With the Thanksgiving holiday coming upon us, we here at The Real Issue Apologetics Ministry would like to wish you and yours a very happy and reflective Thanksgiving. This show today is a replaying of a past show on the subject of the Social Justice Movement versus what the BIble has to say about justice. With the results of the recent state elections, we need to understand these two issues and why the social justice movement has no commonality with historical Christianity. We are thankful for ...
Nov 24, 2019•55 min
The problem in many of our churches today is anti-intellectualism. One of the catalyst for this is due to two plagues in the church reflecting the mishandling of the Word of God. In this show Rob opens with a presentation on what the terms exegesis, eisegesis, narcigesis, and "lazigesis," what these terms mean, how they are played out and the spiritual danger that eisegesis, narcigesis and "lazigesis" can bring with them through some of the aberrant movements in the church today. With unbiblical...
Nov 17, 2019•41 min
The Bible is a library of 66 books from 40 different writers, writing historical documents from three different continents, in three different languages, and they were recording supernatural events that were in direct fulfillment of specific prophecies. What makes the Bible special? In the second part of this show, Rob brings in eight things that Jesus believed about the Scriptures. This show is a preamble to next week's show where Rob will present three plagues in the Evangelical church about h...
Nov 11, 2019•40 min
Have you ever tried to share the gospel with someone, and the moment you give chapter and verse the conversation is shut down? Has someone ever thrown down an objection in your conversation that prohibited you from getting the conversation to the sharing of the good news of Christ and the salvation He offers? In this show Rob shows how apologetics and evangelism are different, but very compatible and biblical for reaching the culture with the truth and the gospel of Christ. If you are used to th...
Nov 03, 2019•41 min
In a real world where truth is absolute, it is hard to believe that people can hold to relativism. One the Real Issue Podcast, Rob shares about the nature of absolute truth in a culture that operates on personal preferences, or practical relativism. In this show you will get a quick response to the four secular views of agnosticism, skepticism, postmodernism, and relativism. This part will sound a lot like what you may have heard in a past show on how to turn the claim on itself. Rob then moves ...
Oct 27, 2019•45 min
"Judge not" is the cultural mantra that has created a messy obstacle for Christians to understand and give a response. When someone or businesses use the word toleration, they are referring to a misunderstanding the implies one affirms that which they disagree. What is the cultural meaning of toleration and why does it not line up with the true meaning of the word and a biblical understanding? What is multiculturalism in a post Christian culture and how do these terms conflict with the idea of a...
Oct 21, 2019•40 min
Have you ever been stuck or shut down because a question on a hot button issue came into the conversation? With the culture spinning sidewards with gender confusion and sexual hedonism, we need to know how to get the conversation started or know what to ask to counter a cultural hot button question. In this show Rob presents the Top Ten Cultural Questions you can use to stay in a conversation with a non Christian. Questions like, Do you consider yourself a tolerant person? Where do rights come f...
Oct 13, 2019•35 min
Everybody holds to a worldview that guides their decision making in every facet of their lives. What is the Christian worldview? What does it mean to hold to the biblical Christian worldview. The Barna Institute has come out with some statistics that show that percentage is quite low for those who profess to be Christians, showing that they do not embrace a biblical worldview, but one that more or less falls in line with moralistic therapeutic deism. How will your worldview stack up with the mat...
Oct 06, 2019•53 min
We all see the COEXIST bumper sticker on cars all over our roads. The letters spelling out the word, use religious symbols from various religions, trying to say that we need to all coexist by affirming one another's beliefs. But how does that work out when all religions teach fundamentally contradicting teachings? In this show Rob shows how intolerant the COEXIST bumper sticker really is and then presents four questions for evaluating a religious worldview. Commercials from The One Minute Apolog...
Sep 30, 2019•43 min
The popular cultural understanding is that all the gods of the religions are the same or the Judeo Christian God does not exist except in theory alone. In this show, Rob dispels both objections giving an answer to the religious pluralism claim that all deities are the same using three statements: (1) God made all (2) God is all and (3) No God at all. In the second part of this show Rob gives a classical answer in conversational style to the question of God's existence. You will not want to miss ...
