Vision For Life

Resources mentioned in this episode:

This America: The Case for the Nation by Jill Lepore

The Triumph of the Therapeutic by Philip Rieff

The Free Press

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Habits of the Heart by Robert Bellah

Resources mentioned in this episode:

This America: The Case for the Nation by Jill Lepore

“Why This is a Mission of the Church Conversation” in Church Matters by Jonathan Leeman

City of God by St. Augustine

Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. VFL Politics class audio (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)

2. How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age by Jonathan Leeman

3. "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash

When we talk about “politics,” we usually mean elections and debates about public issues involving our government and “politicians.” But we can’t think well about governmental politics unless we understand “politics” in a bigger way, as an aspect of our inter-relational existence created by God.

Hunter and Autumn discuss two paradigms to get at this bigger meaning of politics. The first paradigm utilizes the biblical movements of creation, fall, and redemption to elucidate the intention, complication, and redeemed modality of politics. The second paradigm relies on the biblical terms shalom, justice, and righteousness to inquire how a redeemed body politick, the Church, can pursue wholeness as the purpose of “politics.”

What is the role or purpose of seminaries or institutions dedicated to theological training? Are seminaries sending out men and women who are rooted in scripture and able to withstand the shifting winds of culture without being tossed about (Eph 4:14). What does “rootedness” look like?

The President of Denver Seminary, Dr. Mark Young, joins Dave and Autumn to discuss what unapologetic love coupled with distinct theology looks like in practice. Dr. Young lends insight into the current state of seminary training on the whole and why the hope of the gospel is the greatest need in theological education today.