Episodes

Dr. Zach and Pastors Ron and Trey tackle questions that were submitted to them. This week's question is about whether alien’s (if they exist) would need God. What should Christians think about the possibility of alien life existing, and would it impact our faith if they did?

Dr. Zach and Pastors Ron and Trey tackle questions that were submitted to them. This week's question is about how we should respond to hypocrisy and disagreements/arguments among Christians.

Dr. Zach and Pastors Ron and Trey tackle questions that were submitted to them. The question this week is about how Christians should think about illegal immigration, an issue that is currently discussed a lot in our country.

Dr. Zach and Pastors Ron and Trey tackle questions that were submitted to them. This question points out that there are many laws in the Old Testament that Christians no longer follow, and it asks how we know which of these laws still apply.

Dr. Zach and Pastors Ron and Trey tackle questions that were submitted to them. This question is about whether infants and small children who die are saved.

Dr. Zach and Pastors Ron and Trey tackle questions that were submitted to them. This question is about responding properly when someone in your small group often disagrees with you.

In this seventh and final episode of our series on basic Christian beliefs, we discuss the Bible's teaching on the afterlife. What does the Bible say about heaven and hell and what happens to us when we die, and is there any evidence to support this?

In this sixth episode of our series on basic Christian beliefs, we talk about how to understand the Bible’s teaching on the Trinity and one of the persons of the Trinity—the Holy Spirit.

In this second episode of a two-part series, Pastor Ron talks about his sermons at high school camp out of the book of Philippians.

In this first episode of a two-part series, we discuss how to read the Bible and understand it well. We go through a Bible study approach that follows the acronym COMPAP (for "COMmunication with your heavenly PAPa"). This is a series of lessons we taught at high school camp.

In this fifth episode of our series on basic Christian beliefs, we talk about the Bible and why it is so important. The Bible is inspired by God and the trustworthy standard for my life; it reveals our identity and tells us how to live.

In this fourth episode of our series on basic Christian beliefs, we talk about how to accept what Jesus did for us on the cross. We discuss salvation by grace through faith. We also talk about baptism.

In this third episode of our series on basic Christian beliefs, we talk about what Jesus did for us on the cross and how it is the ultimate expression of God's love.

In this second episode of our series on basic Christian beliefs, we talk about who we are as humans (created by God and made in His image but broken by sin).

In this first episode of the series, we talk about who Jesus is (human, God, Messiah/Christ, sinless).

This episode is a conversation between Ron Merrell and the worldview guys (Trey and Zach). We talk about how we became Christians, our lives, and how we ended up in this ministry at Connection Pointe.

In this final episode of the series, we talk about the fact that Christians have split into different groups (or “denominations”), and Christians have some different beliefs and practices. But all true Christians agree on the essentials of the Christian faith. We distinguish between critical and non-critical Christian beliefs, and we stress Jesus’s desire for Christian unity.

In this final episode of the series, we talk about the concern that a good and loving God would not allow anyone to be lost who has never even heard of Jesus.

This episode continues to explore objections to God that have to do with evil and suffering by addressing the topic of hell. How could a good, loving, and fair God allow suffering in hell?

This episode focuses on what happened in the story of Christianity after Jesus resurrected (Acts and some highlights of church history).

In this episode, we complete the big-picture worldview story of the Bible by focusing on key elements of the New Testament and how Jesus is the hero of the story.

In this episode, we address the argument that suffering and evil make God's existence unlikely. We also tackle the emotional difficulty we face when suffering and evil strike (especially how it can lead us to struggle in our relationship with God).

In this episode, we define evil and wrestle with the boldest claim concerning God and evil: the claim that God and evil are incompatible.

In this episode, we introduce the big-picture worldview story of the Bible and focus on the key elements of the Old Testament (the beginning of the biblical story).