Articles and Podcast Episodes Sorted by Topic
- Do Christians REALLY need theology? [article & podcast]
- God’s Greatest Desire for Your Life [article & podcast]
- How to Read (and Understand) the Bible [article & podcast]
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 1)
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 2)
- What Is Onward in the Faith About? (And Why Are My Articles So Long?)
- What is the Bible? [article & podcast]
- Who Is God? [article and podcast]
- Why Do You Believe What You Believe? [article and podcast]
- 3 Ways We Can Misunderstand “Sola Scriptura”
- 40 Moments from Christ’s Final Days (devotional series page)
- Finding Hope When Bible Reading Seems Pointless [article & podcast]
- Helpful Questions for Confusing Bible Verses
- How to Read (and Understand) the Bible [article & podcast]
- *joke article* How the Bible CLEARLY Teaches that the Earth is Flat
- Reading the Bible Well – More than a Feeling
- What’s the “Therefore” There For? [article & podcast]
- Why You Shouldn’t Read the Entire Bible in a year (and How to Prepare for next year)
- (Genesis 6:1-4) Interesting Interpretations: Nephilim
- (Genesis 6:3) Why Did Lifespans Shorten After the Flood? [article & podcast]
- (Job 30:18-23) The Funniest Verse in the Bible
- (Jeremiah 10:3-4) Does the Bible Forbid Christmas Trees?
- (Jeremiah 29:11) Jeremiah 29:11: What It Really Means [podcast only, but it’s also covered in this article]
- (Matthew 7:12) “Therefore” and the Golden Rule [article & podcast]
- (Matthew 9:19) Can Christians Get Divorced and Remarried? Does God Make Exceptions for Divorce?
- (Matthew 21:18-19) Why Did Jesus Curse a Fig Tree?
- (Mark 3:28-29) What Is Blasphemy Against the Spirit (aka the “Unpardonable Sin”)? [article & podcast]
- (Luke 11:1-4) How Should I Pray?
- (Luke 15:11-32) Legalism & the Prodigal Son’s Brother
- (John 8:32) Freedom in Christ
- (John 8:35-36) Is Christ Still Saving You?
- (John 15:18-19) Let Christ Be Offensive, Not You
- (John 20:23) Can Christians Forgive Sins?
- (1 Corinthians 10:13) God won’t give you more than you can handle? What Does That Mean?
- (1 Corinthians 14:1-25) Church & Our Consumer Mentality [video & podcast]
- (Galatians 3:28) Galatians 3:28 and Homosexuality [article, podcast, & YouTube]
- (Galatians 5:22-23) Do You Lack a “Fruit of the Spirit”? [article & podcast]
- (Ephesians 3:3-6) What Is the Mystery of God?
- (Philippians 4:13) Do You Have Enough Faith to Be Rich?
- (1 Timothy 2:1-8) Prayer that Pleases God [podcast & video]
- (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) Encouragement in the Resurrection and Eternal Life [podcast & video]
- (Hebrews 4) Checking Our Salvation [podcast]
- (Hebrews 9) A Better Covenant [podcast]
- (Hebrews 10) Discipline, Endurance, and Hebrews 10 [podcast]
- (Hebrews 11:1) What Is Faith? [article & podcast]
- (Hebrews 12:1-2) Can Your Faith Survive Christ’s Shame?
- (James 1:2-5) Are You Ready for a Deeper Faith? [article & podcast]
- (James 3:1) The Terrifying Responsibility of Teaching [article and podcast]
- (James 5:14-15) Oil Anointing, Faith Healing, and Forgiving Sins – What Does James 5:14-15 Really Mean? [article, podcast, & YouTube]
- (1 Peter) 1 Peter Bible Study Series Page [Youtube & podcast]
- (Revelation 3:11-22) What Does It Mean to Be a Lukewarm Christian? [article & podcast]
- (Revelation 3:11-22) I Was Wrong About the Lukewarm Church in Revelation 3:14-22
- (Revelation 13:1-15) The Antichrist and His Goal in Revelation 13 [article & podcast]
- (Revelation 13:16-18 & others) What Is the Mark of the Beast? Can Christians Take the Mark of the Beast? [article & podcast]
- 3 Common Misunderstandings about the Bible [podcast only]
- 3 Ways to Use a Commentary in Your Daily Bible Reading
- Are You Willing to Read Your Bible Poorly?
