Episode 171 - Doing Difficult Things

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Scripture Referenced

  • John 14:15

  • 1 John 5:3

  • Romans 8

  • Matthew 7:12-14

  • Genesis 12:1-3

  • 1 Peter 3:9

  • Philippians 2:1-4

  • 1 Corinthians 13

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17, 18

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Episode 170 - Strength and Courage

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Scripture Referenced

  • Numbers 13:30-32; Numbers 14:6-9

  • Joshua 21:43-45

  • Joshua 1:1-9

Resources Referenced

  • Hill and Walton, “Joshua” A Survey of the Old Testament, 217

  • The Gate of the Year a selection from a Poem Called "God Knows" by Minnie Haskins.

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:"Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown". And he replied: "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way". So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.And He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.

Episode 169 - Successes and Setbacks with Kids

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Scripture Referenced

  • Isaiah 46:8-1

  • Proverbs 21:31

  • Romans 8:28

  • Psalms 103:1-5; 136:1; 144:15

  • James 1:2-4

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Books Referenced

"Overwhelmingly, the evidence showed that those who accomplished great things generally combined passion with perseverance."

"Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.”

Episode 168 - Curiosity Grows the Kids

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[7] You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Deuteronomy 6:7

[29] “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29

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Episode 167 - Free Guy, Simulationism and Living in the Matrix

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Philosophical Concepts

Scriptures Referenced

  • Creation - Genesis 1, 2

  • Glitch - Genesis 3

  • GameWorld/History - Isaiah 46:8-11

  • God enters the game - John 1

  • Makes a bunch of NPC's alive - John 3:5-8, Colossians 2:13-15

  • Gives us a knowledge of what's true and good and really going on - Ephesians 1:7-12

Episode 166 - Life, Storms, and Firm Foundations

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Scripture Referenced

  • Matthew 7:24-27

  • Psalm 69:1-3, 14-16

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

  • Psalm 124 (quoted without reference)

  • Psalm 29:10,11

Books Referenced

  • For Augustine's reflections on the Summon Bonum see On the Moral Teaching of the Catholic Church, On the Nature of the Good, Book 19, The City of God

  • The phrase Beauty and Barbed Wire can be found in John Lennox, Where is God in a Coronavirus World?

Episode 165 - My Guy, AI

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Episode 164 - Aliens, Man

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Scripture Referenced

  • Genesis 1;

  • Psalm 19

  • John 1:1, 14

  • Philippians 2

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Episode 162 - Christianity and the Environment

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Scriptures Referenced

  • The universe and the Earth are created by God. Creation implies ownership. (Psalm 24:1,2)

  • We are called to care and cultivate the world as God created and placed humanity in dominion over creation. (Genesis 1, 2)

  • The creation is a gift and kindness from God to us. The earth provides for our needs for food, air, water, and shelter. (Genesis 9:3; Acts 14:15-17)

  • We should work and employ creation for human flourishing, multiplication, and honoring God. (Genesis 1, 3, Genesis 9:7)

Books Referenced

  • Norman Geisler, Christian Ethics, Options and Issues

  • Wendell Berry, The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

  • Christopher Camuto, Hunting from Home: A Year Afield in the Blue Ridge Mountains 

  • TM Moore, Consider the Lillies, A Plea for Creational Theology

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Episode 161 - Is Christianity Racist?

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Scripture Referenced

  • Genesis 1; Genesis 9; Deuteronomy 24; Psalm 8;

  • Matthew 5:21-26; Luke 6:27-31; Ephesians 2; Revelation 7; James 2; Galatians 3:23-29

Books Referenced

  • Demon Unrest by Erik Larson

  • Six Frigaites by Ian Toll

  • Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley

  • How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind by Thomas Oden

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Episode 158 - Cultural Apologetics and Fault Lines

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Scripture Referenced

  • 1 Peter 3:15;

  • Colossians 4:2-6;

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Episode 157 - The Trustworthy Word - Part 2

