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New Video Overview of The Discipleship Program

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Do People Who Commit Suicide Automatically Go to Hell?

Here is an email question that I received with the response to follow: Good Afternoon: I am writing to you under emotional pangs, as I wrestle with the Scriptures, and what I...

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Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane
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Dan Wallace’s New Blog

Great news folks…after being a part of the Parchment and Pen team for the last five years, Dan Wallace has finally succumbed to pressure and founded a blog of his own....

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Book Review: Tim Tebow

I love biographies. I usually, however, don’t read biographies of living people. I don’t think enough time has passed to appropriately vet an individual. When a...

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Theology Unplugged
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Theology Unplugged: Problem Passages – Does God Change?

[display_podcast] How is it that God could be sorry about anything? Does he actually change his mind in this passage? “And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the...

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Apologetics
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Longings and Needs as Reasons for Belief in God

We’re familiar with the famous atheist psychologist Sigmund Freud, who claimed that human beings fabricate a father figure to get us through life’s difficulties.  In his...

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Do Calvinists Really Believe in Salvation by Faith Alone?

Do Calvinists believe in salvation by faith alone? Quick answer: No. But don’t quit reading. . . When I was in undergrad, my professor made us have a debate in theology...

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Lisa Robinson
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What’s After Seminary? Not a Job, But an Adventure

(Lisa Robinson) This is for anyone who is contemplating seminary, in seminary, has graduated seminary or has asked anybody in seminary what they plan on doing.  For those of...

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How to Get a Credo House Near You

There have been so many of you, leaders, pastors, and lay-people alike, who have contacted me about starting a Credo House in your area. Columbus, Anchorage, Peoria, Norman,...

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The New Prophets: Authority, Experience, and the Collapse of Trust
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The New Prophets: Authority, Experience, and the Collapse of Trust

Podcast culture is telling us something—and it’s not just about who people are listening to, but why they trust them.

As voices like Joe Rogan and Shawn Ryan rise, trust in institutions continues to collapse. Government, media, and even scientific authorities are no longer seen as stable sources of truth. But this does not mean truth itself is disappearing. It means confidence in those who interpret and deliver truth is fading.

In this episode, I make a critical distinction: science isn’t collapsing—trust in interpreters of science is. Science is a method. But people don’t live by methods—they live by meaning. And when the messengers lose credibility, people begin looking elsewhere for something to anchor their understanding of reality.

The deeper issue is that we are no longer building complete worldviews. Instead, we are assembling beliefs like a playlist—pulling ideas from wherever they resonate without asking whether they actually fit together. But a real worldview must answer real questions: What is ultimate reality? How do we know anything? Are there real morals? What is our purpose? What happens after death?

When those questions go unanswered, a vacuum is created. And that vacuum never stays empty.

This is where the “new prophets” begin to emerge—not from institutions, but from experience. And in a world that no longer trusts shared authority, experience itself begins to take the throne.

This episode sets the stage for understanding how we got here—and why what replaces truth may be far more dangerous than what we lost.

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  • The New Prophets: Authority, Experience, and the Collapse of Trust 2026-04-08
    The New Prophets: Authority, Experience, and the Collapse of Trust Podcast culture is telling us something—and it’s not just about who people are listening to, but why they trust them. As voices like Joe Rogan and Shawn Ryan rise, trust in institutions continues to collapse. Government, media, and even scientific authorities are no longer seen […]
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    Israel, the Camaro, and the Faithfulness of God Can a promise from God mean more than the original hearer understood without meaning less than what God actually said? In this episode of Theology Unplugged, we look at one of the most important questions in biblical interpretation: how should Christians understand Old Testament promises in light […]

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