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Bible Survey, Part 3: Kings, Prophets, and More (Encore) Ron and John
Ron and John conclude the Old Testament portion of their survey through the Bible. We talk about King David, some history of the Israelite kingdoms that followed him, the prophets that spoke to those kingdoms and their neighbors, and the poetry that reflected on life with God.
John and Ron open their new series, Old in the New, with a study of Peter’s sermon at Pentecost in Acts 2. How did Peter rely on his Bible, the Old Testament, to interpret what they had seen up to that day?
The story continues as God works through Moses and his successors in Israel to fulfill a promise to redeem humankind. Ron and John survey the books of Exodus through the reign of Saul in 1 Samuel.
John and Ron conclude their series on Faith and Reason with this episode. In a wide ranging discussion, they cover everything from Galileo’s discoveries to modern biblical criticism.
As we enter the summer of 2024, John and Ron are wrapping up a series on Faith and Reason. They will finish that series in the next release. Through the summer they plan to release a series of episodes called The Old Testament in the New. They will examine places where […]
What does it mean to “bet on God”?! That’s the question as John and Ron read through portions of the classic argument called “Pascal’s Wager.” They introduce Pascal himself, and they tease out what he was trying to say.
In this episode, John and Ron turn their attention to Anselm, a medieval archbishop of Canterbury. They walk through Anselm’s “ontological proof” for the existence of God—and then argue the proof isn’t really what mattered to Anselm!
This is the second episode in the Faith and Reason series, and John and Ron consider an ancient figure named Irenaeus. Irenaeus argued that Christian faith is far more reasonable than alternatives being offered by the Gnostics. Did you ever wonder when Christians started calling the New Testament “scripture”? What was […]
In celebration of Easter weekend, Orthodocs.faith takes a pause in the current series to return to a previous episode on resurrection. In this second episode from a series on First Corinthians 15, Ron and John discuss resurrection and why the hope of the Christian faith rests so heavily on it. […]
