Finchwood Discipleship Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This final episode of the season begins with a few announcements about the podcast and ends with some clarifications and additional information about the topics that have been covered in this season.
Finchwood will return soon! Keep an eye out for Season 3, "How To..." which will begin in Fall 2022.
00:00 - About the Future 01:13 - Season Numbers 02:06 - Finchwood YouTube 03:14 - Mentors and Mentees 05:20 - All Truth is God's Truth 07:44 - Theological Jargon
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A milestone! Last week, we finished all the planned content for the season, but there are several listener-submitted questions and comments to address. In this episode, we're taking a look at one such comment from Parker, who has questions about sin and the process of asking for forgiveness.
00:00 - Parker's Question 01:44 - The Disease (Sin) 06:13 - The Cure (Jesus) 09:55 - Answering the Question
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"A righteous person falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in time of disaster." Proverbs 24:16 (NASB)
"If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything." 1 John 3:20 (NIV)
"As for me, it matters very little how I might be evaluated by you or by any human authority. I don’t even trust my own judgment on this point. My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t prove I’m right. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide." 1 Corinthians 4:3-4 (NLT)
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In this season, we've covered so much of what makes Christianity distinctive - our literature and the way we live our lives - but what exactly do we believe? What are the distinct points of faith that connect us and define us as Christians? This episode attempts to answer that question, at least in an introductory way, by going over the fundamentals of theology that Christianity is built on, as expressed in the creeds from the early Church period.
00:00 - We Believe... 01:42 - Theology isn't Just for Bullies 03:02 - Theology is a Form of Worship 05:13 - Theology is Relevant 07:17 - The Story of Theology 10:00 - Essentials vs. Nonessentials 12:30 - Things All Christians Believe 15:30 - Things Some Christians Believe
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Note: Though it wasn't mentioned in the episode, an excellent (even if heady) resource for this discussion is Roger Olsen's book The Mosaic of Christian Belief.
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Between reading the Bible and applying it to everyday life, there's a hurdle called interpretation. Yes, we can read the text and even revere it, but what does it mean? How do we pull meaning out of what's been written? Perhaps even more importantly, how can we ensure that our interpretations are valid? This episode offers some basic pointers on how to interpret the Bible responsibly and fruitfully.
00:00 - The Challenge of Interpretation 01:49 - Historical Context Matters 05:41 - The Bible as Literature 10:05 - Textual Context Also Matters 13:04 - Translation Alphabet Soup 17:11 - What About Paraphrases?
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Who wrote the Bible? That one question has sparked more than its fair share of debate in recent history. This episode explores what we know (and what we don't know!) about the people whom God inspired to pen the various books of the Bible.
00:00 - Inspired by God 04:03 - Authorship According to the Bible 07:59 - What the Bible Doesn't Say 10:19 - Inspired Editors 13:40 - The Bottom Line
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This week, we continue our look at the Bible by discussing what sources we use to form our beliefs, and how the Bible relates to all other sources. This episode also contains a brief look at which books were included in the Bible and which ones weren't.
00:00 - What is Truth? 01:47 - Meta-Narrative 04:29 - The Four Sources 07:26 - Prima Scriptura 11:42 - The Canon and the Creeds 13:53 - Not Quite Scripture
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The Bible contains the most epic, all-encompassing story ever written, and this episode covers the short, short version of it.
00:00 - An Apology
02:52 - In the Beginning
04:55 - A Family Becomes a Nation
07:38 - Moses and the Exodus
09:45 - The Promised Land
11:28 - The Kingdom of Israel
13:44 - A Kingdom Divided
16:27 - The Exile in Babylon
18:19 - Intermission
21:54 - God, With Us
24:40 - Death, Burial, and Resurrection
27:13 - A New People
29:31 - Hope for the Future
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With this episode, we begin our "bird's eye view" study of the Bible - what is it, what's it about, and how do we interpret and apply it to our lives. This week we'll be starting with the structure of the Bible and orienting ourselves to it so that we can navigate its pages later on.
00:00 - The Significance of the Bible
02:17 - An Anthology
04:24 - Notes in the Margins
08:02 - Two Testaments
10:23 - Overview of the Old
13:40 - Overview of the New
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How are Christians supposed to act? What are the principles that should govern our day to day behavior? This episode starts to explore the answers to those questions, which might be different from what you would think.
