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Theology Unplugged: Coffee with Scholars – Mike Licona – Part 1

Join C. Michael Patton and Tim Kimberley as they welcome Dr. Michael Licona to Credo House for a “Coffee with Scholars” discussion over his latest book “The...

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Short Video about Credo House

We are seeking to raise $100,000 in our Year End Giving Campaign. We are excited for about $10,000 to have been donated so far. Please watch the short video (4 min) below from...

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Current Issues in Theology
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Why I Am/Not Charistmatic: History of the Gifts Response – Sam Storms

Michael, Thanks for your careful approach to this question. I appreciate your desire to properly honor our common heroes of the faith throughout these past 2,000 years of...

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Apologetics
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Is Inerrancy the Linchpin of Evangelicalism?

I believe in inerrancy. This means I believe that there are no errors in the Bible. Of course, this comes with the usual disclaimers which say that we must be talking about...

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Apologetics
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Four Hours to Defending the Faith

This can’t be free long so get it now. MP3s Week 1: Does God Exist? Week 2: Reliability of the New Testament Week 3: The Resurrection of Christ Week 4: The Deity of...

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Christmas
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The Virgin Birth: Why It Is Important

The reality of the Virgin Birth has been affirmed by the church at least as far back as when the Gospels of Matthew and Luke were written.  It is affirmed in the Church’s...

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Doubt
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Gary Habermas on Doubt

I have asked a few respected Evangelical scholars and authors to contribute  on the issue of Christians and doubt. I am grateful to each one of these men for not only...

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Sam Storms
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My Top Ten (!) Books of the Year

The exclamation mark after the number Ten should be noted. As you will shortly see, I failed miserably in my attempt to restrict the list to precisely ten books. Perhaps I...

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Apologetics
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Mike Licona, Sound Bite Misunderstandings, and Apologetic Methodology

Let me familiarize you with some of the sound bites in the Mike Licona situation that have people upset: “It can forthrightly be admitted that the data surrounding what...

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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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