Re-integrate

Everything in Western society teaches us that we belong to nobody but ourselves. This sounds great! We can create our own identities, map out our own lives, and find our own significance. This means that we are entirely responsible for ourselves.

But Alan Noble says this overwhelmingly burdens us to try to justify our existence and to create and express our own identities. And society is more than happy to manipulate us as we do so. There is a lot of money to be had in people who are burdened with creating, sustaining, and projecting who they are.

Alan Noble (Ph.D., Baylor University) is Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He is the editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and the author of articles and books, including Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age (InterVarsity Press, 2018). He just published You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World (InterVarsity Press, 2021).

Buy Alan Noble's books from independent Christian booksellers Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

>> Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

It has become vogue to deconstruct everything, especially Christianity, without any desire for the reconstruction of something that is closer to the real Jesus Christ and the way of life he offers us.

Honest doubt about what we’ve been taught is a good thing. In fact, healthy deconstruction can create great spiritual growth. But doubt can also lead someone to lose their faith. Our guest says that we can question our faith without losing it.

A. J. Swoboda (PhD, University of Birmingham) is assistant professor of Bible, theology, and world Christianity at Bushnell University. He also leads a Doctor of Ministry program in Holy Spirit Leadership & Ministry Practice at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of a number of books, including the Christianity Today 2019 Book Award Winner (Spiritual Formation) Subversive Sabbath (Brazos Press, 2018). 

His latest book is titled After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith without Losing It (Brazos Press, 2021). This book is a much-needed assist to doubters and those of us who are seeking to help them. 

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Buy A.J. Swoboda's books from independent Christian booksellers Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

>> Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

What is a Christian’s role in making cultural change? What is a Christian’s role in a polarized political society? Does the gospel of Jesus Christ inform us on any of this?

Dr. Bruce Ashford (Ph.D. in Theological Studies, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an author, speaker, and columnist. He wrote or co-wrote nine books, including Every Square Inch: An Introduction to Cultural Engagement for Christians, The Gospel of Our King: Bible, Worldview, and the Mission of Every Christian, The Doctrine of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach, and Letters to an American Christian. 

He is a Senior Research Fellow at The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge, England.

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Buy Bruce Ashford's books from independent Christian booksellers Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

>> Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

Yes, we can deepen our Christian discipleship by reintegrating faith, work, and economics. Our guest, Charlie Self, says that Christians have the means to bless their local economies in unique ways that can transform coworkers and neighbors as Christ is glorified. We discuss wholehearted discipleship that extends beyond our Sundays at church and into our workplaces the rest of the week. 

Dr. Charlie Self is a Christian leader whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects and is well known for drawing on vast bodies of knowledge to address the problems Christians face. He has over four decades of experience reintegrating church, academy, marketplace, and the public square, helping people see that all domains of service can serve the kingdom of God. 

He has been an ordained pastor for over four decades, serving as an associate and senior pastor in several congregations. He has earned four degrees: a Bachelor’s in History, two Master’s degrees (one in History and one in Philosophical and Systematic Theology), and a Ph.D. in Modern European History. He is a visiting professor of church history at The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary where he teaches courses in apologetics, church history, mission history, leadership development, and discipleship. 

He has served as the Director of Learning Communities for the Made to Flourish pastors network. He is also co-developer of ”Discipleship Dynamics,” a biblical, empirically verified whole-life discipleship assessment that measures 5 Dimensions and 40 Outcomes. 

Charlie is the author of three books, the latest being Flourishing Churches and Communities: A Pentecostal Primer on Faith, Work and Economics for Spirit-Empowered Discipleship (from Acton Institute’s Christian Library Press, 2013). 

In a society fixated on anxiety, competition, and comparison Jesus Christ offers another path. He has told his followers that instead of living in constant striving and competition that each of us has equal dignity and worth. It's often assumed that the good life is only for the most wealthy, attractive, and powerful. Poor, sad, and suffering people are left out. But Jesus offers a ninefold path in the Beatitudes that is for everyone. Whatever your story, whatever your struggle, wherever you find yourself, Jesus says that you are blessed in Him.

Mark Scandrette's latest book is The Ninefold Path of Jesus: Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes (IVP, 2021). In this book, Mark explores the nine sayings in the opening verses of Matthew chapter five, helping readers move beyond their first instincts to instead embrace the deeper reality of the kingdom of God. He invites us into nine new postures for life. Instead of living in fear, we can choose radical love.

Mark Scandrette is the founding director of ReIMAGINE: A Center for Integral Christian Practice, where he leads retreats, workshops, and projects that help participants apply spiritual wisdom to everyday life. His multidisciplinary studies in applied psychology, family health, and theology have shaped his approach to learning and transformation. He is on the creative team for NINE BEATS collective, a project exploring the beatitudes as a 21st-century vocabulary for the living way of Jesus.