- Capitalizing God’s Pronouns
- Finding Hope When Bible Reading Seems Pointless [article and podcast]
- How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books? (Part 1)
- How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books? (Part 2)
- How I Accidentally Became a NASB Man
- How the Bible Changes Our Understanding of the World [podcast only]
- How to Read (and Understand) the Bible [article & podcast]
- Inquisitiveness – Why Your Bible Reading Demands It [article & podcast]
- Scripture and Tradition [podcast only]
- So You Failed Your Bible Reading Plan… [article & podcast]
- What is the Bible? [article & podcast]
- What’s the Difference Between Reading and Studying the Bible?
- Why You Should Own a Bible Without Verse Numbers [article & podcast]
- Why You Should Read: Ecclesiastes
- Why You Should Read James
- Why You Shouldn’t Read the Entire Bible in a Year (and How to Prepare for Next Year) [article & podcast]
Can’t find the answer to a question? Contact me and it may show up here! If you have a question about a specific verse/passage, check “Bible Interpretation & Specific Verses” above.
- 5 Solas of the Reformation (series page)
- Are Christians a Bunch of Hypocrites?
- Biblical Faith vs. Modern Faith
- What Is Faith? [article & podcast]
- Taking the First Step
- Why Should We Trust God?
- Living By Faith
- Why Do We Doubt?
- Can a Genuine Christian Commit Suicide? [article & podcast]
- Can Christians Drink Alcohol?
- Can Christians Get Divorced and Remarried? Does God Make Exceptions for Divorce?
- “Could God Make a Rock So Heavy He Couldn’t Lift It?” – Answering a Difficult Question While Pointing to the Gospel
- Do Babies Go to Heaven? [article and podcast]
- Do Christians REALLY need theology? [article & podcast]
- God’s Greatest Desire for Your Life [article & podcast]
- How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books? (Part 1)
- How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books?
- How Should I Pray?
- Is It Okay If I Don’t Understand God? [article & podcast]
- Is Work a Curse?
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 1)
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 2)
- Should Christians Keep the Sabbath?
- Should Christians Feel Guilty for Having Fun?
- Should Christians Practice Mindfulness Meditation?
- What is the Bible? [article & podcast]
- Was Jesus Just a Good Teacher?
- Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute? [article and podcast]
- What Do Protestants Believe?
- What Does It Mean to Be a Lukewarm Christian? [article & podcast]
- What Happens to People Who Never Hear the Gospel?
- What Is Blasphemy Against the Spirit (aka the “Unpardonable Sin”)? [article and podcast]
- What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
- What Is the Mark of the Beast?
- What Is “Young Earth Creationism”?
- Who Is God? [article & podcast]
- Why Did Lifespans Shorten After the Flood?
- Why Does God Seem So Different in the Old Testament?
- 3 (Bad) Reasons You Aren’t Getting Baptized [article and podcast]
- 3 Dangers of Nominal Christianity
- 3 Signs of Consumer Christianity
- 3 Reasons Not to Blame Others
- Are You Ready for a Deeper Faith? [article and podcast]
- Are You Tired of Following Your Convictions?
- The Biggest Problem with Casual Christianity
- The Blessing of Christian Conversation
- Can Your Faith Survive Christ’s Shame?
- Do You Lack a “Fruit of the Spirit”? [article and podcast]
- Don’t (Just) Worship on Sunday
- Hard Truths from True Friends
- How to Glorify God With Your Time
- If Someone Doesn’t Like You, They Don’t Know You
- Is Christ Still Saving You?
- Let Christ Be Offensive, Not You
- Let’s Talk About Your Heart
- The Lifelong Need for Purity [article and podcast]
- Living By Faith
- Love Others By Staying Away From Them
- The need for “bottom-up” discipleship [article and podcast]
- Prayer that Pleases God [podcast & video]
- Stop Wasting Time On Your Phone [article & podcast]
- Thank Those God Has Used in Your Life. Today.
- Walking in Freedom [podcast only]
- What Does It Mean to Be a Lukewarm Christian? [article and podcast]
- What’s Weighing Down Your Christian Life?
