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Isaiah 9: To Us a Child is Born Ron and John
In this fourth episode of their introduction to basic Christian Theology, John and Ron tackle the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Who is the Spirit? What role does the Spirit play? They also take the opportunity to step back and treat the doctrine of the Trinity.
John and Ron continue their introduction to basic Christian theology, and in this episode they reach the doctrine of Jesus Christ at the heart of the Christian message.
In this second episode of their introduction to basic Christian theology, Ron and John tackle the doctrine of God: Who is God? What is God like? They navigate the difficult terrain of talking about God in a way that represents responsibly what we can know but avoids bold claims about the […]
Where do we start a discussion of basic Christian theology? How about with the question of how we know what we know? As Christians, we make certain claims about what is true. It seems worthwhile, then, to take time up front to examine the basis for those claims. Where does […]
In this episode John and Ron conclude their series on the problem of evil. They ask what we can say when we’re confronted with evil—as well as what we should not say! They also dive back into scripture. How does this account of the problem of evil square with what scripture says, […]
In this episode Ron and John dive into the core of the problem of evil. We consider the “argument from evil”—an argument that says because evil exists, God cannot exist as Christians describe God: all-knowing, all-powerful, and good. As an answer, we discuss what is known as the “free will defense.”
In this episode Ron and John sort out what good and evil are. We conclude by examining an episode where Jesus’ disciples demand to know: why did this particular bad thing happen?
Ron and John begin a four-episode series on what is traditionally called “the problem of evil.” In this episode, we lay the groundwork for a conversation that deals with the problem of accounting for evil things that happen in the world around us given what we say we believe about […]
We have examined where hope was fixed in the biblical story and how that informs us as we think about where our hope belongs today. In this final episode of Ultimate Hope Has a Name, Ron and John describe how early Christians focused all the hopes of ancient Israel on […]
