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What's The Point Anyway?

Luke McInnes

49 episodes

1 month ago

One of my first ever guests was Daniel Rogers, who gave perhaps the best answer on the question what's the point anyway that I've heard - to love and to be loved. Daniel is a young and impressive guy who is a Pastor at a Baptist Church that was one of the leading content creators in the world of preterism. Recently, Daniel has ruffled a few feathers by breaking from what some might call 'orthodox' full preterism and instead exploring how ideas he has about eschatology can be congruent with wh...

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One of my first ever guests was Daniel Rogers, who gave perhaps the best answer on the question what's the point anyway that I've heard - to love and to be loved. Daniel is a young and impressive guy who is a Pastor at a Baptist Church that was one of the leading content creators in the world of preterism. Recently, Daniel has ruffled a few feathers by breaking from what some might call 'orthodox' full preterism and instead exploring how ideas he has about eschatology can be congruent with wh...

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Religion & Spirituality,

Health & Fitness,

Episodes (20/49)

What's The Point Anyway?

Episode #47 - Fuller Preterism with Daniel Rogers

One of my first ever guests was Daniel Rogers, who gave perhaps the best answer on the question what's the point anyway that I've heard - to love and to be loved. Daniel is a young and impressive guy who is a Pastor at a Baptist Church that was one of the leading content creators in the world of preterism. Recently, Daniel has ruffled a few feathers by breaking from what some might call 'orthodox' full preterism and instead exploring how ideas he has about eschatology can be congruent with wh...

1 month ago

1 hour

What's The Point Anyway?

Episode #46 - The Next Generation of Catholic Converts with Emily Torres

As is probably the case for anyone interested in Catholic or Christian content, I came across some great little videos from Emily Torres AKA Catholic.Converts in my journey to study the Catholic faith and was immediately impressed by her wisdom and intellect. I also saw that as someone in her early 20's, she was very good at using the mediums of this present age like Instagram & TikTok to present things in a way that speaks to a modern audience. I was thrilled when I reached out to her an...

2 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes

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Episode #45 - Converting the Blue Devils and studying to become a Priest with Josh Miller

After my conversation with Dr John Bergsma recently, I was blessed in the process to become acquainted with the team at St Paul Center who were so helpful for that interview and have continued to stay in touch afterwards. I received an email recently from Elisa, who suggested that one of their recent authors Josh Miller would make for a fantastic guest and I wasn't let down. Josh is an extremely interesting and clever guy, who grew up Christian but eventually converted to Catholicism and publ...

2 months ago

58 minutes

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Episode #44 - Bouncing Around Ideas with the OG of Preterism Mr Don K Preston

Anyone who has ever lifted the lid on preterism has almost certainly come across Don Preston in their studies - and they'll either love him or hate him! I disagree with Don on many things, but I've always warmed to him so it was great to finally get him on the show. We worked out that he became a preterist the year after I was born, which shows just how long he's been at it. We spoke a lot about the Olivet Discourse, 2 Peter 3, the shame vs glory motif and the role of the New Covenant Church ...

3 months ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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Episode #43 - From Military to Faith, a Life of Service with Jeff Jones

A mutual contact on X reached out to me and recommended I get in touch with Jeff and I'm glad that I did. Jeff shares his journey from military service to civilian life, discussing the challenges and rewards of transitioning out of the military. He reflects on the connection between his faith and military values, the cultural shifts in attitudes towards Christianity, and the unique challenges faced by the Catholic Church in America. The discussion also touches on the importance of understandi...

3 months ago

1 hour

What's The Point Anyway?

Episode #42 - From Calvinist Pastor to Catholic Theologian: Dr. John Bergsma on the Church, the Kingdom, and the End of the World

🔥 Show Notes: In this powerhouse episode of What’s the Point Anyway, host Luke sits down with Dr. John Bergsma—renowned biblical scholar, convert, and senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology—for a theologically rich, deeply personal, and spiritually moving conversation. 🚨 You’ll hear: Dr. Bergsma’s journey from Dutch Calvinist pastor to Catholic theologianWhy sola scriptura and sola fide didn’t hold up under biblical scrutinyHow Catholicism reveals the Church as the Davidic...

4 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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Episode #41 - Wading Through Christian Cults And Finding Peace with Catherine Gavin

Catherine is a fellow Aussie who I was connected to via our mutual friend and former guest, Rick Welch. Though we both have come to similar conclusions on our Biblical studies, we recorded this episode right after I'd converted to the Catholic Church and it was interesting to 'compare notes' given Catherine grew up Catholic but has arrived at a different conclusion to myself. We spoke about the importance of understanding the spiritual implications of biblical knowledge, the role of authority...

4 months ago

1 hour

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Episode #40 - A walk through all the 'isms' with Ray Alex Williams

As I reach episode #40 in this series, I was fortunate enough to connect with Ray Alex Williams who may just be my most interesting guest yet. As the title suggests, this is an episode where we walk through just about every single 'ism' that you've ever heard of - and Ray has experienced all of them. Starting out in new atheism, then spending an decade in academia where his political views became typically left wing, he ended up venturing into transgenderism and identified as a female for a p...

5 months ago

1 hour 23 minutes

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Episode #39 - Finally Discussing the End Times with Todd from Naughty Vs Nice

Anyone who has listened to this show for a while would have heard me talk about how much I've wanted to bring a guest on who is a Christian that believes we're living in the end times. Well I finally got my wish, because Todd who hosts the Podcast Naughty Vs Nice reached out to me after we'd had some debate. he was a great guy and we had a really fun chat here, despite our differences. Particularly given that in the week before our recording I had made the decision to become Catholic, meanwhi...

