Bearded Disciple
By Noah Myers
Bearded DiscipleFeb 06, 2020
Reaction: What if Christians were 100% honest
What if Christians were 100% honest? Here are my thoughts in reaction to Jubilees video with 8 Christians being hit with some tough hitting questions.
Watch the full video yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAYyYGgRpKM&ab_channel=Jubilee
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Just War Theory and the Isreal-Hamas War
Just war theory I think gives us some guidance on how to talk about the war in Isreal. The war is obviously not something that's simple but Just War Theory is a framework that has existed in Christian theology for a long time that can give us some good guidance. Should Christians support Israel? It's just more complicated than yes or no. Check this Spotify playlist for some other helpful podcasts including interviews from Preston Sprinkle: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5eKhGwvDVKwySVu9qsYr9c?si=z3EvLKTdRd6mTJKF6aRVYQ&pi=u-g5H4hLNaQteo Here is my blog on Just War Theory: https://beardeddisciple.com/2018/03/23/just-war-theory/ Check out more content on my blog: https://beardeddisciple.com/
Why Everyone Needs Christian Friends
Why Everyone Needs Christian Friends with Joe Whitchurch
Universities are Training Centers of Apostasy
Corey Miller has been our president of Ratio Christi for the last 7 years. He has a great pulse on how universities have become a training center for apostasy and bringing kids away from the Christian worldview. Corey shares some wisdom on how to look at all of this appropriately.
From Islam to Denver Bronco's Chaplain
One of my mentors and friends growing up has had an amazing journey of coming to know the Lord. After being born in an Iranian family he has journeyed a lot to a relationship with Christ and now being the Chaplain of the Denver Broncos.
How to Get More Women involved in Apologetics
Jane Pantig with Ratio Christi shares some of the reasons why women seem to be less involved in apologetics than other ministries that women often outnumber men in. She shares some advice on how to get more women involved and some overall advice on her experience since she has been on staff with Ratio Christi.
Saints Series: Member Control
The Saints Series by the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints doesn't exactly make me want to join the church. You would think it would. Turns out their own books makes it clear that LDS control their members. . . Check out other content on TikTok, the podcast, instagram or even support this ministry financially by clicking this linktree link: https://linktr.ee/beardeddisciple
Mormons are not Christians. . . Here is why
This debate has been going on for a while, here is why I think I can unbiasedly say Mormons or LDS are not Christians, and why Saints Unscripted was wrong in their last video on the subject Check out other content on TikTok, the podcast, instagram or even support this ministry financially by clicking this linktree link: https://linktr.ee/beardeddisciple
Why You Want Christianity to be True
Why would someone WANT Christianity to be true? Turns out Christianity has the best ends and means of all the possible worldviews. How to move move someone out of apathy Check out other content on TikTok, the podcast, instagram or even support this ministry financially by clicking this linktree link: https://linktr.ee/beardeddisciple
The Bible is Right, Sex Creates Connection
Culture wants to tell us there is such a thing as no strings attached sex. At the same time things like Friends and other things from culture have to admit it's a lie. Sex creates connection, pornography is harmful and cheating is harmful.
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Mormon Contradictions: Murder Unforgivable?
Part 5 in the the Mormon (LDS) contradictions series. As it turns out according to the Doctrine and Covenants Killing someone is unforgivable even with what Christ did on the cross. Guess we won't have the chance to talk with David in heaven. Check out other content on TikTok, the podcast, instagram or even support this ministry financially by clicking this linktree link: https://linktr.ee/beardeddisciple
Mormon Contradictions: The Great Apostasy
Mormon Contradiction: The impossibility of the Great Apostasy on which the Mormon Church is founded
Mormon Contradictions: Imputed Righteousness
New Series! Mormon Contradictions is going to be pointing out contradictions within the Latter-Day Saint faith both within its faith and with its claim to biblical faith.
First up, how the Biblical value of Imputed righteousness makes the the celestial Kingdoms three levels an impossibility.
Apologetics Part 2 - Does God Exist?
Learning just the basics of apologetics should be something that every person learns. This is the second part to a series I've been giving at my church of how we can defend the Christian worldview. This section gets into 3 arguments for the existence of God.
