All Things New

In this episode, we're taking a little break from our usual podcast topics to catch up and answer the question: What have you been reading, watching, and listening to? Our answers run the gamut and feature a strong opinion or two, especially when it comes to The Mandalorian.

It's time for Third Wednesday Theology. And in this episode, we're tackling Chapter 2 of Herman Bavinck's "The Wonderful Works of God." How do we know God? Bavinck asserts that knowing God is not merely intellectual... it's about love.

It's not too late to get a copy of the book and follow along with us:

https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/the-wonderful-works-of-god-9781733627221?variant=12437042790447

On this episode, we welcome special guest Toni Clarke, Executive Director of Assure Women's Center in Omaha. Toni joins us to talk about the state of the pro-life movement in America, and the key role that pregnancy resource centers play in empowering women to choose life for their babies.

As we continue to engage with Carl Trueman's new book "The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self," we come to Nietzsche, Marx, and Darwin. In this episode, we discuss Trueman's suggestion that these three thinkers helped to deconstruct the idea of human nature.

Listen to parts 1 & 2 of our conversation surrounding this book here:

Part 1

https://cdomaha.com/wed-convo/2020/12/30/episode-319-third-world-problems

Part 2

https://cdomaha.com/wed-convo/2021/2/3/episode-324-the-modern-self-part-2

The recent report of sexual misconduct by the late evangelical apologist Ravi Zacharias is horrifying and sad, and brings complicated feelings to those who were shaped & influenced by him. In this episode, we lament, we survey the damage, and we discuss the failure of evangelical institutions in moments like these.

Articles:

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/report-ravi-zacharias-sexual-abuse/

https://africa.thegospelcoalition.org/article/ravi-zacharias-the-scandal-the-hurt-how-to-respond/

It's time for "Third Wednesday Theology," where we devote the third Wednesday of each month to reading and discussing theology. Using Herman Bavinck's "The Wonderful Works of God" as our text, in this episode, we discuss Chapter 1 and the idea that God is man's highest good. (If you haven't already, we would love for you to get a copy of the book and follow along with us!)

In this episode, we're joined by our friend & local area pastor Kyle McClellan, who wrote his doctoral dissertation on the book of Ruth. He helps us understand more fully the literary structure, imagery, and "melodic line" of this intricate biblical narrative.

What do Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, and William Blake have to do with the rise of the modern self? Carl Trueman suggests that they helped to lay the foundation for the modern view of the self. In this episode, we dive back in to Trueman's book "The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self" to explore how these poets and philosophers have shaped our view of human personhood.

It's been almost 3 months since the U.S. presidential election... and things have been chaotically interesting, to say the least. In this episode, we look back on recent events and reflect on what God's people need to learn and take away from the turmoil of the last 90 days.

This year we're launching a new feature called "Third Wednesday Theology," where we devote the third Wednesday of each month to reading and discussing theology. We'll be using "The Wonderful Works of God" by Herman Bavinck as our text. In this episode, we give a brief introduction to Herman Bavinck and hopefully provoke you to pick up a copy of the book and read along with us.