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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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Dec 25, 2021
Dec 25, 2021
34 min
Gordon Smith explains how the Holy Spirit works in creation and in the life of the believer. How do we know that we have the Holy Spirit?
Gordon Smith is President and Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology at Ambrose University and Seminary in Vancouver, Canada.
- (1:50) Why the Spirit has been open to manipulation and abuse. The Holy Spirit and Christ, Scripture, Creation and the Church – the need to keep all four in balance
- (3:30) The work of the Holy Spirit in creation ignored and underplayed. The influence of neo-Platonism
- (4:10) The Scriptures are all about stuff – we are embodied souls
- (5:00) The way our church experience shapes the way we think about the Spirit
- (10:10) Let’s not forget about Jesus. We have the Spirit so that we might know, love and serve Jesus. Emotional excess as an end in itself
- (13:15) A Trinitarian view of the Spirit
- (14:45) Ambrose of Milan, the Arian and Sabellian heresies
- (17:40) Are parts of the modern church Sabellian? The Holy Spirit emphasized at the expense of the Father and the Son
- (19:30) Jesus satisfies the deepest longings of the heart
- (20:55) How do we know whether we have the Spirit?
- (22:50) The Spirit often present in quiet and subtle ways
- (24:58) Charismatic gifts in the church today – the third way
- (29:30) How the Spirit inspires artists and musicians
- (31:05) How do we incorporate a Trinitarian view in our worship services?
Links mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.bookdepository.com/Welcome-Holy-Spirit-Gordon-T-Smith/9780830853885
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Dec 22, 2021
Dec 22, 2021
27 min
How was America founded and on what basis? How has America developed politically and what’s the future of American democracy?
Robert Tracy McKenzie is Professor of History at Wheaton College in Illinois in the States. His new book ‘We the Fallen People – the Founders and the Future of American democracy’ is published by IVP America and available on Amazon and all other good book sellers.
- (1:32) Why America is so deeply divided
- (4:31) Millenials and democracy. Do they value it?
- (6:08) How does history help us move forward? C.S Lewis and democracy
- (8:19) The fallen nature of humanity and our political thinking – ‘we’ll never meet an ordinary human being’.
- (9:26) Humility and charity in our political thinking,
- (9:55) The founding Fathers and the Republic. They realized the fallen nature of humanity and so the need for checks and balances
- (12:08) The founding Fathers and democracy. Did they trust it at all?
(13:39) The importance of virtue to the founding Fathers - (15:08) The Constitution was framed to take into account our fallen and sinful nature
- (17:44) Andrew Jackson and the rise of democracy. A populist with authoritarian tendencies
- (20:46) Tocqueville – why democracy can turn into tyranny
- (21:56) Thinking Christianly about democracy
- (22:58) How should the US move forward?
Links mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.ivpress.com
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Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
34 min
Noel Snyder shows us how music and preaching are related and how to get our sermons to sing. Preacher’s alert!
Noel Snyder is Program Manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship at Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan in the States. His book ‘Sermons that Sing – music and the practice of preaching’ is published by IVP Books America, and available on Amazon and other book sellers.
(0:56) The importance of story and narrative in preaching, (1:57) The connection between music and preaching and the importance of sound and time, (3:46) How to bring music into our sermons. Using our musical instincts in preaching. Speech patterns and music.
(5:31) Sermons that sing, (6:10) The role of imagination and creativity in preaching, (7:52) The music of the African-American preaching tradition, (10:16) Incorporating spirituals into sermons, (13:20) The slave preachers as creators of the spirituals, (14:40) Preachers should be aware of their audience. ‘Present in the moment’ like performing musicians. Timing and repetition.
(16:23) Preaching and jazz improvisation, (18:14) Preachers using their voices in a musical way; theatre coaches and voice coaches; preaching with good voice and musicality, (21:05) Teaching preaching courses, (23:23) Peer learning groups for preachers, (25:13) We should know where the sermon is going, (26:34) Sermons in terms of musical structure and tension.
Links mentioned in today’s episode:
https://www.ivpress.com
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Dec 8, 2021
Dec 8, 2021
25 min
How Jesus fulfills the Old Testament sacrificial system and why Jesus’ blood saves us.
(1:40) How gospel and law relate to one another, (4:21) How Jesus has fulfilled the Old Testament sacrificial system, (7:08) What happened on the Day of Atonement, (12:00) Why the four cherubim have four faces, (13:21) What Jesus did on the Cross, (17:51) Jesus’ death gives us security of salvation, (18:56) Pastoral advice to people struggling with guilt and shame or a negative self-image.
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Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2021
30 min
In Episode 15 we find a better Temple and a better Covenant. Why Jesus is a better High Priest than the Levitical high priests and how Jesus fulfills the Law.
(1:01) Why Jesus is a better High Priest, (1:40) Plato’s influence in Hebrews. The perfect Temple and the better covenant, (5:20) The Old Testament Tabernacle and Temple discussed, (6:05) Jesus our true Tabernacle and Temple, (9:39) Jesus’ priesthood better than the Old Covenant priesthood, (13:12) The Old Covenant fulfilled by Jesus, (13:59) What the New Covenant does that the Old Covenant doesn’t do, (16:10) Is the Law of any use today? (17:20) We don’t have to worry about our performance for God to accept us, (23:17) Why we should put our trust in Jesus and not in our works, (23:54) Why it’s important for pastors to teach grace and the pastoral problems with legalism.
