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Third Most Popular Post of 2010: Beware of Professional Weaker Brethren

My daughter, Katelynn, who is eleven, wants to start wearing make-up. I have a rule: No make-up at all until she is twelve. My wife does not agree with me. She thinks I am...

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The Gift of Restoration

By Lisa Robinson I’ve been contemplating this theme lately.  Restoration is needed when something has been damaged or broken.  It has lost its usefulness for its...

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An Early Christmas Present

by Paul and Jacqueline Copan “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law,...

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Theology Unplugged: Closet Doctrines Part 2 with Sam Storms

Join Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley and Sam Storms for another installment of the discussion surrounding “closet doctrines”. [display_podcast] Other ways to get...

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Year End Giving Challenge

With Christmas fast approaching this is a great time to reflect. Reflecting on our great Savior and His misison to each one of us. Here at Reclaiming the Mind/Credo House...

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Three Questions for Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism The belief that God has created men and women equal in all things. Men and women are ontologically and functionally equal. The way the sexes function in the...

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Fourth Most Popular Post of 2010: What Complementarianism is All About

You guessed it. It was about complementarian. Enjoy (again). The most common understanding of both Complementarianism and Egalitarianism goes something like this:...

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Now Enrolling: School of Theology

Have you always wanted to learn more about your faith? For whatever reason you haven’t been led to a traditional Bible College or Seminary but you still want “meat...

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The Anatomy of Belief (9): Forensic Conviction

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure My sister Angie died in January of 2004. I believe this to be the case. In fact, I am so...

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Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation
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Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation

In this episode, I walk through the ontological argument the way Anselm actually framed it—not the simplified version, but the real thing.

God is defined as “that than which nothing greater can be conceived.” Once you understand that definition, the argument starts to press in on you in a way that’s hard to escape.

If God exists only in the mind, then a greater being could be conceived—one that exists in reality. But that cannot be, because by definition nothing greater can be conceived. Therefore, God must exist not only in the understanding, but in reality.

This all rests on a simple but powerful idea: existence is greater than non-existence.

I argue in this episode that this isn’t just a clever philosophical trick—it’s airtight. Not because it forces you, but because once you truly grasp what is being said, you realize that denying it comes at a cost.

This may be one of the most compelling explanations for God’s existence you’ve ever heard—because it doesn’t appeal to evidence outside of you, but to something unavoidable within reason itself.

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  • Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation 2026-04-02
    Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation In this episode, I walk through the ontological argument the way Anselm actually framed it—not the simplified version, but the real thing. God is defined as “that than which nothing greater can be conceived.” Once you understand that definition, the argument starts to press in on you in a way […]
  • Basement Theology: Dispensationalism (With Gavin) 2026-03-17
    Basement Theology: Dispensationalism (With Gavin) This is something new—and honestly, something I should have started a long time ago. My nephew Gavin and I sat down in the basement, turned the cameras on, and had an unscripted conversation about dispensationalism. No prep, no polish—just real theology in real time. I’ll be the first to admit, […]

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