, from the Survivor: Greatest Hits album, 1993 (orig. 1982)

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
  • Glenn’s podcast series, “In Search of the Soul”
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
    • Part 4 (in which Glenn addresses the metaphysical argument I bring up in this episode)
    • Part 5
• Date Power!, my competitive powerlifting blog
• Physicalism resources
  • Christian physicalists
    • Peter van Inwagen, Nancey Murphy, Joel Green, Warren Brown
  • Books: the Book Depository offers free postage worldwide, and buy purchasing books via these links you will help Glenn Peoples out at no extra cost via his affiliate account with the Book Depository
    • Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature
    • What About the Soul?: Neuroscience and Christian Anthropology
    • In Search Of The Soul: Perspectives Of The Mind-body Problem
    • Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will
    • Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible
    • “The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting,” in Reason for the Hope Within

Terminology

• Occasionalism: a philosophical theory about causation which says that created substances cannot be efficient causes of events. Instead, all events are taken to be caused directly by God himself.

Biblical References

• Resurrection the only way to survive death
  • 1 Corinthians 15:30-32
  • 1 Corinthians 15:18 – Physicalists do not believe the dead have “perished”
  • 1 Corinthians 15:19 – “Hope in this life” refers not to when hope is felt, but that in which hope is placed
• “With all your soul”
  • Deuteronomy 4:29; 6:5; 10:12
  • Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27
• “Soul and spirit”
  • Hebrews 4:12
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23
• Mediums and “familiar spirits”
  • Leviticus 19:31; 20:6,27; Deuteronomy 18:11
  • 1 Samuel 28:7-19
• Appearances of the dead
  • 1 Samuel 28:7-19
  • Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36
• “Body and spirit”
  • Romans 8:10; 1 Corinthians 14:14; Matthew 26:41; 1 Corinthians 7:34; 2 Corinthians 7:1
  • James 2:26; 1 Corinthians 5:5
• “Receive my spirit”
  • Psalm 31:5; Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59; Ecclesiastes 12:7
  • Hebrews 12:22-23
• “My soul is troubled”
  • John 12:27; Luke 1:46-47
  • Genesis 35:18; 1 Kings 17:21
• “Restores my soul”
  • Psalm 23:3; Psalm 19:7
• “God of the living”
  • Matthew 22:31-32
• “Has eternal life”
  • John 5:24
• “Souls” in Revelation
  • Revelation 20:1-4
  • Revelation 6:9-11

Music

• Mariah Carey, Make It Happen, from the Emotions album, 1991

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• The Potter’s Freedom by Dr. James White
• Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem

Terminology

• Soteriology: the study of religious doctrines of salvation
• Regeneration: the transformation of an unbelieving, dead heart of stone in opposition to God into a believing, living heart of flesh inclined toward God
• Total Depravity: the first “point” of Reformed soteriology which teaches that human nature is by nature opposed to God and that nobody left to their own devices chooses to turn to God
• Unconditional Election: the second “point” which teaches that God chooses to save some people based solely and exclusively on His will, mercy and grace, and not conditioned upon any action of the one chosen
• Limited Atonement: the third “point” which teaches that Jesus’ work on the cross was effective and brought about the salvation of specifically the elect
• Irresistible Grace: the fourth “point” which teaches that God is irresistibly powerful to save the elect, that just as Lazarus had no choice but to rise from the dead when Jesus called him, so, too, are the spiritually dead unable to refuse to be brought to life
• Perseverance of the Saints: the fifth “point” which teaches that those God regenerates and saves remain saved their whole lives, and can never lose their salvation

Historical References

• Clement of Rome: Letter to the Corinthians
• Theophilus of Antioch: To Autolycus (Book 1)
• Irenaeus: Against Heresies 3:25
• Eusebius of Caesarea: Oration in Praise of Constantine
• Augustine: On the Predestination of the Saints (Book 1)

