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Biblical discernment with a sober edge.
The Berean Call Podcast treats Christian teaching as something to be tested line by line against the Bible. Its episodes move between interview-led apologetics, verse-by-verse studies, newsletter readings, and direct exhortations on faith and evangelism.
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The Berean Call Podcast is a Christian apologetics and Bible teaching program shaped by one central habit: every teaching is brought back to Scripture for examination. It is not casual devotional audio. The show works through doctrine, church trends, evangelism, and biblical texts with a deliberate pace and a willingness to name movements it regards as spiritually dangerous. Interview episodes often begin with a defined concern. Contemplative spirituality, for instance, is treated not as a neutral prayer style but as a gateway to panentheism, interspirituality, altered states, and ideas the speakers consider opposed to the Christian gospel. The program gives those arguments time. Guests such as Ray Yungen are invited to trace origins, cite figures, and explain why certain practices are viewed as unbiblical or anti-biblical. Other episodes change form without changing the center of gravity. The verse-by-verse studies in John stay close to the text, returning to belief, spiritual sight, religious resistance, and the need for a personal relationship with Christ. The Get Biblical Understanding series is even more direct, gathering Bible passages around themes such as faith and adding brief definitions for clarity. Newsletter readings add another register, especially when Rob Yardley discusses preserving the writings of Dave Hunt and T.A. McMahon or evaluates church-history presentation. Evangelism episodes bring the same doctrinal urgency into public witness, with Mark Cahill urging boldness in obeying the Great Commission. The tone is sober. The pacing is measured. Arguments are often clause-heavy, historically framed, and meant for listeners who can sit with extended theological reasoning. The show is best understood as a conservative evangelical discernment archive: part Bible study, part interview program, part institutional memory for The Berean Call. Its recurring instruction is simple, even when the episodes are dense: read the Bible carefully, compare claims against it, and do not outsource conviction to any teacher, movement, or tradition.
Made for: For Christian listeners who want apologetics, verse study, evangelism, and warnings about teachings the program considers unbiblical. It especially suits people comfortable with extended doctrinal argument and named theological controversy.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the combination of archival reach, interview-led critique, and repeated insistence on testing every claim against Scripture. The show is more doctrinally specific and historically argumentative than a general Christian discussion program.
Search the Scriptures 24/7 with T.A. McMahon, the co-author of The Seduction of Christianity , engages guests in discussions that biblically evaluate popular trends and teachings that are influencing millions of Christians today. The objective is to encourage listeners to be like the Bereans of Acts:17:11. They listened to the Apostle Paul and were commended for searching the Scriptures daily to see if what he was preaching was true to God's Word. Programs are released each Friday. The most recent ones are listed below, or use the drop-down menus below to find just what you want!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A scripture-first review of disputed Christian teachings, with guests defining doctrines and tracing their practical consequences for churches and believers.
Tom McMahon returns to one governing question: does a Christian teaching hold up against the biblical text? Guest conversations apply that test to blood-moon prophecy, Calvinism, the New Apostolic Reformation, and contemplative spirituality, giving The Berean Call Podcast a…
Blood-moon prophecy must bring biblical receipts before it earns space in your theology.
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A direct critique of contemplative spirituality that keeps asking what the fruit reveals.
Ray Youngin and Tom McMahon keep the focus on contemplative spirituality, but the real concern is whether its claims hold up under Scripture rather than whether the movement feels appealing.
A clear doctrinal critique of contemplative spirituality with a firm historical line.
Tom McMahon and Ray Youngin treat contemplative spirituality as a practice that has moved from the margins into evangelical respectability, including the emerging church and other circles that still claim biblical authority.
A sober call to preserve Christian writing faithfully, even when editorial preservation gets messy.
Rob Yardley frames stewardship as a matter of fidelity in this April 2026 Berean Call reading. The piece says The Berean Call aims to preserve the writings of Dave Hunt and T.A. McMahon, and argues that it has no right to edit them to suit current sentiments or trends.
A sober look at how newer Calvinist teaching is affecting evangelism, missions, and confidence in salvation.
The episode follows Tom McMahon and Rob Congdon as they trace what they see as a move from older 1890s Calvinism to today's new Calvinism, with the focus kept on evangelism, missions, and confidence about salvation.