00:00 - Lifestyle
02:04 - Lawful vs. Profitable
03:17 - Situational Morality
05:11 - The Litmus Test
09:26 - Spiritual “Disciplines”
11:24 - Vitamins and Minerals
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“All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things build people up.” 1 Corinthians 10:23 (New American Standard Bible)
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In the previous episode, we talked about how the Church is like a body, with each member playing a different part. In this episode, we’ll get into what those different roles might look like, what the Bible says about them, and how to discover what gifts each of us has received from God.
00:00 – Review: One Body, Many Parts
02:36 – Many Gifts, One Giver
04:52 – Types of Spiritual Gifts
07:19 – Have Some Gifts Disappeared?
08:38 – Identifying Your Gifts
10:22 – Context and Comparison
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"God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.” 1 Peter 4:10 (New Living Translation)
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Community: what is it, and what does the Bible say about it? This episode begins to explore the community that the Bible calls "God," and also the community it calls "The Church."
00:00 - God is a Community
03:40 - The "Church"
07:24 - About Denominations
10:04 - A Family and a Kingdom
13:43 - The Body of Christ
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As followers of Jesus, we have a secondary mission: to proclaim a message known as "the Gospel" to all creation. But what is the Gospel? What does it entail? This episode delves into that very question.
00:00 - What is the Gospel?
02:32 - Credible Witnesses
04:44 - False and Incomplete Gospels
07:58 - Good News about Jesus
10:07 - Good News about Forgiveness
13:32 - Good News Here and Now
16:05 - Good News about the King
19:04 - Conclusion
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As followers of Jesus, we have a job to do, a mission to accomplish. God has given us all a critically important assignment: to make disciples.
00:00 - Purpose before Mission
01:33 - The Mission: Make Disciples!
03:13 - What is a Disciple?
05:14 - What Would Jesus Do... and Why?
07:57 - The Process
11:43 - Disciples Who Make Disciples
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Now that we've decided to follow Jesus, what's the most important thing to keep in mind on the road a head? The answer is love. This episode breaks down a little bit of what that means, even if only as an introduction.
00:00 - Purpose before Mission
02:47 - Loving God
04:10 - Being Loved By God
07:12 - Loving Others
10:08 - Conclusion
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This is a short introduction to Season One, which is called "The Basics." We're starting with the most fundamental parts of what it means to be a Christian. As a reminder, your feedback, questions, and ideas are more than welcome.
00:00 - The Basics
00:33 - A Strong Foundation
01:57 - How You Can Help
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You've decided to become a Christian, but what does that mean? And maybe more importantly, what do you do next? This episode hopes to answer some of those questions by discussing the practical side of starting out as a follower of Jesus.
00:00 - What Just Happened
02:29 - It's a Marathon
04:03 - Prayer
05:24 - Repentence
06:10 - Fellowship
06:45 - Sharing Your Faith
07:29 - The Bible
08:21 - Baptism
09:13 - Closing
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"Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 (New Living Translation)
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In this episode, listeners are invited to enter into a relationship with Jesus. For the record, becoming a Christian is NOT a prerequisite for listening to Finchwood or for participating in the ongoing conversation that this podcast is a part of, but at the same time, personally knowing God is foundational to truly understanding everything we talk about after this point.
If you don't know Jesus in that way yet, please listen to this episode and consider praying along with the loosely-guided prayer time near the end.
00:00 - What You're Invited To
02:04 - Relationship and Religion
05:09 - Lord and Savior
06:36 - For the Seeker and the Skeptic
08:18 - Prayer
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New listeners: Play this episode first to find out the who, what, when, and why of Finchwood.
The Finchwood Discipleship Podcast is made up of "conversations for people who want to be more like Jesus." The goal is to explore what biblical Christianity looks like while being open to questions in the spirit of honest and respectful dialogue, and to live out our faith in the real world of relationships and communities that we each inhabit.
00:00 - Welcome to Finchwood
02:30 - The Story Behind the Name
04:03 - About Me
08:07 - Foundational Principles
13:11 - The Format
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Additional Resources:
"Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian in Community" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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