The Bible Nerd Podcast

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  • 061: The Elephant in the Room

    This week marks the beginning of The Steve Schramm Show—the next step in the life of the ministry. I don’t want to give away too much, so go ahead and take a listen!

    In this lesson, you’ll learn:

    1. My motivation for using my personal name for the podcast and ministry.
    2. Why I think this change will be positive for our ministry.
    3. What to expect in the immediate future.

      4. Mentioned in this lesson:

      • The Creation Academy

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        34 min
      • TCA Lesson 060: How Does Science Work?

        What exactly is science? And, how does it work? Does the scientific method require that we presuppose naturalism? Can one rationally affirm the validity of scientific exploration and the existence of God? We explore these questions and more in this episode of The Creation Academy.

        In this lesson, you’ll learn:

        1. Why truths about the natural world are not determined by the scientific majority.

        2. Why Christian theism undergirds all scientific thinking, and, at the same time, refutes mythical thinking and naturalism.

        3. How the great scientists of days gone by used the core truths of Christianity to invent the procedure known today as the scientific method.

          Mentioned in this lesson:

          • The Bible Among the Myths — Oswalt

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            35 min
          • TCA Lesson 059: Impact Craters and Planet Migration w/ Wayne Spencer

            In this lesson, we continue our series on the 2018 ICC. The last portion of the podcast is dedicated to discussing Spencer’s paper on planet migration, but first, we discuss the issue of cratering and Earth/solar system impacts with none than Wayne Spencer himself! This was quite a fruitful discussion covering lots of ground, so you certainly don’t want to miss it.

            In this lesson, you’ll learn:

            1. What effects meteor impacts tend to have on the earth, and why we’ve no scientific reason to think the Earth has experienced millions of years of devastating bombardment.
            2. Danny Faulkner’s Day-Four Cratering Hypothesis and what it offers to creation research in this category.
            3. How the secular model of our solar system’s origin may actually help us understand the process behind God’s creating the universe in more understandable terms.
            4. Why we should think that most cratering on the earth took place during the flood, and the probabilistic certainly that the Ark would not have been devastated by such an event.
            5. How two relatively new models for the origin of our solar system cannot explain the origin of solar system, but do in fact point to the hypothesis of intelligent design.

              6. Mentioned in this lesson:

              • Wayne Spencer — Creation Answers

              • Good Heavens! Podcast

              • Geophysical Effects of Impacts During the Genesis Flood — Wayne Spencer

              • Catastrophic Impact Bombardment Surrounding the Genesis Flood — Wayne Spencer

              • Interpreting Craters in Terms of the Day Four Cratering Hypothesis — Dr. Danny Faulkner

              • Evaluating The Day Four Cratering Hypothesis — Wayne Spencer

              • The Proposed Origin of Our Solar System with Planet Migration — Wayne Spencer

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                Also, please consider donating to become a financial Partner of the ministry. God Bless!

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                1 hr 17 min
              • TCA Lesson 058: The Current State of Creation Astronomy II

                Much has happened in creationist astronomical research over the past two decades. In this first lesson of our new series, Selections from the 2018 ICC, we examine Faulkner’s latest “State of Creation Astronomy” and consider the good, the bad, and ugly.

                In this lesson, you’ll learn:

                1. Creationist research is taking on a new face–we’ll discuss why this is very, very good news.

                2. We continue to see confirmation of many young age indicators, and new ones arising. Find out what those are in addition to which ones we should stop using.

                3. There is more to learn with respect to creationist cosmology, but some promising new insights might prove helpful for the young age view.

                  Mentioned in this lesson:

                  • Dr. Danny Faulkner

                  • The International Conference on Creationism

                  • The State of Creation Astronomy II

                  • TCA Lesson 039: The Case for Cosmological Redshifts

                  • Thoughts on the rāqîa‘ and a Possible Explanation for the Cosmic Microwave Background

                  • Defend Your Faith with Confidence (FREE Email Course!)

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                    Also, please consider donating to become a financial Partner of the ministry. God Bless!

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                    42 min
                  • TCA Lesson 057: BONUS: 5 Reasons Why Neanderthals Were Simply Humans

                    Our understanding of the existence and life of Neanderthals has been bolstered through new research in recent days. In this bonus lesson, we’re narrating an article written earlier this year which aims to demonstrate that evidence supports the contention that Neanderthals are really just humans.

                    In this lesson, you’ll learn:

                    1. Why Neanderthal DNA does not prove any evolutionary relationship, but rather supports their humanity.
                    2. Why young age creationism is the best biblical framework for interpreting the existence and life of Neanderthals.
                    3. How evidence is increasingly showing the “dumb brute myth” to be just that—a myth—even according to secular publications.

                      4. Mentioned in this lesson:

                      • https://www.steveschramm.com/neanderthals-humans/

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                        44 min
                      • TCA Lesson 056: Series 1 Wrap-Up! The Podcast Returns 9/27/18

                        This review lesson marks the end of our first official series, “The Destruction of Paradise.” Listen in for a brief review of the past 5 weeks, along with a spoiler alert about what’s ahead. The podcast returns on 9/27! Subscribe now so you don’t miss it when it comes out.

