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Theology Unplugged: Does God Choose People to Go to Hell?

Join Tim Kimberley, Michael Patton, Sam Storms and J.J. Seid as they discuss whether or not God chooses people to go to hell.

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Theology Unplugged
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Theology Unplugged: What Did Jesus Mean When He Said “Eat My Flesh

Join Tim Kimberley, J.J. Seid and Sam Storms as they discuss what Jesus meant when He said eat my flesh.

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Christmas
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Santa Claus – The Modern vs Historical Figure (Video)

Tim Kimberley joined us at Credo House for Coffee & Theology recently to dispel common myths around Santa Claus. If you like the movies which cover the “origin...

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Credo House of Theology
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A Credo Testimony from Timothy Berg

My Testimony and Early Years of Bible Study This is my testimony of the impact Credo has had and continues to have on me. I was saved as a small boy in Kansas, and became...

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Theology Unplugged: Faith or Works

Join Tim Kimberley, J.J. Seid and Same Storms as they discuss how we are justified.

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Theology Unplugged
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Theology Unplugged: What Happens to the Soul After Death?

Join Tim Kimberley, J.J. Seid and Sam Storms as they discuss what happens to the soul after death.

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Theology Unplugged: Did Jesus Know the Time of His Return?

  Join us as Tim Kimberley, J.J. Seid, and Sam Storms discuss whether or not Jesus knew the time of his second coming.

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Christian Life
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Concerning My Laments (Something I Really Need to Say)

Sometimes, after I write a blog post I find people who get the wrong idea. Ever so, often I have to bring my staff at the Credo House together to explain something to them...

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Christian Life
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When the Sadness Doesn’t Leave

I don’t know how long ago it was. Probably 2010. That was a big year for me. Not a good year. It was the catalyst for a lot of change. Not good change . . . I think I...

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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 […]
  • Israel, the Camaro, and the Faithfulness of God 2026-04-08
    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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