Month: February 2021

COVID Vaccines and Christian Conscience

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to discuss COVID vaccines and related political and Biblical issues.Rather than taking a hard-line approach, we try to present some information we could gather. We encourage weighing all factors according to the Bible and Christian conscience.Questions we address includeTo what degree do the various COVID vaccines rely on fetal cell lines?How are the new mRNA vaccines different from traditional vaccines?Are there concerns with rushing the new vaccines?What are possible side-effects of the COVID vaccines?Should Christians favor making vaccines mandatory?Chelsea has worked as a Registered Nurse (R.N.) in Pediatrics and in labor and delivery. She also holds a post-Master’s certificate in Certified Nurse Midwifery (C.N.M.) and has delivered about 100 babies.Sources Referenced:David Prentice, Ph.D., “Update:

Is Jesus Like the Incredible Hulk?

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas.Is Jesus Like the Incredible Hulk?Who is the Incredible Hulk?The first issue was in 1962.The Incredible Hulk comics underwent quite a few changes and series.Dr, Banner was exposed to gamma radiation that released the Hulk whenever he gets angry.How is Jesus like the Incredible Hulk?Both Dr. Banner and Jesus are intelligent humans.Both represent two natures: divine and human.How is Jesus not like the Incredible Hulk?Dr. Banner and the Incredible Hulk are different persons.Two persons share the one body.This makes Dr. Banner essentially schizophrenic.Jesus is not two persons. He

Is Jesus Like the Green Lantern?

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas.Is Jesus Like the Green Lantern?Who is the Green Lantern?There are 7200 Green Lanterns in the intergalactic corps.They each have a ring that gives them their power.Hal Jordan was the first human being from earth to become a Green Lantern.The 2011 DC film wasn’t successful.What is Adoptionism (or Dynamic Monarchianism)?Monarchianism is unitarianism–only one God Who is only one PersonDynamic monarchianism allows for this divinity to change (adopt a Son).Modalistic monarchianism is God manifesting in three modes.Adoptionism teaches that Jesus became divine either at his baptismWho were the early

Is Jesus Like Iron Man?

We are continuing a series of episodes comparing Jesus to superheroes. This series will tackle wrong ideas about Jesus from church history in chronological order. A superhero will represent each of these ideas.Is Jesus Like Iron Man?How are Jesus and Iron Man (Tony Stark) similar?They are both fully human.They are both highly intelligent.They both sacrificed the wealth they have to save the world.How are Jesus and Iron Man different?Iron Man is a human person driving a super (“divine”) suit.Jesus is a divine person driving a human suit…or, wait…is that right?Who was Apollinaris the Younger and what is Apollinarianism?Apollinaris let his philosophy define his theology.Apollinaris fought Arianism so hard that he sacrificed the full humanity of Jesus.He basically believed that Jesus