5 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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Episode #38 - Davey Lloyd was a contestant on the Bachelor who died during a drug induced seizure, now he's rebuilding his life.

I heard Davey's story when he appeared on Behind the Smile with one of my former guests Ash Butterrs and was very keen to bring him on for a chat. I recognised Davey because I'd seen his face on TV - a 3 time contestant on the reality TV show The Bachelor, he'd spent his teens, 20's and early 30's partying hard as an archetypical modern male. Chasing girls, doing lots of cocaine and any other addiction to provide a short term boost. But behind the visage, he knew he was covering some deeper i...

5 months ago

1 hour 42 minutes

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Episode #37 - The World of Gold & Silver with Eric Yeung

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in financial markets and it was actually in the process of studying this that I really started to get interested in broader things like history, philosophy and faith. Anyone who is a skeptic and studies finance ultimately ends up being very interested in gold - the shiny yellow rock that has shaped empires for as long as man has been on the earth. I reached out to Eric Yeung, a Hong Kong based gold & silver investor who is one of ...

6 months ago

1 hour

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Episode #36 - Politics, Patriotism, American Exceptionalism and Theology with Steve AKA the American Pirate

This conversation was a long time coming, with my guest someone who I had been told I had to get on the show quite some time ago and we've just struggled to line up schedules. Steve is someone who is the same as as me, but has lived a very full life - having spent time in prison in his early 20's after a long drug habit which became the turning point in his life. He's a proud MAGA American, but at the same time he's someone who is quite comfortable being critical of Trump and has a nuance in ...

6 months ago

1 hour 38 minutes

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Episode #35 - Discussing Catholic Apologetics with Elijah Yasi

As guests who have been listening to recent episodes have noticed, I'm in the midst of a deep dive into Catholicism, so my guest today was a well renowned Catholic apologist Elijah Yasi. We started out by discussing how a Catholic faith impacts worldview and perspective on 'whats the point anyway' in a way which might be different to other Christian denominations. We delved into the complexities of church authority, the interpretation of early church writings, and the evolution of doctrine ov...

6 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Episode #34 - Talking all things theology with my friend Chris Deguido

I became friends with Chris a couple of years ago and since that time, the two of us have constantly been bouncing ideas and questions off each other. Chris, like me, is a full preterist Christian so we are very aligned in our views but I'd like to think we both approach things with a high level of curiosity which means we're always challenging our currently held positions. This was a fun discussion which was centred around theology and the questions we're both grappling with. Chris spoke a l...

6 months ago

1 hour 28 minutes

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Episode #33 - Greg Chacon's tumultuous journey from being a teenage gangster to speaking in tongues & casting out demons

A few months ago a friend said to me that I need to reach out to this guy Greg Chacon, because he was a true unicorn in his theology with a crazy backstory. Greg lived as a gangster in his teenage years, getting kicked out of multiple schools and spending prolonged periods of time incarcerated. Then at 17 he began a journey of discover which ultimately led him to find God. In his worship of God, just like his life beforehand, he hasn't done anything in halves and is someone that you'd describ...

7 months ago

1 hour 50 minutes

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Episode #32 - Jenn Guskin on life as a CT survivor who experienced Epstein Island

Not that you'd hear about it in the mainstream news, but there's been lots of chatter over the past month about the release of the 'Epstein files' so I wanted to bring someone on to the show who could talk about that. Jenn is a prominent voice online as a survivor of child sex trafficking and she was all too willing to share her story with me. Like my other recent guest Jessica Ella, Jenn suffered from trauma induced memory loss as a result of her experiences but over the past decade has begu...

7 months ago

42 minutes

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Episode #31 - Craig Harper from The You Project on the ever evolving nature of 'The Point'

Craig Harper is somewhat of a local legend in my hometown of Melbourne and a man who hosts my mum's favourite podcast - The You Project. So as any good son would do, I reached out to him to get him on the show. Craig Harper is a successful businessman, speaker and podcaster - his current project has a whopping 1,830 episodes! He has spoken to all sorts of people, from celebrities to nobodies, and given the nature of his work he has a really valuable perspective on the question of what the poi...

7 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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Episode #30 - How Jessica Ella went from believing there is no point to finding her purpose

A couple of months back I was chatting with a good friend of mine who listens to the show about any guests that I should try to bring on, and her immediate answer was to reach out to Jessica Ella. I'd never heard about Jess before, despite the fact that she lives locally but after listening to her story I agreed that I needed to chat to her! She's only in her mid 30's, but may have had the most tumultuous and difficult first 30 years of any one I've ever spoken to. As she said during our chat...

7 months ago

1 hour

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Episode #29 - Delving into the Conspiracy World and Battle for Control with Jim Ateoi

I reached out to Jim Ateoi (an alias) to come on the podcast after I had been following him on X for some time and found his perspectives quite novel and interesting. Jim is a quintessential 'truther' and he's very focused on how the world of geopolitics and culture comes together, and he has strong views on the power structure that are the 'apex players' as he calls them. I love a good discussion on conspiracies, though I usually find myself sitting somewhere in the middle between normies wh...

7 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

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Episode #28 - Sean McMahon on how an agnostic half-Jewish free spirited musician became Catholic

After interviewing Mesh Mesha on this podcast several weeks ago, I've been fascinated by how a Protestant Christian can become a Catholic. Catholicism gets a bad wrap in general, but as a 'Bible believing Christian' I've held a particular negative view towards the institution - having written about its deceptions and even spoken about them on this show many times. Speaking to Mesh with an open mind has made me realise that some of my presuppositions are very wrong. Now this does not mean that...

8 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes