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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 May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Mark 11:1-26
How are donkeys associated with kingship in the Bible and what’s the significance of the fig tree? Brent and Ian look at Mark 11:1-26.
- (1:05) Expectations of Jesus;
- (3:05) The donkey’s colt. Genesis 49;
- (5:17) What sort of king is Jesus?
- (6:56) The palm branches;
- (10:20) Jesus and the Temple. The fig tree;
- (16:20) The mountain;
- (18:40) Forgiving others.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
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Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
In the first of an occasional series of movie and TV reviews Brent and Ian take a deep dive into the BBC/Netflix series ‘Inside Man’ starring David Tennant and Stanley Tucci.
What really lurks in the vicar’s cellar and are we really all capable of murder?
- (0:37) ‘Inside Man’. What is it?
- (1:45) Steven Moffat;
- (2:15) Reviews;
- (3:45) David Tennant;
- (4:42) Why the title? Jefferson Grieff;
- (6:45) Enclosed spaces in the story;
- (7:27) The main characters;
- (8:45) The vicar’s wife is not above suspicion;
- (9:30) Edgar;
- (9:45) A modern Greek tragedy?
- (12:00) Harry and Jefferson;
- (12:50) Atonement;
- (14:00) Harry’s rashness and dishonesty;
- (17:14) Is the story believable?
- (18:21) Harry’s disintegration;
- (19:20) At what point do we lose sympathy with Harry?
Links mentioned in this episode:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Man_(2022_TV_series)
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Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Why is Jesus presented as a living Tabernacle and Temple in Revelation 1?
Brent and Ian talk with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute about Revelation 1 verses 9-20.
- (0:35) Verses 9-20 and how they relate to verses 1-8;
- (3:30) The Lord’s Day;
- (4:50) Why is endurance important in Revelation?
- (6:30) Tabernacle and Temple imagery in the passage;
- (9:30) Jesus as a living Tabernacle and Temple;
- (12:00) Jesus dressed like the High Priest of Israel;
- (17:30) Jesus and the book of Daniel;
- (21:00) Jesus the true Nazirite;
- (22:00) The seven stars;
- (23:30) The sword;
- (26:00) Who are the angels in Revelation 1-3.
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Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
What’s the significance of the number 7 in the book of Revelation and why is Jubilee a prominent theme?
Brent and Ian are joined by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss Revelation 1:1-8.
- (0:55) What is the book of Revelation?
- (3:00) Apocalyptic literature;
- (5:00) Signs and symbols;
- (7:20) ‘Speediness’ in Revelation;
- (13:15) Witness in Revelation;
- (16:00) 7 in John and Revelation;
- (19:40) Daniel and Zechariah;
- (21:00) Groups of 3’s in Revelation;
- (23:00) God the Alpha and the Omega.
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Brent and Ian talk with Zac Hicks, adjunct lecturer in music and worship at Samford University, Alabama, in the States. Previously, he served as the Canon for Worship and Liturgy at Advent Cathedral in Birmingham, Alabama.
Zac’s new IVP book is about the great 16th century Protestant Reformer, Thomas Cranmer, the architect of the Church of England’s ‘Book of Common Prayer’. Zac’s book is called ‘Worship by Faith Alone. Thomas Cranmer, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Reformation Liturgy’.
- (1:18) Who was Thomas Cranmer?;
- (4:30) Cranmer’s martyrdom;
- (10:00) The Prayer Books;
- (10:35) Justification by faith alone the basis of Cranmer’s life and liturgy;
- (16:00) The English Church after 1552;
- (18:30) Congregational involvement in the liturgy;
- (21:30) Cranmer’s view of the Lord’s Supper and how it changed from 1549-1552;
- (24:45) Oblation, Sacrifice and Satisfaction;
- (26:00) The Prayer of Humble Access.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Worship-Faith-Alone-Reformation-Christian/dp/1514005220
zachicks.com/worship-by-faith-alone-is-here/
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Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
What does it mean to be human? What is a person? Where did we come from?
Brent talks with Joshua Rasmussen about his new IVP book ‘Who Are You, Really?: A Philosopher’s Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Persons’.
