Faith & Fable

How much authority a pastor has in the private lives of the church members? We're talking about it and how it intersects with the commonly called “gray” areas of life and decisions.

We're discussing the "non-controversial" topic of election, and God's motive and method in mankind's salvation.

What do you look for when deciding if someone is a friend? What should you seek to be as a friend? We're making several points regarding biblical friendship out of the book of Proverbs.

In order to begin to develop the doctrine of salvation, we are going to start with the doctrine of Atonement.

We're moving into the very important doctrine of salvation, and, of course, we begin with a lexical study of Old and New Testament terms.

We are continuing in Hebrews with the passages on Apostasy in chapters 6 and 10.

We're building off our last podcast with the various positions on the doctrine of solidarity in Romans 5.

We're explaining apostasy further by walking through the passages in Hebrews 2 and 3; which can often produce fear upon reading.

We're continuing in our Systematic Theology II, and the Doctrine of Sin; briefly focusing on Total Depravity, and then key scripture texts about Original Sin.

We're further explaining Apostasy, using some key scripture passages.

We're continuing our the doctrine of sin with the fall of man: when and why sin entered the world.

We are continuing in the book of Hebrews with the passages on Apostasy in chapters 6 and 10.

We're introducing this short series on apostasy, a prevalent subject in all of scripture.

We're answering the ever important question: What is Sin?

Though God is beyond our comprehension, He has made Himself knowable in various ways and commanded us to know Him; the greatest revelation being the second person of the Trinity: the Son, Jesus Christ.

We're continuing our Systematic Theology II, and the doctrine of sin. This time we're covering the New Testament terms for sin.

We're now two weeks into the Coronavirus quarantine here in the U.S. The topic is consuming the news and social media feeds, so we're giving it some more thoughts.

Moving on through our Systematic Theology II: we're talking about a massively important doctrine, that being, the doctrine of sin.

As pastors, we frequently get questions about Bible passages that are typically hard to understand. We're discussing one of those passages, 1 John 5:16-17, and "the sin unto death."

Everyone is talking about it, and mass hysteria has ensued; here's our pastoral perspective.

This is a brief follow up episode to the one on Kanye, as these three have been making headlines.

Finishing up our theological anthropology, we're discussing man's essence and make-up; continually viewed holistically in the scriptures.

In the Great Commission, Christ make clear imperatives which every christian must obey. We're talking about just one of these because of a recent sermon series, specifically, the command to "go."

Continuing with our theological anthropology, we're going through the NT terms which describe the aspects of man.

There is a great sin today, but it is an old sin, of merely hearing. We see it much in our circles, as people love to hear a convicting sermon, but then rarely will it result in a change in their pattern of living and walking in a manner worthy.

Continuing with our STII, and specifically theological anthropology, we're going through the OT terms which describe the aspects of man.

Perhaps this is a strange topic to discuss, but it is a very real one for many people. We are talking through John Piper's and Al Mohler's statements on this topic, and then weighing in on it ourselves.

We're looking at the creation of man, and the implications behind the "imago Dei."

We're tackling this niche topic which has come to the forefront of discussion in our teaching trips to Ethiopia. This is the practice on "Oneness Pentecostalism," but is clearly, and biblically, fable-y.

This is our first episode of our Systematic Theology II. We're intro-ing the doctrine of man with a study of the lexical forms found in the Bible.

We're touching a couple controversial topics: birth control and in-vitro fertilization. Questions concerning these are often directed to a pastor in pre-marital and marital counseling.

We're finishing up demons and our Systematic Theology 1 talking about demons' activity, expulsion, and future destiny.

Should Christians do yoga? We're briefly walking through it's history, and focusing especially on it's spiritual aspect.

As a follow up to out intro to Demons, we're discussing the three major view points of Genesis 6's "sons of god" and "Nephilim."

There are a whole lot of bad reasons people choose a church. We're discussing what to look for and how to pick a truly healthy, biblical church.

We're finishing out our Systematic Theology 1 series with the topic of Demons. Specifically, their existence and terminology.

Family devotions are an incredibly important spiritual discipline, and we want to encourage you to do it.

We're finishing up our talk on Satan. He exists, he is alive and well, he is present and constantly at work, he is evil, and we are not to discount him.

We're finally finishing up our talk on tongues with 1 Corinthians 14, and Mark 16.

We are continuing our talk on Satan with he's done, does, and will do.

It's a new year! And with the new year, usually comes a new Bible Reading Plan. We're giving you 4 tips to sticking with it all year, and reading the whole Bible. Need a plan? Check out our show notes on faithfable.com

We continue our talk on "tongues" in chapter 14 of 1 Corinthians, perhaps the most misread, misinterpreted, and misapplied section on this topic.

We're continuing in Chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians, and discussing the ever misunderstood phrase, "tongues of angels."

We're beginning our talks on Satan by walking through his designations in the Bible.

Continuing our discussion on the spiritual gift of tongues, we are taking an in-depth look at 1 Corinthians; specifically, chapter 12.

We're concluding our talks on Angels with a discussion on their ministry and role.

Based on a listener's question, we're beginning this topic with a study of the use of the word "tongue(s)" in the Old and New Testaments; especially, the book of Acts.

We're continuing our Systematic Theology talking about the characteristics of angels, as described in scripture.

We're concluding our talk on women preaching, by addressing a few common - and fabley - arguments approving them.

Next up in our "Systematic Theology": we're talking about angels and demons, and their occurrences in the Bible.