Theology Central

Theology Central

Theology Central is a podcast dedicated to deep theological analysis, critical sermon reviews, and doctrinal clarity in an age of confusion. Each episode explores Scripture through a confessional, law and gospel lens—rejecting celebrity-driven faith and focusing on truth, not trends. From exegetical teaching to historical theology and cultural critique, this podcast challenges mainstream assumptions and calls the church back to serious, Scripture-centered thinking. Expect honest engagement with difficult texts, critical interaction with popular Christian messages, and a refusal to compromise biblical fidelity for modern relevance. Topics include biblical exegesis, sermon reviews, church history, spiritual deception, false teaching, and the danger of politicized Christianity.”

Episodes

Psalm 40 and Five Layers

January 25, 2026 • 80 mins
We use the five layers to look at Psalm 40 and a sermon on Psalm 40
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Waiting on God or Killing the Text?

January 24, 2026 • 75 mins
In a previous episode we carefully studied Psalm 62:1 in its context. In this episode, we go back and review the short sermon that originally sparked that study and ask a simple question: does this message actually explain the text, or does it turn the text into something else?
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Psalm 62:1: Waiting on God

January 24, 2026 • 65 mins
Psalm 62:1 is often used as a generic call to patience and trust—but is that what the verse is actually saying? In this episode, we slow down and read Psalm 62:1 in its literary, historical, and covenant context and discover that this is not about waiting for God to fix our personal circumstances, but about David and Israel waiting on God to fulfill His promises.
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76 Questions and 5 Layers: How to Read the Bible

January 23, 2026 • 63 mins
We often talk about asking questions of the Bible—but are we asking the right ones? This episode uses a recent article on curiosity in the Christian life as a springboard to introduce The Five Layers of Reading Any Biblical Text, a simple framework for learning how to actually listen to Scripture before jumping to application.
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The Flood Problem

January 22, 2026 • 71 mins
In The Flood Problem –we ask why the flood happened and why the standard explanation doesn't actually work. If the flood was meant to deal with human sin, why does sin immediately explode again after it's over? And why does the New Testament connect the flood to imprisoned spirits who were disobedient in Noah's day? By working carefully through Genesis 6, this episode shows that the flood story begins with something far more distur...
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What Happened to Fundamentalism Pt 2

January 22, 2026 • 73 mins
After seeing in Part 1 how a 1988 sermon exposed a deep hermeneutical collapse, this episode steps back and asks a bigger question: what was fundamentalism originally, and how did it become what it is today?
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Movie: The Long Walk

January 22, 2026 • 55 mins
In this episode, I discuss the 2025 film The Long Walk and why it affected me so deeply. After summarizing the movie and its story, I reflect on how it becomes a powerful picture of life itself—endurance, exhaustion, suffering, and what eventually breaks people. This is not a traditional movie review, but a personal and philosophical meditation on what it means to keep going in a world that slowly wears us down.
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What Happened to Fundamentalism Pt 1

January 21, 2026 • 70 mins
Using a 1988 sermon as our starting point, this episode asks a disturbing question: what if the sermon itself is part of the problem? Before debating methods or results, we examine how Scripture is being used—and what that reveals about what had already gone wrong inside fundamentalism.
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John 5:28-29: Resurrection of Damnation

January 20, 2026 • 44 mins
In John 5:28–29, Jesus makes one of His most staggering claims: all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—some to the resurrection of life, and some to the resurrection of damnation. In this episode, we examine whether Jesus is deliberately using Daniel 12:2 as His framework, whether Daniel is the interpretive key to this passage, and what the phrase "resurrection of damnation" actually means
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1 Peter 3:21: Baptism

January 20, 2026 • 57 mins
We go back to 1 Peter 3:21 to figure out what Baptism the verse is referring to
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The Flood and Baptism

January 19, 2026 • 61 mins
The Flood and Baptism takes a careful look at 1 Peter 3:18–22—the only New Testament passage that directly connects the story of Noah's flood to Christian theology. Instead of repeating the familiar claim that "the ark is a picture of Christ," this episode follows Peter's actual argument and shows that he does something far stranger: he connects the floodwaters to baptism. Along the way, we explore the context of 1 Peter, why Peter...
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Christ in Every Page? Part 3

January 18, 2026 • 71 mins
We continue our study of the book, Introduction to Systematic Theology. In this episode we begin looking at Genesis 6-9
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A 1974 Warning

January 18, 2026 • 85 mins
In 1974, a preacher warned that Christians were already abandoning real Bible study in favor of shallow preaching and random reading. In this episode, we examine that sermon and discover how accurately it describes the state of the church today—and how little has changed in 50 years.
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When A Church Dies

January 17, 2026 • 86 mins
Churches in America close every week, usually quietly and without much notice. In this episode, we look at what it actually means when a church comes to an end. Using a recently featured "sermon" that is really a congregational meeting about a church on the brink of closure — and reflecting on the recent end of my own church
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Why Daniel 12:2 Comes So Late?

January 15, 2026 • 55 mins
Daniel 12:2 is the first—and last—clear Old Testament passage to explicitly teach resurrection and judgment after death. So why does such a crucial doctrine appear so late in Israel's Scriptures?
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Ruth 2:4-7: Workday

January 14, 2026 • 69 mins
Ruth 2 does not move with speeches or miracles—it moves with a workday. In this episode, we walk through Ruth 2:4–7 as Boaz arrives at his fields, notices a stranger, and asks a simple question that begins to shift the direction of the story. We watch how the narrator introduces Boaz, how Ruth is described by others before she ever speaks, and how nothing is resolved yet—only observed. This is not the moment of redemption. It is th...
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The Most Dangerous Sentence in a Sermon

January 14, 2026 • 48 mins
A single, harmless-sounding sentence can determine an entire theology before a sermon ever opens the Bible. In this episode, we examine how one unchallenged assumption about the world, God, and history quietly reshapes the gospel into something very different—and why our starting points matter more than we think.
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SermonAudio AI?

January 13, 2026 • 60 mins
Is SermonAudio launching their own AI?
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Eternal Torment: Daniel 12:2

January 13, 2026 • 55 mins
We look at the first passage about judgement after death.
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3 AM

January 13, 2026 • 53 mins
It’s 3 AM and I turn on the microphone.
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