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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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Three things that the culture perceives Christians as being generally against, Benjamin and Christina seek to answer the questions, what are biblical views of sex, drugs, and rock and roll?

Topics covered in this episode:

• Sex
  • Why are Christians perceived as "anti" sex?
  • What is sex for?
  • What is sex?
  • Who is sex for?
• Alcohol
  • What are the dangers of alcohol?
  • Does the Bible forbid drinking alcohol?
  • Should Christians practice total abstinence
  • Should churches require total abstinence for their members?
• Drugs
  • Could Christians partake in illicit drugs if they weren't illegal?
  • How should Christians think about the legalization of marijuana?
  • Is being "drunk" the same thing as being "high"?
• Rock and Roll
  • How should Christians think about the media we consume?

Resources

• Is God Anti-Gay - Sam Allberry
• Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With - Sam Allberry
• Christian Ethics - Wayne Grudem

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Join us this week as Benjamin and Christina discuss John Mark Comer's book, Practicing the Way. Comer is a pastor and author in Los Angeles, California, and has reached incredible popularity in the Christian world in the past few years. In this episode, Benjamin and Christina talk about Comer's latest book, Practicing the Way and discuss what it means to be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do as Jesus did. Is the purpose of disciples of Jesus Christ to do as Jesus did? Or do as Jesus told us?

Benjamin and Christina walk through each the three pillars of "practicing the Way" and give their thoughts on where things Comer says line up biblically, and also where they have concerns about the theology presented in the book. Ultimately, Benjamin and Christina set out to ask the question, are Christians supposed to "do as He did," or "do as He told us," which they argue, are two different things.

Resources:

• Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become like him, do as he did - John Mark Comer

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss stewarding our bodies. The world is getting crunchier out there! This episode, Benjamin and Christina discuss how Christians should think about taking care of the bodies God has given us. From a spiritual perspective, does taking care of our bodies matter?

Topics covered in this episode:

• Health and wellness culture
• The realities of a fallen world
• Theological triage
• How do we know what is true?
• Stewarding our bodies
• Turning health and wellness into an idol
• Physical resurrection

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss atonement theory and attempt to answer the question, "How does Christ pay for our sins?" Benjamin and Christina dedicate most of the episode to discussing Penal Substitutionary Atonement, the leading theory of atonement within Protestantism. If you have ever wondered, "What does it mean that Jesus died for my sins?" tune in to hear how Penal Substitutionary Atonement and other leading atonement theories attempt to answer that question.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Atonement in the Old Testament
• Atonement in the New Testament
• Atonement Theory
  • Ransom Theory
  • Recapitulation Theory
  • Christus Victor
  • Moral Example Theory
  • Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA)
• Objections to PSA
• PSA vs. Other Atonement Theories

Resources

• In My Place Condemned He Stood: Penal Substitutionary Atonement, ​Rory Shiner

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Join Benjamin and Christina this week as they discuss the book The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Published in 1678, The Pilgrim's Progress is widely regarded as the most published and read books in the world, surpassed only by the Bible. An allegory of the Christian life, The Pilgrim's Progress follows the protagonist, Christian, as he journeys from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. In this week's episode, Benjamin and Christina walk through the book's major events and discuss key themes, characters, and biblical truths revealed throughout the story.

Resources

• The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan, ed. Lauren Ducommun
• Little Pilgrim's Big Journey - Lithos Kids

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