No Church Answers!

No Church Answers!

The No Church Answers! podcast began as Man Up a Spiritual Oasis for Men in 2017, launched by Bill Cox, actor and DJ, and four regulars, Steven Titch, Robert Cocheu, Michael Cropper and Earl Lloyd--all from different faith backgrounds. Our focus is on ways men could use their Christian faith to drive their goals, leadership and action. We feel the faith muscle needs regular exercise. The body is like a barrel. The outside is your education, money and health. The inside is your faith and soul. We bring different points of view to a scripture lesson and hash them out in a panel discussion. We strive for authenticity in representing what Christian men are thinking. Contact us at www.nochurchanswers.com. We're not pastors, just regular guys. Engaging, deep and often humorous looks at faith in today's world by our panel.

Episodes

Podcast 373 – “But I Thought You Were a Christian!” John 6:10-15, Matthew 10:1, 5-14, 16

June 13, 2025 • 69 mins
As Christians, we are taught to turn the other cheek, give to others sacrificially, never return evil for evil, and forgive rather than retaliate. So sometimes saying “no” to someone, or simply asserting our own needs, seems wrong to us. Still, the Kingdom of God is not here yet, and the world is filled with obnoxious, manipulative and outright toxic people. The Bible has no pithy verse that tells us how to deal with a bully or nar...
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Podcast 372 -- Familiarity Breeds Contempt Mark 1:21-28, 6:1-6

June 10, 2025 • 56 mins
Two synagogues, two outcomes. In Capernaum, Jesus amazes attendees with the authority of his teachings and casts out an impure spirit. Back home in Nazareth, it's a different story. Just like the neighbors were unable to see past Jesus' background a carpenter, do we as Christians sometimes take Jesus for granted, holding onto familiar but unchallenging notions but missing the chance to greater growth in the spirit? John Opiyo, Ben...
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Podcast 371 -- A Markan Sandwich Mark 5:21-43

June 3, 2025 • 54 mins
We look at the the raising of the daughter of Jairus, the synagogue official and the healing of the bleeding woman, commenting on the significance of both miracles as well as their presentation as a story-within-a-story.
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Podcast 370 -- It's Stormin' Out There, Does Anybody Care? Mark 4:35-41

May 27, 2025 • 54 mins
"We must trust Jesus to quell the storms in our life," is the "church answer" to this story. We think this takeaway, while not wrong, is superficial. Like many episodes recounted in Mark, there is deeper significance in the way this miracle is reported, especially for men. To start, when we call on the Lord in a crisis, what exactly are our expectations?
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Podcast 369 -- Leave a Light Footprint Matthew 6:19-21, John 6:12-13, 1 Timothy 6:17-19

May 20, 2025 • 64 mins
How should Christians push against the modern "throwaway" culture that encourages both overconsumption and waste, be it with our land, material goods or human relationships? We discuss the virtue of simplicity in choosing value over cheapness, in living fruitfully but sustainably, and cultivating Bible-based stewardship in all we care for.
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Podcast 368 -- Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 26:63-64

May 13, 2025 • 48 mins
The fellows talk about the Second Coming, starting with the question of why there has to be one. Why wasn't God's plan of salvation and restoration accomplished all at once? Was the doctrine of the Second Coming tacked on after it became obvious the lion was not laying down with the lamb? If Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God on Earth, where is it?
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Podcast 367 -- NIV, RSV, KJV or Reader's Digest? 2 Timothy 3:14-17

May 6, 2025 • 57 mins
Despite being a Bible study podcast, we've never taken up the fact of the sheer number of translations available. We remedy that oversight this week with a discussion about the history of Biblical translation, memories of Bibles we grew up with and what our preferences are now. This week's podcast is sponsored by Magic Mind. Visit www.magicmind.com/NoChurchAnswersAPR and use the discount code NoChurchAnswersAPR for 48% off your fi...
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Podcast 366 -- We'll Hear from Stephen A. in the Morning 2 Peter 1:21

April 29, 2025 • 57 mins
Inspired by last week's NFL draft, the fellows got together to draft their favorite prophets from the Old and New Testaments. Who made their teams? Moreover, who got left of the board? And what do our listeners think? Join us as we take a fresh look a some of the notable, and sometimes overlooked, figures who have spoken for God. And a big h/t to The Incomparable Mothership podcast for inspiring this week's episode. This week's pod...
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Podcast 365 -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit 1 John 4:7-15

April 22, 2025 • 53 mins
Author Timothy Keller says it is the Trinity that makes God capable of love. It is a mystery, to be sure, and not always explicit, but from Genesis 1:1 on, scripture shows us one God but in three “persons” which all support and give freely in relationship with each other. Therefore, love began, or better still, has always existed, within the creator God himself, an idea unique to Christianity. We wrap up our study of Keller's The R...
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Podcast 354 -- What If...The Resurrection Really Happened? 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 12-14, 20-23

