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Purveyors of Fine Biblical Discernment, Apologetics, and Sermons

Matthew Garnett


    • Jul 14, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Jun 13, 2022 Best of In Layman's Terms - Preaching Law *and* Gospel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 57:59


    Best of In Layman's Terms - As Momma Used To Say, "God Never Promised You A Rose Garden"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 57:00


    The Best of In Layman's Terms - The Fantasy of Joseph Prince's "Grace" Theology.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 58:32


    Best of In Layman's Terms - TD Jakes: God Knows When - Most Popular Sermons on YouTube

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 58:09


    The Best of In Layman's Terms - Andy Stanley: Christians Created the Bible

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 57:42


    The Best of In Layman's Terms - Andy Stanley vs Matthew Garnett

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 56:08


    The Best of In Layman's Terms - Sam Harris v Ben Shapiro Debate Analysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 57:59


    The Best of In Layman's Terms - Lectures on Law Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 58:00


    February 08, 2017

    The Best of In Layman's Terms - This Will Get Us Ready for Rob Bell's Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2022 57:12


    The Best of In Layman's Terms - Why I'm not a Reformed Baptist.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2022 57:29


    The Fantasy of Joseph Prince's "Grace" Thology.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 58:32


    The Historicity of Genesis 1-3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 56:34


    If we cannot identify an historical Adam, how can we be sure of the historicity of Christ?

    Rick Warren's 2022 "Sacrament" and the Historicity of Genesis 1-3.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 58:02


    Rick Warren says emotional praise and worship is the key to happiness in 2022 and we explore the historicity of the creation account in Genesis 1-3.

    Authoritarianism, Morality, and Forgiveness.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 57:06


     St. Paul teaches us that God's glory is revealed in creation. This revelation gives us a baseline for morality, but it does not reveal God's grace.

    Andy Stanley can't mention Jesus' name and the moral proof for God.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 57:55


     Why can't Andy Stanley talk about Jesus or the Bible? And we continue our Thomist ways with the moral and cosmological proofs for the existence of God.

    Joseph Prince Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 57:27


    We are doing a re-run of our most popular podcast of 2021, "Joseph Prince The Prince of All Law No Gospel".

    Does morality make sense without God?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 56:11


    Oldie But Goldie, Ben Shapiro vs. Sam Harris.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2021 57:59


    For thanksgiving break, we are doing a re-run of "Ben Shapiro vs. Sam Harris" from 2018.

    Did St. Paul Bribe St. Peter and St. James to be an Apostle?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 59:51


    Did St. Paul Invent Christianity? - Interview with Cameron Reilly creator of "Marketing the Messiah."

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 55:58


    Is Rick Warren Secretely Dr. Phil?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 58:57


    Ibram X Kendi and “Marketing the Messiah”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 60:38


    Megyn Kelly, Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein Affirm the 6th Commandment.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 58:20


    How science affirms life-long monogamous heterosexual relationships that bear children; A review of the Amazon Prime documentary "Marketing the Messiah" 

    Andy Stanley - All You Need Is Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021 60:18


    Stanley shows us the proper confusion between law and gospel. Newsflash: obeying the commands of Holy Scripture should primarily benefit your neighbor, not you.

    Martin Lloyd-Jones: A Better Teaching of the Healing of the Lame Man at the Beautiful Gate

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 56:59


    The Church is for preaching the Gospel; not self-help, music, or entertainment

    Surprise! Steven Furtick Turns a Blind Eye to the Gospel.....Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 57:16


    Most Popular Sermons on YouTube

    Sarah Jakes Roberts - The Undoing - How Speakers Manipulate Crowds

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 59:18


    Roberts transforms herself into a psychic medium, a rock star, a stage hypnotist, and a comedian to please the crowd in this "sermon".

    The Most Popular Sermons on YouTube: Joel Osteen - The Best is Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2021 59:09


    Joel Osteen's sermons aren't cute or funny, they're satanic.

    TD Jakes: God Knows When - Most Popular Sermons on YouTube

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 58:09


    TD Jakes preaches the "good news".....too bad it's not the biblical Good News.  

    1517 Legacy Won't Tell You What To Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 57:28


    Part 2 of Matt and Nathan's discussion on Kolb's "Beware of Imperatives" and Koch's "That Damned Woman"

    Robert Kolb, Cindy Koch, 1517 Won't Tell You What To Do.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 55:18


    Nathan Rinne and I discuss Kolb's "Be Careful With Imperatives" and Cindy Koch's "That Damned Woman"

    Pastors are Bored with the Ressurection: Andy Stanley, Steven Furtick, et al

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 58:46


    We've finally gotten around to looking at this year's Easter Sermons and per the usual arrangement, mega church pop-Evangelicals are talking about anything  but the implications of the Resurrection and spending more time talking about you.  

    HT, CHF, 1517, Radical Lutheranism and the Future of the Lutheran Faith with Pastors Filmore Alverez and Brandon Warr

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 56:56


    Pastors Alverez and Warr invite me on their podcast The Bookcase Behind Me to discuss the implications of Radical Lutheranism on the faith.  

    Critique of Donavon Riley's "Take Up Your Cross and Follow" Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 59:27


    An excellent example of a wolf among the sheep. 

    Jemar Tisby The Color of Compromise and Leaving Loud.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 57:14


    Jemar Tisby, author of The Color of Compromise is either ignorant and a pawn of a religio-political agenda of the highest order or he is out for blood and a rising star in the realm of religious race bating.   Spoiler alert.  I'm choosing choice B.  

    The Proper Distinction Between Sanctification and Justification

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 57:13


    Pastor David Petersen gives a brilliant Ash Wednesday sermon on the difference between Sanctification and Justification. 

