By Matthew Garnett
Purveyors of Fine Biblical Discernment, Apologetics, and Sermons
My thirteen-year-old son could pick out what's wrong with a sermon from Steven Furtick on just about any given Sunday. I've rarely critiqued a sermon from a man like Furtick because he's such low hanging fruit. In this case, it was...
We continue our conversation with Nathan Rinne of Concordia St. Paul on race, race relations, America, and the Church. I think the American Experiment is doomed here in the near future as is the American Church and we'll all have to...
Empires typically last about 300 years. Christians have never experienced the kind of peace we are experiencing now. I think it's about time for all that to end and groups like BLM, Antifi, and the Biden/ Harris ticket are moving...
It seems not an unfair comparison between sending our girls to the front lines of war as to when we send them to the front lines of the spiritual battle; namely the pulpit. Are we sending our women, our girls,...
If Rick Warren was some spring chicken, I might give him a pass on this, but he's not. In this sermon, I am convinced he is trying to mainstream moral relativism. He knows the age old mantra of "don't judge"...
When we make Law issues - like racial reconciliation - Gospel issues, we lose the forgiveness of sins and choose to save ourselves.
A timely analysis.
If you're only listening to podcasts and not reading and studying your bible, you're wrong!
How do you know that?
Loving your neighbor and why the Gospel is not Good News without the reality of God's eternal law.
How can we be assured of our salvation?
And how to avoid creating your own personal Jesus
A review of Richard Bauckham's Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
How to evaluate preaching and teaching.
Do the roles that the bible lays out for men and women lead to sexual abuse?
" Our Western nations have both forgotten God and forgotten where they have come from. Now they are attempting to complete the process of severing the roots of Western civilization, destroying its root system, poisoning its soil and ruining its...
The Western Church is giving in to the cultural revolution of our time. Once trusted conservative Evangelical leaders are bowing the knee to these seismic cultural shifts. Learn what's behind all of this as Nathan Rinne of Concordia St Paul...
Lower textual criticism is your friend if you love the Scriptures; Sundry on first priniciples.
A critique of the "Text and Canon Conference"
Last week of vacation for me from the podcast. We'll be back and better than ever next week with fresh material, but in the meantime enjoy this critique of Pr Todd Wilkin's lecture from the 2017 Redeemer Winter Conference on...
Why absolutizing the Gospel destroys the Gospel.
Why sin is not just a taboo
How new atheists like Richard Dawkins exploit Holy Scripture toward unholy ends
New Atheist Richard Dawkins takes to lying to teenagers in order to further his cause.
Should we be adopting better evangelistic methods?
How sinful do you have to be to be a member of Tullian Tchividjian's Sanctuary?
When men trust their status in life over the Gospel
The reason CT, IP, and other tools in the post-modern tool box don't make sense to the casual observer. This is by design.
Could the Western Enlightenment have happened without Christianity? Did it happen despite Christianity?
Can we make sense of Bernie???
Is there hope for bridging the racial divides in the Church?
A critique of Ben Shapiro's interview with Ravi Zacharias
Is Christianity based on first century, "popular dying and rising gods"?
What if "Jesus of Nazareth" was invented based on popular "dying and rising gods" of the the 1st century?
Southern Baptists adopt "Resolution 9" proclaiming that Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality are "useful analytical tools"
A review of the past year's events among the Evangelical SWJs.
Is Christianity Based on the Resurrection or on Gods Word? Answer? Yes
Why we fear Marxism
Is Natural Law a bad way to go when understanding sexual ethics?
If God does not exist, then we're left with Richard Dawkins to dictate terms - whenever he feels like getting around to it.....You may not like what he comes up with.
Teenage boys tell teenage girls that not having sex will harm them. Is that true?
Or maybe it is?
Are we waiting to die? Striving for meaning and purpose in this life? Both?
Interview with Erik Petersen
Nathan Rinne of Concordia University, St. Paul and I discuss finding God-given meaning