For this month’s episode, I interviewed Alan Shlemon of Stand to Reason on the subject of Islam. Alan trains Christians to persuasively share their convictions on various cultural issues, as well as share the Gospel with Muslims in a gracious, yet persuasive manner, as Stand to Reason is known for. Our conversation was broken into [...]
Ryan Habbena: Examining Tongues – Part 1
December 20, 2011
In the American Evangelical Church today, the words “speaking in tongues” provoke an automatic understanding heavily influenced by Pentecostal teaching that one who “speaks in tongues” does so in an unknown, heavenly language. To our human ears, it sounds like babbling. In this episode, Pastor Ryan Habbena takes a step back and examines the phenomena [...]
Sandy Simpson: The New Apostolic Reformation
November 6, 2011
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. – 2 Corinthians 11:13 Sandy Simpson, of the Apologetics Coordination Team, joins me to discuss the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). Sandy runs Deception in the Church, an extensive library of resources on the NAR and related movements and organizations. I would [...]
Brett Kunkle: Mormonism
June 1, 2011
For this episode of Echo Zoe Radio, I’m joined by Brett Kunkle, the Student Impact Director at Stand to Reason. He has a degree in Christian education from Biola University, has worked on graduate studies at Denver Seminary, and just received a Master’s degree in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Talbot School of Theology. [...]
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Phil Johnson: Sola Fide
May 1, 2011
For this episode Phil Johnson returns to discuss the Reformation doctrine of Sola Fide with me. Phil is the executive director of Grace to You, the tape and radio ministry that features the teachings of John MacArthur, a member of the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE), founder and blogger at Pyromaniacs, and curator of The Spurgeon Archive.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Phil explained Sola Fide, or “Faith Alone,” as a respones to Roman Catholic doctrine, which blends justification and sanctification, and enslaves followers in a system of works-righteousness. Sola Fide declares that justification comes by faith alone, and is a one-time, instantaneous event, not an ongoing process.
- We are sanctified by faith, but not by faith alone, at least not in the same sense that we are justified by faith alone. The Arminian and Palagian misunderstanding of justification leads to a doctrine of perfectionism, which makes justification a process and sanctification an instantaneous event, rather than the other way around.
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Christine Pack: Universalism & “Love Wins”
April 22, 2011
Christine Pack of Sola Sisters returns this month to talk about Universalism, Christian Universalism, and Rob Bell’s latest book Love Wins. An outline of the interview is as follows: We began by discussing the history of Universalism, which Christine argues goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden, when the serpent said to [...]
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Ryan Habbena: Sanctification
March 12, 2011
My friend and ministry partner at Signet Ring Ministries joins me for his fifth episode with me. Our topic this month is Sanctification, which is also the topic of his newest book The Pilgrim’s Path. Among the specific points discussed were: The role of the Law in the believer’s life, the sufficiency of the Gospel [...]
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Christine Pack: Chronicles of a Former New Ager
February 5, 2011
For this month’s podcast episode, I spoke with Christine Pack, a former New Ager now Saved by Grace. Christine and I talked about her experiences in the New Age: how she got in, what she practiced as a New Ager, and how she was saved out of it. We also discussed her perspectives on various [...]
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Patrick Szalapski: The Incarnation
January 15, 2011
After two January episodes with Patrick Szalapski, he returns to do another “Essential” with us this month. This time it is the Doctrine of the Incarnation.
We discussed this more briefly in episode 9 (January 2009) for the episode that covered seven “Essentials of the Christian Faith.”
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Dr. James White: Sola Gratia & Sovereign Grace
November 6, 2010
In October 2010, Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries in Phoenix, Arizona was in town for the Signet Ring Ministries “Chosen” conference. The evening before the conference, I had the pleasure of sitting down with him to discuss Sola Gratia, as well as the topic of the conference: God’s Sovereign Grace.
During the course of conversation, Dr. White explains Sola Gratia as a doctrine of the Reformation which was brought about to counter the Roman Catholic doctrine of Prevenient Grace. He then went on to describe Sovereign Grace from a Reformed perspective and contrasted it with “Free Grace.” He gave his primary texts for support of the Sovereign Grace point of view: Titus 2, and 1 John. We discussed “moderate Calvinism”, how it’s a misnomer, as well as hyper-Calvinism. Dr. White then described some of the practical implications of coming to an understanding of Sovereign Grace. He also talked about works that he recommends on Election and Sovereign Grace. My favorite question was to ask how to explain these things to a three-year-old.
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