Trinity Talks Podcast

Our guest today is Brett Kunkle. Brett Kunkle is the founder and president of MAVEN (www.maventruth.com), a movement to equip the next generation to know truth, pursue goodness and create beauty. He has more than 25 years of experience working with junior high, high school, college students and parents.

A dynamic communicator who engages both heart and mind, Brett has spoken to thousands of students and adults at churches, seminars, conferences, and college campuses across the country. He has developed a groundbreaking approach to mission trips, creating a one-of-a-kind training experience that immerses participants in real-life engagement in worldview, apologetics, theology, and evangelism. MAVEN creates customized interactive missions experiences to Berkeley, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah, equipping participants to engage skeptics atheists, Mormons, university students, and other non-believers with the truth of the gospel.

In addition, Brett is a Teaching Fellow at the Impact 360 Institute. He was an associate editor for the Apologetics Study Bible for Students, authored The Ambassadors Guide to Mormonism and co-authored A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today's World. Brett received his bachelor's degree in Christian education from Biola University and he earned his master's degree in philosophy of religion and ethics at Talbot School of Theology.

Brett lives with his wife and five kids in Southern California.

Links

Visit Brett's website at maventruth.com

A Practical Guide to Culture: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Culture-Generation-Navigate/dp/0830781242/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+parent%27s+guide+to+culture&qid=1610381271&sr=8-1

A Student’s Guide to Culture: https://www.amazon.com/Students-Guide-Culture-John-Stonestreet/dp/0830778772/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/145-2203554-4600214?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0830778772&pd_rd_r=d3fe7540-5a4a-4fa0-82a0-768fbd2ba271&pd_rd_w=HaxKJ&pd_rd_wg=PdHFZ&pf_rd_p=f325d01c-4658-4593-be83-3e12ca663f0e&pf_rd_r=M7ET13Y6H2PYHZYR69AG&psc=1&refRID=M7ET13Y6H2PYHZYR69AG

Richard Eng’s review of A Student’s Guide to Culture” https://freethinkingministries.com/a-students-guide-to-culture-a-review/

In this episode, Pastor Richard and Bob discuss videogames. Do they have value? Should we stay away from them? How should Christians approach the subject from a Biblical Worldview?

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We are here again with Tim Stratton. Last week we talked about a ministry that he partners with, MAVEN. This week we will discuss Tim’s own ministry, Freethinking Ministries.

I have a very special guest with us today. He grew up in this church, was a youth pastor for 10 years, and now is the founder of an apologetics ministry that we support called Freethinking Ministries. He recently got his Ph.D in theology, and is the author of his new book called Human Freedom, Divine knowledge, and Mere Molinism.

My guest today is Melissa Cain Travis. Dr. Travis serves as Assistant Professor of Christian Apologetics at Houston Baptist University, where she teaches courses in science and faith, philosophy, and ancient culture. She is the author of Science and the Mind of the Maker: What the Conversation Between Faith and Science Reveals About God (2018) and a contributing author for The Story of the Cosmos: How the Heavens Declare the Glory of God (2019). She is a member of the Contributing Writers team for Christian Research Institute and co-host of the Faith – Reason – Culture podcast.

Follow Dr. Travis’ work.
https://melissacaintravis.com
Science and the Mind of the Maker

My guest today is Melissa Cain Travis. Dr. Travis serves as Assistant Professor of Christian Apologetics at Houston Baptist University, where she teaches courses in science and faith, philosophy, and ancient culture. She is the author of Science and the Mind of the Maker: What the Conversation Between Faith and Science Reveals About God (2018) and a contributing author for The Story of the Cosmos: How the Heavens Declare the Glory of God (2019). She is a member of the Contributing Writers team for Christian Research Institute and co-host of the Faith – Reason – Culture podcast.

Follow Dr. Travis’ work.
https://melissacaintravis.com
Science and the Mind of the Maker

My guest today is Dr. James Eckman. Dr. Eckman is Church Advisor and Teaching Pastor at Steadfast Bible Fellowship Church Omaha, and previously President Emeritus and Professor in Bible and History at Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Today we will be discussing something that is on everyone’s minds: politics. Though the discussion usually centers around who Christians should vote for and why, that is precisely not the discussion we will have today. Why? For many of us, we skip to the political discussion before asking ourselves key foundational questions. Foundational questions do not give us the exact answer for who to vote for. However, they do provide the basis for how to engage with politics.

Connect with Dr. Eckman’s Work

http://issuesinperspective.com

Christian Ethics in a Postmodern World: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Ethics-Postmodern-World-Eckman/dp/0910566798/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=James+p+eckman&qid=1603123059&sr=8-2

My guest today is Dr. Mike Licona. Mike R. Licona is an American New Testament scholar, Christian apologist and author. He is Associate Professor in Theology at Houston Baptist University and the director of Risen Jesus, Inc. Licona specializes in the Resurrection of Jesus, and in the literary analysis of the Gospels as Greco-Roman biographies.

Resources

- Dr. Licona’s website: https://www.risenjesus.com
- The award-winning The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus with co-author Gary Habermas.
- Why Are There Differences in The Gospels? What We Can Learn From Ancient Biography.

My guest today is Dr. Mike Licona. Mike R. Licona is an American New Testament scholar, Christian apologist and author. He is Associate Professor in Theology at Houston Baptist University and the director of Risen Jesus, Inc. Licona specializes in the Resurrection of Jesus, and in the literary analysis of the Gospels as Greco-Roman biographies.

Resources

- Dr. Licona’s website: https://www.risenjesus.com
- The award-winning The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus with co-author Gary Habermas.
- Why Are There Differences in The Gospels? What We Can Learn From Ancient Biography.

Today we wrap up our series on How to Study the Bible by looking at the last step in interpretation - Application.

1. Step 4. Grasping the Text in Our Town.
a. Question: How should individual Christians today apply the theological principle in their lives?
i. There will be a few principles in each passage, but there will be numerous applicational possibilities.
ii. Each of us will grasp and apply the same theological principle in slightly different ways, depending on our current life situation and where we are in our relationship with God.