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Getting Inerrancy Wrong

One of the greatest attacks on Scripture comes from those who misunderstand the doctrine of inerrancy. A couple of years ago this chart was brought to my attention. I did not...

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Current Issues in Theology
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The Little Lights aren’t Twinkling, Mike Licona

I think you have to be qualified to critique someone. The qualification comes not merely in your knowledge of the subject upon which your critique is based (which is very...

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Christmas
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Too Cool for Christmas

We’re in the Christmas spirit at the Credo House. We probably have the world’s largest fake tree proudly decorated to the max inside. I’m not kidding,...

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Church History
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Top Ten Theologians: #2 – Martin Luther

To have an understanding of Martin Luther it’s important to have a working knowledge of his multi-faceted world. Luther’s World Gutenberg Printing Press It’s hard for us...

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Apologetics
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Mike Licona, Norman Geisler, Albert Mohler, and the Evangelical Circus

There are moments when I am proud to be an Evangelical. This is not one of them. I was listening to a discussion between two gentleman at the Credo House this afternoon. The...

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Apologetics
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Mike Licona and RisenJesus.com

Ed Komoszewski introduced me to Mike Licona a few years ago. Since then, I have been a Liconaite. His passion for and defense of the central truths of the Christian faith are...

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Christmas
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The First Christmas: Myths and Realities

I. A Reality Check Here’s a true-false quiz: 1. Mary and Joseph had to travel as quickly as possible to Bethlehem because Mary could have given birth at any moment. 2. The...

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Our Daily Truth: Stop Trying to be Someone Else

I know of the head of a particular ministry who spends all his time looking at what others are doing. If he finds someone who is successfully doing something new, he seeks to...

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Christmas
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The First Christmas: Myths and Realities

I. A Reality Check Here’s a true-false quiz: 1. Mary and Joseph had to travel as quickly as possible to Bethlehem because Mary could have given birth at any moment. 2. The...

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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 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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