After Class Podcast
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After Class Podcast
What happens when you lock an Old Testament, New Testament, and Theology professor in a room to discuss provocative topics related to bible and theology? Find out as you listen to the podcast of three professors from Great Lakes Christian College engage the sorts of questions students ask ... after...
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9.33 - Politics and Faith: Relating to the Powers
Do you believe Christians should control the outcome of political and state decisions?
Should Christians fear governing authorities? How do Chri...
9.32 - Politics and Faith: A Different Way
Do Christians have dual citizenship? Are Christians called to utilize their earthly citizenship as leverage? Is the Christian expression of a new King...
9.31 - Politics and Faith - Greater Tension
Are you removing tension from your life by sacrificing the way of the Kingdom of God?
Today the guys conclude their series by exploring the fina...
9.30 - Politics and Faith: Tension Continues
As we continue exploring the contrast between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of the World, we begin asking the practical questions that expose whe...
9.29 - Politics and Faith: Tension
Jesus commands us to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. But how should citizens of the Kingdom of God engage with the kingdoms of th...
9.28 - Politics and Faith - Allegiance Continued
Is the world ultimately transformed through the voting booth, or through a people who faithfully live out the "strange" teachings of Christ? Do Christ...
9.27 - Politics and Faith: The Pledge Of Allegiance
Can a Christian faithfully serve both their country and the Kingdom of God? Or, when push comes to shove, must one always come first?
Jesus said...
9.26 - Politics and Faith: Distinct Christian Influence
Continuing last week's conversation, we explore how God's set-apart people are to relate to the nations.
Israel was forbidden from making allia...
9.25 - Politics and Faith: Unique Politics
Up to this point, we've identified who the powers and principalities are and the role they play. Today, the guys shift the conversation to how God's s...
9.24 - Politics and Faith: Judgement of the Nations
If God holds the nations accountable, shouldn't we, in the spirit of the prophets, join Him in calling the nations to account for their actions?
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9.23 – Politics and Faith: Christ Above All Powers
All things were created through Him and for Him. Above all creation, this includes the powers and principalities of this world.
Christia...
9.22 – Politics and Faith: The Powers Behind the Powers
Who really rules the nations? God, governments, or something else entirely?
Today, the guys continue their discussion on governing autho...
9.21 - Politics and Faith: Spiritual Reality
Is God on your political side? Scripture may say otherwise.
Sam, John, and Ron continue their series on governing authorities by challenging on...
19.20 - The Government, the Gospel, and the Christian: Pick a Side?
What if the nation you despise most is actually on God's payroll? In this episode of The After Class Podcast, John, Ron, and Sam trace what the Bible...
9.19 - The Government, the Gospel, and the Christian: Introduction
How does the language of the Bible talk about how God's people should relate to governing authorities and the level of our engagement with them? What...
9.18 – Lord's Supper 6: More Than a Meal
Today, the guys wrap up the series and share some final observations and takeaways.
But first, Paul writes that in the Supper we proclaim the Lo...
9.17 - Lord's Supper 5: The Flesh and the Blood
So far guys have covered the following aspects in the Lord's Supper series:
* Building on OT sacred meals
* Commemorating key events in...
9.16 - Lord's Supper 4: Three Accounts
Today, the guys look into the Last Supper accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, investigating the differences and what they reveal about the Lord's Sup...
9.15 - Lord's Supper 3 - Celebrating the Kingdom
Ritual? Meal? Nourishment? Remembrance? Micro-banquet? Flesh and blood? What is the Lord's Supper—and how are we meant to practice it? What does it ha...
9.14 - Food: The Heart of the Meals
Who do you eat with? Sinners? Tax collectors? Church leaders and influencers? Today, the guys survey the wider narrative of meals presented in the New...
9.13 - Food: Setting the Table
What is the Lord's Supper? Who can partake in it? What is it about? In today's episode, the guys set the table for how the Bible speaks about food, fe...
9.12 - Hot Take: When a Christian Falls
When another Christian falls in a big way on the public stage, what is the responsibility of the broader Christian community? Do we have an obligation...
9.11 - Truth: The Way of Life
Is the truth in you?
Are you one who loves in deed and truth, obeying what Jesus has commanded? Or do you find yourself often falling into the...
9.10 - Truth: Is He the Way?
Today the guys reach the completion of John's Gospel. Truth is framed through the new revelation brought to us in Christ as we grow beyond the need fo...
9.9 - Truth: John Gets Fresh
Today we step into the Gospel of John, where truth is described as coming from above — and where John provides a fresh framing of truth. Grace and tru...
9.8 - Truth: Riled Up
False teaching is real. Some people will intentionally try to rile you up or pick you off when you are away from the body. Others tie their teaching t...
9.7 - Truth: Delusions and Governance
We have a duty to reflect God's truth to the world. If truth is something worth living — and dying — for, do Christians have a duty to correct error t...
9.6 - Truth: Affirmation or Love?
Biblically, truth comes from God, and intermingling truth with perversion or distortion—no matter how sincere—removes us from God's truth. Yikes. What...
9.5 - Truth: In Action
Truth defined by God stands in contrast to truth claims grounded primarily in experience. In this episode, Ron rides confidently through his home terr...
9.4 - Truth: Justice
Truth and justice. Is there truth apart from justice? What are the implications of knowing the truth without acting justly?
This week on After...
9.3 - Truth: Biblical Agenda
If you are not committed to the truth, your witness is compromised. If truth has an agenda, how does the Bible weigh in on truth in a world where it m...
9.2 - Truth: Ahem...
In today's episode of After Class, the guys step into the world of philosophical and biblical truth, tracing how the Western tradition once held philo...
9.1 - Truth: AI and Research
AI is changing how people think about truth and how they fact-check information. While AI has immense access to information and processing power, some...
8.49 - The Promised Land
Get ready for some holy hilarity! The guys are dishing out their hot take on The Promised Land, a new show that's basically a biblical mockumentary. T...
8.48 - Christmas and Critics
"Jesus wasn't born on December 25th!"
Are you mad? Faith shattered? Christmas ruined? May it never be!
With the actual birth date of Jesu...
8.47 - Frank Violla: Worship in Empty Rooms
Empty worship, copies of temples, and priests in rooms full of… nothing. Have you ever felt like you were going through the motions, but God wasn't th...
8.46 - 1 Peter: Conclusions
Is an elder always an Elder, or are they simply an elder—and how does that change what Peter says about them in chapter five? Tune in to today's episo...
8:45 - 1 Peter - Conspicuous In-House Activity
Turn from evil and grow in love and devotion toward one another, brothers and sisters in the faith. Following Christ does not mean we will always get...
8:44 - 1 Peter - Faithful Hospitality
Opening your life and home to others comes with imperfections and gripes. But as Christians, we are to do all things without complaining and guard our...
8.43 - 1 Peter: Faithful Suffering
Have you put sin behind you? Hurray! Way to go! Now it's time to suffer!
Wait—what?
Are you at the point where you're making tough decisio...