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Mike Erre is an author, podcaster, instigator, and a teaching pastor at Journey Church in Brentwood, TN. Mike began vocational ministry in 1999 as a student ministries and college pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, Calif. Prior to joining Journey’s staff, he also taught at Rock Harbor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Mariners’ Mission Viejo, Calif. campus. He served as the senior Pastor at EV Free Fullerton and founded the VOX Community and podcast (now Voxology). Mike has published five books: The Jesus of Suburbia (2006), Why Guys Need God (2008), Death By Church (2009), Why the Bible Matters (2010), and Astonished ( 2014). He holds an M.A. in philosophy of religion and ethics from the Talbot School of Theology.

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Dr. Andrew Rillera holds a PhD (Duke University) and is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at The King's University, Edmonton AB. Andrew is the author of the pot-stirring book: The Lamb of the Free: Recovering the Varied Sacrificial Understandings of Jesus’s Death, which challenges the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement.

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Jamin Goggin (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is an associate professor at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University and the director of the Healthy Pastor Initiative at Finishing the Task. He is the co-author of The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb and the author of the recently released book Pastoral Confessions: The Healthy Path to Faithful Ministry.

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Lysa TerKeurst is the president and chief visionary officer of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the author of eight New York Times bestsellers. Her most recent book is Surviving an Unwanted Divorce: A Biblical, Practical Guide to Letting Go While Holding Yourself Together, which she co-wrote with Jim Cress and Dr. Joel Muddamalle, who joins us on the show.

Joel holds a PhD in theology, serves as the director of theology and research at Proverbs 31 Ministries, and has written several books including the forthcoming book The Unseen Battle. He and Lysa cohosts the Therapy & Theology podcast. 

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N.T. Wright is...N.T. Wright. If you don't know who he is, Google it. Wright's latest book is The Vision of Ephesians: The Task of the Church and the Glory of God, which is a must read!

In this converstion, Wright walks us through the grand story of the Bible, which is captured in Paul's letter to the Ephesians.

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Dave Coles was a pastor for 10 years in the US before he served in Indonesia for 24 years. He is now an Encourager and Resourcer of Church Planting Movements, primarily through writing and editing. Dave is the author of many books, including his recently released: God on the Move: Making Disciples Among the Nations.

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Diana Oestreich is an author, activist and Soldier-turned- Peacemaker. Diana served as a combat medic on the battlefield of the Iraq war. She was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and Iraq Campaign Medal. She’s a nationally recognized speaker at the intersection of justice, Peace, nonviolence, faith and how everyday peacemakers are changing our world.

She’s the author of the book: Waging Peace: One Soldier’s Story of Putting Love First, which forms the backdrop of our conversation. Check out the Waging Peace Project.

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Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters, and Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters.

Carmen also has a YouTube channel where she releases weekly Torah Tuesday videos. 

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My guest today is Dr. Mark Yarhouse! 

Dr. Yarhouse has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is author or co-author of several books, including Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture. His forthcoming book, Emerging Sexual Identities (with Dr. Julia Sadusky) will be published by Brazos Press at the end of October.

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Watch this episode to hear all about how The Council of Nicaea went down, and how we got the Nicene Creed. Find out why the doctrine of the Trinity is so important, and why it took a couple times to get the Nicene Creed just right.

My guest is Dr. Bryan Litfin. Bryan Litfin is Professor of Bible & Theology in the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Previously, he served for 16 years as Professor of Theology at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and 3 years as an editor and writer at Moody Publishers.

Bryan received his PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia and a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. His undergraduate work was at the University of Tennessee in the field of Communications.

Bryan is married to Carolyn, and they have two adult children. Bryan enjoys teaching, hiking in the mountains, writing, and investing in the lives of students, especially when he gets to take them on study abroad trips in the lands of church history. Bryan and Carolyn worship at Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

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