God‘s Story Podcast

By Brent Siddall

God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning o... more

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September 12, 2023Alastair Roberts on Revelation – The Seven Trumpets Part One (8:6-9:21)
Brent is joined once again by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss the first part of the trumpets section of Revelation – chapters 8:6 to 9:21.
(0:30) How the trumpets relate to the seals;
(1:00) The trumpets as intensifications of the seals;
(2:40) Chapters 8-11 and the structure of Revelation;
(5:10) Seven trumpets and the days of creation;
(7:15) The Red Horse;
(7:50) The first trumpet;
(9:30) Exodus connections;
(10:50) The blood;
(11:30) John and Ezekiel. The fractions;
(12:40) Famine and Acts;
(13:25) The second trumpet and the realm of the Gentiles;
(14:00) The burning mountain and the ships. Sea imagery;
(16:15) The third trumpet and the falling star;
(17:20) The fourth trumpet and the heavenly rulers;
(19:10) The fifth trumpet and the eagle. The trumpets and the cherubim!
(22:00) Locusts, scorpions and hippolions. Parody cherubim;
(26:30) The sixth trumpet;
(27:30) Revelation 9 and astronomical themes.
Links mentioned in this episode:
/alastairadversaria.com
theopolisinstitute.com
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29min
September 08, 2023Mark 14:1-31
Why does Judas betray Jesus?
Brent and Ian continue their discussion of Mark’s gospel with chapter 14 verses 1-31.
(1:30) Two days, two meals and two plots;
(2:40) Time in the story at this point;
(3:00) The plot to kill Jesus;
(4:30) The first meal;
(6:30) Judas’ betrayal. What is his motive?
(8:30) Our attitude to money;
(10:00) The second plot;
(12:20) The second meal;
(13:15) The Passover meal;
(15:10) The New Covenant.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.gracepresbyterianchurch.org.nz
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22min
September 05, 2023Leonce Crump – The Resilience Factor
Want to unleash the remarkable in your team?
Brent talks with Leonce Crump, former NFL athlete, international speaker and senior pastor of Renovation Church in Atlanta, Georgia in the States about his new IVP America book (with Ryan Hartwig and Warren Bird) ‘The Resilience Factor: A Step-By-Step Guide to Catalyze an Unbreakable Team’.
(1:00) What is the resilience factor?
(2:30) Church teams and the pandemic;
(4:30) Church teams and working from home;
(7:15) What Leonce learnt as an NFL athlete;
(9:20) How Leonce built a top team;
(12:45) Naming the pain;
(16:15) The positive aspects of team conflict;
(19:00) Listen to each other’s stories;
(21:30) How to design ‘killer’ meetings!
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.ivpress.com
www.leoncecrump.com/person
resiliencefactor.info
www.amazon.com/Resilience-Factor-Step-Step-Unbreakable/dp/1514005689
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27min
September 01, 2023Mark 12:35-13:37
What could the ‘abomination of desolation’ in Mark 13 refer to?
Ian and Brent continue their exploration of Mark’s gospel.
(1:40) Religious corruption;
(4:10) Apocalyptic;
(5:30) Different interpretations;
(8:40) The Temple;
(13:00) How Jesus helps us persevere;
(13:30) The abomination of desolation;
(16:10) Standing firm in times of destruction and upheaval;
(18:00) Be prepared!
(19:30) Jesus’ ascension and Daniel 7;
(20:30) The gospel going forth.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.gracepresbyterianchurch.org.nz/churches/palmerston-north/
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25min
August 31, 2023BONUS EPISODE: Susannah Black Roberts - The Birth of Comedy
What is vitalism? Did the Lord Jesus fulfill the highest yearnings of the classical Greek and Roman world?
Brent talks Jesus, Homer, Nietzsche and Dionysius with Susannah Black Roberts, a senior editor of ‘Plough’ who has written for many publications including ‘First Things’, ‘Fare Forward’, ‘Front Porch Republic’ and ‘Mere Orthodoxy’.
(1:00) What is vitalism?
(4:15) American conservatism and vitalism;
(5:15) Nietzsche’s ‘The Birth of Tragedy’ and Dionysian enthusiasm;
(12:45) Death and the soul in Homer;
(16:15) Then came Plato – his idea of the ‘good’;
(17:30) Hope and Hades. Death is not the end!
(20:30) The Lord Jesus as part of the Greek and Hellenized world;
(23:00) Jesus and aristeia;
(25:00) Is Jesus the greater Dionysius?
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.plough.com/en/authors/qr/susannah-black-roberts
mereorthodoxy.com/the-birth-of-comedy
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30min
August 29, 2023Tori Parris - Love Is Never Lost
How can we deal with grief?
‘Grief is an intimate, personal pain that is often hard to discuss, even years after the loss. For some, grief begins before a loved one passes as we watch their health deteriorate before our eyes’.
Brent talks with internationally acclaimed recording artist Tori Parris about her new book from Whitaker House in the USA called ‘Love Is Never Lost: Standing Strong in Faith While Grieving’.
