Is God a Bully? Where is the balance between the severity of God and the kindness of God? Is there a difference between the God of the New and Old Testaments?

In today's podcast we discuss recovering the ancient practice of catechism, that is, teaching and training believers on their journey to baptism and living honestly out of that event. The basic idea: what does it mean to follow Jesus? Or what does it mean to become a Christian?

Dr. Faro has written a book that examines the various words and meanings for evil in the Scriptures with particular focus upon Genesis. Her intent is on understanding the language of evil, its source, and then deconstructing evil so that its power over humans is lessened.

What does it mean that human beings, male and female, are made in God's image? Carmen Joy Imes challenges the translation of a little Hebrew preposition, most often translated "in." She makes a compelling case that the point is that human beings are made AS God's image.

Foretaste of the Future is a clear explanation of Revelation, not as a book about the future but as a book to shape the church to become a foretaste of the future.

So is the word "Xmas" an attempt to take "Christ" out of "Christmas." What's the story with that? David Capes tackles this question in this podcast. The answer may surprise you. There is actually a long history tied to the expression.

Kristen Davis co-founded Apologetics on Mission with Ben Clifton. Kristen has been teaching apologetics since 2010. Many people lack resources and access to the finest apologetics courses and universities. They so joined forces to take training in apologetics around the world.

"Electric Jesus" is a movie directed by Chris White, a filmmaker (screenwriter and director) who makes his home in sunny South Carolina. It is a funny, moving adventure, a nostalgic look at the place of contemporary Christian music in the 1980s (released Nov 2021).

Am I Just My Brain? (2019) is a book by Sharon Dirckx dealing with an ancient and modern question. Are we more than our brains? Are humans self-aware only because of neuro-chemical reactions or electrical activity or are we something more?

Adam Miglio stopped by to talk about his newest book: The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11: Peering into the Deep. The story is about a king from Uruk and his epic journeys. It's one of the most widely read and generously preserved stories of the ancient world.