Acts242: Devoted to the Apostles' Teaching

In this episode, Alex Nash and Mark Sell continue their series examining Catholic doctrines through the lens of Scripture, turning their attention to Transubstantiation — the teaching that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are miraculously transformed into the literal body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ. They begin with recent news from the Catholic world, including the Society of St. Pius...

In this episode of the Acts242 Podcast, Alex Nash is joined again by Mark to examine the Catholic Mass from a Protestant viewpoint. What exactly is the Mass? How did it develop historically, and what does it teach about salvation, sacrifice, and grace? Drawing from Scripture and church history, they explore the theological foundations of the Mass—including its connection to transubstantiation (dis...

This episode covers praying to the saints and especially to Mary and whether or no it is an acceptable practice.

The apparitions of Mary are a phenomenon that is going on today. There are some people who, every day, believe that they see a vision of the action person of Mary the mother of the Lord Jesus and interact with her. They ask her questions, she speaks with them, she reveals secrets and prophecies. What are we to make of something so apparently supernatural and so thoroughly Catholic? Mark Sell and I...

The Catholic church requires belief in four "dogmas" about Mary the mother of the Lord Jesus in order to be saved. They are as follows: 1. Mary is the Mother of God 2. Mary was perptually a virgin 3. Mary had an Immaculate Conception 4. Mary was bodily assumed up into heaven at the end of her life. This podcast shows what a Catholic believes about these dogmas and how they would be defen...

Is the pope the Vicar of Christ...or a wicked imposter leading men, women, and children down the broad road to hell? Do you have to believe in and submit to the pope to be saved...or if you believe in and submit to the pope does that exclude you from Christ? Those questions and more on this episode of Acts242. If you want to get in touch reach out to Acts242podcast@gmail.com

This episode begins a series looking into the differences between Catholics and Protestants. The most fundamental of these differences which leads to all others is the difference called Sola Scriptura. Do you believe that the scriptures are alone sufficient and that you can understand them yourself? Or do you believe that you need tradition and church teachings and high church authority to interpr...

Should a Christian engage in politics? I once talked with an individual and was sharing teaching from the Word of God and he cut off communication not because of me but because others shrugged their shoulders with Roe V Wade was overturned and said essentially - of the world, who cares. That kind of attitude, while I trust I was never so baldly uncaring as that, is common with some saints that I k...

Charlie Kirk was killed on September 10, 2025. Why did the Lord allow him to die? What lessons can we learn from his life? And How should we respond to his death? These questions are taken up in this episode of the podcast.

Have you ever gotten bad news? Maybe from a doctor? Maybe about cancer or about your child or about yourself? Many years ago Hezekiah from the Old Testament was told that he was going to die. Hezekiah's response is a lesson in what NOT to do...but there is a right answer. How should we respond when God chooses to bring suffering into our lives?

This podcast covers Galatians chapter 6.

This chapter of Galatians lays out God's sentence on those holding and then on those teaching this wicked doctrine that we must do additional things to be justified. The verdict is...this doctrine is not from God...the sentence is...you are not saved if you hold this. The sentence for those who were teaching this was that it was leaven and they needed to bear God's judgement and be remov...

Chapter 4 of Galatians deals with the question are you a Son or a slave? If you are under the law you are a slave to elemental things like days or bones or animals (do not handle do not touch etc.). If you are under idolatry then you are under slavery to a piece of wood or stone... To be a Son is something totally different. The Spirit of God's Son cries in our hearts Abba, Father! We are a S...

The latter half of Galatians chapter 3 is all about Abraham. It makes the sometimes difficult to understand statement about the seed of Abraham being singular (when it clearly seems to us plural??). This episode explains why Paul saw this as singular and indeed of course (let God be true and every man a liar) it is! Is God going to faithful with that promise to His seed? And do you know if you are...

Who. Has. Bewitched. You. These words must have struck fear into their hearts as they read them from the apostle Paul and inspired of course from God Himself. Paul continues to dismantle their ideas not from his experiences now, but from their very own experiences and then from the scriptures as well. He will show them that even the very first man to be circumcised in history (Abraham) was justifi...

Galatians chapter records two events in Paul's life that prove that the apostles in Jerusalem were in agreement with his teaching that the Gentiles did not need to be circumcised to be saved.

Introduction to Galatians and a high level discussion of chapter 1

Pornography is a problem today and one that is not going away. If someone is trapped in its clutches, how can they escape?

The Bible has a great deal to say on this subject from the pen of one of the wisest men that ever lived and yet one that struggled with sexual immorality as much or more than anyone else. By the inspiration of the Spirit of God Solomon writes down for us a blueprint if you will for how to maintain sexual purity in amongst a dangerous world.

Having gone over many doctrinal concepts now, I turned to the concept of sexual purity as a practical study. Over this and the next two episodes I will be dealing with sexual purity in Lord Willing an intensely practical way. Note that for any uncomfortable with a frequent use of the word sex, this episode is not for them.

I believe at the heart of the division between Arminianism and Calvinism is this question...is it God's fault? Here in this final message in the series I try to take up this question in detail.

It won't take long when talking about Calvinism and Arminianism before someone raises the question...what about free will? What does the scripture say about that subject?

The beginning of the process of salvation is the foreknowledge of God. We are foreknown not because of our great talents, but because He chose to set His love upon us. This episode goes through several references to foreknowledge and explains the concept of it.

Salvation is not one step, but many. Romans 8:29-30 lay out these five steps in some detail and help us to understand our salvation. This podcast goes through these five steps and seeks to outline them as best I can.

When man fell in the garden did they fall a little bit? Or a lot? And why?