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No Church Answers!
Hosted by Man Up Spiritual Oasis Media Inc. · EN
The No Church Answers! podcast began as Man Up a Spiritual Oasis for Men in 2017, launched by Bill Cox, actor and DJ, and four regulars, Steven Titch, Robert Cocheu, Michael Cropper and Earl Lloyd--all from different Christian backgrounds. Our focus is on ways men could use their Christian faith to drive their goals, leadership and action. We feel the faith muscle needs regular exercise. The body is like a barrel. The outside is your education, money and health. The inside is your faith and soul. We bring different points of view to a scripture lesson and hash them out in a panel discussion. We strive for authenticity in representing what Christian men are thinking.
Contact us at www.nochurchanswers.com. We're not pastors, just regular guys. Engaging, deep and often humorous looks at faith in today's world by our panel.
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Men Matter -- Man Up Spiritual Oasis and Cattle
Feb 2401:31:19Tap to summarizeThe regular podcast takes a break this week and Steve and Robert step in to talk about the Christian sensibility and positive masculinity that runs through the Paramount Plus series Landman. We believe the series offers a degree of authenticity that Christian men today can recognize and identify with and tie our discussion to a series of podcasts we did last fall on Brant Hansen's The Men We Need. What makes Sheridan’s male characters feel real is how they struggle with emotions, relationships, and consequences of their choices. They’re not emotionless stoics; they grieve, they doubt, they care for family and community, and they often fail before they succeed. In Landman, men struggle with wives, sons, fathers, authority and legacy, but the show never implies that these struggles are evidence of moral failure or emotional deficiency. Join us for an interesting take on the first two seasons of this remarkable show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Podcast 394 -- Get Your Fire Insurance Matthew 13:40-42, Romans 6:23
Feb 1701:03:06Tap to summarizeWhat does the Bible really say about Hell? The Old Testament does not contain the word "hell." Instead, there are 63 references to Sheol, a shadowy dwelling place of the dead — both righteous and wicked. The New Testament mentions Hell 167 times, sometimes describing it as a place of eternal, conscious torment for those who have sinned, other times describing it as total darkness and separation from God, and still other times suggesting it is total and complete death to body, soul and spirit as a consequence for not trusting in Christ. After that, culture and tradition take over, often at the expense of scriptural accuracy. We look at various interpretations, drawing from the prophets, Jesus and Paul to gain insight. Are the images of sulphur, flames and blazing furnaces literal or metaphorical? Is Hell just non-existence, which itself is eternal and apart from God? How do we reconcile Hell with God's grace? And should Evangelicals lead with a better message than believe or suffer hellfire? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Podcast 393 -- Why Do We--and Why Should We--Go to Church? Psalm 100, Hebrews 10:24-25
Feb 1001:04:05Tap to summarizeNumerous studies show church attendance is declining across the board, a trend that began long before COVID. We speculate at some of the reasons why, but then flip the script and ask if the motives Christians have for attending church are superficial. We believe corporate worship is a spiritual disciple and critically important to faith. Private prayer and meditation alone, and watching a service or mass on TV or YouTube, is no substitute. We look at ways to make worship participation more spiritually meaningful, starting with the idea that it's first and foremost about praising the Lord and connecting with the Holy Spirit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Podcast 392 -- Zacchaeus Was a Wee Little Man Luke 19:1-10
Feb 300:57:12Tap to summarizeZacchaeus is one of the most colorful and compelling stories in the Bible and remains a children's ministry favorite. We revisit the story from a more adult perspective and examine some of the important points it makes about conversion, repentance and redemption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Podcast 391 -- Good News for All People Matthew 9:35-36
Jan 2700:56:41Tap to summarizeWe conclude our study of Unimaginable: What Our World Would Be Like Without Christianity by Jeremiah J. Johnston with a look at what Christianity, despite flaws in the Church, has given humanity. Public education, health care and hospitals and abolition of slavery are among among many strides led by believers and churches. While there's a conventional attitude that Jesus only reminded the world of a morality that always existed, the truth is that Christ inaugurated the virtues we take for granted today, starting with the idea that all people--men and women, Jew and gentile, native and foreigner, slave and master--are created in the image of God and all stand equal in his sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Podcast 390 -- When the Truth Is What You Want It To Be Judges 21:25
Jan 2001:01:39Tap to summarizeAs we continue our study of Unimaginable: What Our World Would Be Like Without Christianity, we look at the rise of atheism and philosophies of moral relativism in the 19th Century and the horrors they led to in the 20th. Yet the idea that there are no absolute truths persists to our time, when a man can be a woman and schools teach that 2+2 can sometimes equal 5. Join us for a controversial discussion about what happens when "love thy neighbor" and "made in the image of God" are demoted from divine commandments to just another guy's opinions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Podcast 389 – The Jesus Factor Galatians 3:26-29
Jan 1300:59:23Tap to summarizeWe begin a three-week study of Unimaginable: What Our World Would Be Like Without Christianity by Jeremiah J. Johnston. We start with the harsh reality of the pre-Christian world, where everyday life was short, brutal and fearful, where 80 to 90 percent of the population lived hand-to-mouth, slavery was normal, and women and children, especially female children, were considered expendable. What kind of impact did the Gospels have on this culture? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Podcast 388 -- Who's Afraid of Wellness? 1 Corinthians 8:1-8
Jan 601:06:05Tap to summarizeIs it a sin if your New Year's workout routine incorporates exercises derived from yoga, even when prescribed by a licensed physical therapist? We take a critical look at assertions that claim yoga, meditation, wellness and holistic medicine somehow meet with God's disapproval. Really? Or is it just an American bias for Western medicine, convenient pharmaceuticals and a few centuries of philosophical thought that sees stark division of body, mind and soul? Download this week's podcast and get stretching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Podcast 365 -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit 1 John 4:7-15
Apr 22, 2025Tap to summarizeAuthor Timothy Keller says it is the Trinity that makes God capable of love. It is a mystery, to be sure, and not always explicit, but from Genesis 1:1 on, scripture shows us one God but in three “persons” which all support and give freely in relationship with each other. Therefore, love began, or better still, has always existed, within the creator God himself, an idea unique to Christianity. We wrap up our study of Keller's The Reason for God with a discussion of the significance of a Trinitarian God.This week's podcast is sponsored by Magic Mind, the mental performance shot. Visit http://www.magicmind.com/nochurchanswers and use the code NoChurchAnswers for 48% off your first subscription or 20% off your first order.
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Podcast 357 -- How Could a Good God Allow Suffering? Psalm 31
Feb 25, 202500:58:39Tap to summarizeWe continue our study of Timothy Keller's The Reason for God with one of the most oft-asked questions about God. Keller turns the question back on the skeptic, does suffering and evil really negate the existence of God, or is God just acting the way the doubter thinks he should? We don't have easy answers, but we think some comprehension begins with the Christian belief that in an incarnate God that took on the worst this world had to offer.
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