The audio arm of Christian apologist and evangelist, Rob Lundberg. Rob is a professor of Christian Apologetics and Worldview Studies at a local Christian college. For four years in his mid teenage years, he spent time as an apathetic skeptic. But when someone challenged him to look at the evidence for Christianity, the Holy Spirit moved Rob to the gospel, and redeemed him to follow Christ. We hope this podcast will challenge you and will equip you in your faith and personal witness. Please t ...
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"16 Sunsets" is a captivating 10-part podcast series that explores the dramatic history of NASA's Space Shuttle program, crafted by the award-winning team behind "13 Minutes to the Moon." Hosted by renowned space storyteller Kevin Fong and featuring music by Christian Lundberg from Hans Zimmer's Bleeding Fingers Composers' Collective, the series recounts the birth of the Shuttle era through the eyes of those who built and flew it. From the Shuttle's audacious first flight in 1981 with Comman ...
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Bonus Episode: Chris Hadfield ‘Tilting the Wheel’
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46:56We’re thrilled to bring you our final episode with the legendary Chris Hadfield, and what a way to go out! We dive deep into the mind of someone who decided at age 10 to become an astronaut and actually pulled it off. Chris shares incredible stories that’ll blow your mind - like intercepting Soviet bombers on Christmas Eve during the Cold War, only…
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Bonus Episode: Composing 16 Sunsets with Bleeding Fingers
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58:07In this special bonus episode of 16 Sunsets, host Kevin Fong talks to composers Christian Lundberg and Russell Emmanuel, of Hans Zimmer's renowned Bleeding Fingers Composers Collective about the creation and evolution of the compelling suite of themes that underscore the 16 Sunsets series. They discuss how they approached the challenge of capturing…
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Bonus Episode: Rob Kelso - Inside the Cathedral of Mission Control
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47:50In this bonus episode of 16Sunsets, we present the interview performed Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker with former NASA flight director Rob Kelso—a man whose career spans the whole of the Space Shuttle era and whose stories offer a rare glimpse behind the consoles of Mission Control. From the first flight of Columbia to the secret world of classif…
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April 12th 1981. Bob Crippen and John Young are in orbit around the Earth. Travelling at 17,500 miles an hour, with the world turning majestically beneath them, they witness 16 sunrises and sixteen sunsets every 24 hours. They have survived the violence of launch but the mission has run into a potential life-threatening problem. Crippen has just be…
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April 12 1981. STS-1. Space Shuttle Columbia now stands proud on pad 39A at Cape Canaveral. After more than a decade of development, planning and assembly, NASA approaches its moment of truth. The most complex flying machine ever built, two and half million moving parts, hundreds of mission critical components with no back up, brought together in a…
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Bonus Episode: Terry White – Tile by Tile – Protecting The Shuttle
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40:27As we get nearer to STS-1 and that first all-up test of Space Shuttle Columbia, we wanted to take a look at one of the technical challenges that caused that first launch to slip back from 1979 to 1981: the thermal protection system that kept the extreme temperatures of launch, life in orbit, and re-entry from damaging the spacecraft and putting the…
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The command ‘Abort RTLS’ was the last thing that astronauts on board the space shuttle wanted to hear from mission control. It meant that one or two of the shuttle’s main engines had failed in the first couple of minutes after lift-off and that the crew’s only hope of a safe landing was a blood-curdling manoeuvre at super-sonic speeds. The Return t…
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Getting the 100 tonne space shuttle orbiter from the pad to orbit demanded a launch system like no other before it. A huge external fuel tank containing hundreds of tonnes of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fed the orbiter’s three powerful main engines. But that wasn’t enough to lift the fully fuelled shuttle off the launch pad. Two towering boos…
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Before we get back on the road to the historic launch of STS-1, we have another special episode to share with you. This time an interview recorded by Kevin Fong and Andrew Luck-Baker with former mission specialist astronaut Bonnie Dunbar while they were touring the U.S. gathering material for this podcast. She’s now a professor of aerospace enginee…
