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In this episode I take a look at what calvinists are saying about total depravity in their own words, and then I give a response with references to Adam Harwood in his new book "Christian Theology" and his 6 major views on the subject.  Then I look at Sam Webb and his overall conclusion of calvinism in a nutshell. What does it really matter? Be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel as well! https://youtu.be/DrvL8HHjjXE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

Divine simplicity: discursive thought and generated knowledge Will Duffy and Chris Morrison  In this episode we explore some tough questions about specific bible passages that seem to indicate God changes his mind, he interacts with his creation, that he is temporal and experiences emotions and growth in knowledge as it relates to both the Old Testament authorial intent and New Testament incarnation. Chris takes the classical position which relies heavily on anthropomorphisms and other phenomenological explanations for texts that seem to show God gaining knowledge, changing his mind, and experiencing change that the classical models may have difficulty explaining.  Enjoy! Will Duffy can be found at opentheism.org and  Chris Morrison can be found at gulfsideministries.wordpress.com or his YouTube channel Gulside Ministries --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode I take a quick look at John 6:44 and we dive into some calvinist commentaries and non-calvinist commentaries to see what is being said about this verse. Who is able to come to Jesus? Who is drawn of the Father? Is the gospel enough to Bring someone to belief in Jesus?  - In addition to the commentaries, we also take a look at the grammatical and syntax of this verse to see if it supports the calvinist interpretation.  If you have questions email me at talkingchristianityapologetics@gmail.com check out the YouTube channel for more episodes. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWHAGK1tw7KspcZprSH_a6w --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

If you ever saw the Hank Hanegraaff vs Mark Hitchcock debate... ...you will be excited to hear that we have been working on and have scheduled James Michael Rochford and Dean Furlong to debate the DATE OF REVELATION.    This may impact one's view of eschatological doctrine via preterism vs futurism.   IMO this is the equivalent of Hitchcock V Hanegraaff with updated arguments.   You won’t want to miss this.   This took place March 21st @ 2pm cst  Here is a link to james’ website supporting the late date.  There is a LOT of excellent material on this website supporting the late date. https://www.evidenceunseen.com/.../ju...​  Here is a link to Dean’s website supporting the early date. He also did his dissertation on the subject and is VERY well-versed in the arguments for and against and early date. https://deanfurlong.com/irenaeus-domi...​  Help get the word out!   As always, call in with your questions at 816-866-0025 or Join the livestream via this link https://guest.ecamm.live/4b7a55a7c​  Or Listen via the audio podcast on any podcasting platform - Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, and many more. https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3​ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

You can find both of these gentlemen on facebook if you have any questions for them!   You can find Will Duffy's work on www.opentheism.org You can find RT Mullins work from his podcast to his books to his videos and articles at www.RTMullins.com   If you haven't seen or heard of the reluctant theologian, that is the name of his podcast, so go check it out!    In this episode Will Duffy and R.T. Mullins join me for a discussion on Open Theism.   We break down the impact and necessity of Open Theism in discussing the timelessness of God, the incarnation, the Hypostatic Union, Divine Simplicity, Divine immutability, foreknowledge and the problems that Exhaustive foreknowledge creates.   Do I understand it all? No I do NOT! But I am challenging my presuppositions and trying to strengthen areas I may be weak. This is one of those areas and I hope you will do the same.    As always, feel free to call in at 816-866-0025  or   to join the livestream via this link  https://guest.ecamm.live/4b7a55a7c   Dont forget you can find our podcasts on any major audio podcasting platform as well!  https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3  Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

“The worlds oldest Bible is a replica: Simonides the scribe.” James Snapp, Jr. vs Steven Avery In this episode Steven Avery and James Snapp, Jr. debate the thesis “The worlds oldest Bible is a replica: Simonides the scribe.” Steven will take the affirmative and James the negative.  There was a video we played from BBC that showed the condition of Aleph vellum and the ink on it as well. BBC blocked this video so I had to edit it out. Here is the video we played and trimmed out.  https://youtu.be/U4Xkv2gjzZw Here is a video from 1933 as well when it moved from mascow to London. https://videos.files.wordpress.com/FdScOuZ6/codex-sinaiticus-british-movietone-footage-1933_dvd.mp4  Here is a link to the pure bible forum for Steven Avery. feel free to use that or Facebook to contact Steven. www.purebibleforum.com http://www.thetextofthegospels.comHere is a link to James Snapp Jr.'s website as well. http://www.thetextofthegospels.com or http://www.curtisvillechristianchurch.org 10 minute opening statements.  37 minutes of open moderated dialogue where I pick the topic and you Steven and James discuss.  Audience Q&A for 15 minutes before Round 2.  Round 2- of open moderated debate where I pick the topic.  4 minute responses  5 minute closing statements.  Audience q&a.  Call in at 816-866-0025 or Join the livestream https://guest.ecamm.live/4b7a55a7c Topics of discussion: provenance, palaeogrphy, history, impossible variants, coincidence and probabilities For all copyright purposes, we show a 2 minute video from BBC for commentary and educational purposes only. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode Steven Avery and Nick Sayers join myself to have a roundtable discussion on the critical text position.   James Snapp, Jr. jumps on the livestream and brings up some real challenges to the idea of a forgery and engages Steven Avery very seriously. Great conversation! Maybe we need to organize a debate! We'll see.   Here we discuss some problems with the critical text.   Siniaticus, Vaticanus, Westcott and Hort, 1 John 5:7-8, Jonathan Sheffield vs Bart Erhman and Jeff Riddle vs James White.   Call in with questions at 816-866-0025 or  Join the livestream vis this link- https://guest.ecamm.live/4b7a55a7c  Dont forget you can find our podcasts on any major audio podcasting platform as well!  https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3 Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

