Weighed in the Balance
Weighed in the Balance, the show where we weigh claims against scripture and see if they hold up, of if they fall flat.
Weighed in the Balance
Latest Episodes
The Trinity Explained: What Christians Actually Believe About God
What is the doctrine of the Trinity—and what does Scripture actually teach about it?Before responding to anti-Trinitarian arguments, we need to establish what historic Trinitarian Christianity actually confesses. In this episode of W...
The Early Church Doesn't Prove Roman Catholicism | Canon Debate (Part 2)
Cameron Bertuzzi argues that if Protestants accept the New Testament canon, they must also accept the authority claims of the Roman Catholic Church. In this second installment, I examine that claim by looking more closely at the historical evid...
Francis Turretin on Scripture's Clarity (Part 3): What Perspicuity Is Not
For the third week, we're still asking what the doctrine of the perspicuity (clarity) of Scripture isn't.That may sound tedious, but Turretin is doing exactly what a careful theologian should do: defining his terms before answerin...
Can Protestants Account for the Canon of Scripture? | Responding to Cameron Bertuzzi (Part 1)
Roman Catholic apologists often argue that Protestants cannot account for the canon of Scripture. If Scripture alone is our only infallible rule of faith, how do we know which books belong in the Bible?In this episode of Weighed in t...
Francis Turretin on the Perspicuity of Scripture (Part 2): Defining the Question
What does the doctrine of the perspicuity of Scripture actually claim?Continuing our study of Francis Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology, we examine how Turretin carefully defines the question before defending the clarit...