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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 Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
What’s the role of suffering in the Christian life? Why do evil and suffering exist in the world?
Brent and Ian talk with Bill and Will Kynes, the authors of a new IVP America book called ‘Wrestling with Job: Defiant Faith in the Face of Suffering’.
Bill was the senior pastor at Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Annandale, Virginia. He’s a senior teaching fellow with the C.S. Lewis Institute and a member of the TGC Council and has been a Veritas Forum speaker.
Will is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Samford University in Alabama. He’s written extensively on Job and the Wisdom Literature.
- (1:20 Why Job is such a hard book. How do you preach on Job?
- (5:13) Job and Greek tragedy;
- (5.40) Will we trust God?
- (7:35) Job and cynicism;
- (8:35) How God interacts with Satan in Job;
- (9:45) Are the friends accusers?
- (11:00) How Job responds;
- (12:05) What Job can teach us about suffering. We can be honest with God;
- (15:18) Job and the mediator and redeemer;
- (16:57) How Job points to Christ;
- (18:05) God’s words to Job;
- (20:50) How God deals with Job’s friends;
- (21:45) God is in control in spite of evil and suffering.
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www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Job-Defiant-Faith-Suffering/dp/1514000768
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Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
How likely is relapse for those struggling with addiction, mental health issues and suicidal thoughts?
Brent talks with George Wood and Brit Eaton about their new book from Whitaker House called ‘The Uncovery: Understanding the Power of Community to Heal Trauma’.
George is an ordained minister, pastoral care counselor, recovery ministry founder and recovery activist. He’s the founder of the Sober Truth Project and the Timothy Initiative.
Brit is a content strategist, writer, speaker and discipler.
- (1:20) In what sense are we all in recovery?
- (2:55) The church and recovery. Legalism;
- (4:28) Stigmatizing people with addiction issues;
- (5:33) George’s background;
- (7:15) Addiction as an ongoing battle;
- (9:00) Brit’s experience of addiction;
- (14:00) The uncovery process. Why community is important for everyone;
- (19:00) Causes of addiction;
- (21:00) ‘You just have to have enough faith!’
- (24:00) The Sober Truth Project and the Timothy Initiative.
Links mentioned in this episode:
George A. Wood & Brit Eaton 'The Uncovery' official website
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Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Brent talks with Sarah Cowan Johnson, the author of a new IVP America book called ‘Teach Your Children Well – A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship’.
How do we parent our children in ways that lead to lasting faith?
Sarah is a ministry trainer, consultant, and coach who works with church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders across the States. She leads seminars for parents on family discipleship. She served with the Evangelical Covenant Church as the executive pastor for Sanctuary Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and previously was a staff trainer and an area director for IVP. She’s the co-host of ‘The People of the Way’ podcast.
- (1:10) How do we parent our children?
- (2:20) Half of high school students in the States active in their churches walk away from faith after graduation;
- (4:05) Our modern culture and how it affects our children;
- (5:40) The church’s reaction to our culture;
- (7:10) Sarah’s response to parents whose children may have walked away from church;
- (8:20) What parents can do. Practicing our faith at home;
- (9:30) Catching the ‘God moments’ with our children;
- (10:55) How God interacts with our children;
- (12:15) A special time slot?
- (14:00) How do we make prayer real for our children?
- (15:30) Involving children in worship;
- (17:15) Struggling with faith. How can we deal our teen’s questions?
- (19:20) Spiritual development of children;
- (21:00) Creating a Christian family culture;
- (22:40) Sarah’s podcast.
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Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
What is the book of Revelation all about? What if we interpreted the book in the light of God’s mission to redeem the creation?
Brent talks with Dean Flemming, Professor of New Testament and Missions at Mid America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas in the States.
Dean’s book ‘Foretaste of the Future – Reading Revelation in Light of God’s Mission’ is published by IVP America.
- (1:00) How Dean was brought up to understand Revelation;
- (3:10) A mission based reading of Revelation;
- (6:15) God’s mission is about restoring creation and the world;
- (7:30) A slaughtered lamb the master symbol of the Apocalypse;
- (8:15) Sacrificial lamb-like mission;
- (10:00) The lamb is also the lion in Revelation;
- (11:38) Faithful witness in Revelation;
- (14:20) Violence in Revelation;
- (16:24) Worship in Revelation;
- (18:30) Why Revelation culminates in the New Jerusalem;
- (22:40) Dean’s favourite bit of Revelation.
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Dean Flemming 'Foretaste of the Future: Reading Revelation in Light of God's Mission '
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Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Brent and Ian continue their exploration of Mark’s gospel.
Why Jesus' suffering means that we suffer.
- (1:30) What type of king will Jesus be?
- (1:50) Why Jesus’ path to glory is through suffering and death;
- (3:30) Following Jesus;
- (4:50) Jesus’ suffering entails our suffering;
- (9:33) When does the Kingdom come?
