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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Who was Teresa of Avila? What wisdom or insight can a Spanish mystic from the 1500’s possibly offer today’s Christian?
Brent talks with Laurel Mathewson about her new Whitaker House book called ‘An Intimate Good: A Skeptical Christian Mystic in Conversation with Teresa of Avila’.
Laurel is an Anglican priest. She’s worked in academia, in media and in ministry. Laurel is the editor of ‘The Interior Castle: Exploring a Spiritual Classic as a Modern Reader’ and she’s written award winning work for ‘Sojourners’ Magazine, Geez Magazine and ‘The Christian Century’.
- (1:05) Laurel’s background;
- (3:30) Teresa;
- (5:50) Opposition;
- (6:30) Knowing God better and ‘The Interior Castle’;
- (8:30) Teresa’s experiences of God;
- (10:00) Gifts from God;
- (11:00) The dwellings;
- (15:30) Laurel’s own experiences of God;
- (19:40) God is our lover;
- (22:10) The fire or love of God;
- (24:00) Visions;
- (25:30) The dark night of the soul.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Intimate-Good-Skeptical-Christian-Conversation/dp/B0C8C9DR57
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Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Digital technology has become a ubiquitous feature of modern life. But how do we think about computer technology and how do we live as faithful Christians in a digitially saturated society? What is a ‘hallucinating’ chatbot?
Brent talks with Derek Schuurman about his IVP book ‘Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology.
Derek is professor of computer science at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the States. He previously taught at Dordt University and Redeemer University and has worked as an engineer in designing embedded systems. Derek has also done research in areas of robotics and computer vision as well as faith and technology.
- (1:30) Christianity in our fast paced world;
- (2:25) Is technology neutral?
- (4:00) Values in computers?
- (5:10) Virtual reality and AI;
- (7:35) ‘Hallucinating’ chatbots?
- (10:00) The Fall and technology;
- (11:20) Does computer technology need redemption?
- (12:30) A Christian approach to computer technology;
- (14:50) Moral issues;
- (18:10) Optimism?
- (19:35) Technology in the new creation;
- (21:00) Robots with emotions?
Links mentioned in this episode:
/calvin.edu/directory/people/derek-schuurman
www.amazon.com/Shaping-Digital-World-Computer-Technology/dp/0830827137
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Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
How do we ‘do’ discipleship?
‘Many Christians don’t disciple others because they think it’s the church leaders’ responsibility. But Jesus commanded all his disciples to go and make disciples’.
- (1:00) The Great Commission;
- (4:00) Yolanda’s discipleship journey;
- (8:50) Jesus and discipleship;
- (15:10) The discipleship problem in the States;
- (22:35) Small group discipleship and one-on-one discipleship.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Discipleship-Holy-Collaboration-Helping-Others/dp/1514006197
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Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
‘The world has changed. In a world screaming in a thousand directions for our focus, its essential for us to become attentive to God, our congregation, and our community’.
Brent talks with Jim Singleton, the author with Kevin Ford of a new IVP book called ‘Attentive Church Leadership: Listening and Leading in a World We’ve Never Known’.
Jim is a coach and discipler at Leighton Ford Ministries in the States. He’s been both a long time Presbyterian pastor and professor of pastoral leadership and evangelism at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Jim is one of the founders of ECO: A Covenant Order of Presbyterians which sponsors the Flourish Institute of Theology, where Jim also teaches.
- (1:05) A world we’ve never known;
- (2:50) How the digital world has shaped us;
- (3:50) What sort of attentiveness do we need?
- (5:00) How do we navigate change?
- (6:30) How do church leaders build trust?
- (7:20) Internal alignment;
- (9:00) True North;
- (13:10) Thinking about mission in the church;
- (13:45) A church’s unique ethos;
- (15:40) The 3 cultures of every church;
- (20:10) Embracing conflict;
- (21:45) How can pastors mentor others;
- (23:30) Giving a ministry away.
Links mentioned in this episode:
flourishinstitute.online/faculty/jim-singleton/
www.ivpress.com/attentive-church-leadership
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth century French philosopher and scientist is perhaps best known for his ‘wager’, an argument about the existence of God. But there’s much more to Pascal and his brilliance.
- (0:55) Who was Blaise Pascal?
- (2:25) Pascal’s Defense of the Christian religion;
- (4:10) Pascal’s experience of God;
- (7:40) Asceticism;
- (8:40) Science and faith;
- (11:00) Pascal’s use of science and its limits;
- (13:00) Pascal and the miraculous;
- (14:45) Pascal and biblical prophecy;
- (16:55) Pascal and the gospels;
- (19:00) Pascal and non-Christian religion;
- (20:40) Pascal a Christian genius for the ages?
- (21:35) The wager._
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.douglasgroothuis.com/about
/www.christianbook.com/beyond-wager-christian-brilliance-blaise-pascal/9781514001783/pd/001780
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Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Give yourself permission to slow down!
Brent talks with Jodi Grubbs about her new book from IVP called ‘Live Slowly: A Gentle Invitation to Exhale’.
Jodi is the podcast host of ‘Our Island in the City’ and a slow living advocate. She’s the author of a children’s book ‘The Island Adventures of Lili and Oliver’ and co-author of a Bible study called ‘Friendship Cafe’.
