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August 27, 2018 Episode 137: Fighting Porn with Purpose
Every once in a while a Christian leader, a book, or a sermon will remind us of the tragedy that pornography addiction plays in the world and in the church. This is good – to remember the struggle and get it out of the dark. This conversation does just that, but focuses on helping those who are addicted to be free. How? Through hobbies and habits. Through finding purpose. Obviously God frees people from addictions in miraculous ways, but often times he’ll use practical helps to heal our brokenness (which is still a miracle by the way). Joining us is Digital Communication Specialist at Covenant Eyes, Lisa Eldred, who’s recently written a book on this issue.

Who is Our Guest?

Lisa Eldred is a Digital Communication Specialist at Covenant Eyes, where she has authored several ebooks, including Hobbies and Habits: Fighting Porn with Purpose and More Than Single: Finding Purpose Beyond Porn. In her free time she plays video games, writes sonnets (published online at www.wasabijane.com), and volunteers at her church.

Episode Links
Make sure to pick up Lisa’s new book, Hobbies and Habits: Fighting Porn with Purpose. It’s FREE!

Also check out Covenant Eyes for accountability opportunities and many more resources.

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August 20, 2018 Episode 136: Are Stories a Part of Your Life?
What exactly constitutes a story? Why is storytelling essential for the gospel? And why should Christians be invested in both engaging and telling stories? Pastor and children's book author Casey Fritz is with us to help us through these questions.
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August 20, 2018 Episode 136: Are Stories a Part of Your Life?
One site on the internet says that roughly 600 movies are released each year – and that’s just in the US. If you add every other country, you’ll be in the thousands. Then add novels, plays, etc. to the mix, and one thing becomes very clear: stories are powerful and popular. So, what exactly constitutes a story? Why is storytelling essential for the gospel? And why should Christians be invested in both engaging and telling stories? Pastor and children’s book author Casey Fritz is with us to help us through these questions.

Who is Our Guest?

Casey Fritz is the Head of Story, writer and illustrator at Patrol. Casey also is the preaching pastor for Collective Church in Los Angeles. His role at Patrol brings together his lifelong love of imaginative tales as well as his theological and pastoral gifts. As Head of Story, Casey works with a team of writers, artists, and other collaborators in order to maximize the narrative power and gospel truths of the books Patrol puts out. Casey is the author of the Cottonmouth series, Good Night Tales, and The Moonman Cometh.

Episode Links
Find out more about Patrol where Casey is Head of Story, writer and illustrator.

Also check out Collective Church where Casey pastors.
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Isaac:
With me today is, according to his Twitter, disciple, husband, father, pastor, author and illustrator, Casey Fritz. But probably most related to our conversation today, he’s Head of Story, writer and illustrator for Patrol. It’s great to have you on the show with us today, Casey.
Casey:
I’m happy to be here. Thanks for having me.
Isaac:
Perhaps in more detail than what I just said, can you just let us know a bit about who you are?
Casey:
Yeah. Do you want me to just go all the way back to birth? I can go all the way.
Isaac:
Absolutely.
Casey:
It’s up to you how far. “When my father fell in love with my mother.”
Isaac:
Of course!
Casey:
No, I am married. I’ve been married for about 13 years. I have two incredible children: my son, 11; my daughter, 9. I’ve been a pastor now since about 2007 at a couple of various different churches for a long time in Arizona but now in Los Angeles area, California for a few years in Hollywood. Now, I am the preaching pastor of Collective Church here in the west side of Los Angeles. It’s been through this entire process of being in Los Angeles and being in ministry in Los Angeles that I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to start stepping more into children’s publishing and children’s illustrating and children’s writing.
Around 2012, I got my start with my very first book. Again, pertaining to our conversation today, illustrating and writing has been also a huge part of my ministry and my time here in Los Angeles and I’ve had the opportunity, the very honouring and humble opportunity,
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August 13, 2018 Episode 135: The Bible in One Sentence
What's the story of the Bible? How can it be summed up in one sentence? And how can we shape our lives around it? Pastor Jonathan Neufeld is with us to walk us through the Bible’s story.
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August 13, 2018 Episode 135: The Bible in One Sentence
What’s the Bible in one sentence? It can be easy to view the Bible as a variety of writings that are put together without a pattern or purpose. But, this is not the case at all. The Bible, we find, tells one unifying story with one purpose. This week we look at what this story is, how it can be summed up in one sentence, and how we can shape our lives around it. We’re thankful to have pastor Jonathan Neufeld with us to walk us through the Bible’s story.

Who is Our Guest?

Jonathan Neufeld is a pastor at Central Community Church in British Columbia. He’s married to his wife Korinna and has graduated with a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Episode Links
To find out more about the church Jonathan’s a pastor at, check out Central Community Church.

