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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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Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Where did our Bible come from? The more we understand how Scripture came to be, the more we discover its power and truth.
Brent talks with Susan Lim about her new IVP America book ‘Light of the Word: How Knowing the History of the Bible Illuminates Our Faith’.
Susan has been professor of history at Biola University in La Mirada, California and is a speaker at conferences, churches and retreats.
- (1;10) Susan’s faith journey;
- (6:15) The ‘messy’ Bible history;
- (7:50) How our Old Testament was put together;
- (12:20) The New Testament;
- (14:00) The evidence for Jesus outside the New Testament;
- (15:00) Revelation;
- (18:00) The ‘fake’ books;
- (20:45) The church fathers;
- (25:10) Objections to the authority of the New Testament.
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www.amazon.com/Light-Word-Knowing-History-Illuminates/dp/1514006944
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Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
How should we respond to evil and its power to assault us?
Brent talks with Ingrid Faro about her new IVP book ‘Demystifying Evil: A Biblical and Personal Exploration’.
Ingrid is coordinator of the MA in Old Testament program and visiting professor at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois. She previously served as dean of academic affairs at Northern Seminary, dean of theology at the Scandinavian School of Theology and director of masters programs at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She speaks and preaches internationally.
- (1:10) Ingrid’s own search to understand evil;
- (2:15) An early encounter with God;
- (4:15) Personal experiences of evil;
- (11:15) Personal power encounters with evil;
- (13:10) How did evil enter the world;
- (15:10) Our role in allowing evil to enter the world;
- (16:45) Why does God allow evil?
- (18:50) Natural disasters;
- (21:20) Forgiveness overcomes evil;
- (27:30) The blood of Jesus.
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Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Brent is joined by Susannah Black Roberts, senior editor of ‘Plough’ to talk about St. Monica of Thagaste, the mother of St. Augustine.
We learn about Monica’s unusual marriage, her vision about her son and Augustine’s student years – ‘a sort of late Classical Carthaginian Brideshead Revisited Scene’. We also learn about Roman toilets!
Susannah has written for publications including ‘First Things’, ‘Fare Forward’, ‘Front Porch Republic’ and ‘Mere Orthodoxy’.
- (1:10) The Dead Ladies Show;
- (3:25) Who was St. Monica?
- (4:30) An unusual marriage;
- (8:00) Roman society and ‘flush’ toilets;
- (10:30) Monica in Augustine’s writings;
- (11:00) Augustine’s student years;
- (13:00) Monica’s vision;
- (13:50) Debates with theologians;
- (14:45) Ambrose;
- (17:00) Augustine’s baptism;
- (17:30) Monica and Augustine’s last conversation;
- (19:30) Monica’s funerary marker.
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www.plough.com/en/topics/life/relationships/monica-of-thagaste#!
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Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
How does John end the Apocalypse?
Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute about the final chapter of the book of Revelation.
- (0:30) Revelation 22;
- (2:10) The imagery;
- (5:00) The river and the sea in God’s throne room;
- (6:30) The Tree of Life;
- (13:30) God’s mark on the forehead and the High Priest;
- (15:00) The Lord Jesus – the Alpha and Omega;
- (17:30) The wicked excluded;
- (19:15) Jesus as the bright morning star;
- (21:15) The Spirit and the Bride;
- (24:35) The End.
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Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
What are the new heavens and the new earth?
Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States about Revelation 21.
- (2:10) Isaiah and Ezekiel;
- (6:30) God tabernacles among us;
- (8:50) The description of the New Jerusalem. The number 12;
- (11:30) The gemstones;
- (14:15) The 12 gemstones and the signs of the Zodiac;
- (15:00) The city and Israel’s camp in the wilderness;
- (16:15) Jerusalem as the bride from the ‘Song of Songs’;
- (22:45) A vision of theosis;
- (27:30) The picture of the church.
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Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
What is the millennium?
Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States about Revelation 20.
- (0:30) The structure of Revelation 20;
- (1:15) The binding of Satan;
- (2:15) The millennium. Different interpretations;
- (10:30) The number one thousand;
- (12:35) Saints and martyrs reigning now;
- (16:00) Gog and Magog;
- (19:10) Death and Hades;
- (19:50) The Second Death;
- (20:50) The bodies of verse 12;
- (22:55) The church and the power of the keys.
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Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Brent is joined once again by Jennifer Holberg to talk about another great Christian poet – Christina Rossetti.
Jennifer is professor and chair of the English Department at Calvin University in the States and co-director of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing. She’s also the author of the book ‘Nourishing Narratives’.
- (1:00) Who is Christina Rossetti?
- (2:30) Rossetti and Hopkins;
- (5:00) Major influences;
- (7:50) Romanticism;
- (8:40) The poetry;
- (10:15) How Rossetti challenges Victorian gender expectations;
- (11:20) ‘In an Artist’s Studio’;
- (14:20) Psychological astuteness – ‘A Pause of Thought’;
- (19:10) ‘A Better Resurrection’ and ‘Good Friday’;
- (25:00) ‘Goblin Market’.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti
/calvin.edu/directory/people/jennifer-l-holberg
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Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Where does the gospel of Mark actually end?
Brent and Ian take a deep dive into Mark’s resurrection account.
- (1:20) The women;
- (2:50) Joseph of Arimathea;
- (4:50) Passover and a dead body;
- (7:20) The ending of Mark (which one?)
- (9:20) The Resurrection;
- (11:10) The women as witnesses;
- (12:15) The young man;
- (13:50) Mark’s resurrection account and the other gospels;
- (16:00) The importance of the Resurrection.
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Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Is ‘The Night of the Hunter’ a Christmas movie about spiritual warfare?
Brent talks to Hannah Long about the classic 1955 movie starring Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish and directed by Charles Laughton.
Hannah is a passionate cinephile. She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘American Consequences’ and ‘American Cinema Production’.
Hannah’s article ‘Why the Night of the Hunter is a Christmas Movie’ is published In ‘First Things’.
- (1:05) What is ‘The Night of the Hunter’?
- (5:30) A Christmas movie;
- (7:35) The movie and spiritual warfare;
- (10:30) Why has the movie been seen as ‘anti-Christian’?
- (12:45) The culture of Appalachia;
- (17:30) Robert Mitchum;
- (20:15) Evil as both powerful and ridiculous;
- (23:30) What the movie has to say about children;
- (26:30) Apples.
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/www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/01/why-the-night-of-the-hunter-is-a-christmas-movie
letterboxd.com/hannah_long/films/
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Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
In what sense is the crucifixion the crowning moment of history?
Brent and Ian discuss Mark 15:16-39.
- (1:08) A key moment of salvation history;
- (2:50) The soldiers and Jesus;
- (4:00) The crown of thorns;
- (7:50) Golgotha;
- (7:43) The wine with myrrh;
- (8:55) The third hour;
- (9:35) The two robbers;
- (12:00) The sixth hour and the ninth hour. An undoing of creation?
- 14:20) The symbolism of darkness;
- (15:10) Psalm 22;
- (18:00) The temple curtain.
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