How to Talk About Jesus Without Fear: The Andy Bannister Interview

How to Talk About Jesus Without Fear: The Andy Bannister Interview

As Christians, we all want to share the life-changing belief of Jesus with others, but it can seem to tough! Will I say the right thing? Will I be ridiculed? Will I offend someone else? In this engaging interview, Lenny talks with Andy Bannister about his new book How to Talk About Jesus Without Sounding Like an Idiot about no-pressure ways you can engage others in conversations that easily open the door for the Gospel.

Resurrecting a Bold Faith

Resurrecting a Bold Faith

Have you ever wished that you could have the faith as those heroes we read about in the Bible? Bold faith isn’t something you stumble upon, it can be cultivated and strengthened. In the second part of our study of Hebrews 11, Lenny examines how faith begins with what we know and how you can make yours grow by deepening your experiences with God.

What is Faith?

What Is Faith?

In today's secular world, faith is dismissed as something akin to wishful thinking. Atheists proclaim faith is nothing more than belief without evidence. However, nothing could be further from the truth. in this, the first of a two-part series, Lenny looks at the Biblical definition of faith in Hebrews 11 and how that faith is demonstrated through the lives of key biblical figures. Learn why faith actually requires evidence in this fascinating study.

Christianity and Culture: Is Therapy Doing More Harm Than Good?

Christianity and Culture: Is Therapy Doing More Harm Than Good?

Therapy seems to be all the rage. JAMA Health Forum recently reported use of mental health services has jumped by almost 40% and for most young people today believe therapy is normal and everyone should be in it. Why then are we seeing a mental health crisis exploding across our nation and in the western world, especially among young people? And what's the difference between secular therapy and Christian therapy?

In this discussion, Lenny talks with Dr. Jacob Daniel and Tom Thomazin, a Christian counselor with over thirty years of experience to flesh out both the benefits and the limitations of our modern therapeutic mindset.

The Consummate Covenant

The Consummate Covenant<

Have you ever wanted to make a deal with God? We live in an age of contracts, of covenants. God is a God of the Covenant, but what does this mean? In this podcast, Lenny unpacks the different covenants God has offered in His dealings with humanity, culminating in the covenant that Jesus executes by dying on the cross. It's a fascinating study and one that shows just why Jeus provides the Consummate Covenant.

Abandoning Virtual Faith

Abandoning Virtual Faith

What is driving the growing number of "Exvangelicals"—younger people deconstructing their faith and leaving Christianity? One significant problem is they have never been grounded in the real Jesus. Much like the early believers in the book of Hebrews, they are more familiar with the culture of evangelicalism than with Christ, our Great High Priest who appeals to God in Heaven and makes atonement for our sins. In this podcast, Lenny explores how people have substituted culture for Christ and how Christians should be cautious not to believe in a shadow of Jesus instead of the true center of our faith.

How Can I Know Gods Will For My Life? The Drew Dyck Interview

How Can I Know Gods Will For My Life? The Drew Dyck Interview

Many Christians want to be used by God, but they don't know where to start. Life is busy and hard. How should a Christian view his walk with God in our go-go culture? In this interview with author Drew Dyck, we discuss Drew's new book, Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians). In our discussion we point out easy ways that you can begin to make a big difference with little acts.

Why Questions Will Help You Love God and Build Your Faith

Why Questions Will Help You Love God and Build Your Faith

Is being a questioner a good thing or a bad thing? Christians are familiar with doubting Thomas, but Thomas's request allowed Jesus to more clearly state he was the way, the truth and the life. Lenny talks with author Matthew Lee Anderson on his new book Called Into Questions and why getting into a habit of asking good questions is foundational for growing in faith and finding deeper understanding.

Stephen C Meyer Interview: The Return of the God Hypothesis - Part 2

Stephen C Meyer Interview: The Return of the God Hypothesis - Part 2

In this, the second of a two part interview, Lenny and Kirkwood Center colleague Anthony Costello continue their discussion with Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on his new book “The Return of the God Hypothesis”. In this section, we shift to issues concerning the philosophy of science and the naturalistic assumptions that keep so many begrudgingly tied to a Neo-Darwian explanation for life on earth instead of design from an intelligent creator. We also explore how Darwin's tree of life model has broken down and what the current discussions are regarding theories of life coming into existence.

