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  • How does Zechariah 12 speak of Jesus and the Passion Narrative?

    Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute.

    (0:25) What does chapter 12 describe?(2:25) Creation and re-creation;(3:35) The cup in v 2;(4:25) A civil war scenario?(5:20) V 3;(6:15) The nations;(6:50) V 4;(7:35) The fiery torch and blazing pot – v 6?(9:15) V 8 – the angel of the Lord;(10:40) A Davidic figure;(12:00) The 30 pieces of silver; Jesus and the Passion Narrative;(13:00) Megiddo;(13:45) Nathan and the house of Levi;(14:30) Exodus themes;(15:30) Pentecost.

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    theopolisinstitute.com

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  • How does Matthew use chapter 11 of Zechariah?

    Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States.

    (1:00) How Matthew uses chapter 11?(5:30) The Maccabean period or the period before the exile?(6:20) Verses 1-3 – the imagery;(8:15) Zechariah’s commission;(9:35) The slaughter;(9:50) V 5;(10:10) The 2 staffs;(11:15) V 8;(11:55) Jeremiah;(14:00) Verses 12-14 – the good shepherd rejected;(15:30) Why is the Lord rejected?(16:15) Ezekiel 34;(17:15) The Passion Narrative.

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  • ‘We were made by a Maker to be makers’.

    Brent talks with artist Bruce Herman about his new IVP America book ‘Makers by Nature: Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope and Art’.

    In a series of fictional letters, Bruce passes on wisdom to a younger generation. He explores a wide array of practical, philosophical, and theological issues.

    Bruce is a painter, writer and speaker. His art has been exhibited internationally and is in public and private collections worldwide. He taught studio art for nearly four decades at Gordon College, where he held the Lothlorien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts.

    (1:05) Imaginary letters to real people;(2:25) Made to be makers;(3:30) Is art outside of human control?(4:30) Surprise during the creative process;(10:10) Glorifying God in art;(11:40) Thinking about the role of the artist;(13:25) The art department at Gordon College;(15:35) Apprenticeship;(19:50) Creative failure;(22:15) What is beauty?

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    www.amazon.com/Makers-Nature-Letters-Master-Painter/dp/1514009803

    ivpress.com

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  • ‘Christians today feel more like cultural outsiders than ever before – yet many still long to help their communities flourish’.

    Brent is joined by Keith Simon one of the authors with Patrick Miller of a new Zondervan book ‘Joyful Outsiders: Six Ways to Live Like Jesus in a Disorienting Culture’.

    Keith is a lead pastor at ‘The Crossing’ and he co-hosts the podcasts ‘Ten Minute Bible Talks’ and ‘Truth over Tribe’.

    (1:30) Christians as outsiders;(3:20) Jesus as an outsider;(4:40) Accepting our calling as outsiders;(6:05) Modern Babylon;(8:20) The Babylonian operating system;(10:50) Engaging with our modern Babylon;(11:00) The trainer;(13:15) The advisor;(20:20) The artist.

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    truthovertribe.com/about

    /joyfuloutsiders.com

    www.zondervan.comeedback:

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  • How can we pursue our callings while managing our risk for burnout?

    Brent talks with Arianna Molloy about her new book from IVP called ‘Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work’.

    Arianna is associate professor of organizational communication at Biola University. Her research focuses on meaningful work, work as a calling, and the connection between humility and burnout in the workplace. She’s an award winning scholar and educator and also a consultant for organizations, business professionals, and ministries.

    (1:05) Burnout and deception;(2:00) Arianna’s personal experience;(4:30) Calling;(6:05) Burnout and calling;(7:45) Dark side of calling;(9:50) Healthy work;(11:25) Humility;(14:00) Boundaries in calling and work;(16:30) Boundary resilience;(17:30) Negative workplaces.

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    www.amazon.com/Healthy-Calling-Toxic-Burnout-Sustainable/dp/1514008408

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  • Brent talks with Britney Higgs, a dedicated advocate, Founder and CEO of HER campaign, a non-profit organization based in Billings, Montana. She has a deep passion for empowering survivors of human trafficking. Britney, along with her husband Sammy, established HER campaign in 2016 to provide aftercare programs and support for survivors in their journey from recovery to economic independence.

    (0:55) How Britney’s work started;(3:00) What is human trafficking and how does it work?((4:50) How do people become trafficked people?(8:10) Living conditions?(9:25) Trauma;(10:40) HER campaign;(13:15) Continuum of care model;(15:25) Stories;(20:25) Next steps.

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    hercampaign.org

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  • What is conservatism? What is Christian humanism?

    Brent continues his discussion with Graham McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul about their Notre Dame Press book called ‘The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition’.

    Graham is professor of philosophy at Loyola University in Maryland and the author of a number of books including ‘Tolkien, Philosopher of War’.

    Alexander is lecturer at John Hopkins University’s Center for Advanced Governmental Studies and director of the Petrarch Center.

