Episodes
Dec. 24, 2025
One Day Before Christmas
As candlelight Christmas Eve services stream across the country, this episode pauses to ask a simple but rarely examined question: how did Christmas Eve become the emotional center of Christmas, and what has that shift formed...
Dec. 23, 2025
Two Days Before Christmas
A reflection on Hallmark Christmas movies, comfort stories, and how our longing for tidy endings shapes what we expect Christmas—and even the church—to deliver.
Dec. 22, 2025
Three Days Before Christmas
A reflection that begins with Superman and leads to a deeper question many face at Christmas: how do we live with a God who is said to be with us, yet often feels unreachable? This episode explores the tension between power, ...
Dec. 21, 2025
Four Days Before Christmas
Christmas often intensifies emotion—joy, longing, grief, loneliness, and everything in between. In this episode, we reflect on why the season carries such emotional weight, how expectations and memory shape our experience, an...
Dec. 21, 2025
A Theological Christmas
Christmas is often presented as warmth, wonder, and encouragement. Scripture, however, presents it as something far more serious—and far more necessary. This episode is not about how to feel at Christmas, but why Christmas ha...
Dec. 20, 2025
Five Days Before Christmas
Five days before Christmas, churches are filled with music, lights, pageants, and carefully crafted moments meant to make us feel comforted. But what if what shapes us this week is atmosphere rather than Scripture?
Dec. 19, 2025
Anatomy of the Believer Pt 2
I conclude my review a sermon that is using, Song of Solomon 7:5-6 to somehow talk about the anatomy of a believer.
Dec. 18, 2025
Anatomy of the Believer Pt 1
I begin to review a sermon that is using, Song of Solomon 7:5-6 to somehow talk about the anatomy of a believer.
Dec. 18, 2025
Catholic Theology in Protestant Clothing Part 4
In Part 4 of Catholic Theology in Protestant Clothing, we confront the tension that has driven the entire series. Scripture commands, "Repent and believe"—but if repentance and faith are treated as human actions that secure j...
Dec. 17, 2025
No Room In the Church
This episode reviews the Christmas message "No Room for Jesus" by examining how Luke 2:7 is often expanded beyond what the text actually says. We address the hermeneutical and theological problems that arise when speculation ...
Dec. 17, 2025
Catholic Theology in Protestant Clothing Part 3
In this episode of Theology Central, we examine a theological article that challenges "faith alone" and argues that certain works of obedience are necessary for salvation. While the argument initially sounds balanced and bibl...
Dec. 14, 2025
Did God Create Evil?
Isaiah 45:7 says God "creates evil." What does that mean? In this episode, we examine the Hebrew text, historical interpretations, translation debates, and the theological implications of divine sovereignty and the existence ...
Dec. 13, 2025
Catholic Theology in Protestant Clothing Pt 2
In this episode of Theology Central, we examine a theological article that challenges "faith alone" and argues that certain works of obedience are necessary for salvation. While the argument initially sounds balanced and bibl...
Dec. 13, 2025
Anxious Thoughts about Anxiety
Christians are often told that anxiety is a failure of faith—that if we were truly humble or trusting God, our anxious thoughts would disappear. Verses like "be anxious for nothing" are frequently used as cures rather than co...
Dec. 12, 2025
Catholic Theology in Protestant Clothing Pt 1
In this episode of Theology Central, we examine a theological article that challenges "faith alone" and argues that certain works of obedience are necessary for salvation. While the argument initially sounds balanced and bibl...
Dec. 11, 2025
The Genesis 4:26 Debate
A deep investigation into the meaning of Genesis 4:26—its Hebrew, its history, its interpretations, and why so much theology has been built on a disputed reading.