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The Brian Dainsberg Podcast The Genesis of Gender with Special Guest: Dr. Abigail Favale

Dr. Favale is an author and professor at Notre Dame University. She has written a book entitled The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory which helps explain the historical and sociological currents that have generated the transgender craze. Resources: The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory – Abigail Favale

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The Brian Dainsberg Podcast Is the Bible Reliable?

Most historians are quick to acknowledge the historical credibility of the works of Herodotus or Thucydides or Julius Caesar's invasion of Gaul. How does the Bible's reliability stack up against these? The evidence is overwhelming: the Bible is the most well-attested ancient document we have. Resources: Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a…

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The Brian Dainsberg Podcast Critical Theory: Doctrine & Biblical Critique

Critical Theory has “doctrine” to it; fundamental tenets that shape the ideology. This episode will explore its doctrine and offer a biblical response to it.  Resources: https://shenviapologetics.com/ Confronting Justice without Compromising Truth – Thaddeus Williams Live Not By Lies – Rod Dreher

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The Brian Dainsberg Podcast Critical Theory: History

Critical Race Theory (CRT) has received quite a bit of attention over the recent months. CRT fits under the broader umbrella of Critical Theory (CT), which has a rich and lengthy history. This episode will seek to trace the genealogy of this much talked about ideology.

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CRISIS AND THE ILLUSTION OF “DO SOMETHING”

Medieval Europe was an agrarian society, but farming technology was a far cry from what we have today. By comparison, it was relatively primitive and completely dependent on weather and the seasons. There was no control over the weather, minimal control over the soil, and thus little control over whether or not the farmer’s endeavors…

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DO NOT FEAR CORONAVIRUS

We’ve been watching the markets crashing, businesses shuttering doors, health care workers overwhelmed, people losing their jobs, getting sick, and dying. Now we’re being told this all could last for months. With this ominous foreboding hovering over our world like something from a Hollywood doomsday movie, how exactly does God want us to walk through…

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IF GOD, WHY COVID-19?

A truly good God would not want COVID-19 to exist.An all-powerful God would not allow COVID-19 to exist. COVID-19 exists. Therefore, a God who is both good and powerful cannot exist. So goes the logic. But there is a hidden premise buried inside the argument. The premise is: God does not have any good reasons to allow…

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WHAT DID CHRISTIANS DO IN THE PAST?

The year was 165 AD. Marcus Aurelius was emperor in Rome. A devastating epidemic swept through the empire. Some medical historians suspect it was the first appearance of smallpox in the West. Regardless of the actual disease, it was lethal. During the fifteen year duration of the epidemic, between a quarter and a third of the empire’s population…

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MUSINGS ON VIRALITY

I spent much of Thursday afternoon and Friday morning last week in correspondence with other pastors as we tried to figure out what we’re going to do in response to what we saw transpiring around us. We all had the same sense that this had gone from a concern to DEFCON 5 in just a…

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ASBESTOS, CHURCH ATTENDANCE AND BLIND SPOTS

Did you know magazine ads and press releases once celebrated the health and lifestyle benefits of building with asbestos and smoking? Decades later we look back on that and think, “How silly!” But at the time, people who smoked or handled asbestos had no idea what they were dealing with. This was a significant cultural…

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