Scott and Shawn sit down to consider Jesus as our perfect model for how to think and how it could be that learning to think like Jesus is a key to living a transformed life — no matter what questions or uncertainties our changing world may bring our way.

📖 Episode Resources:

• What Is Biblical Theology? A Guide to the Bible's Story, Symbolism, and Patterns, by James M. Hamilton
• So Much More Than Sex series

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Scott and Shawn discuss the distinctions, merits, and hidden worldview assumptions behind democracy and socialism in order to ask and answer which way Jesus would vote were he living among us in the world today.

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• Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies 
• So Much More Than Sex series

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Have we in the church allowed tradition and culture to inform us about singleness and marriage rather than Scripture? In this episode, we welcome Dr. Dani Treweek, a post-doctoral theological researcher, author, and speaker with a focus on biblical singleness, sexuality, theological retrieval, and worldview formation. By discussing her application of biblical theology in her research on the biblical meaning of singleness, Dani not only challenges us to re-think our understanding of singleness, but also supplies a real-life illustration of how to think biblically about any topic by viewing it through the lens of the Bible’s grand story.

📖 Episode Resources:

• About Dani Treweek
• The Single-Minded Ministry
• Dani’s blog
• Dani’s book, The Meaning of Singleness: Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church
• So Much More Than Sex series

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Did you know it is possible for you to follow biblical principles about money (tithing, paying off debt, etc.) while still idolizing money in your heart? In this episode, Shawn shares how, in order to honour God with our money, we need to think like Jesus by looking deeper into our heart’s motivations behind how we manage our finances.

📖 Episode Resources:

• Kingdom Advisors
• So Much More Than Sex series
• “Seinfeld on When Money Became Everything” on the Wealth of Common Sense blog

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Christians can fall into error when thinking about happiness — either adopting a worldly view of happiness that is self-centered or falling into the belief that God doesn’t care about our happiness at all. So, which is it? Does God want you to be happy, or not?

In this episode, join Scott and Shawn as they discover the answer to this question by uncovering:

• what happiness even is
• whether or not people need God in order to be happy
• why God cares about your happiness
• why God also cares about what your happiness is rooted in
• how to pursue a happiness that ultimately glorifies God in your daily living

📖 Episode Resources:

• So Much More Than Sex series
• Episode with Matt (Doubters Welcome) on different types of doubt
• Desiring God by John Piper

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Do you ever wonder how to hear from God? And if you think you’re hearing from him, how do you really know? Scott and Matt meet up to talk about the ways we can know God is speaking to us, and how we can train ourselves to hear him better. 

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• Doubters Welcome YouTube Channel
• So Much More Than Sex Series

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Special guest, Matt Bellefeuille from Doubters Welcome, joins us to talk about the four types of doubts Christians can experience and how identifying the root cause of those doubts is a critical step in finding faith-satisfying answers.

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• Doubters Welcome video resources
• Doubters Welcome YouTube Channel
• So Much More Than Sex Series

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Our special guest, Mike McGarry of Youth Pastor Theologian, shares what he thinks today’s Christian teens need most — sound, theological teaching. Mike explains how knowing theology helps teens grow into a faith that will endure the struggles they will face and also responds to common objections to teaching theology in youth ministry.

📖 Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Youth Pastor Theologian’s Website
• Mike’s Books:
  • Discover: Questioning Your Way to Faith
  • Lead Them to Jesus: A Handbook for Youth Workers
  • A Biblical Theology of Youth Ministry
  • Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practical Guide (contribution)
• So Much More Than Sex Series

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In this episode from the archives, Scott and Shawn examine our culture’s prevailing ideas about justice and uncover what lies at the root of true justice, according to God and the Bible.

📖 Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Confronting Justice without Compromising Truth by Thaddeus Williams
• So Much More Than Sex Series

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Why should God get to decide what’s just? And how can God be just if he simply forgives people for their sin when they place their faith in Jesus? How is that fair? 

Scott and Shawn dig into the challenging subject of God’s justice and discover that the key to understanding God’s justice is to begin with the question, “What does God deserve?”

📖 Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth, by Thaddeus Williams
• Our episode, “Is God a Narcissist? Why God’s Demand for Worship Isn’t Selfish”
• Our episode, “Jesus Teaches on Hell (or Does He?)”

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