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Joel Settecase & Parker Settecase explain Christian mentorship, including what content and which connections are vital in a new believer’s life, and whether discipleship is the same thing as mentorship. Get the full show notes here .

Listen to the unbelievable story of DeVonne Smith, a young man who adopted Atheism *after* becoming a Christian, and what brought him back to the Christian worldview. 

Get the full show notes at http://thethink.institute.  The Think Institute Creed is that, “we believe no Christian should ever get caught flat-footed when asked about the Christian message.” Put another way, we believe every Christian needs to be able to explain, share and defend the truth at all times.  That’s a tall order, it’s true. But it’s biblical.  Every believer needs to be...

Subscribe to the Think Update: http://thethink.institute/articles/update Get the complete show notes for this episode at http://thethink.institute.  If you’ve been around churches, you’ve seen the crosses and crucifixes. The cross is central to Christian theology as a symbol of what we believe. But there’s a lot of debate about what exactly the cross represents, and what Jesus did when he die...

What is the Think Institute? Where did we come from? And why are we here? I thought I would answer a few basic questions and tell our story, to help you understand what this movement is all about.  Get the complete show notes at http://TheThink. Institute.

Let’s talk about evangelism. Bill Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, defines evangelism as, “Taking the initiative to share the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.” When you think about sharing the Gospel, what comes to mind? Do you think about the words you will say? The faces of the people you will converse with (possibly furrowed brows or closed-...

I love Thanksgiving. Every year my side of the family gets together. My wife makes an absolutely unbelievable corn casserole. My contribution: I write a little family liturgy and we have a worship time as a family (we read the story of the first Thanksgiving, we sing a song or two, read Scripture, and pray.). So can we talk about thanksgiving? No, not the holiday, the attitude. Or we might say, th...

The Sons of Thunder Tackle a tough ethical question dealing with the dignity of humanity and the responsibility of people to care for animals. Sign up for the Think Update at http://thethink.institute!

Alright, so we all know the command of Jesus to his church in Matthew 28:19: “Make disciples.” This is the command of Jesus Christ to his church, as recorded in Matthew 28:19. That passage is often used as a text for evangelism (and rightly so), but what comes after evangelism--after a person has put his or her trust in Jesus Christ? This is where discipleship, the process of Christian formation,...

Well, how many times have you heard someone tell you this: “God is love”? The phrase comes from 1 John 4:8.  And the full context of that verse is this: “The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love” (that’s from the Christian Standard Bible, the CSB. The Bible has many translations in English. The CSB is one of my favorite translations. Maybe I’ll do a review on it some t...

Hello! Since you're here, please leave us a 5-star rating and write a quick review on Apple Podcasts? It helps us out a TON and only takes a minute. Many thanks.  Get the full show notes at TheThink. Institute .  In undergrad I interviewed with a homebuilder (this was the height of the real estate boom), and I remember the interviewer asking me an area I needed to improve in. I replied t...

It's a Think Podcast Bonus Episode! No theme song. Brief. But, I pray, thoughtful and helpful. Here we go.  Does the Bible really teach that life begins at conception, anyway? And does it teach that abortion is wrong? Where can we find the Bible verses that establish the pro-life position? We need to answer these questions. That's why we're calling this episode, "Where in the Bible to find pr...

Thanks to Josh Copen for suggesting this topic. To make a suggestion for what we should cover in a Think Podcast episode, hit us up on Twitter or Facebook or drop us an email. If you love apologetics like I do (or even if you're just getting into the discipline and think you might be growing kinda fond of it), you've probably come across verses like 1 Peter 3:15 (the charter verse of Christian apo...

Have you ever heard the expression, “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence?” This phrase, popularized by the late atheist scientist Carl Sagan, has often been marshaled by internet atheists in online debates with Christians as a way of placing the burden of proof on the believer to demonstrate, by way of so-called extraordinary evidence, the existence of God. When this happens, it ca...

In honor of Reformation Day , here’s Joel and Parker’s (the Sons of Thunder) take on the debate that’s raged on for at least 500 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door. So, are the Sons of Thunder Calvinists, Arminians, or something in between? (Warning: Parker spoils the suspense almost immediately in this discussion). Take Your Study Further With These Think Institute...

If you’re anything like me, you are fascinated by dinosaurs (or at least you were as a kid). But did you ever stop to think what really happened to them? Did they truly die out 65 million years ago? Did they turn into birds? And how do we reconcile the millions of years we were taught in school with the biblical timeline that seems to be much shorter? Now, if you’ve done a little more in-depth stu...

It's an age-old question: "Could God make a rock too heavy for him to lift?" And it seems like a really tough question to answer, because we (Christians) believe that God is all-powerful. And an all-powerful God should be able to create any kind of rock he wanted to create. But(!) an all-powerful God should also be able to *lift* any rock he wanted to lift.  This question hits at the problem...

We're told not to judge, but is that actually possible? And isn't the statement, "Judging is wrong" itself a judgment? Is it always wrong to judge, or is there a right time and place to do so? How do we make sense of all this? Let's look at Romans 2 to find out. Get in touch with the Think Institute by going to http://TheThink. Institute.  There you can sign up for my weekly email, the Think...

The Bible is a complex book, and explaining it can seem daunting. However, it's easy when you think of the whole narrative in terms of a story with just four chapters. I explain how to do that in this episode.

A practical and biblical tool to help you share the best news in the world with those who need it most. 

Why Christians should uphold the biblical gender binary, and why you shouldn't worry that this will hurt your evangelism. Subscribe to the Think Update for tips and tools to help you explain, share and defend your faith: http://thethink.institute/articles/update Get the full show notes at http://TheThink. Institute.

Alright, so how much do you know about Buddhism? Here in the United States, about 77% of our neighbors claim some kind of Christian identity. So when we’re sharing the Gospel, that means we’re more than likely able to do so using biblical terms that generally make sense both to ourselves and to our discussion partners--terms like God, sin, heaven and hell, Jesus, etc. And yet, our society is becom...

Ready to go to the next level in your evangelism (and apologetics and biblical worldview? Sign up for the Think Update, a brief, weekly email with tools and tips to help you explain, share and defend your Christian faith, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up right here. When you think about sharing your faith, what comes to your mind? Do you think about the look on the other person’s face? Wh...

The Sons of Thunder are back to grapple with the Bible's teaching that human beings are made in the image of God.  Joel and Parker bring a ton of biblical truth to bear in this episode, and if you have ever wondered what it means to be the image of God, you do NOT want to miss it.  Get a brief, weekly email to help you articulate, share and defend biblical truth delivered to your inbox....

Belief in the laws of logic requires presupposing the existence of the God of the Bible. There are literally no other conceivable options, because no other worldview even suggests a god with the necessary attributes to ground abstract objects like logic (and morality and mathematics). We’ll examine this, and then show how this knowledge actually leads us to greater worship of God. Belief in God is...