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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 Jan 14, 2023
Saturday Jan 14, 2023
How do we do mission in the 21st century? Could it be that we can get alongside people and serve as humble alongsiders?
Brent talks to Craig Greenfield, the author of a new IVP book called ‘Subversive Mission. Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need’.
Craig is the founder and director of Alongsiders International, a grassroots movement of young Christians reaching the world’s poorest children. Craig has lived and worked for more than two decades in marginalized communities in Asia and North America.
- (2:00) Colonialism and mission. The problem of money and power;
- (3:10) The perception of Western missionaries in the mission context;
- (4:00) Craig’s involvement in Cambodia. Some of the challenges;
- (6:50) Five missional ‘types’. The idea of an ‘alongsider’;
- (8:15) ‘Outsiders’ in mission;
- (11:50) How can we be seen as catalysts. Local people should ‘own’ the mission;
- (13:50) Allies;
- (16:00) ‘Alongsider’ evangelism;
- (18:30) Bible teachers as guides in a mission context;
- (19:50) Funding mission.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Craig Greenfield 'Subversive Mission: Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need'
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
How does the technology we use use us? How do the digital age and its values affect the life of Christians and the church?
Brent talks with Jay Kim, the author of a new IVP America book called ‘Analog Christian. Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age’.
Jay is the lead pastor at WestGate Church in the Silicon Valley in the States and is on the leadership team of the ReGeneration Project. His writing has been featured in ‘Christianity Today’, the Gospel Coalition and Relevant Magazine.
- (1:00) Digital technology and us;
- (2:30) How Jay was affected by the pandemic;
- (4:30) How the pandemic affected our consumption of digital technology;
- (6:00) How technology uses us. Social media;
- (9:30) How the fruits of the Spirit help us deal with the negative aspects of social media;
- (12:40) The internet and isolationism;
- (15:45) God’s love and self centric despair;
- (19:10) What sort of ‘joy’ social media tries to sell us;
- (22:00) Social media and rage/anger;
- (25:00) Pastors and social media hostility;
- (27:00) How to deal with internet addiction.
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Jay Y. Kim 'Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age'
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Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
‘America has lost its way. And America will fall unless…’
Brent and Ian are joined by Os Guinness who talks about his latest IVP book ‘Zero Hour America. History’s Ultimatum Over Freedom and the Answer We Must Give’.
Os is the author or editor of more than 30 books, the founder of the Trinity Forum, a prominent social critic, and a frequent speaker who has addressed audiences worldwide.
- (1:05) Has America lost its way?
- (4:10) The suppression of freedom;
- (5:00) Has America been captured by an oligarchy?
- (7:50) The original American idea of freedom;
- (9:30) Cultural climate change;
- (11:05) American freedom and moral relativism;
- (12:15) What happens when faith dies?
- (14:00) The ability to make human choices at the heart of freedom;
- (15:45) Freedom is not the permission to do what we like;
- (20:00) Being free requires respect for the equal freedom of others;
- (21:50) Freedom and God;
- (23:30) What do we need to recover?
- (26:00) Globalism and freedom.
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Os Guinness 'Zero Hour America: History's Ultimatum over Freedom and the Answer We Must Give'
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Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
How do we ‘do’ church in the 21st century? How do we do church in a new pandemic era?
Brent talks to Benjamin Windle, a Millennial/Gen Z specialist pastor from Australia about his new Barna Ideas paper/ebook ‘Digital Church in a Lonely World’.
Benjamin is the pastor of Lifeplace Church in Brisbane, Australia. He has over 20 years of pastoral work experience in the States and Australia and is an author, speaker and businessman. His content has been featured on RightNow Media, the Barna Group, the Aspen Group and the Glorify App. His ‘Life Minute’ brings 60 seconds of hope to an estimated audience of one million listeners.
- (2:00) Online church during Covid;
- (3:41) The advantages and disadvantages of digital church. What is church?
- (5:00) How do we do technology and ‘in person’ community?
- (7:00) What the Bible says about community;
- (11:45) Millennials and Gen Z walking away from the church;
- (14:40) What sort of church are millennials and Gen Z looking for?
- (19:00) Community AND innovate digital strategies;
- (22:00) The Metaverse.
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Digital Church in a Lonely World
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Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Is it wrong to doubt? What part does doubt play in faith?
Brent talks with Travis Dickinson, Professor of Philosophy at Dallas Baptist University. Travis has taught courses in philosophy and Christian apologetics for over 20 years and has done apologetics and evangelism in more than 35 countries!
‘Wandering Toward God – Finding Faith amid Doubts and Big Questions’ is published by IVP America.
- (0:55) Faith as a journey;
- (1:50) Travis’s story of doubt;
- (4:00) How can we express our doubts?
- (5:55) How doubt differs from unbelief;
- (8:15) The Bible and doubt;
- (10:40) Do we ever have absolute certainty about most things anyway?
- (13:05) The place of truth in faith;
- (16:30) How do we deal with doubt?