Biblical References

• Psalm 148:8
• Job 37:6-13
• Job 38:22-30
• Psalm 135:6-7
• Psalm 104:4
• Psalm 104:14
• Job 38:32
• Matthew 5:45
• Psalm 104:27
• Job 38:39-41
• Matthew 6:26
• Matthew 10:29
• Proverbs 16:33
• Job 12:23
• Psalm 22:28
• Acts 17:26
• Acts 14:16
• Daniel 4:34-35
• Matthew 6:11
• Philippians 4:19
• Psalm 139:16
• Job 14:5
• Galatians 1:15
• Jeremiah 1:5
• Jeremiah 10:23
• Proverbs 20:24
• Proverbs 16:9
• Proverbs 16:1
• Psalm 75:6-7
• Luke 1:52
• Psalm 127:3
• 1 Corinthians 4:7
• Psalm 18:34
• Proverbs 21:1
• Ezra 6:22
• Ezra 1:1
• Psalm 33:14-15
• Philippians 2:13
• Isaiah 14:27
• Isaiah 46:9-10
• Psalm 33:8-11
• Jeremiah 18:4-6
• Isaiah 29:16
• Isaiah 45:9
• Isaiah 10:5-7
• Isaiah 10:12-17
• Genesis 50:19-21
• Acts 4:27-30

Music

• EMF, Unbelievable, from the Schubert Dip album, 1991

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Listen online using Flycast here.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.
• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).

In this first of two interviews on the subject, we talk about physicalism in history, the modern evangelical response to physicalism, the biblical basis for physicalism and the metaphysical objection to it. In a future episode I’ll interview Glenn a second time, devoting the entire episode to biblical objections to his position, so email me at theopologetics@hotmail.com if you would like me to include your challenge to physicalism in the second interview.

Music

• Olivia Newton-John, Physical, from the Physical album, 1987

Promoted Resources

• What Color is the Sky in Their World? Podcast, with Phil Naessens.
  • Also check out the blog of the same name.
• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• The Conditionalist Faith of our Fathers, by Leroy Froom, available for free in the DjVu format

More Show Notes Coming Soon…

Music

• Phillips, Craig and Dean, In Christ Alone, from the Let the Worshipers Arise album, 2004

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.
• Michael’s Grassroots Apologeticsblog
  • Michael’s article, “An Examination and Refutation of Modal Communication“
• TheologyWebfor online Christian debate
  • Michael’s TheologyWeb nickname: MichaelB
  • My TheologyWeb nickname: Chris D
• Dr. James White’s Alpha and Omega Ministries
  • “The Trinity, the Definition of Chalcedon, and Oneness Theology” by Dr. White
• Let Us Reason Ministries
  • List of Oneness Pentecostal articles
• A Definitive Look at Oneness Theology, by Edward Dalcour

Terminology

• Oneness Pentecostalism: a grouping of denominations and believers within Pentecostal Christianity, deriving its name from the teaching that there is one God, a singular spirit who manifests himself in many different ways, including as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, rather than one God existing as three separate, eternal and coequal persons or identities.
• Sabellianism: also known as modalism, an ancient heresy similar to Oneness theology which taught that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are different modes or aspects of one God, as perceived by the believer, rather than three distinct persons in God Himself.
• Chalcedonian Christology: the orthodox view pronounced at the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451 which holds that Jesus Christ is one person with two natures, an entirely human nature and an entirely divine nature.
• Nestorian Christology: the heretical view advanced by Nestorius but condemned at Chalcedon, holding that within Jesus are two distinct persons, one divine, one human, rather than a single human with both a divine nature and a human nature.
• Unitarianism: the belief that God is one and only one, both in being and in person; in contrast with Trinitarianism which teaches that God is one being in three eternal, co-equal persons.
• Tritheism: a belief in three gods, which is a mischaracterization of Triniarianism

Strategy

• Red Flags to Watch For
  • One who claims to be an “Apostolic” Christian, or who claims his church is an “Apostolic” church
  • One who explains that the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit are “manifestations” or “modes” of God
• Questions to Ask
  • “What kind of Christian are you?” or “What denomination of church do you attend?”
  • “Who is God?”
  • “What must I do to be saved?”
  • “Are you living up to the standards of holiness and the Law of God?” (tug at their conscience)

Biblical References

• John 1:1-2
• John 17:5
• Philippians 2:5-11
• Colossians 1:16-17

Music

• The Exies, Baptize Me, from the Head for the Door album, 2004

Promoted Resources

• The Whole Truthblog and podcast
  • Subscribe to the podcast
  • Available in the Zune Marketplace here
• The Narrow Mindwith Gene Cook, Jr.
  • Subscribe to the podcast
  • Gene’s book, The Baptism Cult: Exposing the International Church of Christ
  • Download Gene’s debate with Bruce Reeves on baptismal regeneration here
  • Download Gene’s debate with David Brown on baptismal regeneration here
• Redemption, Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
  • Check out other resources recommended by Gene here

Terminology

• Pelagianism: the belief that original sin did not taint Human nature and that mortal will is still capable of choosing good or evil without special divine aid.
• Total Depravity: the doctrine that mankind, by virtue of being tainted by original sin, is unable to do anything that pleases God without His divine enabling.

