All Things New

We live in an age where social media is seemingly unavoidable and places heavy significance on the individual. Today we question how discipleship to Jesus should change the way we engage with social media.

In Jonah 3, God was going to overthrow Nineveh in 40 days, but after the Ninevites repented God relented and did not bring about the prophesied disaster.

On this week's podcast, we examine how the unchanging and sovereign nature of God is not compromised through the nature of covenantal contingencies.

In this special edition of the Wednesday Conversation, Bob interviews Kristen Jenson, author of the book "Good Pictures, Bad Pictures." Kristen discusses pornography's harmful effects on children and how parents can proactively protect their children from porn.

LINKS:

Bob's review of the book: http://www.bobthune.com/2017/02/review-good-pictures-bad-pictures/

"Protect Young Minds" website:

https://protectyoungminds.org/

In a recent article on the ERLC website, Andrew T. Walker poses the idea that cultural winsomeness will not be enough for Christians in the coming years. We found this idea rather provocative, so we decided to discuss Walker's article in this episode.

In early December we learned that Pastor Wang Yi of China had been arrested and detained by the Chinese government. After 48 hours of detention a letter written by Yi was released called, "My Declaration of Faithful Disobedience." In this episode, we read Pastor Yi's letter and spend time discussing the church's relationship to culture.

Read the letter here: http://www.chinapartnership.org/blog/2018/12/my-declaration-of-faithful-disobedience

On the last episode, we discussed the four views of communion and some of the theology behind the sacrament. In this episode, we discuss how to approach the Lord's table. Why do we take communion every week? Who should take communion? How is communion a means of grace to us?

It's easy for the sacrament of communion to become commonplace, and it can be tempting for Christians to participate mindlessly. Many Christians may not know the answers to questions like, "What is communion?" and "Why do we observe it regularly?" For this reason, we decided to spend some time discussing the sacrament of communion - the four main views surrounding it and how we choose to practice it in our local churches.

In this episode, we continue exploring the question: "How do you actually know if your church is making healthy disciples?" We discuss some of the characteristics of mature discipleship and how these have helped us more clearly define success when it comes to disciple making.

You've heard us talk a lot about discipleship on this podcast, but in this episode we ask the question: "How do you actually know if your church is making healthy disciples?" We discuss some of the characteristics that mark mature disciples and how these have helped us more clearly define what success looks like when it comes to disciple making.

As the season of Advent approaches and we look with longing and anticipation towards the second coming of Christ, our friend Laura stopped by to share how the hope of Christ's return has encouraged her in the midst of loss and suffering.