Ep. 112 - Truth In A Culture Of Doubt - Were There Many Christianities? - Part 3
Finishing up the chapter on responding to Walter Bauer via Bart Ehrman. We look at the final two claims that later church councils formed Christian orthodoxy and that the Canon of the New Testament was a weapon used to keep out competing Christian communities. We then finish up with a sermon - by Bart Ehrman.
Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 01:46 - Claim #7 - Orthodoxy Was The Product Of Much Later Church Councils 02:56 - Assumes No Development Of Language & Concepts From The Text 05:31 - Creeds Are Derived From Scripture 07:17 - Claim #8 - Canon Creation Was Used To Keep Out Competing Orthodoxies 08:00 - The Concept Of The Canon 12:16 - Scripture Shows Early Christians Already Had A Concept Of Canon 17:06 - The Contents Of The Canon 17:47 - Canon Books Vs. 2nd/3rd Century Books 19:31 - Excluding The Ability For God To Guide Early Christians 21:14 - Authority Of NT Before Any Council 22:55 - Ehrman - The Post-Modern Preacher 27:47 - Conclusion
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John Frame discusses the concept of proof in Christian apologetics and suggests that we need to have a better understanding of what it means to have proof and what others also want as proof is sometimes different than a logical definition.
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Today's short clip comes from episode 212 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/yocSTMgO72E
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Romans 1 talks about the suppression of the truth of who God is. But how one suppresses the evidence of God is interesting when you look at how we all suppressed the truth in our unrighteousness and some of us were given a new life.
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Today's short clip comes from episode 213 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/hbaJPqRBLjE
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Where most stories decide to end with a "happily ever after" or "and everyone died and everyone else was very sad", God's story actually ends in a better standing than when it first started. It is not a return to the status quo. It is not just Paradise restored but actually made greater than in the beginning.
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Today's short clip comes from episode 165 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/dCOUCzVT0_M
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Here again, we highlight the importance of definitions. It is fine if people have different definitions of words as long as they understood to be taken with that definition and not conflated for another one midstream. Where the stream starts, however, are the different starting points worldviews have.
Today's short clip comes from episode 143 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/Vg06ePK7aYU
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We discuss having a discussion on when Christians should use force against both individuals and individual representatives of the State.
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Education Policy Expert Jeff Park challenges fathers to take a more active role in the education of their children.
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Pastor Josh gives some good things to do/not do to help us be Christians that can sanctify the Church.
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Today's short clip comes from episode 238 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/gsgzmv1_z94
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The Fall of mankind was not an accident. God had a plan from before the moment time began and is one of the reasons He made mankind. And as we learned from every Hallmark channel movie - God doesn't make accidents. But what does Scripture say?
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Today's short clip comes from episode 160 which can be found here - https://youtu.be/gZrpIA4Mx7k
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Christopher Hitchens was a smart guy and a good writer. Sadly, one of his most famous books is not so good. In fact, the title alone fails to make the most important point needed - what is "great"?
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