Biblical References

• Salvation through faith alone after regeneration from God
  • Romans 8:2-10
  • Ephesians 2:8-10
  • John 6:44
  • Titus 3:5
• Indwelling of the Holy Spirit saves
  • Acts 10:44-48
  • 1 Corinthians 12:4-14
  • John 7:37-39
  • Romans 8:9-11,15-17
  • 2 Corinthians 5:4-5, cf. Matthew 7:7-8
  • 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
  • Ephesians 1:13-14
• Baptismal regeneration proof-texts
  • Acts 2:37-38
  • Acts 22:16
  • Hebrews 10:22
  • John 3:5
  • Titus 3:5
  • Romans 6:3-4
  • Galatians 3:27
  • 1 Corinthians 12:13
  • 1 Peter 3:21

Music

• Marvin Gaye, Can I Get A Witness, from the The Very Best of Marvin Gaye album, 2004

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
• The Apologetic Front, with Mike Felker
  • YouTube channels: http://www.youtube.com/entrsnm3 and Context Ministries
  • Also check out Mike’s band, The Status (MySpace)
• Jehovah’s Witnesses official resources
  • http://www.watchtower.org/
  • What Does the Bible Really Teach (online)
• David Reed’s books on the Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse
  • Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject by Subject
  • How to Rescue Your Loved Ones from the Watchtower

Biblical References

• 1 Peter 3:15 – “always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you”
• John 17:3 – “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christwhom You have sent.”
  • cf. Matthew 7:23 – “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you…’” (to “know” is more than just gain knowledge)
• John 3:3 – “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.’”

Music

• Green Day, Walking Contradiction, from the Insomniac album, 1995

Promoted Resources

• Ligonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul
  • Subscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free

Terminology

• Contradiction: In classical logic, a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. As Aristotle’s law of noncontradiction states, “One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time.”

Biblical References

• Contradictory Accounts of Creation
  • Genesis 1:25-27 vs. Genesis 2:18-19 (humans after animals, or animals after humans?)
  • Genesis 1:27 vs. Genesis 2:18-22 (man and woman after animals, or man then animals then woman?)
  • Genesis 1:11,26 vs. Genesis 2:5-9 (plants before humans or after?)
  • Blog post refuting the alleged contradictions
• Contradictory Accounts of the Triumphal Entry
  • Matthew 21:1-7 (cf. Zechariah 9:9)vs. Mark 11:1-7, Luke 19:29-36 and John 12:14-15
  • Blog post refuting the alleged contradiction
• Contradictory Accounts of Paul’s Conversion
  • Acts 9:7 vs. Acts 22:9 (companions heard or didn’t they?)
  • Acts 9:7 vs. Acts 26:14 (they stood or they fell?)
  • Acts 9:8 vs. 1 Corinthians 9:1 and 1 Corinthians 15:8 (Paul saw Jesus or didn’t see Jesus?)
  • Blog post refuting the alleged contradictions

Music

• Megadeth, Truth Be Told, from the The System Has Failed album, 2004
• FLAME, Sola Scriptura, from the Rewind album, 2005

Promoted Resources

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).

Terminology

• Bibliology: the study of the nature of the Bible, the Word of God.
• Roman Catholicism: Christians and churches belonging to the Roman Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See.
• Mormonism: the most populous branch of the Latter Day Saint movement (LDS), founded by Joseph Smith.
• Jehovah’s Witnesses: a pseudo-Christian nontrinitarian movement distinct from mainstream Christianity, directed by the Governing Body of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
• Inspired: from the Greek theopneustos, meaning “God-breathed.”
• Inerrancy: the view that as the recorded words breathed out by God, the Bible is without error as originally written, and that it has been transmitted reliably throughout the millennia.

