Prepared to Answer Podcast

Mental health and mental illness are among the greatest concerns to our society today. But with so many competing voices in our culture offering diagnosis or cures, how can Christians wade into a som…

How is Hell fair? Is belief in Hell toxic? Is Hell actually biblical? Should we believe in Hell as eternal torment or a place of annihilation?

In this encore episode from the podcast archives, Scott a…

Scott and Shawn tackle the question of why God allowed evil by showing you how to give a quick response to this challenge, by explaining the pitfalls of a common response that is often given for the …

What are God’s goals for you in your search for a spouse? Can you date someone who isn’t a Christian? How can Christians even begin to date in a godly way when Jesus didn’t even talk about dating?

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Self-care is seen as a necessary part of life, but how can young Christians learn to reconcile a culture that prizes “self-care” while following a Saviour who calls them to “lose their life” for the …

Many see masculinity as hopelessly “toxic”. Others want to double down on historic “real man” stereotypes. Amidst all the noise and confusion, how are both Christian men and women to think about what…

In our culture, identify is seen as something that each person creates for themselves. But is that really where your identity comes from? Does determining your own identity really set you free?

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Christians often treat singleness as if it is a problem to be solved. But how did Jesus think about singleness? He was, after all, a single man. In this episode, Scott and Shawn work through the four…

Scott and Shawn continue their thought journey of learning to think like Jesus about marriage by discussing the principles that Christians need to take to heart in order to think like Jesus — whether…

Scott and Shawn share how Jesus’ love for the Father and the enabling of the Holy Spirit should inform how Christians approach marriage today — whether you’re a young person anticipating marriage in …

When people do everything for their own glory, we often perceive them them as being selfish or insecure. But since God does everything for his own glory, does that mean he is selfish or insecure? Sha…

The word “glory” is often thrown around in Christian circles. But what is God’s glory? What does the word “glory” even mean? Since glorifying God was and is Jesus’ greatest goal, it is a very importa…

Scott and Shawn confront a critical question in their journey toward thinking like Jesus: “why?” Why did Jesus think the way that he thought? To what end? What was the ultimate goal toward which ever…

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam may share similar beliefs about God, but there is an irreconcilable difference between the God that each religion claims to worship. Tune in to this encore episode fr…

Scott and Shawn dig into the facts about Old Testament slavery laws and share principles for responding to difficult faith challenges in order to answer the question, “does the Bible condone slavery?…

The Prepared to Answer team and our PTA Go Partners get together to reflect on the year past, the glory of Christmas, and what’s in store for 2025. You can also play along as we hold our own Prepared…

Scott and Shawn dig into how God’s grand story (that the Scriptures tell) shaped not just WHAT Jesus thought, but HOW he thought about everything. Tune in to hear biblical examples of this in Jesus’ …

Scott and Shawn consider the role of the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ life and thinking, and (by extension) they come to some important conclusions about how the Spirit teaches Christians today.

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Scott and Shawn continue to discover what it means to think like Jesus, but run up against some objections to how Jesus could be fully human if he was divine at the same time. If he was truly human, …

Since Jesus was fully human, that means he needed to learn just like we do. But how could he learn what he needed to know in order to become God’s Messiah and the Saviour of the world? The answer isn…