The Christian Research Institute
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This podcast, CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL Reads, presents audio versions of CHRISTIANRESEARCH JOURNAL articles. As the flagship publication of the Christian ResearchInstitute, the JOURNAL seeks to equip followers of Christ to think and to liveChristianly—to exercise truth and experience life. Truth, especially essential Christiandoctrine, forms the basis for how we live our lives in Christ. As the apostle Paulinstructed Timothy in 1 Tim. 4:16, “Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere inthem, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.”The CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL enjoyed a print incarnation of almost 45 years. Nowexclusively an online publication, the JOURNAL co…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It brings Christian doctrine and moral formation into focused audio arguments built around definitions, evidence, and the consequences of belief.
Christian Research Journal Reads turns published essays into structured audio arguments about belief, evidence, and moral conduct. Articles move from the historical Adam and Nicene Trinitarianism to Mormon testimony, priesthood restrictions, social-media influence, and virtue in…
Three persons, one divine nature: your Sunday school shorthand just met its Greek homework.
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A focused guide to why Nicene Trinitarianism can speak of three subjects and one God.
Christian Research Journal Reads episode 217 gives Nathan A. Jacobs's Understanding Nicene Trinitarianism a clear, narrowly framed audio treatment: how Nicene faith can remain monotheistic while speaking of three hypostases and one ousia.
A pointed case for reading deeply before trusting the loudest voice online.
Christian Research Journal Reads episode 216 takes up Douglas Grothuis's article "The Death of Credentials," a critique of the authority often handed to social media influencers.
A focused Christian Research Journal reading on Adam, Genesis 1-11, and the question of history, myth, and interpretation.
Christian Research Journal Reads episode 215 offers an audio version of the Christian Research Journal review "Who Is Adam?" on William Lane Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam.
A careful argument about Mormon testimony uses a police lineup image to make doubt and discernment feel concrete.
Corey Miller's argument gives this episode a clear center: testimony can count as a real form of knowledge and still become a problem when it is used to place belief beyond scrutiny.
A concentrated audio article on the Mormon priesthood ban on blacks and reasons later repudiated.
Christian Research Journal Reads' episode 211 examines the Mormon priesthood ban on blacks through Bill McKeever's article, read by Christina Wintersteller.
Serious sermons for patient Bible listeners.
Thomistic lectures for patient, serious listeners.
Movie reviews for mindful Christian viewers.
Reformed apologetics with a sharp public edge.
Applied theology without easy exits.
Biblical doctrine with coffee-table clarity.
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Douglas Grothuis argues that social media has made popularity outrank knowledge and brand outrank credentials, and he frames the problem with Neil Postman’s idea that the medium itself shapes what people believe.
["Christian Research Journal Reads episode 215 reviews Fazel Fazrana's article on William Lane Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam, which argues for Adam and Eve as historical people and treats Genesis 1-11 as \"mythohistory.\"", "The review follows Craig from Genesis, 1 Corinthians 15, and Romans 5 into anthropology, Homo heidelbergensis, Neanderthals, and archaeological claims about tools and symbolic behavior.", "Fazrana pushes back by saying Genesis 1-11 has historical markers such as chronology, genealogies, and named places, while chimpanzees already display Craig's first three personhood criteria.", "The article's alternative is that symbolism, visible in language, art, music, and body ornamentation, is the clearer marker of the image of God and modern human distinctiveness."]
This episode discusses youth suicide in the context of a success-centered culture from a Christian perspective.
Christian Research Journal Reads episode 213 presents Corey Miller's case that Mormon testimony is valuable, but dangerous when treated as the sole test of truth.
This episode discusses how to love God and others amidst suffering from a Christian perspective, drawing on biblical wisdom.
This episode examines the historical and theological reasons behind the Mormon priesthood ban on blacks and how modern LDS explanations have changed.
Aristotle says virtue is formed by habit, and Lewis says “every time you make a choice” you change the self.
This episode critiques the term 'conversion therapy' and discusses the Christian perspective on counseling for same-sex attraction.
This episode critiques Pastor Andy Stanley's teachings on unhitching from the Old Testament and relying on the resurrection for authority.
A review of a book critiquing modern evangelical parenting promises, arguing they betray families.