The Julie Chenell Podcast

For twelve years I walked away from my faith. When I finally came back, I didn’t start with feelings…I started with facts and research. If Jesus really rose from the dead, then everything He said matters. If He didn’t, then none of it does. So I began where any honest reconstruction has to begin: did Jesus actually die, get buried, and rise again? This is the third and final part of my reconstruct...

In the last episode, we started to unpack how to view Jesus and the claims of Christianity, and we started with verifying the accuracy of the Gospel accounts. It led us to two conclusions: * In order to accept the Gospels, one must accept the plausibility of miracles in our worldview. * We must address who Jesus really was, based on what He said and did. As we go along, I want to give a hat tip to...

When someone is learning about Jesus (or coming back to faith), there’s one GIANT question that blocks the doorway to all other discussion. That rock is what I want to discuss today. “Can we trust the Gospel accounts?” It doesn’t make sense to discuss the miracles or the resurrection or the path to salvation if we can’t first agree that the text we’re working from is reliable. Question One: What g...

Romans 12:2 has been tumbling in my mind and spirit: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” In this episode, I share why this verse is the anchor for this new project and what it means in the original language. We’ll look at: Why being conformed to the world often results in confusion, muddied worldviews, and spiritual drift. How the Greek word for tr...