The Because Doctrine Matters Podcast
I’m an Israeli believer in Christ who is convinced that if we take the Bible as being the inspired and true Word of God, then the need to understand it accurately so that we can follow its teachings must be supremely important to us. We don’t want to follow teachings (doctrines) that are unbiblical or based on a distortion of the Scriptures. Many professing Christians think that biblical teaching, that is to say, doctrine, does not matter. The entire Bible says something entirely different. It says that we can and should know the difference between truth and error, and are responsible to do so. It also says that there are consequences to believing in and following lies (e.g John 3:16-19, 14:6; 2Thess 1:6-10) and severe consequences for teaching them to others. False doctrines are harmful and destructive and there are plenty of them out there, along with a multitude of false prophets, mountebanks and charlatans peddling them. The Body of Christ in Israel is swamped in false doctrines and has more than its own share of pseudoprophets, false apostles and wolves, and we’ll be looking at some of them and their teachings (amongst other things) in the podcasts. In addition to the above, I’ll also be exploring topics like hermeneutics, biblical languages, eschatology etc. If you’re interested--tune in.
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Episodes
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Presuppositions are powerful. They can dominate our thinking, but we need to know to be aware when we are encountering them, and assertions based on them. Knowing the difference between these things and an evidence-based exegetical argument is vital when we are sifting to find the truth of a matter.
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
A short series examining the issues involved in establishing a timeline for the book of Revelation and principles involved in doing that.
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
Continuing on in chapter 1 of Revelation. This episode we concentrate largely on verse seven and it's connection to Matt 24:27-31 and Zech 12:10.
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
This is part one of a series looking at different topics in the Apocalypse. I hope that people find it helpful.
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Did Paul mean that conditions on Earth be all peace, love and sweetness before the Parousia? Looking at 1Thes 5:2 in context.
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
This is a response to a very misinformed article (see here), written by a Pretrib theorist here in Israel, attacking Alan Kurschner's view of the Fourth Seal in Rev 6:8. I demonstrate that the article's author has clearly not properly read what Kurschner actually said before rushing to print, and has wrongfully accused him of twisting the text.
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
A brief monologue on the 24 Elders and the underlying difficulties in establishing their identity.
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Looking at the futurity of the 70th Week of Daniel and some interpretive issues.
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
This is part one of a response to Pretrib proponent Michael Nissim and yet more bad arguments, logical fallacies, strange ideas, and misrepresentation about the Prewrath position being circulated here in Israel and to correct some misconceptions about what the Early Church taught on the matter with extensive quotes.
The article I am responding to can be found here: http://thevariant.co.il/a-strange-dynamic/
My responses to some of his and other Pretrib arguments can be found on X here: https://x.com/BecauseDoctrine/highlights
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
A brief talk on some serious dangers of the Pretrib Rapture Theory. How it hurts the Body of Christ, and why it can not be dismissed as "not being a salvation issue" any more.