- (10:05) The Transfiguration;
- (12:26) Moses and Elijah;
- (13:43) The glory cloud and the Tabernacle and Temple;
- (14:15) Jesus a new Moses;
- (15:45) Psalm 2 and the Davidic king;
- (20:25) Jesus and the metaverse;
- (20:45) Jesus is God;
- (24:40) Elijah.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
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Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Are you feeling lonely and disconnected? We live in an increasingly isolated world. How can we reconnect?
Todd Hall is Professor of Psychology at Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University in the States where he teaches courses on the integration of psychology and theology. He is a faculty affiliate at the Harvard Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and a founding partner at Flourishing Metrics.
Todd’s new IVP America book is ‘The Connected Life – The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality’.
- (1:04) The importance of connection for all of us;
- (2:10) A disconnection with others leads to a disconnection with God;
- (3:36) The 1970’s and social disconnection;
- (5:30) A rise in despair and disconnectedness;
- (6:50) The decline of community involvement in the States;
- (8:00) Our culture struggles with pain;
- (10:00) How Todd discovered the power of relationships;
- (11:05) The ways connection and relationships heal;
- (12:20) Isolation due to the pandemic. How do we become reconnected?
- (14:05) How do we grow spiritually in community?
- (16:10) The importance of story. How we tell our story;
- (19:30) Why we need to suffer well;
- (21:00) How we can build better Christian communities.
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Todd W. Hall 'The Connected Life'
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Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Brent and Ian take a look at the ‘turning point’ in Mark’s gospel.
- (2:00) The ‘turning point’ in Mark’s gospel;
- (5:00) The blind man. Spit and walking trees;
- (8:20) The man’s blindness and the spiritual blindness of the disciples;
- (10:00) Peter’s confession in Gentile territory;
- (11:41) Meaning of ‘the Christ’;
- (14:40) Peter’s understanding of the Messiah at this point;
- (15:30) What sort of king is Jesus?
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Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
What am I meant to be and what am I called to do?
Brent and Ian talk about calling and vocation with Gordon Smith, the President of Ambrose University and Seminary in Calgary, Alberta where he also serves as Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology.
Gordon Smith’s new book from IVP America is ‘Your Calling Here and Now – Making Sense of Vocation’.
- (1:20) Why vocation is always specific and particular;
- (2:30) How we can discern what we’re called to be or do;
- (5:55) How God uses setbacks;
- (6:30) Why vocation is never discerned in a vacuum;
- (8:30) Have we lost a sense of vocation?
- (10:40) How Calvin and Luther thought about calling;
- (11:11) Why community is important when considering vocation;
- (12:50) People’s giftedness;
- (14:30) Is life full of multiple callings at different times?
- (16:33) Advice to people who have to work a ‘day job’;
- (18:24) You can’t do everything!
- (20:38) Institutional intelligence. Know your organization;
- (27:00) What do we do when all the doors are closed. Being patient.
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Gordon T. Smith 'Your Calling Here and Now: Making Sense of Vocation'
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Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Brent and Ian talk with Kirk Farney, Vice President for advancement, vocation and alumni engagement and a member of the History Faculty at Wheaton College, Illinois in the States.
In Kirk’s new book from IVP America ‘Ministers of a New Medium’ he explores the work of Fulton J. Sheen of Catholic Hour and Walter A. Maier of ‘The Lutheran Hour’, two groundbreaking leaders in Christian broadcasting.
- (2:00) How Kirk got involved in the project;
- ((3:30) The impact radio made in the States during the Depression;
- (5:20) How the networks viewed ‘religious’ broadcasting;
- (7:30) Who were Fulton Sheen and Walter Maier?
- (10:36) How their radio careers started;
- (12:36) Two different preaching and broadcasting styles;
- (15:00) Christians in the Media. How can we engage in the media today?
- (17:35) The doctrine of the Atonement at the center of Sheen and Maier’s preaching;
- (21:00) Both men academics who could relate theology to the people;
- (24:10) How Catholics and Lutherans responded to Sheen and Maier;
- (26:30) New technology and Christian broadcasting. Stay open to technology!
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Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Brent is joined once again by Louis Markos, Professor of English at Houston Christian University in the States.
What is Greek tragedy? What is ‘The Oresteia’ and how does it point to Christ?
‘From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics’ is published by IVP America.
- (1:31) What is Greek tragedy?
- (3:30) The goat and Greek festivals. Song of the scapegoat. ‘The Oresteia’ by Aeschylus. Greek tragedy about a scapegoat figure. Sacrifice and redemption;
- (6:30) What happens in Greek tragedy;
- (9:10) The Oresteia;
- (19:05) Blood guilt and atonement central to the cycle;
- (22:30) Christ fulfills the highest yearnings of people;
- (22:45) Agamemnon and Orestes scapegoat figures who point to Christ;
- (23:56) Orestes a ‘Messianic’ hero;
- (25:00) How the plays point to Jesus.
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Louis Markos 'From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics'
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