Anchored by Truth from Crystal Sea Books - a 30 minute show exploring the grand Biblical saga of creation, fall, and redemption to help Christians anchor their lives to transcendent truth with RD Fierro

"The Bible is filled with hope, encouragement, strength, and certainty, but none of that will do us any good if we don't trust the Bible and if we don't go to the Bible throughout our lives." --RD Fierro Hosts Victoria and R.D. Fierro continue their "Bible in Song" series by exploring the song "Seven Days by Crystal Sea," which is based on the creation account in Genesis 1. They discuss how music can be a powerful tool to engage both the mind and heart, helping people connect more deeply with the timeless truths of Scripture. The hosts specifically break down verses from the song, highlighting how God's purposeful and magnificent creation of light, water, and vegetation was all a preparation for the arrival of mankind, the pinnacle of His creative work. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

"Ideas have consequences and ideas about origins are some of the most important concepts possible." --RD Fierro The Bible in Song: Reclaiming the Arts for God In a world where entertainment often pushes false narratives, Anchored by Truth introduces "The Bible in Song," a new series dedicated to using music to proclaim truth. This episode features the song "Seven Days by Crystal Sea," which is a lyrical and theological journey through the Genesis creation account. Join the discussion on how music can be a powerful tool for evangelism and discipleship, inspiring listeners to delve deeper into the profound truths of Scripture and the nature of the self-existent Creator God. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re very grateful for the chance to be with you today. For several weeks now we have been working on a series we call “Paul’s Places.” This is our 12th episode in this series and we are concluding it today. Anyone who has missed any of the previous lessons can find them on our website, crystalseabooks.com, or on their favorite podcast app. We wanted to do this series for one simple reason – to help people understand that the New Testament documents are historically reliable. In our last episode we begin to summarize some of the major points that we’ve covered during this series and we want to conclude that summary today. To do that, today In the studio we have RD Fierro, the author of a number of great Christian books and the founder of Crystal Sea Books +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re very grateful to be able to be with you today. We have been working on a series we call “Paul’s Places” for several weeks now. In fact, this is our 11th lesson in this series. By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of books contained in the New Testament. Nine of those books are letters Paul wrote to churches that are identified in our Bibles by the names of cities or, in the case of Galatians, a region that would be in modern-day Turkey. Anyone who has missed any of the previous lessons can find them on our website, crystalseabooks.com, or on their favorite podcast app. We started this series for one simple reason – to help people understand that the New Testament documents are historically reliable. So, today we want to begin to summarize some of the major points that we’ve covered during this series. To do that, today In the studio we have RD Fierro, the author of a number of great Christian books and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re so grateful we have the opportunity to be with you today. We have been working on a series we call “Paul’s Places” for several weeks now. In fact, this is our 10th lesson in this series. By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote almost half of the books in the New Testament. In this “Paul’s Places” series we are taking a look at Paul’s letters to the churches that are identified in our Bibles by geographic names – mostly of cities such as Rome or Corinth. But the book of Galatians is named for the province of Galatia which was a region in what is now in modern-day Turkey. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re thankful to be with you today. For this episode of Anchored by Truth we are continuing our series on “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote almost half of the books in the New Testament. In this “Paul’s Places” series we are taking a look at Paul’s letters to the churches that are identified in our Bibles by geographic names – mostly of cities such as Rome or Corinth. But the book of Galatians is named for the province of Galatia which was a region in what is now in modern-day Turkey. Today we are going to do our 9th episode in this series. So, for anyone who has missed any of the previous lessons we would strongly encourage you to go to our website, crystalseabooks.com, and check out the earlier episodes as well as all of our series. