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THE CROSS IN THE DESERT
A voice of hope and freedom for Iranians who suffer under a dictatorship government.
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"Refuting Preterism and 70 A.D." (Part 5)
On the final episode of our series, George and I take an in-depth look at Revelation Chapter 20, examining the binding of Satan, the reign of Christ, and the…
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"Refuting Preterism and 70 A.D." (Part 4)
On part 4 of our series, George and I confront the erroneous teaching by Full Preterists, who deny the literal, future, bodily resurrection of the dead by…
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"Refuting Preterism and 70 A.D." (Part 3)
On part three of our series, George and I discuss the blessed hope of all Christians, the visible, future, bodily return of Christ. We refute the Full…
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"Refuting Preterism and 70 A.D," (Part 2)
When Jesus declared in Matthew 24:34 that, "This generation will not pass away until all these things are fufilled," what generation was he referring to? Was…
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"Refuting Preterism and 70 A.D." (Part 1)
George and I begin a new series answering the claims of Preterism, that teaches most if not all of Bible prophecy has already been fufilled with the…
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"Reyhaneh: A Beautiful Fragrance."
On October 25, 2014, 26 year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari was executed in Iran for the crime of self-defense. This is how rape victims are treated in Iran. On this…
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"Has the Church Replaced Israel?" (Part 5)
On part five and the concluding episode in our series, George and I discuss one of the next great events on the eschatological calendar, The rebuilding of the…
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"Has the Church Replaced Israel?" (Part 4)
Has God cast off his covenant people? Certainly not, the Apostle Paul proclaims in Romans 11. Romans Chapter 11 is the "slam dunk" refutation of replacement…
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"Has the Church Replaced Israel?" (Part 3)
On part three of our series, George and I carefully explain the unconditional covenants God made with Israel to refute the claim by replacement theologians…
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"Has the Church Replaced Israel?" (Part 2)
In part two of our important series, George and I take a detailed look at the miracle of Israel, the rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948 and ask the all…
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"Has the Church Replaced Israel?" (Part 1)
In Part one of our series, George and I answer the all important questions, "Is God finished with the ethnic nation of Israel? Have they been set aside because…
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"A Biblical Response to Roman Catholicism."
What is the ultimate authority for Roman Catholicism? Is it tradition, scripture or the Pope? Ultimately, the office of the Pope becomes the governing…
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"A Biblical Response to Roman Catholicism," (Part 5)
Mary was a great woman. She endured great hardship and suffering giving birth to our Savior, Jesus Christ. However, The Roman Catholic Church has gone beyond…
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"A Biblical Response to Roman Catholicism," (Part 4)
At the last supper with his disciples, when Jesus held up the bread and wine, declaring "This is my body," what did he mean and how should we interpret it. On…
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"A Biblical Response to Roman Catholicism," (Part 3)
The famous Protestant reformer, Martin Luther declared, "Justification by faith alone is the article on which the church stands or falls." On part three of our…
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"A Biblical Response to Roman Catholicism," (Part 2)
What is your final authority? Is it Scripture, tradition, or what church councils teach? On part two of our series, George and I explain what "Sola Scriptura,"…
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"A Biblical Response to Roman Catholicism," (Part 1)
On program one of our series examining the doctrines of Roman Catholicism with the Bible, George and I explain the compromise of "Evangelicals and Catholics…
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"The War on Truth," (Part 6)
On this concluding episode of our six-part series, George and I discuss what the role of the church should be in a godless culture. If we engage in the…
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"The War on Truth," (Part 5)
On part five of our six-part series, George and I delve into the dark and deceptive world of transgenderism, offering hope and healing to those trapped inside…
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"The War on Truth," (Part 4)
On our series, George and I have been focusing on the spiritual battle outside of the church with a culture opposed to God. However, on the this podcast, we…
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"The War on Truth," (Part 3)
What is cultural Marxism? What exactly is Democratic socialism? Actually they are one and the same. A dangerous, economic, political, and religious philosophy…
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"The War on Truth," (Part 2)
On Part 2 of our series, having already established that there is absolute truth, George and I present powerful evidence for the existence of "The God of…
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"The War on Truth," (Part 1)
On our newest podcast series, George and I discuss the moral and political problems in our chaotic culture that is the result of rejecting absolute truth. We…
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"A Christian Response to Islam," (Part 6)
We live in a Constitutional Republic guaranteeing our freedom. Radical Muslims are challenging our democracy and Constitutional rights. They are zealous in…
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"A Christian Response to Islam," (Part 5)
On the final episode of our series, George and I explain how to share the gospel with Muslims. It's important for us as Christ's Ambassadors to speak the truth…
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"A Christian Response to Islam," (Part 4)
On this important episode, George and I examine the Quran and Islamic theology on how women are treated by their own religion. We contrast what Islam teaches…
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"A Christian Response to Islam," (Part 3)
On part 3 of our series, George and I compare the Bible with the Quran. Which one is true, since they both claim to be inspired and revealed by God? We…
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"A Christian Response to Islam," (Part 2)
In the second part of our five part series, George and I give a brief history of the origin of Islam and explain the core beliefs and the five pillars that…
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"A Christian Response to Islam," (Part 1)
In our five part series on responding to Islam, George and I discuss the "Islamization" of Great Britain and the United States, and describe how Muslims are…
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"God and the Problem of Evil," (Part 3)
On this final installment of our three-part series on "God and the problem of evil," George and I give some practical pastoral advice on what to say to hurting…
