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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 Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
What’s the connection between a Gentile woman and the prophet Elijah?
Ian and Brent continue their exploration of Mark’s gospel.
- (1:20) How is legalism a problem in the church today?
- (3:30) The Gentile woman and ‘dogs’;
- (4:30) The Gentile woman and the authorities;
- (5:45) The Gentile woman’s faith;
- (6:40) The significance of Tyre and Sidon;
- (7:40) Jesus and Elijah;
- (8:30) Jezebel;
- (9:50) Jesus’ response. The meaning of ‘dogs’;
- (12:40) The deaf man;
- (15:20) Why Jesus spits;
- (17:40) The first confession of faith in the gospel?
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Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
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Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Brent and Ian continue their deep dive into the gospel of Mark.
- (1:40) A confrontation. Claim and counterclaim;
- (2:30) The claim;
- (6:00) Ceremonial cleansing;
- (6:37) The motivation for the accusations;
- (9:17) Jesus’ counterclaim;
- (10:50) The Pharisees’ problem;
- (11:50) What Jesus reveals about all of us. The problem of legalism;
- (16:00) The problem of the human heart.
- (18:00) The human condition;
- (18:50) How we can be justified. We need Jesus.
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Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
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Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Who was the great 16th century reformer John Calvin and what did he believe and teach?
Brent talks with Yudha Thianto, professor of the history of Christianity and Reformed Theology At Calvin Theological Seminary in the States.
Yudha’s book ‘An Explorer’s Guide to John Calvin’ is published by IVP America.
- (1:00) The idea behind the book;
- (3:50) Who was Calvin?
- (9:10) How Calvin went into exile;
- (13:55) Why are Calvin’s ‘Institutes’ so important?
- (17:50) Calvin and the Lord’s Supper. How did Calvin’s view differ from Luther, Zwingli or Cranmer?
- (23:20) Election and predestination.
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Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Why is the Victorian period so like our own? How does Tennyson’s poetry embody all of the struggle and grief of the Victorian period?
Brent Is joined by Louis Markos, professor in English at Houston Christian University in the States. ‘Pressing Forward – Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the Victorian Age’ is published by Sapientia Press.
- (1:05) The Victorian period so like our own;
- (2:20) What the Victorians can teach us. Evolution and creation. The nature of reality;
- (5:10) The crisis of faith in the Victorian period;
- (8:55) Tennyson’s ‘In Memorium’ and Victorian grief and struggle. Arthur Hallam;
- (15:20) Tennyson’s fashioning of a new relationship between religion and science;
- (22:15) Carlyle and Ruskin. The Industrial Revolution.
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Louis A. Markos 'Pressing Forward: Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the Victorian Age'
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Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
How might film reveal God? Do movies put people in a place of heightened receptivity to God’s revelation?
Brent talks with Richard Vance Goodwin about his new book from IVP America called ‘Seeing Is Believing: The Revelation of God Through Film’.
- (0:45) How Richard’s interest in film developed;
- (3:17) Why Christians have been so reluctant to engage with arts and the cinema;
- (5:30) A good theology of creation;
- (6:30) How we can theologically engage with movies;
- (10:00) Cinema and Jacob at Bethel;
- (13:30) Are there ‘spiritual’ stylistic choices in film?
- (17:20) Lighting in film;
- (18:30) General revelation and film;
- (20:05) 2001: A Space Odyssey
- (26:20) C.S. Lewis and joy.
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Richard Vance Goodwin 'Seeing Is Believing - The Revelation of God Through Film'
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Saturday Oct 15, 2022
Saturday Oct 15, 2022
How can we discover and develop our gifts?
Brent’s guest is Don Everts, Senior Pastor of First and Calvary Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Missouri and a writer for Lutheran Hour Ministries and the Hopeful Neighborhood Project.
Don’s new IVP America book is called ‘Discover Your Gifts- Celebrating How God Made You and Everyone You Know’.
