No Other Doctrine

No Other Doctrine is a prerecorded apologetics Bible answer show hosted by Pastor Scott Thom of Cross Christian Fellowship in Albuquerque, N.M. We teach you to answer questions about Christianity and give Reasons for your faith. Topics include Bible questions, Faith, Religion, Christian philosophy, Jesus, God, Cults, Theology, and so much more. Pastor Scott also has a ministry training college for pastors and leaders.

Have I Gone Too Far for God? Does Baptism Have to Be in Jesus' Name? And Where Was Jesus Before Bethlehem? 11/07/2026

Which Bible Should I Read? What Is Cheap Grace? And Where Does God Draw the Line on Salvation? 10/31/2026

Is Jesus Really the Only Way? How Can Sinners Be Called Holy? And Where Did Jesus Go After the Cross? 10/24/2026

Is There Proof God Exists, Is the Bible a Myth, and What Do I Say When Mormons Knock? 10/17/2026

Is There Proof God Exists, Is the Bible a Myth, and What Do I Say When Mormons Knock? 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/43279153

Why Jesus Is Unique, Can a Christian Be Bound by Generational Sin, and Are We Close to the End? 10/10/2026

Why Jesus Is Unique, Can a Christian Be Bound by Generational Sin, and Are We Close to the End? 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/43201133

How Do We Know Which Religion Is True, and Who Is Melchizedek? 10/03/2026

The Believer's Crowns, and Who Really Goes to Hell? 09/26/2026

The Judgment of the Believer, and Do We Forfeit Our Inheritance? 09/19/2026

Is Communion Literally the Body of Christ? Plus Unconfessed Sin, a Strange Old Testament Law, and Finding a Church Home for Your Teens 09/12/2026

Does Satan Know the Future? God's Jealousy, the Missing Books of the Bible, and Free Will in Eden 09/05/2026

Does Satan Know the Future? God's Jealousy, the Missing Books of the Bible, and Free Will in Eden 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/42654975

Understanding Prophecy: How to Rightly Interpret What God Has Spoken 08/29/2026

How Do We Rightly Interpret Prophecy, What Happens After We Die, and Does God Hate Satan? 08/22/2026

How Do We Rightly Interpret Prophecy, What Happens After We Die, and Does God Hate Satan? In this episode of No Other Doctrine, Pastor Scott Thom digs into biblical prophecy and how to interpret it rightly, walking through the literal (historical grammatical) method versus the danger of "spiritualizing" Scripture and reading meanings into the text that aren't there. He unpacks how parables, types and allegories work, using Jesus' parable of the Sower as a guide, and shows that Scripture itself gives us the tools to interpret it consistently. Two callers join the conversation this week. Lou asks what happens to us immediately after death, and Pastor Scott walks through what the Bible says about the intermediate state, the first resurrection, and what to expect during the seven year tribulation before the return to earth. Maddie asks a question many believers wonder about: does God hate Satan? The answer turns into a deeper look at God's character, free will and the nature of fallen angels. The episode closes with a striking point on fulfilled prophecy: the sheer number and precision of Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, further evidence that the Word of God is trustworthy from cover to cover. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 Ever read a prophecy passage and wondered whether you were reading it right? Most believers want to study the Bible deeply, but nobody ever showed them how to interpret it, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/42483850

Is the Bible Really God's Word? Liberalism, Neo-Orthodoxy and the Inspiration of Scripture 08/15/2026

Is the Bible Really God's Word? Liberalism, Neo-Orthodoxy and the Inspiration of Scripture What does it mean that all Scripture is God breathed? Pastor Scott Thom teaches on the inspiration of the Bible, from 2 Timothy 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21 to the way God worked through the personalities of men like Luke the physician and Paul the Pharisee without allowing a single error. He exposes two views that still fill textbooks and seminary classrooms: liberalism, which says the Bible merely contains the word of God, and neo-orthodoxy, which says it becomes the word of God, and he names the theologians behind them. He then weighs the dictation, dynamic and illumination theories against the orthodox view of verbal, plenary inspiration, recommends the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy statement as a test for any church's statement of faith, and shows how revelation, inspiration and illumination fit together. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 Could you explain to a friend why the Bible can be trusted when a professor or a podcast insists it can't? Most believers trust God's Word but have never been shown how to defend it, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/42394530

Why Isn't the Apocrypha in the Bible? Lost Gospels and How the Canon Was Chosen 08/08/2026

