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Christian Influencers Don’t Know the Purpose of Theology

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Caleb Wait discuss how theological formation, when done primarily through digital media, online platforms and influencers, can be counter productive in the life of the church.

The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Be Protestant

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

What are Protestant denominations actually like, and why are the stereotypes of each so popular?

Aimee Semple McPherson: Celebrity, Mystery, and the Rise of Pentecostalism

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Dr. Robert Godfrey joins Michael Horton and Bob Hiller to discuss the strange disappearance and mystery around Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, and what the fame of this pentecostal preacher tells us about the history of American evangelicalism.

Vocation: God Doesn’t Need Your Good Works, but Your Neighbor Does

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Scott Keith from ‪1517.org‬ joins Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb to discuss how churches can recover high views of preaching and the sacraments, as well as robust views and practices around vocation.

The Wrath of God

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

What does the wrath of God have to do with the gospel? In 2006, White Horse Inn released a year-long series titled Romans Revolution. This month, we’re revisiting a few select episodes from this beloved series. In this episode, the hosts discuss the wrath of God in Romans 1 and how it is often differently portrayed […]

The Gospel of God’s Son

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Back in 2006, White Horse Inn released a year-long series titled Romans Revolution. This series holds a special place in the history of our organization. Our long-time listeners and supporters have shared that these discussions were foundational in shaping their faith over the years. This month, we’re revisiting a few select episodes from Romans Revolution. […]

An Overview of the Book of Romans

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT

On this week’s continuation of the 2006 White Horse Inn series Romans Revolution, our hosts outline the “big picture” of Paul’s letter to the Romans and discuss its incredible historical influence. What is so unique about the Book of Romans that it has had such a great impact on the church throughout history?

Witness to a Post-Christian Culture

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT

The Best Theologians in Church History You’ve Never Heard Of

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb share their favorite lesser-known and obscure theologians from church history. While the works of Luther, Calvin, and Augustine loom large in the church’s discussions (and rightly so), the hosts discuss the works and biographies of lesser-known doctors more people should be acquainted with.

How Revelation Has Been Interpreted Through Church History

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Every generation has seen itself in Revelation’s visions, and far too many have failed to see how the book speaks to the church throughout all the ages. Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb examine how the Bible’s last book has been interpreted through history and how its message and themes have shaped […]

Genesis: Confronting the Gods of Egypt, Babylon, and Modernity

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Michael Horton, Walter Strickland, Bob Hiller, and Justin Holcomb survey one of the most consequential books in the history of the world: The book of Genesis. They examine how it’s theological themes confronted the myths and gods of its own time, and explore how it confronts modernity’s myths as well.

How to Talk to Two Different Kinds of Skeptics

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT

Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Justin Holcomb, and Walter Strickland respond to clips from Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast and historian Tom Holland—two different skeptics interested in the Christian faith from different angles—and ask what a faithful and charitable response to each of them might look like.

What Secular People Get Right (and Wrong) About Jesus and the Bible

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT

People who would never set foot in a church are saying they believe Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, skeptics who reject the resurrection will defend the ethics of Jesus, and across the internet people are fascinated by the Nephilim, the Antichrist, and the Book of Enoch. Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb […]

The Theology of the Future: 6 Scenarios the Church Needs to Prepare For

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT

What does orthodox Christian doctrine look like when the world it inhabits has become almost unrecognizable: when humanoid robots are household appliances, when the moon has a colony with no ordained minister, and when warfare is waged by AI drones? The hosts are handed a set of surprise hypothetical scenarios set in a possible future […]

The Theology of Christopher Nolan

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:00:51 GMT

Can we trust our own minds, do we need to mimic a hero or be redeemed, and is love something more than a useful evolutionary accident? Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb journey through Christopher Nolan’s filmography to uncover a variety of recurring theological and philosophical themes.

The History of Protestant Denominations in Early America

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:15:00 GMT

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of America, Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb explore the history of how their Reformational traditions (Reformed, Baptist, Lutheran, and Anglican) found their way to the United States.

How Are Evangelicals Rediscovering the Reformation?

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:09:32 GMT

In 1996, Dr. W. Robert Godfrey joined Michael Horton, Kim Riddlebarger, and Rod Rosenbladt on the White Horse Inn to discuss why certain evangelicals have not only become attracted to Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, but confessional protestant traditions that have their roots in the Reformation.

Why Are Evangelicals Becoming Roman Catholics?

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:30:00 GMT

In this episode of White Horse Inn from 1996, Tim Staples, a former evangelical who converted to Roman Catholicism, joins Michael Horton, Kim Riddlebarger, and Rod Rosenbladt to discuss what he and others like him find so appealing about Rome.

Why Are Evangelicals Becoming Eastern Orthodox?

Sun, 24 May 2026 05:35:00 GMT

Nationalism and Evangelicals in the 1990s

Sun, 10 May 2026 17:14:16 GMT

In this conversation from 1991, Michael Horton, Rod Rosenbladt, and Kim Riddlebarger discuss the interest in forms of nationalism in the church shortly after the end of Operation Desert Storm in Iraq.

America’s Crisis Over Eschatology

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:33:00 GMT

How did American evangelicals move from being largely postmillennial to embracing premillennial dispensationalism? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explore how both liberals and fundamentalists have often shared faulty assumptions about history, and how those assumptions have shaped the church’s outlook, shifting it from triumphalism to pessimism rather than cultivating a posture […]

America’s Crisis Over Eschatology: How We Went from Postmillennialism to Dispensationalism

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explore how both liberals and fundamentalists have often shared faulty assumptions about history, and how those assumptions have shaped the church’s outlook.

The Crises That Created Christian Fundamentalism

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:17:24 GMT

How did American Protestantism fracture into fundamentalism and liberalism? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explore the context of the late 19th century, examine the influence of “Common Sense Realism” on Americans’ hermeneutics and how it cracked under the crises of Darwinism and German higher criticism.

Secularism Is Dying. What’s Next?

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:52:06 GMT

Is Europe moving from a post-Christian to post-secular culture? Magnus Persson, a Swedish Lutheran pastor and former Pentecostal church planter, joins Michael Horton and Bob Hiller to discuss how secularism is collapsing under the weight of its own emptiness, leaving a spiritual vacuum that Christianity can fill.

Answering the Most Common Criticisms of the Cross and Resurrection

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:37:27 GMT

How do you explain the cross to someone who has no category for sin, atonement, or sacrifice? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller tackle the most common objections to Christianity’s central claims, from the “barbaric” nature of penal substitution to skeptics who dismiss the resurrection as legend or borrowed mythology, and more.

What Is (and Isn’t) the Authority of the Church?

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:01:00 GMT

What does it mean for the church to hold the “keys of the kingdom”? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller discuss how preaching, church discipline, and guarding access to the Lord’s Table work in their traditions.

Ecclesiology: Reformed, Baptist, Anglican, Lutheran

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:02:55 GMT

From congregational autonomy to regional presbyteries to episcopal oversight, Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explain the scriptural reasoning and practical structures that shape how ecclesiology functions in their traditions.

We Reviewed ChatGPT’s Answers to Your Theology Questions

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller evaluate theological answers generated by ChatGPT and discuss how to engage people who are outsourcing life’s biggest questions to AI.

How TikTok and Instagram are Discipling Women

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

How are social media platforms shaping women’s beliefs about identity, faith, and the good life? Mary Van Weelden joins Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller to examine influential online trends and compare their messages with the gospel.

How Instagram and TiKTok Are Replacing the Church

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT