Faith Seeking Understanding Podcast

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10. What are Spiritual Gifts? Jan 13, 2021

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Guest: Dr. Wayne Grudem | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Wayne Grudem about spiritual gifts. Conversation topics include: 1) How are spiritual gifts different from natural abilities? 2) What is the purpose of spiritual gifts? 3) Where do we see spiritual gifts listed in the Bible? 4) How can we identify our spiritual gifts? 5) What are some resources for thinking through the continuationist and cessationist views on the miraculous spiritual gifts?

Dr. Wayne Grudem serves as distinguished professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary. He is the author of over 20 books, including Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Biblical Moral Reasoning (Crossway, 2018), and he served as the general editor for the ESV Study Bible. Dr. Grudem is a graduate of Harvard University (BA) and Westminster Theological Seminary (MDiv), and he received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

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9. What is Systematic Theology? Jan 06, 2021

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Guest: Dr. Wayne Grudem | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Wayne Grudem about systematic theology. Conversation topics include: 1) What are some of the sources we can use when discerning what the Bible teaches about a particular topic? 2) How can we put doctrinal theology together in a logical way? 3) Can we understand the Bible? 4) What are some of the updates and features available in the 2nd edition of his book, Systematic Theology?

Dr. Wayne Grudem serves as distinguished professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary. He is the author of over 20 books, including Systematic Theology, 2nd ed., (Zondervan, 2020), and he served as the general editor for the ESV Study Bible. Dr. Grudem is a graduate of Harvard University (BA) and Westminster Theological Seminary (MDiv), and he received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

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8. Has the New Testament been changed? Dec 30, 2020

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Guest: Dr. Peter Gurry | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Peter Gurry about the trustworthiness of the Bible. Conversation topics include: 1) How did we get the Bible? 2) What are textual variants? 3) Can we have confidence in the Bible? 4) What modern translations are most faithful?

Dr. Peter Gurry (@pjgurry) serves as Assistant Professor of New Testament at Phoenix Seminary. And he's also a Co-Director of the Text and Canon Institute. Dr. Gurry is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Dallas Theological Seminary, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, where he studied the reliability of New Testament manuscripts.

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7. How do we pray in accordance with God's will? Dec 23, 2020

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Guest: Pastor Costi Hinn | Dr. Arnold interviews Costi Hinn about prayer and God's will. Conversation topics include: 1) What is God's will, and how do I know if I'm doing it? 2) What is the difference between God's secret will and his revealed will? 3) What is prayer?

Costi Hinn serves as executive pastor of discipleship at Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, AZ. He is the co-author of Defining Deception and the author of God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel.

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6. How do I read my Bible? Dec 16, 2020

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Guest: Nate Pickowicz | Dr. Arnold interviews Nate Pickowicz about his new book, *How to Eat Your Bible*, and how to cultivate an appetite for the life-long study of God’s Word. Conversation topics include: 1) What keeps people from reading the Bible? 2) Basic principles for Bible reading (reading, studying, and applying God's word). 3) How to meditate on and memorize God's Word. 4) Nate's seven-year Bible reading plan.

Nate serves as pastor of Harvest Bible Church in Gilmanton Iron Works, New Hampshire, and he is the author of several books, including *Reviving New England*, *Why We're Protestant*, and *The American Puritans*.

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5. What does it mean to say the Bible is inerrant? Dec 02, 2020

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Guest: Dr. Robert W. Yarbrough | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Robert Yarborough about the Bible’s divine origin, its truthfulness, and its reliability. Conversation topics include: 1) What do we mean when we talk about the doctrine of inerrancy, and what don’t we mean? 2) How do we answer the charge that the doctrine of inerrancy is circular? 3) How do we answer the charge that the doctrine of inerrancy is a modern invention? 4) How important is the doctrine of inerrancy in relation to other doctrines such as the resurrection or deity of Christ?

Dr. Robert W. Yarbrough serves as professor of New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Yarbrough is the author of Clash of Visions: Populism and Elitism in New Testament Theology (Mentor, 2019). He also contributed The Letters to Timothy and Titus in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series (Eerdmans, 2018).

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4. How do we make holistic disciples of Jesus? Nov 25, 2020

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Guest: JT English | Dr. Arnold interviews JT English, pastor of Storyline Church in Arvada, CO, on retrieving a biblical vision for discipleship in the context of the local church and how teaching people the story of the Bible is essential for producing mature believers in Christ. Conversation topics include 1) the role of learning in discipleship, 2) the three buckets of Christian discipleship—the story of the Bible, Christian theology, and Christian formation, 3) forming disciples who are formed by the story of Scripture, and 4) building church rhythms to help people grow and go.

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3. Why did God become man? Nov 17, 2020

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Guest: Dr. Stephen J. Wellum | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Stephen Wellum, Professor of Christian Theology at Southern Seminary, bout the Bible's teaching that Christ is both God and man and yet remains one person. This amazing mystery is called the doctrine of the incarnation. Conversation topics include: 1) What does it mean to say that Christ has two natures, yet remains one person? 2) What does it mean when we read in Philippians 2:7 that Christ "emptied" himself? Did Jesus surrender his divinity in becoming human? 3) How we have no salvation without a divine and human Redeemer, and 4) an early Christian creed that affirms this doctrine.

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2. How does the Bible fit together? Nov 10, 2020

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Guest: Stephen J. Wellum | Dr. Arnold interviews Dr. Stephen Wellum, professor of Christian Theology at Southern Seminary, about how to make sense of the Bible's overarching story. Conversation topics include 1) How not to read the Bible, 2) the Bible's 6 major covenants and how they fit together from Adam to Christ, 3) the role of Israel and the church in God's story, and 4) how the way you read the Bible influences your Christian life and practice of the faith.

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1. Which doctrines are worth dying for? Nov 03, 2020

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Guest: Gavin Ortlund | Dr. Arnold interviews Pastor Gavin Ortlund, author of *Finding the Right Hills to Die On* about how we prioritize Christian doctrines, and he answers the question, "Which doctrines are worth dying for?" Conversation topics include: 1) Are some doctrines more important than others? 2) Theological triage (categories for ranking doctrines), 3) What are the first rank doctrines? (The Trinity, justification by faith, etc.), and 4) What are the wrong doctrines to fight over?

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