Sep 22, 2019•44 min
Are there good reasons to engage in apologetics as a spiritual discipline? In this show, Rob gives four reasons why we need to be able to defend the faith in our post Christian culture that is laced with faulty ideologies both outside and inside the church. With our culture "spinning sidewards" Rob shows how Scripture commands believers to defend the faith, and that reason demands that we defend the faith. After these two thoughts, he shows how the culture is crying out for reasons to believe an...
Sep 15, 2019•46 min
As promised Rob interviews his daughter Christine to discuss her Summit 2019 Student Conference experience. In Part 2, Rob shares a a few thoughts on the importance and the purpose apologetics has for the church. Commercial from the One Minute Apologist with Bobby Conway on Summit Student Conferences and with Craig Hazen on What Makes Christianity Different from the Other Religions. . Interlude buffer from Out of the Grey "It Feels Like Real Life" Opening and closing music from Kerry Livgren's "...
Sep 09, 2019•43 min
You have a passion to share the gospel, and you want to share. There are the typical roadblocks that we all face. Concerns about objections and rejection. But for many it is getting the conversation started. If you have a difficult time starting out getting into a conversation that could open up an opportunity to share the gospel this show is for you as Rob presents ten (10) questions that might be of help to get a conversation started. If you listen to what the person is saying or asking, and u...
Sep 01, 2019•39 min
Christians young and old appear to be very inarticulate about what they believe and why they believe it. Views of God, salvation, and understandings of other religions have become clouded by the relativism of our culture. Is God a deity that is only needed when we need to be rescued from something bad? Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is the popular expression of "American Christianity" which is totally foreign to the historical Christian faith. On this show you will learn the answers to: What is mo...
Aug 25, 2019•47 min
With the event's of this past week in the Christian world, Rob asks a question, Is Marty Sampson's faith crisis an indicator of a larger problem in the church? What ever happened to the Great Commandment and what put the church "behind the Eight Ball" in engaging the culture? Rob tackles the idea of anti-intellectualism as relates the current events this week and gives eight reasons on why anti-intellectualism damages the affect/effect the church in America and in the West has on the respective ...
Aug 19, 2019•45 min
When you think of the New age worldview, one might think of karma and pantheism. But when it comes to science in the New Age worldview, we are also not to consider naturalistic evolution though the new age wants to borrow from a macro evolution. The main pursuit in the spiritual evolution is a new consciousness that redefines man's condition, and who Jesus is. There is nothing compatible with the Biblical worldview. Find out why in this show on the cosmic chaos of new age science. Commercials fr...
Aug 12, 2019•41 min
Brad Pitt declares, “It’s taking everything you’ve learned from your parents and school and finding out what works for you and what you have to offer. The important question is, ‘What feels right for you?’” Shirley MacLaine reminds us, “It [is] not possible to judge another’s truth.” Such is the mantra of the ethics of the New Age (Cosmic Humanism) worldview. While there seems to be nothing new under the Sun with relativism, the New Age puts a karmic spin that needs to be responded to, and Rob d...
Aug 05, 2019•42 min
A theology cannot escape the undergirding philosophy behind it. That is the case with all religions and all religious worldviews. While the New Age does not have a central figure, there common points that Rob draws ranging from epistemology, ontology and metaphysics. What is the philosophy of this New Age worldview? Rob answers this question an a whole lot more in this episode of The Real Issue Podcast. Commercials from The One Minute Apologist with Bobby Conway with special guest Craig Hazen fr...
Jul 29, 2019•46 min
Like every other worldview, New Age theology forms the foundation for all other aspects of its worldview. However, the New Age movement (Cosmic Humanism) differs from Christianity, Islam, and the secular worldviews in that it embraces neither theism nor atheism. Rob shows how the New Age worldview believes all things are divine, or a part of God: people, rocks, trees, stars, etc. Since everything and everyone is a part of God we have to get in touch with the “god within” to achieve total cosmic ...
Jul 21, 2019•45 min
One of the passages for the DNA of the believer is Romans 12:1,2. Rob is out for this week, but he has provided a special message this week from a recent talk on "Living with Clarity in a World Spinning Sidewards." The message is grounded in Romans 12:1,2. You will not want to miss this message. Music buffer from Kerry Livgren's One of Several Possible Musicks, "Ancient Wing" If you have any questions on anything you hear in the show, please email us at realissuepologetics@yahoo.com...
