{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church Is Messy: Loaded Questions - how do we know what's true?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2687,"description":"Rick and Svea answer your questions about truth.\nTopics Discussed in this Episode:\n00:00 Intro\n01:58 Loaded Questions takes on a different format from other messages\n06:38 Why does truth matter?\n10:51 Is it possible for Christianity to be true and other religions to be true?\n15:05 How can we know Scripture is true?\n19:06 In Scripture is it possible the authors were biased?\n22:48 What do I need God for?\n24:43 How can you discern if what you're hearing is from God or the devil?\n26:48 Do you obtain knowledge at all? How do the disciples know they saw Jesus?\n31:49 How do we know what denominations are teaching truth when they have different beliefs but are still using the Bible as the source of that belief?\n35:41 The Apocrypha: Is it true and how is it distinguished from Scripture?\n37:23 Jesus' mother, Mary.\n39:38 I'm not a Christian for the perks, I'm a Christian because I'm convinced it's true.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}