Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they ask the question, “Should Christians celebrate Halloween?” What are the origins of Halloween, and how should that impact whether or not Christians participate in Halloween festivities? Are Christians free to participate in something with clearly pagan origins? All this and more as Benjamin and Christina seek to offer a biblical approach to a complicated holiday.

Topics covered in this episode:

• What are the origins of Halloween?
  • Celtic festival of Samhain
  • All Hallows’ Eve
• Christian conscience and Christian freedom
• Setting our minds on things that are above
• Being missional on Halloween
• Finding ways to participate that are age-dependent
• Using Halloween as an opportunity to talk about why we are afraid of death and why we don’t need to be

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they ask the question, “Is God male?” In light of the recent controversy surrounding the Netflix adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew and the casting of Meryl Streep as Aslan, Benjamin and Christina set out to answer the more fundamental questions of God and His “male-ness.” Is God male? How much does it matter if we think of God as Father or God as mother? And then, having discussed the more fundamental questions, Benjamin and Christina turn to the latest pop culture issue of the day: whether or not it matters that Meryl Streep is voicing Aslan.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Is God Male?
  • Does God have a biological sex?
  • What about Jesus Christ?
• Why does the Bible call God, "God the Father"
  • Anthropomorphism
  • Is God actually a father? Is God actually a son?
• Why is it important we think about God the way He has revealed Himself to us
• Doesn't the Bible use feminine imagery for God?
  • Can we call God “Mother”?
  • What is the difference between metaphor and revealed identity?
• Does God being “Father” diminish women?
  • How are men and women equally made in God's image?
• Aslan & Narnia
  • What are the Chronicles of Narnia?
  • Who is Aslan?
    • Does Aslan represent Jesus Christ or is he actually Jesus Christ?
  • Does it matter if Aslan is voiced by a woman?
  • What does C.S. Lewis say about representing God as male or female?
• Priestesses in the Church
  • CS Lewis' own words on the role of men and women and God's nature

Resources

• “Priestesses in the Church?” — C.S. Lewis
• The Chronicles of Narnia — C.S. Lewis

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss the New Age. What exactly is the New Age, where did these practices come from, and how should Christians think about practices like yoga, horoscopes, Reiki, tarot cards, crystals, and the Enneagram? Benjamin and Christina explore how New Age spirituality has been absorbed into everyday Western culture and ask whether Christians can separate these practices from their spiritual origins.

Topics covered in this episode:

• The New Age
  • What is the New Age?
  • How has New Age spirituality been absorbed into everyday Western culture?
  • How is the New Age fundamentally different from Christianity?
  • What happens when New Age ideas and Christianity are combined?
• Yoga
  • Where did yoga come from?
  • What was its original purpose?
  • Can Christians separate yoga's physical practices from its religious origins?
• Horoscopes
  • Where did astrology come from?
  • What are horoscopes supposed to tell us?
  • Should Christians know their star sign?
• Reiki & Chakras
  • What is Reiki?
  • What are chakras?
  • What is "spiritual energy"?
  • Can Christians participate in practices involving spiritual energy?
• Tarot & Mediumship
  • Where did tarot cards come from?
  • What is mediumship?
  • What does the Bible say about communicating with the dead?
• The Enneagram
  • Where did the Enneagram come from?
  • What are the problems with the Enneagram?
  • Can personality assessments become a source of identity?
• New Age & Christianity
  • Are all New Age practices equally problematic?
  • Can we separate a practice from its spiritual origins?
  • Why is the New Age so attractive?
  • What does the Bible say about divination and occult practices?
  • How should Christians think about prayer and meditation?
  • Are New Age spirituality and Christianity fundamentally incompatible?

Resources

• Cultish Podcast

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