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The Good News Of Our Human Limitations - Kelly Kapic
After another day of trying to meet deadlines and working on projects, you’re again dissatisfied with how much you did or how well you did it. Then you go home, grab a bite to eat, and then go to your kid’s concert or sporting event. When you come back home, you see that big house chore that has been waiting for weeks. You sigh and drop into bed thinking, “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I get more done?” We are constantly colliding with our limitations.
Quiet Holy Attentiveness (podcast) With Sarah Clarkson
We know that quiet is an essential aspect of the spiritual life, that we need to leave the craziness of our hurried and frenzied lives and find the deep peace of being in God’s presence. But in our busy lives of deadlines and distractions, of screens at work and at play, this seems abstract and impossible. Our guest on the latest episode is Sarah Clarkson, who writes regularly about literature, faith, and beauty.
Becoming A Wise Leader With ULI CHI
Technological entrepreneur and author of The Wise Leader. We have a wealth of information at our fingertips, but information is not the same as wisdom. Whether in business, spiritual life, or everyday decisions, we need wisdom’s guidance to lead with purpose and meaning. We would do well to learn over their shoulders and through their hearts from those with real-life experience and deep resources for wisdom.
Submitting To Husbands? Ephesians With Dr. Lynn Cohick
Author of New International Commentary on the New Testament: Ephesians The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians is filled with excellent teachings to guide us theologically and practically. We have invited Lynn H. Cohick, PhD, to discuss Ephesians based on her new commentary in the New International Commentary on the New Testament (Eerdmans, 2020). Scroll down to learn more about Dr. Lynn Cohick.
Christians, Israel, And Palestine With GARY BURGE (podcast)
To help us, as Christians, have a clear understanding of modern-day Israel, and how it relates to the Bible, we have asked one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the subject onto the podcast. Dr. Gary Burge (Ph.D., from King’s College at the University of Aberdeen, and M.Div., from Fuller Theological Seminary) is a New Testament scholar, professor, author, and ordained minister.
SCOT MCKNIGHT - Rethinking Revelation (podcast)
There was a time, back in the 70s and early 80s, when the study of Revelation, with speculations about the end times and being “left behind,” was in vogue. But today, most Christians stay away from Revelation. Preachers either ignore it or choose to teach from the safer passages, like chapters 2 through 4, or about the New Heavens and New Earth in the final two chapters.
Women’s Callings In Their Work With Joanna Meyer
Author of “Women, Work, and Calling” Here at Reintegrate, we believe that through your day-to-day work, you are on the frontlines of ministry, serving others – your customers or clients, your suppliers, your co-workers, and the community in which you work. Women now have professional opportunities beyond those of previous generations. But sadly, as women have seen their roles grow at work, the church’s vision for women’s work and calling has not grown along with it.
Reintegrate Faith and Science - with John Van Sloten (podcast)
Yes, we should reintegrate the Christian faith with science. But what if that means that we should look for the creator God in every aspect of God’s creation? What if the Bible and science are meant not only to coexist but actually to inform one another?
Reintegrate Faith And Science - With John Van Sloten
Author of God Speaks Science: What Neurons, Giant Squid, and Supernovae Reveal about Our Creator. Yes, we should reintegrate the Christian faith with science. But what if that means that we should look for the creator God in every aspect of God’s creation? What if the Bible and science are meant not only to coexist but actually to inform one another?
CHRISTOPHER JH WRIGHT Great Commission And Mission Of God
Podcast: Reintegrate the Great Commission with the Mission of God with Christopher J.H. Wright Author, The Great Story and the Great Commission “The Great Commission” (Matthew 28:16-20) is the central driving mission for God’s people. But here is a question to consider: How does this commission that churches have for people relate to the mission that God has for every aspect of life? Before we know what our mission is, we must first know what God’s mission is.
JOSH LARSEN - Enjoying Movies at a Deeper Level
We love to talk movies on the Re-integrate Podcast. Why? Because we want to reintegrate our enjoyment of pop culture with our Christian faith. Our guest on this episode is film critic Josh Larsen. He is co-host of the WBEZ (Chicago’s NPR station) radio show Filmspotting, which is also one of the top movie podcasts. Josh is also the editor and producer for Think Christian, a website and podcast exploring faith and pop culture. He has been writing and speaking about movies professionally since 1994.
ALAN NOBLE enters into our mental or emotional suffering
Scroll down to read the episode description. Many Christians must deal with some sort of mental or emotional suffering. While life is a good creation from a loving God, in a fallen and broken world, normal human life can be really difficult. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to the mundane choices that we each must make each moment, starting with the daily choice to get out of bed. Our guest on this episode is Dr. O.
ALAN NOBLE Enters Into Our Mental Or Emotional Suffering
Author of On Getting Out of Bed. Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Episode Description: Many Christians must deal with some sort of mental or emotional suffering. While life is a good creation from a loving God, in a fallen and broken world, normal human life can be really difficult.