Stephen C Meyer Interview: The Return of the God Hypothesis Part 1

Stephen C Meyer Interview: The Return of the God Hypothesis Part 1

The concept of intelligent design has caused many waves since its introduction in the 1990s. In this podcast, Lenny and his fellow Kirkwood Center colleague Anthony Costello interview Dr. Stephen C. Meyer of the Discovery Institute. Stephen Meyer is the author of three seminal works in the philosophy of science: “Signature in the Cell” (2009), “Darwin’s Doubt” (2013) and the new “Return of the God Hypothesis” (2021). In this the first of a two part series, we dig deep into the scientific evidences that favor theistic design as the best hypothesis to explain fine-tuning in physics, chemistry and biology.

The God of Middle Earth: How Tolkien's Faith Fueled The Lord of the Rings

The God of Middle Earth: How Tolkien's Faith Fueled The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle Earth and its inhabitants have continued to explode in popularity since the last century. Many know Tolkien was a follower of Jesus, but fewer understand just how central God was in the way he crafted his world. In this podcast, Lenny speaks with Dr. Austin Freeman, an expert in Tolkien and his theology, on the ways the Gospel is reflected in Tolkien's works.

Differences Over a Decade: Cold Cases, Christianity, and What's Changed with J. Warner Wallace

Differences Over a Decade: Cold Cases, Christianity, and What's Changed with J. Warner Wallace

Can we really know that Jesus was raised from the dead? Ten years ago, Detective J.Warner Wallace was an atheist who examined the Gospel accounts using the same approach as his cold-case investigations, resulting in him writing Cold-Case Christianity. Now, a decade later, he sits down with Lenny to talk about his approach, what has changed in the years since his breakout best seller was published, and what is important in the future for those looking to share their faith. Join us for this riveting discussion.

Should Christians Fear Artificial Intelligence?

Should Christians Fear Artificial Intelligence?

We’re all familiar with films like the Terminator or the Matrix where machines advance to such a degree they become sentient, and rise up to either subjugate humans or seek to wipe them out. Is the rapid advances in artificial intelligence we hear about today the first step to that scenario? Lenny, Dr. Harry Edwards, and Finney Premkupar discuss just what A.I. is, and how we as Christians should understand this brave new technology.

The Beauty of Eternity: What Is Heaven and Why Did God Creaate Hell?

The Beauty of Eternity: What Is Heaven and Why Did God Creaate Hell?

Most people who believe in an afterlife hope to be in a paradise. Many will speak of a loving God who wants to give good things to those he loves. But if God is all-loving, how can He stand to send people to Hell? Why would He even create Hell in the first place?

In this podcast, Lenny explains how God's nature of love actually demands that Hell exists and that the punishment of sin is actually a result of a loving and just God. Join us as we explore must how beautiful eternity is.

Reaching Gen Z with the Gospel

Reaching Gen Z with the Gospel

A lot of attention has been given to the alarming trend of young people leaving the faith. Both parents and pastors are concerned as they see kids raised in Bible-believing churches who attended youth group each week "deconvert" or identify as one of the "nones". How do we communicate the importance and validity of the gospel to young people whose lives and values have been significantly influenced by our modern anti-Christian culture? In this podcast, Lenny joins with Harry Edwards and Jonathan Noyes to talk about ways we can reach out to Gen Z and better communicate the importance of Christianity in living a good life.

Do I Have to Try All Religions to Know Which One Is True?

Do I Have to Try All Religions to Know Which One Is True?

"Just how many belief systems did you try before settling on your particular one?" It is a question that seems to challenge the idea of Christianity as the best understanding of how the world works. Yet, claiming that one must try all different religions before determining the truth lacks practicality and logical coherence.In this study, springing from a passage in Hebrews chapter 5, Lenny examines how one can rationally eliminate many of the different faiths because they hold incoherent views about God internally. He then turns towards a fuller examination of Judaism and Christianity, demonstrating how Jesus as messiah is the logical completion of the Old Testament faith.

