How should we be sharing the good news with others? What does it really mean? The way most people experience the good news message in their encounters with Christianity doesn't sound like good news at all. How can we begin conversations in a compelling and grace-filled way that reflects the actual good news of the … Continue reading Podcast: What is the actual good news?
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Podcast: God has already saved you. Now what?
God has already saved everyone from before creation. Like a mother’s womb and the atmosphere of our world that provides our life – this is the context we are conceived in. Thus life and salvation isn’t something you get yourself into, but something you grow in awareness of, realizing the reality surrounding you. This is … Continue reading Podcast: God has already saved you. Now what?
Podcast: God Provides
What is the connection between the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of religion as a means of obtaining that happiness? How about the brief and vulnerable nature of materialistic happiness, the burden of saving oneself as counterproductive in the pursuit of happiness? Contrast all that with a religion where all depends on God. God … Continue reading Podcast: God Provides
Podcast: What is religion?
Religion, to most people, means a system of thinking and practices; most think of one of theworld religions. For our conversation, “religion” means “what governs.” Everyone does something religiously, and what governs a person can be known with accuracy, in contrast to what a person may say they believe. How many religions are there? There … Continue reading Podcast: What is religion?
Podcast: What about happiness?
As the next point of consideration for Next Generation Theology, let's consider happiness. It's something that everyone desires. What is the difference between joy and happiness? How about biblical happiness versus that which comes from human invention? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=25552164
Podcast: Intro to Next Generation Theology
Young people from mid-40s to teens have abandoned traditional religion in general and what they assume is Christianity in particular. Their world and language has changed so dramatically that traditional ways of communicating no longer work. Is the truth and grace of God of such a nature that it can be communicated to the younger … Continue reading Podcast: Intro to Next Generation Theology
Podcast: Gen. in Hebrews
Everything in the Bible and human history is a result of what is recorded in Genesis 1--3. Biblical history points to and then flows from the fulfillment of God’s promises of a Savior, evident in the Gospels that record the life of Jesus, the incarnate Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit of the … Continue reading Podcast: Gen. in Hebrews
Podcast: Gen. 49:1-33
Jacob’s last words to his other sons are a reflection on each son’s history and character. We might also find it interesting to remember Jacob’s words about each son as we read their history in the rest of the Old Testament. Notice how much more time Jacob spends on Judah, from whom the promised Savior … Continue reading Podcast: Gen. 49:1-33
Podcast: Gen. 48:1-22
Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons, reversing birth order against Joseph’s complaint, impressing us again with the contrast between the less significant formalities of physical life and the truly significant substantiveness of the life that God works in us by means of His promises. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=25129941
Podcast: Gen. 47
The famine continues and Joseph’s wise service to Pharaoh is impressive. Over the years, the people spend their money, livestock, lands, and then their own lives for bread; thus they are impoverished and Pharaoh is enriched. Still, Joseph lets the people live in their homes and on their lands and keep four-fifths of what they … Continue reading Podcast: Gen. 47