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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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2 hours ago
Jennifer Holberg – Tennyson’s ‘In Memorium’
2 hours ago
2 hours ago
How do we think about faith and doubt in an everchanging world?
Brent is joined by Jennifer Holberg to discuss Alfred Lord Tennyson and his massive poem ‘In Memorium’.
Jennifer is professor and chair of the English Department at Calvin University in the States and co-director of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing. She’s also the author of the book ‘Nourishing Narratives’.
- (1:35) Who was Tennyson?
- (4:30) Rossetti and Hopkins;
- (8:20) The poem and Arthur Hallam;
- (12:00) The Prologue;
- (19:00) Opening stanzas 1,5,6 and 7;
- (29:50) Stanza 27;
- (31:40) 28-31. The first Christmas;
- (35:00) The 50’s;
- (35:20) The lowest point of the poem?
- (46:20) Does the work resolve? A mystical experience – Stanza 95;
- (49: 15) Stanza 96;
- (53:20) 118-124;
- (59:00) God as love.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/dp/1514005247?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
calvin.edu/people/jennifer-l-holberg
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‘The history of the theology of worship is riddled with examples of clergy and worship leaders who have sought to manipulate their parishioners’ anxiety in order to spur repentance and turn people toward God. Even if such ends may be desirable – at what cost’?
Brent talks with J. Michael Jordan about his new IVP book ‘Worship in an Age of Anxiety: How Churches Can Create Space for Healing’.
Rev. Dr. J. Michael Jordan is an ordained Wesleyan pastor with eleven years of pastoral ministry experience in United Methodist, American Baptist and Wesleyan churches. He currently serves as associate professor of Bible and Theology at Houghton College.
- (1:00) An age of anxiety;
- (2:10) Do pastors exploit anxiety?
- (3:20) Young people and anxiety;
- (7:00) Preaching and anxiety. Charles Finney;
- (9:00) Moody;
- (11:30) The revival pattern and church worship;
- (13:40) A healing approach to worship;
- (15:30) Church space and anxiety;
- (17:10) Church music;
- (19:55) Preaching and anxiety;
- (23:40) Baptism, communion and anxiety.
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www.amazon.com.au/dp/1514006103?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
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Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Steve Carter – Finding a Faith Strong Enough to Hold Us
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
What can trigger grief? Does your grief feel too much to bear?
Brent talks with Steve Carter about his new book from Thomas Nelson ‘Grieve, Breathe, Receive: Finding a Faith Strong Enough to Hold Us’.
Steve is a pastor, speaker, author, podcast host, and the former lead teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He hosts the Craft and Character Podcast, where he helps people get better at the art and craft of communication while ensuring their character always leads the way. An avid sports fan, Steve has co-hosted with ESPN sports anchor Samantha Ponder, NFL Player Sam Acho and Trey Burton The Home Team Podcast, which unpacks the intersection between faith, culture, sports and family.
- (1:35) Personal expressions of grief;
- (4:00) Holy Weekend;
- (8:30) Steve’s story;
- (11:45) Abuse at Willow Creek;
- (22:00) Receiving new mercies;
- (23:30) Faith and sport;
- (24:00) Steve’s podcasts.
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/www.amazon.com.au/dp/0785235612?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
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Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Cally Logan – The Wallflower that Bloomed
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Instead of resigning ourselves to a life of isolation and judgement, should we embrace the notion that we can stand proudly in our uniqueness, fully blooming into the remarkable beings that we were always meant to be?
Brent talks with Cally Logan the author of a new Bridge-Logos Publishers book called ‘The Wallflower that Bloomed: Finding Your Place at the Lunch Table of Life’.
Cally is an author and senior writer for Crosswalk. She’s been featured on shows like the ‘700 Club Initiative’ and her writing has appeared in numerous outlets including Christine Caine’s ‘Propel Women’. Cally served as a mentor to young women for several years, and enjoys challenging ladies to develop deeper relationshps with God and to live fearlessly and authentically.