Why Isn't the Apocrypha in the Bible? Lost Gospels and How the Canon Was Chosen Why do Catholic Bibles carry extra books, and what about the "lost books of the Bible" sold late at night? Pastor Scott Thom shows why the Apocrypha was rejected: Tobit teaches that almsgiving purges sin, 2 Maccabees supports prayers for the dead and purgatory, and Judith prays for a lying tongue, all against the plain teaching of Hebrews 9:27, Luke 16 and Galatians 2:16. The Jews never quoted it, Jesus and the apostles never quoted it, and it was only declared Scripture at the Council of Trent in 1546, in answer to the Reformation. He then reads from the so called Gospel of Thomas, with its boy Jesus striking playmates dead, and other false gospels, explains why heresies like Marcion's forced the church to gather the New Testament, and walks through the tests every book had to pass: authoritative, prophetic, authentic and life transforming. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 someone asks why your Bible has 66 books and theirs has more, do you have an answer? Most believers were never taught how the Bible came together, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/42318420

How Did We Get the Old Testament? Jesus, the Jewish Canon and the Apocrypha's Errors 08/02/2026

What Are Angels Really Like? Entertaining Angels, Enemy Dreams and Binding Satan 07/25/2026

What Are Angels Really Like? Entertaining Angels, Enemy Dreams and Binding Satan What does the Bible actually say about angels? Pastor Scott Thom teaches who angels are: each one a direct creation of God and so called sons of God, the host of heaven created to glorify Him, spirits who can take on human form so real that Abraham ate with them. He tells the story of picking up a stranger on a dark road as a young believer who vanished from beside his car, and explains how angels appear as living creatures and speak in dreams. He speaks frankly about the demonic "enemy dreams" many Christians experience but never mention, how to rebuke them in the name of the Lord, and how to tell an enemy thought from your own. He closes by showing why angels are far stronger than man but not everywhere at once, and why the popular practice of "binding Satan and loosing God" every morning takes Scripture out of context. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 How much of what you believe about angels and spiritual warfare came from movies rather than the Bible? Most believers were never taught systematic theology, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/42213510

Do You Have to Be Baptized to Be Saved? And Is Communion Really Christ's Body? 06/20/2026

Is the Canon Closed, and Can the Bible Be Trusted Without Error? 06/13/2026

Is the Canon Closed, and Can the Bible Be Trusted Without Error? Could God still be adding books to the Bible today, and how do we know the one we have is trustworthy? Pastor Scott Thom finishes the tests every book had to pass, authentic, life transforming and received by God's people, and shows from Hebrews 1:1, 2 Peter 1:3, Jude 3 and Revelation that the canon is closed, so no later revelation like the Book of Mormon can stand beside it. He explains what inerrancy means for the original manuscripts, how the Bible sets its own impossible standard of perfection, unchanging truth and 100 percent accurate prophecy from Deuteronomy 18, and why no other holy book meets it. Along the way he answers the copyist question of Solomon's 4,000 or 40,000 stalls, explains the tens of thousands of manuscripts behind our Bibles, warns how modern teachers water down the meaning of words, and begins the doctrine of inspiration. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 coworker says the Bible is full of errors, can you calmly show them why it isn't? Most believers trust Scripture but were never trained to defend it, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/41604480

Why Is the Bible Unlike Any Other Book? Proof It Can't Be Tampered With 06/06/2026

Four Things True Leaders Refuse to Accept 05/23/2026

Four Things True Leaders Refuse to Accept In this crossover with his Leadership From The Cross podcast, Pastor Scott Thom teaches that leadership is revealed not only by what a person achieves but by what they refuse to tolerate. True leaders reject groupthink for independent thinking, like Nicodemus seeking Jesus while the other Pharisees went along with the crowd, and unlike Rehoboam, who listened only to friends who thought like him. They reject simple answers to complex questions, like Nehemiah, who prayed, planned and surveyed the ruined walls before he said a word. They reject their own first thought for the well examined one, practicing the self examination of 2 Corinthians 13:5. And they reject social pressure disguised as truth, insisting on evidence, as Peter and John ran to the empty tomb, without making the demand impossibly high as Thomas did. He closes with a challenge to use these gifts at home, at work and in ministry rather than let them slip backward. Please note: the phone numbers mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040 and 505-207-4407, have been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. For The Habit Revolution ebook, text HABITS to 505-375-6560. 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 Do you see these leadership qualities in yourself but have never been trained to use them? Most leaders at home, at work and in the church learn by trial and error, and between work, family and cost, formal training feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/41294030

Which Bible Translation Can You Trust? King James Only and the Footnotes in Your Bible 05/16/2026

Which Bible Translation Can You Trust? King James Only and the Footnotes in Your Bible Why do some Bibles carry footnotes saying a verse is "omitted," and is the King James the only trustworthy translation? Pastor Scott Thom explains the difference between a translation, a transliteration, a version, a revision and a paraphrase, and why Greek verb endings make translating harder than it looks. He then walks through the two families of manuscripts, the thousands of copies behind the Textus Receptus and the few hundred Alexandrian texts from the region where the Gnostic heresy took root, how Westcott and Hort and later the Nestle Aland text came to favor the older few, and why the disputed verses still belong in your Bible. He closes with the history of the King James Version, its many revisions since 1611, and why the King James only debate is a fight Christians don't need to have, since only the original manuscripts were inspired. Please note: the phone numbers mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040 and 505-207-4407, have been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. For The Habit Revolution ebook, text HABITS to 505-375-6560. 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 Standing in the Bible aisle, do you know how to choose a translation and what those footnotes really mean? Most believers were never taught how our Bible came to us, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/41197535

