Nestor, a university student surrounded by atheism and Darwinian evolution, asks for the best arguments for the existence of God. Pastor Scott Thom walks through the cosmological argument, the moral argument and the argument from design, showing why even the simplest living cell could never assemble itself by chance. Sandy's atheist friend calls her faith a myth, so Pastor Scott explains why the Gospels cannot be a myth, then answers her question about how "absent from the body, present with the Lord" fits with the dead in Christ rising at His return. Marguerite asks whether a believer can be sanctified and sinless from the moment of salvation, and whether one sin sends a Christian to hell, opening up the difference between justification and lifelong sanctification. And Katrina writes in to ask what Scriptures to show the Mormon missionaries who came to her door, leading Pastor Scott through Hebrews 1 and why every conversation with a cult has to start with who Jesus really is.

Cross Fellowship is a Bible teaching church home in Albuquerque. Learn more and plan a visit at CrossFellowship.org.

Get Trained at Pastor Scott's Bible College

When a friend says your faith is a myth, or missionaries show up at your door, do you know what to say? Most believers love the Lord but were never shown how to open the Scriptures and give a clear, reasoned answer, and with work, family and cost, Bible school can feel out of reach. CCF Bible College (CCFcollege.com) closes that gap with self paced, affordable training you can start any time, including Shepherd School, a two year program built for anyone pursuing pastoral and full time ministry roles. Pastor Scott will personally walk you through the next step if you qualify. Text COLLEGE to 505-375-6560 to learn more.

You can also catch Pastor Scott's other two podcasts, "Leadership From The Cross" and "Navigating Life from the Cross," available on any podcast app.

Picking up Diane's question from last week, Pastor Scott Thom shows why Jesus stands apart from every other religious founder: He forgave sins, gave life, accepted worship, claimed to be the way of salvation, and then proved it by rising from the dead before more than five hundred witnesses. Naomi calls in after going through a "spiritual cleansing" and asks whether demons can still get a foothold on a believer who keeps battling anger and lust. Pastor Scott explains the limits of the enemy's power over a Christian, why the idea of generational curses misreads Exodus 20, and the practical steps the Bible gives for overcoming a habitual sin. He then answers whether we have to confess every single sin to stay forgiven. Anne, who has been studying the Book of Daniel, asks whether the rising tension around Israel signals that the end times are near. And a listener named Darlene asks the hard question of whether a believer who takes their own life goes to hell.

Cross Fellowship is a Bible teaching church home in Albuquerque. Learn more and plan a visit at CrossFellowship.org.

Have you ever had someone bring you a question like Naomi's or Anne's and realized you didn't know where to start? Most believers want to help, but nobody ever trained them to open the Scriptures and answer with confidence, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels out of reach. CCF Bible College (CCFcollege.com) removes those barriers: self paced, affordable training you can start any time, including Shepherd School, a two year program built for anyone pursuing pastoral and full time ministry roles. Pastor Scott will personally walk you through the next step if you qualify. Text COLLEGE to 505-375-6560 to learn more.

You can also catch Pastor Scott's other two podcasts, "Leadership From The Cross" and "Navigating Life from the Cross," available on any podcast app.

A listener named Diane asks the question so many people wrestle with: how did we end up with so many religions in the world, and how do you know which one, if any, is actually right? Pastor Scott Thom walks through why truth isn't just a personal preference, why contradictory religions can't all be true at once, and how logic alone narrows the field down to a personal, eternal Creator, before making the case for the Bible's own unique reliability among world religious texts. Three callers bring their own Bible questions: Bill asks why King Solomon reacted so strongly to a request tied to one of his father's concubines in 1 Kings 2, Carol wants to know who Melchizedek really was in Hebrews 7, and Tom asks whether the mysterious "angel of the Lord" who keeps appearing throughout the Old Testament is actually Jesus Christ Himself before His birth in Bethlehem.

Cross Fellowship is a Bible teaching church home in Albuquerque. Learn more and plan a visit at CrossFellowship.org.

Ever wonder if you're actually equipped to answer the hard questions people bring you, the ones like Diane's friend asked her after just one visit to church? Most believers freeze up in that moment, not because they don't have faith, but because no one ever walked them through how to think it through. CCF Bible College (CCFcollege.com) exists to close that gap: self-paced, affordable training you can start anytime, including Shepherd School, a two-year program for anyone pursuing pastoral and full-time ministry roles. Pastor Scott will personally walk you through the next step if you qualify. Text COLLEGE to 505-375-6560 to learn more.

You can also catch Pastor Scott's other two podcasts, "Leadership From The Cross" and "Navigating Life from the Cross," available on any podcast app.

Continuing the series on the judgments still to come, Pastor Scott Thom teaches on the judgment of the believer, the Bema Seat, and the four crowns Scripture promises for faithful service: the crown of rejoicing, the crown of righteousness, the crown of life, and the crown of glory. A listener named Steve asks the question so many are wondering right now: with wars, unrest, and disasters in the headlines, why aren't more pastors teaching on the end times? And in one of the most personal calls this show has taken, a caller named Linda, a police officer for ten years who lost her son to suicide, asks Pastor Scott directly: who actually goes to hell? Is it only about accepting Christ, or does mental illness and addiction change the answer? Pastor Scott walks through accountability, God's mercy, and what Scripture does and doesn't say about suicide.

Cross Fellowship is a Bible-teaching church home in Albuquerque. Learn more and plan a visit at CrossFellowship.org.

Ever sense God nudging you toward more knowledge of His Word, more readiness to lead, more of a role in ministry, but never quite found the time or the confidence to pursue it? CCF Bible College (CCFcollege.com) was built to remove that excuse: self-paced, affordable training you can start any time, including Shepherd School, a two-year program for those pursuing pastoral and full-time ministry roles. If you qualify, Pastor Scott will personally walk you through the next step. Text COLLEGE to 505-375-6560 to learn more.