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Isaac:
With me today is Pastor Jonathan Neufeld. Jonathan pastors in the Lower Mainland, Chilliwack, here in BC, Canada. He’s served generally in ministry for the last five years. But, has been in the church for a long time.
He’s just got his Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. When was that, by the way?
Jonathan:
I graduated just over a year ago.
Isaac:
Just over a year ago. Okay, that’s awesome. It’s great to have you with us today in studio.
Jonathan:
Thank you. Thanks for having me.
Isaac:
Who are you? I mean, we know a little bit about who you are. It’s great to have someone face-to-face, because usually, if you’re a regular listener of indoubt, we’re talking to someone via FaceTime Audio or Skype.
Anyways, yeah. Tell us a little bit about who you are.
Jonathan:
Yeah. Well, as you said, I’m a pastor right now in Chilliwack at Central Community Church. I lead one of our campuses up in Promontory there. But, I’m probably most known to your listeners, at least, because of my relation with Dr. John Neufeld, who I normally call dad.
Isaac:
There you go.
Jonathan:
Yeah. I, obviously, grew up in a bit of a Christian home. I really grew up knowing a lot about the Bible. I was the pastor’s kid, I was the good pastor’s kid. You hear about sort of the rebel ones or the bad ones. I was really the good one.
I was the kid who had all the answers in Sunday school. But, the problem was, especially growing up, I just realized I didn’t actually believe those things. Those were the things I knew. I knew how to act, I knew what to say.
But, truth be told, I didn’t believe most of those things that I was saying. Those were just the answers I thought I had to say because I was the pastor’s kid. At least, for me, where God really started getting a hold of my life was hwen my uncle was actually killed in a car accident. Really, suddenly, out in Alberta, he was killed. I remember going to his funeral and for the first time I was sitting there going, “I could actually die at any point. I would stand before a God who could actually see through all of my lies. All of the things, all the right answers I said but didn’t really believe, God could actually see those things. He’d actually know what all was going on there.”
That was really at the point where I just realized, this was something I either had to make my own, because, I had no guarantees I was going to live until 70 when I could then do it on my death bed. No, you never really know. It really became my own around that time. That’s really where I became a Christian,
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August 06, 2018 Episode 134: Evangelism in a Skeptical World
Would you consider yourself evangelistic? Honestly, not many would. In our extremely skeptical world where there’s an abundance of worldviews, trying to get someone to repent and believe in Jesus is a daunting task. With us this week to talk about evangelism in a skeptical world is Dr. Sam Chan. Not only does Sam help us see how things like contextualization, cultural hermeneutics, and storytelling can help your evangelism, but he also shares with us some of his own stories. And for those who have a fear of evangelism, Sam provides some good advice. Don’t miss this important conversation.

Who is Our Guest?

Dr. Sam Chan is a cultural analyst, theologian, public speaker, author, medical doctor, and karaoke buddy. Sam was born in Hong Kong, grew up and lives in Australia, studied medicine at the University of Sydney, and did his PhD in Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Chicago, USA.

Episode Links
Sam’s book (that our conversation was based on) is called Evangelism in a Skeptical World: How To Make The Unbelievable News About Jesus More Believable.

Also, check out Sam’s blog – espressotheology.com.

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Isaac:
With me today is Dr. Sam Chan. Sam is a theologian. He’s a preacher, author, evangelist (not done), ethicist, cultural analyst and medical doctor. It’s great to have you with us today, Sam.
Sam:
Good to be here, Isaac. Thanks for having me.
Isaac:
Absolutely. I should let our listeners know, if you’ve been listening with us for a while, that Sam is our first Australian guest. I just want to say, Sam, that’s a big privilege.
Sam:
Oh, it’s a pleasure and we’ve worked out, because of the international dateline, I’m in the future. I’m actually tomorrow. I’m one day ahead of you.
Isaac:
That is incredible. My brain does not fathom that.
Sam:
I know. You should ask me what the share market prices are going to do tomorrow.
Isaac:
That’s true.
Sam:
I can tell you whether they go up or down. I know. Wouldn’t it be good if it did work that way?
Isaac:
Too bad. Too bad. Sam, let me just ask first. I don’t really know you. A lot of people might not know you. Who are you? Maybe a little bit of a short testimony.
Sam:
Yeah, sure. I was born in Hong Kong. But as a baby, my parents moved to Australia, so I grew up in Australia. But then I did graduate and PhD studies in Chicago at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, went back to Sydney and then worked teaching (you guys call it seminary) theology, ethics, preaching and evangelism. Somewhere in that journey, I also was a doctor before I went to seminary.
These days I’m bi-vocational. I spend time in Christian ministry giving talks about Jesus, especially to the non-believing public, but also, I work one day a week as a doctor, as a surgical assistant. All I do is hold the leg for the surgeon to operate on. A trained monkey could do what I do. The nurses look at the surgeon and think, “Yeah, I can see how that took six years of medical school.
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July 30, 2018 Episode 133: Christian Ethics with Wayne Grudem
With us this week is world-renowned theologian Wayne Grudem who's just written a brand new book that gives an introduction (quite a large one) to biblical moral reasoning. In our conversation, he talks about his new book, lying/telling the truth, marijuana, and more.
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July 30, 2018 Episode 133: Christian Ethics with Wayne Grudem
Many of the letters written to the early church are split into two parts: the theology and then how that theology looks like in real life. Christian ethics seeks to answer the question, “What does all of the Bible say about how to engage ____ in real life?” With us this week is world-renowned theologian Wayne Grudem who’s just written a brand new book that gives an introduction (quite a large one) to biblical moral reasoning. Many of us have instinctual feelings that some things are wrong and some are right, but Wayne helps clarify why those things are right or wrong. In our conversation, he talks about his new book, lying/telling the truth, marijuana, and more.