- (1:00) Everyone has gifts;
- (2:05) How Don’s stepfather inspired him;
- (4:30) Research on gifts;
- (6:00) The need to focus not only on spiritual gifts but common grace gifts as well;
- (7:20) Why we tend to fixate on church vocations;
- (10:30) Gifts and different generations. Younger generations more often to finding their gifts;
- (12:15) Millenials and gifts;
- (13:05) Tools pastors can use to discern common gifts;
- (14:20) How the church can reignite gift development;
- (15:20) Mentoring;
- (16:45) The church as a place to discover your gifts;
- (20:00) How churches can engage with their communities.
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Don Everts ' Discover Your Gifts - Celebrating How God Made You and Everyone You Know'
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Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
How can Christians influence every sphere of life and become agents of flourishing?
Brent talks with Amy Sherman, director of the Sagamore Institute’s Center on Faith in Communities, which trains and consults with faith based social service providers and religious congregations desiring to invest more effectively in their neighborhoods.
Amy’s book ‘Agents of Flourishing – Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society’ is published by IVP America.
- (1:00) Why mission is not an option for the church;
- (1:37) How churches in the States are working with their communities and neighborhoods;
- (3:00) Are we living as exiles in this culture?
- (5:05) How the church can successfully engage with the world;
- (8:30) What Christianity still has to offer society;
- (11:00) Christianity’s contribution to knowledge and human learning;
- (13:45) The church’s role in the arts;
- (17:00) How churches can help revitalize urban communities;
- (19:00) Restorative justice.
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E-book: Amy Sherman 'Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society'
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Saturday Oct 08, 2022
Saturday Oct 08, 2022
How do the Psalms see right through us?
Brent talks with David Taylor, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in the States and the producer of a short film on the Psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson.
David’s book ‘Open And Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life’ is published by Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson in the States.
- (0:50) How the film about the Psalms came about;
- (5:00) How the Psalms see right through us and into us;
- (6:40) What the Psalms aim to do;
- (8:00) The impulse to hide;
- (9:00) Poetry as ‘intestinal’ language;
- (10:50) No individualists in the Psalms;
- (13:30) Psalm 139
- (16:00) Vengeance language and God’s justice;
- (19:00) How the Psalms point to Christ;
- (22:00) David’s favorite Psalms.
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David Taylor 'Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life'
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Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Brent and Ian talk to Jennifer Rosner who takes us on a personal journey into the Jewish roots of Christianity
Jennifer is Affiliate Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where she completed her PhD on the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.
Jennifer’s new book from IVP America is ‘Finding Messiah – A Journey into the Jewishness of the Gospel’.
- (1:20) Jennifer’s journey as a Messianic Jewish person;
- (4:35) The Messianic Jewish community;
- (5:45) The Christian response;
- (7:15) Paul and Gentile Christians;
- (9:50) Anti-semitism;
- (17:46) Jesus’ Jewishness;
- (21:10) Jennifer’s life in Israel;
- (25:00) Passover and Yom Kippur.
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Jennifer M. Rosner 'Finding Messiah: A Journey into the Jewishness of the Gospel'
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Saturday Oct 01, 2022
Saturday Oct 01, 2022
How does the American (and the global) church decenter itself from its idols? Can people in the margins of life help us achieve this?
Brent and Ian talk with Eric Costanzo, a pastor and teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Eric is executive director for Rising Village. Org, an organization with initiatives to help marginalized people.
Eric is the author (with Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens) of a new IVP book called ‘Inalienable – How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save The American Church’.
- (1:00) Why Eric thinks the American church needs saving;
- (2:25) Power and control in the church;
- (4:10) Has evangelicalism in the States become synonymous with American nationalism?
- (6:40) The NZ context. The quest for relevance;
- (7:45) Listening to marginalized voices;
- (10:00) Neglecting marginalized voices;
- (11:40) How we can learn from the global church;
- (13:12) Ephesians and the unity of the church;
- (14:30) Theology and the global church;
- (17:50) How we’ve neglected the poor and the vulnerable;
- (20:50) Digging into the backstory of the church. The importance of church history.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church
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