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Hidden Themes in the Bible with Dr. Chip Bennett

Have you ever had an “ah-ha” moment reading a Bible passage that you’ve read many times before? Have you ever noticed a pattern or a theme in the Bible that you didn’t see until someone showed it to you? Is the Bible a plain, one-dimensional text or a much richer revelation— a tapestry woven together by a Divine Mind?

Dr. Chip Bennett, Pastor of Grace Community Church in Sarasota, Florida, joins Frank to reveal some of the amazing hidden themes of the Bible.  We say “hidden” because most people today don’t know about them.  But the early church fathers, taking cues from Jesus and Paul, discovered that the scriptures are an integrated tapestry that has common themes spread throughout.   Chip and Frank discuss themes related to the third day, the Bride, the Serpent, the calming of the sea, and others.  Not only will you look at the Bible differently, but you’ll also see another reason why the Bible— written by about 40 authors over 1,500 years— must have a Divine Mind behind it. Truly fascinating!

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Is the Christian Left Hijacking the Church?

Pastor and author Lucas Miles joins Frank to discuss his new book, The Christian Left: How Liberal Thought Has Hijacked the Church.   Why has the church gone left?  Is the culture influencing the church rather than the church influencing the culture?  How should Christians respond to the following claims?

Jesus accepts everyone.

  • Jesus would never get in the way of the love between two people.
  • Jesus was a refugee.
  • Jesus accepts foreigners and strangers.
  • God doesn’t create walls that prevent us from coming to him.
  • People need to live their truth.
  • Some people are just born gay (or bi or transgender).
  • A real Christian accepts everyone.

Frank and Lucas also discuss where the right has gone wrong, and how Christians can get back to advocating the Truth.

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More Reasons You Can’t Make the New Testament Up

How do we know the New Testament writers actually told the truth?  Could the New Testament story be invented?   Building on two previous shows, Frank gives five reasons why it takes more “faith” to believe that the New Testament writers invented the story. 1) non-Christian sources, 2) historical crosshairs and eyewitness details, 3) embarrassing details about themselves and even Jesus, 4) demanding sayings and commands of Jesus, and 5) the fact that they carefully distinguished their words from the words of Jesus.

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What’s in a name? Evidence!

How do we know that the writers of the Gospels and Acts were eyewitnesses?  One way we can tell is through a study of names in the New Testament.  It may sound boring, but it’s actually fascinating. Dr. Richard Bauckham has done most of the work for us, and his conclusions are actually changing New Testament scholarship.  Frank explores just one piece of evidence in Dr. Bauckham’s 700-page book.  When you compare the names in the Gospels and Acts to names from other sources in and around Israel at the time, what do we find?  Evidence that is quite compelling that the Gospels and Acts contain eyewitness testimony! If you want to send us a question for the show, please email us at Hello@CrossExamined.org. Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/CrossExamined_Podcast Rate and review! Thanks!!! Subscribe on Google Play: http://bit.ly/CE_Podcast_Google Subscribe on Spotify: http://bit.ly/CrossExaminedOfficial_Podcast Subscribe on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/CE_Podcast_Stitcher

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Woke Soldiers?

Is the US Military going woke? Is it getting too political?  If it is, why should Christians care?

Some say that the Pentagon’s “Countering Extremist Working Group” is targeting conservatives, and maybe even Christians in the military, painting everyone as a right-wing extremist.  The head of this task force has let his leftist political leanings known.  Moreover, a Lt. Col. in the Space Force has recently been relieved of his command for writing a book exposing Marxism in the military.  Did he have the authority to do that?  Is he telling the truth?

Join Frank as he addresses these issues and points out that the kind of “diversity” and “equity” demanded by the Left does nothing to advance the mission of the US military and may even hurt that mission.

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Cancelling Cancel Culture

What comes to your mind when you hear “cancel culture”? Words that come to mind are rash, hostile, judgmental, unforgiving, graceless, and subjective. Join Frank as he unpacks some problems with cancel culture and answers this important question: How are Christians supposed to respond when pressured to agree with ideologies that are unbiblical and harmful?

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Freedom Requires Restraint

What does it really mean to be free? Does it mean that you’re free of all restraints? If it does— as many in our culture seem to think— then exercising that kind of freedom will lead to your demise.

Can you really create your own reality, independent of the facts? You’ll be amazed at what some college students think about this. You’ll hear an unforgettable clip of what they say about what should be uncontroversial and obvious truths. During this show, Frank unpacks the critical difference between being free FROM and being free TO. He also shows why the cancel culture is so joyless and hostile, and why you will never get peace without truth.

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Unbelievable? With Justin Brierley

Justin Brierley, host of the wildly successful debate podcast from the UK called Unbelievable? joins Frank to reveal why he’s still a Christian after hearing atheist arguments for the last 15 years.  Justin moderates debates and discussions between Christians and atheists or people of other faiths (Frank has been on the program twice).   Justin and Frank discuss the best arguments for atheism, the problems with materialism, and the fact that the new atheism is dying as atheists are becoming increasingly more open to Christianity.

Join Justin, N.T. Wright, Josh, and Sean McDowell, and many others online for the 2021 Unbelievable conference on May 15.  Details are here.

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Cancelling the Myth: Sharing the Gospel Online is Not Effective

Jorge Gil, Executive Director of CrossExamined.org, guest hosts this week’s episode of the I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be An Atheist podcast. Jorge dives into the challenges of the digital mission field during his interview with Jon McCray, founder of the incredibly successful YouTube channel, Whaddo You Meme?? Does the internet only have room for the me-centric “Christian influencer” or can we do better?

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The Key to Your Life in One Verse

John Stonestreet, President of the ColsonCenter.org joins Frank to unpack one verse in the Bible that will determine the fate of your life.  To the extent that you can control your life, this one verse says it all (and it’s NOT John 3:16— in fact, it’s not even in the New Testament).  This is a very practical show that will help you and your loved ones set the right path for life.

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