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Introduction to Grand Metanarrative: God’s Story as an Invitation to Theology
In this video, Tony Twist, coauthor of Grand Metanarrative: God’s Story as an Invitation to Theology, introduces the book and talks through its main points.
Tony Twist
Tony Twist
Grand Metanarrative: God’s Story as an Invitation to Theology
AN OVERVIEW OF GOD’S STORY AND AN INVITATION TO JOIN IN All of us think about God and draw conclusions about him. In other words, we all do theology. So how do we do theology well? We do theology well by…
Grand Metanarrative Author Q&A – Tony Twist and Mihai Malancea with Bobby Harrington
Join Bobby Harrington as he talks with Tony Twist and Mihai Malancea about their book Grand Metanarrative: God’s Story as an Invitation to Theology.
How Should We View Gender?
This is Question #4 in Carol M. Swain’s Countercultural Living: The Teachings of Jesus on Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism.
Carol M. Swain
Carol M. Swain
How Should We View Races and Ethnicities?
This is Question #3 in Carol M. Swain’s Countercultural Living: The Teachings of Jesus on Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism.
Carol M. Swain
Carol M. Swain
2 Ways to Be Weird for God’s Glory
Only two? There are hundreds of ways Christians can be weird. Ah, but there’s a qualifier: weird for God’s glory. That means all kinds of pious-feeling postures, from the finger-wagging grump to the wide-eyed, chart-creating conspiracist, don’t make the cut. So, what are a couple ways we Christians can be weird in a way that...
Daniel McCoy
How Should We View Marriage
This is Question #2 in Carol M. Swain’s Countercultural Living: What Jesus Has to Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism.
Carol M. Swain
Carol M. Swain
Learning to Pray: Ask (Part 3 of P.R.A.Y.)
Prayer is more challenging than we’d like to admit. At its most basic elements, prayer is having a conversation with God. Sounds easy enough. But what if you don’t know what to say? What if you never hear anything from God? What if you get distracted? It’s easy to see where things fall apart. We...
Joshua Branham
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God: Fighter for the Unborn and Forgiver of the Repentant
*Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Countercultural Living: What Jesus Has to Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism. Starting with the death of Abel, God distinguishes between those who are killed by others and deaths that occur in situations such as wars, accidental deaths, and government-mandated capital punishment. Exodus 20:3–17 lists the...
Carol M. Swain
Truth about God in Nature
In this video by Richard A. Knopp, author of Truth About God: What Can We Know and How Can We Know It, Knopp describes what we can learn about God from the physical world.
Richard Knopp
Richard Knopp
Countercultural Living: What Jesus Has to Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism
AN OVERVIEW OF JESUS’ TEACHINGS ON LIFE’S MOST PRESSING TOPICS Consulting Jesus on how to find eternal life is common. But what relevance do Jesus’ teachings have for contemporary life? When it comes to core worldview topics such as human…
Carol M. Swain
Introduction to Countercultural Living: What Jesus Has to Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism
Author Carol M. Swain introduces her new book Countercultural Living: What Jesus Has to Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism and gives an overview of the chapters.
Carol M. Swain
Carol M. Swain
Doubt and Knowing Truth About God
Is it okay for Christians to doubt? Richard A. Knopp, author of Truth About God: What Can We Know and How Can We Know It?, discusses the relationship between doubt and knowing the truth about God.
Richard Knopp
Richard Knopp
9/11: A Scary Realization and a Needed Prayer
It was a scary realization: We are hated. If you were old enough to take in what was happening on 9/11, you remember snapshots of horror and heroism. Horror: Planes full of people bulleting into towers full of people. Skyline of smoke. Jumping from top stories. Dazed and debris-blown survivors. Bloody stretchers. Heroism: First responders...
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5 Types of Miracles
*Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Truth About God: What Can We Know and How Can We Know It? Not all miracles are alike.[1] So what are the different types? I think it’s useful to distinguish five types of miracles: (1) creational miracles, (2) sustaining miracles, (3) providential miracles, (4) predictive miracles, and...
Richard Knopp
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