MarsCast

In today’s episode, Dr. Beach considers the period of redemption, where the Lord embarks upon the work to reestablish the kingdom of God, to regain His reign of fellowship through His redemptive and healing rule over the broken creation. Of course, this finds its focus in God’s fallen image-bearers, but, as Dr. Beach will point out, finally embraces the entire scope of God’s creation.

Beginning today and continuing over the next couple of weeks, Dr. J. Mark Beach, professor of doctrinal and ministerial studies here at Mid-America, takes us on a doctrinal tour of the meaning of the Kingdom of God, where he’ll offer a biblical sketch of what the Bible means by the kingdom of God, outline some aspects of the doctrine of the church as it relates to the kingdom of God, and then look at how the idea of the kingdom of God was manifest at creation and lost with the fall. 

If you’ve ever done any amount of studying of the Old Testament, you’ll notice the various visible manifestations of the Lord throughout redemptive history, particularly that of the Angel of the Lord. Theologians call this theophany. Back with us one last time is Old Testament Professor Rev. Mark  Vander Hart, here to go into more detail on this subject of theophany.

Old Testament Professor Mark Vander Hart joins us once more to address another tough issue of Scripture: the violence of the conquest of Canaan. 

Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies, Rev. Mark Vander Hart, joins us to talk about one of the most famous women of the Bible, Esther, and one of the most pressing questions readers of Scripture have when it comes to that book of the Bible: Why is God not mentioned?

Having spoken on rationalism and theological false dichotomies, Dr. Alan Strange turns now to the spirituality of the church. What does this have to do with rationalism? What does it mean for the church to be a spiritual institution, and how was that doctrine abused in the South with respect to American slavery?

Branching out from the theme of the lure of rationalism, Dr. Alan Strange now explores theological false dichotomies, addressing the particular doctrines of salvation and justification, and in doing so, highlights the importance of not privileging certain aspects of those doctrines to the exclusion of others.

With us today is Dr. Alan Strange, Professor of Apologetics and Church History, addressing what he calls “the lure of rationalism.” As Christians, we’re not exempt from this temptation of reason over revelation. It’s certainly been on the rise since the Enlightenment, but really, it’s been with us ever since the Garden, and we need to be careful when playing around with reason and its relationship with divine revelation.

In today’s episode, Rev. Andrew Compton takes the principles of prophecy that he’s spoken to at this point (telescoping, reading biblical imagery in HiDef), and applies it to another Old Testament text in the book of Daniel (chapter 8), where he’ll look at the issue of typology and the oppressor of God’s people: Antiochus Epiphanes.

Last time on the show Rev. Compton elaborated a little bit on reading the Bible in HiDef, a method that is aimed at helping us to see and understand what is going on in biblical prophecy. He takes that method in today’s episode and applies it to a bizarre passage of Scripture in the book of Daniel, chapter 7, and the vision of the Four Beasts