Reformed Apologist - Rational Answers for Real Questions Podcast

This is perhaps the most crucial question on the question of Israel and the church today. Christians are basically divided into two camps. A. The Dispensationalist who believes God has two distinct plans for the world, one for the nation of Israel -- basically national fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and a second plan for the church -- often referred to as a “parenthesis”. B. The other gro...

Why Atheism Cannot Be True (1) Introduction The Argument from Rational Certainty is a transcendental argument for the existence of God. It begins with a basic observation — not about the physical world, but about our rational experience: we possess rational certainty. (Proviso -- I know some people deny that we possess rational certainty... but I would recommend anyone attempt to deny rational cer...

In this video I review some of the worst things churches teach about tithing, then I walk through the main tithing passages of both the Old and New Testament to ascertain whether the Christian believer is commanded to tithe, the outcome may shock you. Stay with the video until the end to find out all the important information that each Christian needs to know. The “doctrine of tithing” has become...

In this episode, I aim to demonstrate that there is no scientific reason why a Christian must surrender the belief in a literal interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis. My aim here is not to argue over the scientific details, people far more qualified than me have already done that sufficiently. Interpretation of terms and words in the Bible matters, if we assume that the term “day” in Gen...

In this short video I am going to review the theological view of healing that claims it is always God's will to heal everyone. This view is most prevalent amongst preachers who claim that it is also God's will to make you wealthy. The so-called prosperty preachers must claim it is God's will to heal, else their claim it is God's will to make you wealthy -- which they claim is a part of the redempt...

In other words we are dealing the question: What was the sin & punishment for Adam's sin? If we misunderstand the beginning, then we are much more likely to misinterpret the rest of the Bible. Let's work through the story of the fall of humanity in the Garden of Eden. So, first up we will read the important parts of the story. Firstly there is this single -- all-important -- command God gave to Ad...

- I have made a number of presentations on the subject of "Tongues" and authored a book where I work through every passage in the Bible on this subject and ask all the hard questions. The book is available on Amazon. This presententation like all my other presentations on this subject is not about the Cessation versus Continuation argument. I am not convinced that this argument is well framed. The...

Who is the Fig Tree Generation? Will a "Fig Tree" Generation as asserted by Amir Tsarfati, see the return of Christ? Or perhaps the question we should really ask is: Is there a fig tree generation? In this episode, I review an often repeated assertion by those who believe in a futurist interpretation of the Olivet discourse (Mt 24, Mk13, Lk 21), that there is a “fig tree” generation that will see...

Does John 3:5 Teach that Baptism is Necessary for Salvation? In the last video, we looked at the question, "Is Salvation By Grace through Faith or by Works?" and we established that whilst the New Testament calls all believers to obey and bring forth fruit meet their repentance, works are not the cause of salvation but the effect. True works of obedience accompany every true believer. * Let’s firs...

Is Salvation by Faith Alone, or by Faith + Works? Salvation by faith is not an invention by New Testament authors. Salvation was always by faith. Hebrews 11 has a long list of Old Testament patriarchs that testify to this fact unequivocally. * The Old Testament prophets affirm this as seen in the prophet Habakuk * "The righteous shall live by his faith." (Hab 2:4) * And if there was any doubt what...

Rome claims that the apostle Peter was the first pope. I looked at all the evidence in support of this claim in a recent podcast. The evidence was found wanting. In this podcast, I look at the Roman Catholic claim that there is such a thing as apostolic succession from Peter being the first pope all the way through to today. By this claim, the Roman Catholic church claims to be the “one true churc...

A critical analysis of the Biblical data and the beliefs in the early church. If the Bible nor the early church actually support the idea of the apostle Peter being a pope, let alone the first one, then the very foundation of Roman Catholicism cannot be upheld. In this podcast, I review the main arguments used by the Roman Catholic apologists, the bible passages they cite in favour and the quotes...