    Steven Furtick and Joel Osteen: The Tragedy of Positive Thinking Sermons

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 57:02


    Why Furtick and Osteen are damnable false teachers. Full Stop.

    1517: Luther as the OG Postmoderist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 57:03


    Part 2 of our critique of Steven Paulson's lecture at the 1517 Legacy's "Here We Still Stand" conference.

    Beware of Those Who Feel the Need to Popularize Sound Doctrine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 54:49


    Part 1 of my conversation with Nathan Rinne on Steven Paulson's lecture on The Theology of the Cross at the 1517 "Here We Still Stand" conference.

    Joseph Prince The Prince of All Law No Gospel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 57:55


    Preaching all Gospel and no Law is just as wrong as preaching all Law and no Gospel.

    Last time. Your faith. Pop-Lutheranism. Your Faith on Pop-Lutheranism. Any Questions?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 59:26


    Part two of my discussion with Nathan Rinne on Dr. Peter Scaer's piece in the latest CTQ entitled Reckoned Among the Lawless

    How the Pop Wing of the LCMS is Denying the Gospel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 58:39


    How you're being duped by 1517 Legacy, Higher Things, Christ Hold Fast, and Confessional Lutheran Fellowship. News Flash. They're not confessional Lutherans. Far from it. Spend some time reading the Confessions, Holy Scripture, and ice that cake with some intake from a source like Issues ETC

    Andy Stanley the Anti Racist

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 57:12


    Critical Race Theory and You and Your Family and Your Country and Your Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 56:19


    These are strange and confusing times especially when you don't understand how your enemy thinks. This week, Nathan Rinne of Concordia St. Paul continue our saga of helping you to understand and make sense of what's going on in our culture and world. This is round three of us showing you how the philosophy of Critical Theory aims to "destroy the world" with a seemingly irresistible ideological agenda.

    Is It the End of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 56:49


    Part two of our interview with Nathan Rinne of Concordia St Paul on Wilderson's "Afropessimism"

    When Bad Ideas from the Academy Hit the Streets and the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 56:47


    What happens when ideas from university campuses finally hit the ground? It's one thing to talk about ideas and it's something else entirely to make good on them. For those who still question whether or not the approaches of Critical Theory can be adopted by the Church, enter one Frank Wilderson; author of *Afropessimism*. Wilderson talks in a recent interview about what strain of Critical Theory will be able to "end the world" and that strain is the "Race" version of this philosophy. Translation? Critical Race Theory, in Wilderson's estimation is the best candidate to end the West. If you don't think that includes the Church...... Nathan Rinne of Concordia St. Paul and I discuss this alarming interview.

    Who Will Win The Election?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 58:30


    Our new podcast, the Jeff and Matt Show give the predictions of this monumental election.

    Rob Bell in Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 58:30


    Process Theology and Rob Bell

    Rob Bell: Everything Is Stupid

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 59:00


    In this episode of “Everything is Stupid” with Rob Bell, we’ll be treated to the incoherent meanderings of Rob Bell’s misadventures in Christian ministry and life. Sadly, unlike Bell’s former books, there is extraordinarily little here to even consider. Bell’s life simply isn’t that interesting. It’s the same old “Oh I was a pastor and I had problems with the doctrines of hell and women in ministry and so I bailed” story we have to endure from the likes of Bell and his ilk. Instead of thinking through these age-old doctrines and attempting to understand why they have such longevity, Bell, per the usual arrangement, dismisses them along with everyone else who lacks imagination at best and refuses to trust that we have a word from God on this at worst. Again, its unfortunate that there’s just not that much here with which to contend, but we’ll try to get a couple of episodes out of it at any rate. After all, I was forced to forfeit an entire Audible credit to have a go at Bell’s droning tripe, so we’ll try to make it worth it.

    The Difference Between a Self Help Lecture and a Sermon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 55:21


    Sometimes we hear sermons and we know something isn't quite passing the smell test. The pastor might be saying "God" and "Jesus" and even quoting the bible, but something just isn't right. Learn how to recognize the symptoms of a self-help lecture masquerading as a sermon in three easy steps: 1. Could the sermon just as easily be given by a self-help guru? 2. Is the sermon all about you becoming a better person for the sake of being a better person?3. Is the sermon properly interpreting Holy Scripture? If the answer is "Yes", "Yes", and/or "No", you may have a self-help lecture masquerading as a sermon!

    Steven Furtick: Dazed and Confused

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 57:35


    My thirteen-year-old son could pick out what's wrong with a sermon from Steven Furtick on just about any given Sunday.I've rarely critiqued a sermon from a man like Furtick because he's such low hanging fruit. In this case, it was an opportunity to showcase the weaknesses of the "mega church model" of "doing church" and to express my hopes that churches like Elevation die right along with Covid 19. Here I honestly think the Covid 19 shutdown has gotten the better of mega church pastor Steven Furtick. At my church, we have met and will continue to meet in person because we believe what Christ said about Holy Communion. We were able to do it without breaking the shutdown orders of our state while others were forced to obey God rather than men. Sadly Furtick and Elevation Church have too much at stake here to risk it. While a small congregation like ours - where the pastors know everyone and can actually care for them - can meet, for Furtick's some 20k member "congregation", that's impossible. However, I wonder if the rush of performing before his usual crowds isn't taking something off his delivery. It seems that even for the mega churches, meeting in person might mean something for them. For us it means the body and blood of Christ. For them, it's important that they have the normal "crowd effect" in order to keep a man like Furtick on track. With no crowd to cheer him on in earnest, Furtick and his approach to preaching is worthless.

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