April 15, 2025 • 57 mins
Jesus' resurrection is a binary proposition: it either happened or it didn't. And there's nothing to support the idea that the testimony Gospels and the Apostle Paul should be taken as symbolic or metaphorical: they all clearly testify to Jesus' bodily resurrection concrete terms. But to accept the truth of the resurrection is to confront so many implications about God that it's no wonder that so many of us, Christians included, wa...
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Podcast 363 -- The Cost of Forgiveness Ephesians 1:7-10

April 8, 2025 • 58 mins
“Why did Jesus have to die?” is a question author Timothy Keller heard more often than “Does God exist?” To skeptics and, if we're honest, some Christians, the crucifixion is confusing, if not outright cruel. If God is so loving, they ask, why did he demand such a horrific sacrifice from his purported son? He’s God, after all, why can’t he just wave his hand and declare everyone forgiven? Join us as we continue our look at Keller's...
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Podcast 362 -- Are the Gospels Factual Accounts? Mark 2:1-12; 14:55-56. 60-64

April 1, 2025 • 58 mins
Popular novels and movies like The Da Vinci Code have contributed to the belief that the gospels and letters in the New Testament Bible were either embellished or made-up completely. Academics, including contemporary Christians like John Dominic Crossan, tell us Jesus' miracles, let alone, his Resurrection, could not have happened, and it wasn't until the 4th Century that the Church declared Jesus was Son of God. We discuss Tim Kel...
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Podcast 361 -- Does Science Contradict the Bible? Genesis 1:24-27, 31

March 25, 2025 • 62 mins
For centuries the Church supported--and underwrote--the study of science and the natural world. Only in that late 20th Century did Evangelicals go to war with science. To us, the conflict, largely ginned up by the culture, detracts from more important messages in the Bible. Join us as we continue our study of Timothy Keller's The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
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Podcast 360 -- Hell and Damnation Luke 16:19-31

March 18, 2025 • 70 mins
There's no way around it, Christianity teaches the only way to eternal life is through a conscious decision to accept Jesus Christ's sacrificial atonement on the Cross. Timothy Keller states many find this the most offensive doctrine in Christianity. We take up the difficult question of why a loving God would consign people to eternal torment. We divine some answers from the Parable of the Rich Man and the beggar Lazarus. But what ...
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Podcast 359 -- Perfect Savior, Imperfect Church John 8:2-11

March 11, 2025 • 58 mins
Who among us has not heard someone claim “Religion is responsible for more suffering and injustice than anything else in the world!”? Author Timothy Keller won’t shy away from the facts of the church’s history. He simply concedes the church, as a human institution, is part of the same fallen world as any other. That doesn’t necessarily mean the basic tenets of Christianity are wrong. Also, it’s not as if the Bible lets organized re...
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Podcast 358 -- Christianity is a Straitjacket 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

March 4, 2025 • 61 mins
"I don't like church or religion. It limits my choices, my options and my own ideas about what's right." So goes another common complaint about Christianity, as if any organization, sacred or secular, does not set standards and expectations for members. This week we talk about what Christian choices actually are, versus what the culture and media say. Is Christianity a rigid, narrow set of rules, or does it, in a paradoxical way, o...
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Podcast 357 -- How Could a Good God Allow Suffering? Psalm 31

February 25, 2025 • 58 mins
We continue our study of Timothy Keller's The Reason for God with one of the most oft-asked questions about God. Keller turns the question back on the skeptic, does suffering and evil really negate the existence of God, or is God just acting the way the doubter thinks he should? We don't have easy answers, but we think some comprehension begins with the Christian belief that in an incarnate God that took on the worst this world had...
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Podcast 356 -- Aren't All Religions the Same? Matthew 5:14-16, 1 Peter 2:12

February 18, 2025 • 51 mins
Skeptics, pull up a chair! We begin a study of Timothy Keller's The Reason for God. First up, the question of whether there is a one true religion or if all Truth is relative to one's culture or worldview. Keller would say the statement "I have no doctrine" is a doctrine in itself and that every worldview, no matter what it is, comes down to a leap of faith. Listen and comment. This week's podcast is sponsored by Magic Mind. Visit ...
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Podcast 355 -- The Chosen Season 4

February 11, 2025 • 85 mins
Hades and Styx! It's time for our latest deep dive into the crowd-funded streaming TV series The Chosen. We discuss the show's bolder choices and bigger risks as we follow Jesus and his band of disciples through the "Year of Opposition." There's confrontation and confusion mixed with reconciliation and resurrection. Spoiler Alert! This week's podcast is sponsored by Magic Mind. Visit www.magicmind.com/NCANSWERS and use the code NCA...
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Podcast 354 -- Walk the Walk Ephesians 4:1-6

February 4, 2025 • 55 mins
In six short verses, Paul offers some basic points on how individuals within a group can get cooperate toward successful outcomes. We discuss how to successfully model Christian attitude and behavior whether it's on a church project or in the workplace. This week's podcast is sponsored by Magic Mind. Visit www.magicmind.com/NCANSWERS and use the code NCANSWERS20 to receive 48% off your first subscription of 20% off one-time purchas...
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