Check out ninefoldpath.org for more information.

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Buy this book from Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

>> Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

The significance of the Bible’s extensive teaching about the natural world is easily overlooked by Christians accustomed to focusing only on what the Bible says about God’s interaction with human beings.

Who cares about the creation? Well, God told us humans that we are supposed to care for the creation. 

Jonathan A. Moo is associate professor of New Testament and environmental studies at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He has a unique education, having graduate degrees (including a PhD from Cambridge) in both biblical studies and wildlife ecology.

He collaborated with his father, Douglas Moo, on the book, Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World (Zondervan, 2018). Douglas Moo is one of the most respected New Testament scholars of this generation.

Buy this book from Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

How does our faith inform our public life? We know it addresses our personal lives, our personal holiness, our families, our churches. 

But does our faith inform our work? Our enjoyment of art? Of fashion? Of architecture? 

Instead of simply relying on the political pundits on the cable news channels, do we have access to theologically shaped ideas to issues like political ideologies, immigration, race relations, and economics? 

Our guest on this episode of the Reintegrate Podcast is Dr. Matthew Kaemingk. He is the Richard John Mouw Assistant Professor of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary where he also serves as the Director of the Richard John Mouw Institute of Faith and Public Life. His research and teaching focus on marketplace theology, Islam and political ethics, and public theology.

His latest publication is a book he edited as a festschrift to honor the life and work of Richard Mouw, Reformed Public Theology (Baker Academic, 2021). The book has essays written by experts from all over the world offering insights on issues facing us in the 21st Century, everything from immigration, euthanasia, economics, art, race, Christian practices like prayer, communion, baptism, confession, and piety, as well as political ideologies, populism, and activism. 

Other books from Matthew Kaemingk include Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Eerdmans, 2018) and Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy, cowritten with Cory Willson,(Baker Academic, 2020). Check out our podcast from April 2021 where we discuss that excellent book with Matt.

Buy these books from Independent Bookseller, Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

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Too many of us have experienced abuse of power from pastors in our churches. This happens in churches that have allowed for a culture of toxicity. To resist toxicity, we need to restore goodness in our churches. The Hebrew word translated “good” is tov. 

Scot McKnight and his daughter Laura Barringer have written A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing (Tyndale, 2020). 

In this episode, we interview Scot McKnight. Dr. McKnight is Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lisle, IL. He is a New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, and theologian. He has a very popular blog called "Jesus Creed" that is housed at ChristianityToday.com. 

Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

To get your copy of A Church Called Tov, contact Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts and Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about it on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

How do we invite God into our everyday work lives? We spend most of our time not at church or in a quiet place, but at work! How do we find God there?

In a new book, Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work (Hendrickson Publishers in partnership with the Theology of Work Project, 2019), co-authors Denise Daniels and Shannon Vandewarker help us to create practices within our work-a-day lives to see where God is already present in our work environment. If we want to be transformed into Christ’s likeness, the great place for that to happen is where we spend so much of our time and energy: Our work. 

Today on the Reintegrate Podcast we have one of the authors of this book. Denise Daniels, Ph.D., was recently appointed the Hudson T. Harrison Professor of Entrepreneurship at Wheaton College. Previously she was a Professor of Management at Seattle Pacific University, where she also served as the Associate Dean and Interim Dean in the School of Business, Government, and Economics. Denise is the co-Principal Investigator on a $1.5 million dollar research project funded by the Lilly Endowment examining how Christians in the United States reintegrate their faith with their work.

While at Seattle Pacific University, she was the producer of an excellent documentary film series, Faith & Co. designed to inspire deeper connections between faith and work (be sure to check this out, it is now free online!).

Contact Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts and Minds Bookstore to purchase the book. Call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about it on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! 

Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

Are you a recent college graduate, or an upper-classman in college, or have a loved one in that stage of life? It is an anxious time, transitioning out of college. New careers, new places to live, new relationships. A lot is changing. Today’s guest has lots of practical wisdom and tools to help with the transition.

Erica Young Reitz is the principal and founder of After College Transition. She has several years of college ministry experience working for the CCO and directing a program at Penn State University called Senior EXIT, which prepares students for life after college. 

She is the author of After College: Navigating Transitions, Relationships and Faith (InterVarsity Press) and you can find articles by her in Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, The Gospel Coalition, and Collegiate Collective. 

Erica also serves as a lecturer in English for Penn State University’s Program in Writing and Rhetoric and as an adjunct faculty member for Geneva College’s Master’s in Higher Education Program.

She lives in State College, PA with her husband and two children.

Thanks for listening!

Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate.

Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning.

There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson.

On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.