Foreknowledge & Is Calvinism Fatalism?- Brian Wagner, PhD   In this episode Brian Wagner, PhD and I discuss the intricacies of foreknowledge vs fatalism and how Calvinism is actually Fatalistic in its teaching.    I know that's a mouthful, but stick with me on this one. You dont want to miss it.  A great conversation to be had and I welcome any calvinists who wish to challenge the claim that Calvinism is actually just fatalism at is core.    Call in with questions at 816-866-0025 or  Join the livestream vis this link- https://guest.ecamm.live/4b7a55a7c  Dont forget you can find our podcasts on any major audio podcasting platform as well!  https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3 Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

Final Destiny- Find the link to the excellent scholarly work by Dr. Jody Dillow here.  There is a ton of information on these very subjects.  https://www.amazon.com/Final-Destiny-...  Calvinism and Free Grace Theology seem to butt heads on serious doctrinal issues. Wayne Grudem, John MacArthur and others have written and preached against free grace theology. Why is that?    We know that the idea of a Catholic Purgatory is not scriptural but what about the final accountability of the Christian? What exactly happens at the judgment seat of Christ for the christian as it is related to rewards and punishment?     Join Jody Dillow and myself as we discuss these topics. Feel free to chat or call in with your questions at the end. Remember the number: 816-866-0025. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode I am talking to fellow-podcaster Kevin Thompson about the problems with calvinism. We seek to ask and answer some of the tough questions about calvinism.  Here are two links to the video we reviewed. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=741421129960882 https://youtu.be/FI_xboojOY0 If you have any interest in understanding soteriology, differences between arminianism and calvinism, or just plain old talking about the gospel... you dont want to miss this episode.  You can find Kevin's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/KevinThompson1611 and his website here: http://beyondthefundamentals.com Kevin is sometimes called an "anti-calvinist", and I hope to draw out some of these accusations as well.  Call in with your questions at the end at 816-866-0025!  God Bless! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory?  Do Christians go to a place called purgatory where they atone for sins not covered by the blood of Jesus? Does this impact the gospel in any way?  The doctrine of justification seems to be directly impacted by the Catholic dogma of purgatory (in which anyone who denies it is anathemitized), making the work of Christ ineffective regarding atonement.  Enjoy this episode and as always, call in at the end of the debate with your questions at 816-866-0025. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

Are we living in the new heavens and new earth right now? Has Jesus come back? Is the Devil still around and active on this earth? Did the Great Tribulation already occur and was Nero the AntiChrist? When was the book of Revelation written?    Tune in for the answers to these questions and more.  In this debate I will represent the premillennial position while Stacy represents the full preterist position. The full preterist seems to be gaining popularity as we approach the end of this age. It's a bit like finding a an armadillo in southern Missouri, they were once rare and you would stop to get a picture, but now they are everywhere and carry a nasty disease called leprosy on them.   The full preterist position has 2 BIG assumptions- Revelation was written in 60-65 AD and that we are living in the new heavens and new earth right now... this is as good as it gets folks! :)    Stacy and I debated the eternality of the Son (Jesus) in a Trinity vs Oneness dialogue a few weeks back. check that out if you haven't already.    As always, call in with questions or comments at 816-866-0025 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode we are debating the Eucharist. It is a totally open-ended topic that can go any direction each debater would like to take it. As a Free Grace Christian I will make an argument against the historical problems with the Eucharist, trans-substantiation, the mass, the necessity of faith alone for justification in opposition to sacramental participation + faith, and the authority and nature of the Catholic priesthood compared to what the Bible teaches about the 2 classes of priests- Aaronic and Melchisek. One side (catholicism) teaches faith + works are necessary for salvation while the other teaches that Faith in Jesus' is enough to be born again and have the righteousness of Jesus imputed to you.  Enjoy. as always, feel free to write in at TalkingChristianityApologetics@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

