Episodes
Jan. 25, 2026
Psalm 40 and Five Layers
We use the five layers to look at Psalm 40 and a sermon on Psalm 40
Jan. 24, 2026
Waiting on God or Killing the Text?
In a previous episode we carefully studied Psalm 62:1 in its context. In this episode, we go back and review the short sermon that originally sparked that study and ask a simple question: does this message actually explain th...
Jan. 24, 2026
Psalm 62:1: Waiting on God
Psalm 62:1 is often used as a generic call to patience and trust—but is that what the verse is actually saying? In this episode, we slow down and read Psalm 62:1 in its literary, historical, and covenant context and discover ...
Jan. 23, 2026
76 Questions and 5 Layers: How to Read the Bible
We often talk about asking questions of the Bible—but are we asking the right ones? This episode uses a recent article on curiosity in the Christian life as a springboard to introduce The Five Layers of Reading Any Biblical T...
Jan. 22, 2026
The Flood Problem
In The Flood Problem –we ask why the flood happened and why the standard explanation doesn't actually work. If the flood was meant to deal with human sin, why does sin immediately explode again after it's over? And why does t...
Jan. 22, 2026
What Happened to Fundamentalism Pt 2
After seeing in Part 1 how a 1988 sermon exposed a deep hermeneutical collapse, this episode steps back and asks a bigger question: what was fundamentalism originally, and how did it become what it is today?
Jan. 22, 2026
Movie: The Long Walk
In this episode, I discuss the 2025 film The Long Walk and why it affected me so deeply. After summarizing the movie and its story, I reflect on how it becomes a powerful picture of life itself—endurance, exhaustion, sufferin...
Jan. 21, 2026
What Happened to Fundamentalism Pt 1
Using a 1988 sermon as our starting point, this episode asks a disturbing question: what if the sermon itself is part of the problem? Before debating methods or results, we examine how Scripture is being used—and what that re...
Jan. 20, 2026
John 5:28-29: Resurrection of Damnation
In John 5:28–29, Jesus makes one of His most staggering claims: all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—some to the resurrection of life, and some to the resurrection of damnation. In this episode, we exa...
Jan. 20, 2026
1 Peter 3:21: Baptism
We go back to 1 Peter 3:21 to figure out what Baptism the verse is referring to
Jan. 19, 2026
The Flood and Baptism
The Flood and Baptism takes a careful look at 1 Peter 3:18–22—the only New Testament passage that directly connects the story of Noah's flood to Christian theology. Instead of repeating the familiar claim that "the ark is a p...
Jan. 18, 2026
Christ in Every Page? Part 3
We continue our study of the book, Introduction to Systematic Theology. In this episode we begin looking at Genesis 6-9
Jan. 18, 2026
A 1974 Warning
In 1974, a preacher warned that Christians were already abandoning real Bible study in favor of shallow preaching and random reading. In this episode, we examine that sermon and discover how accurately it describes the state ...
Jan. 17, 2026
When A Church Dies
Churches in America close every week, usually quietly and without much notice. In this episode, we look at what it actually means when a church comes to an end. Using a recently featured "sermon" that is really a congregation...
Jan. 15, 2026
Why Daniel 12:2 Comes So Late?
Daniel 12:2 is the first—and last—clear Old Testament passage to explicitly teach resurrection and judgment after death. So why does such a crucial doctrine appear so late in Israel's Scriptures?
Jan. 14, 2026
Ruth 2:4-7: Workday
Ruth 2 does not move with speeches or miracles—it moves with a workday. In this episode, we walk through Ruth 2:4–7 as Boaz arrives at his fields, notices a stranger, and asks a simple question that begins to shift the direct...
Jan. 14, 2026
The Most Dangerous Sentence in a Sermon
A single, harmless-sounding sentence can determine an entire theology before a sermon ever opens the Bible. In this episode, we examine how one unchallenged assumption about the world, God, and history quietly reshapes the go...
Jan. 13, 2026
Eternal Torment: Daniel 12:2
We look at the first passage about judgement after death.
Jan. 12, 2026
Is AI Gnosticism?
AI is no longer "coming someday." It's here, and it's already reshaping how people learn, think, write, and even read the Bible. A recent Christianity Today article claims that AI represents a new form of "digital gnosticism"...
Jan. 11, 2026
Do We Still Need Hermeneutics?
A listener asks for book recommendations on hermeneutics—and in the same email raises questions about continuationism, prophecy, and "hearing the voice of God." That combination exposes a serious problem: if God is still givi...
Jan. 11, 2026
Theology AI: When Systems Replace Scripture
A Christian website is now publishing articles generated by a "theology AI" that claims to give answers grounded entirely in God's Word and even "the meaning God Himself intended." In this episode, we examine what a theology ...