- (1:00) Bonaire;
- (5:20) Leaving the island and going to the States;
- (6:15) A ‘hostile’ culture;
- (7:15) Slowing down;
- (10:00) Is God slow?
- (10:40) Surgery and slowing down;
- (12:55) How the book came about;
- (13:45) Ways we can learn to slow down;
- (16:30) Helpful spiritual practices;
- (17:30) Benefits of slowing down;
- (18:30) Church and burnout. _
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.amazon.com/Live-Slowly-Gentle-Invitation-Exhale/dp/1514007088
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
What is transhumanism and is it the world’s most dangerous idea?
Brent talks with Joshua Farris, Vice President of Ethical Engagement, Density 6 and the Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellow at the University of Bochum about his article for ‘Voice’s called ‘What is at stake with trans-human projects’?
- (1:00) The world’s most dangerous idea?
- (4:15) Transhumanism and Western individualism;
- (8:40) AI, the metaverse and crypto;
- (11:15) Klaus Schwab;
- (14:00) A scriptural response;
- (20:00) Desiring immortality?
- (22:15) Getting back to the classics.
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Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Can the church be future proofed? Is the church future proofed already?
Brent talks with Stephen McAlpine about his new book from The Good Book Company called ‘Futureproof: How to Live for Jesus in a Culture that Keeps on Changing’.
Stephen has been reading, writing and reflecting ever since he can remember. He’s pastored at several churches in his home state of Western Australia and in his writing dabbles in a number of fields, notably theology and culture, and the rapidly changing face of secularism in the West.
- 0:48) Why is our culture constantly changing?
- (1:30) Can the church be future proofed?
- (2:30) What can be done?
- (5:00) An authoritarian society?
- (6:40) Anxiousness in society;
- (9:00) The church as an antidote;
- (11:40) A fragmented society;
- (13:25) The loneliness epidemic;
- (14:45) Living in cultural Manhattan;
- (16:20) Politics;
- (20:50) How our technologies are discipling us.
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.thegoodbook.co.nz/futureproof
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Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Life is unpredictable and the world is unstable.
Brent talks with Robert J. Morgan a pastor, podcaster and author who wants to remind us all about the book of Philippians which he calls ‘the Bible’s handbook for tackling each day with an undaunted attitude’.
Robert’s new book from Thomas Nelson in the States is called ‘Whatever Happens: How to Stand Firm in Your Faith When the World is Falling Apart’.
Robert recently transitioned to serve full time as leader of Robert J. Morgan Ministries, a nonprofit whose goal is to energize God’s people with a greater understanding of the Bible and of our Christian heritage. Rob was involved for over 40 years in pastoral ministry in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a best selling gold illuminations and gold medallion winning writer with more than 35 books in print. Rob has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Rob was also a homemaker and caregiver for his late wife of 43 years, Katrina, who battled multiple sclerosis and passed away in November of 2019. Rob’s podcast is called ‘The Robert J. Morgan Podcast’.
- (1:50) Why our modern world is so exhausting;
- (3:30) Paul and Philippi;
- (5:30) How do we deal with closed doors in our Christian lives?
- (6:50) Philippians 1:3-8;
- (8:00) How can prayer invigorate us?
- (9:00) How can we access the promise of the Holy Spirit?
- (10:20) How do we learn to exalt Christ?
- (11:30) 1:27 the key to the letter;
- (13:00) Humility and unity in Philippians;
- (14:45) How do we cultivate the mind of Christ?
- (16:05) Keeping going in tough times;
- (17:30) ‘In Christ’;
- (19:15) Who we admire;
- (21:05) Standing firm (4:1);
- (23:30) A strategy for difficult situations;
- (25:00) Contentment;
- (27:00) Are you struggling?
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.robertjmorgan.com/whateverhappens/
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Saturday Jun 22, 2024
Saturday Jun 22, 2024
‘Knowing, loving and worshipping God is the call and privilege of every disciple of Jesus. Because all Christians are part of his royal priesthood, theology is not just for those teaching in the academy or serving in ministry vocations’.
Brent talks with Malcolm Yarnell about his new B and H Publishing book ‘God’, the first volume in a 3 part series called ‘Theology for Every Person’.
Malcolm serves the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention as Research Professor of Theology at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as Managing Editor of the Southwestern Journal of Theology and as a Member of the SBC Resolutions Committee. He also serves the Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury, Texas as Teaching Pastor and is a member of the Commission in Baptist Doctrine and Christian Unity with the Baptist World Alliance. Malcolm has written 9 volumes and edited another 15 while publishing over 150 other academic and popular essays.
- (2:00) We are all theologians;
- (3:45) Why study God?
- (5:15) How can we know that God exists?
- (6:30) When or where is God?
- (10:15) The Trinity;
- (16:30) God as both transcendent and immanent;
- (18:15) How can we know God as Saviour?
- (22:10) How do we know the Bible is inspired?
Links mentioned in this episode:
swbts.edu/staff/malcolm-b-yarnell-iii/
swbts.edu/staff/malcolm-b-yarnell-iii/
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