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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 Nov 04, 2023
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
The book of Psalms is a treasure. But how do the Psalms point to Christ?
Brent and Ian talk with Ian Vaillancourt about his new IVP America book called ‘Treasuring the Psalms: How to Read the Songs that Shape the Soul of the Church’.
Ian is associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Heritage Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Ontario.
- (0:50) Psalms a treasure;
- (4:10) Favorite Psalms;
- (5:30) How the Psalms are arranged. Do they tell a story?
- (8:30) Psalms 1 and 2 as a gateway to the book;
- (9:50) Books 1 and 2 concerned with the tears of David;
- (11:30) Book 3 concerned with the exile?
- (13:15) Book 5 – a new and better David?
- (17:20) How was the book of Psalms brought together?
- (20:00) A Christ centered application of a Psalm.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Treasuring-Psalms-Songs-Shape-Church/dp/1514005107
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Why is it such a challenging time for Christians and churches in the increasingly complex West?
Brent and Ian are joined by Steve McAlpine, a consultant who helps schools and churches navigate the cultural space in a post-Christian West. Steve has degrees in journalism and theology and enjoys combining the two especially on matters of church planting and cultural negotiation for Christians. Steve is the author of the 2021 Australian Christian Book of the Year - 'Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World that Says You Shouldn't'.
- (1:30) City to City ministry;
- (2:40) Problems churches are facing in Australia;
- (4:20) The New Zealand context in schools;
- (5:15) Can we still engage with our culture?
- (8:00) Are we all worn out by our culture?
- (10:00) Where does the church fit into all of this?
- (13:45) What will a post-Christian reality look like? An atomised, lonely culture?
- (16:00) Christian nationalism?
- (18:00) Has God future proofed the church?
- (20:20) Creating alternative systems?
Links mentioned in this episode:
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Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
We live in a ‘throwaway’ culture. We’re often treated like ‘things’ or cogs in the machine. What is a deep sense of personhood and why are we unique?
Brent talks with Paul Louis Metzger about his new IVP book ‘More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture’.
Paul is professor of Christian theology and theology of culture at Multnomah University and Seminary in Portland, Oregon and director of the Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins. He’s the author of a number of books.
- (1:20) Why our culture treats us like things;
- (3:40) What makes us a person;
- (6:00) What is personalism?
- (9:00) Can transhumanism threaten our personhood?
- (10:55) Special needs people;
- (18:00) Euthanasia;
- (21:00) Space exploration.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/More-Than-Things-Personalist-Throwaway/dp/0830850910
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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
What does biblical justice look like in our society?
Brent talks with Michael Rhodes about his new IVP book ‘Just Discipleship: Biblical Justice in an Unjust World’.
Michael is lecturer in Old Testament at Carey Baptist College in Auckland, New Zealand. He’s the author of several books and numerous articles in magazines like ‘Christianity Today’ and ‘The Biblical Mind’. Michael has spent more than 14 years in community development and urban ministry work, and is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
- (1:34) Growing up in Memphis;
- (4:15) Justice in Scripture;
- (8:00) Feasting and justice in Deuteronomy;
- (15:00) Jubilee and Justice;
- (18:00) Joseph and Daniel.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Just-Discipleship-Biblical-Justice-Unjust/dp/1514006006
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Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Who was Kierkegaard? What did he believe about the changelessness of God?
Brent is joined by Craig Hefner, the Head of School at Covenant School in Huntingdon, West Virginia in the States. Craig’s new book from IVP America is called ‘Kierkegaard and the Changelessness of God’.
- (1:10) Who was Kierkegaard?
- (2:50) What is Divine immutability?
- (7:00) James 1:17;
- (8:30) Kierkegaard and the self;
- (11:30) Kierkegaard and God;
- (12:40) Kierkegaard’s view of how change affects us;
- (16:00) Despair;
- (17:50) Relating to God;
- (22:30) How our loves can be disordered;
- (25:50) Where to start with Kierkegaard.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Kierkegaard-Changelessness-God-Immutability-Explorations/dp/1514005441
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Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
How do we show compassion to someone who is struggling with their gender identity while affirming God’s good design for them?
