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
32 episodes
In Conversation with: Patric Daniels (AFRIKAANS)
IMPORTANT: AFRIKAANS EPISODEThis episode is in Afrikaans. In today's episode I sit down with my friend and mentor: Patric Daniels. Patric is a Christian, husband, father and grandfather, musician and serves as a vocational co...
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Episode 26
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Christian Community: An Introduction
In today's episode I cover the following topics:1) Differences between church and authentic Christian community.2) The relationship between God, the household and Christian community.3) FAQ's regarding Christian gath...
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Episode 25
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Human Rights Day: A biblical perspective
As South Africans we commemorate Human Rights Day on the 21st of March every year. This is to remind ourselves of the atrocity known as the Sharpeville Massacre, where police opened fire on unarmed, peaceful protestors because they were marchin...
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Church: Why the confusion?
In the previous episode I shared the fact that church is not the word the Jesus or the New Testament writers used to refer to Christian community. The word they used is the word Ekklesia which is defined as the called-out ones...
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Episode 23
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What is Church?
In today's podcast episode I ask the question: What is church?In order for us to know why something exists and how it should function, we need to know what it is. So, today I will be defining church from a biblical perspective. Here's wh...
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Episode 22
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Are there modern day Apostles?
Are there Apostles today?What I mean is: Are there individuals whose words are inspired by God and who are called to speak authoritatively on behalf of God?This is a very important question because the answer has the potential to ...
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Episode 21
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What is marriage? Exploring the Jewish roots of biblical marriage
In today's episode we look at the meaning of marriage from a first century Jesus perspective. There are many references that Paul, Jesus and Peter make, pertaining to marriage, that we as gentile peoples don't understand so we need ...
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Episode 20
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Is the love of God REALLY unconditional?
As human beings, probably, one of our greatest needs is to be loved. We are relational beings and whether we realise it or not we are driven by our desire to belong, to be accepted, to be approved of…to be loved. So, imagine someone telling you...
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Episode 19
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What is speaking in tongues?
In today's podcast episode we ask the question: What is speaking in tongues? With traditional churches falling out of favour in South Africa and more Charismatic or Pentecostal churches becoming more prominent, it is not uncommon to see people ...
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Episode 18
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The Sovereignty of God: Is God sovereign over Satan?
If God is Sovereign over everything in creation, does that include the Devil? The bible makes it clear that the Devil has some sort of power over creation. Satan has the ability to tempt people into sin, to cause sickness, disease and even deat...
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Episode 17
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The glory of God in the fall of man
If everything exists for the God's glory, does that include sin?To put it another way: Is sin something that crept into God's existence by mistake or is sin something that God incorporated into his original plan for creation? I...
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Episode 16
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Why did God create everything? A biblical perspective
As We head into the first few days of 2025, I thought it would be good to consider why God created the universe, the earth and mankind. Many people, including Christians, struggle to find fulfilment in life because they have bought into the ide...
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Episode 15
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Christmas isn't pagan, here's why! (Reaction to Wes Huff)
In today's episode I react video by Wesley Huff entitled: Christmas isn't pagan, here's why. I initially recorded this as a YouTube video on the 25th of December so excuse the date references. Check out Wes on YouTube for more insi...
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Episode 14
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Prophecy, the birth of Jesus and the Sovereignty of God
In today's episode we look at 7 Old Testament prophecies about the birth of Jesus and we consider how these prophecies relate to the sovereignty of God.we also look at the three components of God's sovereignty:1) God's control of al...
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Episode 13
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Good News of Great Joy! Cultural Context, Meaning and Implications of the birth of Jesus.
In Today's podcast episode we take a look at the birth of Jesus by doing a survey of Luke 2:1-20.The purpose of doing it this way is to help us appreciate the significance of the birth of Jesus by starting with the context which He was ...
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Episode 12
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When were the New Testament documents written?
ARE THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS WRITTEN EARLY? The short answer is yes. But how early? All the New Testament books were written before A.D. 100 (About 70 years after the death of Jesus)<...
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Episode 11
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CHRISTIANITY vs. CHRISTENDOM: Why a Christian society is bad for the effectiveness of the gospel.
What is Christianity? What is Christendom? Is there a difference?In today's episode I make the argument for why a Christian society--that is a society that is based on the values of Christianity--has a negative effect on the effectivene...
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Episode 10
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Can we trust the bible? Manuscript Evidence
Are the New Testament Documents Reliable?INTRODUCTIONS/RECAPThe cause of the universe, often called the prime reality or the uncaused first cause or simply, God, must have the following attributes:1. &nb...
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Episode 9
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MONOTEÏSME: Hoekom daar net een God kan wees! Gesprek met Patric Daniels (AFRIKAANS)
In vandag se episode gesels ek saam met Patric Daniels oor die belangrkheid van objektiewe waarheid, die bewystukke vir God se bestaan, sowal as die redes hoekom daar net een opperwese/God kan wees. Patric is 'n Christen vir 25 jaa...
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MONOTHEISM: Why there can only be ONE GOD!
MONOTHEISMWhy there can only be one GodINTRODUCTION:In the previous episodes we looked at three arguments for the existence of God. They are:The Cosmological Argument which goes like this:
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Episode 8
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Does God Exist? The Moral Argument
OUTLINE: INTRODUCTION:The Cosmological Argument:The Teleological Argument THE MORAL ARGUMENT:The argument goes like this:1. Every law has...
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Episode 7
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What is a woman?
In today's episode we consider womanhood from a biblical perspective.We live in a day and age where people claim to have the ability to change their "gender" but the bible teaches us that God, when He created us, created us as male and ...
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Episode 6
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