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"God and the Problem of Evil," (Part 2)
On part two of our three part series, George and I explain why human free will accounts for the suffering and evil in our world. God did not create us as…
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"God and the Problem of Evil," (Part 1)
On part 1 of our three-part series, George and I define what evil is and trace it's origin to the fall of Lucifer. Our series answers the complex questions of…
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"Biblical inerrancy: Why you can trust the Bible," (Part 4)
In the final installment of our series on Biblical inerrancy, George and I explain what are the important elements of good sound Biblical interpretation to…
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"Biblical inerrancy: Why you can trust the Bible," (Part 3)
On Part 3 of our four-part series on Biblical inerrancy, George and I discuss the Canon of Scripture and what the criteria was for accepting the 27 books that…
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"Biblical inerrancy: Why you can trust the Bible," (Part 2)
In part two of our four-part series on Biblical inerrancy, George and I carefully quote and explain all Nineteen articles from the Chicago Statement on…
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"Biblical Inerrancy: Why you can trust the Bible," (Part 1)
Down through the centuries, Philosophers and false teachers have tried to undermine the authority and credibility of the Bible, but have failed misreably! The…
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"Progressive Christianity: Another Gospel?" (Part 4- Deconstructing)
Deconstruction is a widespread practice for those leaving Evangelical Christianity to transition into Progressive Christianity. What are the dangers involved…
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"Progressive Christianity: Another Gospel?" (Part 3)
On this podcast, Part 3 of our special series, George and I discuss the doctrine of the Substitionary Atonement of Christ, a doctrine which Progressive…
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"Progressive Christianity: Another Gospel?" (Part 2)
On part two of our special series, George and I explain what Progressive Christians think about the Bible. In response, we demonstrate that the Bible is…
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"Progressive Christianity: Another Gospel?" (Part 1)
In part one of our four-part series, George and I define exactly what Progressive Christianity is, it's core beliefs and also their explicits denials of…
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"My Prayer For Iran."
Iran has once again violated the ceasefire by attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump responded with fierce attacks targeting strategic sites…
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"Reincarnation vs. Resurrection."
On the final episode of our short series on Pantheism and Eastern Religions, George and I critique the popular teaching of reincarnation, contrasting it with…
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"Star Wars, The New Age, and Pantheism."
The doctrine of Pantheism teaching that all is God and God is all, was popularized through the music of the Beatles and the Star Wars movies. What exactly does…
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"Understanding The Christian Worldview."
Everyone has a worldview. Everyone views reality through a lens or a certain pair of glasses. On this podcast, George and I define what a Biblical worldview is…
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"Day of Deception: What the Bible says about Aliens and UFOs."
Our culture has become obsessed with aliens and ufos, especially since the release of the powerful documentary, "The Age of Disclosure," which reveals an…
THE CROSS IN THE DESERT"Is Water Baptism Necessary for Salvation?"
In this final episode on our series critiquing the heretical teachings of Oneness Pentecostals, George and I discuss the error of baptismal regeneration…
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"Oneness Pentecostals and the Doctrine of the Trinity," (Part 2)
On part 2 of our mini-series, George and I carefully define snd discuss the doctrine of the Trinity from a Biblical perspective, refuting the modalistic heresy…
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"Oneness Pentecostals and the Doctrine of the Trinity," (Part 1)
Is the Trinity a Biblical doctrine or an invention of church councils? George Shook and I confront the claim of the United Pentecostal Church that the Trinity…
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"Beware of the False Prophets," (Part 4)
George and I continue our special series on witnessing to the cults and exposing their false doctrines. We emphasize the need for compassionate witnessing and…
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"Beware of the False Prophets," (Part 3)
George and I educate and equip you on talking to Jehovah's Witnesses on this podcast. We examine their Bible, The New World Translation, and how it denies and…
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"Beware of the False Prophets," (Part 2)
In part two of our series in "Witnessing to the cults," George and I give a brief but important teaching on the Trinity and the Deity of Christ. Cults always…
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"Beware of the false prophets," (Part 1)
My new series is a very important training module on how Christians can recognize and witness to those in the cults. Cults are notorious for using Christian…
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"Confronting the Atheistic Worldview," (Part 4)
On this final episode in our series, George and I discuss the Moral argument for the existence of God and warn about the dangerous philosophy of moral…
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"Confronting the Atheistic Worldview," (Part 3)
On this podcast, George and I discuss the Telelogical Argument for the existence of God, better know as the design argument. The fine tuning of the universe…
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"Confronting the Atheistic Worldview," (Part 2)
On this podcast, George and I discuss the importance of the Cosmological Argument for the existence of God. The Law of Causality, which is the bedrock for all…
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"Confronting the Atheistic Worldview," (Part 1)
70% of young Christians who go off to college return home as Atheists. What is the solution to this dilemma? On Part 1 of our series, George and I lay the…
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"Did Jesus rise from the dead?"(Part 2)
In the conclusion of our two-part series on the resurrection, George and I respond to the claim by the Quran that Jesus was not crucified. We also refute the…
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"Did Jesus rise from the dead?" (Part 1)
We live in a culture filled with doubt and skepticism. Many people struggle with the issue of life after death searching for answers. Today on my podcast…
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"Young Earth Creationism (Part 4) Mount St. Helens."
On this final episode of our series on Young Earth Creationism, George and I discuss the discovery of soft tissue in Dinosaur fossils and the eruption of Mount…
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Young Earth Creationism (Part 3) "The Historical Adam."
On part three of my important series on Young Earth Creationism, my guest George Shook and I critique the teachings of well known Apologists compromising the…