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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 Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
How can we do intergenerational Christian formation?
‘Throughout biblical tradition and the majority of history, communities of faith included people of all ages together in corporate worship, education and ministry’.
Brent and Ian talk with Holly Catterton Allen, one of the authors (with Christine Lawton and Cory L. Seibel) of the second edition of an IVP book called ‘Intergenerational Christian Formation: Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community and Worship’.
Holly served as professor of Christian ministries and family science at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Holly’s areas of interest are children’s spirituality and intergenerational issues, and she leads 2 national, ecumenical conferences – Intergenerate and the Children’s Spirituality Summit.
- (1:20) Holly’s own experience of intergenerational ministry;
- (11:20) What happens when we separate the generations in church;
- (13:50) First century house churches;
- (16:10) All age worship;
- (21:45) Children in worship.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Holly Allen — Intergenerate (intergenerateconference.com)
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Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
How do we embrace a childlike faith?
Brent and Ian talk with Lacy Finn Borgo, the author of a new IVP book called ‘Faith Like a Child: Embracing Our Lives as Children of God’.
Lacy is the author of a number of books. She teaches and provides spiritual direction for the Renovare Institute and the Companioning Center. She especially loves meeting with children at Haven House, a transitional facility for families without homes. Lacy holds a doctor of ministry in leadership and spiritual formation and a certificate in spiritual direction from Portland Seminary in the States.
- (2:15) What our children know about God;
- (4:30) Children in the ancient world;
- (5:40) Children as ‘mini-mystics’;
- (8:45) All of us are children of God;
- (10:00) Receiving a childlike faith;
- (12:00) Wonder and mystery;
- (14:00) God’s playfulness;
- (14:30) Losing our sense of wonder;
- (19:00) Children in church.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Lacy Finn Borgo — Good Dirt Ministries
www.amazon.com/Faith-Like-Child-Embracing-Children/dp/1514003988
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
How do we make the most of the time we have?
Brent talks again with Os Guinness, the author and editor of more than 35 books. He’s the founder of the Trinity Forum, a prominent social critic, and a frequent speaker who has addressed audiences worldwide.
‘Carpe Deum Redeemed – Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times’ is published by IVP America.
- (0:52) Carpe Deum;
- (1:10) The pressures of modern life. A biblical view of time;
- (3:15) The ‘Eastern’ faiths and time;
- (4:30) Time and the Abrahamic faiths;
- (5:55) God outside time;
- (7:05) Our impatience with the past and with history;
- (10:10) C.S. Lewis and the ‘master generation’;
- (12:45) Our sense of time and the clock;
- (15:56) How to seize the day;
- (17:30) The church as a slave to the relevant;
- (19:10) Fear and discouragement in the West;
- (20:00) The culture of death.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Carpe-Diem-Redeemed-Seizing-Discerning/dp/083084581X
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Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
‘Imagine writing love letters to the man in the future whom you will one day marry, but have yet to meet’.
Brent talks with Cally Logan, a senior writer for Crosswalk.com. Cally is a high school history teacher where she also serves as a small group leader and mentor.
Cally’s new book from Zondervan in the States is called ‘Dear Future Husband: A Love Letter Journey While Waiting for God’s Best’.
- (0:50) Letter writing;
- (5:58) Dating;
- (6:45) Letters as a chronicle of Cally’s life;
- (11:00) Praying for a future spouse;
- (11:30) Why the present is a mystery;
- (12:50) How Cally’s relationship with God deepened during the writing process;
- (15:45) Singleness;
- (17:05) Waiting.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Dear-Future-Husband-Journey-Waiting/dp/1610361601
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Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
How do we live freely under God? How do we embrace our past and discover a deeper connection to ourselves, to God and to others?
Brent talks with Karrie Garcia, a pastor, author and CEO who shares her journey to inspire change in others. Karrie founded Freedom Movement, a non profit addressing issues of brokenness and pain and authored the Exchange, a nine week course for those seeking hope and healing. Karrie’s new book from Zondervan is called ‘Free and Fully Alive: Reclaiming the Story of Who You Were Created to Be’.
- (1:30) How we can reclaim the story of who we were meant to be;
- (4:10) What is abundant life?
- (5:00) What is biblical freedom?
