Biblical Ignorance

Series: A Time for Truth

Biblical Literacy

Biblical Ignorance

46 min

Series: A Time for Truth

Biblical Literacy

Biblical Ignorance

46 min

In our informal surveys we’ve conducted over the years, most Christians cannot name the Ten Commandments. Why is biblical ignorance so common among Christians today? That’s our discussion on this edition of the White Horse Inn.

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Kim Riddlebarger is pastor of Christ Reformed Church in Anaheim, California. He is a visiting professor of systematic theology at Westminster Seminary California and a frequent contributor to Tabletalk and Modern Reformation. Among his publications is A Case for Amillenialism: Understanding the End Times, and The Man of Sin. Kim also writes at the Riddleblog which is devoted to Reformed theology and eschatology.

Michael Horton (Ph.D., Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Coventry University) is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California and Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Sola Media.

Shane Rosenthal is executive producer of The White Horse Inn national radio broadcast which can be heard online at whitehorseinn.org.

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A Time for Truth

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A Time for Truth

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Truth & Arrogance

Is it arrogant to believe in absolute truth? Are Christians arrogant for accepting Christ’s claim to be “the way, the truth, and the life”? Why did Jesus make the claim, “No man comes to the Father but by me”? Tune in to this edition of the White Horse Inn as the hosts continue to discuss […]

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Has God Really Said?

On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts discuss the difference between denying and distorting the truth by examining Satan’s tactics in the first temptation. What are some of the ways modern Christians distort God’s revealed truth? Tune in this week to find out!

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Distracted from the Truth

On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts discuss the difference between denying and distorting the truth by examining Satan’s tactics in the first temptation. What are some of the ways modern Christians distort God’s revealed truth? Tune in this week to find out!

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Narcissism Gone Wild

On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts discuss the rise of narcissism in contemporary culture and explore how self-centeredness has become the focus not only outside of the church but also within it. How have self-help, self-worship, and preoccupation with self become dominant in contemporary faith and practice? Tune in this week […]

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Postmodernism: Friend or Foe?

How has modernism evolved into postmodernism? What are the characteristics of this postmodern age? How do postmodern worldviews help and hinder the truth? Find out on this week’s edition of the White Horse Inn.

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The Emergent Church Movement

What is the Emergent Church and how is it related to postmodernism? Tune in this week as the hosts evaluate this new movement and discuss its implications for the current and future church.

The Question of Tolerance

The Question of Tolerance

What are we to think about tolerance? Is intolerance always wrong? Is it possible to be over-tolerant? Tune in to this week’s discussion on the White Horse Inn as the hosts continue their series, “A Time For Truth.”

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Finding Truth in a World of Spin

If everyone has their own “spin” on reality, can truth ever really be attained? Is there any place in the world that is ever completely spin free? On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts discuss these and other related questions as they continue the series, “A Time for Truth”.

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Reaching Out Without Selling Out

On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts talk with Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, about creative ways of reaching out to non-Christians without dumbing down the Christian message, as well as other ideas presented in his book, Radical Reformission.

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