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For this holiday special episode, we’re bringing you something different - a conversation that captures a remarkable moment in space history, told by the incomparable Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr. Charlie, as he's known to his friends, carved a path from the Marine Corps to the stars, becoming not just a fighter pilot and astronaut, but one o…
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Now that the Space Shuttle Enterprise has successfully flown over the Mojave Desert, NASA needs to press ahead. Next stop is low Earth Orbit but first, this new star ship needs a crew. No longer the preserve of white male military pilots, the next generation of astronauts would need to have a variety of different skills and expertise. They would al…
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12 August 1977. In the air, high above the Mojave desert, Apollo 13’s Fred Haise is at the controls of the Space Shuttle prototype. Alongside him is Gordon Fullerton. Cruising at 27 thousand feet, the vehicle is bolted to the back of a Boeing 747. It is the mother of all piggy-back rides. But this 68-tonne spacecraft is about to get its wings, as t…
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A space shuttle stands on the pad, seething in the darkness, ready to go. Its mission is high speed espionage. Launching into the night sky, it heads north toward the pole, lining up over the Soviet Union. This is no science mission, but part of a highly classified military plan, which sees the Shuttle become an instrument of the Cold War. That req…
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It’s 1968 and humanity reaches the Moon, but back on Earth, NASA is fighting for its life. As Apollo 8 makes history, the space agency faces a crisis. With the Vietnam War raging, political assassinations and social unrest gripping America, public interest in space exploration is dwindling, even before Neil Armstrong takes that one giant leap for m…
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Buckle up for 16 Sunsets! 🚀 Join host Dr. Kevin Fong and executive producer Rami Tzabar in this pre-launch episode as they share the story behind this new podcast exploring the origin and history of the Space Shuttle, culminating in the daring first mission of Columbia in April 1981. Discover how this ambitious project took flight, who's along for …
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Get ready for "16 Sunsets," a thrilling 10-part podcast series that dives deep into the dramatic history of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Join award-winning storyteller Kevin Fong as he takes you on a journey from the audacious first flight of the Shuttle Columbia in 1981 to the incredible challenges faced by its engineers and astronauts. Featuring…
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The 66 Books of the BIble. What Makes Them Alone to be the Word of God and not any other books?
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28:54In 2 Timothy 3:16, we read the words "All Scripture is inspired by God. . . " But what is the Bible? Is it just one book or a compilation of 66 books? But what about other books, like the Apocrypha or books from the competing world religions? What is it about the 66 books that makes the Bible the Word of God With our churches showing the history of…
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What is the Bible and What makes it God's Word?
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29:16In 2 Timothy 3:16, we read the words "All Scripture is inspired by God. . . " But what is the Bible? Is it just one book or a compilation of 66 books? Is it early, or late? Is it spurious or authoritative? With our churches showing the history of poor discipleship through the means of church music eroding our churches, we need to get back to unders…
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Do All Religions Say and Teach the Same Things?
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32:44When it comes to the subject of religion and philosophy, the arenas of education, the media, and even politics seek to make statements they know little about. One statement is that all religions teach and say the same things. In 2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us that "we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of…
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Rob's Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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30:36Easter Sunday means so many different things to different people. But to true Christians, the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important truth in all of human history. In fact, historical Christianity stands or falls on the truthfulness of this event. Did Jesus really rise from the dead? If Jesus is truly risen then Christianity is true and…
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Is it wrong to be a mindful person? That depends on what one means by being "mindful." There is a difference between being mindful of the truths that honor the one true God. But the practice of "mindfulness" is another one of those incompatible, deceptive New Age practices that is being smuggled into the church like a Trojan Horse. If you find your…
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What is BIblically Wrong with the Law of Attraction?
