When asked to define the greatest commandment of the Law, Jesus answered that inquiry by saying, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command." But over the last several decades, it seems that one aspect has eluded the modern church. Indeed the church notes a the great need to love the Lord with the heart, which is the set of the will and the emotions. The modern American church also keys in ...
Sep 27, 2021•26 min
Why are there defections in the church? What are there kids walking away from the faith? It is because of the last few decades in American Christianity, that there has been little concern for thinking on why Christianity is true. In this episode, I lay out a handful of problems of anti-intellectualism and present about seven solutions for the church to consider. If you have any questions, email us at roblundberg315@gmail.com or leave a comment here under this episode or go to my Contact link on ...
Sep 20, 2021•26 min
We hear a lot of stories of Christian celebrities deconstructing their faith. There is also a recent article by Sean McDowell, mentioned in last week's podcast about GEN Z being the most skeptical of all the generations of present day. What is anti-intellectualism? How far back does it go? What can we do to turn the tide around. This episode is the first of a series on anti-intellectualism. In this episode, I present five theses on anti-intellectualism. In this episode I point out that it is not...
Sep 14, 2021•25 min
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is the the worldview of many Millennials and Gen Z's. The term that was first introduced in the 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by the sociologist Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton. The term is used to describe what they consider to be the common beliefs among U.S. youths. How would you describe it? Moralistic therapeutic deism consists of: (1) A God exists who created and ordered the world and watches ove...
Sep 06, 2021•25 min
If you were asked, what is the greatest chapter in the Bible that displays apologetics, what would say? Some might say, 1 Kings 18 where Elijah confronts the false prophets of Baal. Others will most likely go to Acts 17. In Acts 17 we see three instances or accounts of the Apostle Paul's engaging his audiences His first stop was Thessalonica where he disputed his critics using the Scriptures, and there was a result to his apologetic polemic. The second stop was Berea, where the people were descr...
Aug 29, 2021•25 min
When it comes to understanding the need for doing apologetics, there are three kinds of Christians (and pastors). There is the "I understand the need for doing apologetics and I want to get started." There is the "I understand the need, but I am not sure about how it applies for doing ministry." And then there is "I don't need apologetics, Just give me Jesus and the Bible!" Did you know that the Bible not only commands us to do apologetics, but that it is full of examples from the Old Testament,...
Aug 22, 2021•25 min
The term "apologetics" is a legal term that speaks to the making of a case for something. When we speak of Christian apologetics, we are addressing the idea of making a case for why Christianity is true. In this episode, I address what apologetics is and what it is not. I also share a little bit of my background as to how I got into apologetics and why it is important. Apologetics is also multifaceted in that it can deepen our discipleship, refute error in the church, validate Christian truth, a...
Aug 15, 2021•28 min
Have you ever tried to share the good news of Christ with someone who has no intention of believing like you do? I have, and let me tell you what I am finding. What I am seeing with the ideological shifts our culture is taking, that much of the kind of evangelism today involves a conversational type of evangelism. Think of it like gardening, planting the seed, cultivating it, and then reaping the harvest. In this episode, I share you with you eight thoughts from the Proverbs that will help you w...
Aug 08, 2021•28 min
In your attempts to share the Good News of the Christ, have you ever had someone put a halt to your advance and tell you that they "believe in God?" There are many views as what that belief might be that we need to probe so that the truth can be presented. Springboarding off of Point 3 in the Twelve Points that Show Christianity is True (" A theistic God exists "), this episode addresses the various views people hold about what kind of God they believe in. In this episode, I first define what we...
Aug 02, 2021•21 min
Is truth absolute or relative? For anyone who claims to have done any evangelism and not engaged any objections to the subject of truth being knowable, has not done real evangelism in our post truth culture. Relativism is the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual. But, if we look further, we see that relativism is not a logical proposition. In fact it is hypocritical and self-refuting. On The Let's Get Real Podcast with ...
