Tulane Chi Alpha: Recent Episodes
Tulane Chi Alpha
Instruction to know God, inspiration to love God and challenge to obey God. Messages from our weekly meeting - Connect, and other special broadcasts for our student community, and anyone else who'd like to listen.
Looking into Genesis 14 and Psalm 110 for context as we explore with the author of Hebrews the superior high priesthood of Jesus.
Deuteronomy 29:16-19, 29
16 You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here. 17 You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold. 18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.
19 When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Devotional Thought
Hebrews 1:1-4 and 8-9
8 But about the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.”
Campus Pastor Matt DeGier explores the questions of power and authority through the lens of Numbers 16, with some insight from St. Paul in Ephesians and Philippians.
Two of our illustrious senior leaders share some wisdom and biblical insight on loving well and keeping sex where it works best.
"God gives us guard rails for our feelings, but sets no limits on our love."
Joshua Byrd, Chi Alpha Director at Loyola University brings our Thanksgiving message at Connect, 11/29/21.
The Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai!
How do the themes of law, liberty and love all come together for Jesus' people?
**God's Laws Are A Description Of Reality From An Infinite Perspective
Link to Matt's notes for the message.
Mark Shreve (Tulane, 22) and Matt DeGier celebrate the resurrection and the gift of a forever kind of life in this message. How can the idea of living forever be really good news and what relevance does it have for us today? How do we access the abundant life Jesus said he came to bring and the "more than you can ask or think" kind of relationship with God that St. Paul wrote about?
Why the sacrifice of Jesus and what do we do with that reality?
Morgan Smith and Chelsea Kilgore (Tulane '24) remind us that "God stinkin' loves you!"
Justin Samuelson (Loyola Chi Alpha) and Matt DeGier explore the concept of justice from a Biblical point of view and then compare and contrast it with the contemporary social justice movement and its scholarly companion, critical theory.
Episode art from Themis Vectors by Vecteezy - https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/themis
True repentance produces a change in the way we live and even the way we think.
Mikala Nellum (Tulane class of 2022) with Matt DeGier share this final installment of our Hard Things series with Jonah and some specific instructions from Hosea and Joel (and Jesus).
Fearing God is not about being frightened, but about being trustworthy with what God values.
Matt DeGier explores the uncomfortable, yet necessary truth of God's anger from the prophets Nahum and Micah (and a few others).
March 15, 2021 at Chi Alpha Connect
Jason Jeffries kicks off our Hard Things series with this message on Truth is Reality.
March 8, 2021 at Chi Alpha Connect