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May 01, 2017 Episode 068: Islam, Canada, and M-103
Islam, Canada, and M-103
“Canadians don’t know Muslims; they don’t understand Islam. And that ignorance is fuelling a lot of fear. And the fear is just leading people to become more aggressive.” This is a small excerpt from this week’s important conversation on Islam, Canada, and the recent motion that was passed in Canada – M-103. We’re joined by Dr. Wesley A. Thiessen from Calgary, Alberta who has lived for many years in both North Africa and Jerusalem. It was during this time that God began to work in and through Dr. Thiessen’s life to help him learn the religion of Islam more in depth. This has led him to have many great relationships with Muslims, and great knowledge to help people like us who may not know how to respond to the influx of Muslims in Canada. We all have different ideas and opinions, so let’s talk. But first, listen to this conversation with Dr. Thiessen.
Episode Links
Dr. Wesley has a blog! He obviously writes about Islam. Check it out!

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*Below is an edited transcription of the audio conversation.
Introduction

With me today is Dr. Wesley A. Thiessen. He’s got his PhD in Islamic history, and he’s recently now back in Canada. Anyways, thanks for being on the show today with us.
Isaac, it’s great to be here. Thank you very much for having me.

Why don’t you just share a bit about who you are personally and what exactly you do. And also after that, how you came to know Jesus as well.
So, I live in Calgary, Alberta – I was born and raised here. When I was doing my graduate studies I spent some time overseas. I was in Jerusalem for a couple of years, and those were very life-changing years for me. It opened up my horizons of people in different cultures and I felt like during those times God gave me a very, very strong love for Arab peoples. And I knew that at some point in my life that I would go back and live in an Arab culture.
After that I got married, started having kids, and then an opportunity came for me to go and teach English in North Africa. So we went to Libya, we were there for six months. And then we spent, after that, fifteen years living in Tunisia in North Africa.
And in the middle of that time, or closer to the end of it, I actually came back to Canada to complete my PhD in Islamic history because of the time I had spent there and my desires to better understand the people I was living among and how Islamic law actually was formed. My focus is on the early, formative period of Islam.

And how did you come to know Jesus in all of that?
Well I was brought up, like I said, in Calgary – I was brought up in a Christian home. So I’ve been a church goer for most of my life, except when I moved to the Muslim world where it’s difficult sometimes to find a church. I made a decision when I was eight years old that I wanted to commit my life to Christ. There were various times throughout my teen years afterwards, being involved in summer camp and things like that, where I continued to grow in my relationship with God. And then at one point I just made a decision that I was going to commit my future to God as well and let Him decide where I was going to go.

And have you felt Christ working in and through the different decisions you’ve made, especially when it comes to studying Islamic history and all that? Have you felt the guiding of the Spirit in that?
You know, I would probably point back to a day when I was in Libya – we were only there for six months, but we lived in a city that was eight hundred kilometers south of the coast line, so you could say that it was in the middle of the Sahara Desert. A city of about a hundred thousand people.
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April 24, 2017 Episode 067: Justice, Church, and Cyber-Sex Trafficking
Cyber-Sex Trafficking, Justice, and the Church In the West, Christians are more prone to attending a conference on justice, rather than actually doing justice in their cities. Why is that? This week on indoubt we chat with Mark Wollenberg, director of church mobilization for the International Justice Mission in Canada. He first shares with us about…
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April 24, 2017 Episode 067: Justice, Church, and Cyber-Sex Trafficking
Cyber-Sex Trafficking, Justice, and the Church
In the West, Christians are more prone to attending a conference on justice, rather than actually doing justice in their cities. Why is that? This week on indoubt we chat with Mark Wollenberg, director of church mobilization for the International Justice Mission in Canada. He first shares with us about what exactly IJM is and does, followed by a discussion on justice and church. We then get into the “new” problem of cyber-sex trafficking – what it is and what we can do to help end it.

Who’s Our Guest?
Mark Wollenberg is the National Director of Church Mobilization for the International Justice Mission in Canada. Having been a church-planter and pastor, Mark now enjoys his work for IJM Canada as well as spending time with his wife and adult children. You can follow Mark on Twitter at @markwollenberg.

Episode Links
Mark Wollenberg works for IJM Canada. Be sure to check out their site!

Here’s a link to the #notonmyscreen campaign Mark was talking about.

Also, here’s the video Mark and I were referring to regarding cyber-sex trafficking. Content may be unsuitable for children.

Mark was kind to give us some recent stats on human trafficking in the world.

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*Below is an edited transcription of the audio conversation.
Introduction

With me today in studio is Mark Wollenberg who is IJM Canada’s National Director of Church Mobilization. IJM, if you didn’t know, is International Justice Mission. It’s been around for quite some time now. But thanks for being with us here today Mark!
Great to be with you Isaac.

So, work aside for a second. We’re going to come back to IJM, but, who are you? Who is Mark?
I was, like a lot of people, born in the prairies. Grew up in the heartland of the country and moved to BC as a teenager.