Jul 25, 2021•21 min
If you recall, I mentioned that the Bible would distinguish between the remaining theistic worldviews. Since God cannot lie, it is safe to say that we can conclude that the Bible is in fact the Word of God. This means that Christianity is objectively true because Jesus taught that the Bible is the Word of God (Point 11); and it is true regardless of what anyone believes or any religions teaches about it. On the Let's Get Real Podcast, we examine the twelfth point, which states the final therefor...
Jul 18, 2021•27 min
When we began our investigation of the reliability of the Bible (Point 6) focused only on the New Testament. The reason for this is because that is where we learn who Jesus is (even though Jesus was prophesied in the Old Testament). We concluded that Jesus is God and that whatever He teaches is necessarily true (Step 10). Therefore we can trust whatever Jesus teaches about the Bible as whole. On this week's Let's Get Real Podcast, I address several passages that affirm Jesus testifying that what...
Jul 11, 2021•32 min
This week's episode is one that stems from a deduction of who Jesus truly is. If we recall in our argument we shared that Jesus is God (Point 9) by way of proving it via the resurrection. As Being itself God is necessarily Truth itself. Hence God cannot lie. So if Jesus is God He cannot lie either and whatever He teaches is true. In this episode we discuss some of the things that Jesus shared in Scripture. If you have any questions about anything you hear in this episode, email us at roblundberg...
Jul 05, 2021•26 min
We are three quarters of the way through The Twelve Points That Show Christianity Is True. Here is where we are up to this point: 1. Truth about reality is knowable. 2. Opposites cannot both be true (The Law of Noncontradiction). 3. It is true the theistic God exists. 4. If God exists, then miracles are possible. 5. Miracles performed in connection with a truth claim are acts of God to confirm the truth of God through a messenger of God. 6. The New Testament is historically reliable. 7. As witne...
Jun 27, 2021•26 min
Working through this series on the Twelve Points that Show Christianity to be true, we are building our case on logical premises that will assist you in making your case and understanding of the Christian faith credible in a secular society. By way of review let's go through what we have covered to this point: Truth about reality is knowable (Point 1); The opposite of true is false: the law of noncontradiction (Point 2); It is true that the theistic God exists (Point 3); If God exists, then mira...
Jun 20, 2021•25 min
Who is Jesus? Is He just a great teacher? Is He just a mere Prophet as Muslims claim? Or is He God in human flesh. The New Testament tells us that Jesus clearly identified Himself as Yahweh, the God of the Bible, in both word and deed such that His First century audience wanted to have Him stoned. The original Apostles also identified Jesus as God, and the earliest Christians understood Jesus' divine identity and worshiped Him as such. In this episode, I defend these points by presenting several...
Jun 16, 2021•25 min
With the rising skepticism in our culture and in the churches today, many Christians (pastors and lay people alike) are not able to defend the reliability of the Old and New Testaments. There is a need to revive learning in our churches on defending the faith. There is also an onslaught in the subject in verbal plenary inspiration of the Bible, where a variant is erroneously called an error on the part of the original writers. On The Let's Get Real Podcast this week, I address these issues and a...
Jun 06, 2021•30 min
Since the opposite of true is false, and establishing the case for God's existence (last week), we now move to Point 4 and Point 5, which compile a strong case for miracles. Point 4 tells us that " since God exists, miracles are possible ." Point 5 is included in this episode, and tells us that " miracles can be used to confirm a message from God ." On this episode, we take you to a definition of a miracle, and then move to what are events that are mistakenly called miracles: (eg. anomalies, psy...
May 29, 2021•26 min
If truth about reality is knowable and the opposite of true truth is false, then it must posit the possibility of a God who is also, like truth, invisible, absolute and unchanging. God is not just those things, but also supernatural, uncaused, all powerful, all present (transcendent), and all knowing. We see from science, that the universe (a natural entity) came into being by something outside of itself. The existence (the fact that it exists) of the universe those is not the same as its true e...
May 23, 2021•26 min
In our culture today, many people "listen with their eyes and think with their feelings." Many of the cultural issues of our day place many people in the reality of subjective truth. Springboarding off our our first point that truth about reality is knowable (Point 1), we find ourselves making absolute truth claims. Those absolute truth claims cannot be both true and false at the same time. Truth by its very nature excludes its opposite. If you don't think so, would you feel the same way about t...
