Christian Apologetics, Part 5 – Dr. Adam Francisco, 2/24/26 (0551)
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
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Dr. Adam Francisco, author, “A Reasoned Defense of the Faith”
A Reasoned Defense of the Faith
One God, Many Gods
One Word, Many Writings
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the Word of the Lord endures forever, we finish up for the time being in the |
| 0:04.4 | Salter with the rest of Psalm 106. |
| 0:06.4 | Do a quick swing into the New Testament with 3rd John and then back to Proverbs. |
| 0:10.9 | Gather us, fellow workers for the truth, the righteous is delivered, a man of understanding |
| 0:16.1 | remains silent, and the desire of the righteous. |
| 0:19.4 | Join me, Pastor Will Whedon, for the Word of the Lord |
| 0:21.9 | indoors forever, your daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study on demand. Listen at the wordendors.org |
| 0:28.8 | or your favorite podcast provider. There are two ways of doing theology that claim the name of |
| 0:34.9 | Martin Luther. One is rooted in Scripture and the Lutheran |
| 0:37.8 | Confessions, the other is rooted in Luther himself. I've written a column for the latest |
| 0:42.5 | Issues et cetera journal titled Lutheranism versus Lutherism. We'll send it to you for free. |
| 0:48.6 | Just click the red journal subscription button at issue ZTC.org and enter your email address. |
| 0:53.7 | You can also read about Nathan |
| 0:55.4 | Greeley's journey to confessional Lutheranism from evangelicalism, skepticism, modern theology, |
| 1:01.2 | and Anglicanism. The Issues Etra Journal. |
| 1:09.0 | If I allow you to only notice the facts that confirm your hypothesis |
| 1:17.3 | and to ignore or disregard all of the facts that contradicted, |
| 1:23.0 | I mean, you can pretty much prove or argue anything. |
| 1:25.7 | One of the ways that the world was pure Christians is they will slap ugly labels on true and good things, |
| 1:32.3 | and they'll often put good labels on things that are false. |
| 1:36.3 | One of the great difficulties of Christianity is that we cannot be the hero of the story. |
| 1:42.3 | We are not the Savior. Jesus is the hero of the story. We are not the Savior. Jesus is the hero of the story, |
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