Truthspresso

Better than a Hallmark movie! Well, in our opinion, anyway. Join us for a walk down memory lane as we share our love story. Chuckle together with us through our journey of how we met, became friends, dated, got engaged, and ultimately married. The cuteness factor just may be off the charts! As we celebrate 12 years of marriage, we hope our story will encourage singles to seek God's will for their...

Let's kick off the next hundred episodes of Truthspresso with a bang! A young woman named Rebekah Jones became a media darling last year. She was fired from the Florida Department of Health in May 2020. She claims that Governor DeSantis pressured staff to fudge the numbers to cover up the real COVID case and death totals. Allegedly conditions are much worse in Florida than the governor wants peopl...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to celebrate 100 episodes of our podcast! We take a walk down memory lane and remember all the episodes we did to get to 100. Lots of topics and plenty of chuckles in this show! We share some behind-the-scenes aura for some episodes. We even talk about how we got to know each other! At the end we listed the three most downloaded episodes of Truthspresso. Joi...

Happy Mother's Day! My wife Chelsea returns to talk with me about the cultural war on motherhood. While avoiding "patriarchy" on one side and "radical feminism" on the other side, we answer some questions about the cultural war on Biblical motherhood: Is motherhood an obstacle holding back women’s freedom? Should women seek to “have it all”? Does equality mean politically managing the roles of fat...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to talk with me about Critical Race Theory ("CRT"). We look at recent news articles about CRT infiltrating schools and making parents upset. What is a "critical theory"? We see that it's unquestionably Marxism and Freudianism combined. It looks for two classes in history: oppressors and oppressed. What is the goal of a critical theory? We notice that it's en...

This is a replay of an episode that I recorded in February 2020 in a hotel room in Texas. My wife was attending a conference for pro-life health care providers. This was released on March 9, 2020 as episode 36 of Truthspresso. Social media allows us to keep in touch with long lost childhood friends from anywhere in the world. We can see their lives unfold day by day without even asking. But this t...

Since I continued to be quite under the weather this last week, I dug up some recordings I did in 2018 that I intended for the first episodes of Truthspresso. At the time I was aiming for shorter episodes three days a week. For this RETRO 2018 we enjoy the following blasts from the unreleased past: What is Apologetics? (1 Peter 3:15) Separating the Sheets from the Coats (Matthew 25:31-33) Commerci...

Back on February 10th I was interviewed on The Quest For Truth with Keith Heltsley and Nathan Caldwell. We started with a little intro about me and what on earth convinced me to start this strange podcast called Truthspresso. Of Superblians For the first half we talked about my sci-fi audio drama "The Tale of the Superblians." What lessons did I intend to teach? Do I have any plans to make a seque...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. This is part 3 of 3 of "Is Jesus Like Captain America?" Why does Jesus have to be fully God and fully man to be our substitute? Let's take a deep dive into Scripture to answer this question...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. This is part 2 of 2 3 of "Is Jesus Like Captain America?" We review the following: Who is Captain America? How are Jesus and Captain America similar? How are Jesus and Captain America diffe...

This is part 3 of a discussion with my wife Chelsea about the Equality Act and our deep concerns about its consequences. We address these basic questions about the potential effects of the Equality Act: Would the ambiguous language force tax-funded abortions? Could it make women more expensive to hire? Could it chill businesses with fear, uncertainty, and doubt? How should Christians respond? Sour...

This is part 2 of a discussion with my wife Chelsea about the Equality Act and our deep concerns about its consequences. We address these basic questions about the potential effect of the Equality Act: Could it crush female sports? Could it harm female privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms? Could it undo the security and charity of shelters? Sources Consulted: H.R.5, 11...

This is part 1 of a discussion with my wife Chelsea about the Equality Act and our deep concerns about its consequences. We address these basic questions: What is the Equality Act? What is "discrimination" and is it always bad? Does the Equality Act correctly cite the Fourteenth Amendment? What are some biological differences between males and females? Can we truly avoid biology if we can't "discr...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. This is part 1 of 2 of "Is Jesus Like Captain America?" Who is Captain America? Comic book history and story Some mention of the Marvel movies An honorable mention of Chris Hohnholz and his...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to discuss COVID vaccines and related political and Biblical issues. Rather than taking a hard-line approach, we try to present some information we could gather. We encourage weighing all factors according to the Bible and Christian conscience. Questions we address include To what degree do the various COVID vaccines rely on fetal cell lines? How are the new...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like the Incredible Hulk? Who is the Incredible Hulk? The first issue was in 1962. The Incredible Hulk comics underwent quite a few changes and series. Dr, Banner was exposed to ga...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like the Green Lantern? Who is the Green Lantern? There are 7200 Green Lanterns in the intergalactic corps. They each have a ring that gives them their power. Hal Jordan was the fi...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like Iron Man? How are Jesus and Iron Man (Tony Stark) similar? They are both fully human. They are both highly intelligent. They both sacrificed the wealth they have to save the w...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like Thor? Is He a created Son of God Who had a beginning and is a separate lesser being from the Father? This episode covers the following aspects of history: The council of Nicea...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like Thor? We answer this question by answering the following: Who is Thor? What are things that Jesus and Thor seem to have in common? What does it mean for Jesus to be the "Son o...

My wife Chelsea came up with the idea to record a discussion about how to stay encouraged when the world seems to be falling to pieces. We discuss ideas such as Take a step back and look at the big picture. Turn off the news and social media for a bit. Take time to read the Bible and pray. Look at examples in the Bible of how people handled suffering. Remember that God is on the throne. Put your t...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like Ant-Man? We answer this question by answering the following: Who is Ant-Man? What are things that Jesus and Ant-Man seem to have in common? How does Ant-Man's different sizes...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like Batman We answer this question by answering the following: Who is Batman? What are things that Jesus and Batman somewhat have in common? Is Batman divine or human? Does he hav...

We are beginning a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. Is Jesus Like Superman? We answer this question by answering the following: Who is Superman? Is Superman or Clark Kent human? What is Gnosticism and Docetism? What are three flavors of Docet...

Welcome to Christmas 2020 at Truthspresso. In this episode we are going to unwrap the depths of Isaiah 9:6 as a present from God for the first Christmas. Isaiah 9:6: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." We look at each phr...