What is faith? Is it a disease of the mind? Is it a virus in our culture? It is believing in something that you cannot see or that you have no evidence for? Many Christians and skeptics have a misunderstanding, and misrepresentation of this word, "faith." What is biblical faith? On the Let's Get Real Podcast with Rob Lundberg, Rob presents the various dictionary definitions of faith. Then he moves to Hebrews 11:1 and breaks down the meaning of the verse before moving into a practical definition ...
Jun 28, 2020•30 min
Today we are looking at a period of time where Christians are going to be tested. As we consider the possibility of a postmodern culture's challenges, it is now no longer time to slough off about what we believe and why we believe it. We need to get back to the basics of understanding the historical Christian worldview. On The Let's Get Real Podcast with Rob Lundberg, Rob shares the essentials of the historical Christian worldview. The reason why he does it because not many Christians are able t...
Jun 21, 2020•29 min
In James Sire's prolific book, The Universe Next Door , he defines a worldview as, “ a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundations on which we live and more and have our being. ” This means that EVERYONE who h...
Jun 14, 2020•30 min
Many Christians have a misunderstanding of the interaction of apologetics and evangelism. But aside of apologetics being a confidence builder reinforcing faith, and a means of discipleship, there is another context for apologetics that is equally important, and that is evangelism. On the first inaugural show of the Let's Get Real with Rob Lundberg, Rob takes you through a biblical look at apologetics in the context of apologetics as pre-evangelism and the role of questions. What do questions do?...
Jun 07, 2020•26 min
Socrates once said, "the unexamined life is a life not worth living." But how does that work when it comes faith and belief? Rob confronts this question by setting the premise that the unexamined faith is a faith not worth believing; and he applies this not just toward believers. He also challenges skeptics listening to The Real Issue Podcast, to challenge him to defend their skepticism. In this show Rob puts forth four reasons for believers to be able to defend what and why they believe in Chri...
May 31, 2020•41 min
It has been said that many people do not want the truth and just want the constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth. Perhaps you have been in a conversation with someone who retorted something like "that's true for you" or "I am glad you have your beliefs and that they work for you." It is like this with many people who embrace their own truth out of matters of pragmatism or personal preference. So the question is, what would happen if you have the truth issue wrong? On The Real I...
May 24, 2020•39 min
I don’t know if you realize this or not, but the problem with America is not America. The problem with America is the church . These sound like harsh words, but I think we can see that there is an overwhelming cloud of anti-intellectualism in the church that is hurting the Church in fulfilling the Great Commission and the Great Commandment . And that problem is widespread in the church at large today. On The Real Issue Podcast, Rob provides the reasons how we got to where we are by tracing the h...
May 17, 2020•40 min
You hear it from the Mormon missionaries that come knocking at your door: "the Bible has been corrupted and much of what was in it was lost, and the Church of Jesus Christ (of Latter Day Saints) has the restored gospel, after it disappeared from the Earth." But is this true? On The Real Issue Podcast, Rob takes on the challenge coming from Mormon elders over the years to prove that the Book of Mormon is a false testimony. Looking to Deuteronomy 18:20,22 as the measuring stick for determining a p...
May 03, 2020•46 min
Is Jesus the eternal God in human flesh, second Person of the Trinity? Or is he a created being like you and I and ascended into "Godhood?" Was Jesus born born by virgin birth or was he brought forth through process of procreation between a resurrected God and Mary? Did the atonement for our sins occur at the cross, or did the process begin in the Garden of Gethsemane? Is Jesus the eternal God or did he ascend to be a god? If you are speaking to an Evangelical Christian or a member of the Church...
Apr 26, 2020•48 min
When you hear the word "cult" many people think of Jonestown or the Branch Davidians. While there are different ways of looking at cults, from both the sociological and theological, the church is showing more and more signs of theological error coming in, ranging from New Age ideologies, historically heretical ideas. But a couple of the more popular cults are the Mormons and the Jehovah's Witnesses. While they use very similar terminologies to the Christian church, the meanings of those terms ar...