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re grateful to be with you today. We are currently doing a series on Anchored by Truth that we are calling “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of the books out of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament. In this “Paul’s Places” series we are taking a look at Paul’s letters to the churches that are identified in our Bibles by the names of the cities, or the region, to which they were sent. This is our 8th episode in this series. So, for anyone who has missed any of the previous lessons we would strongly encourage you to go to our website, crystalseabooks.com, and check out the earlier episodes as well as any of our series. Today we’re going to continue our look at Paul’s letters to two churches that were located in modern-day Turkey. Last time on Anchored by Truth we began our look at Ephesians and Colossians. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re grateful to be with you today. We are in the midst of a series on Anchored by Truth that we are calling “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of the books out of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament. Some Bible commentators believe Paul also wrote the book of Hebrews but we cannot be certain about that because the author of the letter to the Hebrews did not name himself. In this “Paul’s Places” series we are taking a look at Paul’s letters to the churches that are identified in our Bibles by the names of the cities, or the region, to which they were sent. So far we have looked at the letters to the churches in Rome and Corinth, which are cities, and Galatia which was a Roman Province in what would be modern day Turkey. Today we’re going to look at Paul’s letters to two other churches that were located in modern-day Turkey – Ephesus and Colossae. In the studio today we have RD Fierro, an author and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re grateful to be with you today. We are in the midst of a series on Anchored by Truth that we are calling “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of the books out of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament. We say “at least 13” because some Bible commentators believe Paul also wrote the book of Hebrews but we cannot be certain about that. As part of his ministry Paul wrote a number of letters to various churches. Many of those letters have been preserved in the books of the New Testament. And in this “Paul’s Places” series we are taking a look at Paul’s letters to the churches that are identified in our Bibles by geographic names. These include letters Paul sent to the churches in Rome and Corinth and we have already covered those letters. Today we’re going to look at Paul’s letter to the churches in Galatia. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re very glad to be with you today. We are in the midst of a series on Anchored by Truth that we are calling “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of the books out of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament. Most people know that the Apostle Paul was the foremost apostle to the gentiles as part of his ministry he wrote a number of letters to various churches. Many of those letters have been preserved in the books of the New Testament. In fact, God used Paul to write almost half of the New Testament including first and second Corinthians. In our last episode of Anchored by Truth we started looking at these letters to the Corinthians and we’re going to conclude that look today. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re glad to be with you today as we continue with our series on Anchored by Truth that we are calling “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul,” of course, we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of the books out of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament. The Apostle Paul, started out life named “Saul.” But his encounter on the road to Damascus with the risen Christ changed Saul forever. So, later Saul began to go by the name “Paul.” And as Paul he became the foremost apostle to the gentiles. God used Paul to write almost half of the New Testament including first and second Corinthians, the books we’re focusing on today. To help us continue this study about “Paul’s Places” we have RD Fierro back in the studio. RD is an author and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. RD, in our last couple of episodes we focused on the book of Romans. So, today you want to move to the next couple of books as they are arranged in the order of the New Testament – which are the books of first and second Corinthians. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

