Thrive Theology

Whether you’re complementarian or egalitarian, asking the right questions about women in church leadership roles is important. Lisa Hensley joins us to discuss some of the most common objections to women in leadership positions, including “Adam was made first,” “Women are more emotional,” and “What about Eve being deceived?” Lisa also explains why the eternal subordination of the Son (ESS) heresy is dangerous & how it’s linked to hyper-complementarianism, as well as whether husbands will have to answer for their wives on Judgment Day and what this means for women.

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Recommended resources:
• Lisa's Instagram profile
• "Resources for a Discussion on 1 Timothy 2" from Lisa Hensley
• "Worthy" by Eric Schumacher & Elyse Fitzpatrick

Music: “Inspiring Acoustic” by AShamaluevMusic & “You & Me” by Domiko

Sometimes Christians tend to use the Bible to attack socialism, not capitalism; but the truth is, the Bible really supports neither. In this week's episode, we discuss how the Bible doesn't side with a particular socio-economic model, whether or not the Bible supports repenting for cultural sins, and how to read the parable of the good Samaritan in light of first-century racial tensions.

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Recommended resources:
• “Forging a More Civil Democracy: a Discussion about Faith, Values, and Politics” Baker Institute (video)
• "Race In America" & "Race In America: 4 Big Questions" by Phil Vischer

Music: “Inspiring Acoustic” by AShamaluevMusic & “Inspiring Corporate” by Free Music

When we think of justice, we often think of retributive justice–punishing someone for a crime done. But Scripture spends a lot of time talking about restorative justice. God is clear that justice and righteousness go hand-in-hand; we cannot be in right relationship with God and others without creating and maintaining justice. In God's ideal economy of ancient Israel, we find His heart for justice; and it doesn't look like any of our modern economic models, regardless of where you land in your socio-economic views.

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Recommended resources:
• "Justice" video by the Bible Project
• "What Is Biblical Justice?" by Tim Keller (Relevant Magazine)

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" by AShamaluevMusic & “Blue Sky” by IULI MAI

Throughout Christian history, there have been various events that have shaped the doctrines we know today. The Protestant Reformation that began in 1517 is one of those: it gave way to the "five solaes" that have become core doctrine in the majority of Protestant denominations today. In this episode, we discuss the different Roman Catholic Church heresies the five solaes were formed to contradict, as well as a review of the history of the Reformation.

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Recommended resources:
• “The Five Solas” (ReformationBibleCollege.com)
• Sermon series on the five solas: part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, & part six (Christ Covenant Fellowship)

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" by AShamaluevMusic & “Vacation” by Free Music

In a lovely post script to our series on the image of God, we have the honour of telling the story of Corrie ten Boom, World War 2 resistance worker, concentration camp survivor, and Christ-proclaimer. She is a beautiful example of what a heart submitted to Christ and earnest about loving His people looks like and how it can be a blessing to the world. Join us as we walk through her life and the legacy of godliness she left.

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Recommended resources:
• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom & Elizabeth Sherrill
• Tramp for the Lord by Corrie ten Boom

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" by AShamaluevMusic, “Ambient Presentation” by Free Music, & “Gold Autumn” by WM Music

In the final instalment of our series on the image of God, we explore five more perspectives on the image of God and how humans actually represent God on the earth. We also take some time to discuss how Jesus affirmed the image of God in every person He met, especially to the “least of these.” We conclude by sharing some of our own final thoughts on what we’ve learned about the image of God and what it means for us as believers in Christ.

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Recommended resources:
• “Image of God” podcast series (BibleProject.com)
• “Imago Dei and Cultural Mandate with Russell Moore” podcast episode of Knowing Faith Podcast

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" by AShamaluevMusic & “Forever” by Johny Grimes

In part two of our series on the image of God, we explore what it means for Jesus to be the true image of God and our example to follow. We also dip our toes in the gender conversation. Many wouldn’t say that women are lesser images of God than men, but unfortunately, there are theological viewpoints that inadvertently teach this. We finish up by introducing our first view of the imago Dei and discuss how an extreme version of it could allow Christians to passively sit back through the slave trade, the Holocaust, and abortion.

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Recommended resources:
• Lisa Hensley’s “Gender” highlights on Instagram
• “Imago Dei in Christianity: The Various Approaches” by David K. Tarus (copy & paste in scholar.google.com)

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" by AShamaluevMusic & “Gold Autumn” by WM Music

We’re kicking off season 4 of the podcast with a 3-part series on the image of God. In this episode, we explain why pagan kings and rulers were feared and worshipped by their citizens & courts, why Israel’s golden calf wasn’t as simple as trying to just replace Yahweh, and why humanity’s sin against God hasn’t only been that we view ourselves as more than God created us to be, but also less than He created us to be.

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Recommended resources:
• “The Image of God: Fallen and Restored” (KnowingScripture.com)
• “Image of God” (Theopedia)

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" by AShamaluevMusic & “Senseless” by Johny Grimes

Update! An important announcement regarding the new release schedule for the Thrive Theology podcast, plus we share which episodes have been our favourite to record, as well as some of our personal podcast listening recommendations.

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Favourite Thrive Theology episodes:
• 32. What's the Deal with Denominations? (Oct. 2019)
• 44. The Holy Spirit Pt. 2 (Jan. 2020)
• 54. COVID-19, Spiritual Revival, & the Kansas City Chiefs (Mar. 2020)
• 71. Head Coverings Pt. 1: Greek & Roman Customs (Sep. 2020)
• 77. Bethel & the New Apostolic Reformation - Word of Faith Pt. 2 (Oct. 2020)
• 94. Rules for Worship: the Regulative vs. Normative Principle of Worship (Mar. 2021)

Other podcast recommendations:
• BibleProject Podcast
• Exploring My Strange Bible by Tim Mackie
• After Class Podcast
• Unquenchable podcast
• Holy Post podcast
• Verity with Phylicia Masonheimer
• Theology in the Raw with Preston Sprinkle

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" by AShamaluevMusic 

In our final part of this series, we talk about covenant theology and what it means for us in the Church today. We take an in-depth look at the history of covenantal theology and the role the Reformation played in its development, as well as whether the sign of the New Covenant is the Cross or the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the two versions of covenant theology, and how covenantal theology changes the symbolic meaning of baptism.

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Recommended resources:
• "Covenant Theology vs. Dispensational Theology" (Thrive Theology podcast ep. 52)
• "What Is Dispensationalism" (Verity by Phylicia Masonheimer podcast)
• "A Brief History of Modern Israel" & "Israel in the Old Testament" (After Class podcast season 4, episodes 24 & 25)

Music: "Inspiring Acoustic" & “Inspirational Cinematic Piano and Strings” by AShamaluevMusic