Reasonable Christianity?
Reasonable Christianity is a weekly podcast where ordinary people have thought-provoking conversations about an extraordinary God. Each week we take a look at the truth claims of Christianity, the teachings of the bible as well as the practices of the saints in order to evaluate and affirm the truthfulness of our faith and ultimately preserve the power of the gospel. Hosted by Roland Albertus
Episodes
85 episodes
When the Body Functions, the Wolf Has Nowhere to Hide (Series, Misaligned: When the Church Replaces Christ, Episode 3)
In Episode 1, we exposed the man of God myth — the structure that concentrates authority in one person and quietly produces dependence instead of discipleship. In Episode 2, we sat with the consequences — real harm, protected wolves, and the en...
When the Church Protects Wolves: Suffering, Evil, and the Failure of Structure (Series, Misaligned: When the Church Replaces Christ, Episode 2)
Abuse within Christian environments is not just a moral failure—it raises deeper questions about God, truth, and the structures meant to protect His people.In this episode, we move beyond surface-level reactions and confront the issue at...
The Man of God Myth: Who Really Speaks for God? (Series, Misaligned: When the Church replaces Christ, Episode 1)
In many Christian spaces, the phrase “man of God” carries unquestioned weight. It shapes how people understand authority, how they hear God, and even how they see themselves in relation to Him. But what if that framework is not rooted ...
When Experience Becomes Authority: How Charismatic Christianity Can Undermine Truth Itself
When Experience Becomes AuthorityHow Charismatic Christianity Can Undermine Truth ItselfWhat happens when experience begins to carry more weight than revelation? In this episode, I examine a growing pattern within cer...
Is the Bible Historically Reliable? (Series: Faith That Can Answer Back, Episode 4)
Examining Scripture Before Calling It RevelationIf God exists… has He spoken?That’s the question we step into in this episode.After exploring the case for God’s existence in Episode 3, we now turn to the Bible — no...
Does God Actually Exist or Do We Just Want Him To? (Series: Faith That Can Answer Back, Episode 3)
The Case for Theism in a Skeptical AgeMany people today assume belief in God is psychological — a comforting story humans tell themselves to cope with fear, suffering, and death. In other words: we believe because we want to belie...
Is Truth Even Real Anymore? Why Everything Collapses If Truth Is Relative (Series: Faith That Can Answer Back, Episode 2)
We live in a moment where phrases like “live your truth” and “that’s true for you” have become common language. But what happens if truth itself becomes fluid?In this episode of Reasonable Christianity, we step back fro...
Where did Cain get his wife? The Question that shook my inherited faith (Series: Faith that can answer back, Episode 1)
What happens when a simple question exposes the fragility of your faith?In this opening episode, I tell the story of a university conversation that forced me to confront something I didn’t know how to admit: I believed — but I couldn’t e...
From Institutions to Oceans: Returning to the Fullness of Christ (Series: Called Out, Gathered In, Episode 4)
In this final episode of the series, we move from clarity to conviction.Jesus said, “I will build My ekklesia.” But over time, what Scripture describes as a living congregation has often been reframed in our imagination as something inst...
Designed This way: Why the Ekklesia Fits the Human Soul (Series: Called Out, Gathered In, Episode 3)
Is shared Christian life merely a biblical command — or is it also God’s mercy toward our humanity?In Episode III, Designed This Way, we move from theology to anthropology to hope. If Episode I recovered the word ekklesia
Each One Had a Part: The Spirit Distributed, Not Centralized (Series: Called Out, Gathered In, Episode 2)
The Spirit Distributed, Not CentralizedIf ekklesia is more than a word… what does it actually look like when it comes alive?In Episode I, we rediscovered the word Jesus used — a people called out and gathered under...
Can You Live With That? Relearning the Word Jesus Used (Series: Called Out, Gathered in, Episode 1)
Relearning the Word Jesus UsedWhat if the tension many Christians quietly feel isn’t a lack of faith—but a mismatch between Scripture and experience?Jesus said, “I will build my ekklesia.”Not a building.N...