A measured critique of the New Apostolic Reformation that keeps returning to Scripture.
Tom McMahon and Chris Quintana take a sober, pointed look at the New Apostolic Reformation, and they make plain why it keeps drawing Christians in.
A careful first pass at Calvinism that keeps the focus on doctrine, Scripture, and the limits of certainty.
Tom McMahon opens a two part discussion of Calvinism with Jim McCarthy, and the personal edge comes through because both men speak from Roman Catholic backgrounds.
A sober check on prophecy claims that keeps returning to Scripture, not spectacle.
This episode treats blood moons as a test of biblical discernment, with Tom McMahon and Mark Hitchcock urging listeners to measure teaching against Scripture, as the Bereans did.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Contemplative spirituality gets treated as a warning.
This episode features a verse-by-verse Bible study of John 9:39-41, focusing on Jesus' teachings about spiritual blindness and the importance of a personal relationship with Christ.
This episode explores biblical verses about faith, emphasizing its necessity to please God and its connection to virtues like trust and diligence.
Tom McMahon and author Ray Yungen open a two-part series on contemplative spirituality, examining a practice McMahon says has moved into mainstream evangelicalism with endorsements from figures like David Jeremiah and Chuck Swindoll.
This episode provides a verse-by-verse analysis of John 9:33-38, focusing on the healed blind man's confrontation with religious leaders over Jesus' divine authority.
Rob Yardley, president of The Berean Call, reads the April 2026 newsletter feature article, “Faithful Scribes, Part 2,” and anchors it in 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 and Philippians 4:8.
This episode explores biblical teachings on faith, emphasizing its necessity to please God, its role in trials, and the relationship between faith and works through readings from James and other scriptures.
This episode concludes a two-part series where host Tom McMahon interviews evangelist Mark Cahill about the importance of evangelism, discussing topics like the Great Commission, apologetics, and practical approaches to sharing faith.
A verse-by-verse Bible study of John chapter 9, examining the healing of the man born blind and the reaction of the religious leaders.
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A verse-by-verse study of John chapter 9, examining the Pharisees' reaction to Jesus healing on the Sabbath.
This episode explores the biblical concept of faith through scripture readings and commentary, emphasizing trust in God's word.
Tom McMahon and guest Larry DeBrine discuss quantum spirituality and its connection to false teachings in Christianity.
A Bible study podcast examining the Gospel of John, chapter 9, discussing Jesus healing a blind man and the religious leaders' reaction.
Tom McMahon interviews Larry DeBrine about quantum spirituality as part of a two-part series exploring this topic from a biblical discernment perspective.
Rob Congdon says "New Calvinism" is a repackaging of older Calvinism aimed at millennials, and Tom McMahon ties that claim to church splits he saw in Albania.
Tom McMahon interviews Dr.
Tom McMahon interviews Carl Kerby in part two of a series discussing who created evolution, focusing on biblical creation perspectives and addressing figures like Bill Nye.
A biblical critique of a Vatican document on Mary, arguing it promotes unbiblical doctrines.
Tom McMahon interviews Carl Kirby about biblical creation and the authority of Scripture, previewing topics for an upcoming conference.
Tom McMahon and Tommy Ice discuss whether the Antichrist will be a Muslim, evaluating popular teachings against biblical prophecy.
Tom McMahon and guest Tommy Ice discuss whether the Antichrist will be a Muslim, evaluating the claim biblically.
Tom McMahon and guest Larry DeBrine discuss contemplative spirituality, evaluating its popularity in Christendom against biblical scripture.
A Christian radio program discussing how to share the gospel with Arabs, featuring a Bible translator.
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NAR is the burden.
Tom McMahon and guest Chris Quintana discuss the New Apostolic Reformation movement and its impact on Christianity.
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Calvinism is handled like a knot Tom and Jim McCarthy want to pull apart carefully.
Tom McMahon discusses Glenn Beck's religious influences and evaluates them biblically.
Tom McMahon and Ed Newby discuss the lack of biblical discernment regarding media influences in the lives of Christians.
A Bible study program encouraging listeners to search the scriptures daily, with discussion on the Gospel of John and the importance of God's Word.
A verse-by-verse study of the Gospel of John, emphasizing thorough reading and letting the Bible explain itself.
Blood moons stir controversy here.