John Williams | Friends Talking Faith
Episode description
Today’s show is going to be a bit different from some other episodes. I’m sitting down with a friend of mine to talk about faith, Christianity, modern day heresies, and all sorts of topics. It’s the kind of conversation that I hope more of us have with our friends, and I hope you enjoy listening in on this discussion.
John Williams is a servant of God who strives daily to pick up his cross and follow Christ; contently serving in an upside-down kingdom. The greatest honor he has is the opportunity to study scripture with his wife, disciple his two sons, and serve his community in the name of Christ. As a former pastor's kid John has had a front row view of different spins on religious doctrine. Having had many faith crises in his time he was confronted with the dreaded questions, "what do I believe... and why?" Starting over from scratch, he began at the first place - the only place - that matters: the text. Since then, he has devoted his time to studying scripture and discipleship, while serving the community.
Questions Answered:
- What is a heresy?
- Are we experiencing anything truly new in our society these days?
- What is original sin and how does it lead to heresy today?
- If I am basically good, what is the impact of the death of Christ?
- How can self-help potentially lead to heresy?
- What do you think about churches who skip the challenging parts of the Bible?
- Jesus talks about both judgment and love; how do we balance those two?
- Is the Bible just a book written by a bunch of men and not divinely inspired?
- How do we discern false teachers and false teaching?
- What are your thoughts of the prosperity gospel?
- How does a man start reading and studying the Bible?
- What about Free Will versus Predestination?
- What happens when a church becomes overly political?
- What is panentheism and how does it impact people today?
- What happens when a man daily spends time in scripture?
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