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Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Episode Description: What does it mean to be human? We live in an age of many voices trying to shape our understanding of who we are and what we are supposed to do. Our guest on this episode is Dr. Carmen Joy Imes (PhD, Wheaton). She is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Biola University and the author of Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters (InterVarsity Press, 2023). Our identity is rooted in Genesis 1, where humanity is created in God’s image.
The Rapture And Dispensationalism With Dr. Daniel Hummel
Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Episode Description: For many American Christians, the presumptive next big event in redemptive history will be the Rapture.
Genesis Chapter 1 - An Overview
We are going to discover God through the book of Genesis. Through the many stories we will encounter, we will meet the God that makes our eyes open wide in amazement and our jaws drop in wonder. We live in an age in which we need to rediscover this astounding God. The book opens with the creation account. This does not read like a science textbook—it’s much more beautiful than that.
RE-ELECT Geoffroy and McKnight
It is an honor and a privilege to be elected to serve on your hometown’s Borough Council. During a 3-year term, a member of the Borough Council has the opportunity to positively lead, influence and improve their community. Nadine Geoffroy and Lisa McKnight have definitely accomplished these goals as members of the New Providence Borough Council for 6 years and 3 years respectively. Nadine and Lisa have each served as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Borough’s Finance Committee.
Climbing Every Staircase at the Cleveland Clinic
So, here’s another story from “Bob and his Hospital Exploits.” I’ve been a patient at the Cleveland Clinic since 1969. So, for more than half of the 102 years the clinic has existed. Haha. I realized that I’ve been seen as a patient in 8 of the 9 buildings at the Cleveland Clinic main campus. So, here is the story: Linda and I are planning to go hiking around in the Alps next month (Yep! The Swiss and French Alps!). So, I’ve been training as best I can beforehand. Hiking here and there.
MAE ELISE CANNON: Spiritual Practices that Fuel Active Engagement in Society
Author of “Just Spirituality: How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action.” Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Episode Description: There have been Christians throughout history who God has called to societal activism on behalf of the poor and oppressed. And the power in which they did so was found in their inner faith practices that connected them intimately with God through Christ and His Spirit.
JENNIFER DUKES LEE - “Stuff I’d Only Tell God!”
Being open and transparent while journaling to God. Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description What would you say if you were completely honest with yourself and with God?
How to Reintegrate Faith and Vocations with Logos Daily Circle
With special guest, Jason Stone of Logos Daily Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description This episode of the Reintegrate Podcast is a little different in that we live-streamed it in conjunction with the Logos Daily Circle. Our guest is Jason Stone, the founder of the Logos Daily Circle.
Work/Life Balance is a Myth
Lisa Slayton, founder of Tamim Partners and Director for CityGate (of the Denver Institute for Faith and Work) recently posted this on social media: In my previous life as a pastor (after a life before that as a successful businessperson), I empathized deeply with the chaotic lives people had in their workaday world. In a culture that celebrates workaholics, pastors see too many people making work an idol which makes them too busy for church, family, or service.
Michaela O’Donnell PhD: Make Your Work Matter
Finding Meaningful Work in a Changing World. Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description Michaela O’Donnell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Seminary, which helps leaders respond faithfully to God in all seasons of their life, work, and leadership.
RICHARD VANCE GOODWIN - Experiencing God at the Movies
Seeing Is Believing: The Revelation of God Through Film. Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description Have you ever had a profound experience while watching a movie? When you were so overwhelmed by emotion that you could call it spiritual? In his book Seeing Is Believing: The Revelation of God Through Film (IVP, 2022), theologian Richard Vance Goodwin argues that such experiences may sometimes be encounters with God.
Are “Intellectual Properties” Ruining Movies?
Pretty consistently, folks go to the movies when they recognize something and stay home when they don’t. Looking at the past 10 years of box office Top 10s, it’s far faster to note which movies aren’t based on a pre-existing property: Frozen, Gravity, Inside Out, Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets, Sing, Onward and Tenet. That’s it. Eight movies out of 100. Two of them even let you see a person. But in the IP Era, people are merely a liability.
JORDAN RAYNOR - Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful and Productive
Redeeming Your Time Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description How are you at managing your time? Perhaps the problem is that you are trying to “manage” your time when you are called to “redeem” your time. In this episode, we discuss with Jordan Raynor some principles to reintegrate our faith with our work (and all of life) so that we become more like Jesus Christ in his time on earth: purposeful, productive, and present.
Documentary Released on the Asbury University Revival
As reported by Religion News Service, Redeem TV has released a documentary on the Asbury University Revival, which can be viewed for free (Revive TV is funded by donations). Chris Rogers, the film’s producer said, “Being in Wilmer KY at Asbury in the middle of the outpouring was one of the highlights of my life and film making career. I prayed to be involved with revival for years and suddenly I found myself in the middle of a great work with the Holy Spirit all around me.
Do You Believe in Being Platonic?
The Greek philosopher Plato can be blamed for a lot of our misperceptions about the Christian life. From very early on, Christians couldn’t take the teachings of Jesus, Paul, the other apostles, or even the Hebrew Torah, poets, and prophets at face value. They had to add the pagan teachings of Plato on top of it all. Brian Walsh and J.
