So then, does it matter what be believe about the inspiration of Scripture? I hope you see with me that it absolutely does. Our faithfulness in the gospel rests on whether or not we continue to live in faithful submission to Scripture. Whether Christianity will continue to the next generation—or even survive this one—rests on our commitment, with all true believers, to believe the Word of God and to live according to the Word of God. Listen Now
Category: Podcasts
Podcast: From the Mouth of God: Part Three [Foundations]
The Bible is not another book we leave to collect dust on the shelf. It is categorically distinct, a level above every other book written since it is the only one written by God. When we read the Bible, we hear directly from the Lord of the universe. We see His great work through history and His magnificent grace given in the gospel. The Bible is God’s Word to us. Listen Now
Podcast: From the Mouth of God: Part Two [Foundations]
Does inspiration apply to every part of Scripture? Just the “spiritual” parts? Just the New Testament? Just the gospels? The biblical view says that all of Scripture is inspired. Listen Now
Podcast: From the Mouth of God: Part One [Foundations]
We believe that when Scripture speaks, God speaks. Scripture is not a lesser revelation than if God were to show up tonight and speak directly to you or me. The words of Scripture are the very words of God. Scripture comes from the mouth of God. Listen Now
Podcast: Liberal Conservatives [Touchpoints]
Liberals look just like the rest of us. Listen Now
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Anabaptists, Consequences, Response [Touchpoints]
We must be stalwart in our defense of the biblical view of hell. Not necessarily because we like it, nor because it is the most attractive, but simply because it’s what God has said in His word. Listen Now
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Getting Greek [Touchpoints]
We need to deal with some of the key words used in Scripture to describe hell. If we believe that God inspired the very words of Scripture, we must be concerned with the specific meanings of those words. Three Greek words most stubbornly resist Conditional Immortality, and thus must be redefined by Conditional Immortality proponents to make room for their viewpoint. Listen Now
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Psalm 37 [Touchpoints]
Psalm 37:10 reads, “Yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, but it shall be no more.” Conditional Immortality scholars interpret this as conclusively teaching that the wicked will be annihilated in the judgment. But is that what it means? Listen Now
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Biblical Analysis [Touchpoints]
Many things can be fit into Scripture that do not arise from it. Truly biblical Christianity is not built upon that which is compatible with Scripture, but instead on that which Scripture asserts—that which is most plainly taught within the very pages of Scripture. The first fundamental flaw of Conditional Immortality is that it injects into Scripture what could never be deduced from Scripture. Listen Now
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Conditional Immortality [Touchpoints]
Conditional Immortality agrees with the majority of what I’ve laid out so far. Those who hold to conditional immortality maintain that all these things are true: hell is real, it is the destiny of sinners, and it is terrible. The point of departure is not the reality of hell. Rather, it is the eternality of hell, or more specifically, the eternality of the human soul. Listen Now