Simply Put

How should a local church be organized? Does everyone in any given church have the same role, or do particular people have particular responsibilities? In this episode, Barry Cooper explores what Scripture says about leadership in the local church.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/elders/

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The fact that we are made in God's image sets us apart from every other creature on earth (Gen. 1:27). In this episode, Barry Cooper reminds us of the extraordinary privilege we have of being made in the image of the triune God.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/imago-dei/

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Though darkness and death entered the world through one man, light and life have entered through another. In this episode, Barry Cooper considers the fall of man and the promise of the Savior.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/the-fall/

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What does it mean to be "filled with the Holy Spirit"? In this episode, Barry Cooper turns to the book of Ephesians to help grasp the truth behind this often misunderstood question.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/being-filled-with-the-spirit/

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Our responsibility as Bible readers is to draw out the truth from the page open before us, not to try and make Scripture say whatever we'd like. In this episode, Barry Cooper explains the importance of studying God's Word rightly.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/exegesis-and-eisegesis/

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Have you ever seen something so beautiful, so awe-inspiring, that it left you breathless? In this episode, Barry Cooper explains the meaning and significance of the Hebrew word "selah."

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/selah/

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How do we grow as Christians? Do we passively "let go and let God," or is it all about us and our hard work toward holiness? In this episode, Barry Cooper shows us how the truth revealed in Scripture avoids both of these pitfalls.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/quietism-and-activism/

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In eternity, did God choose to elect His people to salvation based on His decision to permit humanity's fall into sin, or was it the other way around? In this episode, Barry Cooper takes up this heady question and the two big words that seek to answer it.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/supralapsarianism-and-infralapsarianism/

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Scripture is clear: demons have the power to oppress human beings. So who--or what--are they? In this episode, Barry Cooper looks at the demonic forces in the Bible and the One who is more powerful than them all.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/demons/

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The eternal Son of God took on flesh and died as a man, all so that death itself would die. In this episode, Barry Cooper speaks on an awesome reality, recorded in Scripture, that sets the Christian faith apart from all other religions.

Read the transcript: https://simplyputpodcast.com/incarnation/