- When You Don’t Know Your Spiritual Gift
- Why Do We Blame Others When We Fail?
- 10 Signs We’re Treating a Person/Group as Our Savior
- Absolute Truth vs Relative Truth: Two Mortal Enemies
- Are You a Selfish Introvert?
- Arguments For (and Against) God’s Existence [article and podcast]
- Beware the Sunk-Cost Fallacy [article and podcast]
- Biblical Faith vs. Modern Faith
- What Is Faith? [article and podcast]
- Taking the First Step
- Why Should We Trust God?
- Living By Faith
- Why Do We Doubt?
- “Could God Make a Rock So Heavy He Couldn’t Lift It?” – Answering a Difficult Question While Pointing to the Gospel
- How the Bible Changes Our Understanding of the World [podcast only]
- How the News Warps Our Understanding of Reality [podcast only]
- How the Unborn Are Logically Human
- The “Certainty Scale” and Your Beliefs
- “Could God Make a Rock So Heavy He Couldn’t Lift It?” – Answering a Difficult Question While Pointing to the Gospel
- How Qanon Conspiracies Prey on Christians [article and podcast]
- How the News Warps Our Understanding of Reality [podcast only]
- Is It Fun or Just a Distraction?
- The Most Important Parenting Question I Ask Myself [article and podcast]
- Sifting Truth with a Biblical Worldview [article and podcast]
- Straw Man vs. Steel Man Arguments – Honoring God By Disagreeing with Others [article & podcast]
- A Surprising Way Idolatry Keeps Us from Surrendering to Christ
- Thinking Through the Asbury Revival
- Understanding Conspiracy Theories Through a Biblical Worldview [article and podcast]
- Why Christians Will Keep Losing the Homosexuality Debate
- Why Do You Believe What You Believe? [article and podcast]
- Why My Family Doesn’t Make Promises [article and podcast]
- Wisdom and Intelligence Are Not the Same [article and podcast]
- 3 Dangers We Must Avoid After Splitting From the Catholic Church
- Are You a Selfish Introvert?
- The Blessing of Christian Conversation
- The Centrality of the Local Church [article and podcast]
- Church & Our Consumer Mentality (live video teaching)
- The Church is a Hospital, Not Hospice [article & podcast]
- Church Membership – 3 Reasons It’s Necessary
- The Depravity of Our Leaders and Teachers [article and podcast]
- Don’t (Just) Worship on Sunday
- Life.Church – A Discussion and Warning About This Growing Church
- Should Christians Go to Church on Christmas? [article & podcast]
- Should Christians Take Communion at Home?
- Thank Those God Has Used in Your Life. Today.
- Watching a Sermon Isn’t Church (But It Works for Now)
- What Must Christians Believe? What Must Christians Divide Over?
- What Should Churches Divide Over? What Should We Look For in a Church?
- The Worship Music Debate series
- 3 Ways God Is For You
- 3 Ways to Pray for Someone in Pain [article and podcast]
- Can a Genuine Christian Commit Suicide? [article & podcast]
- Death: Why Does It Hurt So Much? (guest post)
- Death: Hope of Resurrection (guest post)
- Do Babies Go to Heaven? [article and podcast]
- Do You Lack a “Fruit of the Spirit”? [article and podcast]
- Don’t Waste Your Temptation [article and podcast]
- Finding Comfort When Your Child Isn’t Saved
- Finding Hope When Bible Reading Seems Pointless [article and podcast]
- Freedom in Christ
- “God could never forgive me for this.”
- How to Be Thankful for Sin
- If Someone Doesn’t Like You, They Don’t Know You
- Is It Okay If I Don’t Understand God?
- Let Death Remind Us Who We Live For
- Looking Forward to Eternity
- Loving God Despite an Abusive Father
- So You Failed Your Bible Reading Plan… [article & podcast]
- What’s Weighing Down Your Christian Life?
- When You Don’t Know Your Spiritual Gift
- Why Do We Doubt?
