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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 Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
What do the books of Luke and Acts teach us about God, Jesus, and the early church? How do these two books relate to each other? And what do they mean for us today?
Brent talks with Michael Bird about his new IVP book ‘A Bird’s-Eye View of Luke and Acts’.
Michael is academic dean and lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. Michael is an ordained Anglican priest and author of over thirty books on the Bible, theology, and history.
- (1:30) Who was Luke?
- (2:10) Luke and Acts as history?
- (3:20) Luke as historian and theologian;
- (4:00) How Luke presents Jesus;
- (5:35) Salvation in Luke-Acts;
- (7:50) The kingdom of God in Luke-Acts;
- (9:30) How does Luke use the Old Testament?
- (12:30) Midrash;
- (14:00) Luke’s view of discipleship;
- (15:40) Luke’s view of possessions and property;
- (17:40) Luke’s view of the Roman Empire;
- (23:10) Why does Acts ends the way it does?
- (24:10) Luke’s view of the last things.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Evangelical-Theology-Biblical-Systematic-Introduction/dp/03104944
www.ridley.edu.au/about-us/ridley-people/faculty/mike-bird/
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Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
‘Perhaps no other literary figure has transformed the American religious landscape in recent history as much as C.S. Lewis. Even before the international publication and success of his ‘Narnia Chronicles’ or ‘Mere Christianity’ Lewis was already being read ‘across the pond’ in America. But who exactly was reading his work? And how was he received?’
Brent talks with Mark Noll about his new IVP book in the Hanson Lectureship Series (with contributions by Karen J. Johnson, Kirk Farney and Amy Black) ‘C.S. Lewis in America: Reading and Reception, 1935-1947’.
Mark is emeritus professor of history at Wheaton College and the University of Notre Dame. He’s the author of a number of books including ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind’.
- (1:30) What’s significant about Lewis’s impact in the States between 1937 and 1947?
- (2:30) Who read Lewis in the States during those years?
- (4:50) The impact of ‘The ‘Screwtape Letters’;
- (7:15) The Roman Catholic response to Lewis in the States;
- (13:00) The mainstream media and Lewis;
- (15:40) American popular culture in the late 30’s and 40’s;
- (17:15) Lewis and ‘Time’ magazine;
- (19:30) The Protestant and evangelical response to Lewis;
- (23:30) Why the evangelical response to Lewis was so cautious;
- (28:15) What can we learn from Lewis about communicating the truths of Christianity today?
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Lewis-America-Reception-1935-1947-Lectureship/dp/1514007002
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Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Life is filled with challenges. Does God care? How can we carry on?
Brent talks with Bruce Strom about his new IVP book ‘Persevering Power: Encouragement for When You’re Oppressed by Life’.
Bruce is the founder and CEO of Administer Justice, a national legal aid ministry, where he invites attorneys, pastors, and God’s people to do practical justice in their community through church based gospel justice centers. He’s a pastor, speaker and the author of ‘Gospel Justice’. Prior to Administer Justice, he was the senior partner of a successful multi-office law practice in the Chicago suburbs.
- (1:00) Administer Justice;
- (1:40) Lawyers and the local church;
- (4:15) The church at a crossroads;
- (5:20) The purpose of justice;
- (7:00) Bruce’s personal situation;
- (10:00) Bruce’s experiences of God;
- (11:55) Letting go of control;
- (13:45) How do we know what our purpose is?
- (15:00) Looking back;
- (16:45) Learning from our past;
- (18:15) Looking in;
- (23:35) Not going it alone;
- (26:20) How to persevere.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Persevering-Power-Encouragement-Youre-Oppressed-ebook/dp/B0C31W6FK2
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Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Brent talks with Jay Payleitner about grandparents and grandparenting and his book from Chronicle Books in the States called ‘Hooray for Grandparents: 40 Joys, Surprises, and Cautionary Tales’.
Jay is one of the top freelance producers for Christian radio in the States, having worked on Josh McDowell Radio, Today’s Father and Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson. Jay is a longtime affiliate of the National Center for Fathering and Iron Sharpens Iron. He speaks at men’s retreats, marriage weekends, writer’s conferences and weekend services.
- (1:30) Jay’s background in sales and radio;
- (3:30) Writing;
- (4:30) Grandparents and life story;
- (9:15) Where do you do your best grandparenting?
- (10:30) Names of grandparents;
- (15:15) ’Gravitas’ in a grandparent;
- (16:30) Living close to your grandchildren – or not?
- (20:30) Worthwhile warnings;
- (22:45) Piano lessons and how to do them!
- (24:35) The Number 1 fear among Christian grandparents.
Links mentioned in this episode:
jaypayleitner.com/books/the-next-verse/
www.amazon.com/Hooray-Grandparents-Jay-Payleitner/dp/1797212974
www.chroniclebooks.com/products/hooray-for-grandparents
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Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Brent is joined once again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss chapter 19 of Revelation.
How does Revelation 19 concern itself with the destruction of the rest of God’s enemies?
The significance of the number 5, more thoughts about music and the Lord Jesus as a greater Dionysius.