The Crucifixion as Tangible History

The Crucifixion as Tangible History

We live in an age where the questionable is declared certain and what had been understood as certain is now questioned. Certainly, the Gospel accounts of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection have been questioned since the first century. But today, there are some who even doubt whether Jesus existed at all! In this study, Lenny examines the historical evidence of Jesus’s passion that forms the foundation of our faith.

Answers to Living A Christian Life in a Non-Christian Society

Answers to Living A Christian Life in a Non-Christian Society

T.S. Eliot once wrote "The problem of leading a Christian life in a non-Christian society is now very present to us… And as for the Christian who is not conscious of his dilemma—and he is in the majority—he is becoming more and more de-Christianized by all sorts of unconscious pressure: paganism holds all the most valuable advertising space." That's the theme of this recent Q&A session that took place at Rock Hill Church. Lenny fielded questions from the audience dealing with issues of doubt, confronting the anti-Christian culture, and how science can inform faith.

Talking Faith Without Fighting: How to Be a Winsome Witness

Talking Faith Without Fighting: How to Be a Winsome Witness

Sharing one’s faith is becoming more and more difficult as our culture moves away from its traditionally religious roots. Passionate discussions can sometimes lead to angry words or hurt feelings. But this isn’t the way we should spread the Gospel; it’s unloving and ineffective, too. In this talk, Lenny offers some specific tactics in sharing the Christian faith so you may present the truth in a loving, attractive, and effective manner.

Overcoming Barriers to Belief

Overcoming Barriers to Belief

It's no secret we live in a post-Christian society. Yet, many believers make a fundamental mistake when they try to share their faith with others. They fail to realize just how foreign certain Christian beliefs and assumptions are to people today. Even though we share many cultural touchstones, there are still significant barriers that must be over come to better communicate the great need for Jesus today.

In this podcast, Lenny joins the Apologetics.com team to identify some of the barriers to belief and how to overcome them in our witnessing efforts.

The Need for a Creed: Confirming Christian Belief

The Need for a Creed: Confirming Christian Belief

What do we mean when we say we’re Christians? Is it enough to claim to follow Christ? Mormons and others who have radically different views of the nature of God, the nature of Jesus, and key matters of faith have also claimed to be Christian, but that doesn’t mean they are. In this key study, Lenny examines how creeds became central to defining the essential elements of the Christian faith and how important they are in establishing true from false beliefs.

Critical Theory, Politics, and Reducing Humanity to Sexual Beasts

Critical Theory, Politics, and Reducing Humanity to Sexual Beasts

What's happened to our society? Prior generations have always understood themselves in ways that reference the external world. Today, we're not only feelings focus, we seem to use our sexual proclivities as the primary filter for self-identity. In this episode, Lenny and Dr. Harry Edwards explore how the ideas of Freud and Marx come together in critical theory to exploit sexual ideas and corrupt ideals to a public more than willing to be debased by them.

Abandoning Atheism: What Did It Take for Skeptics to Believe?

Abandoning Atheism: What Did It Take for Skeptics to Believe?

Just how does someone who vehemently dismisses the concept of God actually come to faith? In this fascinating interview, Lenny speaks with Dr. Jana Harmon on her research studying the conversion of over 100 atheists--people who had described themselves as staunchly against the idea of God--but who have since become believers. Their stories, their reasons for not believing, and their reasons for believing provide tremendous insight for you who are witnessing to skeptical friends and family.

The End of Humanity

The End of Humanity

The crucifixion of Jesus sits at the center of the Christian faith. It also marks the end of humanity. What does that mean, exactly? In this lesson, Lenny explains how the word "end" can convey a thing’s ultimate purpose as well as its final outcome. Join us as we explore how the crucifixion not only displays the ultimate example of evil in sinful creatures putting their holy Creator to death, but also sets a glorious destiny of forgiveness for Adam’s offspring.

Four Hot-Button Topics the Church Cannot Ignore

Four Hot-Button Topics the Church Cannot Ignore

A.I., Critical Race Theory, Neo-Paganism, Christian Nationalism. These are big issues that are causing quite a stir on our society today. In this week's podcast, Lenny and Kirkwood Center fellow Anthony Costello examine each of these hot-button issues and offer suggestions on how the Christian church should engage and respond.