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Know What You Believe with Michael Horton

Know What You Believe with Michael Horton
Author: Michael Horton
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In the 21st century, the church faces some odd headwinds. Technological advancement is accelerating, congregations are fracturing, and things like astrology and New Age spirituality are becoming more mainstream. It’s more important than ever to thoughtfully engage with cultural trends outside of the church and theological disagreements within the church.
“Know What You Believe with Michael Horton” is Sola Media's podcast dedicated to engaging today’s thought leaders through response videos, interviews, apologetic discussion, and more.
In a combative media landscape, our goal is to provide clarity, find common ground, and help equip you to engage with trends and popular ideas from many of today’s most prominent figures.
“Know What You Believe with Michael Horton” is Sola Media's podcast dedicated to engaging today’s thought leaders through response videos, interviews, apologetic discussion, and more.
In a combative media landscape, our goal is to provide clarity, find common ground, and help equip you to engage with trends and popular ideas from many of today’s most prominent figures.
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Is the "TULIP" acronym a helpful summary of Reformed theology? Michael Horton explains what TULIP misses about the Reformed tradition and why shorthand acronyms fall short of the richness and fullness of the Reformed confessions. DEFENDING CALVINISM - https://solamedia.org/offers/forcalvinism Is God the author of sin and evil? Do we actually have free will? Did Jesus die for everyone or just some? In For Calvinism, Michael Horton provides a deep and thoughtful response to some of the common misconceptions of Calvinism. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
John Mark Comer and New Testament scholar Scot McKnight take issue with how the gospel is often articulated in evangelical circles. Michael Horton responds to these concerns and critiques and gives his own assessment of what they call the "King Jesus Gospel." FREE BOOKLET - https://solamedia.org/offers/thewarwecantsee/ This essential guide examines what the Bible actually teaches about Satan, demons, and spiritual warfare. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Contrary to the Da Vinci Code, Catholics, and Orthodox, Michael Kruger joins Michael Horton to discuss why a self-authenticating view of the New Testament canon is historically reliable. GET YOUR COPY OF "THE QUESTION OF CANON" Michael Kruger challenges the modern assumption that the Bible was chosen arbitrarily. With clarity and care, he explores the historical, theological, and cultural evidence that the canon wasn't imposed, but emerged within the early Christian community. https://solamedia.org/offers/questionofcanon/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Theologian Michael Horton responds to comments from Alex O'Connor and Justin Sledge on if gnosticism is a feasible option for disillusioned skeptics. But the ancient spirituality might create more problems than it solves. PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING - https://solamedia.org/theologytogether/ Get your copy of the first release of Theology Together, a five-volume systematic theology series created in partnership with Zondervan featuring leading theologians from across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Joseph Minich of the @DavenantInstitute joins Michael Horton to discuss his book Bulwarks of Unbelief, exploring the modern obstacles that make belief in God feel increasingly implausible today. Bulwarks of Unbelief: Atheism and Divine Absence in a Secular Age: https://www.amazon.com/Bulwarks-Unbelief-Atheism-Absence-Secular/dp/1683596757 FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Did psychedelics influence the Gospels and early Christian origins? Michael Horton responds to Lex Fridman and Brian Muraresku and tests the viability of this popular internet theory. BOOK GIVEAWAY: 500 COPIES! In partnership with Crossway, we’re excited to give away 500 copies of Kevin DeYoung’s new book, The Nicene Creed: An Introduction to the Basic Christian Faith. Visit the link to enter: https://solamedia.org/offers/nicenecreed FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
As the world grapples with a growing fertility crisis, Christians have a unique opportunity to speak to the theology of the body. Professor of Ethics and Theology Matthew Lee Anderson joins Michael Horton to discuss how the church can navigate issues like infertility, euthanasia, and what it means to honor the body. GET YOUR COPY OF "ORDINARY" - Michael Horton provides a guide to a sustainable discipleship that happens over the long haul—not a quick fix that leaves readers empty with unfulfilled promises. Support our work to get your copy: https://solamedia.org/partner/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Former Wikipedia co-founder and philosopher Larry Sanger joins theologian Michael Horton to share how he went from agnostic skeptic to Christianity. They discuss how the Bible held up under his skeptical inquiry, how science and chemistry point to a Creator, and why atheism fails to grapple with philosophy’s deepest questions. GET YOUR COPY OF "ORDINARY" - Michael Horton provides a guide to a sustainable discipleship that happens over the long haul—not a quick fix that leaves readers empty with unfulfilled promises. Support our work to get your copy: https://solamedia.org/partner/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Wesley Huff, Michael Kruger, and Daniel Wallace join Michael Horton for a roundtable discussion on textual criticism, the reliability of the New Testament manuscripts, Gnosticism, the divinity of Christ, the canon, and early Christian origins. GET YOUR COPY OF "THE QUESTION OF CANON" Michael Kruger challenges the modern assumption that the Bible was chosen arbitrarily. With clarity and care, he explores the historical, theological, and cultural evidence that the canon wasn't imposed, but emerged within the early Christian community. https://solamedia.org/offers/questionofcanon/ DOWNLOAD "SOLA SCRIPTURA" FOR FREE In this powerful issue of Modern Reformation, we return to the foundational doctrine of Sola Scriptura, exploring its meaning, its challenges, and its ongoing significance for the church today. https://solamedia.org/offers/solascriptura/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