Hot Take: Finding Middle Ground on Gun Laws
With the latest shootings in Texas and Buffalo it's hard to ignore the cries for gun reform. Yet, we can hear arguments for the extremes on either side, no guns ever to give everyone a gun and we'll just be safer. Well, here is my preposal on how I think we can find we have more we agree on than disagree regarding all of that.
Interfaith Dialogue
What should freedom of speech look like?
6 Reasons Why the Christian Worldview is the best option
6 Reasons you want Christianity to be True. Why Christianity is the best possible reality.
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The Trinity Part 3: 5 Facts that Prove the Trinity
The Trinity
The Trinity Part 2: 5 Facts that Prove the Trinity
The Trinity is a very central part to Christian theology. It is also one of the most misunderstood pieces of our doctrine. Here is a short and sweet explanation and proof of the Trinity in five simple facts.
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The Trinity Part 1: 5 Facts that Prove the Trinity
The Trinity is often one of the hardest concepts of Christian Doctrine to explain and defend, but does it really need to be that complicated. I offer 5 facts that I think adamantly prove that the trinity is true.
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If you want my notes just go here: https://beardeddisciple.com/2021/01/2...
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Are Mormons and Jehovah Witness' Christians? Part 2
Jehovah Witness and members of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, claim to be Christian. But are they? This is the second of two videos explaining why Mormons, and JW's are not actually Christians because they don't agree with Christian Theology.
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Are Mormons and Jehovah Witness' Christians?
Are Mormons and Jehovah Witness' Christians? Often all we ask to answer this question is simply if someone calls themselves Christian, but like any religion perhaps a better approach is looking at if those religions line up with Christian doctrine. Doctrines are really what separate every religion from another and if JW and LDS don't line up with Christian doctrine it doesn't make sense to say they are really Christian.
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Original Monotheism Part 2
Most people accept that religion evolved from a primitive form to what we have today. But what if history didn't see it that way and instead of religion evolving it was originally monotheistic?
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Original Monotheism Part 1
Most people accept that religion evolved from a primitive form to what we have today. But what if history didn't see it that way and instead of religion evolving it was originally monotheistic?
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Purchase suggested content from these links and support the channel:
Purchase The Case for Original Monotheism by Winfried Corduan: https://amzn.to/3nJiHrA
Purchase "Neigboring Faiths by Winfried Corduan: https://amzn.to/3hbDcL4
Purchase "A Tapestry of Faiths: The Common Threads Between Christianity and World Religions" by Winfred Corduan: https://amzn.to/2WD31Kt
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Sharing my Testimony.
I've been doing this podcast over a year now and I've never shared my testimony. . . so here you go! I hope it can be encouraging to you!
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Dangers of the Enneagram?
I've been a big fan of the Enneagram for a while but here are some reasons I am starting to question it's use in the church especially and the ways that it could start leading people down the wrong path.
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Enneagram and Psychology Part 2
The Enneagram is in many ways taking the Christian world by storm. In my own experience it's rare to even have some significant personal conversations without people asking what your number is. But does the Enneagram really work?
Jay Medenwaldt is working on his PhD in Psychology at Baylor and is here to teach about the shortfalls of the Enneagram
For Jay's articles on the Enneagram go to: http://www.jaymedenwaldt.com/2019/01/...More of his content can be found at: http://www.jaymedenwaldt.com/
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Enneagram and Pyschology Part 1
The Enneagram is in many ways taking the Christian world by storm. In my own experience it's rare to even have some significant personal conversations without people asking what your number is. But does the Enneagram really work?
Jay Medenwaldt is working on his PhD in Psychology at Baylor and is here to teach about the shortfalls of the Enneagram
For Jay's articles on the Enneagram go to: http://www.jaymedenwaldt.com/2019/01/...
More of his content can be found at: http://www.jaymedenwaldt.com/
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My new Cohost Shawn shares his testimony
Shawn has been a great friend of mine the past few years and I thought it would be great to have him join me on the podcast to spice things up a bit. On this first appearance Shawn shares his testimony on how Ratio Christi really changed and impacted him.
