Thrive: Perspectives

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Thrive: Perspectives episodes

June 17, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: The Holy Spirit Part 1
As Matthew and DJ are going through the book of Acts over on Thrive Deeper, we are getting questions around the work of the Holy Spirit. This week the men embark on a discussion about what the Bible says about the work about the third person of the Trinity.
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1 hr 11 min
June 03, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: The Myth of Progress
Just what is "PROGRESS" anyway? How should we think about it as a Christian?
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1 hr 9 min
May 20, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: The Unfulfilled Life
Matthew Jacoby and DJ Paine go down the pathway of "What is Fullfillment?"
Can we even find fullfillment?
What does the Bible say?
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1 hr 11 min
May 06, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: Christians & Muslims
on the last episode of Thrive Perspectives we had an overview of the Islamic faith with Dr Bernie Power. This week we the wonderful couple Neville & Elizabeth Clarke who were cross cultural workers in northern Iraq for 14 years. We want you to hear from them what it is like for a growing Christian family to be living in a strong Muslim country.... some of their answers might really surprise you! I know they surprised us!
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1 hr 10 min
April 22, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: Islam & Christianity
The Islamic faith! The Muslim people!
It is the world's second-largest religion with 1.9 billion followers or 24.9% of the world's population. Muslims make up a majority of the population in 51 countries!
Dr Bernie Power is an incredibly humble man- he holds degrees in Science, Arts and Theology. His doctorate focused on the Hadith. He has spent over twenty years as an Interserve partner living and working among Muslims in Asia and the Middle East. Currently he lectures in Islamic Studies at the Melbourne School of Theology, Australia. Bernie is a prolific writer, having authored three books, and contributed to several others, as well as dozens of journal, magazine and newspaper articles. His desire is to help Christians and Muslims understand more about each other and what they believe. www.berniepower.com
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1 hr 15 min
April 08, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: Politically Correct
On this episode Matthew and DJ tackle a topic that keeps popping it's head up in peoples questions: "Political Correctness".
You can read the full wikipedia entry on the phrase here. It includes: "Political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct; commonly abbreviated PC) is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. In public discourse and the media, the term is generally used as a pejorative with an implication that these policies are excessive or unwarranted. Since the late 1980s, the term has been used to describe a preference for inclusive language and avoidance of language or behavior that can be seen as excluding, marginalizing, or insulting to groups of people disadvantaged or discriminated against, particularly groups defined by ethnicity, sex, or gender."
Matthew mentions the book "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver.
DJ mentions the satarical musical "The Book Of Mormon" by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
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1 hr 7 min
March 25, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: Divisive Opinions
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OPINONS! We all have them... but what do we do with very strong convictions about events and stories that are happening around us? More importantly, what about a friend or loved one has very different opinons and convictions? Can we love someone who believes in "conspiracy theories"? Can we fellowship with someone who believes the "mainstream narratives"?
Matthew and DJ walk through this very sensative and divisive subject on this episode of Thrive Perspectives. Please get in touch and tell us your thoughts, feedback or questions on our website here: https://thrivetoday.tv/contact/
1 hr 7 min
March 11, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: The Role of Art
Mark your calendars - Friday March 26th for our first live video Q and A.
Matthew references:
"Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation"
by James K.A. Smith - Goodreads
The Roles of Art:
Educate: stretching the imagination.
Elevation: see "The Happiness Hypothesis" By Jonathan Haidt
Expression: understanding where culture is at.
Matthew mentions:
Adam Lee - Australian Artist
The brutal grotesque works of Francis Bacon and Peter Booth
1 hr 6 min
February 25, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: When Celebrity Leaders Fall
Today we are talking about a topic that has rocked a lot of good people.
We talk about Ravi Zacharias.
The reporting by Christianity Today has been really exhaustive.
Ravi's ministry has released a very honest and complete statement.
Christian leaders respond to Ravi here.
We also talk about Hillsong New York Pop Pastor Carl Lentz.
His sexual sin and fall from ministry.
Carl was always controversial and popular with the world.
This is a very honest discussion about how do we respond when people like this fall away.
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1 hr 9 min
February 11, 2021 Thrive Perspectives: The New Atheism
It's our 1st Birthday! We launched Thrive Perspectives Feb 14th 2020. YAY!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atheism
"Four Horsemen"
The 'Four Horsemen of the New Atheism' clockwise from top left: Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris.
We mention the incredible Douglas Wilson of https://canonpress.com/
and the American analytic philosopher and Christian theologian: William Lane Craig of https://www.reasonablefaith.org/
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1 hr 6 min