Purity and Truth
Purity and Truth
Jesse Jost
Exploring and declaring the goodness of God, through church history, apologetics, and personal stories.
Teen Camp Session 8: God’s R-O-M-A-N-C-E for singles
Topics include: Practical ways to use the single years to grow closer to God, pursue your calling, and improve your relationships.
Dec 5, 2016
49 min
Teen Camp Session 7: God's Design for Sex and Romance
Topics Include: God’s word on love, romance, and commitment; romance: The permanence of the glue and the power of the flame; the importance of being faithful to your spouse even before you meet.
Nov 18, 2016
50 min
Teen Camp Session 6: Our Story: Love Comes Loudly
Heidi and I share our love story and the lessons we learned along the way. God can be trusted to write an amazing love story!
Oct 27, 2016
41 min
Teen Camp Session 5: What Is the Gospel Message?
Topics: What must I do to be saved? What is saving faith? Why did Jesus have to die on the cross?
Oct 26, 2016
1 hr 11 min
Teen Camp Session 4: Who is Jesus…God or Fraud?
Session 4: Who is Jesus…God or Fraud? Topics: Do we have historically reliable information on Jesus? Was Jesus a lunatic, liar, or who He claimed to be? Did Jesus really rise from the dead? Or were his disciples deceived or deceivers? If God became a man, what would that look like?
Sep 28, 2016
52 min
Teen Camp Session 3:  Is the Bible God’s Word?: The Handbook of Proofs for Divine Inspiration
If God wrote a book, what characteristics would it have? Reliable guide to history, fulfilled prophecies, accurate insight into life, unified themes, enduring, and life changing power? The Bible fits each of these descriptions. In this podcast I look at evidence for the divine inspiration of the Bible, and how to use your hand to remember seven categories of evidence (credit to Greg Koukl  for the original idea). I also briefly examine if we have accurate copies of the original texts or if thousands of years of copying by hand distorted the text.
Sep 12, 2016
47 min
Teen Camp Session 2: Does God exist? and the Problem of Evil
I look at some evidence for the existence of God, but also tackle some of the emotional arguments that are used to deny God's existence.
Aug 29, 2016
58 min
Teen Camp Session 1: Does Truth Matter?
The next 9 podcasts are a series of talks I gave at a Teen Camp in the States in 2015. This first one examines the issues of truth and beliefs. Why should we believe anything? Is religion a private matter that may be true for you but not for me? These are critical issues that will determine your destiny.
Aug 26, 2016
48 min
Personal Evangelism Session 9: “The Plight of the Lost.”
Session 9 “The Plight of the Lost.” Topics: Why evangelize? How does the Bible tell us to witness? The emptiness of those who are outside of Christ. How does God see the non-believer?
Aug 23, 2016
58 min
Personal Evangelism Session 8: “How to memorize Scripture”
Session 8: “How to memorize Scripture” Topics: New techniques that are guaranteed to make scripture memory easier, and help with longer retention.
Jun 20, 2016
57 min
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