- (20:30) The evidence for Christianity.
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Travis Dickerson 'Wandering Toward God'
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Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
How does the Old Testament Law fit into the Bible’s story and how is it relevant to the church today? Is it relevant to the church today?
Brent and Ian talk with Richard Averbeck, Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Divinity School in Illinois in the States.
Richard’s new book from IVP America is ‘The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church -Reading the Torah in the Light of Christ’.
- (1:00) How has the Old Testament Law been such a source of contention and debate?
- (2:40) How have we in the church understood the place of the Law through the centuries?
- (6:30) The place of the Law in the Christian life;
- (8:15) How do the New Testament writers speak of the ceremonial law?
- (10:15) Leviticus 11;
- (13:30) Paul and the law of Christ;
- (15:50) How the Law relates to the covenants;
- (19:00) Does the Law have ongoing relevance today?
- (24:15) What do we do with the Ten Commandments?
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Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Where do your allegiances lie? Do you put your politics or culture before Jesus?
Brent and Ian talk to Patrick Miller, one of the co-hosts of the ‘Truth Over Tribe’ podcast in the States.
Patrick and his co-host Keith Simon are pastors and authors. They’ve written for ‘Christianity Today’ and their new book published by David C Cook is ‘Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, not the Donkey or the Elephant’. How do Patrick and Keith minister in the States in such a politically and culturally charged moment in history?
- (1:15) The ‘Truth Over Tribe’ podcast;
- (2:30) Division in the States. How do you pastor a diverse church?
- (4:45) How have we reached such a politically charged moment in history?
- (6:00) What is tribalism?
- (8:00) How tribalism shuts down debate and growth;
- (13:20) The NZ context;
- (14:25) Why have we become so intolerant?
- (17:25) How is social media dividing us?
- (22:00) How can the local church help rebuild trust in our communities?
- (24:30) How do we avoid division in our churches over issues or politics?
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Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
‘You’re not good enough. ‘You need to try harder’.
We all have voices in our heads telling us all kinds of things. How do we silence them? And how do we hear the voice of God?
Brent and Ian talk with Gem Fadling, a founding partner of Unhurried Living. Inc, a nonprofit that trains people to rest deeper, live fuller and lead better. Gem is a certified life coach and a trained spiritual director. She’s also the host of the ‘I Can Do That! Podcast’.
Gem’s new book from IVP America is ‘Hold That Thought. Sorting Through the Voices in Our Heads’.
- (1:30) Dealing with anxiety;
- (3:05) Florence Cathedral;
- (11:15) Cultivating patience;
- (13:20) How do we deal with anxiety?
- (18:30) How do we set healthy limits on our work?
- (20:15) Letting go versus control;
- (21:45) Realizing we’re not trapped in a situation;
- (23:00) How can we co-operate with God’s transformation of us;
- (25:30) Anxiety and students.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Gem Fadling 'Hold That Thought: Sorting Through the Voices in Our Heads'
Unhurried Living 'I can do that' Podcast
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Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Have you ever thought about the connection between jazz music and the Christian gospel?
Brent talks with William Edgar, Professor of Apologetics and Coordinator of the Apologetics Department at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in the States about his new IVP book ‘A Supreme Love – The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel’.
- (1:00) The connection between jazz and the Christian gospel;
- (1:45) How jazz was born out of slavery and suffering;
- (2:40) Why jazz was so influential in the 1920’s;
- (3:40) Why jazz is best understood in the light of the gospel;
- (4:40) Jazz as a music of protest;
- (6:00) How jazz emerged out of the funeral processions in New Orleans;
- (7:25) Jazz and New Orleans;
- (9:10) How jazz emerged out of ‘spirituals’;
- (14:40) What drew slaves to the gospel;
- (16:05) The gospel and blues;
- (17:20) Christian jazz musicians;
- (18:20) Christian compositions in jazz mode;
- (20:20) Jazz and rock;
- (21:42) William’s choice of jazz records.
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William Edgar 'A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel'
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Brent talks to Steven Collis, the author of a new novel based on a true story called ‘Praying with the Enemy’ published by Shadow Mountain in the States.
A captured American soldier during the Korean War attempts a daring escape for freedom....
Steven is a storyteller and a law professor at the University of Texas School of Law and the faculty director of Texas's Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center and Law and Religion Clinic.
- (1:00) The Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center and Law and Religion Clinic;
- (1:44) The First Amendment and its importance;
- (2:15) The connection between law and religion;
- (4:10) Steven’s books;
- (7:05) Writing history in a nonfiction format;
- (9:00) The two men in the novel;
- (11:50) Ward’s struggle with faith;
- (13:10) The Korean War;
- (14:00) Exercising faith and freedom of conscience in a totalitarian system;
- (16:00) The moral tensions of the two men;
- (20:00) How does faith transcend war and natural boundaries?
Links mentioned in this episode:
Steven T. Collis 'Praying with the Enemy'
Bech-Loghlin First Amendment Center
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