Thinking to Believe

Capitalism is the natural economic system, meaning it's what people do naturally until and unless they are constrained to do otherwise by the State. In this episode, I argue for the moral and practical superiority of capitalism. It is not perfect, but it is the best economic system available.

I also discuss minimum wage laws and argue that increasing the minimum wage has many negative, unintended consequences that often hurt th...

Economic theories have both a moral foundation and moral implications. As such, Christians ought to critically evaluate economic theory. I contend that socialism is a morally evil and ideologically naïve economic philosophy that has failed everywhere it has been tried, resulting in tyranny and poverty. In this episode, I provide five more reasons for rejecting socialism, and then argue against the idea that Jesus or the Bible is so...

Economic theories have both a moral foundation and moral implications. As such, Christians ought to critically evaluate economic theory. I contend that socialism is a morally evil and ideologically naïve economic philosophy that has failed everywhere it has been tried, resulting in tyranny and poverty. In this episode, I provide four reasons for rejecting socialism:

1 . Socialism requires big government and a loss of personal freedo...

In this miscellany episode, I address:

• Justin Welby's recent comments as to why he changed his view on homosex and same-sex relationships
• Who is authorized to baptize people, and where should baptisms take place?
• What is proper church attire? Should it be formal, casual, or somewhere in between? 
• The difference between the Bible and theology
• Ministerial bios

Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: ThinkingToBelieve@gmail.com<...

In recent days, N. T. Wright made some remarks on the morality of abortion and the necessity of believing in the bodily resurrection of Jesus. Regarding abortion, he essentially articulated the view that early abortions are morally acceptable, particularly in the cases of rape, incest, and physical deformity. 

Regarding the resurrection, while Write believes that Jesus was raised bodily from the dead and this should be a normative b...

I demonstrate that while Jesus was God incarnate, He functioned as an ordinary human being, which meant that He was anointed by the Holy Spirit for ministry. To equip His followers to continue His ministry after His ascension, Jesus transferred the Holy Spirit to them on the Day of Pentecost.

Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: ThinkingToBelieve@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thinkingtobelieve
Twitter & Gettr: @think...

Jesus’ ascension into heaven not only signaled a major transition of Jesus’ ministry, but also a major transition for His disciples. It meant their training was over, and now it was time to pick up Jesus’ mantle and carry on His ministry. In this episode, I begin to connect the dots between Jesus’ ascension into heaven and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, showing how the latter was required to equip Jesus’...

I finished up my discussion of the significance of Jesus' ascension, arguing that it was when Jesus was fully glorified, and it includes a promise of His return to Earth. Then, I reviewed five things Jesus is doing right now in heaven:

1. He's with His church

2. He's preparing a place for us

3. He's building His church

4. He's dispensing the Holy Spirit

5. He's functioning as our high priest, interceding on...

We don't talk much about Jesus' ascension into heaven, but historically, this was always recognized as a significant event in Jesus' life. And it is! I discuss the practical and theological significance of the ascension.

Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: ThinkingToBelieve@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thinkingtobelieve
Twitter & Gettr: @thinking2believ
Truth: @ThinkingToBelieve
Parler: @thin...

In this final episode on the resurrection, look at some of the NT promises regarding our own future resurrection from the dead, explore what our resurrection body will be like, and explain the theological and practical implications of the general resurrection.

Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: ThinkingToBelieve@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thinkingtobelieve
Twitter & Gettr: @thinking2believ
Truth: @ThinkingTo...

The Shroud of Turin is the purported burial cloth of Jesus Christ, bearing the image of a crucified man. Is it authentic and evidence for the resurrection, or just a medieval forgery? This is the first episode in the final sub-series in the resurrection series. I start by examining the features of the cloth itself, as well as the image of a crucified man that is embedded within the fibers of the cloth. The characteristics are quite...

In this miscellany episode I offer my short thoughts on worship music, being thoughtful about our language, the centrality of truth, words of advice to aspiring preachers, why religion is not a bad word, conversation etiquette, and end with a Pet the Peeve segment about where waitresses place the bill on the table.

Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: ThinkingToBelieve@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thinkingtobelieve
Twit...

I covered the final four differences in the gospel accounts:

1.  Did Peter just look into the tomb, or did he enter it?
2.  Why did the angels tell the women to tell the male disciples to meet Him in Galilee if Jesus was going to appear to the apostles that same day in Jerusalem?
3.  Why did Jesus tell the apostles to stay in Jerusalem if they had not yet gone to Galilee?
4.  Did Jesus ascend to heaven from Bethany or th...

I address three Gospel differences:

1. Did all of the apostles disbelieve the report of the Emmaus Disciples, or only some of them?
2. Did Jesus ascend to heaven the same day as His resurrection, or weeks later
3. Was Jesus’ first appearance to the apostles to 10 or 11 apostles

Web: ThinkingtoBelieve.com
Email: ThinkingToBelieve@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thinkingtobelieve
Twitter & Gettr: @thinking2beli...