The DHF Podcast

Episode 46: Additions to the Bible?

Sam interviews returning guest, David Wolcott, who is now researching a claim that since the world Homosexual was “added” to the bible in 1946, the Bible didn’t actually condemn homosexual acts. We talk about how relatively new the English word is, and takes us to the Greek, defending a conservative biblical sexual ethic.
 
Resources Referenced
How to Lie with Statistics by Darrel Huff
thedavidwolcott.com
facebook.com/thedavidwolcott

Episode 45: Tips for Funerals

In this episode hosts Sam and Rick share tips and lessons they have learned from their years inministry. These include some embarrassing mistakes, and rather than repeat them, you can learn from them.

Episode 44: Tips for Weddings

Hosts Sam Sears and Rick Grace reflect on lessons learned from performing weddings and provide tips for pastors, officiants, and churches on how to perform a wedding and what policies to have in place to protect a church.
Resources Mentioned
For Rick’s Marriage Policy templates, you can email him at rgrace@discipleshipheritage.org
Pacific Justice Institute’s Marriage Policy Templatepacificjustice.org/resources/for-churches/language-for-bylaws-and-model-marriage-policy
The Prepare Marriage Inventoryprepare-enrich.com
Saving Your Marriage Before It Startssymbis.com/
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Episode 43: A Touch of God's Grace

Hosts Sam and Heather Sears interview Nancy Kay Grace who shares about being a pastor’s wife, as well as her own journey of faith as she trusts in God during multiple occurrences of cancer. Nancy Kay Grace is the wife of DHF Church Liaison Rick Grace. And in addition to serving in ministry with Rick, Nancy is a speaker, writing coach, and award-winning author of The Grace Impact.
Sign-Up for the GraceNotes newsletter at nancykaygrace.com
Websites Mentioned:alongsideministrywives.com
Books by Nancy:The Grace Impact: https://a.co/d/cvkjIEv12 Words for Christmas: https://a.co/d/cvkjIEv
Social Media:FacebookInstagramYouTube

Episode 42: Decision Point & The 5 Gospel Challenges

Ariel Triebull joins pastors Sam and Chris, to share about training students to reach other students via her ministry at Decisionpoint.org. Ariel educates students on their rights and equips them to effectively disciple others. The ministry has seen 280,000 students hear the gospel, and 10,000 commitments to follow Christ in it’s 20 year existence. She encourages students, and our listeners, to take seriously the 5 Gospel Challenges, she explains in this episode.
decisionpoint.org
decisionpoint.org/longterm-staff-detail-page/ariel-triebull

Episode 41: Singleness & Suffering

Olivia Davis is a musician and blogger. In this episode she joins hosts Sam andRick and shares about a life changing moment that caused great pain, but caused her to leanon a greater God. After meeting a man at church, she changed her mind about not wanting toget married, and have kids. She saw the beauty of the love of Christ for the Church in marriage,and she fell deeply in love. Then, after being engaged, she discovered who she fell in love withwasn't who the gentleman really was, and he canceled their engagement. Heartbroken, singleand suffering, she brought her pain before God, and came out on the either end, more in awe ofHis love. She said that “we serve a God who has scars” and that made her aware she wasnever alone in her suffering. She recently had blog posts about her process go viral, and hasused lessons she has learned, her story and journey, to comfort others.
Helping the Persecutedhtp.orglookingupward.orglookingupward.org/2022/11/27/my-broken-engagement/
Resources MentionedThe Wound Healer by Henry Nouwen

Episode 40: Foreign Missions on American Soil

Hosts Sam and Chris interview missionary, speaker, and trainer, Olin Giles about his ministry to Muslims; and particularly his time in Dearborn, Michigan which has became famous for being a high muslim population in the U.S. You can follow Olin’s ministry work at Radicaltruth.net.
youtube.com/@RadicalTruthyoutube.com/@whychristianity8388
Resources mentioned in this episode:Ministry to Muslims ministrytomuslims.com
An article series on the Trinity by Evan Minton; cerebralfaith.net/why-you-should-believe-in-the-trinity-responding-to-the-watchtower-part-1/
The Two Powers in Heaven by Rabbi Segal

Episode 39: Secular Teacher & Christian Podcaster

Bill Westers Joins hosts Sam and Chris to discuss his podcast, and living out his faith in asecular school.
Bill's website; encounteringtruth.orgYou can find out more about the CIA training we mentioned at crossexamined.orgAdditional resource mentioned: Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier

Episode 38: Lessons From The Faith Forum

In this episode, Sam and Chris interview Elliot Rinehart, a missionary with YWAM and host of the Faith Forum podcast.  Elliot created the faith forum to learn about those who are currently in ministry, their motivations, where they are seeing results, and to make connections with other servants. Among Elliot’s takeaways are 3 general types of pastors, how we might pursue balance, and some concerning theological drifting. 
In this episode, Sam and Chris interview Elliot Rinehart, a missionary with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and host of the Faith Forum podcast. Elliot created the faith forum to learn about those who are currently in ministry, their motivations, where they are seeing results, and to make connections with other servants. Among Elliot’s takeaways are 3 general types of pastors, how we might pursue balance, and some concerning theological drifting.
Youth With A Mission
The Faith Forum Podcast: youtube.com/@Faith-Forum/videos=
The Episode with host Sam Sears : https://youtu.be/oBEz8I0S-k0?si=aiGfdmFiVqPthG7y
rinehartmissions.com/

Episode 37: The Maximal Data Argument

Apologist Evan Minton joins Sam and DHF board chair Drew McClellan to discuss the Maximal Data Argument for the Resurrection. This argument is an increasingly alternative to the “Minimal Facts Argument” championed by Dr. Gary Habermas and others. In the minimal facts argument, you demonstrate that the Resurrection happened by appealing to what is accepted to most scholars, but in Evan’s words in the Maximal Data Approach, “no piece of evidence is off the table.” The argument takes the time to establish the authors of the gospels and the gospels authenticity and goes from there.
Those who teach the Bible from the pulpit or in a small group, can sprinkle some of the evidence mentioned into their lessons or messages, and when sharing your faith, this information can answer sincere questions and encourage people to respond to truth.
You can follow Evan’ work at  cerebralfaith.net/
You can learn more about the Maximal Data argument here: https://cerebralfaith.net/my-defend-talk-making-the-maximal-data-argument-for-jesus-resurrection-attractive/
Resources Mentioned
Lee Strobel’s Case for ChristThe Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Mike Licona I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist by Frank Turek and Norma GieslerThe Fate of the 12 Apostles Sean McDowellUndesigned Coincidences by J.J. Blunt
The Works of Timothy McGrew timothymcgrew.com/ and his Wife Lydia Mcgrew lydiamcgrew.com/
Testify by Erik Manning youtube.com/@TestifyApologetics
Trinity Radio with Braxton Hunter youtube.com/@BraxtonHunter