Doctrinal Explanations

• Catholicism
  • Catholic Encyclopedia: “Tradition and Living Magisterium“
• Mormonism
  • www.mormon.org: “God’s Commandments“, “Follow the Prophet”
  • www.lds.org: “Prophets“; “Prophets of God“
• Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • The Watchtower, Nov. 1, 1990; Feb. 15, 1983; Feb. 15, 1967
  • Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1939
  • Qualified to be Ministers, 1967

Biblical References

• Testing false prophets
  • Deuteronomy 18:20-22
  • Deuteronomy 13:1-3
  • Galatians 1:6-7
  • 2 Corinthians 11:2-4,13-14
  • Acts 17:1-12
• Scripture is God-breathed
  • 2 Timothy 3:16-17
  • 2 Samuel 23:1-2
  • Luke 1:68-70
  • Acts 3:17-18
  • Romans 1:1-2
  • 2 Peter 1:20-21
  • Acts 1:15-16
  • Titus 1:1-2
  • Hebrews 6:13-18
  • John 17:17
  • Romans 3:4
  • Revelation 21:5
  • 2 Peter 3:15-17
  • Ephesians 3:3-5
  • 1 Corinthians 14:37
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:15
  • 1 Timothy 4:1
  • John 3:32-34
  • Matthew 5:17-18
  • Matthew 24:35
• False prophets in the latter days
  • 1 Timothy 4:1
  • 2 Peter 3:1-2
  • Jude 17-19
  • 1 John 4:1,6
• Capacity to interpret through indwelling of the Holy Spirit
  • John 16:12-14
  • John 14:23
• Teachers gifted by God to the Church
  • Proverbs 27:17
  • Ephesians 4:11-13
  • Romans 12:6-7
  • James 3:1

Music

• Paul Wilbur, Roni Roni Bat Zion, from the Jerusalem Arise! album, 2002

Promoted Resources

• Stand to Reasonwith Greg Koukl
  • The Stand to Reason radio program is live on the air every Sunday 2-5 pm PST AM on 740 KBRT.
  • Also available in podcast form; each episode is published to the podcast the day after it airs.

Terminology

• Israelology: the subdivision of systematic theology incorporating all theological doctrines concerning the people of Israel (Fruchtenbaum).
• Systematic Theology: the attempt to formulate an orderly, rational, and coherent account of the Christian faith and beliefs.
• Replacement Theology: also known as supersessionism, a view which holds that the Church has “replaced” Israel as God’s people and as the recipients of the promises originally made to them.
• Jew: any physical descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• Gentile: any non-Jew.
• Samaritans: Jews by descent whose ancestors syncretized with pagans whom they married, and thus no longer worshipped God in truth, and were thus outside the Israelite community.
• Proselyte: a Gentile who completely converted to Judaism, and was thus treated as a Jew, but never called one.

Biblical References

• Jews
  • The “people of the sons of Israel,” the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
    • Exodus 1:1-14
    • Acts 7:8
    • Exodus 3:6, Matthew 22:32, Acts 3:13
  • Distinguished by foreigners from themselves using the word “Hebrews”
    • Genesis 14:13 (Abram the first “Hebrew”)
    • Genesis 40:15
    • Exodus 1:15-19
  • “Jew” originally a member of the tribe of Judah or kingdom of Judah, distinct from Israelites
    • 2 Kings 16:5-6
    • Jeremiah 32:1-3,12; 40:11
  • Later extended to descendants of all the twelve tribes, distinguishing them from Gentiles
    • John 2:13
    • Acts 2:5; 14:1-2
    • Romans 3:29
• Samaritans
  • 2 Kings 17
  • Ezra 4
  • John 4:7-9
  • Acts 8:14-17, contrasted with Acts 10:44-47
• Proselytes
  • Exodus 12:48
  • Matthew 23:15
  • Acts 2:10
  • Acts 6:3-5
  • Acts 13:43
• Suggesting Gentile believers are “spiritual Jews”
  • Luke 3:8
  • Romans 2:28-29; 4:11; 10:12
  • Galatians 3:7,28-29
  • Colossians 3:11
• Distinction between believing Jews and believing Gentiles
  • Acts 15:5-6,23-24,28-29

Music

• FLAME, God Man, from the Flame album, 2004

Promoted Resources

• What Color is the Sky in Their World? Podcast, with Phil Naessens.
  • Also check out the blog of the same name.
• The Trinity: Evidence and Issues, by Robert Morey.
  • An excellent resource providing powerful historical and biblical evidence that Jesus is God.

