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Faith and Reason, Pt. 3: Anselm Ron and John
Ron and John take a lighthearted pause in the regular lineup to talk about the first season of Orthodocs.faith and to look ahead to Season 2. We connect with our mission and tee up the next episode, which begins Season 2 with a new series called Prepare the Way. We […]
We have examined where hope was fixed in the biblical story and how that informs us as we think about where our hope belongs today. In this final episode of Ultimate Hope Has a Name, Ron and John describe how early Christians focused all the hopes of ancient Israel on […]
We find our best understanding of Christian hope when we look for it in the biblical story itself. In this third episode of our series Ultimate Hope Has a Name, we look at a time in history when hope could have been lost. God’s promises seemed to have no way […]
Our series Ultimate Hope Has a Name continues in this episode that looks into hope’s Old Testament past. Biblical hope focuses on the fulfillment of ancient promises that God made and that gather around a coming Messiah-King. What are those promises, and how does a future Israelite king relate to […]
In this opening episode of our new series Ultimate Hope Has a Name, Ron and John begin to dig into what Christian hope really is. It is far more substantial and powerful than a mere desire for something to happen in the future. We begin a journey here toward a […]
Celebrate Episode 20 with us as we visit with special guest Dr. Craig Gilbert of Purposed Hearts Ministries! Together we explore how the Christian community’s corporate worship differs from personal, individual worship. Then, we look specifically at the important role that lament (as we have come to understand it in […]
This episode examines some of the smaller (but equally important) categories of psalms. Psalms of trust, songs of Zion, historical psalms, and wisdom and Torah psalms get a brief look, along with some examples that include the beloved Psalm 23 and the epic Psalm 119. We continue to experience the […]
Some psalms, called “royal psalms,” lift up the king in some way. In this episode, Ron and John explore this category of psalm that celebrates God as king and finds fulfillment in the Messiah, Jesus. We discuss Psalms 2 and 110 as examples of enthronement psalms that find rich New […]
While some psalms praise God for who God is, others praise God for something specific that God has done in our lives. In this episode, we explore praise psalms of thanksgiving and look at Psalm 116 as an example. We also discuss where we find this in the New Testament […]
