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Chelsea and I finish our series on the Passion Week with the most important event in history: the resurrection of Jesus Christ! From the burial to the high Sabbath to Sunday morning, we look at the the people involved and how they discovered that Jesus Christ was alive again. Join us as we feel Mary Magdalene's sorrow and witness how her experience determined the rest of history. Source Cited: Cha...

Conley Owens is a husband and father of eight children. He is a pastor at Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church. He also has a full time job as a software engineer at Google. But Conley is more than just a modern day Batman. He has thought deeply about how modern Christianity has commercialized ministry contrary to the examples and teachings in the Bible. Conley's book The Dorean Principle is an...

Chelsea and I break down the timeline of the crucifixion according to the gospel accounts. The agony of this brutal form of execution helps us to see what Jesus was willing to anticipate and endure. Yet, what makes this spectacle even more amazing are the prophecies Jesus and others involved in this event fulfill. Prepare to cherish Christ dearly through this deep and captivating look at the day o...

Chelsea and I continue our series on the Passion Week and note the worldly politics that led to Jesus' atonement. We cover Jesus' betrayal and arrest, His six trials, Peter's denials, the release of Barabbas, and Jesus' final sentence. We ponder the question "Who put Jesus on the cross?"

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I analyze more arguments for the Roman Catholic dogma of transubstantiation while driving to work in the morning and from work in the evening. How does Jesus going away and returning to earth conflict with the claims of Transubstantiation? What about the role of the Holy Spirit as "another Comforter" in Jesus' bodily absence? Can Transubstantiation confuse t...

Chelsea and I continue our series of episodes on the Easter season. We talk about the busy week of Jesus from His triumphal entry to His trials. One thing that characterized most of the entanglements He faced: politics, politics, politics! We observe how nothing has changed about human politics, and how politics leads people to shirk truth and deny their own eyes and hearts. Jesus gave us an examp...

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I analyze arguments for the Roman Catholic dogma of transubstantiation while driving to work in the morning and from work in the evening. Does John 6 teach the we must literally eat Christ's flesh and drink His blood? Is a metaphor a "literal" understanding of "This is My body"? This episode is inspired by the recent episode of Theology Throw Down in the Chr...

Chelsea and I begin with by talking about our crazy day (Saturday). Our water heater broke and was leaking while Chelsea was engaged in an unexpected spiritual battle. We mentioned the End Abortion Now event at the Colorado capital. We planned to go to it but the water heater issue kept us home. Then, we talked about the events surrounding the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. We discussed...

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I talk about the now infamous incident from the Oscars on Sunday when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. Just some casual thoughts about why I don't think it was staged and where I pick sides (or not).

HB 22-1279, also known as the "Reproductive Health Equity Act" went through the Colorado Senate floor this last week. This bill is designed to legalize all abortions anytime anywhere for any reason up until birth and possibly afterwards. The language of this evil bill is intentionally broad and ambiguous. Senate Republicans offered a plethora of amendments to limit the bill or clarify the language...

Colorado Democrats are afraid of Roe vs. Wade being overturned this year. So afraid, in fact, that they are trying to ram through a radically evil abortion bill! HB 22-1279, also known as the "Reproductive Health Equity Act" would enshrine into statute abortion on demand for any reason with no restrictions using any means up until birth (and quite possibly beyond). It is unclear even from the legi...

Since I am starting to recover from a cold and voice is not at the moment all it's cracked up to be (it mostly just cracks), I got permission from Andrew Rappaport to re-air an episode of the Rapp Report from July 4, 2021 entitled "National Strategy for Counter Terrorism Against Christians." It's certainly eye-opening for those of us expecting to live in "the land of the free," but, as Christians,...

Chelsea and I chat more about how husbands and wives can get along and make the most of their marriage. Understanding common differences that often manifest themselves between men and women can help communication and prevent arguments. We observe helpful differences in Psychology Brain structure Communication Becoming aware of our differences as how God made us can help us appreciate our spouse as...

It's finally Truthspresso Express time again! I combined three commute talks into one packed episode to share my thoughts about the President's State of the Union address.

Chelsea and I went to a marriage retreat this last weekend. Some of what we heard makes it way into our discussion. We direct this episode mostly toward engaged couples to prepare Biblically for marriage. We encourage premarital counseling , but show the difference between secular and Biblical questions. If you're getting close to that wedding day, understand how being married is very different fr...

Scott Distler, pastor of Gaylord E-Free Church joins me to talk about his book The Cave: When Ministry Becomes Misery . Pastor Scott shares his testimony of how his apparent ministry success quickly turned into misery through betrayal. After the prophet Elijah scored a miraculous victory against the prophets of Baal, he soon found himself hiding in a cave asking God to end his life. This "cave" ex...

My wife Chelsea returns to co-host with me for this Valentines Day episode. What is love? Dictionaries describe it as a "feeling," "affection," "passion," or "desire." These are all well and good, but do they fully describe what love is? The Bible has a lot to say about love that doesn't quite fit these terms. We see how the Bible defines love as Commanded Sacrificial Selfless Unconditional The wo...

We are continuing and finally concluding a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero (in this case a super villain ) will represent each of these ideas. This is part 3 of 3 of "Is Jesus Like Doctor Octopus?" In this episode we cover two takeaways from the monothelite controversy that ma...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. This is part 2 of 2 3 of "Is Jesus Like Doctor Octopus?" After a bit of review of our superheroes and the issues, we look at the intricate history of this conflict over monothelitism in the...

In this episode of Truthspresso Express I talk about the Jehovah's Witnesses contention over what Jesus told the thief on the cross: "Today, you will be with me in paradise." We can observe several points: The word today is unnecessary if it isn't part of the message. The word paradise is also what Paul observed as the "third heaven." According to Jehovah's Witness teaching, Jesus couldn't even be...

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas. This is part 1 of 2 of "Is Jesus Like Doctor Octopus?" Who is Doctor Octopus? How are Jesus and Doctor Octopus similar? They both seemingly have a distinct human and "divine" nature. They a...

At long last another episode of Truthspresso Express! After studying a barrage of articles showing contradictory and gaping holes in the narrative to push the V, I present the case for sanity and truth. How do we reconcile firing tens of thousands of healthy workers for not taking a V with expecting others to work even while symptomatic from the very contagion that the V is supposed to prevent? Ou...

Keith Heltsley, co-host of the Quest For Truth podcast , interviewed me and my brother John to talk about Jehovah's Witnesses and our book When the Watchtower Knocks: Discussing an Encounter With Jehovah's Witnesses . The interview was originally recorded on November 10, 2021 and was aired on Quest For Truth on November 15. Quest For Truth and Truthspresso are both member podcasts of the Christian...

Chelsea and I continue and close our two-part series about New Year's resolutions from a Biblical perspective. We begin with three weird and unusual New Year's resolutions that people have made. Then we continue our assessment from the Bible about the kinds of resolutions that Christians should make. We should reflect about how Christianity looks at life differently from the world: Christians shou...

Chelsea and I recorded this episode late at night closing out the year 2021. We discuss the history of New Year's resolutions. The roots go back to ancient history! We hash some statistics about how many people make resolutions, what they're about, and how successful (or unsuccessful many are). We then look at what the Bible says about resolutions and making rash promises. The secular world is oft...