    (0:45) Establishment;(5:40) Liberty of the individual;(9:20) Liberalism and liberty;(11:50) Vitalism;(15:40) The Dionysian;(20:00) Christian humanism – a defense of the West?

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  • What is conservatism? What is Christian humanism?

    Brent is joined by Graham McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul for the first part of a discussion about their new Notre Dame Press book ‘The Wisdom of our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition’.

    Graham is professor of philosophy at Loyola University in Maryland and the author of a number of books including ‘Tolkien, Philosopher of War’.

    Alexander is lecturer at John Hopkins University’s Center for Advanced Governmental Studies and director of the Petrarch Center.

    (0:50) Conservatism in the 21st century;(3:20) Liberalism;(5:20) Nationalism;(6:40) The modern West and identity;(9:50) What is Christian humanism?(14:15) Christian humanism as a guardian of Western civilization?

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  • ‘Churches are called to care for the vulnerable, but churches have not always led the way in becoming places safe from abuse’.

    Brent is joined by Taylor Patterson, one of the authors together with Lisa Compton of a new IVP book called ‘Skills for Safeguarding: A Guide to Preventing Abuse and Fostering Healing in the Church’.

    Taylor is a licensed professional counselor specializing in trauma, including survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. She has presented at local and national conferences and is published in peer-reviewed journals.

    (1:10) How are we all called to be safeguards?(2:00) What is safeguarding?(3:10) Why is abuse so prevalent?(7:35) Pastors and power;(8:50) Spiritual abuse;(10:15) How abusive systems work;(12:00) Church communities and abuse;(13:00) The abuse crisis;(14:30) Safe ministry;(16:15) Trauma symptoms;(20:15) Protecting older adults;(21:25) Self care.

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    ivpress.com

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  • Who was artist Georges Rouault? In what sense was he a prophet in the darkness?

    Many consider Georges Rouault to be one of the most important painters of the last few centuries, yet both the secular world and the church have struggled to engage with his work which is profoundly shaped by his Christian faith.

    Brent talks with Wesley Vander Lugt who is the editor of a new book with IVP America ‘A Prophet in the Darkness: Exploring Theology in the Art of Georges Rousault’.

    In this volume, a group of theologians, artists, and historians seek to bring Rouault out of the shadows. Wesley is adjunct professor of theology and acting director of the Leighton Ford Initiative for Theology, the Arts, and Gospel Witness at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte.

    (1:10) Who was Rouault?(1:46) A prophet in the darkness;(5:00) Influences;(7:40) Beliefs about humanity;(9:15) Identification with the poor;(11:05) Bloy;(12:20) ‘The Miserere’;(14:00) The two world wars;(15:55) Relationship with the church;(22:10) The contributers.

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    www.wesleyvanderlugt.com

    /www.amazon.com/Prophet-Darkness-Exploring-Theology-Georges/dp/1514011050

    /www.wikiart.org/en/georges-rouault

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  • Joshua Farris joins Brent to discuss a recent article with ‘American Reformer’ called ‘Stop Praying for Revival (At Least the Way We Used To’).

    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.

    (0:50) Why stop praying for revival (at least the way we used to…)?(3:20) Christian involvement in politics and social life;(8:30) Idolizing political power?(13:00) Natural law and why the church has neglected it;(19:30) Natural law and ethics in public life;(22:30) The early church and politics. How did the early church transform society?

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    americanreformer.org/2024/11/stop-praying-for-revival-at-least-the-way-were-used-to/

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  • Why did God allow such pain and trauma in my life? What good could possibly come from it? Will I ever get free?

    ‘When Karen Sjoblom relocated to her Midwest birthplace after her daughter left for college, she anticipated exciting possibilities in her newly empty nested stage. Instead she found herself on an unexpected pilgrimage through past trauma and rigid generational expectations’.

    Karen is an award winning author, freelance writer, and editor and she’s had a nearly 40 year career in healthcare, science, education, high tech and nonprofit communications. She also co-founded and ran for 9 years Eve’s Daughters, a nonprofit for single mums and their kids outside of Portland, Oregon.

    (1:30) Moving back to the midwest;(2:00) The Exodus;(3:10) The 5 narratives of the book;(5:40) Returning to the past;(7:10) Finding God;(8:10) Karen’s mother;(11:55) God and waiting;(12:20) Karen’s Dad;(14:30) Living and dealing with anger;(16:40) Learning to trust God;(17:40) Answered prayer;(21:00) Regaining the lost years.

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    www.amazon.com/Gone-Good-Lessons-Midlife-Exodus/dp/B0CVNNPPBZ

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  • How and why is the Lord Jesus Christ beautiful? In what ways is God beauty itself?

    Brent talks with Samuel Parkison about his new Christian Focus book called ‘The Unvarnished Jesus: The Beauty of Christ and his Ugly Rivals’.

    Samuel is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He’s the author of several books.