- (1:50) Chapter 19 and the structure of Revelation;
- (3:20) Another throne room worship scene;
- (5:50) The multitudes in heaven;
- (6:20) The number 5 in Revelation;
- (7:45) The 4 cherubim and the 24 elders;
- (9:45) Theophanies;
- (10:30) Should Christian praise be loud?
- (11:00) The wedding themes and Jesus;
- (18:45) The rider and the army;
- (19:30) The sword;
- (20:00) The winepress. Jesus our greater Dionysius?
- (22:15) Call to the birds;
- (24:00) The lake of fire;
- (25:30) Jesus our greater Cyrus.
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Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Brent is joined once again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss chapter 18 of Revelation.
Who or what is Babylon? More numbers and animals…
What do birds represent in the Bible?
- (1:30) Who or what is Babylon?
- (3:40) The 3 speakers;
- (5:40) The fall of Babel;
- (8:50) More animals;
- (11:30) The wine and the cup;
- (12:40) The list of 28 items and the Temple;
- (19:30) The woes;
- (20:30) The great millstone;
- (23:30) The end of music;
- (26:!5) The sorcery;
- (17:15) The blood.
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Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Who are we? Why do we exist? In what ways are we creatures and in what sense do we partake of the divine?
Brent talks with Joshua Farris about his Baker Academic Book ‘An Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Both Creaturely and Divine’.
Joshua is a teacher, pastor, editor, author, blogger and podcaster. He’s currently the Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellow at the University of Bochum. He was a previous fellow at the Creation Project, Carl F. H. Henry Center and the University of London.
- (1:30) In what sense are we creaturely and divine?
- (5:30) How is Jesus the way humans see God?
- (7:20) What does it mean to be human?
- (8:30) Body and soul;
- (11:55) The Imago Dei;
- (15:30) How Jesus links us with the divine;
- (17:20) How we come to see God;
- (21:45) The scriptural evidence;
- (24:30) Theosis;
- (27:10) Transhumanism in the light of theosis.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Introduction-Theological-Anthropology-Humans-Creaturely/dp/1540962164
Baker Academic Division Homepage | Baker Publishing Group
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Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Telling people about Jesus can be hard – especially for newer Christians.
Brent talks with John Hopper of Search Ministries about his new book ‘Giving Jesus Away: Finding Joy in Sharing the Gospel’.
John serves as Executive Director for Reach, the evangelism training arm of Search Ministries and regularly encourages and facilitates gatherings and conversations aimed at helping people think more deeply about God and life. John earned a BA in Economics at Trinity University, an MEd at the University of Houston, an MA in Transformational Leadership at Bethel University and a DMin at Biola University where he focused on Christian apologetics and world view studies. John served as a pastor at Bridgepoint Bible Church in Houston for 16 years.
- (1:55) Worldview;
- (2:45) Difficulties people have with evangelism;
- (3:30) John’s experience with evangelism;
- (6:30) Having conversations;
- (8:00) Evangelism for different people;
- (11:00) What is the gospel?
- (12:45) Explalning sin;
- (14:30) Turning a conversation toward Jesus;
- (16:30) Evangelistic training;
- (20:45) Learning from evangelists.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.searchnational.org/leaders/john-hopper
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Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Brent talks with Naghmeh Abedini Panahi about her new Whitaker House book written with Eugene Bach called ‘I Didn’t Survive: Emerging Whole After Deception, Persecution, and Hidden Abuse’.
Naghmeh first made national news when she publicly advocated for the release of her then husband, Saeed Abedini, who was imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith. Naghmeh brought worldwide attention to the plight of persecuted Christians and tirelessly proclaimed the gospel to millions across the globe even meeting with then president Barak Obama and future president Donald Trump. But when Naghmeh revealed the years long domestic abuse she had suffered at the hands of her husband, many Christian leaders and supporters turned their backs on her and some even urged her to remain silent. She didn’t – and this book is the result….
- (1:50) Naghmeh’s story;
- (3:55) The pressure from church leaders;
- (5:20) Growing up in Iran;
- (11:20) Finding Jesus;
- (14:30) Ministry;
- (16:45) Revival in Iran;
- (17:40) Abuse;
- (22:30) Arrest;
- (25:00) The UN.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Didnt-Survive-Emerging-Deception-Persecution/dp/B0BXGKFFH5
www.whitakerhouse.com/contact/
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Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
We’ve lost the practice of lament. We need to rediscover lament in order to heal and hope again.
Brent talks with Terra McDaniel the author of a new IVP America book called ‘Hopeful Lament: Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices’.
Terra is a spiritual director for adults and children. She spend two decades as a pastor and ministry leader and earned her Masters in Divinity at Portland Seminary. She’s a regular contributor to the Companioning Center Blog.
- (1:00) Lament;
- (3:30) Covid and grief;
- (6:20) We’ve forgotten how to lament;
- (10:50) Lament and the ancient world;
- (12:30) Job and lament;
- (13:00) Suffering and sensitivity;
- (18:00) Reclaiming lament;
- (19:55) Songs of lament;
- (21:20) Jewish shiva;
- (23:00) Children the forgotten mourners;
- (24:30) Grief and toxic church.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Hopeful-Lament-Tending-Spiritual-Practices/dp/1514003104
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