Apollos Theology

Reconstructing Faith

True theology is a set of truth claims that make sense of what the Bible means to say, not a dogmatic set of doctrines that you fear to question. Please consult the resources below to learn more.

Introduction

• Agnostish Podcast

Part 1: Faith

• Epistemology, Ethics, and Evangelism

Part 2: Bible

• The “Problem” of Biblical Literalism
• Evidence for a Christian Creator
• Intelligent Design in the Bible

Part 3: Gospel

• How the Gospel Works
• Religion or Cult?
• Identity in Christ
• Tackling the Hard Questions Head-On
• The Patience of God

Part 4: Family

• Reconstructing Marriage
• The Blessing of Children

Part 5: Church

• The Curse of Liturgical Institutionalism
• Major Errors of Modern Christianity
• A Biblical Vision for the Church

Part 6: State

• Deconstructing American Politics
• A Biblical Vision for the State

Appendix: Overcoming Spiritual Bondage

• Part 1: Understanding Spiritual Bondage
• Part 2: Approaching Spiritual Bondage
• Part 3: Conquering Spiritual Bondage

Reconstructing the Bible

Learn how to read the Bible more clearly using the resources below.

Part 1: How to read the Bible

• Bible 101: What is the Bible?
• How to Actually Read the Bible
• Interpreting Difficult Scripture
• Contradictions and Missing Pieces
• Tensions in Scripture
• Translating vs Interpreting
• Reading the Bible with Compassion

Part 2: What does the bible say

• Bible 201: Understanding the Bible Narrative
• The Enigma of the End Times
• Bible Evidence for a First-Century Parousia
• Rethinking the Narrative of Esther
• Trinitarianism
• Satan

part 3: going deeper with scripture

• Rethinking the Timeline of the New Testament Canon
• Rethinking the Order of the Bible
• Aliens
• Christian Zionism
• Covetousness
• Demon Possession / Mental Illness
• Flat Earth
• Jesus vs. Herod
• Lucifer in Isaiah 14
• Lying
• Saul and Israelite Impatience
• Sexual Assault in the Mosaic Law
• The Progression of Life from Moses to David
• What Saul Threw Away

Part 4: symbolism, chronology, and eschatology

• The Seven-Day Metanarrative
• The Chronology and Eschatology of Daniel
• The Chronology and Eschatology of the Bible:
  • A Journey Through the Bible Timeline
  • The Creation Week
  • The Antediluvian Patriarchs
  • The Flood and the Postdiluvian Patriarchs
  • Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  • Moses and Joshua
  • The Time of the Judges and the United Kingdom
  • The Divided Kingdom from Rehoboam and Jeroboam to Jehu
  • The Divided Kingdom from Jehu to the Assyrian Exile
  • The Last Days of Judah
  • 70 Years in Babylon
  • 7 Weeks of Restoration
  • 62 Weeks of Intertestamental History and the Week of the Messiah
  • The Life of Jesus
  • The End Times
  • The Millennium and the Future
  • Chronologically Ordered List of Bible Events