- (6:15) The enemy and how he attacks us;
- (7:40) Reclaiming our sense of wonder;
- (8:50) Dealing with trauma;
- (11:45) Ministry and false freedom;
- (14:15) A biblical grief response;
- (18:40) Healthy connections;
- (20:50) Thankfulness for our blessings;
- (22:20) Godly desire.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.wearefreedommovement.org/karrie-garcia
www.amazon.com/Free-Fully-Alive-Reclaiming-Created/dp/0310366445
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Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
‘Many Christians think of the doctrine of creation primarily as relating to the world’s origins’.
Brent and Ian are joined by Edward Klink, senior pastor of Hope Evangelical Free Church in Roscoe, Illinois in the States. Edward’s new book from IVP America is ‘The Beginning and End of All Things – A Biblical Theology of Creation and New Creation’.
- (0:50) A truncated view of the doctrine of creation;
- (1:10) Creation and new creation;
- (3:30) Genesis 1 and 2;
- (7:25) The Creation account and the building of the Tabernacle;
- (9:30) The conflict between 2 cities and the story of the Bible;
- (15:30) How the Lord Jesus fulfills the first creation and inaugurates a new creation;
- (20:32) How do Revelation 21/22 present us with the consummation of the story?
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Beginning-End-All-Things-Essential/dp/083085522X
www.hefc.net/about-us/our-staff/member/1396164/
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Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
‘The pandemic changed the world on a global scale. Mental exhaustion, economic disparities and escalating divisions now mark our times’.
Brent is joined by Chris Rice, director of the United Nations Office of the Mennonite Central Committee, an international relief, development and peace agency. He served as co-founding director of the Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation, and has worked through the academy, churches, and faith based organizations to heal social conflicts in east Africa, Northeast Asia, and the American South.
Chris’s new book from IVP America is called ‘From Pandemic to Renewal – Practices for a World Shaken by Crisis’.
- (1:05) How the pandemic affected Chris and his family;
- (2:05) What sort of opportunities has the pandemic created?
- (3:05) An age of anxiety and burnout;
- (8:30) How artificial intelligence will affect society;
- (10:15) America polarized and pessimistic;
- (12:20) Christian political engagement;
- (16:55) The church is in distress;
- (20:10) Fostering healthy life in our churches.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Pandemic-Renewal-Practices-Shaken-Crisis/dp/1514005522
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Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
‘Is Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God’s heavenly promises?’
Brent and Ian are joined by Danielle Treweek, founding director of the Single Minded Ministry and an Adjunct teacher at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. Danielle also serves as both Diocesan Research Officer and a member of the Archbishop’s Doctrine Commission within the Anglican Doctrine Commission within the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.
Danielle’s new IVP book is called ‘The Meaning of Singleness – Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church’.
- (1:04) What singleness is;
- (2:45) How prevalent was singleness in early modern Europe?
- (3:50) Singleness in 18th century England;
- (6:00) Singleness in the church since the Reformation;
- (10:15) Friendship diminished;
- (12:30) The early church and singleness. Singleness and the new creation;
- (19:20) The apostle Paul and 1 Corinthians 7;
- (22:40) Aelfric;
- (24:20) Singleness and marriage.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Meaning-Singleness-Retrieving-Eschatological-Contemporary/dp/1514004852
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Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Brent is joined again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States.
What’s the significance of the 144, 000 and of the seven trumpets and the seven angels?
- (0:39) How 7-8:5 fits with chapter 6;
- (2:15) The 144,000;
- (6:15) The seal and the High Priest of Israel;
- (8:05) The great multitude;
- (12:30) The silence in heaven;
- (14:09) The hour and the gospel of John;
- (16:30) The trumpets and the seven angels;
- (17:05) The incense;
- (20:00) Thunder and lightning.
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Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Brent is joined again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to talk about the Seven Seals in the book of Revelation.
What are the Seven Seals and how do the four horsemen of the Apocalypse relate to the four cherubim?
- (0:35) How chapters 6-8:5 fit into the book of Revelation;
- (1:50) The Seven Seals;
- (2:50) When these events take place;
- (5:00) Are the seals about judgement?
- (6:30) The four horsemen and Zechariah;
- (8:15) The four cherubim and the four horses;
- (9:00) The cherubim and the constellations;
- (11:40) The progress of the horses and the riders;
- (13:00) The first horse;
- (16:30) The color of the second horse;
- (18:50) The third horse. The scales;
- (20:10) The green fourth horse;
- (21:20) The martyrs;
- (23:20) The sixth seal.
Links mentioned in this episode:
alastairadversaria.com
theopolisinstitute.com
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