Tori has toured extensively for the past decade performing her music and teaching at workshops, conferences, and universities. Tori has opened for bands such as Plumb, For King and Country, Tenth Ave North, Brit Nicole, Skillet, Sidewalk Prophets and more. Tori holds numerous national and international awards and is a voting member of the Gospel Music Association.
(1:30) Do we make grieving difficult today?
(7:05) How grief affected Tori;
(9:00) Can we learn to accept the reality of grief?
(10:45) Grief and music;
(12:10) Keeping a journal;
(17:10) The anger state of grief;
(19:45) Tori’s birthday.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.toriparris.co
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-is-never-lost-tori-parris/1142712490
www.whitakerhouse.com
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26min
August 25, 2023TV Review – Lucky Hank
Brent and Ian take a look at ‘Lucky Hank’, a show developed by Paul Lieberstein and Aaron Zeiman which aired on AMC and in New Zealand on TVNZ.
(1:05) Who is Lucky Hank?
(5:50) Bob Odenkirk;
(6:30) The cast;
(7:00) ‘Black’ comedy;
(8:00) Hank a bit of a dinosaur;
(9:00) Hank a good head of department?
(10:00) Hank and writing;
(12:15) Hank and his Dad;
(15:00) Hank’s family;
(17:00) The academic world;
(19:00) The redundancies;
(21:00) The theme of mediocrity.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.gracepresbyterianchurch.org.nz
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Hank
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24min
August 22, 2023Holly Catterton Allen – Intergenerational Christian Formation
How can we do intergenerational Christian formation?
‘Throughout biblical tradition and the majority of history, communities of faith included people of all ages together in corporate worship, education and ministry’.
Brent and Ian talk with Holly Catterton Allen, one of the authors (with Christine Lawton and Cory L. Seibel) of the second edition of an IVP book called ‘Intergenerational Christian Formation: Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community and Worship’.
Holly served as professor of Christian ministries and family science at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Holly’s areas of interest are children’s spirituality and intergenerational issues, and she leads 2 national, ecumenical conferences – Intergenerate and the Children’s Spirituality Summit.
(1:20) Holly’s own experience of intergenerational ministry;
(11:20) What happens when we separate the generations in church;
(13:50) First century house churches;
(16:10) All age worship;
(21:45) Children in worship.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.ivpress.com
Holly Allen — Intergenerate (intergenerateconference.com)
/www.amazon.com/Intergenerational-Christian-Formation-Bringing-Community-dp-151400142X/dp/151400142X/ref=dp_ob_image_bk
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33min
August 18, 2023Lacy Finn Borgo – Faith Like A Child
How do we embrace a childlike faith?
Brent and Ian talk with Lacy Finn Borgo, the author of a new IVP book called ‘Faith Like a Child: Embracing Our Lives as Children of God’.
Lacy is the author of a number of books. She teaches and provides spiritual direction for the Renovare Institute and the Companioning Center. She especially loves meeting with children at Haven House, a transitional facility for families without homes. Lacy holds a doctor of ministry in leadership and spiritual formation and a certificate in spiritual direction from Portland Seminary in the States.
(2:15) What our children know about God;
(4:30) Children in the ancient world;
(5:40) Children as ‘mini-mystics’;
(8:45) All of us are children of God;
(10:00) Receiving a childlike faith;
(12:00) Wonder and mystery;
(14:00) God’s playfulness;
(14:30) Losing our sense of wonder;
(19:00) Children in church.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.ivpress.com
Lacy Finn Borgo — Good Dirt Ministries
www.amazon.com/Faith-Like-Child-Embracing-Children/dp/1514003988
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28min
August 15, 2023Os Guinness – Carpe Deum Redeemed
How do we make the most of the time we have?
Brent talks again with Os Guinness, the author and editor of more than 35 books. He’s the founder of the Trinity Forum, a prominent social critic, and a frequent speaker who has addressed audiences worldwide.
‘Carpe Deum Redeemed – Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times’ is published by IVP America.
(0:52) Carpe Deum;
(1:10) The pressures of modern life. A biblical view of time;
(3:15) The ‘Eastern’ faiths and time;
(4:30) Time and the Abrahamic faiths;
(5:55) God outside time;
(7:05) Our impatience with the past and with history;
(10:10) C.S. Lewis and the ‘master generation’;
(12:45) Our sense of time and the clock;
(15:56) How to seize the day;
(17:30) The church as a slave to the relevant;
(19:10) Fear and discouragement in the West;
(20:00) The culture of death.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.ivpress.com
www.osguinness.com
www.amazon.com/Carpe-Diem-Redeemed-Seizing-Discerning/dp/083084581X
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