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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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16 minutes ago
16 minutes ago
Is Jesus our greater Alexander the Great?
Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States about Zechariah 9.
- (0:30) Chapter 9 and a new section;
- (1:50) Chapter 1-8 and 9-14;
- (3:00) Alexander the Great;
- (6:10) Exodus themes;
- (7:30) Cities conquered by Alexander;
- (8:30) Tyre and Sidon;
- (10:30) V 9 – Jesus and Alexander the Great;
- (14:00) V 9 and 10 – Genesis 49 and Psalm 72;
- (16:50) Joseph in v 11?
- (17:20) Verses 11-13 – Antiochus IV and the Maccabean Revolt?
- (19:20) Verses 14-17 and the wine and blood imagery;
- (20:00) Verse 15;
- (21:00) The gospels and this chapter.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
How can Christians live as citizens of God’s kingdom while also fulfilling their responsibilities as citizens of political communities?
Brent talks with David Koyzis about his new IVP book ‘Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement’.
David is affiliated with Global Scholars Canada and is engaged in an international academic ministry of writing, researching, lecturing and conversing with readers of his books. He taught undergraduate political science for thirty years.
- (1:05) What is citizenship?
- (4:20) What citizenship involves;
- (6:00) The local community;
- (7:00) Social media;
- (9:00) How we exercise citizenship in less than ideal circumstances;
- (11:00) Citizens of 2 kingdoms;
- (12:30) Civil disobedience?
- (14:20) Voting;
- (16:10) Progressives and conservatives;
- (18:55) Christian political parties;
- (20:55) Societal pluriformity;
- (22:40) Global citizens?
- (26:30) The church and society.
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www.amazon.com/Citizenship-Without-Illusions-Christian-Engagement/dp/1514008629
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Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Why are there so many translations of the Bible?
Brent talks with Tim Wildsmith about his new Zondervan book ‘Bible Translations for Everyone: A Guide to Finding a Bible That’s Right For You’.
Tim is an ordained pastor and writer who is best known as the creator of a multi-platform online ministry designed to help people find a Bible that’s right for them. Tim earned a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary and he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford’s Wycliffe Hall. He currently serves as one of the campus ministers at Belmont University, the largest ecumenical Christian college in the States.
- (0:55) Why so many translations of the Bible?
- (1:55) Difference in translations;
- (3:10) How far back do Old Testament manuscripts go?
- (5:40) The textual basis for our New Testament. Textus Receptus;
- (8:50) Different translation philosophies;
- (11:00) Wycliffe and Tyndale;
- (11:20) How did the KJV come about?
- (13:40) The RV and ASV;
- (19:30) The NASB;
- (21:00) The NIV:
- (22:40) The ESV;
- (25:30) Finding a translation.
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www.amazon.com/Bible-Translations-Everyone-Guide-Finding/dp/0310131200
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Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Why is the soul so important in the Christian tradition? Why is it important that we are embodied beings?
Brent talks with Joshua Farris about a recent article he’s published with the University of St. Andrews called ‘Substance Dualist Theological Anthropology’.
Joshua is an ordained priest with the Diocese of Kagera and ACMI and a Canon Theologian on Missio Mosaic. He’s the director and founder of Soul Science Ministries and Spiritually Driven Leadership.
- (1:00) Substance dualism and theological anthropology. What are they?
- (2:10) The background of TA;
- (4:50) The soul in Christian tradition;
- (8:40) The importance of being embodied beings;
- (10:30) The Imago Dei in Scripture;
- (14:45) Iranaeus and Augustine and the Imago Dei;
- (16:50) The role of science in our humanity;
- (19:30) Science and the soul;
- (20:55) NDE’s;
- (21:50) Why TA matters?
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/SubstanceDualistTheologicalAnthropology
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Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
What constitutes a happy life and how do young people find it?
Brent talks with Anna Moreland and Thomas Smith about their new book from Catholic University of America Press called ‘The Young Adult Playbook: Living Like It Matters’.
Anna is the Anna Quinn Welsh Endowed Chair of the University Honors Program and Professor in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University.
Thomas is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the Catholic University of America as well as an Ordinary Professor in the Department of Politics.
- (1:00) Feeling ‘stuck’ in the 20’s;
- (2:45) How do you shape a life?
- (4:20) The 20’s the critical period of adult development;
- (6:00) Is the current College environment restricting students?
- (7:40) How do we find meaningful work?
- (9:20) What’s the purpose of work?
- (10:31) Do students have free time?
- (12:30) Social media impact;
- (14:30) Friendship;
- (16:30) Gen Z and relationships;
- (21:00) Other projects.
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.theyoungadultplaybook.com
www.amazon.com.au/dp/0813239206?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
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Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
What was the influence of nineteenth century Romanticism on C.S. Lewis?