                        In this lesson, you’ll learn:

                        1. Series 01 Overview: The Destruction of Paradise (Click lesson name below to view.)

                          1. The Theology of God’s Perfect Creation | S01L01

                          2. Why Adam was a Historical Figure w/ Dr. Edgar Andrews | S01L02

                          3. A Flood of Evidence | S01L03

                          4. Who Were the Sons of God? | S01L04

                          5. Noah Found Grace: Understanding God’s Rescue Plan | S01L05

                          6. Our next series: Selections from the 2018 International Conference on Creationism

                            Mentioned in this lesson:

                            • Want to Volunteer? Click here!

                            • Defend Your Faith with Confidence

                            • TCA Lesson 016: Is Evolution Just a Theory?

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                              Also, please consider donating to become a financial Partner of the ministry. God Bless!

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                              27 min
                            • TCA Lesson 055: Noah Found Grace: Understanding God’s Rescue Plan

                              In the final teaching lesson of the “Destruction of Paradise” series, we’re taking a look at Noah. The Bible teaches that he was a righteous man, but is that why he was spared from the devastating flood waters? I think the answer might surprise you. Listen in this week as we discuss why “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”

                              In this lesson, you’ll learn:

                              1. Why God actually rescued Noah. Hint: It wasn’t because he was righteous!

                              2. The only two things God requires if you’re to escape judgment.

                              3. Why it is that God will sacrifice anything and everything for holiness.

                              4. Five parallels between Noah’s Ark and Jesus Christ.

                                Mentioned in this lesson:

                                • Want to Volunteer? Click here!

                                • Defend Your Faith with Confidence

                                • Noah’s Ark: A Picture of Jesus Christ

                                • Genesis w/ Dr. James Allman

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                                  57 min
                                • TCA Lesson 054: Who Were the Sons of God?

                                  One of the most controversial issues in the earliest chapters of the Bible is the identity of the sons of God in Genesis six. I have recently altered my own position on this and have begun to realize its significance to the Flood narrative. This week we’ll take a deep dive into this topic, which will hopefully give us a better understanding of why God destroyed the world with a great deluge.

                                  In this lesson, you’ll learn:

                                  1. Why the “sons of God” issue has become so controversial and why it’s so important to understand it properly.

                                  2. The six reasons why I think the Fallen Angels view is untenable and not supported by the evidence.

                                  3. How the Sethite view seems to make sense of the theological data and is the clearest meaning of the text.

                                    Mentioned in this lesson:

                                    • Want to Volunteer? Click here!

                                    • Defend Your Faith with Confidence

                                    • A RESPONSE TO CHUCK MISSLER Who Are the Sons of God in Genesis 6?

                                    • Who Were the Nephilim? Genesis 6 and Numbers 13—A Fresh Look

                                    • Is the “Sons of God” Passage in Genesis 6 Adapted Pagan Mythology?

                                    • Mischievous Angels or Sethites?

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                                      Also, please consider donating to become a financial Partner of the ministry. God Bless!

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                                      1 hr 3 min
                                    • TCA Lesson 053: A Flood of Evidence

                                      This week, I was interviewed by fellow apologist, Marc Lambert. Marc hosts the “Hey, Pastor!” podcast and is also a member of The Mentionables Network. We deal with the question, “If there was a global flood, why did God hide all of the evidence for it?” It was a great discussion that I think will be very beneficial.

                                      In this lesson, you’ll learn:

                                      1. What do we mean by “evidence?”
                                      2. What the two overarching paradigms of “time” are, and how they help us interpret the evidence for the Flood.
                                      3. Why Scripture seems pretty clear that this flood was global in scale, and not local.
                                      4. How fossils, rocks, and culture provide myriad evidence for the global flood account.

                                        5. Mentioned in this lesson:

                                        • Is Genesis History? Student and Educators Conference

                                        • Dr. Kurt Wise

                                        • The Creation Academy

                                        • A Visual Representation of Catastrophic Plate Tectonics

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                                          Also, please consider donating to become a financial Partner of the ministry. God Bless!

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                                          1 hr 16 min
                                        • TCA Lesson 052: Why Adam was a Historical Figure w/ Dr. Edgar Andrews

                                          A growing trend amongst evangelicals today is to mythicize the biblical account of Adam and Eve. In his latest book, Dr. Edgar Andrews has taken that position to task and attempted to thoughtfully persuade readers of the necessity of a historical Adam. In this lesson, we have an extended discussion with Dr. Andrews about the content from his new book, and spend ample time on the scientific and biblical arguments to view Adam as a historical figure.

                                          In this lesson, you’ll learn:

                                          1. Why “science” has not at all disproven the notion of an original created pair.
                                          2. How mankind’s position in the cosmos separates him from all other created organisms.
                                          3. Why evolutionists have begun considering alternative models to the traditional Modern Synthesis.
                                          4. Why deep time cannot rescue the evolutionary paradigm of man’s development.
                                          5. Detailed arguments which show that the biblical writers all thought Adam and Eve were real, historical figures.

                                            6. Mentioned in this lesson:

                                            • Dr. Edgar Andrews

                                            • What is Man? Adam, Alien, or Ape?

                                            • Who Made God? Searching for a Theory of Everything

                                            • The Creation Academy Honors Program

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                                              Also, please consider donating to become a financial Partner of the ministry. God Bless!

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                                              1 hr 46 min

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