    (0:47) The beauty of Christ;(6:00) God as beauty;(9:00) What we learn from the Incarnation;(11:00) Jesus and atonement;(16:00) Substitutionary atonement;(18:00) How the Resurrection demonstrates the beauty of Christ;(22:00) How the beauty of Christ transforms the world;(25:35) The ugly rivals.

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    www.christianfocus.com/products/3207/the-unvarnished-jesus/info-sheet

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  • Brent is joined by philosophers Bernardo Kastrup and Joshua Farris to talk about Near Death Experiences.

    Bernardo is a philosopher and computer scientist best known for his work in the field of consciousness studies particularly his development of analytic idealism. He’s written several books and papers arguing against physicalism and proposing that consciousness is the fundamental aspect of reality. He’s the executive director of Essential Foundation.

    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 and he too has an interest in consciousness.

    (1:20) Analytic idealism;(2:50) A grand unified Mind?(3:35) Individuals;(5:00) Freedom of choice;(6:30) Death;(8:00) Joshua’s response;(14:30) Bernardo’s response;(18:00) NDE’s

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    www.bernardokastrup.com

    catalogue.missional.university/graduate/person/933

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  • In 2014 aerial photography revealed a submerged structure beneath the water of Lake Iznik, near the ancient city of Nicaea. Was it the location of the First Council of Nicaea?

    Brent talks with Mark Fairchild about his new book from IVP ‘The Underwater Basilica of Nicaea: Archaeology in the Birthplace of Christian Theology’.

    Mark was professor of Bible and Religion at Huntingdon University. He spent over 20 years doing research in ancient Anatolia and worked with Mustafa Sahin to direct the excavation of the submerged Basilica.

    (1:10) Nicaea;(3:00) The discovery of the Basilica;(5:25) Mark’s involvement;(6:40) The 3 major theories;(10:05) The evidence;(15:10) The legacy of Nicaea.

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    /www.biblicalarchaeology.org/scholar/mark-fairchild/

    www.amazon.com/Underwater-Basilica-Nicaea-Archaeology-Birthplace/dp/1514010674

    ivpress.com

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  • What is a person? Where did the idea of personhood come from?

    Brent talks with Joshua Farris about his recent articles on personhood on De Gruyter.

    (0:50) Where did the idea of a person come from?(4:15) Boethius and personhood;(7:15) The Reformation and personhood. Calvin;(11:05) Modern Europe and the States;(13:45) Descartes and the person;(16:40) Jonathan Edwards and the person;(19:05) The idea of persons in the modern West.

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    www.degruyter.com/database/EBR/entry/key_56fb87e7-b85b-4bb7-b4ec-53d6e45d5382/html

    soulscienceministries.com

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  • Do you feel as though you’re in a valley of dry bones?

    Brent talks with Dr. Patricia Boyce, the author of a new book from Renown Publishing called ‘Light for the Journey Through Dry Bone Valley: How Points of Connection in You, Your Relationships, and Your Community Can Reinvigorate Your Life’.

    Patricia is a licensed professional counselor of Mental Health in Delaware and Maryland. She’s Nationally Certified, with a master’s degree in counseling and a doctorate in psychology. She’s been in private practice since 2003 having previously worked in the private and government sectors. In 2003, she received the Presidential Leadership Award.

    (1:00) Dry Bone Valley;(2:30) Patricia’s experience;(4:15) A lack of trust;(5:45) Negative emotions and the church;(7:00) Anxiety and stress;(9:40) Training our brain;(12:00) Breathing;(14:00) Depression;(16:00) Our inner child;(17:50) Attachment styles;(19:20) The empty chair technique;(20:30) Emotional resilience.

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    www.amazon.com.au/Light-Journey-Through-Bone-Valley-ebook/dp/B0CJS1MRVH

    drpatsytransformingconnections.squarespace.com

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  • Brent talks with Jennifer Holberg about John Donne and his holy sonnet ‘Batter my heart, three-person'd God’.

    How does Donne describe God at work with his soul?

    Jennifer is professor and chair of the English Department at Calvin University in the States and co-director of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing. She’s also the author of the book ‘Nourishing Narratives’.

    (1:40) Who was John Donne?(4:00) The Holy Sonnets;(6:55) A crisis of faith?(11:30) Lines 1 and 2;(13:10) Lines 3 and 4. More violent imagery;(17:30) Lines 5 and 6;(20:20) The marriage metaphor in lines 9-11.

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    calvin.edu/people/jennifer-l-holberg

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  • How are Exodus themes prominent in Zechariah 10?

    Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States.

    (0:25) The oracle;(1:10) More Exodus material;(3:45) V 2;(5:10) Sheep and shepherd imagery;(7:30) The Seleucids;(8:00) V 4 – the cornerstone?(8:55) Verses 10 and 11 – a return from exile;(11:40) V 10 – Gilead and Lebanon;(12:10) Strength and strengthening.

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    /theopolisinstitute.com

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  • 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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