We’re very happy to join with you today as we continue forward with our new series on Anchored by Truth. We’ve entitled this series “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul” we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of the books out of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament. The Apostle Paul, of course, started out life named “Saul.” But after an encounter on the road to Damascus with the risen Christ he became the foremost apostle to the gentiles. God used Paul to write almost half of the New Testament including the book we’re focusing on today – the epistle to the Romans. To help us learn more about “Paul’s Places” we have RD Fierro back in the studio. RD is an author and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. RD, in our last episode we started focusing on the book of Romans but we had so much to say we didn’t get finished. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

We’re very grateful that we are able to be with you today as we continue forward with our new series on Anchored by Truth. We’ve entitled this series “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul” we’re referring to the Apostle Paul who wrote at least 13 of the books out of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament. The Apostle Paul, of course, started out life named “Saul.” But the “fire breathing” rebel Saul was converted on the road to Damascus by an encounter with the risen Christ. Then in Acts, chapter 13, verse 9, the writer of Acts, Luke, tells us that “Saul” was also called “Paul.” To help us learn more about “Paul’s Places” we have RD Fierro back in the studio. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

VK: Hello! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. We’re excited to be with you today as we begin a new series on Anchored by Truth. So, to announce the series and tell us why we are doing it, we have RD Fierro back in the studio. RD is an author and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. RD, you’ve entitled this series “Paul’s Places.” By “Paul” I’m sure you’re referring to the Apostle Paul not the last name of lady who produces frozen fish products. The Apostle Paul, of course, started out life named “Saul.” But sometime after Saul’s conversion on the road to Damascus, Luke tells us in Acts, chapter 13, verse 9, that “Saul” was also called “Paul.” So, RD, maybe the first thing we should tackle is this rather-famous name change. RD: Well, before I comment on that I would like to add to your thanks to the listeners for tuning in today – whether they’re listening on the broadcast or podcast. We’re grateful for anyone who devotes part of their day or week with us. And since we are going to be spending a lot of time in this series talking about names perhaps it is appropriate to spend just a minute talking about one of – as you put it – the most famous name changes in the Bible. The Apostle Paul started out life with the name Saul and all of the initial references to Paul in the book of Acts use the name “Saul.” Chapter 13 in Acts is the first time we hear him called Paul and thereafter in Acts only the name Paul is used for the Apostle. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

If you’ve been with us on our last several episodes of Anchored by Truth you know we have taken on one of the most challenging subjects most Christians encounter – addressing objections to God’s existence. We’ve called this series the Lord of Logic. Why? Because when God created man in His image God communicated to man some of the attributes God possessed. Among the attributes God communicated to man was reasoning ability – the ability to apply logic and reason to evidence to permit man to understand the beauty, wonder, and order God had implanted in His universe. As the creator of logic and reason God is also the Lord of logic and reason. Sadly, in his fallen condition man does not always use logic and reason in the service of God. You sometimes hear people say things like, “you have faith in God, but I use logic to understand the world.” In doing so they are attempting to establish a false dichotomy that the Christian faith isn’t supported by logic and reason. But the Christian faith is consistent with logic and reason and that’s what we’ve been pointing out in this series. So, today as we wrap up the series - in the studio we have RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books. He’s going to finish the summary we began in our last episode of all that we learned in the first 8 episodes. We’re doing this to identify some principles everyone can use in their own Christian walk to more firmly anchor themselves to the inspired truth of God. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

We have been undertaking one of the most challenging series we’ve ever done on Anchored by Truth. We’ve called this series the Lord of Logic. Why? Simple. Most people know that to be a Christian you must exercise faith. But a lot of people don’t recognize that the Christian faith is a faith that is firmly grounded in logic, reason, and evidence. The Christian faith does not ask anyone to set aside a careful examination and study of how the created universe operates. Nor does it require us to ignore the laws of the logic that make reason and science possible. To the contrary, the Christian faith encourages us to bring our minds as well as our hearts to the service of our God. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

If you’ve been with us on our last several episodes of Anchored by Truth you’ll know that we’re in the midst of a series we’re calling The Lord of Logic. Our goal in this series has been to examine objections that are often raised against God’s existence and subject them to a logical analysis. In other words we are using logic to test those objections and see if they actually make sense. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

If you’ve been with us on our last several episodes of Anchored by Truth you’ll know that we’re in the midst of a series about objections that are raised against the existence of God. Our specific aim is to see whether those objections are reasonable when you subject them to a logical analysis. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

If you’ve been with us on our last few episodes of Anchored by Truth you’ll know that we’re in the midst of a series about objections that are often raised against the existence of God. In this series we’re examining 5 specific objections that you often hear. Our specific aim is to see whether those objections are reasonable when you subject them to a logical analysis. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/

It’s important to remember that it’s one thing to be able to explain the operation of something, but it’s quite another to talk about its origin. All causes are known by their effects. Obviously, one of God’s more spectacular effects is the creation of the visible universe and God ordering that universe so it supports living creatures. If you try to do away with God as the creator of the universe then you are forced to conclude that the universe is somehow self-existent. That changes the universe from being an effect of an omnipotent Creator to being a self-existent cause. But if the universe is the cause of everything then what is the universe’s effect? There is no satisfactory answer to that question. +++++++ You can find more information here: http://www.crystalseabooks.com/