Kitchen Table Theology

“Remember, we live in God-time, we don't live on our time. God marks time differently than we do.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston  Welcome to Kitchen Table Theology! Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue our series on Eschatology. Previously we’ve defined our terms, we’ve covered the rapture and the tribulation. Today we continue our discussion on the tribulation by tackling a common question of today:...

“[The Antichrist] is going to appear very much like Christ because he's going to rise from the dead, he's going to declare that people worship him, he's going to make an idol of himself and people are going to worship it. He counterfeits Christ at every turn. Many people will be fooled thinking he is the real Christ.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston  Welcome to Kitchen Table Theology! Pastor...

“The Tribulation is the seven-year period in the end times in which humanity's decadence and depravity will reach its fullness. All will be led by the Antichrist or the beast, who will be under the power and influence of Satan, himself. But eventually, at the close of that seven-year period, God will judge accordingly.”  - Jen Denton  Happy New Year, Kitchen Table Theology Family! In our firs...

“God will use the sound of the trumpet to gather His people for the ultimate assembling together, the rapture of the church, to meet the Lord in the air.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Happy New Year, Kitchen Table Theology Family! In our first episode of 2022, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue our series on Eschatology. Last time we defined our terms and in today's episode, we discuss The Rapture...

Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! Pastor Jeff and Jen will be taking a break for the holidays and will be back on January 9. We hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! When we come back, we’ll continue in our Eschatology series.    Join the Conversation We love your feedback! If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a review. If you have any questions or comments on today’s episode, em...

“How we comprehend and view eschatology affects how we conduct our lives, and what we may expect to happen in the overall plan of God.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston   Merry Christmas Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton kick off a new series on the End Times or Eschatology. We define our terms and give an overlay of everything that will be discussed in the next few...

  “Belief in Christian doctrines is not for mere education, or the ability to argue with others, but to supremely delight in Christ.” - Dustin Benge  Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton are currently in a series about the ordinances of the church. So far in this series, we have discussed Baptism and today we continue our discussion on Communion or the...

  “Jesus initiated the Lord's supper at Passover, the Jewish Passover meal. The Passover celebrates Israel's deliverance out of Egyptian slavery, Jesus took that and upped it in a major way; He gave us the Lord's Supper. And that celebrates an infinitely greater deliverance over sin.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen D...

“Baptism is meant to be an outward testimony of an inward change in the life of a believer, and Christian baptism is an act of obedience to the Lord after salvation.” -  Pastor Jeff Cranston Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton are continuing their discussion on baptism in our new series on the ordinances of the church.   [00:01] Introduction Pastor Jef...

“Baptism is also an illustration of Christ's death and burial, and resurrection. It's meant to be a public declaration of faith in Christ. It's meant to be a step of identification with him. It's meant to be a proclamation of desire to follow him.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston    Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton are beginning a new ser...

“Our primary focus as Christians should be striving, under the power under and influence of the Holy Spirit toward a life of holiness and faith. And when we see those two characteristics increasing in our lives, we find the power to overcome sinful actions and sinful desires.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston   Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton are completing...

“The teaching of the Bible is consistent, self-consistent, because it all comes from the unchanging God who cannot lie. So no passage of Scripture ever contradicts another passage of Scripture.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston  Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton are doing something different, they’re taking a quiz! Specifically, Pastor Jeff will be quizzing Je...

“Satan is the originator of sin, secondly, demons oppose and attempt to destroy every work of God, thirdly, demons are limited by God's control and they have limited power.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue their discussion on Angelology. So far in this series, we’ve discussed what angels are, what they do within...

“We know from the Genesis account of creation that everything God made, He deemed it to be very good. So that would tell us that even the angelic world that God created did not have demons in it at the time of creation.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston  Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue their discussion on Angelology. So far in this series, we’ve dis...

“S cripture makes it really clear God wants us to be aware of the existence of angels and the nature of what they do.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston  Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue their discussion on Angelology. So far in this series, we’ve discussed what angels are and what they do within God’s purpose. Today we discuss how we relate to angels...

“One more thing the angels do in fulfilling God's purposes is that they are constantly and directly glorifying God.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family!  In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue their discussion on Angelology. So far in this series, we’ve discussed what angels are and today we talk about what angels do.  [00:01] What is the Purpose of Angel...

“Look, if we could understand everything about God, we wouldn’t need Him. There are elements of God and His will and His working and His ways that are mysterious to us.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston   Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! Welcome to this special episode in which Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton answer questions from you!    [00:01]  Introduction to Today’s Bonus Episode Pastor Jeff finally get...

“We may think of them in the broadest terms as being angels, but there are times when there is some distinction between heavenly beings and angels. All of them, however, are always found worshiping and serving God.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston   Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton begin a new series on Angelology. In the next 6 episodes, we’ll dive into what...

“I think a lot of us like to say, [Children] are so innocent, but that doesn't save them. They, along with every other person in the history of the planet, can only be saved based on Christ's redemptive work on the cross and the regenerating work of the Spirit.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton wrap up our series of T...

 “To this very day, God continues to work in matters of redemption. He is actively working in this world to draw men and women to Himself through the efficacious work of Jesus on the cross.” - Pastor Jeff Craston  Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue in our series of The Doctrine of Hamartiology. So far in this series, we’ve covered The Lostness...

“Altogether, these and many other scriptures make it very plain; That there is a day with the opportunity to believe and there's a door that stands open, but eventually it will close. And now today is the day of salvation.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue in our series of The Doctrine of Hamartiology. So far in t...

  “We need to pray for missionaries. The world really needs more people to tell all the lost people in the world about Christ, and the amazing Good News that He died for sinners so that whoever believes will be saved. But how will they hear it unless somebody tells them?” - Pastor Jeff Cranston  Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue in our series...

“One of the great dangers in theology is making our faith something we discuss rather than something which moves us.” - Kelly M. Kapic Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! In this episode, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue in our series of The Doctrine of Hamartiology. So far in this series, we’ve covered The Lostness of Man, and today we’re discussing the Inevitable Results of Lostness   [00:01...

“Remember that the Lord Jesus came to take away sin in three ways; He came to remove the penalty of sin, the power of sin, and, at last, the presence of sin.” - Charles H. Spurgeon Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! Welcome to our new series on the Doctrine of Hamartiology or the doctrine of sin. In this episode, Pastor Jeff starts us off by talking about the lostness of man. [00:01] The Meaning...

“You will never exhaust the depths of who He is. And even when we get to heaven one day, and we know all things, we're still not going to get it. We're still not going to be able to see the exhaustive resource that God is. He's available to each of us.” - Pastor Mike Linch Hello Kitchen Table Theology Family! Welcome to this special interview episode where Pastor Jeff Cranston and o...