- Why You Shouldn’t Read the Entire Bible in a Year (and How to Prepare for Next Year)
- You Can’t Make God Love You Less [article and podcast]
- You Can’t Make God Love You More
- Your Weakness Isn’t Failure
Abortion:
- Scientifically Human (Is It Just a Fetus? Part 1) [article and podcast]
- Logically Human (Is It Just a Fetus? (Part 2) [article and podcast]
- The Right to Choose (Is It Just a Fetus? Part 3)
- Biblically Human (Is It Just a Fetus? Part 4) [article and podcast]
- Sanctity of Life 2020
- Thinking Through the Roe v. Wade Decision
Christian Celebrities:
- Explicit (for Christian Content) [guest article]
- “Jesus Is King” – Thoughts on Kanye West and His New Album
- Thoughts on Josh Harris and Salvation
- Reflecting on Fallen Leaders
- The Danger of Celebrity Culture [article and podcast]
- The Toxic Desire for “Yes Men” [article and podcast]
- The Centrality of the Local Church [article and podcast]
- The Depravity of Our Leaders and Teachers [article and podcast]
- The Terrifying Responsibility of Teaching [article and podcast]
- The Lifelong Need for Purity [article and podcast]
- The need for “bottom-up” discipleship [article and podcast]
- Final Thoughts
Cultural Christianity, Nationalism, & Other Current Christian Topics
- The Biggest Problem with Casual Christianity
- 3 Dangers of Nominal Christianity
- 3 Signs of Consumer Christianity
- Christian Nationalism – The False Teaching We Can’t Ignore
- Let Christ Be Offensive, Not You
- Please Remember Christ Before Talking About the Election [article and podcast]
- Stand with Christ, not your political party
- Why Christians Will Keep Losing the Homosexuality Debate
Other discussions
- The #1 Way to Love Others During the Coronavirus
- All White People Are Racist? How Two Groups Define a Word Differently
- “Amen and A-Woman” – A Biblical Perspective [article and podcast]
- Bethel Church and Tested Faith – Thoughts on the Recent Tragedy at a Controversial Church
- A Christian’s Thoughts on Chick-Fil-A’s Announcement
- Death and Buffoonery: Disney’s Cash Cow
- Galatians 3:28 and Homosexuality [article & podcast]
- How the News Warps Our Understanding of Reality [podcast only]
- A Lengthy Response to Dana Coverstone’s “3 Prophetic Dreams” Video [article & podcast]
- Should Christians Go to Church on Christmas? [article & podcast]
- Should Christians Practice Mindfulness Meditation?
- Should Churches Get Involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement?
- Thinking Through the Asbury Revival [article & podcast]
- Thinking Through What Happened at the Capitol [podcast only]
- What Toilet Paper Taught Us About Idolatry
- The Antichrist and His Goal in Revelation 13 [article & podcast]
- What Is the Mark of the Beast? [article & podcast]
- 3 Ways God Is For You
- 25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament – A Daily Advent Devotional
- Arguments For (and Against) God’s Existence [article and podcast]
- Can Your Faith Survive Christ’s Shame?
- Capitalizing God’s Pronouns
- Does God Have a Sense of Humor? [article & podcast]
- Freedom in Christ
- How We Treat Christ As a Spectacle (Part 1 – Feeding Our Greed)
- How We Treat Christ As a Spectacle (Part 2 – Experiences and Emotion)
- Is It Okay If I Don’t Understand God? [article & podcast]
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 1)
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 2)
- Should Christians Keep the Sabbath? Part 3: Christ
- Simplifying Arguments for God’s Existence
- Learning to Defend God’s Existence (why it matters, and a new series that will help)
- Who Created God? The Cosmological Argument (Simplifying the Arguments for God’s Existence #1)
- Phones Don’t Create Themselves – The Teleological Argument (Simplifying Arguments for God’s Existence #2)
- Can Good Exist Without God? The Moral Argument (Simplifying Arguments for God’s Existence #3)
- Solus Christus – Salvation Is Through Christ Alone
- Was Jesus Just a Good Teacher?
- What Did Jesus Do in the Grave?
- What Is Blasphemy Against the Spirit (aka the “Unpardonable Sin”)? [article and podcast]
- Who Is God? [article and podcast]
- Why Does God Seem So Different in the Old Testament?
- Why Open Theism Just Doesn’t Work [article and podcast]
- Why Should We Trust God?