Jul 15, 2019•51 min
Back in the 70's some of us heard about "The Age of Aquarius." Little did we realize that there was a worldview behind the song, that has expanded into many facets of culture. That worldview is known as the "new spirituality" which is also known as the "new age movement." What it the new spirituality or new age worldview? In this show Rob paints the picture of this worldview pointing out several arenas that is affected by. Rob also gives a short tribute to Dr. Norman L. Geisler who graduated int...
Jul 08, 2019•41 min
Last week we addressed eight reasons why slavery in the Bible is not the modern day understanding of slavery. In the Bible could slave owners keep slave for a long period of time or was that time limited? Does the Bible teach that slaves could be beaten without repercussions? What were the limitations put forth by God? Does the Bible condone a form of slavery that violates the image and likeness of God prescription of Genesis 1:26,27? In this show Rob addresses and answers two objections put for...
Jul 01, 2019•40 min
Of all the ethical challenges coming from atheists, slavery is a big one. Does the Bible prescribe or describe slavery? Many of the new atheists like to say that because the God does not stop slavery, He must not be worthy of our worship? What does the BIble have to teach us about slavery? Rob answers these questions and gives eight thoughts with regards to how the Bible truly views slavery. You might be surprised that there is a key ingredient to the Judeo Christian faith that was central to ho...
Jun 23, 2019•46 min
With the statistics all pointing to a high level of skepticism in the culture and in the church, what good is apologetics? Does apologetics help in solidifying one's faith, bolster church discipleship, and create a DNA for the church to grow in its missions and evangelism? Does apologetics help stem the tide of the falling away of our youth and young adult cultures? In this show Rob unpacks what the problem in and why apologetics is a necessary discipline in the church. Commercials from the One ...
Jun 16, 2019•48 min
Over the years many of us have heard from well-meaning Christian school and homeschool parents that when their kids leave home that they will not walk away from their faith, becoming part of the statistic that 75-88% of Christian kids are walking away from their faith. They immediately appeal to Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Even though this is a passage from the Bible, and the Bible does not err, this maxim is totally ...
Jun 09, 2019•53 min
You hear a lot in our culture on social justice. What is the social justice movement? Does it have a biblical ground or is it rooted in a pseudo egalitarian form of socialism that oppresses people in the long run? What is the biblical view of social justice according to God's Word? Get ready for a heavy show as Rob as seeks to crack open the trojan horse of the culture's idea of social justice creeping into the church. Rob appeals to two sources in this show. One is R. Scott Smith's essay "Emerg...
Jun 03, 2019•53 min
Cultural Marxism is the prevailing worldview on the American university campuses. What is Cultural Marxism? With the push for cultural Marxism, there is an undercurrent of a move away from Capitalism toward a form of communism or socialism. What are these worldviews? What is cultural Marxism and does the Bible line us with Socialism or Communism? Join us on The Real Issue Podcast as Rob unpacks these worldviews and gives a Christian answer to these questions. Commercials from The One Minute Apol...
May 27, 2019•30 min
Everybody has a worldview. But are they the same as a the Christian worldview? We live in an age where worldviews are beyond opinion. Christians need to learn how to articulate the Christian worldview in the midst of competing worldviews. In this show Rob unpacks the idea of worldview, and shows the difference between worldviews in this first part of a multipart series on worldviews. Commercials from The One Minute Apologist with Bobby Conway interviewing Craig Hazen and J. Warner Wallace. Openi...
May 12, 2019•50 min
Does God exist? What are the arguments for the existence of God? Although, the arguments do not prove God's existence with indubitable certainty, they do provide better reasons for belief than the popular atheistic arguments. In this Rob unpacks and explains ten of the more popular arguments for the existence of God. Commercials from: Justin Brierley from Unbelievable and The One Minute Apologist with Bobby Conway. Opening and closing buffer music by Kerry Livgren, "Ancient Wing" from One of Sev...
May 05, 2019•43 min
One of the big objections coming against the BIble is why are there just 66 books and not the books of the Apocrypha? What gives the BIble its authority to guide our lives? In this show, Rob unpacks these questions and a whole lot more. Commercials from Bobby Conway, The One Minute Apologist with Frank Turek and Dr. Norman Geisler on why the Bible is true. Opening/closing music from "Ancient Wing" by Kerry Livgren, from "One of Several Possible Musiks." If you have any questions about what you h...
Apr 30, 2019•36 min
