Equipoise

In this episode, I discuss the practice of cancelling church meetings on Christmas Day when Christmas falls on a Sunday. Here are the links to the TGC articles I mentioned in the podcast, in the order in which I mentioned them: 1. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/church-services-christmas/ 2. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/a-plea-to-pastors-dont-cancel-church-on-c...

I'll warn you upfront -- I get a bit preachy in this one. I've had a front row seat to some egregious imbalance, and I take issue with it in this episode.

In today's episode, I strive for a balanced view of the practice of tattoos. Is it unbiblical? Even if it's okay, does that mean it's right for you? Have a listen. I hope you'll be blessed and informed.

First things first: Please pardon my voice -- I'm still a bit congested after battling a rough head cold last week.  In this episode, I share three cautions to observe in our pursuit of enacting changes for the sake of balance. I hope it is a blessing to you.

This quick episode outlines the direction of the Equipoise Podcast as we look at the road ahead. In short, we're not going anywhere, and I'm looking forward to producing more engaging content in the future. Thanks for listening!

Growing up, I heard that the meaning of life was to evangelize. Or live a pure life. Or something. But is it more than that? Less? Can the meaning of life be reduced to a set of objectives or can it be better understood as an ideal presented throughout the whole canon of Scripture?  Hope this is a blessing.

What should we think about getting mixed up with the Mega Millions or relishing a rousing round of roulette? I think we'd all agree it's generally unwise to play games of chance with our money, but is it strictly sin? Is it something we can authoritatively say Christians are not allowed to do? In this episode, I draw attention to the fact that the battery of objections that we apply to gambling ar...

In this episode, I share some of my personal testimony with regards to this issue and trace the history of the KJVO movement from the late 19th century where it was born right up until today. I hope it's a help to you, and I hope this whole miniseries has been a blessing in general. Here's a link to a helpful interview that touches on much of what I covered in the final two episodes of this minise...

***NOTE: I said “centuries” at around 3:10 when speaking of the Roman Catholic Church’s posthumous treatment of Wycliffe’s remains. My notes said “decades,” and I thought I said “decades” but didn’t catch it until after this was published. It’s definitely “four decades,” not “four centuries.” Oof. Anyhow, we're wrapping this miniseries up! In this episode, I recount the rich history of how we got...

In this episode, I speak of why, despite the benefits of new translations and any imperfections in the KJV, we should not discard the KJV entirely. On the contrary, we would be wise to incorporate it into our spread of translations.

This is a bit of a transitional episode as we move from a bit more of a sporadic approach to the issue toward the heart of it -- an idolization of certainty. In the closing weeks ahead, we're going to finish this miniseries strong as we strive for a balanced and truthful approach to the King James translation issue.

Special thanks to Tim Berg and his website KJBhistory.com. I stumbled across his work (again) while research today’s topic and couldn’t be more thankful. Oh, and I know I said "...You heard Isaac and I..." in the opening sentence, and I should have said "...You heard Isaac and me..." since the personal pronoun there was the object, not the subject. I would go back and change it, but I just don't h...

Today Isaac and I wrap up our sessions together by discussing the reasons why some things in the different translations of the Bible are different, and why that's not only "okay," but actually good .  In the podcast episode, I promised a link to some cool stuff. I have no idea what I had in mind at that point in time, so I figure I'll post a link to the Textual Confidence Collective's youtube...

We continue our conversation with Isaac Thibodeau in this episode, in which we discuss the Critical vs. Majority text positions.

In today's episode, I interview Isaac Thibodeau and learn more about how we got our Bibles -- specifically, our New Testaments. We also touch on canonicity, but mainly stay in the lane of Biblical copying and transmission.

In this episode, I whine that everyone seems to be beating me to the punch on this topic all of the sudden. I think I'll suspend reality and cope by imagining that I'm a trendsetter and it's all because of me. Actually, in reality, it might be because our sovereign God is doing something -- maybe he's trying to use his saints to help others see some of the imbalance baked into the KJVO position.&n...

In this episode, I move to do the following:  1. Dismantle the erroneous "KJV was written on a 5th-grade reading level" narrative 2. Briefly demonstrate a couple of other reasons why we would benefit from a newer translation of the Bible. ALSO: Here's the link to Mark Ward's excellent book on the King James Bible -- note: same as I, he doesn't advocate for doing away with the King James Versi...

Today, I examine the landscape; that is, I take a look at the different views within the KJVO movement and limit my scope to a couple of them. 

Today I kick off our miniseries about Bible Translation, or, more specifically, the King James Only Controversy. I hope that this series will be a blessing to you and that you will commit to listening to it all the way to the end. Ten minutes a week for about twelve weeks, if all goes according to plan. 

Just a quick update before my Bible Translation Miniseries begins next week.

BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, you have got to check out this link. I didn't spot it until after writing my script, and it's probably a good thing that I didn't, or this would have morphed into a seven-episode series: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/proabortion-slogans-and-how-to-handle-them-9553 Ok, as promised in the episode, here's some of the cutting-room-floor text as well as some helpful lin...

Yes, it's a riff on the show, "Charles in Charge." Yes, I do a song parody at the end.  But yes, I do hope there's helpful content in this episode somewhere. :)

What's the deal with Disney? How should we respond to the recent hubbub about their LGBTQIA+ agenda? Should we even respond at all? What to do? I hope this podcast episode gives us some ideas as we explore a few tactics used to advance any agenda on the big screen (or little screen). Here's the link to Brett McCracken's article as promised: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/turning-red/

In this episode, I explore the comparison between our dojo and the local church. It may seem far-fetched at first, but the similarities may surprise you.

In today's episode, I take what started as one episode, then turned into two, then three, then four, and then all the way back to just one again. In other words, the longer I studied on the topic, the deeper the rabbit hole got, and I had to make a decision -- turn this into a 5-part series, or just condense and stay on the surface. I decided to go with the latter option. As stated in the podcast,...