Historical Context - Episode 11
Ever wonder why Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey and not a horse? Or why slavery in the Bible is different than we think of it?
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Jon Topping
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
How to Read Your Bible - Episode 10
The Bible is an OLD book. How am I supposed to understand it? Where do I start? This week Jon begins a mini-series on Bible reading tips.
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Jon Topping
- May 8, 2020
- 11 min
The Human Element of Scripture - Episode 9
What if what the skeptics said actually confirmed what we knew about the Bible?
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Jon Topping
- Apr 24, 2020
- 14 min
Helpful Details in the New Testament - Episode 8
Details in the New Testament support that it was written by people during that time, in those places, & who actually observed those events!
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Jon Topping
- Apr 10, 2020
- 13 min
New Testament Authorship: An Early Understanding - Episode 7
Are the gospels pseudepigraphical (texts whose claimed author is not the true author)?
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Jon Topping
- Mar 27, 2020
- 9 min
Eyewitness Testimonies - Episode 6
Are eyewitness testimonies even a good thing to have?
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Jon Topping
- Mar 13, 2020
- 15 min
Historiography 3: Motivation, Explaining the Confusing, and Double Dissimilarity - Episode 5
Use the tools uses Author Motivation, Coherency through Other Events, and Double Similarity to prove the reliability of the New Testament.
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Jon Topping
- Mar 2, 2020
- 13 min
Historiography 2: Enemy Attestation, Aramaic Substrata, and Independent Sources - Episode 4
Tools to test the reliability of the New Testament: enemy attestation, Aramaic substrata, and independent sources.
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Jon Topping
- Feb 14, 2020
- 12 min
Historiography 1: Early Reports, Embarrassment, and Coherence - Episode 3
Timing, coherency, and embarrassment are three historiographical methods of determining the reliability of a document’s content.
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Jon Topping
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Spiritual Warfare-The Forgotten Battle
The concept of spiritual warfare is foreign to most people. We live in a culture that largely ignores the spiritual world, and yet, it's sti
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Jon Topping
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Should We Submit to Our Government?
It's obviously quite commonplace to have problems with the governments we live under. Should we rebel, or submit? Where does trying to bring
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Jon Topping
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
God's Sovereignty
One of two talks addressing the issue of God's sovereignty. While quite similar, this talk was given as a sermon on a Sunday morning....
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Jon Topping
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Developing Virtue
The concept of virtue is not really heard of anymore, but it's a critical aspect of what it means to be human.
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Jon Topping
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
What Is The Christian God Like?
Jon Topping spoke at an interfaith dialogue, representing Christianity. The other two speakers were from the atheist/agnostic/humanist...
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Jon Topping
- Feb 9, 2020
- 1 min
Evidence That Christianity Is True
Looking at the historical data, a good argument can be made that Jesus actually did historically rise from the dead.
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Jon Topping
- Jan 30, 2020
- 8 min
The Reliability of the New Testament - Episode 2
Correcting the misinformation and assumptions that inform the views many people have towards the trustworthiness of the bible.
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Jon Topping
- Jan 24, 2020
- 10 min
Why Do I Believe? - Episode 1
Apologist Jon Topping introduces the topic of the podcast - the believability and basics of the Christian faith. He explores how he personal
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Jon Topping
- Jun 26, 2019
- 1 min
Interfaith Dialogue: What’s different about Christianity?
A while ago I had the privilege of being a part of an interfaith dialogue. I knew the audience would be almost entirely Muslims, so I...
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Jon Topping
- Jun 26, 2019
- 1 min
Why does God allow evil?
One of the most common questions people ask about Christianity is why God allows so much suffering and evil in the world. In this talk I...
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Jon Topping
- Feb 26, 2019
- 1 min
Does God predestine people to hell?
There’s a controversial topic within Christianity, which gets some Christians intellectually stimulated, others confused and doubtful,...
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