Terminology

• Christology: the field of study within Christian theology which is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus Christ.
• Jehovah’s Witnesses: adherents to a counterfeit form of Christianity who, among other serious false views, believe Jesus Christ is the first being God created.
• Theanthropos: a Greek word meaning “God Man,” describing Jesus Christ as being God in human flesh.
• Trinity: the historic Christian teaching that there is one and only one God, that the Father is that God, that the Son is that God, and that the Holy Spirit is that God, but that they are not each other.

Historical References

Creeds

• Nicene Creed
• Athanasian Creed

Church Fathers

• Clement of Rome: Letter to the Corinthians, “Second Epistle” of Clement
• Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Ephesians, Letter to the Romans, Letter to the Trallians, Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Letter to Polycarp
• Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho (chapter 128)
• Irenaeus: The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
• Clement of Alexandria: Exhortation to the Heathen (chapter 10), The Paedagogus (Book I)
• See my refutation of other Church Fathers claimed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses to support their view at my blog

Biblical References

• Jesus is God
  • John 1:1-3,14
  • Colossians 1:16-17
  • Hebrews 1:1-12 (see also my lengthy examination of this text at my blog)
  • John 20:28
  • Acts 20:28
  • Romans 9:5, cf. Romans 1:25
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:12 (NLT)
  • Titus 2:13
  • 2 Peter 1:1
  • Revelation 22:13, cf. Revelation 1:8, 21:6
• Jehovah’s Witnesses’ challenges
  • Colossians 1:15
    • Psalm 89:27 has God making David, the eigth and youngest of his father’s sons, God’s “firstborn”
    • See also Genesis 48:17-19
    • For more, see my blog.
  • John 3:16
    • Hebrews 11:17 calls Isaac the “only begotten son” of Abraham, even though Abraham had other sons
    • For more, see my blog.
  • Proverbs 8:22, cf. 1 corinthians 1:30
  • Revelation 3:14
    • But God is also called “the beginning” in Revelation 21:6
    • Luke 20:20 uses the same Greek word to refer to the power or rule of the governor
  • John 14:28 and 1 Corinthians 11:3
    • For more, see my blog.

Music

• Knowledge MC, Baptized in Flames, from the The Book of Knowledge album, 2005
• Oaks Worship, Pour Your Spirit, from the Awaken Me album, 2009

Terminology

• Pneumatology: the study of the Holy Spirit.
• Pentecostalism: a “renewal” movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the “baptism in the Holy Spirit,” an event separate and distinct from the saving indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
• Charismatics: a larger group of professing Christians, including Pentecostals, who emphasize the availability to believers today of tongues and other miraculous manifestations of the Holy Spirit as seen in Acts.
• Gentile: a non-Jew, one not descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• Godfearers: Gentiles who attached themselves in varying degrees to Judaism, engaged in Judaic religious ideas and practices.

Historical References

• Clement of Rome: Letter to the Corinthians
• Barnabas (various candidates): Epistle of Barnabas

Biblical References

• In support of a temporal “gap” and distinction between baptism in the Holy Spirit, experienced only by some, and indwelling of the Holy Spirit, experienced by all saved believers.
  • John 20:22
  • Matthew 10:19-20
  • Acts 1:4-5
  • Acts 2:2-4
  • Acts 11:15-17
  • Acts 9:3-17
  • Acts 8:12-17
  • Acts 19:1-7
• In opposition to any limited scope for baptism in the Holy Spirit; it is for all believers in the expanding scope of God’s Kingdom
  • Acts 2:15-21 quoting Joel 2:28-32
    • Contrasted with Numbers 11:16-17,25-29
  • Gift broadened to Samarians in Acts 8:14-17
  • Broadened to God-fearers (Gentile followers of Judaism) in Acts 10:44-47
  • Broadened to unobservant Gentiles in Acts 19:1-7
• Baptism in the Holy Spirit is for all Christians and marks one as a genuine believer
  • 1 Corinthians 12
  • John 7:37-39
• Receiving the Holy Spirit is a promise that we are saved
  • Romans 8:9-11,15-17
  • 2 Corinthians 5:4-5, cf. Matthew 7:7-8
  • 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
  • Ephesians 1:13-14
• Also, since “baptism” sometimes refers to this baptism in the Holy Spirit, and not physical baptism in water…
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21
  • Romans 6:3-4
  • Galatians 3:27
  • Colossians 2:11-12
• Apostles didn’t have Holy Spirit before Pentecost
  • Luke 24:49 cf. John 20:22

Music

• Dead or Alive, You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), from the Youthquake album, 1985

Promoted Resources

• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
• Sinner Ministries, with Sye Ten Bruggencate.
  • “Nobody needs arguments for the existence of God. Nobody needs proof that God exists. The Bible teaches that those who claim that God does not exist are merely suppressing what they already know to be true.”

