Cutting through the noise to find the truth about life, faith, and God.
Latest Episode
“How Can I Believe in a Violent God?”
While the Bible teaches and Christians insist that God is love, the Old Testament tells many stories of God acting violently towards people who are opposed to him. What are we to make of these stories, and how can enlightened people believe in a God who acts out with violence in anger? Chuck and Aaron discuss this question on this episode of Craving Answers, Craving God.
Episode 139 | 35 minutes
The Dark Valley (Ep67)
Everyone has experienced periods of time when life seems empty and without meaning; some of us experience this sort of depression chronically. What does this depression mean? And what does the Bible say about how to move out of it? Chuck and Aaron note that while there are frequently physical aspects to depression, depression can be a helpful indicator that something spiritual in our lives has gone awry.
Contradictions in the New Testament Gospels? (Ep66)
Do the four Christian gospels disagree with each other? They certainly are telling the same story, but the details are not all the same; so is this a problem for Christians? Or is it possible that what appear to be differences are actually just four different perspectives on the same event. Chuck and Aaron talk about how these stories are best understood not as contradictory but complementary.
Selflessness (Ep65)
The problem of selfishness seems to be growing at a destructive rate. How can we combat this epidemic? According to the Bible, we can only learn true love from the Gospel.
How to Read the Bible (Ep64)
Reading the Bible pulls us into a relationship with the author of the Bible, the God who created and is redeeming the universe.
Christianity and Fundamentalism (Ep63)
Fundamentalism is usually a pejorative term, but what does it mean to call someone a Christian fundamentalist? Aaron, having grown up in the movement, answers Chuck’s questions about the nature and beliefs of Christian fundamentalists.
Does Satan Exist? (Ep62)
It seems a bit superstitious and backwards, in this modern age, to believe in an evil supernatural being like Satan. But much of the evil in the world is hard to explain without a dark, personal will behind its destructive force. In this episode, Chuck and Aaron discuss the destructive and rebellious being the Bible calls the Satan.
Christianity and Buddhism (Ep61)
Buddhism is an eastern religion, widespread in Southeast Asia and China, and while there are many places where Buddhist concepts and Christian doctrine overlap, there are (of course) many differences. Chuck and Aaron talk about the overlap between these two religions, but then respectfully point out how only Christianity can answer the important questions Buddhism raises.
Let’s Bring Back Sin (Ep60)
The concept of sin seems strange to a culture that’s given up on the notions of good and evil. But perhaps the freedom from morality has betrayed us, leaving us without the mental framework to understand and work against things like school shootings, sexual assault, and systemic poverty, things we all know are evil. In this episode Chuck and Aaron talk about the benefits of bringing back the concept of sin.
Who Made God? (Ep59)
Christians (and many others as well) believe that God made everything that exists, but this raises the question of who made God. Chuck and Aaron talk about who God is, what it means that one supreme being made everything, the question of ultimate cause, and the moral implications of the existence of an uncaused Causer.