Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss habits, asking why, and ultimate truth. Why is it important that we understand the motive and reasoning behind the habits that build up our lives? How are our habits changing who we are becoming, and how is that shaping our kids in turn? 

Topics covered in this episode:

• The importance of asking "why"
• Habits of the household
• How our habits are shaping us and our families
• Asking questions around things like:
  • Why we sleep
  • Why we eat
  • Why we discipline our kids
  • Why we get married
  • Why we work
• Building good habits around the fundamental parts of our day

Resources

• Habits of the Household, Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms - Justin Earley

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss labour, birth, and the gospel. Christina shares the birth stories of their three children and they discuss how God uses labour and birth to shape us more into the image of Christ. Additionally, they discuss birth narratives in Scripture and how the gospel and the restoration of all things is the ultimate birth narrative.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Christina's birth stories
• How our culture thinks about and deals with labour
• What God has to say about labour
• Birth narratives in Scripture
• The gospel as the ultimate birth narrative

Resources

• Holy Labor, How Childbirth Shapes a Woman's Soul - Aubry G. Smith
• Episode #197, The Birth of Deliverers - Knowing Faith
• God of Creation - Jen Wilkin
• God of Deliverance - Jen Wilkin

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they finish up the final episode of their 4 part series to discuss Catholicism and ask the question, "Are we together?" In each episode, they attempt to perform theological triage and discuss whether the differences between Protestant and Catholic teachings on a certain subject are first, second, or third order issues.

This week, Benjamin and Christina discuss Mary, saints, and relics - what do Catholics believe about Mary, saints, and relics and their role in the every-day spiritual life of believers?

Topics covered in this episode:

• 4 Marian Dogmas
  • Mother of God
  • Immaculate Conception
  • Perpetual Virginity
  • Assumption of Mary
• The Saints
  • Veneration vs. worship
• Relics
• Final Thoughs on Catholicism

Resources

• Are We Together? - RC Sproul
• MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS (DEFINING THE DOGMA OF THE ASSUMPTION) - The Vatican
• Are the Marian Dogmas Credible? - Gavin Ortlund

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they embark on the third part of their 4 part series to discuss Catholicism and ask the question, "Are we together?" In each episode, they attempt to perform theological triage and discuss whether the differences between Protestant and Catholic teachings on a certain subject are first, second, or third order issues.

This week, Benjamin and Christina discuss the penance and the papacy - what do Catholics believe about penance, the confession of sins, as well as the office of the papacy.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Penance
  • in persona Christi
  • Mortal Sins
  • Assurance of Salvation
• The Papacy
  • Scriptural evidence
  • Historical evidence
  • Infalibility

Resources

• Are We Together? - RC Sproul
• What Does ‘This Rock’ Refer to in Matthew 16:18? - Gregg Allison, TGC
• Council of Trent
• Catholic Answers: Papal Infallibility
• Why I don't Accept the Papacy - Gavin Ortlund
• How Scandal Unravels Protestantism's "Eternal Security" - Trent Horn

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they embark on the second part of their 4 part series to discuss Catholicism and ask the question, "Are we together?" In each episode, they attempt to perform theological triage and discuss whether the differences between Protestant and Catholic teachings on a certain subject are first, second, or third order issues.

This week, Benjamin and Christina discuss the justification and the sacraments - how does Catholicism understand justification, the means by which our legal standing before God is addressed, and the role the sacraments play in our justification.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Protestant Understanding of Justification
  • Scriptural evidence
• Roman Catholic Understanding of Justification
  • Council of Trent

Resources

• Are We Together? - RC Sproul
• 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, Article 11, paragraphs 1 and 2
• Council of Trent
• “Do Catholics Re-Crucify Jesus”  - Karlo Broussard

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they embark on a 4 part series to discuss Catholicism and ask the question, "Are we together?" In each episode, they attempt to perform theological triage and discuss whether the differences between Protestant and Catholic teachings on a certain subject are first, second, or third order issues.

This week Benjamin and Christina discuss the Reformation - the historical background of the Reformation as well as the role of the Scriptures. Why was the Reformation important? Is it still relevant today? What do Protestants and Catholics teach about what the Bible is, what books belong in the Bible, and the Bible's authority?

Topics covered in this episode:

• A Brief History of the Protestant Reformation
• Protestant Reformation Theology
• Agreements with Catholicism
• The Scriptures
  • Which books are Scripture?
  • The Deuterocanonical Books (The Apocrypha)
  • The Council of Trent
  • Points of Disagreement

Resources

• Are We Together? - RC Sproul
• Blue Letter Bible - Apocrapha Errors - Don Stewart
• This Changed Everything Documentary
• No, Jerome Didn't Accept a Larger Canon - Gavin Ortlund
• The Real Meaning of Sola Scriptura - Marty Foord

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss communion. Who should take communion, what are the different ways of taking communion, how often and in what settings should we take it, and why any of this matters in the first place.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Who should take communion
• Closed vs open communion
• When should kids take communion?
• Different modes of communion
  • Intinction
  • Common Cup
  • Individual Cup
• Grape juice vs wine
• Frequency
• Why communion matters

Resources:

• The Pastor's Book: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide to Pastoral Ministry - R. Kent Hughes

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss communion. What is communion, and what happens when someone participates in it?

Topics covered in this episode:

• Terminology: Ordinance vs Sacrament
• What is Communion?
• How is Christ present in Communion?
  • Zwingli - Symbolic
  • Calvin - Spiritual
  • Catholic - Transubstantiation
  • Luther - Consubstantiation

Resources:

• Systematic Theology - Wayne Grudem
• So That You May Believe - John 6:22-59, Jeremiah Smith

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Join us this week as we are joined by Skylar Gee to discuss radical ordinary hospitality. Skylar is a project manager at a well-known fashion company, but more importantly, she is a practicer of radical ordinary hospitality. On this episode, Skylar shares her testimony and we discuss what hospitality is, its role in the Christian life, common objections and the calling on every Christian to practice the love of neighbour.

Resources:

• The Gospel Comes with a House Key - Rosaria Butterfield

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they continue their discussion on baptism, focusing on the Catholic and Anglican views of baptism.

Topics covered in this episode:

• The meaning, mode, recipients, spiritual reality, and necessity of baptism from the Catholic and Anglican views

Resources

• Baptismal Regeneration in the Anglican Formularies
• What do Anglicans Believe about Holy Baptism? - The Anglican Pastor
• Why Do We Baptize Babies If They Cannot Make a Profession of Faith? - Alex Fogleman
• Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
• 1689 Second London Baptist Confession

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