Terminology

• Epistemology: the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope (limitations) of knowledge.
• Evidential Apologetics: an approach to defending the Christian faith from critics by presenting evidence that God exists.
• Presuppositional Apologetics: an approach to defending the Christian faith from critics by demonstrating that only a biblical world view can account for evidence in the first place.
• Circular Reasoning/Logic: as I’m using it in this episode, appealing to or relying upon something to account for the existence of that very thing; for example, believing that the future will be like the past because the future has in the past been like the past.

Biblical References

• 1 Peter 3:15
• Romans 1:18-21
• Psalm 14:1
• Proverbs 26:4

Music

• Al Green, Take Me To the River, from the Definitive Greatest Hits album, 2007
• Britney Spears, Oops!… I Did it Again, from the Oops!… I Did It Again album, 2000
• Alison Krauss, Down To the River To Pray, from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, 2000

Promoted Resources

• Theology Today Apologetic Ministries Podcast, with Phil Naessens.
  • Also check out the Theology Today blog.

Terminology

• Soteriology: the study of religious doctrines of salvation
• Baptismal Regeneration: A view shared by the Roman Catholic Church and a few other Christian sects which holds that the physical act of water baptism is a requirement for salvation, that in fact salvation happens at baptism when one’s sins are remitted or “washed away.”
• Churches of Christ: A group of autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices, including a view of baptism similar to baptismal regeneration.
• “Straw Man” Logical Fallacy: An informal logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent’s position. A poor imitiation of an opponent’s argument may be easy to “knock down,” but doesn’t actually address the argument.
• Protestant: Generally, any Christian who rejects the authority of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. More specifically, related to the view of those reformers who separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the Protestant Reformation.
• Apostolic Origin: Written by one of Jesus’ original Apostles.
• Denying the Antecedent Fallacy: A fallacy in which one first says, “If A is true, then B is true,” and then says that “Because A is not true, then B is not true.” This does not logically follow.
• Type: Something physical which symbolically prefigures a spiritual reality.
• Grace: Unmerited (not earned) favor from God.

Historical References

Creeds

• Apostle’s Creed
• “Rule of Faith” cited by Irenaeus
• Nicene Creed
• Athanasian Creed

Church Fathers

• Faith PLUS baptism
  • Tertullian: On Baptism
  • Augustine: On Marriage and Concupiscence
  • Cyprian: Epistles 72
  • Ambrose: On the Mysteries
  • Uncertain Author: Recognitions of Clement, Book VI
• Faith, not baptism
  • Polycarp: Letter to the Philippians
  • Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Philadelphians, Letter to the Trallians, Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Letter to Polycarp, Letter to the Ephesians
  • Clement of Rome: Letter to the Corinthians
  • Spiritual baptism in faith
    • Barnabas (various candidates): Epistle of Barnabas
    • Justin Martyr: Dialogue With Trypho (chapters 10-30, chapters 48-54); On the Resurrection; The First Apology
  • Augustine: On Grace and Free Will

