Deeply Spiritual but Rather Uncertain - with Skip Collins

Is the Bible Inspired? Authoritative? Episode 9

Following on from last weeks episode we look the question of Is the Bible inspired?  If it is, what the heck does that mean?  Do I actually have to do everything it says?

Further reading material:

The Bible Tells Me So - Pete Enns

What is the Bible - Rob Bell

Inspired - Rachael Held Evans

Is The Bible Inerrant? - Episode 8

Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible is without fault or error in its original teaching. It's what I believed and even preached for much of my life.  It has been at the bedrock of modern evangelism for a very long time to the point that some would question your Christianity if you don't believe in Biblical inerrancy. 

But in our post-modern times, those ideas have come into question.  What if the Bible has errors and contradictions?  Does that negate the whole thing?  Does it give us free reigns to do whatever we want?

That's our subject this week.  You don't want to miss this one!

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Glimpses of the true character of God in the Old Testament - Episode 7

Hebrews 1:1 says,  God, who gave our forefathers many different glimpses of the truth in the words of the prophets, has now, at the end of the present age, given us the truth in the Son. (JB Phillips)  

Last week we talked about some of the violent images if God that we see in the New Testament and how we reconcile that with the fact that the true character of God is found in Jesus.

In this episode I want to share 3 stores in the Old Testament that are some of the glimpses of truth that the author of Hebrews speaks about.  

Anger, Vengeance and Wrath, O My - Episode 6

Have you ever been disturbed by the amount of violence that there is in the Bible?  Have you ever run across passages where God commands the genocide of entire nations, including innocent children?  When you read those passages do you cringe just a little bit?  

This week we are going to explore some of those passages in the Old Testament and compare them against the character of God that we see in Jesus.  

Is God Inclusive or Exclusive? Episode 5

Is God/the Gospel/Christianity inclusive or exclusive?  Is Jesus the only way to God or are there other ways? 

I grew up in the era of the Jesus Movement in the '70s.  While "the world" was using the peace sign (2 fingers raised in the air) the Jesus People used just their index finger signifying "One Way".  I think I even had a bumper sticker on my car that said "One Way". Were we right, or might it not be that simple? 

In this podcast, we will explore ideas like pluralism and exclusivism.  We will ask questions about Bible verses that claim that Jesus is the only way.  And we will see that the life lived by Jesus was radically inclusive in every way. 

It All Starts With Jesus - Episode 4

Who is God?  It's quite a profound question for sure.  The answer is as complex as the world around us and yet simple enough for a child to understand. 

Everybody knows that when you are in Sunday School and the teacher asks you a question to which don't know the answer you just say, "Jesus".  Safe answer every time.  Well it just so happens to be the answer to the question "who is God"?   

If you want to know who God is you look at Jesus.  I'm surprised at how many people don't believe this.  Not liberal progressive types, but Bible believing, born again, evangelical, Spirit filled Christians.  Join us as I unpack why I believe that is true, and why I believe that it all starts and ends with Jesus.    

Who is God Really? - Episode 3

When you read the Bible do you ever wonder who God is... really?  Does it ever seem like the Biblical descriptions of God contradict each other.  Is he a jealous vengeful violent God?  Or is he a loving, grace-filled, selfcacrificing God?  Do I love him or fear him?  This episode is the introduction to a series of podcasts that we will don on discovering who God really is. We will look at why our view of who God is, is so important as well as unpacking the Trinitarian view of God.  

Faith Doubt and Uncertainty - Episode 2

In this episode I look at the subject of doubt – can a person who is not too sure about what they believe still have a deep spirituality? Can they have questions about who God is, or the Bible, or the virgin birth? Modern Christianity seems to have taught that doubt is a bad thing. We call the disciple Thomas, Doubting Thomas as a bit of a slam. But is doubt a bad thing? Check out this weeks episode. 

Episode #1 - Introduction

Thanks for stopping by my new podcast!  I am very excited to finally be publishing this.  In this Introduction I will introduce myself (for those that don't have a clue who I am) and share why yet another Christian Podcast.  I hope you enjoy.