Digging Deeper

What did Jesus mean by binding and loosing and what are the keys to the kingdom of heaven? Join Rob Buckingham for some fascinating insights into Jesus’ statements to Peter in Matthew 16.

The Bible has much to say about angels, but are they real? In this episode, we'll explore what or who angels are and their purpose. We'll also answer the question, what is sin?

From stickers to stationery, Christians can buy all kinds of merchandise. But should they purchase it to share their faith? This episode also answers the question, “are people broken?” There are a couple of questions about Adam and Eve and why God selected Israel as his chosen people.

Sometimes, Christians fixate on all the evil in the world and what bad people do and surmise that people are essentially evil. But the Bible says much about people's inherent goodness. This episode also explores what the Bible teaches us when we know we have sinned.

Much is good in Reformed Theology, but some things should concern us. In this episode, Rob Buckingham reviews six areas of Reformed belief that run contrary to a healthy understanding of the Bible.

The story of the cursing (killing) of a fig tree is interspersed with Jesus expelling the merchants from the Jerusalem Temple. Both events are linked but what message was Jesus communicating? Also, why did Jesus instruct people not to tell anyone that he had healed them?

Can a Christian be cursed or curse someone? What does the Bible say about curses? Also, what do we make of supposed appearances and special powers of Mary? And, was John the Baptist born sinless?

There’s a fascinating story in the gospels where Jesus delivers a demon-possessed man by casting the demons into pigs. Why did Jesus do this and how powerful is Satan?

Shane Willard joins Rob Buckingham for a fascinating discussion on the Bible’s literary devices ~ Polyphony, Phenomenology, Rhetoric, Diatribe, and Light and heavy. Understanding these can provide a better idea as to the authors’ original intent.

In this episode, we examine the various views of the human soul. What is it? What and how is it made? And how does it function? Also, can a person sell their soul for worldly gain? And what did Paul mean by saying he handed a person over to Satan?