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‘Sherry Hoppen, active church attendee, devoted wife and mother, and ministry worker, unveils the raw and unvarnished truth of her decade long battle with alcoholism – a secret that consumed her life, faith, and family. In a moment of desperation, she embarked on a thousand mile bike hike from Michigan to Texas, a grueling challenge that she hoped would mark the start of her journey toward sobriety. And it did – but it was only just beginning’.
Brent talks with Sherry about her new Redemption Press book ‘Sober Cycle: Pedalling Through Recovery One Day at a Time’.
Sherry has worked in various areas of a pregnancy care ministry for over 10 years. She launched She Surrenders in 2016, a ministry designed to encourage freedom from addiction with biblical truths, a deepening relationship with the Lord and the fellowship found in a healing community.
(1:20) Why the bike hike?(4:00) How the drinking became a problem;(6:30) Alcohol addiction and Christian women;(9:20) The first bike journey;(15:40) More Rides for Life;(17:00) Family bereavement;(19:30) Freedom from alcoholism;(22:15) She Surrenders.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.shesurrenders.com
www.amazon.com/Sober-Cycle-Pedaling-Through-Recovery/dp/1563094290
redemption-press.com
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Can we KNOW God is real?
Brent talks with Roy Clouser about his forthcoming book ‘Can We KNOW God Is Real? – the Nature of Religious Belief’.
Roy is Professor Emeritus of the College of New Jersey. He’s served as professor of philosophy, religion and logic at the College since 1968. He also serves (among other things) as the resident philosopher of Christian Leaders Institute.
(1:20) The aim of the book;(3:30) The nature of religious belief;(8:00) How widespread was a belief in the divine through the centuries?(10:00) How did the ancient Greeks and Romans think of God or gods?(13:00) The divine and the major world religions;(15:40) The Christian view of God;(17:40) The term ‘faith’ in the New Testament;(19:40) Belief in God in the New Testament;(21:45) Self evidence and philosophy;(29:15) How do we present the gospel to those who don’t believe?Links mentioned in this episode:
www.royclouser.com
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‘We are in the business of seeing others, seeing them the way God sees them, and letting them know they have value’.
Brent talks with Amy Williams about her new IVP book ‘Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God’s Eyes’.
Amy has spent three decades doing ministry with youth in gangs and prisons. While most of society sees high-risk youth through lenses of fear or disregard, she has come to see them through God’s eyes as having tremendous value and potential.
(1:00) A ‘hope dealer’;(1:28) Chicago;(2:20) A need to be seen and acknowledged;(3:20) How Amy came to be in ministry;(4:25) Churches and street youth ministry;(7:10) Living among the communities we serve;(8:40) High risk youth and trauma;(9:40) Gangs and traumatized youth;(11:15) Gangs and gang culture;(13:15) Mentoring gang youth;(14:15) Prison;(19:20) How can we help people just out of prison?(22:40) Dealing with grief in ministry.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Worth-Seeing-Viewing-Others-Through/dp/1514007126
connect.ivpress.com/amy-l-williams
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‘Adoption is often framed by happy narratives, but the reality is that many adoptees struggle with unaddressed trauma and issues of identity and belonging.
Brent is joined by Cameron Lee Small to talk about his new IVP book ‘The Adoptee’s Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment’.
Camerson is himself an adoptee. He faced his own tumultuous search for and reunion with his mother in Korea. Cameron is now a licensed clinical counsellor, and mental health advocate based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was born in Korea and relinquished into foster care at age 3. He was then adopted in 1984 to a family in the States. His private practice, ‘Therapy Redeemed’ specializes in the mental health needs of adoptees and their families wherever they may be in their own adoption journey.
(1:30) Why are people critical of adoptees?(2:35) Cameron’s own story;(3:50) Social purification and welfare centers;(8:00) The child welfare system;(9:30) The church’s role;(10:50) Identity for adoptees;(11:40) Post-adoption services;(13:20) Developmental trauma disorder;(15:00) A journey map;(17:30) Telling your story;(19:20) Cameron’s reunion journey.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/dp/1514007045?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
www.ivpress.com/lifeguide-bible-studies
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How do we think about faith and doubt in an everchanging world?
