IM Podcasts

In this video, Mary Jo Sharp gives practical advice for incorporating apologetics into conversation. If we ask questions about the other person’s views, we can understand and evaluate their ideas without having to be an expert. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...

Despite the simplicity of the pro-life message, it has been difficult to communicate one clear picture of what pro-life means. Scott Klusendorf explains why this has been the case and what pro-lifers can do to communicate more clearly. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

What makes eyewitness testimony important? “You and I, if we are Christians, actually happen to be in the one theistic worldview that could be tested on the strength of its eyewitness testimony.” — J. Warner Wallace, Speaker and Author of Cold Case Christianity and Forensic Faith Detective J. Warner Wallace discusses how Christianity is unique among religions in its emphasis on the eyewitness test...

How is a “forensic faith” different? “You can at least know that the step you are taking is not unreasonable or blind. Instead it is reasonable, based on the evidence.” — J. Warner Wallace, Author and Detective, Cold Case Christianity, God’s Crime Scene, and Forensic Faith Detective J. Warner Wallace discusses three ways that we can hold a belief, the last of which is the forensic faith that is mo...

As Christians, we must battle to keep straight the story of the world and the moment we live in. If we can learn to stand on the unchanging scriptural truth of Jesus’ resurrection, we can be a people of hope in this cultural moment of chaos and confusion. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribe...

We have entered a cultural moment in which the consequences of the sexual revolution have fully inundated our thoughts, even to the point of changing the cultural perception of what it means to be human. John Stonestreet shares how we must care for those who have become victims of the bad ideas spread through movements like the sexual revolution. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

In this video, Dr. Frank Turek discusses the nature of Heaven. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.com/subscribe

Dr. Frank Turek clarifies misconceptions about Hell to explain why God allows people to go there. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.com/subscribe

Kevin Bywater discusses how we can understand the place of the Old Testament laws in their proper historical and cultural context. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.com/subscribe

Mormons frequently claim to be just another denomination of Christianity. In this video, Brett Kunkle highlights two key differences that separate Mormonism from Christianity altogether. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.c...

When discussing the issue of abortion, those in favor may attempt to make the case that unborn human beings are not yet persons. Megan Almon explains why the distinction between “humans” and “persons” is ill-advised in the abortion conversation. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

Jason Jimenez offers a few ways we can reach the next generation with truth: living out the truth of Christ in our own lives, practicing biblical discipleship, investing in good resources for study in community, and teaching sound doctrine in our churches.| Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribe...

Many people in our society today claim that they don’t believe in the value of truth. Sean McDowell explains how the very way we live shows that, whether we want to admit it or not, we build our lives on truth at every turn. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo...

Jennifer Marshall explains the need for citizens to think about the important questions that face our society and how we can discuss those questions meaningfully to advance the greater good. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substa...

Does the scientific community agree that life begins at conception? “The science of embryology… has said all along that from the very beginning, at conception, what we have is a living, distinct, whole human being.” Permission based video feed from Summit Ministries. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinn...

Jay Richards looks to the 10 Commandments to explain why the Bible presupposes an economic system that contradicts Socialism. Richards explains why respect for private property has been important throughout history, and why private property is at the root of Christian community. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss t...

Remember when TV host Joy Behar implied that Vice President Mike Pence was mentally ill because he said that Jesus talks to him? Dr. Jeff addresses the spiritual confusion that does, in fact, plague many Christians. Watch the video to find out more about Dr. Myers’ thoughts and what we at Summit are doing about it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or g...

Michael Sherrard offers practical advice for reading about important worldview topics amidst a wealth of quality books and resources. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.com/subscribe

Author Michael Sherrard discusses how the key to conversations with authority figures is to show them respect. | Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.com/subscribe

Detective J. Warner Wallace discusses the nature of the finely-tuned world we live in and the potential explanations for it.| Take a few moments to check out Summit Ministries: www.summit.org This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.com/subscribe

What is the value of emotion in the Christian life? “As creatures made in the image of God, emotion is part of who we are.” —Kevin Bywater, Director, Oxford Study Centre In this video, Dr. Kevin Bywater discusses the relationship between emotion and rationality within a Christian framework. This video is part of a series titled “Answers to Your Questions”. This is a public episode. If you'd like t...

When we encounter those of Muslim faith, it is important to understand that the problem is not with them, but their ideology. Muslims do not believe in the true biblical version of Jesus; however, their teaching puts Jesus in a fairly high view. Alan Shlemon shares how to use this common ground to share our faith with Muslims. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subs...

Why is socialism attractive? “Whenever socialism is actually tried, as opposed to simply thought about in a person’s mind, it’s led to poverty, to degradation, and to the destruction of human rights.” — Jay Richards This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstephenphinney.substack.com/subscribe

Since an illusionist is a masterful manipulator of attention, they can easily direct an audience to look away to a location where the trick is not occurring. At the moment this is accomplished, the smoke and mirrors come into play – the crafted technique to perform the illusion. This is where we see the real genius at work. The illusion itself is a collection of mastery skills, not magic. www. Wor...

Loving One Another. Ture love is costly. Even though Christ Jesus paid the cost of Love’s release, authentic Christians are required to join Him in the earthly/practical demonstration of God is Love. Are you prepared to be well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties or maybe losing your life for True love? www. WorldviewInstitute.center This is...