Joshua is associate professor of philosophy at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California in the States.
- (1:05) Who are we?
- (2:05) Why do we exist?
- (4:00) Why should we exist?
- (6:30) How do our personal realities relate to reality?
- (9:10) How much can we really know?
- (11:45) What role do feelings have for us?
- (13:00) How do we make thoughts?
- (13:50) Freedom of choice;
- (16:10) Our bodies;
- (18:50) How do we make a conscious being?
- (23:45) Artificial intelligence and robotics.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Who-Are-You-Really-Philosophers/dp/1514003945
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Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
What’s the significance of numbers in the gospel of John and the book of Ezra? In fact, what’s the significance of numbers in the Bible generally?
Brent and Ian talk with Tyndale House Researcher in Cambridge, James Bejon.
James has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies and is currently studying for another MA at Cambridge University in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. James is also about to teach a course on biblical numbers with Alastair Roberts at the Theopolis Institute in the States.
- (1:59) Numbers in the Bible;
- (4:00) How the 7 days of creation structure the Bible;
- (6:50) The ‘3 moments’ in John’s gospel;
- (9:00) How John sets up his gospel – 7 weeks of 7;
- (12:15) The ‘7th hour’ in John. Jesus’ death at the 7th hour;
- (15:50) Jubilee in John;
- (22:00) 42 in Ezra 2;
- (25:50) Jubilee in Ezra and John. The 153 fish.
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Saturday Apr 08, 2023
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
How do we serve in ministry in multicultural contexts both inside and outside our congregations?
Brent talks with Mark Lau Branson and Juan Martinez about the second edition of their IVP book ‘Churches, Cultures and Leadership. A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities’.
Mark is the Homer L. Goddard Senior Professor of the Ministry of the Laity at Fuller Theological Seminary in the States. Juan has served as vice president for diversity and international ministries, director of the Center for the Study of Hispanic Church and Community, and professor of Hispanic Studies and pastoral leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary.
- (2:00) Prejudice and racism;
- (3:00) Ethnically diverse churches;
- (6:30) Mark and Juan’s stories;
- (11:30) Understanding other cultures;
- (17:00) Our church neighborhoods;
- (18:30) Church networks;
- (19:20) Understandings of leadership.
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www.amazon.com/Churches-Cultures-Leadership-Congregations-Ethnicities/dp/0830839267
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Brent talks to Kyle Meyaard Schaap, vice president of the Evangelical Environmental Network. Previously, he was the national organizer and spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, and he’s been featured in news outlets such as CNN, PBS, NPR and NBC News.
Kyle talks about his new IVP book ‘Following Jesus in a Warming World. A Christian Call to Climate Action’. During many years of speaking to and equipping people to work for climate action, Kyle has seen more and more young Christians waking up to the realities of climate change.
- (1:00) Why so many Christians are silent about climate action;
- (3:30) Millenials and climate change;
- (9:00) A biblical theology of creation;
- (12:30) Job and creation;
- (15:30) All things created by and for Jesus;
- (19:00) What Revelation teaches us about God’s creation;
- (23:00) Ways we can help with climate change.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Following-Jesus-Warming-World-Christian/dp/1514004453
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Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
At what point do you leave your church or denomination? Is it ever appropriate to leave a church or a denomination? What if you’re a pastor and you feel you need to leave? How do you go about doing it?
Brent and Ian talk with Bishop Jay Behan of the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa NZ. It was in 2019 that Jay, a vicar in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia finally made the decision to leave. Jay, the church he pastors and a number of other churches now form the Church of Confessing Anglicans.
(2:35) Jay’s background in Anglicanism;
(5:00) What is the Anglican evangelical tradition?
(5:55) The Anglican tradition in New Zealand;
(7:30) The New Zealand church and the constitution;
(9:00) The New Zealand Prayer Book in the 80’s;
(10:40) Sydney Anglicanism;
(14:05) The process of leaving for Jay;
(19:00) The Anglican Communion;
(22:10) The Church of Confessing Anglicans;
(23:50) GAFCON;
(26:30) Advice for people struggling to stay within their churches or denominations.
Links mentioned in this episode:
confessinganglicans.nz
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