Guest: Bill Gragg

The modern Church is fractured — not because truth disappeared, but because it was handled incorrectly.

In this episode of The Vault: Absolute Truth Podcast, we confront one of the most pressing questions facing Christianity today:

Why does the Church feel divided, weakened, and confused — even while claiming the same Scriptures?

This conversation explores how truth fractures when it is filtered through human systems, reactions, and overcorrections. Drawing directly from Jesus’ warning in Matthew 16 about the “leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,” this episode exposes how misplaced influence, not lack of belief, fractures the body of Christ.

This is not an attack on the Church.

It is a call to re-center on the Kingdom.

What This Episode Covers

• Why modern Christians are often resistant to structure and organization

• Why that resistance is both understandable and dangerous

• How institutional overreach and radical individualism fracture truth differently

• Jesus’ warning about leaven and influence in Matthew 16

• The Pharisees and Sadducees as two opposing but equally damaging extremes

• Why salvation is preached more than the Kingdom — and what gets lost because of it

• Why denominations are not the Kingdom, yet structure itself is not the enemy

• Whether the fracture can be repaired — or whether the Kingdom itself is the cure

Key Scripture

Matthew 16:6, 11–12

“Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”

Jesus was not warning about bread.

He was warning about influence.

This episode unpacks what that means — then and now.

Core Takeaway

The problem is not truth.

The problem is how truth is handled.

When truth is controlled by institutions, it hardens.

When truth is stripped of structure, it dissolves.

The Kingdom of God is where truth remains alive, whole, and unfractured.

Listener Reflection Questions

• Have I confused salvation with the full message of the Kingdom?

• Do I resist structure because of truth — or because of past wounds?

• Am I guarding against false control while unknowingly embracing disorder?

• Where has influence shaped my theology more than Scripture?

About the Podcast

The Vault: Absolute Truth Podcast explores faith, Scripture, history, and culture through the lens of convergence — where truth does not contradict itself, but confirms itself across every domain.

Hosted by Alexis A. Ramos

Pillar 5: The Heavens

The Sky Was Never Silent

In this episode of The Vault: Absolute Truth Podcast, we open Pillar Five — The Heavens.

The sky is often treated as background, decoration, or mystery. Scripture treats it very differently. The Bible presents the heavens as testimony — ordered, intentional, and continuously declaring something about their Creator.

This episode explores why the heavens are not random, not neutral, and not silent.

From Scripture to science, from ancient texts to modern discovery, the evidence converges on one conclusion: creation is not an accident, and the precision of the universe points beyond itself.

What This Episode Covers

• Why the heavens were created to testify, not entertain

• The biblical purpose of the sun, moon, and stars

• The difference between astrology and biblical astronomy

• Order, precision, and fine-tuning in the universe

• Why balance and timing require intention

• How the heavens align with the redemptive story

• Signs, seasons, and the danger of speculation

• Why awareness leads to responsibility, not fear

• Christ as the architect of creation, not separate from it

Key Insight

The heavens do not predict personalities.

They proclaim authorship.

The same God who speaks through Scripture speaks through creation. The two were never meant to compete — they were meant to agree.

Why This Matters

If the heavens are designed, then design implies intention.

If intention exists, then accountability follows.

Ignoring the testimony of creation does not remove responsibility — it only delays recognition.

This episode continues the Vault journey, showing how Pillar Five supports every other pillar, reinforcing the unified structure of truth rather than isolated belief.

Episode 8

Men, Masculinity, and the Collapse of Responsibility

A Conversation with Pastor Daniel Coates

In this episode of The Vault: Absolute Truth Podcast, I am joined by Pastor Daniel Coates.

Daniel is not only a pastor. He is a trusted friend, a former pastor in my life, and an accountability brother. Because of that, this conversation is not a debate or a lecture. It is honest. Direct. Grounded.

This episode steps away from formal pillar teaching and moves into real conversation about men, masculinity, and what has been lost in modern society.

Topics Covered

• What masculinity actually means, not the cultural caricature

• The difference between strength and domination

• Why men are retreating instead of leading

• The spiritual cost of passive men

• Fatherhood, responsibility, and accountability

• How men were designed to bear weight, not escape it

• Why the collapse of men always precedes the collapse of families

• The role of the Church in forming men, not pacifying them

Core Theme

Strong men are not created by culture.

They are formed by truth, discipline, and responsibility.

When men abandon their role, society does not become softer. It becomes chaotic. When men are taught to hate strength, leadership does not disappear. It transfers to something else.

This conversation addresses that reality honestly, without outrage and without apology.

Why This Episode Matters

There is a vacuum where fathers, husbands, and leaders once stood. That vacuum is being filled by confusion, resentment, and counterfeit definitions of strength.

This episode is not about going backward. It is about returning to what works.

Men do not need permission to be men.

They need clarity, purpose, and accountability.

This episode is a call to that restoration.