Reasonable Christianity?

Reasonable Christianity is a weekly podcast where ordinary people have thought-provoking conversations about an extraordinary God. Each week we take a look at the truth claims of Christianity, the teachings of the bible as well as the practices of the saints in order to evaluate and affirm the truthfulness of our faith and ultimately preserve the power of the gospel. Hosted by Roland Albertus

Reasonable Christianity? is a religion podcast hosted by Roland O'neil Albertus, with 103 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Roland O'neil Albertus hosts Reasonable Christianity?, a religion show with 103 episodes published.

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  Episode #105

  WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO RULE? Authority, Government and the Christian Answer

  Sep 6, 202636 min

  What makes authority legitimate? Who gave you the right to rule? South Africa’s political problems are often discussed in terms of leaders, parties, policies and institutions. But beneath all of these questions lies a deeper one: where does legitimate authority come from, and to whom does it answer? In this episode of Reasonable Christianity, Roland O’Neil Albertus examines the foundations of authority through South Africa’s history, the development of traditional authority, the rise of constitutional democracy, and the political ideas that have shaped the country. Then we turn to Scripture. Through 1 Samuel 8, Romans 13 and Luke 10, we examine what the Bible teaches about human authority, its limits, its purpose and its accountability before God. This episode introduces the central argument of South Africa Unmade : a nation’s political problems cannot be understood simply by asking who holds power. We must first ask what makes that power legitimate. And once we ask that question, we discover that authority ultimately answers to someone greater than ourselves. South Africa Unmade is available in South Africa via Takealot and will be available worldwide from 29 September 2026. Reasonable Christianity The Truth matters and so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

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  Episode #104

  SOUTH AFRICA UNMADE: Why I wrote this book

  Sep 2, 202629 min

  WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK In 1995, I was a child watching South Africa believe that something beautiful was possible. Years later, my own experience of university, bureaucracy, disappointment and interrupted opportunity forced me to ask a harder question: What happened to us? That question eventually became an investigation—not simply into what is going wrong in South Africa, but into why the same failures keep returning . In this Prelude to South Africa Unmade , I share the personal journey that led me to write the book, introduce the four foundations at the heart of its argument, and explain why I believe Christians must think seriously about authority, justice, responsibility, human nature and the limits of government. This is not a partisan manifesto. It is an invitation to examine the foundations beneath the symptoms. The book is coming 29 September 2026 . But before we ask how South Africa can be rebuilt, we need to ask a more fundamental question: Who gave you the right to rule? Welcome to South Africa Unmade . Send us Fan Mail Support the show

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  Episode #103

  When a Pastor Falls, Is He Finished? The Biblical Answer Nobody's Giving

  Aug 24, 202633 min

  When a pastor falls, is he finished? Most people answer that question with either total leniency or total condemnation. Scripture does neither. Two reflexes dominate the way Christians respond when a leader falls into public sin. One says the failure changes nothing: a brief disappearance, a well-timed comeback, no real accountability. The other says it changes everything: one fall, and the door is bolted forever. Both are wrong, and both are shaping how the church treats its wounded shepherds right now. In this episode of Hard Questions, Faithfully Answered , Roland Albertus goes back to a question almost no one asks before arguing about restoration: what actually is the assembly of God's people? Not a stage. Not a corporation. A household, a family gathered from families, its elders drawn from among proven fathers. And once you see that, the whole question changes. You'll hear: Why "above reproach" was never a claim to sinlessness, and what it actually means in the Greek The one word Paul uses that separates a man who must be permanently removed from a man who can be restored A direct, respectful engagement with Justin Peters' widely-heard case for permanent disqualification, using his own words Why a father who fails his family is never simply erased from it, and what that means for a fallen shepherd What real restoration costs, and why it is neither quick nor cheap This is honest theology for the wounded and the watching. No easy comebacks. No permanent exile. Just the Word of God brought to bear on one of the hardest questions the church keeps getting wrong. New episodes weekly. If this served you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs it. Roland's forthcoming book, South Africa Unmade , releases 29 September. Patreon partners receive it first, along with resources to help you know God intimately, love Him passionately, and serve Him faithfully. Link in show notes. Because the truth matters. And so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

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  Episode #102

  Is Divorce a Sin? A Biblical Guide to Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage

  Aug 16, 202633 min

  Is divorce a sin? The answer is not as simple as either side wants it to be. One man kept his marriage vow and lost his marriage anyway. Another married in disobedience and welcomed the divorce he should have grieved. Same word. Two completely different stories. So which one is sin, and what does God actually require of the person left standing in the wreckage? In this episode of Hard Questions, Faithfully Answered , Roland Albertus refuses the two easy answers our culture keeps shouting: that divorce is always permitted, and that divorce is never permitted. Scripture is more honest, and more merciful, than both. We take three questions the church too often collapses into one: Is divorce ever biblical? What Jesus actually said in Matthew 19, and the two grounds Scripture genuinely recognizes If I am divorced, can I remarry? The three positions faithful, Bible-believing Christians hold, laid out honestly instead of hidden What does faithfulness look like now? Real pastoral counsel for the deserted, the guilty, and everyone whose story is messier than a clean category But before any of that, we go back to what marriage even is, and uncover something that will change the way you read the entire New Testament: the ancient two-stage Jewish betrothal, the price paid in blood, the gifts given, the Bridegroom gone to "prepare a place," and a servant sent with treasures for a bride who had not yet seen her groom's face. Marriage was never merely human. It is the shadow of the greatest reality in the universe. And it ends with a warning our generation needs: "What God has joined, let no man separate," a word not only to spouses, but to a state now reaching past its bounds to redefine marriage and the family itself. No sugarcoating. No easy formulas. Just the Word of God brought to bear on one of the hardest questions a believer can face. New episodes weekly. If this served you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs it. Roland's forthcoming book, South Africa Unmade , releases 29 September. Patreon partners receive it first, along with resources to help you know God intimately, love Him passionately, and serve Him faithfully. Link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ReasonableChristianity/membership Because the truth matters. And so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

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  Episode #101

  Pain & Providence | Why Would God Allow a Child to Suffer and Die?

  Aug 9, 202636 min

  Why would a good and sovereign God allow a child to be born only to suffer and die? It is one thing to ask why suffering exists. It is another to look at a child who never had the chance to grow, choose, speak, or understand the world around them and ask: What was this life for? In this episode of Reasonable Christianity , Roland Albertus takes that question seriously. No easy answers. No sentimental clichés. No pretending that “God has a plan” is enough. We begin with the sovereignty of God: if God governs all things, then even the suffering of a child is not outside His providence. But sovereignty alone does not answer the deepest question. What did the child receive? From there, we carefully build a theological case from Scripture, considering moral capacity, guilt, the tenderness of Christ toward children, David's words after the death of his infant son, and the historic Christian hope that children who die are received by the mercy of God. But there is a dangerous question waiting on the other side of that hope: If death brings a child safely into God's presence, does that make death a kindness? And if so, what would that mean for abortion, suffering, and the value of human life? The episode also turns toward the grieving parent. Can you believe that your child is safe with God and still weep? Does hope require you to stop grieving? And finally, the question turns toward all of us who have been given the years that another child never received: What are you doing with them? This is an episode about suffering, providence, grief, the value of human life, God's sovereignty, and the mercy of God. Because the truth matters. And so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

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