Reviewing the PA debate between Boyce and Riddle and taking a closer look at the empirical data with a TR proponent and CT proponent. This will be a great conversation to be had!   Dont miss it and please like and share this video for others to watch. God Bless! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode I am interviewing Dr. James Snapp, Jr. where we will review portions of the debate between Dr. Stephen Boyce and Dr. Jeff Riddle. See here for a link to that debate https://youtu.be/-RkxlW9cP0U.  James Snapp's work can be found here: http://www.thetextofthegospels.com Stephen Boyce's article can be found here:  https://citylightseattle.com/blog/did-john-write-the-story-of-the-woman-caught-in-adultery/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

Thesis- “Is the PA an authentic part of John's Gospel? The PA should be rejected on external, internal, and historical grounds.” In this debate Dr. Stephen Boyce is taking the affirmative that the PA is NOT an authentic part of John's gospel and that it should therefore be rejected on external, internal, and historical grounds.” Dr. Jeff Riddle will take the negative and show that the PA is authentic to the gospel of John and that it should be accepted on external, internal and historical grounds. Call in with your questions at 816-866-0025 or you can send them in your livestream chat to be answered at the end of the debate. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this debate we are really answering 3 questions: 1. Is the Son divine? 2. Is Jesus God the Son or God the Father? 3. Did Jesus pre-exist the incarnation?    Tune in for this debate if you are interested in understanding how Jesus is not the Father, not the Son and not the Holy Ghost, yet these 3 persons are identified as being independent persons who make up our one God according to Deuteronomy 6:4 and Mark 12:29. The Trinity is seen in both testaments and I hope to show that in this debate.    See Michael Heiser's work on this subject for more information as well as Robert Bowman Jr., Dr. Edward Dalcour, and Keith Piper, all of whom I cited in this debate. Subscribe to the YouTube channel Talking Christianity or follow us on FB- Joshua Gibbs, or Twitter- @ThaRealJGibbs, or periscope!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode we are going into some of the deeper topics within the study of the Trinity.    Dr. EDWARD DALCOUR is the president and director of Department of Christian Defense. He is the administrator and theological contributor in literature curriculum at Grace Bible University. He teaches apologetics and general theology at Harvest Bible University. He also serves as Mentor of Theology at Greenwich School of Theology (London, Eng.). He also holds the appointment of Senior Lecturer of the North-West University Faculty of Theology (Potchefstroom Campus). Dr. Dalcour holds a Master in Apologetics from Columbia Evangelical Seminary and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Dogmatic Theology from North-West University.   Dr. Dalcour is an international speaker and has been featured on many Christian and secular radio and TV networks. He is a theological contributor to various theological journals and publications. He has written numerous counter-cult apologetic and evangelical tracts and pamphlets. Dr. Dalcour has authored several books on the topic of apologetics and theology.  Dr. Dalcour currently resides with his wife and family in Los Angeles, CA holding on-going Christian apologetic and theology classes. For the schedule and location of all classes, please contact us.   Check out his website with lots of good resources here - https://christiandefense.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode I am debating a "biblical unitarian" regarding the nature of God. He will defend the unitarian POV which says the Father is the one person of the Godhead while the son is 100% man with no divine nature while the Holy Spirit is simply an impersonal force used by the Father to accomplish his own will.    As a trinitarian, I will establish the 3 persons within the one being which we call God. He is complex in nature yet very clearly identified as 3 persons throughout the entire Bible. Jesus was not a created being yet existed with the Father and Holy Spirit from eternity past. We will draw out the discussion and nail down the differences in our views on God and ultimately the impact one's view of Jesus has on the gospel itself.  We are taking calls at the end if anyone wants to call in At 816-866-0025! ‬  Follow me on any of your podcasting platforms for audio only [or] Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWHAGK1tw7KspcZprSH_a6w?view_as=subscriber --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support

In this episode I am discussing Ancient Israelite Cosmology with Tim Morton. Tim created the Bible software program I use called Bible Analyzer which can be found here- https://www.bibleanalyzer.com.   He has also written many books and articles which can be found here- www.preservedwords.com. In this episode we engage with some of the material from Michael Heiser which can be found here- http://www.moreunseenrealm.com/…/Genesis-and-Ancient-Near-E… and Tim's work which can be found here- https://www.preservedwords.com/kjcosmo/2c-flatearthers.html and an article defending the idea that God was teaching the ancient Israelites what they were capable of understanding even though we know today that scientifically it is inaccurate. That article can be found here. https://lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/febible.htm We are taking calls at the end if anyone wants to call in At 816-866-0025! ‬ Follow me on any of your podcasting platforms for audio only --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-gibbs3/support