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Reviewish - Dune Part 2

Scripture References

Fulfillment of Messianic Prophecies

  1. Human Race – Born of Woman, Genesis 3:15

  2. Ethnic Group – Abraham, Genesis 12:3

  3. Tribe – Judah, Genesis 49:10

  4. Dynasty – David, 2 Samuel 7:12

  5. Manner of Birth – Virgin, Isaiah 7:14

  6. Birthplace – Bethlehem, Micah 5:2

  7. When he would die – Approx AD 33, Daniel 9:24

  8. Way he would die – Isaiah 53

Psalm 19:7–11

[7] The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; [8] the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; [9] the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. [10] More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.[11] Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. (ESV)

2 Timothy 3:14–17

[14] But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it [15] and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. [16] All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, [17] that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (ESV)

Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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Episode 156 - The Trustworthy Word - Part 1

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Scripture Referenced

  • Exodus 24:1-4

  • Jeremiah 30:1,2

  • 2 Timothy 3:16, 17

  • 2 Peter 1:19-21

  • Exodus 20:16, Psalm 15:2

  • Ephesians 4:25, Revelation 22:15

Books Referenced

  • Scaling the Secular City by JP Moreland,

  • Jesus and the Eyewitnesses : The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham

Reviewish

  • The Deep Learning Revolution by Terrence J. Sejnowski

Episode 155 - We Need Jesus - Religious Pluralism and the Gospel

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Scripture Referenced

Daniel 2:47; Genesis 1-3; Acts 17; Psalm 19; Romans 1-2; Matthew 5:45

What the Bible teaches about Human Salvation

  • Not Every from Every - The Bible does not teach that every  person from every nation will be rescued from sin, death, and hell. 

  • Not all from Some - Nor does God favor any group of people in that all from only some nations will be saved.

  • Some from Every - The Scriptures are clear that there will be some from every people, tribe, and language in the Kingdom of heaven (Revelation 7:9-12). In a unique way, Jesus' message was as open as can be imagined, yet only some respond. His open call is clear:

The Call of Jesus

The Deity of Jesus Christ

  • He claimed to forgive sin, only what God could do (Mark 2:1-12)

  • He claimed to be the divine "Son of Man" (Daniel 7:13, 14; Mark 13:24-27)

  • He claimed to exist before Abraham was born as the "I AM" - the unique name of God in the Old Testament (John 8:48-59)

  • He claimed that he was "one" with the Father (John 10)

  • He claimed that if you saw him, you saw the Father (John 14)

  • He was called "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" superseding the grandeur and authority of all earthly kings and rulers (Philippians 2:9-11; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Revelation 9:11-16)

Books Referenced

  • Huston Smith and Huston Smith, The World's Religions : Our Great Wisdom Traditions (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991, 378.

  • Jean Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, trans. Henry Beveridge (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, 1997), I, xi, 8.

  • John Hick, Dennis L. Okholm, and Timothy R. Phillips, More Than One Way? : Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Pub. House, 1995), 47-51.

  • The Blind Men and the Elephant is a very old Indian folk tale.  John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) wrote a poem based on the story which you can read at John Godfrey Saxe, WordInfo, accessed 1/30/2018, 2018. http://www.wordinfo.info/Blind-Men-and-Elephant-crop.html

  • James W. Sire, Naming the Elephant : Worldview as a Concept, Second edition. ed. (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2015)

  • Robert M. Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski, Putting Jesus in His Place : The Case for the Deity of Christ (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2007)

Episode 154 - Answers - The Resurrection - Part 2

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Scriptures Referenced

  • Matthew 27:62–66

  • Mark 15:42-47

  • Acts 17:31

  • 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

Links Referenced

Works Referenced

  • John Stott, Basic Christianity

  • William Lane Craig in Copan and Tacelli, Jesus’ Resurrection , Fact or Figment—A Debate Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Lüdemann (Downers Grover, Intervarsity Press, 2000)

  • Gary Habermas and Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004).

  • NT Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God, (Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2003)

Episode 153 - Answers - The Resurrection Part 1

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Scriptures Referenced:

  • 1 Corinthians 15:1-3, 17

  • Mark 15, 16; Luke 24; Matthew 28; John 20-21; Acts 1

Works Used

  • William Lane Craig in Copan and Tacelli, Jesus’ Resurrection , Fact or Figment—A Debate Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Lüdemann (Downers Grover, Intervarsity Press, 2000)

  • Gary Habermas and Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004)

  • NT Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God, (Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2003) 686.