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Know What You Believe with Michael Horton

Michael Horton
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In the 21st century, the church faces some odd headwinds. Technological advancement is accelerating, congregations are fracturing, and things like astrology and New Age spirituality are becoming more mainstream. It's more important than ever to thoughtfully engage with cultural trends outside of the church and theological disagreements within the church. "Know What You Believe with Michael Horton"... more

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Carl Trueman and Michael Horton have both written books tracing the intellectual genealogy of our modern confusion. In this discussion, they trace the long arc from the Renaissance to today: how the rejection of God didn't just change our theology bu... more

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Is spiritual formation that moves beyond the practices of the Reformation what we need to help with our disillusionment with evangelicalism? Michael Horton discusses the contemporary spiritual formation movement most notably associated with John Mark... more

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Gavin Ortlund, Jordan Cooper, and Michael Horton discuss how Catholic and Reformation practices shape the Christian life. How do our views of penance, repentance, justification, purgatory, and assurance of salvation impact how we live our lives? Do t... more

Before entering public office, Ben Sasse served as executive director of White Horse Inn and Modern Reformation at Sola Media. On February 7, 2026, he joined longtime friends Michael Horton and Dan Bryant to discuss his cancer diagnosis, the early da... more

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Recent Guests

Dr. Carl Trueman
Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Grove City College; Bush Family Visiting Research Fellow at Notre Dame
Grove City College; University of Notre Dame
Episode: Why the Modern World Is at War with Human Nature
Michael Horton
Theological scholar participating as guest
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Episode: Penance, Purgatory, and the Assurance of Salvation
Dr. Carlos Eire
Historian from Yale University
Yale University
Episode: What Caused Secularization? Yale Historian & Michael Horton on Radical Mystics and the Reformation
R. Scott Clark
Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary, California
Westminster Seminary California
Episode: The Story Behind the Heidelberg Catechism with R. Scott Clark
Dr. Gavin Ortlund
Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary and President of Truth Unites.
Truth Unites
Episode: Reformers or Revolutionaries? Why the Church Needed the Reformation
Dr. Jordan Cooper
Ordained in the American Association of Lutheran Churches and Fellow of Systematic Theology at the Weidner Institute.
Weidner Institute
Episode: Reformers or Revolutionaries? Why the Church Needed the Reformation
Peter Thiel
Entrepreneur and investor
Founders Fund, PayPal
Episode: Is Christianity Anti-Calvinist? Theologian Responds to Peter Thiel and Ross Douthat
Brian Muraresku
Author exploring the relationship between psychedelics and Christianity
Episode: Psychedelics Influenced Christianity? Responding to Brian Muraresku and Lex Fridman
Matthew Lee Anderson
Professor at Baylor University specializing in ethics and procreation
Baylor University
Episode: How the Church Can Face a New Global Crisis: Childlessness with Matthew Lee Anderson

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Michael Horton
Host of the podcast and a key figure in the conversation, Michael Horton engages critically with contemporary theological issues while drawing on historical insights.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 133 ratings
  • Tim Keller interview

    Thank you for sharing this conversation; very helpful and insightful. Also, enjoyed hearing Tim’s voice once again. Please share more of these types of interviews from your archives. Thank you.

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    5
    Jim Tustin, CA
    United Statesa year ago
  • Deeper Theology

    Coming from a nondenominational background with rather shallow theology, this content is opening up new doors for me. The large words and many references while unfamiliar, indicate the deep thought and broad knowledge behind these topics.

    Excited to hear more and be exposed to ideas that most of the recycled Church messages I hear don’t touch.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    fitquill
    United Statesa year ago
  • To the Point

    I appreciate that the Sola Media folks 1) are familiar with people like Rogan and Peterson and 2) aren’t afraid to test what they say against scripture. It seems like churches (in general) are ignorant of these types of online figures, or afraid to engage their worldviews, or perhaps find their ideas as acceptable and in accord with the faith. Good theology is so important and has much to say in these arenas of ideas. Paired with biblical, theological teaching, this show gives discernment to a C... more

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    unclestalky
    United Statesa year ago

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Listeners commend the podcast for its ability to combine intellectual rigor with accessible dialogue.
Many find the discussions refreshing as they often address misconceptions within the church and society.

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Why the Modern World Is at War with Human Nature
Q: Why do you both think that telling this story is important for today?
The story helps diagnose why modern self-understanding—emphasizing autonomy and self-authorship—can undermine traditional beliefs about human nature and authority, and it points toward a corrective through a robust doctrine of the body, liturgy, and communal worship.
What Caused Secularization? Yale Historian & Michael Horton on Radical Mystics and the Reformation
Q: What made both of you interested to research and write these projects?
Both guests have focused their academic work on the history of Christianity and the relationships between the visible and invisible in religion, especially through the lens of the Reformation's societal impacts and spiritual phenomena.
Reformers or Revolutionaries? Why the Church Needed the Reformation
Q: What do you guys think in the long view of things would have been the possibility of the Roman Catholic Church becoming more reformed?
The speakers discuss the naivety of thinking reform could happen incrementally from within due to historical precedents of dissent being met with severe consequences.
How the Church Can Face a New Global Crisis: Childlessness with Matthew Lee Anderson
Q: What arguments would you give to someone who says the Earth is overpopulated and we should not have more children?
He acknowledges the popularity of climate anxiety arguments among students but critiques them, suggesting that the social dynamics are often overlooked, and encourages a focus on long-term impacts of declining birth rates.
How the Church Can Face a New Global Crisis: Childlessness with Matthew Lee Anderson
Q: How do you respond to people who might hear what you're saying as judgment?
Anderson emphasizes the importance of compassion for childless couples and suggests that the church should provide hope without judgment, encouraging childless couples to find ways to engage positively with the idea of parenthood in community.

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2. Michael Horton
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5. Dr. Gavin Ortlund
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