Apr 19, 2020•45 min
What makes Christianity different from other religions? It is that the Founder of the Christian faith rose from the dead. As you celebrate this Easter season, Rob shares three formidable truths that give validity to Jesus’ resurrection. His resurrection was foretold in the Old Testament, prophesied by Jesus himself, and those who claimed to be eyewitnesses were willing to die for believing in a resurrected Christ. In the second part, he shares some ways you can remember about the truth of the re...
Apr 12, 2020•40 min
Muslims claim that Jesus never died on a cross using just one verse of the Qur'an. Skeptics want to throw down objections that Jesus never died or that He swooned on the cross. Aside of the fact that no one walks out of a tomb after being dead, we have to look at who Jesus is, and what He went through to pay the debt that sinners owe a holy God. On The Real Issue Podcast, Rob presents eight evidences that show that Jesus really died and gives some of the details that coincide with the gospel acc...
Apr 05, 2020•36 min
If you were asked, "Who is Jesus?" how would you answer the question? Would you just leave it that He is your Savior, or could you give a reason as to why Jesus is the Savior of mankind? Jesus has received a lot of attention as a good teacher or just a good man. For Christians Jesus of Nazareth is the one and only Savior for the sins of man. The cults and the world religions have their own view. On The Real Issue Podcast, Rob gives several reasons why Jesus is the only true Savior, and explains ...
Mar 29, 2020•35 min
Why does God allow evil things like the Covid-19 (Corona virus) to plague millions of people? Skeptics would say that if God is all loving, He would not allow it and if He was all powerful He would do away with it. But since it exists, He cannot exist. But is this true? Rob presents his case for the problem of evil using the Corona virus as an example responding to the charges by the 18th century philosopher David Hume. He also provides a definition of evil, and then gives the Christian answer t...
Mar 22, 2020•41 min
With the world spinning sidewards with the Corona virus pandemic, there is also the pandemic with millions affected by the belief of religious pluralism; the idea that all religions say the same thing and all religious ideas are equal. But is that so? On The Real Issue podcast, with a mug of green tea in hand, fighting congestion himself, Rob opens up the "medicine cabinet" and presents six key fact on why religious pluralism does not work and why the idea itself leads to spiritual bankruptcy. C...
Mar 15, 2020•46 min
Have you ever wondered how to get over the fear of starting a spiritual conversation with someone? Where do you begin? Do you know what questions to ask in order to keep the conversation going? On The Real Issue Podcast, Rob shares with you the top questions you can use to start a conversation or keep the conversation going. In this show, Rob shares personal experiences and practical tips on how to use some of the questions. He also shares advice on what to expect in the evangelism encounter and...
Mar 08, 2020•36 min
When self created celebrities like Rhett and Link abandon the faith for an agnosticism of openness and uncertainty, what did their faith look like? While that cannot be answered, Rob dives into the meaning of faith and what it means to have a real Christian faith. In this show, Rob pulls no punches explaining that faith involves three key ingredients: knowledge, belief and trust. Celebrities or not, faith in the Christian sense is loaded with evidences or else it is a blind faith. Check out this...
Mar 01, 2020•46 min
The question of God's existence is the most fundamental question still hotly debated by those on both sides of the belief line. On The Real Issue Podcast Rob presents the starting points for tackling this question and then moves into three fundamental arguments for the existence of God: the cosmological argument (creation), the argument from design, and the argument from absolute morality. In the final moments Rob shows how science does not prove God's non-existence by showing five things that s...
Feb 23, 2020•45 min
Is truth knowable? In our culture today we are seeing truth dying on the streets of our culture from the media, the halls of academia and even in levels of government. Many people today commit fundamental fallacies in trying to push forward their subjective ideas. On The Real Issue Podcast, Rob explains the difference between subjective and objective truth claims. After he shows how the law of noncontradiction is the fundamental for understanding basic truths and how it can be used to refute cla...
Feb 17, 2020•36 min
On The Real Issue Podcast this week, Rob interviews his wife, Kathy Lundberg and they talk about how apologetics is used in an every day of living out the faith. From discipling their daughter to interacting with those in the church and outside the faith, Kathy shares her testimony on how apologetics, and hermeneutics are incorporated in the family discipleship plan of everyday life. Kathy not only shares her testimony on how she came understanding the importance of apologetics, but also how can...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 3 min
With all the talk about social justice in the legal, political and religious circles, Rob revisits this topic on "social justice" and how it differs from biblical justice and a right understanding of the gospel. Does justice have a biblical ground? Yes. Does the "social justice" movement center itself on a biblical worldview? No. In fact it rooted in a pseudo egalitarian form of socialism that creates a vicious circle of oppression where there is no short of amount of people being oppressed. Wha...