On October 31, 2022, Tim Keller (1950-2023) joined Michael Horton to record a special episode of White Horse Inn. In honor of Tim and his gospel ministry, we’re releasing this conversation in full video format for the first time—near the second anniversary of his death. Listen in as Horton and Keller discuss forgiveness, prayer, hell, apologetics, and justification by faith alone. GET YOUR COPY OF "ORDINARY" - Michael Horton provides a guide to a sustainable discipleship that happens over the long haul—not a quick fix that leaves readers empty with unfulfilled promises. Support our work to get your copy: https://solamedia.org/partner/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Leading sociologist of religion, Christian Smith, joins Michael Horton to discuss his latest book Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America. Smith discusses the unique trends in American Millennials that have lead to a zeitgeist based on "vibes," Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, interest in occult spirituality, and more. GET YOUR COPY OF "ORDINARY" - Michael Horton provides a guide to a sustainable discipleship that happens over the long haul—not a quick fix that leaves readers empty with unfulfilled promises. Support our work to get your copy: https://solamedia.org/partner/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Can you biohack your way to immortality? Millionaire Bryan Johnson seems to think so. Michael Horton responds to Johnson's "DON'T DIE" movement and his playful challenge to Jesus and the resurrection. GET YOUR COPY OF "A PLACE FOR WEAKNESS" - Weakness isn’t a flaw. It’s where hope begins. https://solamedia.org/offers/aplaceforweakness/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat joins Michael Horton to discuss his latest book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. But in an era of AI, potential UFOs, and psychedelic spiritual experiences, is there still a compelling case for organized religion? Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious by Ross Douthat: https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Why-Everyone-Should-Religious/dp/0310367581 GET YOUR COPY OF "ORDINARY" https://solamedia.org/partner/ FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world.
Reformed theologian Michael Horton responds to Roman Catholic apologist Trent Horn on whether Sola Scriptura—the sufficiency of Scripture—can be found in the church fathers. GET YOUR COPY OF "WHAT STILL DIVIDES US" https://solamedia.org/offers FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Young men are walking out of megachurches and into cathedrals. Why? Michael Horton sits down with Redeemed Zoomer (Richard Ackerman), a former atheist turned Reformed Christian, to unpack why Gen Z is ditching modern evangelicalism for incense, icons, and ancient liturgies. Richard shares his own journey from secular leftism to faith—and why so many of his peers take the road to Rome or Constantinople instead of Geneva. GET YOUR COPY OF "WHAT STILL DIVIDES US" https://solamedia.org/offers FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Michael Horton sits down with Walter Strickland to uncover a lesser-known side of black Christian history. In Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States, Strickland challenges many mainstream narratives, arguing that black liberation theology has dominated the conversation, while a deeply rooted, theologically orthodox tradition has been overlooked. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Glen Scrivener (@SpeakLifeMedia) joins Michael Horton to discuss low tide evangelism and the modern meaning crisis rippling through western culture. While some are seeking to liberate themselves from the metaphysical assumptions of Christianity, others are trying to reassert a will to power, and still others are experiencing a kind of Christian revival. It's a glorious mess, ripe with opportunities for evangelism and discipleship alike. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Apologist and New Testament scholar, Wesley Huff recently appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience. In their three-hour discussion, Wes Huff skillfully walked through the evidence for the reliability of the biblical Scriptures compared to Gnostic texts, examined the evidence for the resurrection, and explored eyewitness accounts. Michael Horton responds to the conclusion of their conversation, where Huff asks Rogan, “What do you think of Jesus?” Rogan's answer is both important and instructive for Christians today, as it sheds light on how many secular people in the 21st century perceive Jesus. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Michael Horton is joined by James Wood, David VanDrunen, and Adriel Sanchez for a roundtable discussion on postliberalism, the church’s involvement in politics, and the nation’s involvement in directing its citizens towards that which is their highest, spiritual good. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/
Is the Bible’s depiction of the virgin birth something that was influenced by other ancient tropes and pagan myths? Michael Horton responds to claims from Bart Ehrman on the Bible and the virgin birth and its similarities to other ancient stories. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today’s global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/