HeyJaredCraving Answers, Craving God
Chuck Rathert and Aaron Mueller discuss issues and questions that are on the minds of people who are wrestling with the problems of existence and meaning, and explore how Christianity can answer these questions in a way that satisfies the longing of the human heart.
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Are Some Sins Worse Than Others? (Ep153) (opens the original)
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Everyone agrees that some sins are worse than others, but the Bible also teaches that every human being is guilty before God. How can nice, seemingly innocent people be equally as sinful as violent, hardened criminals? The biblical answer can best be understood by outlining the difference between the legal and the moral nature of an act. In God’s legal economy, all sins are equally wrong–God has told us not to murder, but he’s also told us not to gossip, and while murder is more damaging than go
Who is the Rock? (Ep152) (opens the original)
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When Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God, Jesus calls him the rock on which he will build his church. Does this mean that Peter is the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church? While some Protestants argue that Jesus is referring to Himself as the rock rather than Peter, the wordplay on Peter’s name (which means rock) makes the connection clear. However, a key text for understanding this verse occurs just a few verses later. After Peter tells Jesus that He must no
Love Your Enemies (Ep151) (opens the original)
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No teaching of Jesus is more difficult or counterintuitive than his command to love one’s enemies. Loving one’s friends makes sense, but loving one’s enemies seems pointless at best and dangerous at worst. Besides, it seems like loving those who have harmed us makes light of the pain they have caused. Won’t loving them, we inevitably think, send the message that it’s okay that they hurt us? But loving our enemies does not excuse their sin; instead, it models what Jesus did when he loved us while
The Only Way (Ep150) (opens the original)
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Christianity’s exclusive claims are controversial, but the Bible insists that Jesus is the only way to God. The main difference between Christianity and all other worldviews–that the founder of Christianity is not merely a teacher who shows the path to God, but is himself the only path to God–makes clear why this exclusive claim is an essential part of Christianity’s claims. If God cannot be accessed by ordinary human thoughts, efforts, or experience, then he can only be knowable if he chooses t
Evidentialist vs. Presuppositionalist Apologetics (Ep149) (opens the original)
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Christianity is a missionary religion, and Christians are expected to share their faith in Jesus with unbelievers. But how should Christians go about arguing for the truth of the biblical story? One common strategy is to offer evidence—whether through historical arguments for the resurrection, the compatibility of science with biblical cosmology, fulfilled prophecy, or archaeological discoveries that confirm biblical accounts. However, when presented with this evidence, many people will either o
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