Right choice, right choice.
You want to move that way! I grew up in Kelowna actually, so I love doing outdoor stuff. Being on the lake in the summer time, skiing in the winter. I played lots of sports – football, basketball, soccer, so very, very much enjoy the outdoors. I don’t play competitive sports right now, I’m just not quite able to get down the floor as fast as I used to. But I enjoy swimming, working at the gym.
My wife and I have five children, and they’re all adults now. So we have time now to go hiking, walking, and just enjoy what living in the lower mainland is offering us.

Yeah, that’s awesome. And grandchildren as well?
One grandchild, yes. Yeah, so we’re kind of in that place of just enjoying what we’ve poured into our children – the things that we’re seeing them do. Celebrating with them in the accomplishments in their lives. How do we support them? is what we’re looking at in the next season of our lives.

That’s good, that’s really good.
Alright, so, IJM. Again, International Justice Mission. I feel like a lot of people, including myself, we just have this vague idea – like we’ve heard of IJM a little bit, in fact, I think it was- the first time I heard about IJM was back in, I was a little bit late hearing about it, it was 2012, and one of my co-workers who I was serving with at Old Spaghetti Factory said that she was in school doing her law so that she could go and work for IJM. So I asked, “What’s IJM?” and she told me about it and explained a little bit.
But anyways, we have this vague idea of what IJM is, “Okay so it’s to do with justice, it’s all around the world,
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April 17, 2017 Episode 066: Evangelism in the 21st Century
Evangelism in the 21st Century Years ago now I (Isaac) got into a van with 12 college students and drove around the country. We were doing a service tour of different churches – providing a time of worshipping through music and preaching the Word. In Burlington, Ontario we stopped at a small church, and that’s…
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April 17, 2017 Episode 066: Evangelism in the 21st Century
Evangelism in the 21st Century
Years ago now I (Isaac) got into a van with 12 college students and drove around the country. We were doing a service tour of different churches – providing a time of worshipping through music and preaching the Word. In Burlington, Ontario we stopped at a small church, and that’s where I met John Nathan. At the time, he was a pastor. Now, he’s the Ontario regional facilitator for The Gideons. I recently met up with him and we decided to have a conversation on evangelism in the 21st Century – and that’s what this is all about. In this conversation, John reminds us of the Holy Spirit’s role in salvation, how we need to be daily enjoying the gospel, and what we can do to grow in our zeal for sharing the good news.

Who’s Our Guest?
John Nathan is the Ontario Regional Facilitator for The Gideons International in Canada. Years ago in his late teens he was given a Gideons Bible. In a short period of time afterwards he responded to God’s call on his life. Whether pastoring or serving on Gideons, John has been in full-time ministry since 2007. He and his wife Donna, along with their two children, live in Ontario, Canada.

Episode Links
Make sure to check out the The Gideons Canada site (where John serves full-time).

Here’s the app that John was chatting about (New Life App).

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*Below is an edited transcription of the audio conversation.
Introduction

With me today is John Nathan who is the regional facilitator of Gideons in Ontario. Thanks for coming on the show today John.

Hey, my pleasure Isaac.

So, I know you in person. I think it was 2011 when I was part of this group of 10 students from my Bible College. We had this awesome privilege at the end of the year to travel along the Northern States up to the Maritimes, and then come along through the provinces. And we stopped at your place because at that time you were pastoring a little Foursquare Church in Burlington. And we got to stay the night at your house.
I don’t know why, but you let about 10 college students crash your tiny apartment. Do you remember that?

Yes, I do, I do.

It was a lot of fun. Anyways, we got to meet John there and his wife. And I think at that time she was pregnant.

Yes, she was.

Why don’t you just tell us a little bit about who you are personally, and then what you do as the regional facilitator of Gideons in Ontario.

Yeah, I’d love to. So you mentioned that I’m married, I’ve been married for twelve years to my lovely sweetheart, Donna. She has been a blessing and a support and a ministry partner. When you came, my wife was pregnant and now my son is 5-years-old. And I do have a girl as well, she’s only 9 months. Their names are Jaren and Jada. It’s been a blessing to serve God and serve my family and serve in the ministry.
A little bit about me – I have 7 years in the secular, financial district. That was with the Royal Bank, prior to working in full-time ministry in 2007. Since then I’ve been doing different things in ministry, but serving.

