Reasonable Christianity?

As We head into the first few days of 2025, I thought it would be good to consider why God created the universe, the earth and mankind. Many people, including Christians, struggle to find fulfilment in life because they have bought into the idea that God created them so that they could be happy. They think God's ultimate motivation behind everything He does is to ensure their happiness. This...

In today's episode I react video by Wesley Huff entitled: Christmas isn't pagan, here's why. I initially recorded this as a YouTube video on the 25th of December so excuse the date references.  Check out Wes on YouTube for more insights regarding the biblical manuscripts and the ancient biblical languages.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In today's episode we look at 7 Old Testament prophecies about the birth of Jesus and we consider how these prophecies relate to the sovereignty of God. we also look at the three components of God's sovereignty: 1) God's control of all creation 2) God's authority over all creation 3) God's presence throughout all creation.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In Today's podcast episode we take a look at the birth of Jesus by doing a survey of Luke 2:1-20. The purpose of doing it this way is to help us appreciate the significance of the birth of Jesus by starting with the context which He was born into. We have to remember that Jesus was a Jew. He was the Jewish Messiah, first! Therefore, there are references in the life of Jesus, including his bir...

ARE THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS WRITTEN EARLY?  The short answer is yes. But how early?    All the New Testament books were written before A.D. 100 (About 70 years after the death of Jesus) How do we know this? Well, firstly, we know tis because letters written by early church fathers—between A.D. 95 and 110—quoted passages out of 25 of the 27 New Testament books. Between Clement, writing from Rom...

What is Christianity? What is Christendom? Is there a difference? In today's episode I make the argument for why a Christian society--that is a society that is based on the values of Christianity--has a negative effect on the effectiveness of the gospel.  "If everyone grows up as Christian, then they don't see the need to be born again".  Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Are the New Testament Documents Reliable? INTRODUCTIONS/RECAP The cause of the universe, often called the prime reality or the uncaused first cause or simply, God, must have the following attributes: 1.    The cause must be uncaused. 2.    The cause must be timeless, spaceless and immaterial. 3.    The cause must be powerful. 4.    The cause most be intelligent. 5.    The cause must be personal. 6...

In vandag se episode gesels ek saam met Patric Daniels oor die belangrkheid van objektiewe waarheid, die bewystukke vir God se bestaan, sowal as die redes hoekom daar net een opperwese/God kan wees.  Patric is 'n Christen vir 25 jaar en dien as a wyksraadslid in ons plaaslike munisipaliteit. Ek het vir Pat (soos almal hom ken) ontmoet toe ek 19 was en sedert dan het hy 'n geweldige belan...

MONOTHEISM Why there can only be one God INTRODUCTION: In the previous episodes we looked at three arguments for the existence of God. They are: The Cosmological Argument which goes like this: 1.    Everything that begins to exist has a cause. 2.    The universe began to exist. 3.    Therefore, the universe has a cause. The Teleological Argument which goes like this: 1.    Every design had a desig...

OUTLINE:   INTRODUCTION: The Cosmological Argument: The Teleological Argument   THE MORAL ARGUMENT: The argument goes like this: 1.    Every law has a law giver. 2.    There is a Moral Law. 3.    Therefore, there is a Moral Law Giver. An Atheist Perspective on Morality DISTINCTIONS: Values and duties: Objective vs Subjective moral values and duties. BREAKDOWN OF ARGUMENT  Premise 1: Every law has...

In today's episode we consider womanhood from a biblical perspective. We live in a day and age where people claim to have the ability to change their "gender" but the bible teaches us that God, when He created us, created us as male and female (Genesis 1:26-27).  In this teaching we look at passages in Genesis 1, 2 and 3, 1 Timothy 2, 1 Peter 3 and Ephesians 5 and Titus 2 to look at...

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Does God exist? The Teleological Argument INTRODUCTION: In the previous episode we considered the Cosmological argument for the existence of God.    THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT: In today’s episode we will consider the Teleological Argument, also known as the argument from design. The argument goes like this: Premise 1: Every design had a designer Premise 2: The universe has highly complex design Con...

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Arguments for the existence of God   INTRODUCTION: Does God exist? This is the question that we will be considering in today’s podcast episode.  Here’s the claim: “God exists” Objective or subjective? If you remember, the first thing we do when we are confronted with a truth claim is to ask: is this a subjective or objective truth claim? Category of truth: In which category of truth does this clai...

OBJECTIONS TO OBJECTIVE TRUTH: Now, let us apply the laws of logic to the objections to objective truth ·          There is no truth: If someone says, “There is no truth”, we must ask: Is that true? If the claim “there is no truth” is true, then there is at least one truth. And if there is at least one truth, then the claim “there is no truth” is false. ·          All truth is relative: When a per...

WHAT IS TRUTH (PART 2)? INTRODUCTION DEEPER INTO THE OBJECTIONS  LAWS OF LOGIC: ·         The law of identity: ·         The law of the excluded middle and ·         The law of non-contradiction OBJECTIONS TO OBJECTIVE TRUTH: There is no truth: All truth is relative: You can’t know truth: There is no objective truth: Truth is only produced by science: WHAT IS TRUTH? Definition: Theories for truth...

WHAT IS TRUTH (PART 1)? PODCAST EPISODE 2 OUTLINE Introduction: What is truth? This is a question Quote Pontius Pilate asking this question to Jesus.    John 18:38 38Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?” And after saying this, he came out again to the Jews and *said to them, “I find no grounds at all for charges in His case Pilate walked away before Jesus could answer his question. Which means he...

WHAT IS TRUTH (PART 1)? PODCAST EPISODE 2 OUTLINE Introduction: What is truth? This is a question Quote Pontius Pilate asking this question to Jesus.    John 18:38 38Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?” And after saying this, he came out again to the Jews and *said to them, “I find no grounds at all for charges in His case Pilate walked away before Jesus could answer his question. Which means he...

Podcast (S01, Ep1)   OUTLINE:   What is the reasonable Christianity podcast about? ·         It is a podcast where we consider the truth-claims, teachings and practices of Christianity. With that being said, I don’t consider myself to by an expert in, well, anything. So, this podcast is more of an invitation than a teaching platform. There are many aspects of reality that I am interested in or tha...

OUTLINE:   What is the reasonable Christianity podcast about? ·         It is a podcast where we consider the truth-claims, teachings and practices of Christianity. With that being said, I don’t consider myself to by an expert in, well, anything. So, this podcast is more of an invitation than a teaching platform. There are many aspects of reality that I am interested in or that I think are crucial...