Thrive: Perspectives

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Thrive: Perspectives episodes

August 27, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: The Big Picture
THE BIG PICTURE OF EVERYTHING!
Can Matt and DJ sum up the entire story of Christianity in an hour?
You'll have to listen to find out!
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1 hr 5 min
August 13, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: Spiritual Beings Part 2
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The Spirtual Realm & Spiritual Beings.... Part 2.
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We mention Dr Michael Heiser and his book "The Unseen Realm".
{Matt mentions the review he read on TGC}
We also mention the great work from The Bible Project and their Spiritual Realm series.
1 hr 17 min
July 30, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: Spiritual Beings Part 1
Are you ready to head into another spiritual dimension that we can bearly comprehend?
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We mention Dr Michael Heiser and his book "The Unseen Realm".
{Matt mentions the review he read on TGC}
We also mention the great work from The Bible Project and their Spiritual Realm series.
1 hr 10 min
July 16, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: What Happens When We Die?
It is a question that every child asks their parents at one stage....
What Happens When We Die?
Our two trekkers through all things spiritual look at the different religions views of death and then look at an overview of what is presented and outlined in the Bible.
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1 hr 24 min
July 02, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: False Teachers
Where do we draw the line of false teaching and orthodoxy?
What is the evangelical protestant faith and what is a heretic?
Dr Matthew Jacoby and our host DJ Paine wade into the waters of religious differences and the history of the Christian faith to discuss what Jude writes about:
"Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints."
1 hr 17 min
June 18, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: Racism
Well if they didn't get cancelled last time talking about sex and gender.... they just might get it this episode talking about Race and Racism....
Join with Matt and DJ - two white Australian men - as we think out loud about racism and the concept of "race".
1 hr 10 min
June 04, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: Sex, Gender & Sexuality
Can we have an honest discussion about Sex, Gender and Sexuality that is both honest and frank but also loving, gracious and truthful today?
Matthew referrs to:
"The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity" - by Douglas Murray (Author)
“The special mark of the modern world is not that it is sceptical, but that it is dogmatic without knowing it.”
— G.K. Chesterton, March 15, 1919, Illustrated London News
The state of modern commentary and discussion:
https://youtu.be/-95LSWzmsu0
DJ quotes and refers to this clip: "The Diversity of Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation" by Dr Eric Strong - a clinical associate professor of medicine at Stanford University, and a practicing hospitalist.
https://youtu.be/2yM_P6WdRJU
We recommend the resource of "Living Out" for those christians experiencing or living with Same Sex Attraction.
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1 hr 17 min
May 21, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: The Bible
THE BIBLE!
can we trust it today?
how did we get it?
isn't there missing verses?
is one translation better than another?
is it really God's word?
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1 hr 14 min
May 07, 2020 Revelation and Endings
eschatology
the book of revelation
the end of history.
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1 hr 13 min
April 23, 2020 Thrive Perspectives: Genesis and Origins
On this our sixth episode Matthew Jacoby and DJ Paine dive into the first chapter of Genesis and look at the ORIGIN of ALL THINGS.
Creation and Evolution.
Mathew references:
"The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" is a bestselling book by [Francis Collins].(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins)
"The Folly of Scientism" by Austin L. Hughes.
1 hr 20 min