Episodes
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Empires: Assyria with Terry Feix
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
The Assyrian Empire was the first world empire. Founded in the small town of Ashur on the Tigris, the Assyrian kingdom would eventually engulf much of the known world until it vanished nearly overnight. The kings of Assyria play leading roles in the Bible and the northern kingdom of Israel falls to Sennacherib in 722 BC. In this episode, Terry and Cole discuss the empire and what the Bible has to say about the Assyrians.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Christians in a Post-Christian World with Terry Feix
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
What opportunities does the post-Christian world hold for Christians? Glen Scrivener's book The Air We Breathe sorts through the Christian values that pervade our post-Christian world and discusses opportunities for Christians to reconnect people to the person of Jesus Christ.
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
How Christian Is Our World? With Terry Feix
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Tom Holland's book Dominion has sparked a wave of books, articles, and interviews about the Christian foundations of the West. Though fewer people might call themselves Christians, their worldviews are still saturated with Christianity. In this episode, Cole and Terry discuss the Christian foundations of the West and the glimpses of that worldview still shining through today.
Friday Jan 26, 2024
How 1776 Created the Post-Christian World with Terry Feix
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
1776 was a formative year for the West, in fact, Andrew Wilson argues in his new book Remaking the World that it is an origin point for so much of the world as we experience it today. In this episode, Cole and Terry discuss the book and the making of the post-Christian world we live in in the West.
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
The Problem of Evil, Part 2 with Terry Feix
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
How can a good God allow evil? Or, since God created everything, is he responsible for evil? In this final episode on common objections to Christianity, Cole and Terry discuss responses to the problem of evil.
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
The Best Books of 2023!
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Here are our best books for 2023:
Terry's Top 5
Dynasty - Tom Holland
Finding Calcutta - Mary Poplin
Scalia - James Rosen
The Matter with Things - Iain McGilchrist
Leadership Not by the Book - David Green and Bill High
Cole's Top 5
Timothy Keller - Collin Hansen
Remaking the World - Andrew Wilson
Dominion - Tom Holland
The Pastor of Kilsyth - Islay Burns
The Fellowship - Philip and Carol Zeleski
Friday Dec 15, 2023
The Music of Christmas with Dr. Kim Arnold
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Christmas is unique among the holidays for so many reasons, above all the music. Christmas music fills the season and our hearts as we prepare to celebrate the Savior. In this episode, Dr. Kim Arnold talks about hymns, Christmas music, and compiling the songs for the new So We Speak advent booklet.
Get the new Advent booklet here.
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Objections: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? With Terry Feix
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
One of the most common objections to Christianity is called the problem of evil. Why does God allow evil? Why do bad things happen to good people? How can we explain the existence of a good and all-powerful God with evil in the world? In this episode and the next, Cole and Terry discuss the problem of evil and ways Christians have responded to this difficult objection.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Objections: Contradictions in the Bible
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
How can we trust the Bible with all the contradictions? So the objection goes. In this episode, Cole and Terry break this objection down into three pieces; textual errors, factual contradictions, and factual errors. They discuss different approaches to reading the Bible and work through some specific objections.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Exciting News and Giving Tuesday!
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
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