- (1:20) A wallflower;
- (2:00) School lunch;
- (3.30) How can we bloom?
- (5:00) ‘Masks’;
- (6:35) Authenticity;
- (7:25) What to do about soul wounds;
- (9:15) Dealing with fear;
- (10:25) Ricky Nelson;
- (13:10) Are we our own bullies?
- (15:00) Struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts;
- (17:10) Social media;
- (20:25) Brain types;
- (24:10) Betrayal.
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www.amazon.com.au/dp/1610369955?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
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Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Gary Moon – Becoming Dallas Willard
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
‘Everyone who met Dallas Willard was impressed by his personal attention, calm confidence, wisdom, and profound sense of the spiritual. But he was not always the man who seemed to live on a different plane of reality than the rest of us’.
Brent talks with Gary Moon about the new paperback edition of his IVP biography ‘Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ Follower’.
Gary is director of the Martin Family Institute and Dallas Willard Center for Christian Spiritual Formation at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also co-director of Fuller’s doctor of ministry degree program in spiritual direction wich blends ancient Christian spirituality, Ignation spirituality and spiritual formation insights from Dallas Willard.
- (1:10) Who was Dallas Willard?
- (3:00) The early years;
- (5:00) Conversion;
- (6:00) Plato’s Republic;
- (7:15) Encountering God in a laundry!
- (8:40) Deep experiences of God;
- (12:40) Preaching;
- (15:30) ‘Swimming against the stream’;
- (22:30) ‘The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge’.
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.westmont.edu/about/institutes-and-centers/martin-institute/dallas-willard-research-center
www.ivpress.com/lifeguide-bible-studies
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Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Gayle Beebe – The Crucibles that Shape Us
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
‘We often see setbacks and disasters as events that keep us from our best life. But they’re really opportunities to grow in leadership’.
Brent talks with Gayle Beebe about his new IVP book ‘The Crucibles that Shape Us: Navigating the Defining Challenges of Leadership’.
Gayle has been president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California since 2007; previously he was president of Spring Arbor University in Michigan. He’s spent more than 3 decades in higher education and has written or edited 10 books and more than 40 articles.
- (1:05) Disasters and what they teach us;
- (6:20) Trials;
- (7:20) What is a crucible?
- (8:50) Challenges;
- (10:50) Sir Winston Churchill;
- (15:05) Human betrayal;
- (20:30) The crucible of human suffering;
- (23:30) Gayle’s greatest challenges.
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www.amazon.com.au/dp/1514008068?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
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Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Patricia Weerakoon – The Best Sex for Life
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Brent talks with Patricia Weerakoon about her ‘Growing Faith’ book ‘The Best Sex for Life’.
Patricia is a counsellor, sexologist and academic. She trained in medicine at the University of Sri Lanka and did her postgraduate study in sexology at the University of Hawaii. She taught at Sydney University where she was the director of an internationally recognised postgraduate programme in sexual health. She’s also a popular conference speaker and the author of several books.
- (1:00) What is the best sex for life?
- (3:30) Contemporary views of sex;
- (5:15) God’s plan;
- (7:00) Marriage;
- (9:30) Engagement;
- (16:00) The wedding night;
- (21:00) Pornography;
- (22:40) Sex and age.
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Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Michelle Young – The Art Spy
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
In the second part of our podcast about the movie ‘The Train’ Brent talks with Michelle Young about the art curator featured in the movie – Rose Valland.
Michelle is the author of a forthcoming book from Harper One, an imprint of Harper Collins, about the World War 2 Resistance spy. The book will be issued in May 2025 and will be called ‘The Art Spy’.
Michelle is the founder of ‘Untapped New York’ and the author of a number of books about the city. She’s professor of architecture at Columbia University GSAPP and an instructor at CUNY School of Journalism.
- (1:05) How Michelle got interested in Rose Valland and World War 2;
- (2:00) Why is Rose still so little known;
- (4:15) How accurate is the movie ‘The Train’?
