Basic Bible Podcast

This week we begin a series based on the new book, Unquestioned Answers by Jeff Meyers. The book explores many of those questions Christians often ponder but never feel comfortable asking. In the next few weeks we will tackle ten different cliches that serve to suppress any thought or discussion and only provides surface level simplicity that helps no one.

Recommended Resources:

Unquestioned Answers: Rethinking Ten Christian Clichés to Rediscover Biblical Truths by Dr. Jeff Myers 

Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews by Dr. Jeff Myers and Dr. David A. Noebel 

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For this week's podcast I blow off the dust of an interview I conducted years ago with Thabiti Anyabwile about his book What is A Healthy Church Member? While the audio quality isn't the greatest, the content is well worth your time (and maybe your strain). We first talk about Thabiti's salvation testimony and then get into topics such as a Biblical case for membership, church discipline, how to listen to a sermon, what part theology should play in the lives of the average person in the pew, and what the gospel really is all about. Thabiti Anyabwile is a church planter in Washington DC (has been Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in the Grand Cayman Islands) and a Council member with The Gospel Coalition.

Recommended Resources:

What is A Healthy Church Member? by Thabiti Anyabwile

Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons by Thabiti Anyabwile

The Pure Church Blog

Thabiti on Twitter

Community Strong Family Conference

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In this episode we welcome back Evangelist Sean Teis of Life Factors Ministries. Recorded live in front of a group of teenagers at Lake Waubesa Bible Camp, Sean and I talk about the Gospel as we walk through Ephesians chapter two.

Recommended Resources:

Life Factors Ministries

God is My Dad!

Lake Waubesa Bible Camp

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Welcome to part two of our conversation with Dr. Richard Knopp and Dr. Zach Breitenbach on the campus of Lincoln Christian University. We're chatting about their new apologetic program, Room for Doubt. The conversation was going so great we just let the recording run as we kept on going well beyond our normal episode time frame. So, sit back and enjoy this fun but meaningful conversation.

Recommended Resources:

Room For Doubt

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The Basic Bible Podcast is back after a long hiatus! This is a two-part episode as Ray Jewell and I are back on the campus of Lincoln Christian University. This time we are there to explore the Room For Doubt apologetic program. Joining us are the creators of the program, Dr. Richard Knopp and Dr. Zach Breitenbach. In this first installment we talk about doubt in general and explain how this program addresses just that.

Recommended Resources:

Room For Doubt

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Welcome back to the podcast! Due to some serious health issues and lots of other things, I have been unable to post a new episode in quite some time. But, here's a quick bonus episode to let you know we're still alive and hopefully this will help get you through while we're on a temporary hiatus till things calm down. This is a quick interview I conducted with H.B. Charles, pastor of the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, fellow podcaster, and host of the annual Cutting it Straight Conference.

Recommended Resources:

On Preaching: Personal & Pastoral Insights for the Preparation & Practice of Preaching by H.B. Charles Jr

On Preaching Podcast

Cutting it Straight Conference

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In this episode Ray Jewell takes over as I continue to recover from surgery. Ray gives us an overview of the Book of Revelation as he prepares to go through each chapter in his upcoming blog series.

Recommended Resources:

Revelation's Rhapsody: Listening to the Lyrics of the Lamb: How to Read the Book of Revelation by Robert Lowery

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In this special Christmas edition, Ray and I chat about some popular myths about Christmas such as when Christ was actually born, where He was actually born, when the wise came and even the story of the candy cane.

Recommended Resources:

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by by Kenneth E. Bailey

We Don’t Know the Origins of the Candy Cane, But They Almost Certainly Were Not Christian by Rose Eveleth

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This week we're talking about the advantages of participating in small groups within the church. So, joining us this week is none other than my small group! So listen in as Ray and I chat with our fellow group members Jon Grice (pastor of Roxbury Church) and Craig Bergum (Elder at Roxbury Church).

Recommended Resources:

Church is a Team Sport: A Championship Strategy for Doing Ministry Together by Jim Putman

Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples by Jim Putman

Why Small Groups? by C. J. Mahaney

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Joining Ray and I is Pastor Doug Stewart, the Assistant Pastor at Lifeway Baptist Church and the author of the new book, Amos: Perfect Justice, Shocking Mercy. You are going to want to tune in to hear about this great resource. The book is a Bible study through one of the rarely looked at Minor Prophets. You will find this to edifying and helpful in not just your youth group but you adult small group as well. I highly recommend it so listen to learn more!

Recommended Resources:

Amos: Perfect Justice, Shocking Mercy by Doug Stewart

Glow Publications

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