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33:55The law of attraction is one of the most deceptive New Age practices that has been smuggled into the church like a Trojan Horse. If you find yourself reading personal development books, listening to self-help podcasts, attending personal growth seminars, or investing in life coaching, this episode will help you recognize red flags inside of this in…
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What is the Law of Attraction? Is it a New Age Practice That Has Crept into the Church?
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29:31The law of attraction is one of the most deceptive New Age practices that has been smuggled into the church like a Trojan Horse. If you find yourself reading personal development books, listening to self-help podcasts, attending personal growth seminars, or investing in life coaching, this episode will help you recognize red flags inside of this in…
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Why Centering or Contemplative Prayer is a New Age Practice that is not Biblical
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33:00How do you know whether or not the Trojan Horse of new age teaching has crept into your church? One of those pieces of deception that has crept into the church is this thing known as Contemplative or Centering Prayer. Is it biblical or is it something totally foreign to a biblical worldview? Just because the word "prayer" is used in the description…
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Five New Age Teachings Inside the Christian Church
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29:11How do you know whether or not the Trojan Horse of new age teaching has crept into your church? Is anyone promoting the law of attraction? Is a someone teaching contemplative or centering prayer as part of learning how to pray? These and three more are mentioned in this episode, where I present a total of five new age teachings or practices that ha…
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Every so often you will hear or read about someone praying to angels. Those in the new age spirituality and in the New Apostolic Reformation will often talk about communicating with angels. What is an angel? What is their role in the ministry and purposes of God? What is prayer and is prayer an act of worship? And if prayer is an act of worship, wh…
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Why I Cannot Accept the New Age Worldview as True
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32:34Whether you remember the new age movement from the late 70's or you are familiar with a "second coming on the new age" this episode will catch you up to speed on the new spiritual zeitgeist that is not going away. It is popularly called the "new age movement," but really there is no central headquarters or founder of this movement. In fact it is es…
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What is Critical Theory and is It Compatible with Biblical Christianity?
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31:00In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, I respond to the question of whether not critical theory is compatible with biblical Christianity. In this episode, I present five points that will help you recognize and respond to this cultural Marxist ideology. In the long run, you will find my conclusion like that of many other sound thinking Chris…
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Resetting the Look of Apologetics for the Believer and the Church toward the Post Christian Culture
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35:05With the rumors of a "great reset" on the horizon, I am 'stealing' this idea to bring to you in this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, a presentation of what apologetics should look like for the believer and the church in a post Christian culture. Too many times am I hearing that the apologist is about arguing for the faith against other relig…
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Rob's Defense of Life in the Womb from the POINT OF CONCEPTION
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38:23In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, I present my case for life in the womb from the point of conception. In this defense, I do not start from the theological point, but from the point of the science of defining what a life system truly is. From presenting the science, I move to the ethical perspectives, and then move to the theological p…
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Are Communism and Socialism Compatible with the Bible? No!
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33:42In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, I respond to the question, are communism and socialism compatible with the Bible? On this show, I open up for you what the tenets of both ideologies claim, and how they contradict their words in praxy. The early Christian church was not socialistic and today's communism is the rising zeitgeist of the f…
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Is Christianity Compatible with Marxism and Cultural Marxism? NO!
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36:33In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, I share with you some concerns I have been researching in our culture and its direction AND how it relates to biblical Christianity. Those concerns are related to the infiltration of Marxism and cultural Marxism into our culture. In this episode I share with you what Marxism and Cultural Marxism, give …
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In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, I share with you ways you can recognize apostasy trends in the local church. You will want to check your Bibles with the Scripture references I give to make my case. If you have any questions or comments, or if you would like a copy of the transcript, please email us at [email protected] and I w…
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A Look Back at The Let's Get Real Podcast in 2021 and a Look into What is Coming in 2022
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21:41In this episode of The Let's Get Real Podcast, we take a look back on the year 2021 with this podcast and then I share some thoughts for the coming year 2022. This is our last episode for this year so if you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. Also check out my blog post on this subject on my blog page at roblundberg.or…
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