Intellectual Bend: Recent Episodes
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Conversations around Christian theology, current cultural affairs, morals, and business through a Christian lens.
Today's episode features Pastor Uri Brito of Providence Church. This lecture is an excerpt from his new book, "The War of The Priesthood—An Exposition of The Armor of God," presented during the 2023 Men Act Now Retreat held in Houston, Texas.
Relevant Links:
Uri's New Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTMJvNlTgMM&list=RDQMIScTMcK7t3U&index=2
Providence Church
https://www.providencepensacola.org/
Nacho Libre's Religious Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTMJvNlTgMM&list=RDQMIScTMcK7t3U&index=2
My good friend Jeffery Ventrella is a Distinguished Fellow of Law and Culture for the (CCL) Center for Cultural Leadership and currently serves as Chair and Director of the truthXchange Fellowship. In this episode, Jeffery gives a lecture on leadership as foundational and not a capstone in one's development, examining the life of Uzziah, King of Judah.
Dr. Glenn Sunshine lectured on how God's Kingdom is advancing in the Global South for the 2023 Men Act Now retreat.
Glenn Sunshine (Ph.D., Renaissance and Reformation History) is a former professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, a ministry associate at Reflections Ministries, and a senior faculty member of the Colson Fellows. An award-winning author, Glenn has published books, articles, and book chapters on history, theology, and culture, online, and on both sides of the Atlantic. His book Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home (Zondervan, 2009) received the 2006 Acton Institute Book Grant. Glenn has also taught courses on four continents. Glenn is also a co-host of The Pugcast Theology podcast and runs a ministry called Every Square Inch Ministries (https://esquareinch.com/)
A discussion we had on a weekly Men Act Now Call regarding an article published by The Spectator titled The Salt That Has Lost Its Savor. This is a response to prominent Evangelicals figures such as John Piper and Tim Keller as well as how we, as Christians, should use criticism and labels such a heretic and so forth. Enjoy!
April 27, 1961 - President Kennedy's Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association
In this episode, Maurice and I discuss our upbringings, the dichotomy of being sheltered, race, and our experience with being bullied.
The episode is from an Interview I was a part of on the 'Community of Wisdom Seekers' Youtube channel created and hosted by Daniel Rivera.
In light of COVID-19, what should fear in life look like? Out of fear should we sacrifice our freedoms for security? Is there such a thing as a healthy sense of fear? What does the Bible, in particular, 1 John 4:18 and Proverbs 9:10 have to say, and are do they contradict each other?
We answer all these questions in this episode.
Today's episode features a recording from an interview with J. Warner Wallace on Faith2Influence's weekly client call.
J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline featured cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker, and best-selling author. He continues to consult on cold-case investigations while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He is also an adjunct professor of apologetics at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) and Southern Evangelical Seminary, and a faculty member at Summit Ministries. J. Warner became a Christ-follower at the age of thirty-five after investigating the claims of the New Testament gospels using his skill set as a detective. He eventually earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Gateway Seminary.
www.coldcasechristianity.com
A blog post reading from Dr. Dave Lescalleet. Find it here: https://dlescalleet.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/love-your-neighbors-doing-their-good/
Let us follow the logic of those who site the problem of evil as their sole concern with God.
Warfare and the devil's strategy, adapted from a video essay you can find on my IG account @weirdfishmedia
Epistemology is one of the four perennial philosophical questions(metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, and ethics.)
Metaphysics: what is? What's real?
Epistemology: How can we know what is real or most real?
Anthropology: Who are we? "Know thyself."
Ethics: What should we be, how should we live, and to be more real?
Jesus is the key to these four philosophical questions.
I’ve always held a fascination with the religious beliefs of the founding fathers and how they set up our constitution. In this Blog from P. Andrew Sandlin (DocSandlin.com) he addresses the influence that our Christian heritage had on the Founding fathers and their ability to form a government unlike any other. What is the separation of church and state.
The divided church is not only divided and un-effective in serving each other and impacting the culture, but it has become flimsy, thin, and progressively compromising in its convictions. This audio should serve as a simple foundation for the church as a whole.