May 15, 2021•26 min
If Christianity is true, what does it mean for the believer? Over the last few weeks we have been addressing some of the basics of what Christianity is about; what being a Christian really means; what is faith; what is the Bible; and what the church and its mission is all about. On The Let's Get Real Podcast, we are embarking on a twelve step series defense on what makes the Christian faith true. This is what is called the classical approach starting with the issue of whether or not truth is kno...
May 09, 2021•27 min
Whenever you are involved in a conversation with someone who is skeptical about the Bible, it is usually because they have a preconceived idea that they do not all say the same thing. Mormons may throw down the objection to historical Christianity saying that the Christian church is not united because of all the Bible translations available. Are these objections valid? Is there any truth to them? It all depends on what you want to argue about. Independent Baptist Evangelicals believe the KJV is ...
May 02, 2021•30 min
Moving through some of the foundational basics of the Christian faith, Rob addresses the question, "What is the Bible?" Some might think it is a book of myths and fairy tales. Others might use it as a vitriolic sledgehammer in addressing moral and political issues. Atheists cherry pick it. Liberal theologians demythologize it. Progressives politicize and make it about their own view of social justice. Some evangelicals preach it as a therapy book while Bible believing that it is the inerrant Wor...
Apr 19, 2021•29 min
Thinking about what is possibly ahead for us, with the Equality Act on the horizon, it is important to sure up what we believe and why we believe it. When it comes to conversations about faith, some conversations can become volatile pretty quickly, especially when the other person in the conversation is anti-faith or has a misunderstanding about faith. So, if someone were to ask you to define “faith” how would you respond? On The Let's Get Real Podcast, Rob shares with you a biblical and a pract...
Apr 12, 2021•28 min
What makes Christianity unique from other religions? None of the other religions (Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism) have a founder who has risen from the dead. With that being said, if Jesus is truly risen from the dead, all these other religions and every ideology counter to Christianity are false. In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, Rob gives you three truths that defend the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Those who do celebrate the Easter holiday focus on all kind...
Apr 04, 2021•28 min
As we continue to lay the foundation for future podcasts, the the answer to the question, "What is a Christian?" gets many kinds of responses. Responses like being good person (something everybody tries to do for the most part), going to church and putting money in the offering plate, serving in a capacity at church, are all just some of the answers people give. But do those answers satisfy the question? Is there a difference between doing those things and being a Christian and doing those thing...
Mar 28, 2021•30 min
With religious pluralism seeking to have the front stage, Christianity is seen as just another religion to many? To the skeptic, some see Christianity is a means to control people. For others, confusion emerges with different stripes of that is called Christianity, from the heretical interpretations like the Prosperity Gospel, the New Apostolic Reformation, and Progressive Christianity to the non-Christian cults like the Church of Jesus Christ (of Latter day Saints) and Jehovah's Witnesses. On T...
Mar 21, 2021•25 min
When you hear or think of the word, "church" what comes to mind? Ornate buildings? Organized religion? Control? Many people grow up in church, but may have never thought of the meaning of the church or what is the essence of the church? In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast with Rob Lundberg, Rob presents the meaning of the word, church and explains the church as both visible and local church is, of course, the physical churches that we see around us and around the world, as well as the ...
Mar 15, 2021•20 min
After a few weeks of no podcasts, Rob shares about his health condition and the recent hospitalization and surgery. However Rob just does not share the time of being down and almost out for the count. He also shares how he took the opportunities to seek ways to share the gospel, even from the hospital bed. That's right. Did you know that God can use you in not just the high points of an evangelistic moment, but He can use you also when we are in our down times. Knowing this, you will find the bl...
Mar 08, 2021•18 min
If you want to understand the present moment, especially how similar Wokeness seems to Mao’s Cultural Revolution, you have to understand the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. Gramsci wrote a series of essays and books while imprisoned by the Italian fascists in the 1920s and 1930s that are referred to as his Prison Notebooks. These are the birthplace of Cultural Marxism. But what is Marxism? With all the issues going on the in culture, with denominations embracing critical race theory and inter...
Feb 01, 2021•33 min
