BeachCast.TV: Bible Exploration, Apologetics and Church History with Dr. Chase A. Thompson:

Consider for a moment: What kind of people are Christians known to be by those outside of the faith? Do we have a good reputation? If you stopped a non-believer, and asked them what their one word adjective to describe Christians would be - what do you think their answer would be? If we went to God's Word to see what kind of people we should be, and also sought a one-word answer, what would that word be? What kind of people MUST Christians be, above all else?

The Bible describes death as an enemy, and indicates that this is the last enemy that will be defeated by God. Isaiah 25 gives us a big hint as to what is going to happen to death when Jesus returns, and Revelation 21 finishes spelling it out with some incredibly encouraging news.

1 John 2 talks about a certain group of people who have overcome the 'evil one.' Given that the evil one is far smarter, stronger and more powerful than any human, this sounds like a pretty amazing claim. How can Christians resist and even conquer the evil one?

Most people believe - rightly so - that God is kind, merciful and loving. In their minds, a kind and merciful God could never be angry...but the Bible is quite clear that God is angry with sin. As we explore this aspect of His character, we will see how good, just, moral and right it is that God is angry with grievous sin.

Some critics of the Bible have charged that it seems to indicate the second coming will be quite swift, and the fact that Jesus hasn't returned for almost 2000 years seems - to them - to undermine the credibility of the Bible. Is this charge true - does the Bible really indicate the return of Jesus will be swift? 2nd Peter 3 will show us that this is not at all the case. We're also talking about sea dragons and leviathans in this episode!