Faith Seeking Understanding Podcast

Guest: Dr. Steve Tracy | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Tracy on the subject of abuse. Topics of conversation include, 1) Why churches have become havens for abusers, 2) Defining the five categories of abuse (sexual, physical, verbal, spiritual, neglect), 3) The effects of shame and how to heal from it, 4) How Christians can help victims of abuse.

Dr. Steve Tracy serves as professor of Theology and Ethics at Phoenix Seminary. He and his wife are co-founders of Mending the Soul Ministries, and have ministered in the United States and around the world, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Mexico. Dr. Tracy is the author of Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse (Zondervan, 2008).

You can read the full show notes here: https://ps.edu/what-is-a-christian-response-to-abuse-dr-steve-tracy/

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Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Weima | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Weima on the book of Revelation. Topics of conversation include, 1) The genre of the book of Revelation, 2) The purpose and structure of the book of Revelation, 3) The figurative and symbolic use of numbers in Revelation, 4) The main message to each of the 7 churches and how that message applies to the church today, and 5) Resources for further study on the book of Revelation.

Dr. Jeffrey Weimar is professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary. He leads preaching seminars for pastors and church leaders, and has taught as a visiting professor for Phoenix Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry program. Dr. Weima is the author of several books, including 1-2 Thessalonians in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series (Baker Academic, 2014), and The Sermons to the Seven Churches of Revelation: A Commentary and Guide (Baker Academic, 2021).

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Guest: Dr. Deepak Reju | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Reju on the subject of counseling. Topics of conversation include, 1) The difference between discipleship and counseling, 2) How the church congregation can engage in counseling one another, 3) When pastors should seek additional counseling support outside of the church, 4) How to think about secular therapy and biblical counseling, 5) Resources for equipping believers to care for and counsel one another. 

Dr. Deepak Reju is the pastor of biblical counseling and family ministry at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. He serves on the board of directors of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, and is also a trustee for the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation. Dr. Reju is the author of several books, including Great Kings of the Bible (Christian Focus, 2014), The Pastor and Counseling (Crossway, 2015), She’s Got the Wrong Guy (New Growth Press, 2017), and Pornography (P & R Publishing, 2018).

Find full show notes here: https://ps.edu/what-is-the-churchs-role-in-counseling-dr-deepak-reju/

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Guest: Dr. Steve Duby | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Duby on the subject of Christology. Topics of conversation include, 1) What are God’s incommunicable attributes? 2) God’s aseity, and why it matters for Christology, 3) The importance of Philippians 2 in understanding Christology, 4) God’s immutability as it relates to the incarnation, 5) The mystery of Jesus’s humanity and divine power, 6) Resources for further reading on Christology.

Dr. Steve Duby serves as associate professor of Theology at Phoenix Seminary. He holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from the University of St. Andrews, and is the author of several books, including Divine Simplicity: A Dogmatic Account (T&T Clark, 2015), God In Himself: Scripture, Metaphysics, and the Task of Christian Theology (IVP Academic, 2019), and soon to be released, Jesus and the God of Classical Theism (Baker Academic, 2022).

Find the full show notes here: https://ps.edu/what-is-christology-dr-steve-duby/

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Guest: Dr. Mark Dever | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Mark Dever on the subject of baptism. Topics of conversation include, 1) What is baptism? 2) How this practice differs among different denominations, 3) Modes of baptism, 4) Issues of re-baptism, 5) Age considerations for baptism, 6) Resources for a biblical understanding of baptism.

Dr. Mark Dever serves as the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. and is the president of 9Marks Ministries. Dr. Dever earned his PhD in Ecclesiastical History from Cambridge University, and is the author of several books, including What is a Healthy Church? (Crossway, 2007), The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, (Crossway, 2007), and Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Crossway, 2013).

Read full show notes here: https://ps.edu/what-is-baptism-dr-mark-dever/

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Guest: Dr. Peter Gentry | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Gentry on how to understand the Prophets. Topics of conversation include: 1) Why Christians often struggle to read the Prophets, 2) How we should approach reading this particular genre, 3) The importance of understanding God’s covenant, Israel’s idolatry, near and far prophecy, the structure of Hebraic literature, and the already/not yet aspect of prophetic literature, 4) Some practical resources for further reading on the Prophets.

Dr. Peter Gentry currently serves as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Old Testament at Phoenix Seminary, as well as Senior Research Fellow of the Text & Canon Institute. Dr. Gentry previously taught for over 20 years at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and is a leading researcher on the Septuagint. He is the author of several books, including Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (Crossway, 2018), and How to Read and Understand the Biblical Prophets (Crossway, 2017). Full show notes here https://ps.edu/how-do-we-read-and-understand-the-prophets-peter-gentry/

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Guest: Dr. Jim Johnston | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Johnston on the Psalms. Topics of conversation include: 1) How the Psalms are arranged, 2) How the Psalms are like a Bible, in and of themselves, 3) How we see Jesus in the Psalms, 4) How we can apply the Psalms to our lives today, 5) What God is teaching us through imprecatory Psalms, 6) Helpful resources for understanding the Psalms

Dr. Jim Johnston is the pastor of Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona. He is a graduate of Wheaton College and earned a PhD in New Testament from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Dr. Johnston is the author of The Psalms: Rejoice, the Lord is King (Crossway, 2015).

Full show notes at https://ps.edu/how-can-we-understand-the-psalms-jim-johnston/. 

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Guest: Dr. Chuck Newkirk | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Newkirk on the subject of preaching. Topics of conversation include: 1) What is preaching, and what is the relationship between teaching and preaching? 2) What is expository preaching? 3) Exegesis vs eisegesis and how to guard against reading our own ideas into the text of Scripture, 4) How does knowing a congregation affect a pastor’s preaching? 5) How to approach topical preaching, 6) Recommended resources

Dr. Chuck Newkirk serves as lead pastor at Church on Mill in Tempe, Arizona. He also teaches preaching at Phoenix Seminary.

Full show notes at https://ps.edu/what-is-preaching-dr-chuck-newkirk/ 

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Guest: Dr. Kyle Strobel | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Strobel on spiritual formation. Topics of conversation include: 1) How to define spiritual formation, 2) The definitive vs. progressive nature of salvation, 3) The difference between habituation and abiding/drawing near to God, 4) The influence of Jonathan Edwards on spiritual formation, and what we can learn from him today, 5) Resources for further study on this topic.

Dr. Kyle Strobel holds a PhD from Aberdeen University, and serves as assistant professor of Spiritual Theology and Formation at Talbot School of Theology. He is the author of Formed for the Glory of God: Learning from the Spiritual Practices of Jonathan Edwards (IVP Books, 2013), and is also on the preaching team at Redeemer Church in La Mirada, California.

Full show notes at https://ps.edu/what-is-spiritual-formation-kyle-strobel/

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Guest: Dr. David Hogg | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Hogg on arguments for the existence of God. Topics of conversation include: 1) Anselm and the ontological argument, 2) How the ontological argument can be effective today, 3) Aristotle/Aquinas and the cosmological argument, 4) How these medieval arguments for the existence of God can best be used in evangelism.

Dr. David Hogg serves as professor of Church History and director of Library Services at Phoenix Seminary, and previously pastored a church in Raleigh, NC. Dr. Hogg holds a PhD in Medieval Theology from St. Mary’s School of Divinity at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Full show notes here: https://ps.edu/how-do-we-know-god-exists-dr-david-hogg/

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