Feb 02, 2020•53 min
The phrase in Isaiah 53, "by His stripes we are healed" is often misused and misapplied by those under the deception of the Word Faith/Prosperity Gospel, as well as well meaning believers. Does this phrase in Isaiah guarantee physical healing or is there something else in mind? How do we answer the Word Faith/Prosperity Gospel teachers on this issue? On this episode of The Real Issue Podcast, Rob answers these questions and addresses the physical healing question pertaining to this verse with a ...
Jan 27, 2020•40 min
Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday and many Christians find themselves seeking ways to show that life begins at the point of conception. The battle lines were drawn in the sand with the famous Roe v Wade, making abortion legal. But what is legal does not mean that it is lawful. What does science say about life in the womb at conception (embryology)? What do the ethical challenges tells us about the "morning after worldview" when the decision is made to terminate a pregnancy? Many of us know ...
Jan 20, 2020•51 min
What we have a lack of interest in is what we choose to ignore. Why is the church ignoring apologetics when there are credible reasons for its validity in the ministry of the church? With the fallout of our young people due to a rising secular culture, Rob share in this show why we should not ignore apologetics, and provides some insights on how to get involved now in this necessary discipline for contemporary discipleship. Music from Kerry Livgren's "One of Several Possible Musicks," "Ancient W...
Jan 13, 2020•39 min
One of the popular movements characterized in American Christianity is the Word Faith movement, also known as the Prosperity Gospel. The major vehicle of the false teaching of this movement is the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which broadcasts many of the programs and services from Word Faith Teachers like Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Morris Cerullo, Kenneth Hagin, Benny Hinn and others. What do they teach, and how are the teaching of these false teachers in conflict with sound ...
Jan 05, 2020•55 min
How does apologetics impact our worship as Christians? How does evidence impact our love for the Lord? It is said that the more you know about God the more you love Him. Evidence can be used by the Holy Spirit to point a person to Christ and the finished work of the cross, as it did for Rob in 1980. The discipline of apologetics leads to a balanced Christian walk that demonstrates our living the life we defend, no matter the critics' challenges to our faith. Apologetics provides confidence and a...
Dec 30, 2019•47 min
Merry Christmas! It's Christmas time, and conversations are stirring about the holiday and how one celebrates Christmas. Perhaps conversations come up about why we as Christians celebrate Christmas? It is not all about the jingle bells and trees. Those things are fun, but on a more significant note, Christmas is about celebrating the first Advent of Jesus Christ by means of His virgin birth. What significance does the virgin birth of Jesus mean for Christianity? Does it play an important role in...
Dec 23, 2019•42 min
One of the most "formidable objections" that pop atheists use to come after Christianity is that the story of Jesus' birth and resurrection are spinoff stories of pagan mythologies like Mithras, Horus, Dionysius or some other pagan deity. The main claim is that all of these stories of the pagan deities claim a virgin birth on December 25th. Welcome to The Real Issue Podcast. On our show today Rob examines the claim from the pagan story of Mithra. With us coming upon Christmas time, many advocate...
Dec 16, 2019•44 min
What do we mean when we make the statement, "I have faith!" Does one's faith validate what one believes is true? No. Does faith prove your religion to be true? No. What does it mean to have faith? In a confused culture and church, where faith is seen as believing something with no evidence, is that reasonable? Welcome to The Real Issue Podcast where we take a look at these questions and a whole lot more. In this episode, Rob unpacks what it means to have a reasonable faith and then moves to defi...
Dec 09, 2019•39 min
Are Christians narrow-minded or intolerant to think that truth and morals are absolute? Those who hold to relative truth and morality often claim that those who hold to absolute truth and morals to be intolerant, narrow-minded, bigoted and even worse. Join Rob on The Real Issue Podcast, as he paints a clear picture on why relativism and moral relativism fails philosophically and practically. Rob also presents Barna survey results conveying how the church is being infiltrated by these ideologies....
Dec 02, 2019•41 min