- Why We Believe Jesus Christ Really Existed [article and podcast]
- You Can’t Make God Love You More
- You Can’t Make God Love You Less [article and podcast]
- Is Hell Forever? Are People in Hell Now? [article and podcast]
- Nephilim
- Satan [YouTube series]
- Understanding Our Body, Soul, and Spirit
- Are Humans Made of One Part? Are our bodies and souls the same thing? [article & podcast]
- Are humans made of three parts? Are we body, soul, and spirit? [article & podcast]
- Are humans made of two parts? Are souls and spirits the same thing? [article & podcast]
- Conditional Unity – Can Humans Be Made of One Part While Being a Body and Soul? [article & podcast]
- What Did Jesus Do in the Grave?
- What Happens to People Who Never Hear the Gospel?
- Where Do Souls Come From?
- Option 1: The Soul Bank [article & podcast]
- Option 2: Creationism [article & podcast]
- Option 3: The One You’ve Never Heard Of [article & podcast]
- The Catholic Church (from the apostles to Protestantism and beyond)
- Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? (Part 1): Modern Christianity, Divided
- Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? (Part 2): How the World Became Catholic
- Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 3: Catholic Teachings that Went Too Far
- Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? (Part 4): Why the Church Had to Split
- Introducing the 5 “Solas” that Define Christianity (Part 5 in the series: Why Did God Allow the Church to Split?)
- Why “Sola Scriptura” is So Important for Christians (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 6)
- Sola Fide – Why Good Works Can Never Save Us (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 7)
- Solus Cristus – Salvation Is Through Christ Alone (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 8)
- Soli Deo Gloria! – All things are done for God’s glory (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 10)
- 3 Dangers We Must Avoid After Splitting From the Catholic Church
- How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books? (Part 1)
- How Did We Get the 66 Books of the Bible? Why Do Some Bibles Have More Books? (Part 2)
- Is Easter a Pagan Holiday?
- The Shepherds and Their Fascinating Historical Context [article & podcast]
- Why We Believe Jesus Christ Really Existed [article and podcast]
- 25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament – A Daily Advent Devotional
- Does the Bible Forbid Christmas Trees?
- Don’t Let Valentine’s Day Be Unique
- It Is Finished!
- Is Easter a Pagan Holiday?
- My Favorite Christmas Song Lyrics
- Should Christians Go to Church on Christmas? [article & podcast]
- The Shepherds and Their Fascinating Historical Context [article & podcast]
- Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute? [article and podcast]
- What Did Jesus Do in the Grave?
- Why My Family Doesn’t Do Halloween [article and podcast]
- Why My Family Doesn’t Do Santa Claus [article and podcast]
- 3 Reasons Legalism Is So Appealing
- Am I a Good Person?
- The Church is a Hospital, Not Hospice
- How Parents Accidentally Raise Moral Sinners
- Legalism and Holiness: What’s the Difference?
- Legalism & the Prodigal Son’s Brother
- You Can’t Make God Love You Less [article and podcast]
- You Can’t Make God Love You More
- Your Weakness Isn’t Failure
- The Bible’s Rules for the Bedroom [article and podcast]
- Can Christians Get Divorced and Remarried? Does God Make Exceptions for Divorce?
- Dad, Don’t Babysit Your Children
- Death and Buffoonery: Disney’s Cash Cow (A warning about how media portrays parents)
- Do Babies Go to Heaven?
- Don’t Let Valentine’s Day Be Unique
- Finding Comfort When Your Child Isn’t Saved
- The Goal of Disciplining Children
- Groping and Fondling in Marriage
- How Parents Accidentally Raise Moral Sinners
- Important Wisdom for Dads with Infants
- Kill the Anger in Your Marriage (Part 1): Understanding Anger, Bitterness, and Hurtful Words
- Kill the Anger in Your Marriage (Part 2): Why We Fight and How to Stop
- Loving God Despite an Abusive Father
- The Most Important Parenting Question I Ask Myself [article and podcast]
- Speak Well of Your Spouse
- Who Gets the Best Side of Us?
