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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 27, 2024
Jay Payleitner – Hooray for Grandparents
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Brent talks with Jay Payleitner about grandparents and grandparenting and his book from Chronicle Books in the States called ‘Hooray for Grandparents: 40 Joys, Surprises, and Cautionary Tales’.
Jay is one of the top freelance producers for Christian radio in the States, having worked on Josh McDowell Radio, Today’s Father and Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson. Jay is a longtime affiliate of the National Center for Fathering and Iron Sharpens Iron. He speaks at men’s retreats, marriage weekends, writer’s conferences and weekend services.
- (1:30) Jay’s background in sales and radio;
- (3:30) Writing;
- (4:30) Grandparents and life story;
- (9:15) Where do you do your best grandparenting?
- (10:30) Names of grandparents;
- (15:15) ’Gravitas’ in a grandparent;
- (16:30) Living close to your grandchildren – or not?
- (20:30) Worthwhile warnings;
- (22:45) Piano lessons and how to do them!
- (24:35) The Number 1 fear among Christian grandparents.
Links mentioned in this episode:
jaypayleitner.com/books/the-next-verse/
www.amazon.com/Hooray-Grandparents-Jay-Payleitner/dp/1797212974
www.chroniclebooks.com/products/hooray-for-grandparents
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Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Alastair Roberts on Revelation 19
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Brent is joined once again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss chapter 19 of Revelation.
How does Revelation 19 concern itself with the destruction of the rest of God’s enemies?
The significance of the number 5, more thoughts about music and the Lord Jesus as a greater Dionysius.
- (1:50) Chapter 19 and the structure of Revelation;
- (3:20) Another throne room worship scene;
- (5:50) The multitudes in heaven;
- (6:20) The number 5 in Revelation;
- (7:45) The 4 cherubim and the 24 elders;
- (9:45) Theophanies;
- (10:30) Should Christian praise be loud?
- (11:00) The wedding themes and Jesus;
- (18:45) The rider and the army;
- (19:30) The sword;
- (20:00) The winepress. Jesus our greater Dionysius?
- (22:15) Call to the birds;
- (24:00) The lake of fire;
- (25:30) Jesus our greater Cyrus.
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Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Alastair Roberts on Revelation 18
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Brent is joined once again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss chapter 18 of Revelation.
Who or what is Babylon? More numbers and animals…
What do birds represent in the Bible?
- (1:30) Who or what is Babylon?
- (3:40) The 3 speakers;
- (5:40) The fall of Babel;
- (8:50) More animals;
- (11:30) The wine and the cup;
- (12:40) The list of 28 items and the Temple;
- (19:30) The woes;
- (20:30) The great millstone;
- (23:30) The end of music;
- (26:!5) The sorcery;
- (17:15) The blood.
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Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Joshua Farris – Humans, Both Creaturely and Divine
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Who are we? Why do we exist? In what ways are we creatures and in what sense do we partake of the divine?
Brent talks with Joshua Farris about his Baker Academic Book ‘An Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Both Creaturely and Divine’.
Joshua is a teacher, pastor, editor, author, blogger and podcaster. He’s currently the Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellow at the University of Bochum. He was a previous fellow at the Creation Project, Carl F. H. Henry Center and the University of London.
- (1:30) In what sense are we creaturely and divine?
- (5:30) How is Jesus the way humans see God?
- (7:20) What does it mean to be human?
- (8:30) Body and soul;
- (11:55) The Imago Dei;
- (15:30) How Jesus links us with the divine;
- (17:20) How we come to see God;
- (21:45) The scriptural evidence;
- (24:30) Theosis;
- (27:10) Transhumanism in the light of theosis.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Introduction-Theological-Anthropology-Humans-Creaturely/dp/1540962164
Baker Academic Division Homepage | Baker Publishing Group
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Saturday Jan 13, 2024
John Hopper – Giving Jesus Away
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Telling people about Jesus can be hard – especially for newer Christians.
Brent talks with John Hopper of Search Ministries about his new book ‘Giving Jesus Away: Finding Joy in Sharing the Gospel’.
John serves as Executive Director for Reach, the evangelism training arm of Search Ministries and regularly encourages and facilitates gatherings and conversations aimed at helping people think more deeply about God and life. John earned a BA in Economics at Trinity University, an MEd at the University of Houston, an MA in Transformational Leadership at Bethel University and a DMin at Biola University where he focused on Christian apologetics and world view studies. John served as a pastor at Bridgepoint Bible Church in Houston for 16 years.
- (1:55) Worldview;
- (2:45) Difficulties people have with evangelism;
- (3:30) John’s experience with evangelism;
- (6:30) Having conversations;
- (8:00) Evangelism for different people;
- (11:00) What is the gospel?
- (12:45) Explalning sin;
- (14:30) Turning a conversation toward Jesus;
- (16:30) Evangelistic training;
- (20:45) Learning from evangelists.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.searchnational.org/leaders/john-hopper
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Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Naghmeh Abedini Panahi - I Didn’t Survive
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Brent talks with Naghmeh Abedini Panahi about her new Whitaker House book written with Eugene Bach called ‘I Didn’t Survive: Emerging Whole After Deception, Persecution, and Hidden Abuse’.
