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A Christ-centered podcast for your heart and mind. Episodes equip Christians to engage the world biblically by helping them understand why they believe what they believe. (Colossians 1:28)
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Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
About This Video
How do we read and study the Bible? What's the difference between the two? Are there things we should avoid when reading the Bible?
This episode takes a first step in exploring Systematic Theology. If we want to have a biblical worldview, we must know what the Bible says and means. That means we must read the Bible for what it is: a divinely inspired historical document.
Read the Text Version: https://onwardinthefaith.com/how-do-we-read-and-study-the-bible-simple-systematic-theology-chapter-1/
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Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
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Chapters
00:00 Series Introduction
10:27 Content
Additional Resources
Text version of this:
https://onwardinthefaith.com/introduction-to-systematic-theology-simple-systematic-theology/
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/yEf-JN6tddY
Summary
Many Christians know what they believe but struggle to explain why. Others may face a crisis when they realize some of their deeply-held beliefs conflict with other things they believe are true.
This series is for Christians who want to gain a full, consistent understanding of what God's word says about all areas of the Christian life and the world we live in.
This video breaks down the meaning of "Systematic Theology" into simple, approachable concepts. Not sure what "systematic theology" is? Then this video is for you! Join me as we begin a series designed to give you a solid foundation for your faith.
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#SystematicTheology #Christianity #BibleStudy #Theology #Faith #ChristianApologetics
Outro Music Credits
- YouTube outro music: UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
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"Understanding Our Souls" series: https://onwardinthefaith.com/understanding-our-souls/
1 Peter YouTube series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5oAvNLE5030ZQMBvqXy3LADajNyPr-nl
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Peter pivots from the bigger of our hope in Christ and commends his audience for loving Jesus even though they've never seen Him. Dig in with me as we see the practical results of an eternal mindset and understand the purpose of the "inexpressible joy" Christ gives us.
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Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
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Sending a child to public school creates unique challenges for parents. In this episode, I give my single best piece of parenting advice for Christian parents who send their children to public school: Pretend you're sending them to a Muslim school. Join me as I explain this crazy advice and give some practical tips to encourage parents as they intentionally disciple their children.
Articles mentioned:
The Most Important Parenting Question I Ask Myself: https://onwardinthefaith.com/the-most-important-parenting-question-i-ask-myself/
3 Signs of Consumer Christianity: https://onwardinthefaith.com/3-signs-of-consumer-christianity/
How Disney Undermines the Family: https://onwardinthefaith.com/death-and-buffoonery-disneys-cash-cow/
How to Glorify God with Your Time: https://onwardinthefaith.com/how-to-glorify-god-with-your-time/
00:00 Intro
1:00 The Advice
1:14 Religious Schools in Disguise
15:00 Practical Advice
15:57 Recognize the path they’re trained to follow
17:56 Be as spiritually mature as you’d like them to be
21:24 Build trust, be intentional, ask meaningful questions, and invest in their lives
28:40 Identify time thieves
38:25 Establish their identity in their local church
51:05 Closing thoughts
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
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We jump back into 1 Peter and see the true value of our faith. How can we respond to trials? What is biblical suffering? What's the difference between happiness and joy?
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Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
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Why must women be silent in the church? Should we take this to the extreme or ignore it entirely? Join me as we look at the context to this highly-debated verse and, after looking at the context, come to a surprisingly easy conclusion.
https://onwardinthefaith.com/why-must-women-keep-silent-in-church-explaining-1-corinthians-1434-35/
00:00 Intro
3:18 Two potential issues
6:29 Important observations
7:00 It applies to all churches
10:14 The context of the command
14:31 The context of "silent"
16:00 Why is it disgraceful?
20:30 Explaining 1 Corinthians 14:34: Women can pray or prophesy in church but cannot judge prophecy or the prophets who give them.
24:06 Considerations for today
24:23 Prophecy isn't teaching
26:08 Will we let feminism interpret this passage?
30:00 Do we have a healthy view of women in the church?
30:56 Honoring God's command as a cessationist
32:16 Women or married women?
34:22 Closing thought
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
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Romans 8:28 is one of the most common verses you'll find on a coffee mug or living room wall. Christians and unbelievers are familiar with God's promise to work things out for good. But what does "good" mean? Join me as I look at how we tend to misunderstand this verse and then dig into the beautiful promise God gives us.
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
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Welcome back to 1 Peter! Join me as we look at what 1 Peter 1:3-5 teaches us about our hope in God and the future inheritance we look forward to with confidence.
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00:00 Intro
04:04 1 Peter 1:3-5
05:02 Is Jesus separate from God?
10:52 What God does in this passage
15:45 How and why are we saved?
20:37 "Inheritance"?
26:20 What do we inherit?
37:13 "Incorruptible, undefiled, unfading, kept in Heaven"
46:50 "protected by the power of God"
52:29 What role does faith play?
1:01:48 Salvation is a future event?
1:11:28 Summary
1:16:39 Wrap-up
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
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Join me as we begin studying 1 Peter. This will walk you through how I study, showing you the questions I ask and the answers I arrive at. I hope this study makes you delight in God's word and encourages you to dig deeper in your own Bible study time!
In these early verses, we get familiar with the setting, writer, and audience before spending a lot of time focusing on a term that is central to everything Peter is about to say - what it means to their identity, obedience, and life as God's "chosen."
Full image of this study + map: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1voBM-aQfv78UWHp3ZyyIFuwK3I8lTzSU?usp=sharing
How to Study Theology for Yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qpgSFSigBc
How to Study Theology in Community: https://youtu.be/j-r5VCDsGs4?si=Y1f_WeIq78UtXLmv
00:00 Introducing the series
6:15 Today's passage
8:28 "Peter"
12:25 "Apostle"
15:30 "Exiles"
17:20 A Jewish audience?
22:36 A Gentile audience?
25:44 Comfort for the exiles
29:10 "Those"
30:48 "Chosen" - Grammar and the Trinity's work
41:11 "to the obedience of Jesus Christ"
43:07 "to the obedience of the sprinkling of His blood"
51:39 "Chosen" the foundation of this letter
59:10 Trinitarian work of salvation
1:00:38 "Grace and peace"
1:01:55 Study for the full meaning
1:10:44 Closing thoughts on the text
1:15:52 Wrap up
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
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You've got the books. You've got the Bible. You've got hours of podcasts and sermons downloaded to your phone. Now what? Go learn with others! As we conclude this series, we look at important ways to study theology alongside the brothers and sisters Christ has surrounded you with.
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