Episodes

  • Podcast 368 -- Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 26:63-64

    Podcast 368 -- Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 26:63-64
    May 13 2025
    The fellows talk about the Second Coming, starting with the question of why there has to be one. Why wasn't God's plan of salvation and restoration accomplished all at once? Was the doctrine of the Second Coming tacked on after it became obvious the lion was not laying down with the lamb? If Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God on Earth, where is it?
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    48 mins
  • Podcast 367 -- NIV, RSV, KJV or Reader's Digest? 2 Timothy 3:14-17

    Podcast 367 -- NIV, RSV, KJV or Reader's Digest? 2 Timothy 3:14-17
    May 6 2025
    Despite being a Bible study podcast, we've never taken up the fact of the sheer number of translations available. We remedy that oversight this week with a discussion about the history of Biblical translation, memories of Bibles we grew up with and what our preferences are now. This week's podcast is sponsored by Magic Mind. Visit www.magicmind.com/NoChurchAnswersAPR and use the discount code NoChurchAnswersAPR for 48% off your first subscription or 20% or your first purchase.
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    57 mins
  • Podcast 366 -- We'll Hear from Stephen A. in the Morning 2 Peter 1:21

    Podcast 366 -- We'll Hear from Stephen A. in the Morning 2 Peter 1:21
    Apr 29 2025
    Inspired by last week's NFL draft, the fellows got together to draft their favorite prophets from the Old and New Testaments. Who made their teams? Moreover, who got left of the board? And what do our listeners think? Join us as we take a fresh look a some of the notable, and sometimes overlooked, figures who have spoken for God. And a big h/t to The Incomparable Mothership podcast for inspiring this week's episode. This week's podcast comes to you from Magic Mind. Take the Magic Mind challenge! Visit www.magicmind.com/NoChurchAnswersAPR and use the discount code NoChurchAnswersAPR for 48% your first subscription or 20% a one-time purchase.
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    57 mins
  • Podcast 365 -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit 1 John 4:7-15

    Podcast 365 -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit 1 John 4:7-15
    Apr 22 2025
    Author Timothy Keller says it is the Trinity that makes God capable of love. It is a mystery, to be sure, and not always explicit, but from Genesis 1:1 on, scripture shows us one God but in three “persons” which all support and give freely in relationship with each other. Therefore, love began, or better still, has always existed, within the creator God himself, an idea unique to Christianity. We wrap up our study of Keller's The Reason for God with a discussion of the significance of a Trinitarian God. This week's podcast is sponsored by Magic Mind, the mental performance shot. Visit http://www.magicmind.com/nochurchanswers and use the code NoChurchAnswers for 48% off your first subscription or 20% off your first order.
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    54 mins
  • Podcast 354 -- What If...The Resurrection Really Happened? 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 12-14, 20-23

    Podcast 354 -- What If...The Resurrection Really Happened? 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 12-14, 20-23
    Apr 15 2025
    Jesus' resurrection is a binary proposition: it either happened or it didn't. And there's nothing to support the idea that the testimony Gospels and the Apostle Paul should be taken as symbolic or metaphorical: they all clearly testify to Jesus' bodily resurrection concrete terms. But to accept the truth of the resurrection is to confront so many implications about God that it's no wonder that so many of us, Christians included, want to pretend scripture doesn't mean what it says. With Easter this week, we continue our look at Timothy Keller's The Reason for God and discuss his salient points about the reality of the Resurrection and how they should inform the Christian mindset.
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    57 mins
  • Podcast 363 -- The Cost of Forgiveness Ephesians 1:7-10

    Podcast 363 -- The Cost of Forgiveness Ephesians 1:7-10
    Apr 8 2025
    “Why did Jesus have to die?” is a question author Timothy Keller heard more often than “Does God exist?” To skeptics and, if we're honest, some Christians, the crucifixion is confusing, if not outright cruel. If God is so loving, they ask, why did he demand such a horrific sacrifice from his purported son? He’s God, after all, why can’t he just wave his hand and declare everyone forgiven? Join us as we continue our look at Keller's The Reason for God.
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    59 mins
  • Podcast 362 -- Are the Gospels Factual Accounts? Mark 2:1-12; 14:55-56. 60-64

    Podcast 362 -- Are the Gospels Factual Accounts? Mark 2:1-12; 14:55-56. 60-64
    Apr 1 2025
    Popular novels and movies like The Da Vinci Code have contributed to the belief that the gospels and letters in the New Testament Bible were either embellished or made-up completely. Academics, including contemporary Christians like John Dominic Crossan, tell us Jesus' miracles, let alone, his Resurrection, could not have happened, and it wasn't until the 4th Century that the Church declared Jesus was Son of God. We discuss Tim Keller's challenge to this popular assertion, starting with the startling lack of evidence to support this narrative. How reliable are the Gospel accounts? Was Jesus simply a "wise teacher" who voiced some interesting ideas, or did he actually claim to be the Son of God? Is it possible to separate Jesus' teachings with the cosmological aspects he claims they have?
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    59 mins
  • Podcast 361 -- Does Science Contradict the Bible? Genesis 1:24-27, 31

    Podcast 361 -- Does Science Contradict the Bible? Genesis 1:24-27, 31
    Mar 25 2025
    For centuries the Church supported--and underwrote--the study of science and the natural world. Only in that late 20th Century did Evangelicals go to war with science. To us, the conflict, largely ginned up by the culture, detracts from more important messages in the Bible. Join us as we continue our study of Timothy Keller's The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
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    1 hr and 2 mins