The Melissa Dougherty Podcast

You'll find a mixed bag of Jesus, theology, Christian apologetics, and cultural topics from a Christian perspective here. I'm an ex-New Thoughter (with a little Ex New Ager sprinkled in) and a lot of my videos focus on topics related to this as well. My hope is to help Christians thoughtfully know what they believe and why they believe it.

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What REALLY Happened at the Council of Nicaea?

*This is audio extracted from my YouTube video from November of 2020 converted here in podcast land for your hearing pleasure.* I got the great privilege to sit with my friend and brother in Christ, Wesley Huff, and ask him to talk about this. I would consider Wesley to be an expert on this sort of topic, so I find what he has to say on this topic to be very compelling and hopefully will be to you too. Wesley's Website: https://www.wesleyhuff.com/ Wesley's blog about the Council of Nicea: https:...

Oct 07, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 3

The Four Main Flaws in the American Church and What to do About it

*This is audio extracted from my YouTube video converted here in podcast land for your hearing pleasure.* What do we do when we have churches with their hearts in the right place but their methodologies, priorities, and goals are flawed? The "American Church" style has a reputation for entertainment, preaching prosperity, life application, wonders, healing, and miracles... but not necessarily the Gospel, or exegeting scripture and theology. It creates a frustratingly watered-down gospel and puts...

Sep 30, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Being Politically Incorrect to be Correct: Men Are Awesome and Demi Lovato is Still a Woman.

Men are amazing, useful, necessary, and contribute immeasurably to society. Demi Lovato is a woman. A few years ago both of these statements would have been obviously true and acceptable. Now, they conjure up wrath, division, and bitterness. Sometimes I just gotta stir the pot. So stir I shall. *swish.* My website: melissadougherty.co ●Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewAgeToChristianity/ ●Instagram: @melissaldougherty ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meldougherty77 ●My Website: https://www.meli...

Sep 07, 2021•45 min

Sharing Truth in Love: Encouragement and a Plea to Christians

*This is audio extracted from my YouTube video from May 2020 converted here in podcast land for your hearing pleasure.* Let me get mushy for a second. This is made in hopes that we can have some insight into how we look, sound, and act as the Body of Christ. I have found myself visiting the same set of Scriptures over the last few months, and I thought it would be an encouragement to all of us during a tough time, but also in hopes that we can all learn how to treat others as we would want to be...

Aug 23, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 3

When Lies Become "Truth" and the Monsters it Makes Us.

*This is audio extracted from my YouTube video converted here in podcast land for your hearing pleasure.* Heads up... Dense conversation ahead. You've been warned. What do you do when suddenly everything in your culture gets turned around? We're finding more and more people embracing blatant lies thinking it's the high moral ground. As language becomes less expressive, minds are more easily controlled. Wrong is right. Right is wrong. Up is down. Down is up. Babies in the womb aren't actually bab...

Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 1

The MegaChurch Mega-Mess

*This is audio extracted from my YouTube video converted here in podcast land for your hearing pleasure.* I mean... someone needs to say it, right? The Megachurch world can be a mess. I know I’m going to make a lot of people uncomfortable with what I’m saying in this video, but someone needs to say this. This is not me being nitpicky, being a guns blazin’ heresy hunter, or trying to point out minor differences in how worship is done or how sermon styles are conducted.No, this goes FAR beyond tha...

Aug 17, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 4

My First Actual Bona Fide Podcast and Why I Started One

This is my first actual podcast outside of uploading previous content from my YouTube channel. This was actually really fun and I'm looking forward to making another. I intro the podcast, give some background on the name, offer some encouragement, and what to expect from my talking face in the future. ●Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewAgeToChristianity/ ●Instagram: @melissaldougherty ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meldougherty77 ●My Website: https://www.melissadougherty.co/...

Aug 17, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Five Reasons Why You Should Listen to Perspectives You Don't Agree With

This video was originally on YouTube. The audio is extracted for this podcast. Today I break down one of the best posts and advice I've seen in 2020, and in general. Why is it wise to listen to perspectives and beliefs that are different than yours? I hope to elaborate on that. My friend Rob Bowman made this post, and he's one of the most respected men in his field. He's a biblical scholar and apologist with 35 years of ministry experience. He's authored about a dozen books, one of my favorites ...

Aug 16, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Top 5 New Age Teachings in the Church

On my YouTube channel, this has been by far my most popular video, with almost 700,000 views. It's now in podcast form! New Age in the Church?! Yep. It's been going on for quite a while now. In fact, you'd be shocked to know that a lot of Christians believe in many New Age beliefs and don't even know it. I might make a part 2 to this at some point because I realize that there's a LOT of New Age practices out there. But in putting this video together, these are the top 5 deceptions that I kept th...

Aug 15, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

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