All Things New

Throughout the Trump era, we've been hearing more and more about the influence of "Christian nationalism." But what is that, exactly? And is the term precise enough to be meaningful? In this episode, we compare two recent TGC articles on the topic with the goal of spurring a more nuanced conversation about Christian nationalism.

Articles:

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christian-nationalism-patriotism/

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/evangelical-history/come-desire-of-nations-christian-nationalism-between-the-two-advents/

This is from an episode recorded in May of 2019.

What do you spend the first 15 minutes of your day doing? Looking at your phone? Hitting snooze over and over? Attending to your children's needs? In this episode, we talk about why beginning your day in communion with the Lord is important and give practical ways to begin cultivating this habit.

The third world problems we discuss in this episode are probably not what you're thinking. Carl Trueman presents Philip Rieff’s concept of "third worlds” in his new book The Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self. In this episode, we explore this concept and talk about why the church needs to be a counter-culture.

Various Christian movements tend to emphasize different aspects of Trinitarian theology - with most giving attention to the Son or the Holy Spirit. But could it be that we have under-emphasized the Father? In this episode, we discuss the importance of understanding the Gospel as a means to communion with the Father.

This episode from the archives takes us all the way back to 2014 when we preached through the book of Isaiah. In this episode, we discuss the season of Advent, how and why we observe Advent, as well as the importance of Sabbath during this season.

In this episode from the archives, we talk about leadership that endures and is future-oriented with special guest, Scotty Smith.

Recorded in May 2015.

Atonement and the Kingdom of God are two important themes in the bible that many theologians often disagree about. After reading 'The Crucified King' by Jeremy Treat, Coram Deo intern Travis Barrett helps summarize how these two themes come together in scripture and help deepen our understanding of the gospel.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, how should we think about public health interventions? Some say our goal should be to prevent death at all costs. Others say we must calculate economic well-being. Philosopher Robert Koons offers us a third way: the Christian virtue of prudence. In this episode, we discuss Koons's recent article in First Things and consider how prudence can help us pursue the common good.

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/10/prudence-in-the-pandemic

There couldn't possibly be any more from James K.A. Smith's "Awaiting the King" that we could talk about, right? Wrong. The idea of separation of church and state has caused many Christians to wear their christian identity and political identity separately. In this episode, we discuss the provocative question, "What would it look like to be the church FOR the state?"

The term "woke" has been around for a number of years and is becoming increasingly accepted throughout our culture. In this episode, we survey two articles that discuss whether the ideology of "wokeness" is here to stay, and why it may be more problematic than helpful.