We discuss Aaron's new book, Life in the Negative World. We walk through his taxonomy of positive, neutral, and negative world. Then, we speak about the role of the Church in an age antagonistic to the Gospel and how Christians can respond to our present discourse.

Resources:

Life in the Negative World by Aaron Renn

The Aaron Renn Show

Aaron Renn's Substack

Keith is an example of someone who takes himself lightly and takes denominational differences as a reason for good dialogues but also an opportunity to comedically address our theological idiosyncracies. I have benefited from his YouTube channel and had the joy of hosting him in Pensacola for a talk to our men. This interview will solidify Chesterton's theme that we should be more like angels because they take themselves lightly.

Resources:

YourCalvinist Podcast

My interview on the CREC

Welcome to our inaugural episode of Season 5!

I love talking to good friends, and Jarrod is among the best of them all. I have known him for a long time and receive a double-portion of musical inspiration every time we are together. I cannot recommend his Substack enough to be filled with musical gems. You will also get an intro to RSA, one of the coolest things in the market.

In this episode, we wax eloquently and sillily into the dialogue of church music, a topic we cherish and have dedicated much time to in the last couple of decades.

Finally, you really need to show some appreciation for Mr. George Reed, whose music in season 5 is strikingly bueno. I owe the editing work and the sound quality to his labors.

In Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life, David Bahnsen makes the case that our understanding of work and its role in our lives is deeply flawed – we are unmoored from what he calls “created purpose.” He argues that the time has come to stop tiptoeing around the issues that matter, that separating one’s identity from what they do is demonstrably false, and that this era of alienation is for many a direct result of a low view of work.  It is in work -- effort, service, striving -- of every kind that we discover our meaning and purpose;  a significant and successful life is one rooted in full-time productivity and cultivation of God’s created world.

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Magnus Gautestad is a composer and entrepreneur from Norway, committed to the revival of beauty in Western arts and church life. Through his podcasts Beauty and the Faith and SDG Music Radio, Magnus hopes to unite the voices ready to transcend the dehumanizing aspects of modernism to deepen worship and empower evangelism. He is starting a chain of cinema and arts centers called Beauty and the Faith to take dominion of culture while helping CREC start churches in beautiful buildings in central locations, and Composers for Beauty to reform music to the appropriateness of the present Kingdom of God.

The Beauty and the Faith podcast on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@beautyandthefaith

Composers For Beauty - official website:
https://www.composersforbeauty.org/

I joined Dr. Steve Jeffery on this episode to discuss the growth of the CREC and our expectations for the years to come. Steve is an accomplished debater and lecturer, and it was a joy to chat and encourage his congregation in Fort Worth, TX.

Steve contributed to a wonderful book on the atonement.

For more on the CREC, visit our website.

I had Jim Hunter come on the show to discuss gold. Jim has been a strong proponent of gold and views its role as fundamental in the current market.

This will be a highly informative discussion, and even if you approach the entire subject from a different angle, you learn a significant amount about its history and has happened since gold was divorced from the modern economic conversation.

You can find a lengthier interview with Jim Hunter at CROSSPOLITIC.

Jim has made his information available for anyone interested in learning more:

1) Phone call or text: 251-377-2197

2) E-mail:

[email protected]

It is always a delight to talk with my friend, Dustin Messer. Dr. Messer is vicar of All Saints Dallas and visiting professor at Reformed Theological Seminary in Dallas. Messer has contributed dozens of articles at Kuyperian Commentary and has co-hosted dozens of podcasts with me over the years. We re-gather the band to talk about Advent: its practices and meaning and generosity.

I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Mitch Chase, Professor at Southern Theological Seminary, on a recent substack making the case for Church Membership. You can subscribe to Dr. Chase's excellent substack and support his writing.

I interacted with a TikTok bible teacher who raised the question and offered a response to his analysis, as well as considered the phrasing of the question itself.

For more details, see my summary of the life of Samson in this episode.