Episodes

  • The Creation Mandate

    The Creation Mandate
    Feb 18 2025
    In the ultimate sense, there is no such thing as a job, a task, or a duty that is truly mundane. Today, Barry Cooper looks at God’s purpose for our everyday work in the world.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/the-creation-mandate/

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    6 mins
  • The Ontological Argument

    The Ontological Argument
    Feb 11 2025
    If it is even possible that God exists, then it follows logically that God does exist. Today, Barry Cooper walks us through Anselm's famous argument for the existence of God.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/the-ontological-argument/

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    5 mins
  • The Rapture

    The Rapture
    Feb 4 2025

    For more than 1,800 years, Christians understood “the rapture” to be the blissful moment of Jesus’ second coming. But within the last century and a half, a new interpretation emerged. Today, Barry Cooper helps us consider what the Bible says about the rapture of Christ’s church.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/the-rapture/

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    6 mins
  • Apostles

    Apostles
    Jan 28 2025
    The Apostles are included in "the foundation" of the Christian church (Eph. 2:20)--a foundation laid only once. Today, Barry Cooper describes the unique role these men played as the commissioned eyewitnesses of Jesus Christ.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/apostles/

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    5 mins
  • Faith

    Faith
    Jan 21 2025
    In and of itself, faith isn’t necessarily a virtue. It all depends on what we have faith in. Today, Barry Cooper explains that the reason it is proper to put our faith in Christ is because Christ is perfectly good and perfectly trustworthy.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/faith/

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    7 mins
  • Covenant

    Covenant
    Jan 14 2025
    The central “spine” of the Bible can be described in a single word: covenant. Today, Barry Cooper expounds on these recurring agreements, pledges, and vows that culminate in the promised arrival of Christ Himself.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/covenant/

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    6 mins
  • Disciple

    Disciple
    Jan 7 2025

    Peter denied Jesus by declaring, "I do not know the man." That's exactly what Christ calls us to do to our old lives when He commands us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. Today, Barry Cooper invites us to count the cost of being Jesus' disciples.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/disciple/

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    8 mins
  • Omniscience

    Omniscience
    Dec 31 2024
    Nothing is hidden from the mind of God—past, present, or future—so nothing can surprise or confuse Him. Today, Barry Cooper introduces us to God’s attribute of omniscience.

    Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/omniscience/

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    7 mins