In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley explores the differences between the old covenant and the new with reference to the presence and work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of new covenant believers. What privileges do we have today that Old Testament saints did not have? How does this magnify the redeeming work of Christ on our behalf?

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley answers questions from listeners about how Christians can speak truthfully about the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality without being harsh, how we can know God is there for us during hard times, and what Jesus means when he speaks of Elijah coming in Matthew 17:10-12.

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley looks into the controversial passage describing a 1,000 year period during which Satan is bound and Christian martyrs reign with Christ. This passage has long divided theological camps into premillennial, postmillennial, and amillennial. What do these differing views argue, and what is the best approach to interpreting Revelation 20?

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley explores the interesting ways the book of Revelation uses numbers: seven and multiples of seven; three and one-half (or its equivalents), twelve and multiples of twelve, and the mysterious number 666. Do these numbers carry symbolic meaning that can give us deeper insight into what the book is telling us?

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley gives an overview of the entire book of Revelation, arguing that the center of it is found in the vision of the Lamb in chapter 5, and then showing how the storyline of the book unfolds from there. When understood rightly, Revelation does not give us details for a prophecy chart, but rather a new way of seeing the world.

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley gives an overview of four different interpretive approaches to the book of Revelation and argues that one of them makes the book much easier to understand and read profitably.

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley answers questions from listeners about how Christians can keep our minds quiet and focused in a world of so much noise, the limits of religious liberty, and Paul’s use of the past tense verb “glorified” in Romans 8:30.

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley offers some basic principles for how Christians should think about AI and use it profitably. With any new technology, finding the ethical boundaries for using it in light of Scripture is essential for any Christian believer, and AI has now opened up a world of exciting possibilities as well as previously unforeseen pitfalls.

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley offers guidance, drawing from Cal Newport’s book Digital Minimalism, on how to use smartphones, social media, and other digital technologies with intentionality rather than allowing them to shape us in destructive ways.

In this episode of the Old Roads Podcast, Dr. Aaron O’Kelley addresses the question of what the Bible teaches us about technology. Is technology good, bad, or capable of both? What role does it play in God’s plan for us, and what dangers might it pose?