In this Sunday afternoon episode of The “Yu”ng Theologian Podcast, Joseph reflects on how Sundays—particularly the Sunday morning church gatherings—help Christians prepare for the rest of the week. How often to we set ourselves us for failure by “giving Satan our Sundays” which leads us to give the rest of the week to him?

In this episode of The “Yu”ng Theologian Podcast, Joseph shares one of many conversations with his friend, Noah Nevils, recorded during their walks at a local park. In this conversation, both banter about how the Beatles changed music from their time onward, and not only affected the culture but also were affected by it as well.

Noah Nevils writes in his Substack Make the People Human Again where he shares thoughts on God, philosophy, society, and lots of other things, and he hopes it will entertain, please, enrich, and occasionally frustrate the reader—all to the glory of God.

For more of Noah Nevils’ work, please see the links below:

* Noah’s Substack: Make the People Human Again

* Noah’s TGC article: “Thoughts on Laughter in Heaven”

In this Sunday afternoon episode of The “Yu”ng Theologian Podcast, Joseph reflects on how rightly understanding God’s eternal decrees and divine works requires revisiting his attributes, specifically his eternality, omnipotence, conscience, and omnipresence. Before we can rightly approach, understand, and apply God’s wonderful plans and works, we first have to ground them in his nature which is infinite in all of his perfections.  

In this episode of The “Yu”ng Theologian Podcast, Joseph reflects on the difficulties of the Christian life. While many believe that being a Christian means living an easy and worry-free life, the reality is that this faith journey is filled with challenges and struggles, and sin's influence remains. Joseph shares biblical truths that help us establish realistic expectations of living the Christain life. 

On this Sunday afternoon nap edition of The “Yu”ng Theologian Podcast, Joseph gives some examples of how we can view God as something to be manipulated for our own agendas rather than the Lord we submit to.

Recommended Resources:

* Systematic Theology, Volume One: From Canon to Concept by Stephen Wellum

* The Holy Spirit by Gregg Allison and Andreas Kostenberger

In this episode, Joseph shares some books he is referencing for part 2 of the ongoing series Glory Be to Our Great God which is on the Doctrine of the Trinity.

Recommended Resources:

* Systematic Theology, Volume One: From Canon to Concept by Stephen Wellum

* The Trinity: An Introduction by Scott Swain

* Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit by Matthew Barrett

* The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God by Gilles Emery

* Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation by Herman Bavinck

* God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ by Stephen Wellum

* The Person of Christ: An Introduction by Stephen Wellum

* Jesus and the God of Classical Theism by Steven Duby

* On Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune God edited by Matthew Barrett

* God Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology: Volume 1: God and the Works of God by John Webster

* The Holy Spirit by Gregg Allison and Andreas Kostenberger

* The Triune God by Fred Sanders

* The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything by Fred Sanders

* The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of the One God by Thomas Joseph White

* The Works of John Owen, Volume 2

Joseph Yu reads the official launch articles of The “Yu”ng Theologian Substack. This was originally published on New Year’s Day 2024 (1/1/2024) and encapsulates the purpose of this Substack:

There is always hope for Christians/churches who want to be more infatuated with Jesus.

For the original article:

Yeah . . . Joseph started a podcast, sort of. In this trailer episode, Joseph explains why he started this for whatever good excuse he could think of.

In the year of our Lord, 2024, in the month of December, I took several minutes to recap all that has occurred on this Substack this year. Hope you enjoy, and for those who have subscribed this year, thank you so much for your support and reading of this humble blog. Lord-willing, there will be more explorations into the wonderful works of God for our joy in him.

Below is a summary of what I talk about in this video.

1. Origins of this Substack

Unofficially started in December 2023 Officially launched in January 2024

2. Why I’m doing this?

* For myself

* To encourage others

What is the difference between “People pleasing” vs “People encouraging”

3. Some Stats:

* Reached 50 subsribers December 2024

* Published 70 posts (as of 12/15)

* Wrote on all sorts of topics:

* Various Theological Topics

* Various Christian living posts

* Series:

* Doctrine of Salvation

* Doctrine of God

* The Protestant Reformation

* Holy Grit and Sheer Grace

* Various Book Reviews

What to Look for in 2025

* Continuing the Doctrine of God Series

* New Series:

* Sunday Worship Gatherings

* Unpacking the Gospel

* More Book Reviews

* Other Random posts

Note: This was recorded on 12/15/2024.