Christian Formation

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Christian Formation episodes

April 17, 2025276 - Evidence for the Historical Jesus and His Resurrection (with Scott Olson)
The truth of Christianity stands or falls on the truth of the resurrection of Jesus. With Easter quickly approaching, you'll have a great opportunity to talk to your friends and family about the hope you have in Jesus' resurrection. In this episode, we'll look at the historical evidence we have that Jesus was, in fact, a real historical person, that Jesus did rise from the dead, and why we can have confidence that Christianity is true.

Resources
The Case for Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ
Wesley Huff

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58 min
April 09, 2025275 - Holy Week
In this episode, we dive into the significance of Holy Week—exploring its history, the key events included and their importance. We also reflect on the ultimate hope for our church family during this time, offering insights into how Holy Week can shape our faith in formative ways.
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44 min
April 02, 2025274 - The Necessity of Special Revelation (with Nate Christensen)
In this episode, we seek to show how as beautiful as general revelation truly is, it was never going to be enough. We needed God to specially reveal himself, and now that he has revealed himself primarily in Christ, we look to Christ and his word to define all things for us in thought and life.
Resources
The Wonderful Works of God By Herman Bavinck
Quotes
“When therefore, we review the whole terrain of general revelation, we discover, on the one hand, that it has been of great value and that it has borne rich fruits, and, on the other hand, that mankind has not found God by its light.”
“In general revelation such objective teaching is adequate to its purpose. What God intends by it is to provoke man to seek Him, to feel Him out and find Him (Acts 17:27), and, not finding Him, yet be without excuse (Romans 1:20). But in His special revelation God has compassion upon man who strays about and cannot find Him. In it, God seeks man out and Himself tells man who and what He is.” p50
“The central content of the special revelation is the person and work of Christ.” p50
“Thus the whole revelation of the Old Testament converges upon Christ, not upon a new law, or doctrine, or institution, but upon the person of Christ. A person is the completed revelation of God.” p77
274 - The Beauty of General Revelation

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42 min
March 26, 2025273 - The Beauty of General Revelation
In this episode we seek to define and display the beauty of general revelation. The hope is that this episode would help us understand what general revelation means, see God's grand design in his creation, and recognize God's kindness in revealing himself to us.
Resources
Verses
Romans 1:18-23
Psalm 19
Acts 17:22-31
Romans 1:18-23
Podcasts
The Knowing God Podcast
Further Reading
What is general revelation and special revelation?
What Is General Revelation?
"Divine Revelation: God Making Himself Known"
Quotes
“As a matter of fact, all of the works of God, whether of word or deed, are constituent parts and elements of the one, great, comprehensive, and always continuing revelation of God.” - Bavinck
“Revelation, therefore, cannot have its final purpose in man; in part it passes him by and soars on beyond him.” - Bavinck
“In the general revelation God makes use of the usual run of phenomena and the usual course of events; in the special revelation He often employs unusual means, appearances, prophecy, and miracles to make himself known to man.”
“When therefore, we review the whole terrain of general revelation, we discover, on the one hand, that it has been of great value and that it has borne rich fruits, and, on the other hand, that mankind has not found God by its light.” - Bavinck

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33 min
March 19, 2025272 - How to Listen to a Sermon
The goal of this episode is to help encourage Christians to prepare themselves better to engage with God on a Sunday through the sermon.

Resources
Christian Formation Episodes
109 - How to Come to Church
How to listen to a sermon:
Humbly
Hungry/Eagerly
Expectantly
Thoughtfully
Worshipfully

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42 min
March 12, 2025271 - What is a Sermon?
The goal of this episode is to help people see the power and gift of preaching sermons in the local church.
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38 min
March 05, 2025270 - Job's Blessed Life
This episode seeks to help the Christian suffer well with hope and confidence in God’s blessing. We often think of Job as the sufferer, but his story begins and ends with blessing. Even through the mess of the middle of his life, God’s blessings prevail. This shows us that we too can believe in God’s promises of blessing even through the valleys, however long they may last.
Resources
Christian Formation Podcast Episode
Exodus
God is FINISHING the work in you, he isn't finished - Jackie Hill Perry Video
Verses
Psalm 42
2 Corinthians 3:18
Philippians 1:6

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40 min
February 25, 2025269 - Ash Wednesday
This episode serves as an introduction to Ash Wednesday, explains what it is, the history behind it, and common practices associated with it.
Resources
Books
The Good of Giving Up: Discovering the Freedom of Lent
The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation
Christian Formation Episodes
103 - Why Sundays Matter for the Church
109 - How to Come to Church
221 - Understanding Lent
222 - Lenten Practices
018 - Observing Lent

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36 min
February 19, 2025268 - Creating a Culture of Studying Scripture
In this episode we seek to show how studying Scripture shouldn’t be merely something we do at certain times, but rather a way of life.
Resources
Imitate Israel’s Culture of Studying Scripture
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27 min
February 12, 2025267 - Why You Need Sunday School
In this episode explain why people might need Sunday School and why they should participate in Sunday School at Providence.

Resources
Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
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31 min

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The goal of this podcast is to form disciples to live all of life with the presence of God, and we do this through conversations about theology, culture, and stories.