The God Who Ends Death (Series: Hell, Immortality and the Justice of God, Episode 4)
This final episode brings the series to its theological center.After examining Scripture’s teaching on immortality, hell, and judgment, we now face the defining question: What kind of God emerges from this vision of justice?<...
Eternal Destruction, Not Endless Torment: What the Bible Actually Says About Hell (Series: Hell, Immortality, and the Justice of God, Episode 3)
If God is the source of all life, then hell raises a disturbing question:Who is keeping the damned alive?In this episode, we slow down and ask whether the Bible really teaches eternal conscious torment—or whether w...
The Wages of Sin Is Death: The Fall, the Soul, and the Lie We Inherited (Series: Hell, Immortality and the Justice of God, Episode 2)
What if one of the most influential voices shaping how Christians think about the soul wasn’t Paul — but Plato?In this episode, we slow down and ask a question most believers have never been invited to examine:Did Scripture ev...
Who Alone Has Immortality? (Series: Hell, Immortality and the Justice of God, Episode 1)
The debate about hell didn’t start with a celebrity, a controversy, or the Middle Ages.It started in Genesis.In this opening episode, we slow the conversation down and ask a more fundamental question—one most Christians have never...
Two Genealogies, One Messiah: Matthew, Luke & the Royal Line (The Christmas Series, Episode 4)
Why do the Gospels begin with long lists of names—and why do Matthew and Luke tell the story so differently?In this episode, we slow down and take the genealogies seriously, not as biblical filler, but as theological proof. What modern r...
The Birthday of the King: Why Jesus was likely born on September 10-11, 3 B.C. (The Christmas Series, Episode 3)
The Bible doesn’t tell us the date of Jesus’ birth—so why even ask the question?In this episode, we explore why timing in Scripture is never accidental, and why Jesus’ arrival may have been far more deliberately orchestrated than we’ve a...
The Virgin Birth: Miracle, Doctrine, Necessity (The Christmas Series, Episode 2)
The virgin birth is often treated as optional—symbolic, poetic, or secondary. Scripture treats it very differently.In this episode, we explore why the virgin birth is not a peripheral belief but a doctrinal hinge that secures who Jesus i...
Why God Became Human: The Necessity of the Incarnation (The Christmas Series, Episode 1)
What could possibly be so broken in the world that the only solution was for God Himself to take on human flesh? In this opening episode of our Advent theology series, we move beyond Christmas nostalgia and step into the cosmic weight of the in...
God Gave the Man the Word (Alpha Men Series, Episode 5)
“The Silent Man Leaves His Home Unprotected”- Roland AlbertusBefore God gave Adam work, purpose, or a wife — He gave him His Word. This episode uncovers a forgotten truth: the foundation of manhood is reve...
Work and Guard: The Man’s Purpose (Alpha Men Series, Episode 4)
In this powerful episode, we enter the heart of masculine purpose by returning to the first sacred vocation ever given to a human being: Adam’s mandate to cultivate and guard the Garden. What Adam failed to keep, Christ fulfilled—and...
EDEN: The Presence of God (Alpha Men Series, Episode 3)
“If she can’t find you in Eden, she shouldn’t find you at all.”Most men think their first need is a mission… or a woman… or a breakthrough. But Scripture tells a different story. Before God ever gave Adam a wife or a job, He gave ...
Formed First: The Call to Lead (Alpha Men Series, Episode 2)
When did leadership become something for men to apologize for?In this powerful second episode of The Alpha Men Series, we return to Genesis 2 — before the Fall — to recover what God designed before sin distorted it. Leadership w...
Made in His Image: The Foundation of Manhood (Alpha Men Series, Episode 1)
Made in His Image — The Foundation of ManhoodSeries: Alpha Men: Restoring the Purpose, Power, and Prestige of Biblical ManhoodBefore culture told men who to be, God already did. In this opening ep...