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Discipling GenZ in Our Cultural Moment: Dr. Kara Powell Apr 21, 2025

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Dr. Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI), the founder of the TENx10 Collaboration, and the Chief of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary (see fulleryouthinstitute.org). Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch”, Kara speaks regularly at national parenting and leadership conferences, and is the author or co-author of a number of books including the recently released: Future-Focused Church

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Recovering from the Death of a Child and Navigating Success in Ministry: Levi Lusko Apr 17, 2025

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Levi Lusko is the founder and lead pastor of Fresh Life Church located in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah. He is the bestselling author of Through the Eyes of a Lion, Swipe Right, I Declare War, The Last Supper on the Moon, and Roar Like a Lion, the 2022 ECPA Christian Book Award winner for young people's literature. Levi also travels the world speaking about Jesus. He and his wife, Jennie, have one son, Lennox, and four daughters: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven. Levi’s latest book is Blessed Are The Spiraling: How the Chaotic Search for Significance Can Lead to Joy through Life’s Shifting Seasons

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BONUS Q&A: Does God Allow Evil For His Glory? Apr 16, 2025

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BONUS Q&A: Does God Allow Evil For His Glory?

0:00 Introduction

0:27 How should I respond to someone who says "Bad things happen for God's glory?" It feels irksome.

11:54 Thoughts and impressions on this year's Exiles conference?

20:06 How should we practice communion? Every week? Young people? Nonbelievers?

32:28 How does assurance of salvation actually work?

37:36 Should Christians do yoga?

41:33 Why respond to Christopher Yuan on 'X'?

46:27 My previous charismatic church claimed that 1 Peter 2:24 meant that Jesus literally carried our diseases as well as sins. Thoughts?

50:26 Can you steelman the argument against DEI, CRT, BLM, and then address its flaws?

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Are Catholics and Protestents Really that Different in their Understanding of Salvation? Dr. Matthew Bates Apr 14, 2025

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Matthew W. Bates (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is a professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois. He is the author of Gospel Allegiance, Salvation by Allegiance Alone, and Why the Gospel?, which won a 2024 Christianity Today Book Award and was named the 2024 Resource of the Year by Outreach magazine, and Beyond the Salvation Wars, which forms the topic of our conversation. Bates also cofounded and cohosts the popular Bible and theology podcast OnScript.

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U.S. Foreign Policy, the Genocide in Yemen, and the War in Gaza: Dave DeCamp Apr 10, 2025

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Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com--a program that provides a sounding board of interest to all who are concerned about U.S. foreign policy and its implications. Follow his daily podcast “Antiwar.com.”

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New Creation, Resurrection, and God's Ultimate Homecoming: N.T. Wright Apr 07, 2025

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Dr. Prof. NT Wright is a biblical scholar, professor, former bishop of Durham, and an author who’s written 30 billion books. Over the last 25 years, he’s been one of the most influential and inspiring NT scholars in my life and in the lives of many others. Click HERE to gain FREE access to the course “Simply Good News” by NT Wright.

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From Postmodernism to Metamodernism: Paul Anleitner Apr 03, 2025

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Paul Anleitner is a cultural theologian that writes and speaks on the intersection of religion, culture, philosophy, and science. He is the host of Deep Talks: Cultural Theology with Paul Anleitner, a YouTube channel and podcast featuring long-form discussions with leading voices and lectures on the cultural theology. Register for the Exiles and Babylon conference: theologyintheraw.com

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Why Is there an Epidemic of Loneliness? Dan White Jr. Mar 31, 2025

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Dan White Jr. is the Co-founder of The Kineo Center, a ministry that serves weary and wounded leaders. Dan is also the author of Love Over Fearand co-author of Church as Movement. Register for the Exiles and Babylon conference: theologyintheraw.com

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Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza: Dr. Munther Isaac Mar 27, 2025

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Dr. Munther Isaac is a Palestinian pastor, theologian, author, and activist. He has an MA from Westminster Theological Seminary and a PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. He pastors the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. He is also the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College and the author of several books including the recently released: Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza.

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Patreon Q&A: What's My Next Book Going To Be About? Mar 26, 2025

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0:00 Introduction

0:33 Any ideas on your next project after you complete your current book?

3:03 How should speaking in tongues be practiced in our churches today?

9:42 As a pacifist, how do you reconcile God's violent actions and his call to violence in OT and NT?

15:38 Since being saved, when have you felt least certain about the veracity of your faith?

22:07 Is there hierarchy within the Trinity?

24:25 What are you looking forward to the most in the new creation?

27:20 Who is the primary audience in the Sermon on the Mount? The disciples or the crowd?

28:47 Are the qualifications of elder conditional? Some of the "if" statements?

32:00 What would a good Christian response to Nazi Germany in 1935? What do we do if we feel like we're headed toward such times today?

34:06 Is it acceptable to pray imprecatory Psalms for our world leaders?

36:56 Do you believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit?

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