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Gavin Ortlund
ruth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
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2026
72 videos
1:46This Is Why I'm a Calvinist
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24:40Did Protestantism Cause Secularization?
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2:47How Important Is Biblical Inerrancy?
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5:22What Church Was Like In 150 A.D.
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25:44Was Jesus a False Prophet?
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1:49Is AI Dangerous?
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1:51:00Young Earth vs Old: A Better Way? (With Dr. Marcus Ross)
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1:27:00Where Is the True Church? (Fr. Stephen De Young & Gavin Ortlund)
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19:59Is Stoning Children Really Commanded in the Bible?
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1:44:00Salvation Outside Orthodoxy? Jonathan Pageau and Gavin Ortlund Dialogue
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2:03Sola Scriptura Is Not What You Think
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1:28Why I'm Proud to be Protestant
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47:52Did the Bible Warn Us About AI? (with John Lennox)
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14:11Is Jonathan Pageau Right About Salvation Outside Orthodoxy?
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0:35Should Women Be Pastors?
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1:17:00A Protestant and a Dominican Friar Explore Disagreements and Agreements
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16:19Do Protestants Just *Misunderstand* Orthodoxy?
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20:23Should All Christians Pray in Tongues?
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1:19:00Can Protestants and Catholics Agree on Penal Substitutionary Atonement? (Dialogue With Erick Ybarra)
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1:28The Protestant Canon in the 2nd Century?
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28:06Disagreeing on the Flood Isn't Heresy (Responding to Rosaria Butterfield)
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21:51Was the Earliest Bible Canon Actually Protestant?!?
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1:02Should Infant Baptism Divide Us?
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29:29Should Only Men Be Pastors? My Honest Reflection on a Controversial Topic
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23:21Christianity and the Problem of Evil: The Story That Helped Me
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0:52Nashvillians, See You May 7th!
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42:11Does the Bible Have Errors? A Better Way to Think About Inerrancy
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14:50Can Christians Believe in Ghosts?
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6:44When Are Arguments From Silence Valid? (Response to Cameron Bertuzzi)
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0:53Special Announcement for my Nashville Friends!
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39:05How Church History Gets MISUSED Against Protestants
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1:49Right vs Left Is Too Simple
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13:15The Question Atheism Struggles to Answer (It’s Not What You Think)
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1:07:00The Secret to Enjoying Life (Christians Miss This)
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4:27"Are You Ready to Die?" (Powerful Answer)
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15:08Is Gen Z Turning Catholic? Analyzing a Fascinating Trend
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20:14If Christianity Is True… Why So Many Religions?
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1:21Did God Reject His Own Son?
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48:44The Real Reason Jan Hus Was Burned (When Church History Gets Dark)
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38:02What Church Was Like in 150 AD (Justin Martyr Reveals)
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1:27Could Jesus Save Aliens?
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12:08If Aliens Exist, Does Christianity Collapse?
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23:49Did the Father Hate the Son on the Cross?
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1:25Where James Talarico Misses Christianity
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21:25Why Gen Z Loves Church History (And What to do About it)
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15:24Is A.I. Making us Lonely?
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1:02Why the Virgin Birth?
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16:16What Does Sola Scriptura Even Mean?
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1:43The Difference Between Nirvana and Heaven
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1:44The Early Church Didn't Look Protestant...
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24:57Christianity’s Best Argument Isn’t What You Think
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0:56Jesus and Homosexuality
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34:467 Reasons the Nephilim Were Angelic
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8:24Abortion and Marriage Aren’t In the Bible?
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16:06Did Emperors Actually Run the 7 Ecumenical Councils?
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27:38The Shroud of Turin: Evaluating the Best Arguments (For and Against)
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2:00Church History: How NOT to Use It
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42:47Is the Church Visible or Invisible?
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30:05Why Protestants Win the Church History Debate (Newman Was Wrong)
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24:22About That Post: When Should Christians Speak Up About Politicians?
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1:31Which One Is the True Church?
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17:11What is the Unforgivable Sin?
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1:59:00Explaining Every Chapter of Revelation
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2:47Is the Rapture Biblical?
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1:25Is Progressive Revelation Biblical?
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59:00Are the End Times Here? Explaining Each Event
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7:28The Greenland Crisis and Just War Theory
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2:11:00The Internet, Protestantism, and the State of Christianity (With Wes Huff)
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0:51How Sola Scriptura Combats Despair
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30:58Abortion in the Early Church: The Surprising Witness We Need Today
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14:37Why Sam Harris’s Moral Vision Still Doesn’t Satisfy
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1:00Fine-Tuning Is a Super Strong Argument For God
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2025
84 videos
1:25Is Progressive Revelation Biblical?
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1:54Praying to the Holy Spirit?
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36:50How Did Monotheism Really Begin?
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11:30Do Christians Have to Believe in the Virgin Birth?
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32:04Are Protestant Churches Valid? Examining Apostolic Succession
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2:58Can Protestants Be Ecumenical?
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1:56Doubting? Do This
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2:50Do Angels Oversee Stars?
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2:23How Powerful Is Satan?
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1:56Uncertain About Christianity? Try This.
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0:59Is Pascal’s Wager Debunked by I Cor. 15:19?
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1:47Responding To Extremism
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1:56The Sin Nobody Wants To Talk About
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2:40Is the Protestant Canon Problematic?
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1:39Joe Heschmeyer on the Didache and the Papacy (Final Response)
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1:58For Those Who Are Deconstructing...
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2:16The Story Behind All Stories
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2:40Relating Scripture and Science Is Complicated
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1:53Become Protestant. Avoid Man-Made Rituals.