Why Do Some Leaders Thrive While Others Stall? High, Average and Low Achievers 05/09/2026

Does Design Prove a Designer? DNA, Evolution and Reasonable Faith 05/02/2026

Does Design Prove a Designer? DNA, Evolution and Reasonable Faith Why do scientists announce "intelligent life" at the faintest pattern from space, yet call the vastly more complex code in our own DNA an accident? Pastor Scott Thom builds the argument from design in everyday pictures: a toddler drumming a rhythm, five trees in a perfect line, a cry for help spelled in alphabet cereal. Patterns and specified information only ever come from intelligence, and the language written in every cell, down to the systems that keep the body from poisoning itself, had to work from the beginning. Caller Greg asks how a fish could ever become a lizard, opening a discussion of irreducible complexity, why theistic evolution is a contradiction, and why there is no chain of evolution, let alone missing links. Pastor Scott closes by separating honest bias from bad bias and explaining why the resurrection stands beyond any reasonable doubt. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 In this episode Pastor Scott announced the Bible college he was building, and it is now open. If you have wanted to give clear, simple reasons for your faith but between work, family and cost Bible school felt 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40983400

Red Light, Green Light: How to Know God's Will Before You Decide 04/25/2026

Red Light, Green Light: How to Know God's Will Before You Decide Leaders influence people by their decisions, so how do you know a decision is God's will? Pastor Scott Thom shares the "red light, green light" method he has used for years, drawn from James 3. First the red lights, wisdom that is earthly and not from above: bitter envy, selfish ambition, boasting, deceit and decisions that cater to the flesh, illustrated from his years as a police chaplain and the "God wants me to be happy" excuse for leaving a marriage. Then the green lights of James 3:17: wisdom that is pure in motive, peaceable, gentle rather than pressured, willing to yield to counsel and authority, full of mercy and good fruit for those around you, without partiality and without hypocrisy, as when Jesus filled Peter's boat before calling him away. When the lights line up like harbor lights guiding a ship to port, you can move forward with peace. Please note: the numbers mentioned in this episode have been retired. For the Red or Green checklist on knowing God's will, text WILL to 505-375-6560. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 Do you lead at home, at work or in church and wish you had more than gut feeling to go on? Sound decisions grow from knowing God's Word well, yet between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40890710

Made for Friendship: Why God Created a World Where We Can Know Him 04/18/2026

Made for Friendship: Why God Created a World Where We Can Know Him What kind of world did God make? Pastor Scott Thom takes a deeper dive into a subject rarely heard in church: God designed a world built for friendship with Him, something chance and evolution could never produce. Starting from Jesus as the Word made flesh, the perfect communication of God's mind, he shows what real friendship requires: freedom rather than programming, which is why AI can never be a true friend; seeking one another out; and a genuine commitment that says "I've got your back," as Jesus offers rest to the weary in Matthew 11. Friendship also needs the ability to recognize other minds, reason, emotions that reveal what we truly value, empathy like that of our High Priest who sympathizes with our weaknesses, a measure of privacy, and even the risk of suffering, which is what makes sacrifice for a friend meaningful. It all points to a God who desires all people to be saved and to know Him. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 Do you want to go deeper than Sunday morning allows? Teaching like this rarely fits in a sermon, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40890660

Where Does Your Soul Come From? What It Means for Race, Abortion and the Sin Nature 04/04/2026

Where Does Your Soul Come From? What It Means for Race, Abortion and the Sin Nature When does a person receive a soul, and why does it matter? Continuing his systematic theology series on the doctrine of man, Pastor Scott Thom shows that Genesis is literal when it says we were formed from the earth, then weighs the three main views of the soul's origin. Pre-existence, held by reincarnationists and Mormons, fails Scripture and destroys the unity of the human race, which Acts 17:26 grounds in one blood, the end of any basis for racism. The view that God creates each soul sometime after conception was even used to defend abortion, but Exodus 21 treats harm to an unborn child as harm to a person, and Psalm 51:5 shows we carry a sin nature from conception, something God would never create. The view that best fits Scripture is that the soul is passed on from the parents, as Hebrews 7 says Levi was in Abraham, which also explains why Jesus, conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born without sin. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 Doctrines that seem obscure often decide how we answer the biggest moral questions of our day. If you want to understand them for yourself but between work, family and cost Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40731550

