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My Addiction to Pain Killers

I am addicted to painkillers and need help. As many of you know, four years ago I began to take care of my wonderful mother full-time. I was full-time at Credo House and...

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Jim Warner Wallace at Credo House on God's Crime Scene
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God’s Crime Scene [Video] with Jim Warner Wallace

Jim Warner Wallace visited Credo House and gave a presentation on his new book God’s Crime Scene to an attentive crowd. Thank you so much Jim for your time and...

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Infographic: Is Jesus the Son of Man from Daniel 7:13–14
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Who is this Son of Man? A Review of My Debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman (Part 2)

Justin Bass and Bart Ehrman Smiling Together Jesus persists in veiling himself in indirect references and metaphors…It is almost as though Jesus were intent on making a riddle...

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Follow the Rules
Apologetics
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How Not to Defend Jehovah’s Witness Theology

Most of the really interesting attempts to defend Jehovah’s Witness theology do not come in official Watchtower literature, which is generally rather superficial in its...

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Imputed Sin (Part 2) [Podcast]

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Tracing Jesus to YHWH
Apologetics
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Who Is This Son of Man? 
A Review of My Debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman (Part 1)

My recent debate with one of the world’s leading New Testament (NT) scholars, Dr. Bart Ehrman, actually began four years earlier at another debate. At McFarlin Auditorium on...

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Theology Unplugged
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Imputed Sin (Part 1) [Podcast]

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Women Have Rights. Babies Have Rights.
Apologetics
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Can We All Agree That Women Have Rights over Their Own Bodies?

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Imprecatory Psalm (Part 2 of 2)
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Imprecatory Psalms (Part 2) [Podcast]

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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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    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 […]

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