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2:33Gladiator and the Meaning of Life
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2:58We've Neglected This Doctrine
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3:00My Question for Orthodox Inquirers
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1:45Don’t Say This to a Sufferer
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0:58Scripture Is Infallible, Not Just Reliable @CapturingChristianity
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3:01Ecclesial Infallibility Is Problematic
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1:37Jesus Has the Keys of Death and Hades
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1:49If You Don't Like Calvinism...
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1:51What the Bible Says About the Eucharist
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1:22Is Lifelong Celibacy Realistic?
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1:09The Problem With Entertainment
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2:09What Jesus Says About Unity
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1:22Before You Judge Another's Sin...
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1:35Why C. S. Lewis Rejected Universalism
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2:03Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
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1:05I’m Speaking at the Patristic Nectar Marriage Conference
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1:25What Happens After Death? (Christian View)
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2:06The Church vs. Slavery: A Forgotten History
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2:35The Implications of Atheism Are Devastating
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1:52The Bible Is for Ordinary People
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2:15Stop Fighting Over This (Inerrancy vs. Premillennialism)
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1:20Heaven is Better Than You Think
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1:58How the Nicene Creed Can Save You
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1:08Why "No Creed But the Bible" Doesn't Work
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2:46One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic: Explaining the Marks of the Church
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3:00Hell: Christianity's Most Difficult Doctrine?
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1:40Why Universalism is Wrong (Most People Miss This)
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1:24The ONE TRUE CHURCH: Are You In It?
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2:30We're Doing Social Media Wrong: Try These 3 Strategies Instead
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1:52Evil is Growing in 2025: How to Find Hope
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2:28The Truth About Icon Veneration: And Why It Matters
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1:30The Holy Spirit: What Most Christians Miss
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2:35When Does Icon Veneration Become Idolatry? Protestant Answer
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1:30Low Church vs. High Church: What Both Sides MISS
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2:33Christians and Israel: Replacement or Fulfillment?
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2:40Angels Are Different Than You've Been Told
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1:20Are People More Spiritually Open in 2025?
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1:49How to Find God (Start Where You Already Are)
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1:26When Mary Displaces Jesus
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1:21The Protestant "Private Judgment" Problem
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1:37The A.I. Question No One Is Asking
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2:07Can Heretics Be Saved?
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1:44What Rhett's Critique Misses (Christian Response)
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1:30Were Luther and Calvin Ecumenical?
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1:30Saying "Religion Causes Violence" Overlooks This
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1:59God Can Give You Peace
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1:54Is This Protestant Divide Growing?
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1:49Lose the Trinity, Lose Christianity
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0:52Leave Your Church If This Happens
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1:30This Roman Catholic Doctrine Steals Assurance
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1:27Math, Music, and Love Point to God
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1:27Can Science Correct Theology?
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1:30A Fallible List of Infallible Books? The Protestant Canon Problem
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1:29Which Doctrines Are Worth Dying For? (Theological Triage)
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1:29You Can Change: The Key To Christian Growth
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1:31How to Know You're Going to Heaven
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1:37Does Jordan Peterson Get Jesus Right?
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1:26Satanism is Growing in 2025
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1:28Christian Revival is Not What You Think
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1:30Satan is Terrified
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0:55Protestants Honor Mary Correctly
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1:22Freedom from P0rn (God Can Forgive You)
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1:28Sola Scriptura Makes Sense
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1:30Can Protestants Be Deep in History?
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1:30How to Find Joy
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2024
33 videos
0:59Politics and Church: This is Hard
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0:10Are We Living in the End Times?
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0:59Before You Reject Calvinism...
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1:00Why Christianity Makes Sense
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0:57Roman Catholics Have NOT Infallibly Defined the Essentials!
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1:00Essential Doctrines: Roman Catholics Can’t Agree, Either!
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1:00Is Pope Francis Teaching Pluralism?
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1:00Calvinism: Why I Rarely Talk About It
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1:00Can Apologists Be Scholars?
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1:00Why I’m Protestant: I Wrote This Book to Make My Case
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0:51Oregon Has REAL Forests
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0:58Inside Out 2: 5 Themes I Noticed
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1:00Can Protestant Creeds Have Authority?
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1:00Truth Unites Studio! (My Wife is Awesome)
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0:26Liberal Christianity is Not Christianity
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0:57Pope Francis: Are We “Fundamentally Good?”
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0:58Slavery in the Bible? The Ultimate Answer
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0:52There are Only TWO Sacraments (the Protestant View is Right)
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0:26Athanasius REJECTED Literal, 24-Hour Creation Days!
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0:46Theology Can Make Us Proud
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0:59Female Pastors in Church History?
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0:44Protestantism Is Not a Church
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0:50Why Praying to the Saints is Wrong
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0:33Protestants Believe in Good Works!
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0:37Everyone Needs Courage Now
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0:41A "Spiritual Presence" View of the Eucharist (in 40 seconds)
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0:42Yes, Mary is the Mother of God
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0:57Calvinism Isn't Crazy
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0:58About That “He Gets Us” Ad
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0:48Justification is a Free Gift!
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0:59Do You Have ENOUGH Faith?
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0:57Why Christianity is Happy News
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0:58God Can Use Your Anxiety
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2023
8 videos
0:52There is NO REASON to Believe the Church is Infallible
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0:59Why is God Hidden?
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0:53Christians, Be Clear About Sin
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0:58Satan Is Disarmed!
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0:59Don't Divide Over Young Earth Creationism!
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1:00How to Overcome Intellectual Anxiety
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1:00Mary's Assumption Should Make You Protestant!
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1:00How Protestants Define Catholicity
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