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Nov 24, 2021
Nov 24, 2021
34 min
In Episode 14 we meet Jesus our great Priest-King. We learn why Jesus is a perfect Savior and why our salvation is secure.
(0:25) Today’s topic. We meet a Priest-King. Jesus is better! (0:50) Jesus fulfills the Old Testament, (1:15) How does the Old Testament Law fit in with being a Christian? (1:40) We meet Melchizadek and see how he foreshadows Christ, (3:47) Discussion of Melchizadek as priest and king, (10:50) Problems with the Levitical priesthood described and why we need a better priest, (14:10) Jesus fulfills the Law with a once and for all sacrifice, (21:10) Jesus’ death a guarantee of our salvation; (23:53) How the passage speaks to those who are struggling with sin or sins, (26:49) Why Jesus is our perfect High Priest. Summing up, (28:13) Living under grace and not Law, (28:53) How do we know if we’re living out of grace? (20:53) The prosperity gospel as a sort of legalism.
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Nov 17, 2021
Nov 17, 2021
38 min
We find out how to raise resilient children and how we can draw children into God’s story.
Holly Catterton Allen’s book ‘Forming Resilient Children – the role of spiritual formation for healthy development’ is published by IVP America.
(1:50) How story can help children recover from trauma. (3:05) How reading and stories can form resilience. (7:05) Other ways we can build resilient children – telling children about difficult times in your past or in their past, ordinary stories of how God has worked in your life. How to be a capable parent and types of parenting. (13:10) Children today less resilient than in the past and anxiety. (15:49) How resilience is connected to spirituality. Can children talk about God?
(21:28) Spirituality and resilience. (22:52) How pandemic restrictions have impacted children (26:54) Why its important for children to mingle with family. (29:00) How grandparents model their faith to their grandchildren (32:40) Some good children’s books recommended.
Links mentioned in today’s episode:
https://wwivpress.com
https://www.lipscomb.edu
http://www.intergenerateconference.com/holly-allen
https://www.childrenspiritualitysummit.org
https://www.amazon.com/Forming-Resilient-Children-Spiritual-Development/dp/1514001721
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Nov 10, 2021
Nov 10, 2021
33 min
Dr Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States explains the Tabernacle and its symbolism.
(0:38) What was the Tabernacle? (2:34) What was in the Tabernacle? (5:24) Significance of the furniture, (8:28) The cube of the Holy of Holies and how it relates to the city in Revelation, (10:05) The Tabernacle as a symbolic picture of the universe, (11:50) Significance of the numbers in the Tabernacle, (13:18) Why colour is so important in the Tabernacle, (14:42) The Tabernacle as a representation of things in God’s throne room in Ezekiel and Revelation, (17:50) Symbolism behind the High Priest’s garments, (24:20) Similarities between the High Priest and Tabernacle, (26:05) The role of the cherubim.
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theopolisinstitute.com|
alastairadersaria.com
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Nov 3, 2021
Nov 3, 2021
38 min
How the 7 days of creation structure the whole Bible.
Dr Alastair Roberts teaches at the Theopolis Institute in the States – www.theopolisinstitute.com
(0:48) What happens in each of the 7 days of creation, (4:00) A literal 7 days, (5:18) How creation relates to God’s throne room as depicted in Revelation 4, (7:38) How our sky reflects the description of God’s throne room in Revelation 4. The Zodiac signs and cherubim faces, (10:12) The sun, moon and stars as images of rulers, (12:15) How the 7 days permeate and structure the whole Bible, (16:00) What Biblical Theology is, (18:33) The whole universe and Scripture extrapolated out from the 7 days. The 7 day patterns and time, (20:35) The symbolism of the number 7 in Scripture, (27:53) How the 7 days structure the book of Daniel, (31:00) The 7 days in the New Testament and John’s gospel, (37:03) How the 7 days permeate the book of Revelation. Jesus connected with 7, (36:37) Resources for biblical theology – James B. Jordan, ‘Through New Eyes’ and writings by Peter Leithart and Alastair Roberts.
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www.theopolisinstitute.com
https://alastairadversaria.com
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Oct 27, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
29 min
We find out about the writer and theologian, Dorothy L. Sayers, who created one of the biggest religious controversies of the 20th century.
Crystal Downing is Co-Director of the Marion E Wade Center and co holder of the Marion E Wade Chair in Christian Thought at Wheaton College in Illinois in the States.
(2:00) Why Sayers was so shocking and subversive. The BBC radio plays about Jesus, (4:56) Sayers accused of causing the fall of Singapore in World War 2, (5:56) Why Sayers thought it important to use contemporary language in her Christian plays, (7:37) Sayers' problems with Christianity, (10:00) How Sayers got involved in apologetics, (14:40) Sayers’ view of intuition, (16:00) Sayers’ subversion of detective fiction, (17:35) How Sayers used language to engage with people, (25:00) Sayers' view of evangelism.
Links mentioned in today’s episode:
www.broadleafbooks.com
www.wheatoncollege.edu
https://bookdepository.com/Subversive-Crystal-Downing/9781506462752
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