- (6:15) Why did the Nazi’s want all those art treasures?
- (8:15) Why ‘degenerate’ art?
- (9:25) How did the Nazi’s use art?
- (10:10) The ERR;
- (11:55) The Jeu de Paume – Goring’s private gallery?
- (12:30) Why Rose decided to save art;
- (13:25) How did Rose spy on the Germans?
- (14:40) How many works did Rose document?
- (15:40) Rose’s interrogation by the Germans;
- (16:55) Rose suspected by French partisans;
- (18:15) The German plans for Rose;
- (18:55) The last art train to Germany. How did Rose and the resistance stop the train from leaving Paris?
- (20:50) Rose – a monuments woman?
- (22:00) The Nuremberg Trials;
- (22:20) Rose’s awards and decorations;
- (24:30) Rose’s view of ‘The Train’ adaptation.
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Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Hannah Long – The Train
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Is it ever justified to sacrifice a human life to save a work of art?
Brent is joined by Hannah Long to discuss the 1964 movie ‘The Train’ starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield.
The first part of a two part feature – the second part will drop in a couple of days! In the second part, Brent interviews author Michelle Young about Rose Valland, the World War 2 Resistance spy whose book became the basis for ‘The Train’.
Hannah is a passionate cinephile. She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘American Consequences’ and ‘The Bulwark’.
- (1:00) ‘The Train’ and John Frankenheimer;
- (2:45) The story;
- (5:40) The historical background – Rose Valland;
- (9:25) Colonel von Waldheim;
- (16:00) The Colonel’s motivation;
- (17:35) High art and evil in the movie;
- (19:25) ‘Degenerate’ art in the Third Reich;
- (21:10) The use of art and culture in the Third Reich;
- (25:00) The Colonel and evil;
- (25:40) Can it be immoral to reject beauty?
- (28:10) Sacred objects?
- (30:10) Scripture and beauty;
- (32:50) Labiche;
- (34:30) Labiche’s view of art;
- (36:00) Movement;
- (37:45) Burt Lancaster;
- (39:20) Is it ever right to sacrifice a life for the sake of a work of art?
- (41:45) The Resistance and Madame Villard;
- (43:50) Labiche’s motivation and why he breaks his rules;
- (50:20) Mephisto-like imagery;
- (52:15) The end of the movie;
- (56:40) Frankenheimer’s view of art and the final shot.
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Saturday Aug 17, 2024
Callie and Rosario Picardo – Healthy Money
Saturday Aug 17, 2024
Saturday Aug 17, 2024
What does God’s Word say about money?
Brent talks with Callie and Rosario Picardo about their new book from Invite Press called ‘Healthy Money: A 30-Day Journey Toward Spiritual, Emotional, and Financial Freedom’.
Callie has spent her career working in finance and charitable giving. She currently serves as Vice President for Development at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. In 2011 she built Deep Roots Financial Coaching, a business that helps individuals, families and churches align their finances with God’s Word.
Rosario is one of the founding pastors at Mosaic, a multicultural church in Dayton, Ohio. Rosario is a national speaker and leads a consulting grup for church planters/pastors, called Picardo Coaching LLC and he’s the author of 8 books.
- (1:15) Why a 30 day journey?
- (1:40) How can we tell our money mindset?
- (3:05) Early money memories;
- (6:25) What is a security mindset?
- (7:10) A collector’s mindset;
- (8:30) The Bible’s view of money;
- (10:30) Idolatry of money;
- (11:25) How to ‘count your blessings’;
- (12:45) Can we know what God wants us to do with our money?
- (14:20) Setting goals for our money;
- (15:45) Prosperity gospel;
- (18:00) Why its important to know what we value most;
- (21:10) Financial rest?
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.inviteresources.com/invite-press-books
www.amazon.com/Healthy-Money-Spiritual-Emotional-Financial-ebook/dp/B0CW1HR5NF
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