Yeah, that’s good! So being the regional facilitator of Gideons in Ontario, what exactly does that look like? In fact, just tell us about Gideons first, because I think a lot of us know Gideons and literally we all just think back to the little red books. We also think of hotels with the Gideons Bible, but tell us about who they are, what they do,
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April 10, 2017 Episode 065: The Church in the Last Three Centuries
The Church in the Last Three Centuries This is now the fourth and final episode in our 4 session series on Church History. Dr. Michael Haykin has graciously taken us through the The Patristic Era, The Medieval Period, and last week, The Reformation. This week Dr. Haykin digs into major events that impacted and shaped the church in…
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April 10, 2017 Episode 065: The Church in the Last Three Centuries
The Church in the Last Three Centuries
This is now the fourth and final episode in our 4 session series on Church History. Dr. Michael Haykin has graciously taken us through the The Patristic Era, The Medieval Period, and last week, The Reformation. This week Dr. Haykin digs into major events that impacted and shaped the church in the last 3 centuries. Learn about The Enlightenment, the Modern Missionary Movement, and the globalization of the church in this week’s show.

Who’s Our Guest?
Dr. Michael Haykin (ThD University of Toronto) is professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Haykin also serves as the director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. He’s authored and/or edited over twenty-five books, including 8 Women of Faith and Rediscovering the Church Fathers.

Episode Links
Check out The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (where Dr. Michael Haykin teaches).

Also, check out The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies (where Dr. Haykin serves as director).
The two books that Dr. Haykin mentioned that give a good summary of church history are listed beneath.

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*Below is an edited transcription of the audio conversation.
Introduction

Well with me today to finish our series on church history is Dr. Michael Haykin. He’s a professor of church history and biblical spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky. Thanks for being with us today!
Great to be with you again.

If you’re new to indoubt and this is the first episode you’re listening to ever, or you’ve listened before and you’ve just happened to start listening to this episode now, I’d encourage you to go back to the first episodes in this series.
The Patristic Era with Dr. Michael Haykin
The Medieval Era with Dr. Michael Haykin
The story that Dr. Michael Haykin has been so incredibly telling us is just that: it’s a true story. But stories obviously need to be heard and understood in full and they morph and they change on top of each other, so we need to get it in its full.
But anyways, he took us through the Patristic Period, then we went into the Medieval Period (the dark ages – Bible illiteracy and things like that), and then last week we looked at The Reformation, another mountain top where people like John Calvin and Martin Luther explained some really important things – it was a Reformation of the gospel.
And now today we reach the globalization of the gospel, so why don’t you explain to us what you mean by that.
The globalization of the gospel is the way in which the gospel moved out of the European confines it had been in really for the best part of a thousand years.
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April 03, 2017 Episode 064: What is the Reformation? with Dr. Michael Haykin
What is the Reformation? This year, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – that glorious moment in history when the gospel was rediscovered. Thanks to God’s sovereign plan, countless men and women during the 1500s and 1600s were reawakened to the beauty and power of the gospel as revealed in God’s Word. The…
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April 03, 2017 Episode 064: What is the Reformation? with Dr. Michael Haykin
What is the Reformation?
This year, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – that glorious moment in history when the gospel was rediscovered. Thanks to God’s sovereign plan, countless men and women during the 1500s and 1600s were reawakened to the beauty and power of the gospel as revealed in God’s Word. The Reformation has shaped more of how you worship today than you know. To join us in helping explain the impact and story of the Reformation is Dr. Michael Haykin from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he serves as professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality. This is part 3 of a 4 part series on a general “church history” timeline from the Patristic Era to the Modern Period. Listen to The Patristic Era and The Medieval Period if you’re interested. Next week, we finish our series. It’s been such a privilege in learning church history from one of the world’s best!

Who’s Our Guest?
Dr. Michael Haykin (ThD University of Toronto) is professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Haykin also serves as the director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. He’s authored and/or edited over twenty-five books, including 8 Women of Faith and Rediscovering the Church Fathers.

Episode Links
Check out The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (where Dr. Michael Haykin teaches).

Also, check out The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies (where Dr. Haykin serves as director).
And here’s the book I was referring to at the end of the show called 8 Women of Faith.

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*Below is an edited transcription of the audio conversation.
Introduction

Well it’s our third of four sessions going through Church history. It’s not as if Church history can be explained in simply four 20-25 minute sessions, but here with me to do his best (and he’s been doing a great job at it) is Dr. Michael Haykin. He’s a professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Thanks for being here with us!
Great to be with you again.

As I said, this is our third episode in our series. And since it’s history – it’s obvious, things morph, they build, they change on top of one another, so it’s important that we know what happens in the past. So I say that to encourage you if this is the first of the four you’re listening to, then pause this, go back to the first in the series, and start from there, and then come to where we are now.
The Patristic Era with Dr. Michael Haykin
The Medieval Era with Dr. Michael Haykin
Anyways, we’re going to learn from Michael today about the Reformation – about the reforming and the reviving of the church.
So tell us about this time.

The Basics of the Reformation
Yeah, this is a time in which after a long period, and really that period stretches from around 800-14...
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March 27, 2017 Episode 063: Bible Poverty with Danny Foster
Bible Poverty So, if I asked you the question: What is the one thing (or a few things) that Christians in “struggling” areas of the world need? You might say “stronger pastors or leaders,” or “better theology,” or even “more churches.” All of these are true, but something I personally overlooked is the simple need…
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