You can also catch Pastor Scott's other two podcasts, "Leadership From The Cross" and "Navigating Life from the Cross," available on any podcast app.

Pastor Scott Thom kicks off a new teaching series on the five judgments yet to come - the judgment of the believer, the nations, Israel, the unsaved, and the fallen angels - starting this week with a deep dive into the judgment of the believer. He walks through why a Christian is never judged for sin (it was already judged at the cross), what self-judgment and sanctification actually look like, and what the Bema Seat judgment of rewards is really about. A caller named Naomi asks the question so many believers wrestle with: can we forfeit rewards or inheritance through sin, or does backsliding put our salvation itself in question? Pastor Scott also answers a listener's question about whether "Hard Sayings of the Bible" and the "When Skeptics/Critics/Cultists Ask" series are solid apologetics resources to hand a friend - and closes the show with a clear, simple picture of the gospel and an invitation to know Christ.

Cross Fellowship is a Bible-teaching church home in Albuquerque - learn more and plan a visit at CrossFellowship.org.

Ever sense God stirring something in you about ministry, but aren't sure what to do next? Maybe your schedule doesn't leave room for a classroom, or you wonder if you're really cut out for it. CCF Bible College removes those obstacles: self paced, affordable training you can start any time, right from your phone or computer, including Shepherd School, a two year program for anyone pursuing pastoral and full time ministry roles. Text COLLEGE to 505-375-6560 and Pastor Scott will personally walk you through the next step if you qualify, or visit CCFcollege.com.

You can also catch Pastor Scott's other two podcasts, "Leadership From The Cross" and "Navigating Life from the Cross," available on any podcast app.

On this episode of No Other Doctrine, Pastor Scott Thom takes on the doctrine of transubstantiation — the claim that communion elements actually become the literal body and blood of Christ — and walks through five biblical reasons the Bible points to remembrance, not repetition. A caller asks whether unconfessed sin can keep a believer out of heaven, and Pastor Scott unpacks the difference between confession and salvation by grace through faith. A listener email raises a curious question from Leviticus 12 about purification after childbirth, and a mom calls in wrestling with whether to leave her church so her teenagers can find Christian friendships. Practical, biblical answers for real questions people are actually asking.

Learn more about Cross Christian Fellowship at CrossFellowship.org, and explore biblical and ministry training for believers and leaders at CCFcollege.com. If you're sensing a call to go deeper in ministry leadership, Shepherd School offers real, in-depth training that equips you to teach and lead — not just sit in a pew — and you can get started from anywhere.

No Other Doctrine is one of three podcasts from Pastor Scott Thom — be sure to check out "Leadership From The Cross" and "Navigating Life From The Cross," available on any podcast app.

On this episode of No Other Doctrine, Pastor Scott Thom opens with a question he's asked often: how much does Satan actually know about the future? Walking through Job chapter 1 and Jesus' temptation in Luke 4, he shows that Satan can observe the spiritual realm but can't predict God's plans with any certainty — and Scripture proves it, since Satan's one recorded prediction about Job never came true. From there, Pastor Scott revisits a question a student asked during a visit to a local high school's Christian club: is God really jealous, and if so, what does that mean? He unpacks the biblical sense of jealousy as a selfless, protective love rather than human insecurity — God wants what's best for us, not control over us.

A caller then asks about the extra books found in Catholic Bibles but not in Protestant ones. Pastor Scott explains why books like Maccabees and Judith were excluded from the canon — historical and doctrinal errors, a lack of prophetic authority, and no recognition from Jesus, the apostles, or the early church fathers — and how doctrines like purgatory and indulgences shaped which books the Catholic Church later added. The episode closes with a listener's question about free will: if God is all-knowing, why did He allow Satan to tempt Adam and Eve in the first place? Pastor Scott traces the answer back to what makes love and relationship with God genuinely real.

Cross Christian Fellowship exists to help people know God's Word and grow in their faith. Learn more at CrossFellowship.org, and explore CCF's ministry training program at CCFcollege.com.

If you're looking to grow as a leader or dig deeper into biblical training, Shepherd School is a wonderful resource for equipping men and women for ministry with sound, practical instruction grounded in Scripture.

Pastor Thom also hosts two other podcasts, available wherever you listen: Leadership From The Cross, which focuses on biblical leadership principles, and Navigating Life from the Cross, which applies Scripture to everyday life's challenges. Search for them on any podcast app.

In this episode of No Other Doctrine, Pastor Scott Thom tackles one of the most misunderstood areas of Scripture: prophecy. Rather than jumping straight to end-times predictions, Pastor Thom lays the groundwork first, walking through the historical-grammatical method for interpreting prophetic and symbolic language, and showing how Jesus Himself modeled sound, consistent interpretation in the Gospels. He explains the different ways God has spoken to His people throughout Scripture, from dreams and visions to types, symbols, and direct appearances, and how to test whether something claiming to be prophecy is genuinely from God. The episode closes with two powerful examples of dual prophecy, showing how God can speak a single word that finds fulfillment in two distinct, increasingly miraculous ways throughout redemptive history, culminating in Christ.

Cross Christian Fellowship exists to help people know God's Word and grow in their faith. Learn more about the church at CrossFellowship.org, and explore CCF's ministry training program at CCFcollege.com.

If you're looking to grow as a leader or dig deeper into biblical training, Shepherd School is a wonderful resource for equipping men and women for ministry with sound, practical instruction grounded in Scripture.

Pastor Thom also hosts two other podcasts available wherever you listen: Leadership From The Cross, focused on biblical leadership principles, and Navigating Life from the Cross, which applies Scripture to everyday life's challenges. Search for them on any podcast app.