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What Makes a Messiah? | Theological

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Host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with rabbis, priests, historians and exorcists to work through the oldest questions: can you be good without God, should religion change with the times, are demons real.

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What Makes a Messiah? | Theological

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What Makes a Messiah? | Theological

What makes a messiah and does Jesus meet the criteria? Join Shabbos Kestenbaum and Christian theologian and apologist Sean McDowell as they examine together one of the most consequential theological questions in history.

A Time for War? | Theological

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A Time for War? | Theological

What does the Bible say about war between nations? Is armed conflict ever justified—or must it always be avoided? Shabbos sits down with Christian combat veteran Josiah O’Neil to examine what Scripture teaches about the moral and spiritual realities…

Who Are God’s Chosen People? | Theological

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Who Are God’s Chosen People? | Theological

Why have Christian Zionism and Replacement Theology become the most controversial topics in modern theology? Pastor David Blease joins Shabbos Kestenbaum to examine what the Old and New Testaments actually say about Israel, the Church, and God’s…

Where is God When Life Ends? | Theological

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Where is God When Life Ends? | Theological

In this episode of Theological, Rabbi Jason Weiner—Senior Rabbi at Cedars-Sinai—explains how Judaism approaches life, death, and medical ethics. From euthanasia to the deathbed, is it “our body, our choice?” What do people say on their deathbeds?

What Happened Between Good Friday and the Resurrection? | Easter Special with Michael Knowles

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What Happened Between Good Friday and the Resurrection? | Easter Special with Michael Knowles

Heaven, hell, purgatory—what does the Bible actually say about the afterlife? Michael Knowles and Shabbos Kestenbaum go deep on judgment, salvation, and why the Hebrew Bible speaks differently about “the next world.” In this thought-provoking clip…

What Do Mormons Believe? | Theological

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What Do Mormons Believe? | Theological

Did Jesus visit the Americas after the Resurrection? In this episode of Theological, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Santa Clarita stake president Michael Stanley of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to discuss the Book of…

Can Science Prove God Exists? | Theological

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Can Science Prove God Exists? | Theological

Is modern science pointing toward God—or away from Him? In this episode of Theological, Shabbos Kestenbaum interviews Dr. Stephen Meyer (Cambridge PhD; Discovery Institute) on intelligent design, fine-tuning, Darwin’s limits, the Big Bang, and why…

Why Does God Allow Suffering? | Theological

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Why Does God Allow Suffering? | Theological

Why do innocent people suffer? Where was God during the Holocaust? And how does faith sustain us in a world full of evil? In this episode of Theological, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Michael Jones from @InspiringPhilosophy–one of the most…

Are Demons Real? Exorcist Stephen Rossetti Explains | Theological

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Are Demons Real? Exorcist Stephen Rossetti Explains | Theological

Host Shabbos Kestenbaum interviews Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, a Catholic priest, psychologist, and exorcist, about exorcism, demonic possession, and what the Church says is happening when people “open doors” through the occult. [Note: this episode…

The Miracles That Made America | Bill Federer on Divine Providence | Theological

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The Miracles That Made America | Bill Federer on Divine Providence | Theological

As America prepares to celebrate 250 years since its founding, Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with bestselling author and historian Bill Federer to ask one of the biggest questions in American history: Was the hand of God involved in the founding of…

Should Religion Evolve with Times? Rabbi Wolpe Explains | Theological

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Should Religion Evolve with Times? Rabbi Wolpe Explains | Theological

Did the Exodus really happen? Can religion be pick-and-choose? And is Conservative Judaism dying? In this episode of Theological, Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Rabbi David Wolpe, rabbi emeritus of Sinai Temple and Shabbos’s former professor at…

Can You Be Good Without God? | Theological

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Can You Be Good Without God? | Theological

What happens when someone who was on their way to becoming a Catholic priest walks away from God entirely? In this episode of Theological, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Cade Bradley — a self-proclaimed atheist, former devout Catholic, and…

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