Biblical References

• In support of baptismal regeneration
  • The “elementary” nature of the teaching of baptism
    • Hebrews 6:1-2
  • Jesus’ statements concerning baptism
    • John 3:3-5
    • Matthew 3:13-16
    • Mark 16:15-16
    • Matthew 28:19-20
  • The acts of the Apostles
    • Acts 2:38
    • Acts 22:15-16
    • Acts 8:12-13
    • Acts 8:35-38
    • Acts 9:17-18
    • Acts 16:14-15
    • Acts 16:32-33
    • Acts 18:8
    • Acts 19:2-6
  • The writings of the Apostles
    • Romans 6:3-4
    • Galatians 3:27
    • Colossians 2:12
    • 1 Corinthians 12:13
    • 1 Peter 3:20-21
• Opposed to baptismal regeneration
  • Saved by faith alone, apart from works
    • Ephesians 2:8-9
    • Romans 3:22,27-28
    • 2 Timothy 1:9
  • Righteousness given as the result of works is not grace
    • Romans 4:3-5
    • Romans 11:5-6
  • If you believe you are saved (no mention of baptism)
    • John 3:15-16,36
    • John 6:27-29,35,40,47
    • John 20:31
    • Acts 10:43
    • Acts 13:38-39
    • Acts 16:31
    • Romans 4:19-24
    • Romans 5:1-2
    • Romans 10:8-11
    • Galatians 3:22-26
    • 1 John 5:5,10-13
  • On symbolic nature of “washings”
    • Hebrews 6:1-2
    • Mark 7:2-5,15
    • Hebrews 9:8-14
    • Ephesians 5:25-27
    • Titus 3:4-5
    • Matthew 3:11
    • Acts 1:5
    • Acts 11:15-17
    • Psalm 51:2,7
    • Ezekiel 36:25-27
  • Some were saved, receiving the Holy Spirit, prior to baptism
    • Acts 10:44-48

Music

• Evanescence, Bring Me to Life, from the Fallen album, 2003
• Daft Punk, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, from the Discovery album, 2001

My Blogs

• On theology and apologetics: http://www.theopologetics.com
• On competitive powerlifting: http://chrisdatepower.blogspot.com

Promoted Resources

• The Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.
  • Check out the episode I guest-hosted, “Kicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5–Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.”
  • I am also a guest author Dee Dee’s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.

Terminology

• Eschatology: a part of theology and philosophy concerned with what are believed to be the final events in history
• Theology:study of divine things or religious truth, often referring generally to one’s set of beliefs, doctrines and teachings
• Apologetics: the branch of theology concerned with the defense and rational justification of Christianity
• Preterism: the orthodox view that most of the biblical prophecies concerning the so-called “end times” were fulfilled in our past
• Hyperpreterism: the heretical view that all biblical prophecies were fulfilled in our past including the Second Coming and resurrection
• Orthodox: in agreement with the Church through history concerning those things which are essential to the Christian faith
• Heresy: the denial of essentials of the faith on which the Church has united through history; a view which does so is called “heretical” or “unorthodox”
• Creed: an authoritative, formulated statement of the chief articles of Christian belief

Historical References

Creeds

• Apostle’s Creed
• “Rule of Faith” cited by Irenaeus
• Athanasian Creed

Church Fathers on the Resurrection

• Polycarp: Epistle to the Philippians
• Church of Smyrna: Martyrdom of Polycarp
• Tertullian: On the Resurrection of the Flesh
• Athenagoras: On the Resurrection of the Dead
• Augustine: Exposition on Psalm 63, Exposition on Psalm 30, quoted in General Resurrection (Catholic Encyclopedia)

Biblical References

• On the importance of a correct view of the resurrection
  • 2 Timothy 2:16-18
• On “heaven” (the “intermediate state” where our spirits go when we die)
  • 2 Corinthians 5:6-8
  • Philippians 1:22-23
  • 2 Timothy 4:6
  • 2 Peter 1:14
  • Luke 16:19-31
  • Luke 23:42-43
  • Revelation 6:9-11
• On death as “sleep”
  • Daniel 12:2
  • Isaiah 26:19
  • Job 14:12
  • 1 Corinthians 15:51
  • John 11:11-14
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:14
• On the resurrection of the dead
  • Jesus taught it
    • Matthew 22:23-32
    • Luke 14:12-14
    • John 5:28-29
    • John 6:39-40,44,54
  • Jesus’ listeners expected it
    • John 11:21-24
  • Pharisees expected it
    • Acts 23:6-8
    • Acts 24:14-15
    • Acts 26:4-8
  • Apostles taught it
    • 1 Corinthians 15
    • Philippians 3:8-11,20-21
    • 2 Corinthians 4:13-14,5:1-4
    • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
    • 2 Peter 3:13
    • Romans 8:22-23
  • John’s vision of the future depicts it
    • Revelation 20:4-6,11-15
  • Old Testament hints at it
    • Job 19:26
    • Daniel 12:2-3,13
    • Isaiah 26:19
    • 1 Samuel 2:6