Christian Combatives
Christian Combatives
Paladin Actual
Equip yourself for theological warfare; the battle of ideas surrounding Christianity and truth rages daily, let's get you set up to defend, define, and understand your faith as well as that of others.Christian Combatives is a Video and Podcast project from a Lutheran pastor, Army Chaplain, and Marine Corps veteran to encourage competence and confidence in the Christian faith by engaging with Scripture to respond to a variety of questions from the mundane to the critical.So... let's get into it!
This Christian Furry is a BAPTIST?! 😮 Shocking Interview with Jacob Syme (where we talk about his fairly normal theology)
Some people were curious what kind of theology a Christian furry might have. So I interviewed the head admin of the Christian Furry Fellowship to trick you into listening to a substantive theological discussion on denominational differences.Did you expect just a bunch of meowing or something? Let's get into it!
May 11, 2024
1 hr 6 min
How a Lutheran pastor became a friend of the Christian Furries
I've never been a furry, and I started out by despising them, but now many of them are my closest friends. This is the story about how I came to love the oddest of my brothers and sisters in Christ.Let's get into it!
May 5, 2024
38 min
Playing with Demons at Christian schools (Concordia Wisconsin Holi and Ramadan)
Hyperbole? Not according to 1 Cor 10; Christians have just been desensitized to paganism. CUW recently advertised a celebration of Holi, a Hindu religious festival, just a few weeks after promoting Ramadan. What does 1 Cor 10 say about what is really going on here?Let's get into it!
Apr 13, 2024
21 min
How is it loving to bar someone from communion?
Does Closed Communion CAUSE division? Or just acknowledge it?Let's get into it!
Apr 3, 2024
31 min
Three Reasons Christians should fight about doctrine.
There are actually benefits to fighting about doctrine. I discovered 3 of them this last week.Let's get into it!
Feb 10, 2024
33 min
Was Noah's flood local or global? What does the text say? (Part 1) Christian Combatives vs Truth Unites
Once again I go head-to-head with Dr. Gavin Ortlund, this time over the scale of the flood.Was it local? Was it Global? Most importantly, what does the Bible say?Let's get into it!
Jan 20, 2024
1 hr 2 min
Stubbornly Lutheran - loving others by clearly defining your faith.
Often it can feel divisive to insist on specifics of Lutheran theology, after all, wouldn't it be easier to get along with others if we overlooked the things that make us different?But if Christ was specific with His love for us, then we have an obligation to be specific in how we act out our love for others, in what we practice, believe, and teach.
Jan 13, 2024
22 min
Pornography vs the Christian Family - If you aren’t a paranoid parent yet, you aren’t paying enough attention
I am begging you at this point to pay attention. The world is telling you that being an involved parent is a bad thing, that its invasive, controlling, everything except responsible.If you knew how active and involved the secular world is in trying to raise your children, and how they are doing it, you would be desperate to claw back every ounce of influence you still have in their lives.Let's get into it.
Jan 2, 2024
41 min
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