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Denominations
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Great Chart on Denonminations

Jeff Young, a Reclaiming the Mind/Credo House Ministries board member created these as part of his research for our ministry. I thought they were too good not to share. I will...

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Book Review: Evidence for God

  Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science. William Dembski and Michael Licona have pulled together a top rate group of...

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Epistemology
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Theology Unplugged: Certainty

Join C. Michael Patton and Tim Kimberley as they continue to discuss the issue of certainty. [display_podcast] Other ways to get TUP: Theology Unplugged Page RSS iTunes Get...

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Apologetics
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Introducing 3 Brand-New Resources: Pre-Order Your Copies Today

1. Bible Boot Camp: How to Study the Bible We’re ecstatic to be offering the next installment (volume 2) in our brand new Bible Boot Camp series: How to Study the Bible...

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Apologetics
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Is the New Atheism Really Affecting People’s Belief in God?

As of 2005, according to a Cambridge study, 88 percent of the world’s population believes in God. This is down from around 90 percent in 2000. Ninety-five percent of...

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Doubt
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Was I Really a Christian?

I think one of the toughest questions to address in Christianity is the actual determination of one’s genuine faith.   Typically we draw conclusions based on external...

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Christian Life
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An Outline of What I Taught on Suffering and Evil

Here are some notes from what I taught at The Discipleship Program last night on Suffering and Evil. I think it is very important that we give Christians a solid induction...

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A Financial Call from Michael Patton

Most of you are reading this because you believe in what we at Reclaiming the Mind/Credo House Ministries are doing. If you don’t, no need to read any further . . . Good, glad...

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Prolegomena
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Those Pesky “Closet Doctrines”

There are certain Christian beliefs that I fear are “closet doctrines” for many Christians. What is a “closet doctrine”? I am glad you asked.  Closet doctrines are those...

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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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