Word Processing

And he’s back! After a number of weeks of hanging out with people far cooler than Josiah, Andrew makes his return to the podcast and picks up right where he left off. This week the two of them discuss our church’s recent sermon series through the book of Haggai, godly priorities, dealing with discouragement, and the pursuit of holiness.

It’s been suggested that if Canadians want to know their cultural future they need only look to Europe as what is happening there with eventually and inevitably happen here. Today on the podcast, Josiah chats with someone on the other side of the Atlantic—Dr. (almost!) László Kádár, staff Bible teacher and evangelist at the Word of Life Bible Institute in Hungary. Together they discuss European Christianity, similarities and differences to the Americas, and what believers in Canada can learn from believers overseas.

This is an important episode of Word Processing as the discussion focuses on salvation—what it is, how we get it, how it’s related to discipleship, and how many confuse the issue with tragic consequence. These are critical issues to wrestle with and, to help him do so, Josiah sits down with Dr. Fred Chay, founder of Grace Line Ministry, professor of theology and dean of the doctoral studies program at Grace School of Theology, and managing editor of Grace Theology Press. He likes grace and so do we.

This week on the podcast, Josiah sits down with Val, a long-time member of the Oakridge family and a long-time teacher in the public school system. Together they discuss what it’s like to be a Christian in an ever-secularizing line of work, what role parents and grandparents play in the education of the next generation of believers, and why this is an important issue for the church to think and pray about.

This week on the podcast, Andrew gets a little riled up (that is, righteously indignant) as he and Josiah discuss the implications of the Apostle John’s second letter for Christians today. How are we to understand issues of truth, love, and authority while living in a culture that tends to see all three as subjective and relative?

This week on the podcast, Josiah sits down with human Swiss Army knife, doctor/scholar/author/professor/preacher Dr. Abraham Kuruvilla who, among other things, has literally written the book—or, at least, a book—on Genesis. The two of them talk about the Joseph narrative in particular but also Bible study and application in general. Hope you enjoy the conversation!

For more from Dr. Abraham Kuruvilla see www.homiletix.com.

This week on the podcast, Josiah and Patricia discuss the revelation-guided, trust-filled obedience of Jacob in Genesis 36 and 37 and what that might look like for God’s people today. Can we obey without hearing God’s direction? And, even if we know what we’re supposed to do, what happens if we lack trust?

This week on the podcast, Andrew and Josiah have a woefully inadequate conversation regarding justice, injustice, and how God’s people are to respond. There’s nothing quite like trying to cram one of the biggest issues today into a half-hour episode! But, alas, we pray the attempt is a blessing.

As we reach this dramatic meeting in Genesis 42 and 43, we see Joseph's brothers emerging as changed men, repentant of their sin. Join with Josiah and Andrew as they acknowledge that this passage confronts us all with a difficult question: What am I doing with the sin in my own life?

This week Josiah pulls up a chair with Dr. Jim and gets some timely counsel on dealing with fear in the Christian life. In the face of COVID-19, looming financial strain, potential economic ramifications, and growing global tensions, how are the people of God to live with a spirit of faith rather than one of fear?