Naghmeh first made national news when she publicly advocated for the release of her then husband, Saeed Abedini, who was imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith. Naghmeh brought worldwide attention to the plight of persecuted Christians and tirelessly proclaimed the gospel to millions across the globe even meeting with then president Barak Obama and future president Donald Trump. But when Naghmeh revealed the years long domestic abuse she had suffered at the hands of her husband, many Christian leaders and supporters turned their backs on her and some even urged her to remain silent. She didn’t – and this book is the result….
- (1:50) Naghmeh’s story;
- (3:55) The pressure from church leaders;
- (5:20) Growing up in Iran;
- (11:20) Finding Jesus;
- (14:30) Ministry;
- (16:45) Revival in Iran;
- (17:40) Abuse;
- (22:30) Arrest;
- (25:00) The UN.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Didnt-Survive-Emerging-Deception-Persecution/dp/B0BXGKFFH5
www.whitakerhouse.com/contact/
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Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Terra McDaniel – Hopeful Lament
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
We’ve lost the practice of lament. We need to rediscover lament in order to heal and hope again.
Brent talks with Terra McDaniel the author of a new IVP America book called ‘Hopeful Lament: Tending Our Grief Through Spiritual Practices’.
Terra is a spiritual director for adults and children. She spend two decades as a pastor and ministry leader and earned her Masters in Divinity at Portland Seminary. She’s a regular contributor to the Companioning Center Blog.
- (1:00) Lament;
- (3:30) Covid and grief;
- (6:20) We’ve forgotten how to lament;
- (10:50) Lament and the ancient world;
- (12:30) Job and lament;
- (13:00) Suffering and sensitivity;
- (18:00) Reclaiming lament;
- (19:55) Songs of lament;
- (21:20) Jewish shiva;
- (23:00) Children the forgotten mourners;
- (24:30) Grief and toxic church.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Hopeful-Lament-Tending-Spiritual-Practices/dp/1514003104
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Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Joanna Meyer – Women, Work and Calling
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Women now have professional opportunities beyond what previous generations ever imagined. ‘But as our roles in public life have grown, the church’s vision for women’s work and calling has not grown with us, leaving us feeling isolated and under resourced’.
Brent talks with Joanna Meyer, director of public engagement at the Denver Institute for Faith and Work. Joanna leads public events, hosts the ‘Faith and Work’ podcast and founded Women, Work, and Calling, a national initiative that equips Christian women for godly influence in public life. Prior to joining the Institute, Joanna worked in global telecom, nonprofit consulting and campus ministry. Joanna’s new book from IVP America is ‘Women, Work and Calling: Step into your Place in God’s World’.
- (1:20) Problems career minded Christian women face;
- (3:30) How technology changed work;
- (6:15) Women working in the Bible;
- (9:00) Thinking about work;
- (11:25) Being both compassionate and strong;
- (12:00) Knowing our calling or vocation;
- (15:00) Need for a mentor;
- (17:20) Women as mentors in their communities;
- (19:15) How we can identify the things that limit our growth;
- (20:20) Leading up;
- (21:25) Resting and sabbath;
- (24:15) Staying true to yourself.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Women-Work-Calling-Place-World/dp/1514007932
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Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Joshua Farris - What does it mean to be human?
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
What makes human beings unique? Do we, in fact, have a soul?
Brent talks with Joshua Farris, a philosopher, teacher, pastor, editor, author, blogger and podcaster. Joshua is currrently the Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellow at the University of Bochum. He was a previous fellow at the Creation Project, Carl F.H Henry Center and the University of London among other places. Joshua’s recent book from John Hunt Publishing is called ‘The Creation of Self’ which is a new argument for God and the soul.
- (1:15) Why modern science can’t give an account of itself;
- (2:30) The idea of the soul;
- (4:00) A belief in the soul through history;
- (5:20) Going back to the idea of the soul;
- (7:40) Consciousness and creationism;
- (10:30) What is a soul?
- (13:40) What did Descartes believe about the soul?
- (18:30) Could we have been brought about by anything other than a person?
- (20:20) The biblical evidence;
- (24:30) Near death experience;
- (26:30) A.I. and the soul.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Creation-Self-Case-Soul/dp/1803410868
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Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Alastair Roberts on Revelation 17
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Brent is joined once again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss chapter 17 of Revelation.
A red dragon and a dodgy dame!
- (1:00) Revelation 17;
- (2:15) The woman and Zechariah 5;
- (6:10) Babylon and Daniel;
- (9:30) The woman and water;
- (10:45) The gemstones;
- (13:00) The cup;
- (15:30) Who or what is the scarlet beast?
- (18:15) Who or what are the ten horns?
- (21:20) The Old Testament sacrificial system;
- (22:10) The destruction of Jerusalem.
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