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Where do Christian Doctrines Come From?

May 23, 2022 by Randal

In this sermon I provide an introduction to the means by which Christians form doctrine by way of an overview of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doctrine, sermon, theology, Wesleyan Quadrilateral

I Preached a Hellfire and Brimstone Sermon … and I Was on Fire

January 3, 2022 by Randal

This year my church invited me to preach on January 2. So of course I preached on the under-reported doctrine of hell. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: hell, sermon

Does Being a Christian Mean Giving Up on Evidence?

May 30, 2020 by Randal

This is a sermon I recorded for a local church in our time of coronavirus home-church. In the sermon, I argue that Jesus was centrally concerned with evidence to support his claims and this bequeathed to the church a strong emphasis on faith that is grounded on evidence as exemplified in the Apostle Paul and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, epistemology, evidence, faith, rationality, sermon

Answering the biggest questions about apologetics and Christianity

April 29, 2019 by Randal

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking in the morning service at West Meadows Baptist Church in Edmonton, AB. In the service, Pastor Mark presented me with four questions from the congregation on topics in apologetics (though he had let me know earlier in the week what those questions would be). As you can guess, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, interview, problem of evil, sermon

Exercises in Missing the Point: A Response to Counter Apologist’s Scorched Earth Review

May 16, 2017 by Randal

I recently preached a sermon on faith and evidence and while it received a warm reception in the comments section of my blog, apparently the feelings were not universal: an absolutely scathing review was posted just today by the generally amiable Counter Apologist (henceforth CA). How scathing? Consider his opening (f-bomb and all). CA says of my sermon: “It […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Counter Apologist, evidence, faith, knowledge, rationality, review, sermon

Does Faith Make Sense? A Sermon on Christianity and Evidence

May 1, 2017 by Randal

This is a sermon I preached yesterday at McKernan Baptist Church in Edmonton as part of their “Questions from the Neighborhood?” series. At the beginning I note that the most common objection I’ve encountered toward Christianity concerns the problem of evil. But the second most common objection is that Christianity demands faith at the expense […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evidence, faith, rationality, sermon

How to Hate Your Enemies: A Sermon

August 31, 2016 by Randal

I’ve preached and spoken on the imprecatory psalms on several occasions. This past Sunday I preached my latest sermon on the topic, and it represents a further development in my thinking on the curses in the psalms and how best to appropriate them. The recording misses the first couple minutes of the sermon.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: curses, imprecatory psalms, sermon

Cursing the Killer: On Praying the Imprecatory Psalms

June 19, 2016 by Randal

Over the years I’ve preached my sermon on the imprecatory psalms on several occasions. Not surprisingly, when you return to an issue on multiple occasions, your position is liable to develop in particular ways. And so it is here. Initially my assessment followed that of C.S. Lewis: the imprecatory psalms represent a wicked desire for […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, curse, evil, forgiveness, God, imprecatory psalm, problem of evil, sermon

Confession: A Sermon

May 24, 2016 by Randal

In this sermon, delivered at Greenfield Community Church in Edmonton, AB in May 2016, I speak on the topic of confession for sin.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: confession, sermon

Patience: A Sermon

July 27, 2015 by Randal

In this sermon (preached at Greenfield Community Church on July 26th), I explore the spiritual fruit of patience. It is a virtue with which I have little first hand acquaintance, so I had to do some research first. As with all my sermons, there are several additional points that I would like to have discussed, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, patience, sanctification, sermon, spiritual fruit, virtue

Is the Bible Reliable? The Sermon

July 14, 2015 by Randal

This summer I was asked to preach on the following question at Steele Heights Baptist Church in Edmonton: “Is the Bible reliable?” This is a HUGE topic. It also could quickly go sideways if handled improperly. Growing up, were I asked about the reliability of the Bible, I would have interpreted the question as follows: […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, hermeneutics, inspiration, revelation, sermon

65. Ten Things a Seminarian Can Learn from St. Patrick

March 17, 2015 by Randal

Today on the Tentative Apologist Podcast I am featuring a rerecording of a talk I gave at the Taylor Seminary chapel on March 17th, 2015 on St. Patrick. In the talk I feature ten things the seminarian can learn from St. Patrick. The ten points are as follows: (1) Behind every saint is an ordinary human […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: church history, sermon, St. Patrick

Maternal God, Godly Mothers

May 20, 2014 by Randal

On Sunday May 11th I preached a Mother’s Day sermon at Greenfield Baptist Church on the maternal aspects of God and the divine aspects of motherhood. Unfortunately, Christianity has often downplayed the maternal aspects of God and in turn has failed to appreciate the transcendent call of motherhood. This sermon offers a tribute to mothers […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: feminist theology, image of God, motherhood, sermon, theology

How do you preach killing babies? A sermon on the Imprecatory Psalms

April 30, 2014 by Randal

This past weekend I spoke on divine violence at Mountainside Baptist Church in Fernie, BC. My first talk was a sermon on the imprecatory (or cursing) psalms. These psalms express hatred of one’s personal enemies (which the psalmist assumes are God’s enemies as well), they describe God as hating the evil doers as well and as […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, hermeneutics, imprecatory psalms, inspiration, revelation, scripture, sermon

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