Who Will Deliver Me from This Body of Death? And Did Jephthah Sacrifice His Daughter? 03/21/2026

Who Will Deliver Me from This Body of Death? And Did Jephthah Sacrifice His Daughter? Why do we still struggle with sin after we're saved? Pastor Scott Thom opens Romans 7 and Paul's cry, "Who will deliver me from this body of death?", explaining the Roman punishment behind it: a traitor strapped face to face to a decaying corpse and left by the road. Jesus is the King who steps in and takes our place. So why doesn't God simply remove our old nature? Because He will not override the free will that makes real love and our unique personalities possible. The answer is an attitude of change, seeing yourself not as "this is just the way I am" but as "not yet," like a child learning the piano. Caller Darren then asks about Judges 11 and Jephthah's vow, and Pastor Scott shows from the wording that his daughter was most likely dedicated to lifelong service to the Lord rather than put to death, and why the Bible records even its heroes' foolish mistakes. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 an atheist friend points to a troubling passage like Jephthah's vow, would you know how to read it in context? Most believers were never taught how, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40520405

"I Can Do All Things Through Christ": Contentment, and Did Paul Defy the Holy Spirit? 03/14/2026

"I Can Do All Things Through Christ": Contentment, and Did Paul Defy the Holy Spirit? What did Paul really mean by "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"? Pastor Scott Thom shows from Philippians 4 that it is about contentment in every circumstance, plenty or want, because "more than enough" is a state of mind and not the state of your checkbook. He explains why our biggest failures often come at the two extremes, how to take worrying thoughts captive and throw them away, and what Christian meditation really is: pausing to bring your concerns, and your joys like a New Mexico sunset, before the Lord and His Word. Caller Darren then asks about a claim that Paul arrogantly defied the Holy Spirit by going to Jerusalem in Acts 21. Pastor Scott shows from the Greek that the Spirit was laying a warning before Paul, not giving a command, and that Paul went out of love for his own people, not pride. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 someone tries to tear down Paul or another part of Scripture, could you check the original language and context yourself? Most believers were never shown how, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40392350

Three Kinds of Doubt: Factual, Willful and Emotional, and How to Answer Each 03/07/2026

Three Kinds of Doubt: Factual, Willful and Emotional, and How to Answer Each Most New Year's resolutions deal with the body, the job or a bad habit, but few deal with the fear, anxiety and doubt that hold us back. Pastor Scott Thom identifies three kinds of doubt. Factual doubt, like Thomas, wants evidence, and it is the easiest to answer: design in creation points to an all knowing, all powerful Creator outside time and space, which rules out nearly every religion and leaves Jesus head and shoulders above the rest. Willful doubt turns the "skeptical meter" impossibly high to avoid surrendering a sin or because of anger at God, as with a man Pastor Scott met in Chile who would rather believe Moses was an alien. Emotional doubt whispers that God could never love or forgive you, and is answered by remembering God's conviction and past answered prayers. He shows why handing a willful doubter another evidence book rarely works, and why their anger at you is really anger at God. Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. 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 Do you know which kind of doubt the person in front of you really has, and how to answer it? Most believers were never trained to share their faith with confidence, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels 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. /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40319285

How Do I Find God's Will for My Life? Obedience, Authority, Humility and the Wisdom from Above 02/28/2026

How Do I Find God's Will for My Life? Obedience, Authority, Humility and the Wisdom from Above How do I find God's will for my life? It is one of the questions Pastor Scott Thom is asked most, and the answer is not rocket science, though it can feel counterintuitive. He starts with James 1:5: ask for wisdom, then obey everything God has already made plain, because many people pray for guidance while ignoring what Scripture already says. Joseph, sold into slavery and thrown into prison, looked far from God's will but was right in the center of it. From Colossians 1, Romans 8, 1 Thessalonians 4, Ephesians 6 and 1 Peter 2, Pastor Scott shows how sanctification, praying in the Spirit and obeying authority, as Nehemiah and Daniel did under pagan kings, open the door to God's will, while pride and rebellion close it, as with the Pharisees in Luke 7. He adds waiting on God instead of forcing doors, enduring through trials, and thinking beyond yourself, then closes with his red light, green light test from James 3: is it pure, peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy? Please note: the question line mentioned in this episode, 505-578-2040, has been retired. To reach Pastor Scott and Cross Fellowship, use 505-375-6560. Cross Fellowship is a Bible teaching church home in Albuquerque. Learn more and plan a visit at . Get Trained at Pastor Scott's Bible College When a friend asks you how to know God's will, could you walk them through it from Scripture? Most believers were never trained to, and between work, family and cost, Bible school feels out of reach. CCF Bible College () 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. Author Pastor Scott Thom /episode/index/show/ccfabq/id/40221125

No Other Doctrine

TOPICS