Skip to content
Credo House Ministries
  • Home
  • Theology Unplugged
  • Donate
  • About
  • Credo Courses
  • Close Search Form
    Open Search Form
Credo House Ministries
Hermeneutics
10Comments

Common Errors in Bible Interpretation

I came across the following chart on page 136 in the new book A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis by Craig L. Blomberg.  Heeding caution from this chart will ruin many...

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Angels and Demons
32Comments

Questions I Hope No One Will Ask: Why Did God Put Satan in Eden?

“I’m trying to whip the devil; I’m trying to get sanctified.” -Johnny Cash I was reading a book a couple of days ago that mentioned Satan in passing....

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
122Comments

Why Doesn’t God Save Everyone? (Sam Storms)

If election were solely based on what God wanted and not anything in us that might differentiate the chosen from the un-chosen and thus account for why this one and not...

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Calvinism
6Comments

Theology Unplugged: An Invitation to Calvinism Part 2

Join Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley and Sam Storms as they discuss Calvinism. [display_podcast] Other ways to get TUP: Theology Unplugged Page RSS iTunes

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Epistemology
14Comments

The Patsy Called Relativism

(by Lisa Robinson) I was listening to a radio broadcast the other day and the preacher was giving a lesson on the Decalogue.  He provided a description of God’s law that...

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
107Comments

Questions I Hope No One Asks: Why Doesn’t God Save Everyone?

The first in my new “Questions I Hope No One Asks” Series As an evangelical Christian, I seek to share Christ with others. Often, in doing so, people have a lot of...

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Uncategorized
88Comments

Top Ten Systematic Theologies

The genre of “Systematic Theologies” does not have a long history, relatively speaking. While this fact deserves its own blog post, it was not until...

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Calvinism
14Comments

Top Five Books on Calvinism

Of the writing of books on Calvinism and Arminianism there appears to be no end! So where shall we begin? Since we have started a series at Theology Unplugged entitled “An...

Continue Reading

Credo House Ministries
Calvinism
131Comments

Is Arminianism Cooperative Justification?

There is some interesting interaction going on at Roger Olson’s blog between Olson and Michael Horton concerning how Arminianism’s view of salvation should be...

Continue Reading

« Older Articles Newer Articles »

NEW! Become a Patron of Michael Patton

Theology Unplugged

Theology Unplugged
Theology Unplugged

Get your weekly dose of one of the longest-running theology podcasts there is.

The New Prophets: Authority, Experience, and the Collapse of Trust
byC. Michael Patton

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.

Explore the Project:

Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.com
Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpatton
Credo Courses – https://www.credocourses.com
Credo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org

#TheologyUnplugged #Worldview #Truth #Authority #Postmodernism #Apologetics #ChristianTheology #FaithAndReason #CredoCourses #ThroughTheChurchFathers

The New Prophets: Authority, Experience, and the Collapse of Trust
The New Prophets: Authority, Experience, and the Collapse of Trust
2026-04-08
C. Michael Patton
Israel, the Camaro, and the Faithfulness of God
2026-04-08
C. Michael Patton
Search Results placeholder

Every Credo Course On One Drive!

Or Send a Quick Tip

Subscribe

* indicates required

C Michael Patton’s discipleship book

Categories

RSS Theology Unplugged

  • 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 […]
  • Israel, the Camaro, and the Faithfulness of God 2026-04-08
    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 […]

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Address


Credo House 1209 Cedar Ridge Road Edmond OK 73013

Text

405-410-3039

Credo House Ministries

©2010-2017 SmartTheme. All Rights Reserved.

WordPress Theme by OptimizePress