Who is Our Guest?

Wayne Grudem is research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary and author of Systematic Theology. He co-founded the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood and served as the general editor of the ESV Study Bible.

Episode Links
Make sure to check out Wayne’s new book, Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Biblical Moral Reasoning.

Also, you’ll want to take a look at Wayne’s blog.

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Isaac:
With me today is author and professor Wayne Grudem. Wayne is research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary and author of the popular theology textbook, Systematic Theology. He co-founded the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and he also served as the general editor of the ESV Study Bible. It’s a great privilege to have you on the show with us today, Wayne.
Wayne:
Thank you, Isaac.
Isaac:
Firstly, just so people can hear a little bit more about who you are personally, could you just give us a brief testimony of how you were saved?
Wayne:
I used to say that I’d first trusted in Christ when I prayed with my mother to receive Christ as my Saviour when I was 12 years old, living in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Later, as I began to look back on my earlier childhood, I realized that I used to pray often, I loved to read the Bible, I loved to sing hymns; there were many things in my life as a lower elementary school child, I’m talking first grade, second grade, third grade, that would indicate to me that I probably was born again at a very early age. I don’t remember a time ever when I didn’t believe in God and believed in Jesus.
I’m thankful for that, and that’s been 70 years now.
Isaac:
Wow, that’s amazing. Love to hear that. Now Wayne, with our short period of time, I’m going to jump right to the point of our conversation. Your recent book, Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Biblical Moral Reasoning, it’s releasing very soon, excited about it. And really the first thing I want to ask you is this: What exactly are you talking about when you refer to “Christian ethics”?
Wayne:
Well I define Christian ethics as any study that answers the question, “What does the whole Bible teach us about which acts, attitudes, and personal character traits receive God’s approval, and which do not?” So, the question that I’m trying to answer in various parts of the book is, “How does God want us to act, and think,
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July 23, 2018 Episode 132: Deconversion and Liberal Theology
We have with us this week author and professor Dr. Michael Kruger to help us see the plot line of the deconversion story. He also helps us see the general beliefs of liberal theology, and provides an encouragement and call for people to stand on a the only solid truth-foundation - the Bible.
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July 23, 2018 Episode 132: Deconversion and Liberal Theology
What do Jen Hatmaker, Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, Bart Ehrman, and many others have in common? They’ve, in some form or another, deconverted from their once “evangelical” Christian faith. We know this because they’ve publicly made it known. Now, they probably wouldn’t call it a “deconversion” story, but nevertheless, they’ve taken to the blog-podcast-video-internet world to make their stories known. Now, it’s in their stories that we find a kind of outline – a few points that they seem to hit on. We have with us this week author and professor Dr. Michael Kruger to help us see the plot line of the deconversion story. He also helps us see the general beliefs of liberal theology, and provides an encouragement and call for people to stand on a the only solid truth-foundation – the Bible.

Who is Our Guest?

Dr. Michael Kruger is the President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC. In addition, Michael is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and serve as an Associate Pastor (part-time) at his home church, Uptown PCA. He is married to Melissa Kruger, Women’s Ministry Coordinator at Uptown PCA.

Episode Links
The article we’ve been talking about that Michael wrote is called The Power of De-Conversion Stories: How Jen Hatmaker is Trying to Change Minds About the Bible. Also, here’s the first article in his new series: The 10 Commandments of Progressive Christianity.

You can find Michael’s blog, Canon Fodder, here.

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Isaac:
With me today is Dr. Michael Kruger. Michael is President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Michael is married, he’s written many books, he’s lectured at various places, and also serves part-time as an associate pastor. It’s good to have you today, Michael.
Michael:
Thanks so much, good to be on the program.
Isaac:
The first thing we want to ask is simply, who are you? You’re going to be, obviously, educating us a little bit about some of these issues, but before we hear you educating us, let us know a little bit about who you are, maybe how you came to Jesus.
Michael:
Yeah. My current sketch you laid out just a second ago, which is that I’m the President and New Testament professor here at Reformed Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, and have been here for about 17 years. As far as my background, I became a believer at a young age ’cause I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home and heard the Gospel at a young age, and I have believing parents and a believing brother, and thankful for a Christian family. I never really went to a Christian college or university. I graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and then on to seminary and Ph.D. work, but was grateful to grow up in a Christian family.
Isaac:
That’s awesome, that’s so good.
You’ve written a lot, you’ve done a lot of kind of deep theolog...
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