Brent is joined by Jennifer Holberg to discuss Alfred Lord Tennyson and his massive poem ‘In Memorium’.
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’.
(1:35) Who was Tennyson?(4:30) Rossetti and Hopkins;(8:20) The poem and Arthur Hallam;(12:00) The Prologue;(19:00) Opening stanzas 1,5,6 and 7;(29:50) Stanza 27;(31:40) 28-31. The first Christmas;(35:00) The 50’s;(35:20) The lowest point of the poem?(46:20) Does the work resolve? A mystical experience – Stanza 95;(49: 15) Stanza 96;(53:20) 118-124;(59:00) God as love.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/dp/1514005247?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
calvin.edu/people/jennifer-l-holberg
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‘The history of the theology of worship is riddled with examples of clergy and worship leaders who have sought to manipulate their parishioners’ anxiety in order to spur repentance and turn people toward God. Even if such ends may be desirable – at what cost’?
Brent talks with J. Michael Jordan about his new IVP book ‘Worship in an Age of Anxiety: How Churches Can Create Space for Healing’.
Rev. Dr. J. Michael Jordan is an ordained Wesleyan pastor with eleven years of pastoral ministry experience in United Methodist, American Baptist and Wesleyan churches. He currently serves as associate professor of Bible and Theology at Houghton College.
(1:00) An age of anxiety;(2:10) Do pastors exploit anxiety?(3:20) Young people and anxiety;(7:00) Preaching and anxiety. Charles Finney;(9:00) Moody;(11:30) The revival pattern and church worship;(13:40) A healing approach to worship;(15:30) Church space and anxiety;(17:10) Church music;(19:55) Preaching and anxiety;(23:40) Baptism, communion and anxiety.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/dp/1514006103?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
/ivpress.com
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What can trigger grief? Does your grief feel too much to bear?
Brent talks with Steve Carter about his new book from Thomas Nelson ‘Grieve, Breathe, Receive: Finding a Faith Strong Enough to Hold Us’.
Steve is a pastor, speaker, author, podcast host, and the former lead teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He hosts the Craft and Character Podcast, where he helps people get better at the art and craft of communication while ensuring their character always leads the way. An avid sports fan, Steve has co-hosted with ESPN sports anchor Samantha Ponder, NFL Player Sam Acho and Trey Burton The Home Team Podcast, which unpacks the intersection between faith, culture, sports and family.
(1:35) Personal expressions of grief;(4:00) Holy Weekend;(8:30) Steve’s story;(11:45) Abuse at Willow Creek;(22:00) Receiving new mercies;(23:30) Faith and sport;(24:00) Steve’s podcasts.Links mentioned in this episode:
.stevecarter.org/book
/www.amazon.com.au/dp/0785235612?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
/www.thomasnelson.com
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Instead of resigning ourselves to a life of isolation and judgement, should we embrace the notion that we can stand proudly in our uniqueness, fully blooming into the remarkable beings that we were always meant to be?
Brent talks with Cally Logan the author of a new Bridge-Logos Publishers book called ‘The Wallflower that Bloomed: Finding Your Place at the Lunch Table of Life’.
Cally is an author and senior writer for Crosswalk. She’s been featured on shows like the ‘700 Club Initiative’ and her writing has appeared in numerous outlets including Christine Caine’s ‘Propel Women’. Cally served as a mentor to young women for several years, and enjoys challenging ladies to develop deeper relationshps with God and to live fearlessly and authentically.
(1:20) A wallflower;(2:00) School lunch;(3.30) How can we bloom?(5:00) ‘Masks’;(6:35) Authenticity;(7:25) What to do about soul wounds;(9:15) Dealing with fear;(10:25) Ricky Nelson;(13:10) Are we our own bullies?(15:00) Struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts;(17:10) Social media;(20:25) Brain types;(24:10) Betrayal.Links mentioned in this episode:
callylogan.com
www.amazon.com.au/dp/1610369955?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
/www.bridgelogos.com
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‘Everyone who met Dallas Willard was impressed by his personal attention, calm confidence, wisdom, and profound sense of the spiritual. But he was not always the man who seemed to live on a different plane of reality than the rest of us’.
