To consider in this episode: How was the world made? How does Satan try to be God? Does this apply to us, as well? Why did God put the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=29779538
Category: Q&A
Podcast: Student Questions–Nature of God and Free Will
Some of the questions we consider in this episode are: If you are all-powerful, can you do whatever you want? Does God have a free will? When people think they have free will, what are they not taking into account? Is religion a choice people are free to make? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=29737023
Podcast: Student Questions–Like God, but not God
Did God set us up to fail in the way He created us? In this episode, different worldviews are mentioned. You can find out more info about the Red Pyramid worldview here, and the Green Arc worldview here. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=29674308
Podcast: Student questions–problem of evil, pt. 2
How can this be the best of all possible worlds? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=29621688
Podcast: Student Questions–The Problem of Evil, pt. 1
People often ask, "If there is a God, and He is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-good, why is there evil and suffering in the world?" The answer often given is unsatisfying and unhelpful. What are other ways that we can consider an answer to this question that defends the idea of an all-good, all-powerful God? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=29575688
Podcast: Student Questions–Divine Pronouns and Prayer
This episode addresses two student questions: Should we capitalize pronouns that refer to God? Why is this done inconsistently? What is the exegete's prayer? What is an exegete? https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=29525928
Podcast: Feeling inadequate
I’m beginning a new series of podcast episodes to work through 200+ questions/issues that have been raised in the Biblical interpretation and Core Theology classes that I’m teaching. This first episode is a question about feeling inadequate. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=29368448
NT Q/A: Keeping miracles a secret?
Question: In Matthew 9:27-31, why did Jesus tell the two blind men whom He had healed not to tell anyone? Why would He not want the two men to go and share this? He had already preached the Sermon on the Mount and had already performed life-changing miracles in front of crowds. This must mean that He … Continue reading NT Q/A: Keeping miracles a secret?
Q&A: Jesus’ disciples
Question: I was once taught that Jesus calling his 'primary' disciples was an activity begun in the latter half of his first year of ministry and completed in his early second year of ministry. When do you understand Jesus calling his 'primary' disciples? Answer: Comparing the four Gospels we know that: Those who were called … Continue reading Q&A: Jesus’ disciples
Q&A: Honesty about Dependence
Someone recently asked me this question about my translation of the Greek pistis/eo (commonly translated as faith, belief, trust) as “honesty about dependence”. Question: Does the phrase “honesty about dependence” weigh the concept of faith toward the verb? Should “faith” not also hold the noun, as God’s gift? Answer: There is more to pistis/eo than can be … Continue reading Q&A: Honesty about Dependence