Weighed in the Balance
by Jonathan Brooks & Co
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Is Cameron Riecker's Biggest Objection Really Insurmountable?
Is Cameron Riecker's Biggest Objection Really Insurmountable?
About this podcast
Weighed in the Balance, the show where we weigh claims against scripture and see if they hold up, of if they fall flat.
Episodes
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- Is Cameron Riecker's Biggest Objection Really Insurmountable? · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 30Send us Fan Mail Is there an insurmountable obstacle to becoming Protestant? Cameron argues that without an infallible interpreter, Protestants have no reliable way to determine…
- You Don't Need Rome to Find Christian History | Responding to Cameron Riecker · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 30Send us Fan Mail Do Protestants need to become Roman Catholic in order to recover the history, unity, and doctrinal stability of the Christian Church? Roman Catholic apologist…
- Martin Luther: The Monk Who Changed the World | Reformation Day Special · 1 h 29 min · Season 2 Episode 29Send us Fan Mail On October 31, 1517, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther set in motion events that would change the course of Western Christianity. But Luther didn't set out…
- Does the PC(USA) Still Teach the Christian Faith? | Everhard vs. Redeemed Zoomer · 1 h 10 min · Season 2 Episode 28Send us Fan Mail Does the PC(USA) still hold forth the Christian faith? And when a denomination tolerates teaching and practices that contradict Scripture, is separation…
- Christian Discourse Has a Problem · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 27Send us Fan Mail What happens when the pursuit of Christian unity becomes more important than biblical truth? And can we defend the unity of the visible church while condemning…
- Was the PCA Right to Leave the PCUS? | Schism & the 1973 Split · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 26Send us Fan Mail What is schism? When is separation from a church sinful—and when can separation actually be necessary? In this episode of Weighed in the Balance, I begin…
- Cameron Bertuzzi's Argument Fails · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 25Send us Fan Mail Does Irenaeus prove the Roman Catholic papacy? In this episode of Weighed in the Balance, we continue examining Cameron Bertuzzi's argument that Protestantism…
- Turretin’s Argument for the Perspicuity of Scripture (We Finally Got to It!) · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 24Send us Fan Mail Is Scripture clear concerning the things necessary for salvation? After spending several episodes working through what the question of Scripture’s perspicuity is…
- This "Protestant Dilemma" Doesn't Work · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 23Send us Fan Mail Cameron Bertuzzi presents another supposed dilemma for Protestants—this time involving the early church, the authorship of Luke, and Irenaeus's statements about…
- Are Unitarians Christians? Responding to the "Biblical Unitarian" Argument · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 22Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Weighed in the Balance, Jonathan responds to a Biblical Unitarian argument that Protestants are inconsistent when they call Unitarians…
- "Biblical Unitarianism" vs. the Trinity: What Does Scripture Actually Teach? · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail Is the Trinity really taught in Scripture? In this episode of Weighed in the Balance, Jonathan responds to a series of objections to the doctrine of the Trinity…
- The Trinity Explained: What Christians Actually Believe About God · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 20Send us Fan Mail What is the doctrine of the Trinity—and what does Scripture actually teach about it? Before responding to anti-Trinitarian arguments, we need to establish what…
- The Early Church Doesn't Prove Roman Catholicism | Canon Debate (Part 2) · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 19Send us Fan Mail Cameron Bertuzzi argues that if Protestants accept the New Testament canon, they must also accept the authority claims of the Roman Catholic Church. In this…
- Francis Turretin on Scripture's Clarity (Part 3): What Perspicuity Is Not · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 18Send us Fan Mail For the third week, we're still asking what the doctrine of the perspicuity (clarity) of Scripture isn't. That may sound tedious, but Turretin is doing exactly…
- Can Protestants Account for the Canon of Scripture? | Responding to Cameron Bertuzzi (Part 1) · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 17Send us Fan Mail Roman Catholic apologists often argue that Protestants cannot account for the canon of Scripture. If Scripture alone is our only infallible rule of faith, how do…
- Francis Turretin on the Perspicuity of Scripture (Part 2): Defining the Question · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 16Send us Fan Mail What does the doctrine of the perspicuity of Scripture actually claim? Continuing our study of Francis Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology, we examine how…
- Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Response (with Rev. Matt Duraski) · 1 h 8 min · Season 2 Episode 15Send us Fan Mail What exactly is Christian Nationalism? Is it simply a desire for Christian influence in society, or is it something more? In this episode, Jonathan Brooks is…
- Is Scripture Really Clear? | Turretin on the Perspicuity of Scripture (Part 1) · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 14Send us Fan Mail Roman Catholic and Protestant debates frequently become bogged down in discussions about Mary, the saints, church government, or other secondary issues. But…
- The PCA's Christian Nationalism Report: What It Actually Says (And What Critics Get Wrong) · 1 h 27 min · Season 2 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail The Presbyterian Church in America recently released a pastoral letter from its Ad Interim Committee studying Christian Nationalism. Almost immediately, critics…
- Former Protestant Pastor Couldn't Defend These 5 Beliefs... Neither Can I · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail Keith Nestor says there were five Protestant beliefs he could no longer defend—and that those beliefs eventually led him into the Roman Catholic Church. As a…