Brent talks with Gary Moon about the new paperback edition of his IVP biography ‘Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ Follower’.
Gary is director of the Martin Family Institute and Dallas Willard Center for Christian Spiritual Formation at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also co-director of Fuller’s doctor of ministry degree program in spiritual direction wich blends ancient Christian spirituality, Ignation spirituality and spiritual formation insights from Dallas Willard.
(1:10) Who was Dallas Willard?(3:00) The early years;(5:00) Conversion;(6:00) Plato’s Republic;(7:15) Encountering God in a laundry!(8:40) Deep experiences of God;(12:40) Preaching;(15:30) ‘Swimming against the stream’;(22:30) ‘The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge’.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/Becoming-Dallas-Willard-Formation-Philosopher/dp/1514011131/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&q
/www.westmont.edu/about/institutes-and-centers/martin-institute/dallas-willard-research-center
www.ivpress.com/lifeguide-bible-studies
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‘We often see setbacks and disasters as events that keep us from our best life. But they’re really opportunities to grow in leadership’.
Brent talks with Gayle Beebe about his new IVP book ‘The Crucibles that Shape Us: Navigating the Defining Challenges of Leadership’.
Gayle has been president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California since 2007; previously he was president of Spring Arbor University in Michigan. He’s spent more than 3 decades in higher education and has written or edited 10 books and more than 40 articles.
(1:05) Disasters and what they teach us;(6:20) Trials;(7:20) What is a crucible?(8:50) Challenges;(10:50) Sir Winston Churchill;(15:05) Human betrayal;(20:30) The crucible of human suffering;(23:30) Gayle’s greatest challenges.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/dp/1514008068?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
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Brent talks with Patricia Weerakoon about her ‘Growing Faith’ book ‘The Best Sex for Life’.
Patricia is a counsellor, sexologist and academic. She trained in medicine at the University of Sri Lanka and did her postgraduate study in sexology at the University of Hawaii. She taught at Sydney University where she was the director of an internationally recognised postgraduate programme in sexual health. She’s also a popular conference speaker and the author of several books.
(1:00) What is the best sex for life?(3:30) Contemporary views of sex;(5:15) God’s plan;(7:00) Marriage;(9:30) Engagement;(16:00) The wedding night;(21:00) Pornography;(22:40) Sex and age.Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com.au/dp/B01KP9RCC4?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
patriciaweerakoon.com
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In the second part of our podcast about the movie ‘The Train’ Brent talks with Michelle Young about the art curator featured in the movie – Rose Valland.
Michelle is the author of a forthcoming book from Harper One, an imprint of Harper Collins, about the World War 2 Resistance spy. The book will be issued in May 2025 and will be called ‘The Art Spy’.
Michelle is the founder of ‘Untapped New York’ and the author of a number of books about the city. She’s professor of architecture at Columbia University GSAPP and an instructor at CUNY School of Journalism.
(1:05) How Michelle got interested in Rose Valland and World War 2;(2:00) Why is Rose still so little known;(4:15) How accurate is the movie ‘The Train’?(6:15) Why did the Nazi’s want all those art treasures?(8:15) Why ‘degenerate’ art?(9:25) How did the Nazi’s use art?(10:10) The ERR;(11:55) The Jeu de Paume – Goring’s private gallery?(12:30) Why Rose decided to save art;(13:25) How did Rose spy on the Germans?(14:40) How many works did Rose document?(15:40) Rose’s interrogation by the Germans;(16:55) Rose suspected by French partisans;(18:15) The German plans for Rose;(18:55) The last art train to Germany. How did Rose and the resistance stop the train from leaving Paris?(20:50) Rose – a monuments woman?(22:00) The Nuremberg Trials;(22:20) Rose’s awards and decorations;(24:30) Rose’s view of ‘The Train’ adaptation.Links mentioned in this episode:
michelleyoungwriter.com
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Is it ever justified to sacrifice a human life to save a work of art?
