The It Makes Sense Podcast

Was Jesus really born on December 25? Probably not.

Does that mean Christians shouldn’t celebrate Christmas? Absolutely not.

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we explore the historical theories surrounding the date of Jesus’ birth, address the common claim that Christmas is a pagan holiday, and refocus on what actually matters—the Incarnation.

The date is debated. The miracle is not.

A thoughtful, grounded reflection on history, t...

New Atheism wasn’t “new” because it finally proved God doesn’t exist—it was “new” because it rebranded unbelief as bold, modern, and intellectually superior. In this episode, I break down the difference between old atheism and the New Atheist movement, why it exploded through confidence, mockery, and internet-era marketing, and why that wave is now fading. Even Richard Dawkins has admitted he’s a “cultural Christian” and has expres...

The Church has always disagreed—but today, secondary and tertiary theological differences are increasingly being weaponized to divide believers.

In this longer-form episode of It Makes Sense, Danny Tippit examines how fear-driven discernment, public theological pile-ons, and misplaced authority are fracturing Christian unity. With a careful exegetical look at Romans 14, this episode clarifies what Scripture actually says about judg...

We say we’re waiting on God all the time—waiting for clarity, direction, or the next sign. But what if God has already spoken, and the waiting is actually on us? In this episode of It Makes Sense, we explore how distraction, fear, and comfort can disguise procrastination as patience—and how obedience often comes before clarity.

If you enjoy thoughtful, honest reflections on faith and the Christian worldview, this episode is for yo...

Is God unfair?

That accusation shows up everywhere—especially in moments of pain, loss, or comparison. But what if the problem isn’t God’s justice… it’s our definition of fairness?

In this short teaching, we explore why God does not operate by human standards of fairness—and why that’s actually good news. From the workers in the vineyard to the thief on the cross, Scripture shows us a God who is not governed by comparison, emotion...

If the Bible is nothing more than a fairy tale, why has it been banned, burned, censored, and erased throughout history?

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we explore the strange irony of why governments, atheistic systems, and other religions continue to resist a book they claim is meaningless. Fairy tales don’t threaten power—but truth does.

From authoritarian regimes to modern secular culture, the Bible has always challenged ult...

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we explore the forgotten meaning of stained-glass windows and how they were designed to teach the gospel through light. From the intentional breaking and restoring of glass to the way a single, unchanging light reveals the story, this metaphor leads us straight to the cross.

The crucifixion isn’t many lights competing for meaning—it’s one Light shining through brokenness.

This episode reflects on ...

Ancient civilizations devoted their lives to studying the stars. They mapped the heavens, tracked the planets, and believed the sky governed fate, kingship, and history. But in their devotion to the creation, they missed the Creator.

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we explore why the ancient world became obsessed with the heavens, how star-worship shaped entire empires, and how the Bible offers a radically different vision of re...

In a culture that treats opinion as fact and feelings as authority, the idea of objective truth often feels outdated or even offensive. But truth hasn’t changed. Our tolerance for it has.

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we explore the nature of truth—what it is, what it is not, and why it still matters. Drawing from Scripture and the voices of thinkers across history—Augustine, Aquinas, C.S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, Tim Keller,...

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we take a clear-eyed look at one of the biggest assumptions in modern science: that the Big Bang explains the universe without God. Even granting the Big Bang for the sake of argument, we explore why laws of nature, fine-tuning, information, and the very ability of human minds to understand the cosmos all require something beyond matter, time, and chance.

We also address the multiverse proposal a...

Does Christianity really boil down to “love God or else”?

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we take that accusation seriously—and test it. If God is truly loving, why does separation from Him carry real consequences? Is that coercion… or is it simply how reality works?

Using a simple two-room house in Antarctica, this episode explores why Scripture presents God not as someone who withholds goodness as leverage, but as the very so...

It Makes Sense — How the Christian worldview makes the most sense of life and the universe.

Can anyone prove God exists? Can anyone prove He doesn’t? And what does “faith” actually mean—blind leap… or reasoned trust?

In this episode, we tackle Proof vs. Evidence and why “proof” is often the wrong category for the God question. We’ll walk through why both atheism and Christianity require faith, then lay out clear, biblical, and int...

In this short but direct episode of It Makes Sense — how the Christian worldview makes the most sense of life and the universe — Danny speaks with righteous frustration about a moral line that shouldn’t be crossed by anyone, especially a President.

After President Trump responded on Truth Social to the brutal deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife, Danny reads the key quotes from the post — including: “A very sad thing happened last nig...

In this episode of It Makes Sense, we take a hard look at a repeating pattern throughout history: when God says one thing, the world often celebrates the exact opposite. From “be fruitful and multiply” to “follow your heart” and “live your truth,” culture has mastered the art of flipping God’s Word and calling it progress.

We trace this inversion all the way back to Genesis, unpack why popular ideas like pride, cancel culture...

There are a couple of potential trials that may happen in our near future, but there was one that happened centuries ago that was the biggest sham trial of all time.

Listen to not a comparison of the accused, but rather what corrupt and vengeful authorities will do when they are filled with such rage they are willing to break their own laws to convict someone. We are talking about the tri...

Our next example of a truth that has been exchanged for a lie is the fact of binary genders vs non-binary. More specifically how misgendering could soon become a misdemeanor worthy of jail time. With those in charge of deciding what is hate speech and what isn’t, for those of us who refuse to live in an alternate reality, we may be looking at facing jail time some day. But before all of that, what are today’s implicat...

Have you ever had someone tell you that God does not exist? What was your first thought? Did you stop to think what would the world actually be like if God didn’t exist? Would we even have a universe? Would human beings be unique from the rest of the organic life on planet earth or would they be just the same held to the idea of only the strong survive? Danny dives into a perspective that is difficult for human beings...

Does good and evil exist? You'd think that this wouldn't be a question to ask, but when you consider the possibility or entertain the claim that God does not exist who or what would be the source of good and to what would we compare evil? This episode Danny explores this question from the perspective and atheist argument that the problem of evil proves God doesn't exist. List carefully in the first of two episodes as ...