Brent and Ian talk with Patricia Weerakoon, the author (with Kamal Weerakoon and Robert Smith) of a Matthias Media book called ‘The Gender Revolution – A Biblical, Biological and Compassionate Response’.
Patricia is a counsellor, sexologist and academic. She trained in medicine at the University of Sri Lanka and did her postgraduate study in sexology at the University of Hawaii. She taught at Sydney University where she was the director of an internationally recognized postgraduate program in sexual health. She’s also a popular conference speaker and the author of several books.
- (1:20) What is a sexologist?
- (2:15) The subject of gender;
- (2:35) The gender revolution;
- (4:20) Ideology;
- (16:00) Transhumanism;
- (22:20) Struggling with gender identity.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Gender-Revolution-Patricia-Weerakoon/dp/1925424979
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Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
What is the future of Artificial Intelligence? What is Artificial Intelligence anyway? How do we refer to a Chatbot?
Brent is joined by Derek Schuurman, 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 designing embedded systems. Derek has also done research in areas of robotics and computer vision as well as faith and technology. His books include ‘Shaping A Digital World: Faith, Culture, and Computer Technology’.
- (1:15) Embedded systems;
- (2:16) Robotics and computer vision;
- (5:00) What is A.I.?
- (6:30) How do we actually refer to a Chatbot?
- (8:30) Can a machine simulate human intelligence?
- (9:15) Creation of A.I.;
- (11:20) Why Chatbots behave the way they do;
- (12:30) Is A.I. sentient?
- (15:00) Could we create a sentient Chatbot?
- (17:10) Could humans be part of machines? Transhumanism;
- (20:50) How Christians could think about A.I.;
Links mentioned in this episode:
Calvin University | Grand Rapids, Michigan
www.amazon.com/Shaping-Digital-World-Computer-Technology-ebook/dp/B00EA3KGOS
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Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
We need to trust God’s timing and hold onto hope during times of waiting.
Brent talks with Grace Wabuke Klein who is no stranger to waiting on God. Grace and her husband Phil lead focus412, a ministry that helps churches grow. Grace was born in Uganda during the tyrannical reign of Idi Amin, and her family fled to the States. She has a bachelor’s degree in U.S. History and earned a Masters in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Grace’s new book from Worthy Books in the States is called ‘Flourish: Finding Purpose in the Unknown and Unexpected Seasons of Life’.
- (1:05) Why its important to wait on God;
- (2:15) How singleness affects us;
- (4:30) Leaving Uganda;
- (7:50) 4 remarkable women;
- (9:45) Trees;
- (12:30) Trusting God through surgery;
- (15:00) Finding shelter during ‘winter storms’;
- (16:40) 3am friends;
- (19:15) Phil;
- (21:00) How the ‘winter seasons’ empower you.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Flourish-Finding-Purpose-Unexpected-Seasons/dp/1546004300
www.hachettebookgroup.com/imprint/worthy-books/
focus412.com
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Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
‘Humans are story shaped creatures. But how does this relate to the narrative of the Bible and the story that God is writing through history?’
Brent talks with Jennifer Holberg, professor and chair of the English Department at Calvin University in the States and co-director of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing.
Jennifer's new IVP book is 'Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith'.
- (1:30) Where Jennifer’s love of books came from;
- (5:30) We’re all story shaped people;
- (9:30) What are some of the nourishing narratives?
- (13:30) Gerard Manley Hopkins – the best Christian poet ever?
- (17:45) George Eliot;
- (21:30) Dante and the church;
- (25:00) How God’s story interacts with our stories.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Nourishing-Narratives-Power-Story-Shape/dp/1514005247
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Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Brent is joined once again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss Revelation 13.
Who or what is 666?
- (1:10) The dragon and the beasts as a parody of the Trinity;
- (2:20) The cherubim and animals;
- (3:25) The sea beast – Daniel’s 4th beast;
- (5:00) A Gentile beast?
- (6:30) The beast and Rome;
- (7:55) The beast and Jesus;
- (9:00) The land – who or what is it?
- (12:10) The 42 months;
- (14:00) The land beast and the sea beast;
- (17:15) The land beast as a counterfeit Jesus;
- (18:00) The number 666;
- (21:10) The land beast and Elijah.
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