Brent is joined by Hannah Long to discuss the 1964 movie ‘The Train’ starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield.
The first part of a two part feature – the second part will drop in a couple of days! In the second part, Brent interviews author Michelle Young about Rose Valland, the World War 2 Resistance spy whose book became the basis for ‘The Train’.
Hannah is a passionate cinephile. She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘American Consequences’ and ‘The Bulwark’.
(1:00) ‘The Train’ and John Frankenheimer;(2:45) The story;(5:40) The historical background – Rose Valland;(9:25) Colonel von Waldheim;(16:00) The Colonel’s motivation;(17:35) High art and evil in the movie;(19:25) ‘Degenerate’ art in the Third Reich;(21:10) The use of art and culture in the Third Reich;(25:00) The Colonel and evil;(25:40) Can it be immoral to reject beauty?(28:10) Sacred objects?(30:10) Scripture and beauty;(32:50) Labiche;(34:30) Labiche’s view of art;(36:00) Movement;(37:45) Burt Lancaster;(39:20) Is it ever right to sacrifice a life for the sake of a work of art?(41:45) The Resistance and Madame Villard;(43:50) Labiche’s motivation and why he breaks his rules;(50:20) Mephisto-like imagery;(52:15) The end of the movie;(56:40) Frankenheimer’s view of art and the final shot.Links mentioned in this episode:
x.com/HannahGraceLong
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What does God’s Word say about money?
Brent talks with Callie and Rosario Picardo about their new book from Invite Press called ‘Healthy Money: A 30-Day Journey Toward Spiritual, Emotional, and Financial Freedom’.
Callie has spent her career working in finance and charitable giving. She currently serves as Vice President for Development at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. In 2011 she built Deep Roots Financial Coaching, a business that helps individuals, families and churches align their finances with God’s Word.
Rosario is one of the founding pastors at Mosaic, a multicultural church in Dayton, Ohio. Rosario is a national speaker and leads a consulting grup for church planters/pastors, called Picardo Coaching LLC and he’s the author of 8 books.
(1:15) Why a 30 day journey?(1:40) How can we tell our money mindset?(3:05) Early money memories;(6:25) What is a security mindset?(7:10) A collector’s mindset;(8:30) The Bible’s view of money;(10:30) Idolatry of money;(11:25) How to ‘count your blessings’;(12:45) Can we know what God wants us to do with our money?(14:20) Setting goals for our money;(15:45) Prosperity gospel;(18:00) Why its important to know what we value most;(21:10) Financial rest?Links mentioned in this episode:
www.rosariopicardo.com
www.inviteresources.com/invite-press-books
www.amazon.com/Healthy-Money-Spiritual-Emotional-Financial-ebook/dp/B0CW1HR5NF
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Where did the universe come from and is it conscious? Does the universe have a purpose?
Brent is joined by philosophers Philip Goff and Joshua Farris to discuss Philip‘s latest book from Oxford University Press called ‘Why? The Purpose of the Universe’.
Philip is a philosophy professor at Durham University in the UK. He spends most of his time ‘trying to work out the ultimate nature of reality’. His special interest is panpsychism and whether it can offer a middle way between traditional belief in God and secular atheism.
Joshua is a philosopher and theologian. He’s Vice President of Ethical Engagement at Density6 and Visiting Research Professor at the Ruhr University Bochum.
(1:20) Does the universe have a purpose?(3:20) Why and how does science point to a purpose for the universe?(6:00) Why does consciousness point to purpose?(10:10) What is panpsychism and is the universe conscious?(12:20) How did the universe come to be conscious if it is?(14:00) How do we know the universe is conscious?(21:10) God and the existence of evil and suffering;(23:10) Why does God allow suffering?(26:45) Philip’s view of a more limited God;(28:30) The myth made fact?Links mentioned in this episode:
philipgoffphilosophy.com
www.joshuarfarris.com
www.amazon.com.au/dp/0198883765?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz
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‘Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most prominent early evangelicals – and all three were deeply compromised on the issue of slavery. Edwards and Whitefield kept slaves themselves, and Wesley failed to speak out against slavery until near the end of his life’.
