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What Happened to the Twelve Apostles? How Do Their Deaths Prove Easter?

Updated: 2015/03/26 Download Article with Discussion Questions There are conflicting legends about the deaths of the twelve apostles, making the historical evidence difficult...

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The Coming Evangelical Collapse and the New Calvinism

Shortly after I posted my recent blog entitled “The Coming Evangelical Collapse?” Time Magazine featured as its cover story an article entitled “10 Ideas Changing the World...

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Apologetics
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The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Houdini, and Romans 1

One of the most interesting passages in the Bible relating to defending the faith is Romans 1:18-19, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and...

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24 Hour Special for The Theology Program

We have had so many people who missed the special and are asking for a special dispensation that we have decided to open up this special again for the next 24 hours. The...

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Under Cover: Authority, Obedience (& Abuse?)

A couple of weeks ago I was asked by a friend from out of state to look at a book, Under Cover by John Bevere, although the book is not new it is just now making the rounds...

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Seeker Sensitive Churches

This refers to the method of conducting a Sunday morning church service where all the events surrounding the service are tailored with the unchurched in mind. The goal of this...

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My Trip to "The Apple Store"

In my confession not too long ago I admitted that I broke down and bought an iPhone. I have to admit that I have really enjoyed it. It has almost become sinfully addictive....

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Christian Life
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Authority, Submission and Our Rebellious Tendencies

I admit to being a Facebook junkie regular.  Not only do you get to touch base with those to whom you have some connection and varying levels of relational intimacy and...

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Seminary Grads (Recent) . . . Need Your Help

I am going to be doing a series of posts about the strengths and weaknesses of many of the Evangelical seminaries. This series will, among other things, help those in their...

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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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