Christians Engaging Culture Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this second of two podcasts on facing infertility, Chase Kuhn from the Centre for Christian Living interviews two Christian medical specialists in a wide ranging review of the ethical, historical, social and practical issues associated with assisted reproductive technology. In particular they bring a strong biblical focus to these issues. You can find a transcript of the talk and the event handout with the slides that Megan Best refers to here.

The original podcast at the Centre for Christian Living website here.

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In this Podcast Chase Kuhn from the Centre for Christian Living interviews two Christian medical specialists in a wide ranging review of the ethical, historical, social and practical issues associated with assisted reproductive technology. In particular they bring a strong biblical focus to these issues. You can find a transcript of the talk and the event handout with the slides that Megan Best refers to here.

The original podcast at the Centre for Christian Living website here.

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This week we hear from one of our own parishioners, Mark Allaby, and one of our previous assistant ministers, Jonathan Youssef. Mark shares how, while serving on the board for a secular business, his involvement with a Christian organisation turned into a scandal that landed him on front page news.

You can find more resources from Jonathan Youssef's podcast, Candid, here.

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This week’s podcast is a conversation that John Anderson had with author and free-speech defender, Greg Lukianoff. They cover a lot of topics, from the changing practices of parents, to the restrictions of free speech on university campuses, to wokeness in modern culture.

You can find more resources from John Anderson at johnanderson.net.au.

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This week’s podcast is an interview with N.T. Wright, an Anglican bishop and leading New Testament scholar. It focuses on one of the most awe-inspiring, yet elusive and misunderstood, concepts in the Bible: the nature of life after death.

This is our final podcast in this series and is on the nature of Heaven. This is the ultimate goal for all Christians, so we should all think about it a lot more! The speaker, Randy Alcorn, is an American author whose book Heaven, has sold over 1 million copies. You can find more information about Randy Alcorn at his ministry website, www.epm.org, which stands for Eternal Perspective Ministries.

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This week’s podcast is an interview with N.T. Wright, an Anglican bishop and leading New Testament scholar. It focuses on one of the most awe-inspiring, yet elusive and misunderstood, concepts in the Bible: the nature of life after death. 

We note that N.T. Wright has some controversial views, especially with regards to justification. There was an important debate between him and John Piper through a number of publications back in the 2000s. We want to be clear that our endorsement of this interview is not an endorsement of all of N.T. Wright’s theology, and his teaching on justification in particular is not consistent with the teaching of St Thomas’. 

We are thankful for Calvin University for providing permission to republish their interview here. This audio is from a few years ago when it was known as Calvin College. The name has since changed to Calvin University.

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This week we are listening to a talk on how the God of love is the God of judgment that Michael Ramsden gave at the Christ's Commission Fellowship Conference in the Philippines. Ramsden is at his engaging best here, grappling with the apparent tension between the idea of a God of love and a God of eternal judgment. He argues convincingly that the two ideas are reconcilable. 

If you would like to volunteer to research for Christians Engaging Culture's next topic on parenting in a post-Christian world, please get in touch with Gerard at gerard.obrien@st-thomas.org.au.

Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel.

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In this week’s episode, we listen to a conversation between Roy Williams and Gerard O'Brien. Roy is a lecturer at the university of Sydney’s law school, a Christian author and a much-loved member of our St Thomas’ church family. As we’ve been thinking about getting a world that doesn’t get it, Roy took on the task of researching divine judgement. If there’s something our world doesn’t get, it’s hell. How can it be fair? What happens to people from other religions? Is eternal judgment justifiable? We sat down to discuss these issues and more.

If you would like to volunteer to research for Christians Engaging Culture's next topic on parenting in a post-Christian world, please get in touch with Gerard at gerard.obrien@st-thomas.org.au.

Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel.

Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe.

Check out our website here.

If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.

In this week’s episode, we listen to Albert Mohler from his daily news review The Briefing from 19 October, 2018. He looks at policies relating to the euthanasia of children which were being seriously considered by a Canadian pediatric hospital.

Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel.

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Today we listen to two segments that each explore the reasons people seek to end their lives as they suffer immense pain. In our first segment John Wyatt, a medical doctor, reflects on two very difficult cases of people who suffered terribly and sought euthanasia. He then provides a compassionate and biblical understanding of why people seek to end their life and how Christians can best respond.

In our second segment, bioethicist Margaret Sommerville and Simon Smart from the Centre for Public Christianity explore the reasons people seek euthanasia. For some, euthanasia is a control mechanism for the fear of death. They also explore how the sanitised way we discuss euthanasia and the normalisation of euthanasia can have a significant impact on the values of our society and our respect for life.

Christians Engaging Culture exists to equip the Christians to give faithful answers in everyday cultural conversations and to turn those conversations to the gospel.

Please tell others about this podcast and show them how to subscribe.

Check out our website here.

If you are not a member of St Thomas', we invite you to look at the 'About Us' page of our website here.