Brent talks with Sean McGever the author of a new IVP book called ‘Ownership: The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley and Whitefield’. Sean tells the true story of these men’s relationships to slavery: a story that has often been passed over or buried in scholarly literature.
Sean is an area director of Young Life in Phoenix, Arizona, and adjunct faculty at Grand Canyon University. He’s the author of several books.
(1:20) Sean’s involvement with the book project;(4:25) The foundation of American evangelicalism;(9:25) Wesley and slavery;(12:15) Whitefield;(15:15) Edwards and slavery;(21:10) How does the Bible deal with slavery?(27:00) English Christians and slavery in the 18th century;(29:45) The Homilies;(32:45) Wesley’s first encounter with slavery;(35:15) Whitefield enslaving people;(37:30) Edwards’ writings on slavery;(40:45) Wesley’s abolitionism;(43:30) How do we own white evangelical Christian history?Links mentioned in this episode:
seanmcgever.com
/www.ivpress.com
www.amazon.com/Ownership-Evangelical-Slavery-Edwards-Whitefield-ebook/dp/B0CQV8G9V6
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What’s the symbolism of the lampstand in Zechariah 4 and how does it compare with the lampstand in the Tabernacle and the lampstands in the Temple?
Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States about the weird 4th chapter of Zechariah!
(0:33) The 5th night vision;(3:15) The lampstand;(6:50) Jubilee;(9:20) Zerubbabel;(10:15) The two olive trees;(12:20) The mountain in v 7;(14:00) The topstone in v 7:(15:35) The lampstand in v 11 and onward;(16:20) The 7 eyes;(18:15) The oil;(19:50) The branches.Links mentioned in this episode:
theopolisinstitute.com
alastairadversaria.com
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Brent is joined by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss the very problematic opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.
Who was the Greek god Dionysius and how is Dionysian symbolism used throughout Western culture?
(0:45) What is all the fuss about?(1:55) The title and the ‘Feast of the gods’;(3:45) Recent media depictions of the ‘Last Supper’;(7:10) Who was Dionysius?(8:15) Dionysian religion;(9:00) The Dionysian and Nietszche;(10:55) Turning everything upside down;(14:00) The Dionysian and violence;(15:45) Thomas Mann;(17:00) Politics and the Dionysian;(18:50) Apollo and Dionysius;(19:30) Jesus as the true Dionysius;(22:45) A Christian response to blasphemy;(31:00) The song and Nature. Rousseau;(35:20) The French Revolution.Links mentioned in this episode:
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Who is the ‘angel of the Lord’ in Zechariah 3?
Brent talks with Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States about Zechariah 3.
(0:35) The ‘night visions’ of Zechariah;(2:35) The High Priest;(3:35) The defiled garments;(6:30) What does Zechariah see?(7:50) The golden plate;(9:30) The garments of the High Priest and the Tabernacle and Temple;(10:35) A new Day of Atonement?(14:15) Who is the angel of the Lord?(16:40) The branch;(17:05) The stone with 7 eyes;(18:00) The stone and the Law;(20:30) The Sabbath like rest of v 10;(23:00) How the chapter points to Jesus.Links mentioned in this episode:
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Brent is joined once again by Jennifer Holberg to talk about the 20th century poet Jane Kenyon.
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’.
(1:00) Jane Kenyon;(2:30) The Luminous Particular;(3:50) ‘The Thimble’ and ‘Finding a Long Grey Hair’;(8:10) ‘What Came to Me’;(10:15) ‘Coats’;(11:55) How did Kenyon struggle with and celebrate the hard things of life?(12:25) ‘Dutch Interiors’;(14:30) ‘Otherwise’;(17:15) ‘Having it Out with Melancholy’;(30:20) ‘The Shirt’;(31:05) ‘Let Evening Come’.Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jane-kenyon
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