Brent talks with Jeffrey Barbeau about his new book from IVP America called ‘The Last Romantic – C.S. Lewis, English Literature and Modern Theology’.
Jeffrey is professor of theology at Wheaton College. A theologian, literary critic, and historian, he is the author of numerous monographs, anthologies and edited books.
- (0:45) What changed Jeffrey’s view of Lewis?
- (2:35) Lewis’s marginalia;
- (4:00) The role of the subjective in Lewis;
- (4:50) ‘Mere Christianity’ and personal experience;
- (6:10) Theologians and philosophers who inspired Lewis;
- (7:55) Lewis – the last Romantic? How British Romanticism affected him;
- (9:55) Lewis’s spiritual autobiography and the Romantics;
- (11:00) Lewis and Methodism;
- (12:35) Coleridge and Lewis’s conversion;
- (14:45) Lewis and Nature;
- (16:20) Romantic dream states;
- (18:30) ‘Transposition’ and Coleridge;
- (19:15) Lewis and symbol. The wardrobe!
- (22:30) A new Lewis poem.
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Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Current burial practices in Western society are archaic and impersonal.
Brent talks with Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke about their new IVP book ‘Lay Me in God’s Good Earth: A Christian Approach to Death and Burial’.
Kent is professor of systematic theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri Beth is the retired director of the Graduate School at Concordia Seminary and an adjunct instructor at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri.
- (1:00) Why natural burial is important;
- (2:05) Burial and the resurrection;
- (4:35) What is natural burial?
- (8:40) Burial on private land;
- (9:30) Cremation in the West;
- (12:55) The cost of a natural burial;
- (15:55) Hospice care;
- (20:20) How does the healthcare system control death?
- (23:45) Talking to the family.
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/www.amazon.com/Lay-Gods-Good-Earth-Christian/dp/1514007606
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Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
‘Author Keith Dixon spent years researching Paul’s life in the first-century Jewish world. He came to the conclusion that far from the untouchable images of heaven gazing saints, the apostle Paul ruthlessly focused on his earthly duty to build God’s church’.
Brent talks with Keith Dixon about his new Liberty Hill book ‘Paul’s Journal’.
Keith graduated from Hillsdale College with a degree in History before finishing law school and becoming in house counsel for a small engineering firm. He never expected to write this book, so Paul’s Journal sat in a computer file for the better part of a decade before Keith finally finished the manuscript.
- (0:55) Why Keith never expected to write the book;
- (2:15) The book ‘process’;
- (5:50) Extra biblical material;
- (6:15) How historical fiction can bring history alive;
- (7:35) Paul real but not always likeable?
- (11:45) Finding an ‘authentic’ voice for Paul;
- (14:45) Paul dealing with the Corinthians;
- (17:00) Some of the issues Paul was grappling with;
- (17:50) The end of Paul’s life.
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
What is God’s will for our lives?
Brent talks to Trevor Hudson about his new NavPress book ‘In Search of God’s Will: Discerning a Life of Faithfulness and Purpose’.
Trevor is an ordained minister in the Methodist Church of South Africa. After spending 40 years doing pastoral ministry in a local congregation, he now gives his time to lecturing, teaching, and writing in the areas of spiritual formation and spiritual direction.
- (1:00) What should I do with my life?
- (2:00) Trevor’s experience;
- (3:28) What is discernment?
- (4:15) The Bible and discernment;
- (7:15) Surrendering our lives to God;
- (8:55) Listening to God;
- (10:00) ‘Praying’ the Scriptures;
- (13:20) How God communicates with us;
- (15:40) Spiritual consolations and desolations;
- (21:10) Discerning our gifts;
- (24:20) What are sacred conversations?
Links mentioned in this episode:
renovare.org/people/trevor-hudson/bio
www.amazon.com/Search-Gods-Will-Discerning-Faithfulness/dp/1641587636
/www.navigators.org/ministry/navpress/
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Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Why is an orthodox view of the Trinity so foundational to the Christian faith?
Brent talks with Samuel Parkison about his B and H book (co-authored with Matthew Barrett, Ronni Kurtz and Joseph Lanier) called ‘Proclaiming the Triune God: The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Life of the Church’.
Samuel is Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He’s the author of several books.
- (1:00) Why an orthodox view of the Trinity is so central to the Christian faith;
- (3:20) How God reveals Himself as Trinity in Scripture;
- (6:40) Why the 4th century was so important in the development of our understanding of the Trinity;
- (10:20) The eternal subordination of the Son not scriptural;
- (19:10) Jesus begotten but not made by the Father.
- (24:25) Who is the Holy Spirit?
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.amazon.com/Proclaiming-Triune-God-Doctrine-Trinity/dp/1087785162
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