Dr Owen Anderson

Where is God in our suffering?  You might be surprised by the answer.  

Who is Jesus?  This is a question we must all face.  What did John the Baptist say?

Do you have a law written on your heart?  Is it just your conscience or something else?  What is human nature and how is the law related to human nature?

The fool says there is no God, God does not know the right say, and instead follows his own path, and it leads to ruin.  Then he rages against God.

In one sentence, the Apostle Paul defends Christianity.  If there is no resurrection, then Christ is not raised.  And if Christ is not raised there is no hope.

In Acts 18:19 and 19:8 we find examples of Paul reasoning with others about the Gospel and his example of when to discontinue conversation. 

Why is Elisha suffering along with everyone else in Samaria when he is righteous?

In this episode, Dr. Owen Anderson and Dr. Jonathan Barth talk about what it means to be Reformed.  They discuss God's sovereignty, the traditionally Reformed, the 5 Solas, the 5 points o the Reformation, the presuppositions of the Reformation, the Westminster Confession and London Baptist Confession, and being doxologically Reformed.  Below you will find more information for each of them includin...

2 Kings 17 and the Samaritan origin story

Acts 4:20, Peter and John witnessed a miracle.  There are only so many possible explanations for this miracle.  Was it an uncaused event?  Was it from Satan / Lucifer?  Or was it by God in the name of Jesus?

In Acts 2 we see this prayer (Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do) answered.  What does that teach us about culpable ignorance?

Zechariah teaches us about the providential rule of God

1 Samuel 15 says both that God regrets and that God does not regret.  Is this just a contradiction in scripture?

Fear God and keep his commandments.  God's providence in both common and special grace.

God is both the creator and the ruler.  Each creature lives according to its nature.  Each creature, that is, but one.

What does God's discipline look like and how does it work in the life of a believer?  Here we see Israel confess the sin of having one after idols.

Romans 12 tells us what it is to love as Christians.

Joshua 7 shows us how God disciplines his people to remind them of his holiness and to cleanse them from remaining sin. 

In Psalm 78 we are told to remember the works of God.

How can you recognize a false prophet?  Moses says that they might be able to do a sign or wonder.  But you should recognize them by what they say about God.  What is it?

Elon Musk says that he is only medium happy, that he is lonely, and that death will be a relief.  He also thinks that death is needed because people don't change their minds and older rulers are out of touch.  But we learn here that the problem isn't age but wisdom.  As the Fool said to King Lear: You shouldn't have grown old until you grew wise.

Here Dr. Anderson looks at C. S. Lewis, Roger Scruton, Plato and the Platonic view of art, and King David in the Psalms and general revelation.  The beauty of holiness.

Jesus explaining to Nicodemus what it means to be born again must explain the human condition before God.

God the Good Shepherd, working for the glory of His own name.  Israel had profaned the name of God wherever they went but God works to give them a new heart and cleanse them.

Dr. Owen Anderson and Greg Goodrich (Gateway Community College) discuss why we need arguments to know God.