- Why My Family Doesn’t Do Santa Claus [article and podcast]
- Why My Family Doesn’t Make Promises [article and podcast]
- Why My Family Plays Board Games
- American Gospel (movie)
- Beautiful Eulogy (music)
- Bible.is (audio Bible app)
- Big Picture Interactive Bible Storybook (children’s book)
- The Briefing with Albert Mohler (news podcast)
- “Come Out in Jesus Name” The Movie and Ministry Christians Must Understand and Avoid
- Death and Buffoonery: Disney’s Cash Cow
- Don’t Waste Your Life (book)
- Financial Peace University (class)
- Gospel Treason (book)
- Hillsong Documentary – Praise, Criticism, and Advice
- James White (YouTube apologist)
- “Jesus Is King” – Thoughts on Kanye West and His New Album
- Keys for Kids devotions (app)
- Listen to Hebrews Like Never Before (YouTube Video)
- Olive Tree Bible (app)
- The One Minute Apologist (YouTube apologist)
- Prayer Mate (app)
- Seeds Family Worship (music)
- Soularium (app)
- Unplanned (movie)
- 3 reasons to support this ministry (and 1 important reason not to)
- 100 Episode Celebration [podcast]
- Brain Fog vs. Creativity – Explaining My Slower Content
- How I Accidentally Became a NASB Man
- I Was Wrong About the Lukewarm Church in Revelation 3:14-22
- My 10 Favorite Articles from 2019
- My Favorite Christmas Song Lyrics
- Onward in the Faith – Explained [guest article]
- What Is Onward in the Faith
- About? (And Why Are My Articles So Long?)
- Why My Family Plays Board Games
- Anger Begins with Idolatry [article and podcast]
- Can a Genuine Christian Commit Suicide?
- Christians and Psychology
- (Part 1) – Foundations [article and podcast]
- (Part 2) – Naturally Spiritual [article and podcast]
- (Part 3) – What Does It Offer? [article and podcast]
- (Part 4) – Seeing the Deeper Sickness [article and podcast]
- (Part 5): Finding the Better Solution [article and podcast]
- How I Survive Depression
- Kill the Anger in Your Marriage (Part 1): Understanding Anger, Bitterness, and Hurtful Words
- Kill the Anger in Your Marriage (Part 2): Why We Fight and How to Stop
- Anger Begins with Idolatry [article and podcast]
- Are You a Selfish Introvert?
- Can a Genuine Christian Commit Suicide?
- Checking Our Salvation [podcast & video]
- “Could God Make a Rock So Heavy He Couldn’t Lift It?” – Answering a Difficult Question While Pointing to the Gospel
- The Difference Between “Knowing God” and “Knowing About God” Decides Our Eternity
- “God could never forgive me for this.”
- It Is Finished!
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 1)
- Jesus, Salvation, and the Gospel (Part 2)
- Questions to Ask an Unbeliever [article and podcast]
- Sola Fide – Why Good Works Can Never Save Us
- Sola Fide – Why Good Works Can Never Save Us
- Sola Gratia – We’re Saved by Grace, Not Our Goodness
- Solus Christus – Salvation Is Through Christ Alone
- Thoughts on Josh Harris and Salvation
- Understanding Hell and the Afterlife series
- What Happens to People Who Never Hear the Gospel? [article and podcast]
- Why I Didn’t Talk to a Lesbian About Homosexuality
- 5 Solas of the Reformation
- 25 Days of Christ in the Old Testament
- 65 Theology Questions People Will Ask You
- Abortion
- Biblical Faith vs. Modern Faith
- Christians & Psychology [articles and podcast]
- Reflecting on Fallen Leaders [articles and podcast]
- Should Christians Observe the Sabbath?
- Simplifying Arguments for God’s Existence
- Understanding Our Souls
- Understanding the Gift of Tongues
- Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? (tracking the Catholic Church through the apostles, the Protestant Reformation, and today)
- World Religions
- The Bible’s Rules for the Bedroom [article & podcast]
- Is It Cheating If You Just Look?
- Galatians 3:28 and Homosexuality [article, podcast, & YouTube]
- Why Christians Will Keep Losing the Homosexuality Debate
- Why I Didn’t Talk to a Lesbian About Homosexuality
- 3 Things My Toddler Taught Me About Sin
- 10 Signs We’re Treating a Person/Group as Our Savior
- Anger Begins with Idolatry [article and podcast]
- Are You a Selfish Introvert?
- Don’t Waste Your Temptation [article and podcast]
- “God could never forgive me for this.”
- Freedom in Christ
- “God could never forgive me for this.”
