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PART 1 - Relational Theology and Karl Barth w/ D. Jay Martin

“In Karl Barth’s terms: God speaks. If you just take that as the starting point and say, if God speaks, what is there for us? Well, there is for us to listen and to respond. And now we’re already entering into the life of the Church, we’re entering into worship, as the conversation that is started, if you let God speak first.”

[2:15] Introducing Dr. Marty Folsom

[3:35] Early Formation

[6:30] Knowing and being known. Loving and being loved. What is relational theology?

[7:30] Theology is letting God talk, not our talk about God.

[8:57] “To say, I made  a commitment to Jesus, can just be like I made a commitment to the Seahawks football team. They don’t know you. You know them, you may know every player and all the details about them, but there’s no relationship there; it’s just a knowledge about them.”

[11:44] “But God has put this Word into the mouth of men in order that it may be communicated to other men. When one person is struck by the Word, he speaks it to others. God has willed that we should seek and find His living Word in the witness of a brother, in the mouth of man. Therefore, the Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him.” Bonhoeffer, Life Together

[12:30] Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. (Exodus 33)

[13:35] You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me. (John 5:39)

[15:00] The individual is the foundation and the collapse of our modern culture because it is devoid of community. Personal creative ways of love toward God and one another is the work of theology, not individual rights.

[18:10] Science is an engagement with reality. Much of science today decides only to engage with the object. If that’s the case, what is being left out? The personal.

[20:55] Ultimate love is concern for another; ultimate fear is concern only for the self.

Part 2 next week.

Just As I Am / Aaron Strumpel

[recorded: January 11, 2023]

The manifold wisdom of God is often manifested through different voices of God’s people, listening and responding to the scripture and the Spirit and one another in conversation. Today our roundtable consists of Sue Eikenberry, Jim Eikenberry, D. Jay, Martin, Tim Doering.

[1:55] What does it mean to lead out of resurrection?

[3:00] Resurrection requires death; death always proceeds resurrection. The Apostle Peter experienced a falling and rising over and over again.

[5:20] As I abide in Christ, my daily failures are restored in His resurrection glory today.

[6:30] If I’m thinking about leading from a place of life, that means I need to be connected to the source of life.

[7:25] Point people to God and make room for people’s gifts.

[8:55] Living according to the Scripture: Jesus is alive. Everything He said is true. Everything about the Hebrew Bible about Jesus is true. 

[10:14] Jesus lives to fill us with God’s own presence.

[12:15] Much of our ministry is just introducing people to the presence of Jesus.

[13:15] Fearless comes with the resurrected Lord; not even death can stop Jesus.

[14:40] Reflecting on shared thoughts

[15:50] Resurrection life is not made for the healthy but the sick, not the living but the dead.

[17:05] The love of God is based in the truth of the resurrection.

[19:30] If something hasn’t died AND something hasn’t been transformed, it’s not resurrection leading.

[22:30] Scripture Reading - John 21:1-25 NIV

[26:50] Highlights of the Text Reading

[27:15] Jesus wants to be with his disciples

[29:15] Peter dives into the water, isn’t worried about walking on the water

[31:30] The tension of tenderness (“Children”) and authority (“what’s that to you?”)

[35:00] It’s awesome you’re running after Me, but make sure you’re taking care of the sheep. If you love me, don’t just chase after me, care for them.

[37:50] Attending to the commentary - Jesus walks into our lives at key / mundane moments.

[43:20] Benediction - We know the power of the resurrection is real amd Jesus is risen from the dead. And yet, there still seems to be a lot more to come.

Bright Star by Aaron Strumpel

why were you so downcast oh my

soul why would you be so sad

put your hope in him and sing his song

lift your eyes your hands your heart so strong

i will lift my head, so i can see

i will lift my heart, to you

i will set my eyes, on you alone

i will set my gaze, on you

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) | [email protected]

The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord. Lent Devotional Series - Final Sayings of Jesus, Part 7: Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.

Proverbs 20:22 - The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts. 

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 - May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

Luke 23:46 - Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.

Palma 31:1-5 - In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.

Spit and Mud by Aaron Strumpel

clean on the outside

full of death on the in

clean on the outside

stinks like death on the in

nothing but dead dry bones

in the valley of my sin

nothing but your sweet breath oh God

bring me to life again
A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) | [email protected]

Losing it all. Lent Devotional Series - Final Sayings of Jesus, Part 6: It is Finished

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (John 19:29)

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:31-39)

Going Fast by Aaron Strumpel

Deliverer you rescued me

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) | [email protected]

That which nourishes and satisfies us. Lent Devotional Series - Final Sayings of Jesus, Part 5: I Thirst

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” (John 19:28)

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. (Psalm 63)

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. (Revelation 22:17)

Going Fast by Aaron Strumpel

death, you can come for me

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) | [email protected]

You are not alone. Lent Devotional Series - Final Sayings of Jesus, Part 4: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises. In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. (Psalm 22:2-5)

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). (Mark 15:33-34)

Bitter Dose by Aaron Strumpel

so i set my eyes like stone

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) | [email protected]

Loving, even as you are dying. Lent Devotional Series - Final Sayings of Jesus, Part 3: Behold, your son; behold, your mother.

For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. (2 Corinthians 1:5-7)

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. (John 19:26-27)

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? (Matthew 16:24-26)

Your Hands by Aaron Strumpel

i will follow wherever

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) | [email protected]

Jesus, you don’t have what it takes. Lent Devotional Series - Final Sayings of Jesus, Part 2: Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.

I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. (Psalm 145:1-3)

The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews. One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:36-43)

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1)

Spin and Burn by Aaron Strumpel

i may yet fade and die

…but you will see me through…

in the springtime, i will see you

top the hill, i will meet you

in the springtime, i will feel again

winter's over, i will live again

in the springtime, i will hope again

mind will clear, i will dream again

in the springtime

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) | [email protected]

Reminding God of who He is. Lent Devotional Series - Final Sayings of Jesus, Part 1: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified Jesus there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” (Luke 23)

“I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened. (Exodus 32)

I Sing - Aaron Strumpel

i'll march round the fortress

i've built up inside

i'll blow my silver trumpet

till my walls fall down and die

and i'll empty all my barrels

i'll let the bullets fly

i'm hoping there'll be blood

i'm hoping that i'll cry

i wanna feel again

i wanna feel you again

i wanna break through the hardness

that's grown up again

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (host+producer) | [email protected]