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For those on the cusp of faith, considering should you stay or should you go. Perhaps you’re ready to throw in the towel on this whole following Jesus thing because the suffering is too much to bear. This channel is dedicated to you ❤️🩹.
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Christ The End of the Law (opens the original)
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This episode centers on Romans 10:4—“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes”—arguing that the interpretation of the word telos (end/fulfillment) shapes views of Jesus, justification, sanctification, and the Christian life. Paul’s concern in Romans 10 is that Israel has zeal without epignosis because it seeks to establish its own righteousness rather than submit to God’s righteousness. The speaker distinguishes between views that Christ fulfills the law and an
When Faith is Questioned: A Deep Dive into Deconstruction (opens the original)
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The episode explores C.S. Lewis’s claim in Mere Christianity that universal human longing for purpose—what we call happiness and Lewis called joy—points beyond this world. Using George Harrison, Exodus 33, and John Updike’s critique that churches often “promote thirst” without quenching it, the speaker argues many approaches correctly diagnose longing but fail by prescribing self-effort. He discusses faith deconstruction, citing Rhett McLaughlin and a YouTube deconstruction story, and connects c
The Biggest Lie About the Law (And How It Keeps You Trapped) (opens the original)
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The Law is not a scheme of salvation.Many Christians treat the Law of God as a plan of salvation, a ladder to climb, or a system of works that can make them acceptable to God. Keep the commandments carefully enough, improve your life enough, and God will accept you. That legal scheme of salvation is common in both conservative and progressive forms of Christianity. It is also a dead end.In this episode of The Narthex Podcast, we examine the false idea that the Law is a scheme of salvation. We lo
The Narthex VS Grok: Does Obedience Keep You Saved? (opens the original)
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Faith and Obedience! Dr. Shaw takes the New Perspective on Paul (Krister Stendahl, E.P. Sanders, covenantal nomism) and ran it by Grok for a long conversation to test it.The claim is simple: we “get in by grace, but stay in by obedience.” So I kept asking the only question that matters to a terrified conscience: “How are you doing at that necessary obedience?”What happens when the academic argument meets real guilt and the fear that you haven’t done enough? The framework eventually had to stop t
The Real Reason the Church Made the New Testament Canon (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Narthex, Dr. Daniel Shaw unpacks Oscar Cullmann’s influential 1953 essay “Scripture and Tradition” and explains how the second-century Church made a decisive move that still shapes the debate between Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants today.Cullmann argues that the original gospel proclamation (the kerygma) was oral. It existed before the New Testament was written, was created by the apostles, and formed the Church. The message came first—the institution ca
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