- How to Be Thankful for Sin
- How to Kill Temptation Before It Starts
- Is It Cheating If You Just Look?
- Kill the Anger in Your Marriage (Part 1): Understanding Anger, Bitterness, and Hurtful Words
- Kill the Anger in Your Marriage (Part 2): Why We Fight and How to Stop
- Sleep, Sin, and Social Norms
- (Spiritually) Keeping Up with the Joneses – The Blessing of Examples
- (Spiritually) Keeping Up with the Joneses – Dangerous Comparisons
- A Surprising Way Idolatry Keeps Us from Surrendering to Christ
- What Is Blasphemy Against the Spirit (aka the “Unpardonable Sin”)? [article and podcast]
- What Toilet Paper Taught Us About Idolatry
- You Can’t Make God Love You Less [article and podcast]
- What’s Going On in 1 Corinthians 14: Church & Our Consumer Mentality [video & podcast]
- What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
- 65 Theology Questions People Will Ask You (series page)
- Arguments For (and Against) God’s Existence [article and podcast]
- Do Christians REALLY need theology? [article and podcast]
- Kids Say the Most Theological Things
- Simplifying Arguments for God’s Existence
- Learning to Defend God’s Existence (why it matters, and a new series that will help)
- Who Created God? The Cosmological Argument (Simplifying the Arguments for God’s Existence #1)
- Phones Don’t Create Themselves – The Teleological Argument (Simplifying Arguments for God’s Existence #2)
- Can Good Exist Without God? The Moral Argument (Simplifying Arguments for God’s Existence #3)
- Understanding Our Body, Soul, and Spirit
- Where Do Our Souls Come From?
- Option 1: The Soul Bank [article and podcast]
- Option 2: Creationism [article and podcast]
- Option 3: The One You’ve Never Heard Of [article and podcast]
- Why Open Theism Just Doesn’t Work [article and podcast]
- What Do They Believe – Introduction [article and podcast]
Catholicism
- Modern Christianity, Divided (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 1)
- How the World Became Catholic (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 2)
- Catholic Teachings that Went Too Far (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 3)
- Why the Church Had to Split (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 4)
- Introducing the 5 “Solas” that Define Christianity (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 5)
- Why “Sola Scriptura” is So Important for Christians (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 6)
- Sola Fide – Why Good Works Can Never Save Us (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 7)
- Solus Christus – Salvation Is Through Christ Alone (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 8)
- Sola Gratia – We’re Saved by Grace, Not Our Goodness (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 9)
- Soli Deo Gloria! – All Things Are Done for God’s Glory (Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 10)
- Understanding the Extra Books in the Catholic Bible
- 3 Dangers We Must Avoid After Splitting From the Catholic Church
Islam
- What Do Muslims Believe? Part 1: Answering 5 Big Questions
- What Do Muslims Believe? Part 2: Important Things to Know
- What Do Muslims Believe? Part 3: Sharing the Gospel
Jehovah’s Witnesses
- What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Part 1: Answering the 5 Big Questions about Life [article and podcast]
- What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Part 2: Important Things to Know [article and podcast]
- What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Part 3: Giving Them the Gospel [article and podcast]
Mormonism
- What Do Mormons Believe? Part 1: The 5 Big Questions
- What Do Mormons Believe? Part 2: Important Things to Know
- What Do Mormons Believe? Part 3: Sharing the Gospel!
Protestants
False or Dangerous Teaching in Christianity
- “American Gospel” is the movie all Christians need to watch (now on Netflix!)
- Bethel Church and Tested Faith – Thoughts on the Recent Tragedy at a Controversial Church
- Christian Nationalism – The False Teaching We Can’t Ignore
- Do You Have Enough Faith to Be Rich? (Philippians 4:13 and the Prosperity Gospel)
- Hillsong Documentary – Praise, Criticism, and Advice
- How Qanon Conspiracies Prey on Christians [article and podcast]
- How We Treat Christ As a Spectacle (Part 1 – Feeding Our Greed)
- How We Treat Christ As a Spectacle (Part 2 – Experiences and Emotion)
- Life.Church – A Discussion and Warning About This Growing Church
- Why Churches Must Avoid Music from Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation
- Why Open Theism Just Doesn’t Work [article and podcast]