The Bible vs the Book of Mormon Part 4: The historical and Archeological proofs of the Bible
Joseph Smith made the claim that the Book of Mormon is the most true book of all of history. If that's true then we should be able to test that theory pretty easily. This specific video explains how well we know that the Bible is accurate from Historical and archeological sources. Can the Book of Mormon compare?
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The Bible vs the Book of Mormon Part 2: The Apocrypha and the Gnostic Gospels
Joseph Smith made a claim that the Book of Mormon is the most correct book of any in history. This series is examining that claim, first examining the bar as set by the Bible. If it turns out that the Bible is more correct than Joseph Smith was wrong. This is second video is talking about the Biblical canon and why we know both the Apocrypha and the Gnostic gospels should not be included in the canon.
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The Bible vs the Book of Mormon Part 1: The Uniqueness of the Bible and what is the canon?
Joseph Smith made a claim that the Book of Mormon is the most correct book of all of history. This series seeks to examine that claim. If the Book of Mormon really is the most correct book then even compared to the Bible it should stand out.
The first of this series covers how the Bible is unique above any other book. It also explains what the Biblical canon is.
5 tips on how to share the gospel with your Mormon friends
What's your typical approach to reaching Mormons or your friends in general? I suggest 6 ways that may make you more effective to reaching your friends.
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3 Objections to religion that don't make sense
In my experiences on campus' and just dialoging with people in general there are some common objections that I have heard against religion. These are a few of those that I hear all of the time that ultimately just don't even make sense.
Doesn't Science disprove God?
Doesn't the existence of other religions mean your religion is false?
We can't know any religion is 100% true.
Liar Lunatic or Lord
One of the best argument we can make for Jesus being god comes from the Liar, Lunatic, or Lord Trilema. Here's a video in detail of how it works.
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Why there can be no great apostasy according to the Mormon Church
One of the most important points of the LDS church is that there has been a full apostasy of the church. What if I told you that there can be no possible way for a complete apostasy to have occurred in the LDS faith?
Covid-19 sharing Christ in Crisis and reaching the unreached people group of Mormonism
Utah has large segments of less then 2% Evangelical, by missions standards that makes them an unreached people group.
Here's some quick thoughts on how to reach Latter-Day Saints more effectively.
Three arguments for the existence of God
Apolo-what? What are we apologizing for?
How to talk to Jehovah witnesses
How do you talk about religion with people of other faiths
Things Christians should stop saying to single people
Taking a break this week for my last seminary class
Bad analogies for the trinity, defending the deity of Christ, Mama bear apologetics
This week on the podcast we're going to talk about three things. We’re continuing our discussion on the trinity talking about bad analogies. Most people talk about the trinity using analogies not realizing that in doing so you are confirming ancient heresies. We’re going to talk about how those analogies go wrong. Also, continuing along that note we going to talk about one of the ways we can defend the deity of Jesus when talking about the name of Jesus. Finally we’re going to talk about the book Mama Bear Apologetics, this is a fantastic book to equip parents on how to keep your student on God’s side in a society that looks to eat away at the Christian worldview at nearly every turn.
Christianity and politics
This week on the podcast, I want to talk about politics. I’ve never in my lifetime seen our nation so divided. Everything from the impeachment to just feeling like people from two different side of the political fence can’t even talk with eachother. As the holidays wrap up I am sure some of you have felt some of this tension or even had some of those political discussions recently. So this week on the podcast were going to talk about how a Christian should be involved in political discussions and whether we should really be involved in politics at all. Lets get into it.
Bethel church praying for resurrection #wakeupolive and the LDS (Mormon) church saving $100 billion
Recently Bethel church exploded on social media as they began praying for the resurrection of a 2 year old girl who died in her sleep. Let’s about the theology around miraculous gifts and Bethels approach sound this issue. Also, claims come out that the LDS church has saved up $100 billion dollars that isn’t being used for charity and should be getting taxed.
Explaining the Trinity- you’re doing it wrong. Also, the #endthelies movement
Don’t use The Passion Translation
Archeological Evidence of the Cross
Jonathan Cowles shares with us some of the best evidence he has found in Archeology for the Crucifixion.
Introduction to Logic
Matt Graham one of our staff at Ratio Christi at CSU gives us a great introduction to how to and not to formulate an argument.