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The Problem of Nominal Christianity

Most of you would agree without any argument that one of the greatest crisis that Christianity faces today is nominal Christianity. Nominal Christianity is defined by those...

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Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane
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CSNTM, Text Criticism, and Patmos

Dear friends at RMM– I would appreciate your prayers for the next few weeks as two teams from the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts are going on...

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Christian Life
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The Book of Job and the Problem of Pain

Being in the ministry presupposes many things that the believer needs to be aware of. People will see you as a representative of the Christian faith. This being the case, it...

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When it is raining in the front yard and sunny in the back

Life often seems to be a series of dichotomistic events that don’t harmonize with each other. What do I mean? Sometimes it seems that it is raining in the front yard...

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Theology
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The Baptism Debate on Converse with Scholars

Converse with Scholars (CWS) of Reclaiming the Mind Ministries (RMM) is going to be covering issues related to the mode of baptism. This Thursday, the 17th, we will be...

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What has Become of Evangelicalism? An Evangelical’s Lament

Blogs are about thoughts, rants, opinions, and sometimes irresponsibly rash statements. Well, this post may be identified as any or all of those. What has become of...

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Apologetics
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Kirk Cameron Defends God Against Atheists

This is an interesting debate that took place on ABC this week between Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron (yes, the actor) from The Way of the Master with the two atheists that...

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Evangelicalism
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Q/A: Beckwith

Source  Q&A: Francis Beckwith Former ETS president speaks about what he takes from evangelicalism back to the Roman Catholic Church. Interview by David Neff | posted...

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ETS Speaks on the Beckwith Situation

Source Statement of the ETS Executive Committee regarding Dr. Frank Beckwith’s Resignation as ETS President May 8, 2007 On May 5, 2007, Dr. Frank Beckwith resigned as...

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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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