You Are Already a Missionary - In and Through Your Work
I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard people tell me that if they were to be truly obedient to God’s mission, they’d have to pack up and move to some far-away place and serve to spread the gospel there. But even the great missiologist Lesslie Newbigin would differ with that notion.
J. RICHARD MIDDLETON Prepares Us for the End Times!
Getting Our Eschatology Right with the New Heaven and New Earth. Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description We all are fascinated with the End Times. What is our final destiny? This is eschatology. If we were to take a random survey of Christians in North America, we would hear something like this: Our destiny is heaven. When we die, we go off to our home with Jesus, worshiping God for all eternity in an otherworldly existence.
PAUL COPAN answers “Is the God of the Old Testament a Vindictive Bully?”
Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description The world’s most outspoken atheist, Richard Dawkins, wrote in his book, The God Delusion, No wonder there are some Christians today who want to distance themselves from that God and focus solely on the God of the New Testament and Jesus Christ.
Is Our Gospel Too Small?
The truncated gospel versus the holistic gospel, Part 1. Many pastors, including myself, were trained in seminary that we had to “preach the gospel” What was it we were to preach? That Jesus Christ died on the cross to save you from sin and give you the hope of heaven. We were taught that this is the simple gospel, the “good news” for each individual.
MATTHEW SOERENS on How Listening to Marginalized Christian Voices can Save America
Matthew Soerens and his co-authors say that by learning from the global church and marginalized voices, we can return to our roots of being kingdom-focused – loving our neighbor and giving of ourselves in missional service to the world. Scroll down to read the episode description. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description Does the American evangelical church need a wake-up call? Have we become unaware of our blind spots? Our guest on this episode is Matthew Soerens.
They Were Wrong that We Can’t Trust Our Emotions
Are feelings just the caboose? I became a Christian in the late 1980s. At a very early stage of my faith, I was trained in doing evangelism with the “Four Spiritual Laws” from Campus Crusade. To this day, Cru is using this tool to great effect in reaching people for Jesus. The little yellow booklet that I was so familiar with had a page in the back that had a train illustration. After someone had received Jesus by faith, there was “an important reminder.” What was it?
Engineering for Shalom with Ethan Brue, Derek Schuurman, and Steven VanderLeest
The authors of A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers (IVP Academic, 2022) share their insights. Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description For Christians who work in engineering and developing technology, it’s not always clear how their faith and work integrate. How can designing and using technology actually be a way of loving God and our neighbors?
BONNIE KRISTIAN and Our Crisis of Knowing Truth (podcast)
Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description There is a crisis of knowledge that we are all experiencing. It seems that nobody trusts what anybody else is saying. In politics and in the media, on social networks, there has been an increasing inability to discern truth. What causes us to explore conspiracy theories? How can we know when someone is telling a half-truth for political ends?
New Year’s Resolutions - Go Small
We are pressured to make grand New Year’s Resolutions. But does God want us to worry about accomplishing big things or does he want us to be faithful in small things? We don’t have one grand calling that God wants us to somehow figure out (as if we don’t somehow unmask this mystery that God has hidden from us, we’ve failed). We only have the many callings laid out before us each day – good work that God has prepared for us to do beforehand, that we should walk in them (see Ephesians 2:10).
Three Things You Don’t Have to Do to Be More Christian - with Dr. Phillip Cary
Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description You’re not supposed to “let God take control” of your life and work. You’re not supposed to “hear God’s voice in your heart.” And, you’re not supposed to be guided by God’s Holy Spirit by inner feelings of peace, intuitions, or impressions. These are three things believers have recently come to believe as being essential to being Christian.
Your Faith and Work Journey with Denise Lee Yohn
Denise Lee Yohn is a keynote speaker, consultant, and writer on brand leadership. She has led seminars at such places as Facebook, Lexus, the NFL, and more. When she started her professional career, Denise also became a Christ-follower — and ever since then, she’s been passionate about reintegrating faith and work. She is the director of the Faith & Work Journey, a spiritual formation and professional development experience.
Christmas and the Idolatry of Consumerism
I’ve been Christmas shopping online and watching as boxes seem to magically appear on my front stoop. Hey, anything to keep from battling the crowds at the malls! I’ve been enjoying times with my family as we watch our favorite shows on our flat screen TV (my kids have just discovered Doctor Who, which I must admit is quite a hoot).
How Celebrity is Hurting the Church - with Katelyn Beaty
Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description We live in a culture infatuated with celebrity, which has infiltrated the evangelical Christian church. We look to Christian celebrities and cultural strongmen for leadership and validation. And we have seen many celebrity pastors, ministry leaders, and cultural icons fall from their lofty celebrity platforms because they didn’t have the needed spiritual maturity or accountability.
Is the Bible Relevant and Authoritative? With Dr. Michael Bird
Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description In his latest book, Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible (Zondervan, 2021), Dr. Michael F.
Spiritual Gifts - They are Not Just for Church!
A third way to understand Spiritual Gifts As a pastor, I have administered plenty of “Spiritual Gifts Tests” to my congregations. Now let’s be honest. The purpose of these tests is one thing: To figure out how people can best volunteer in church ministries. Of course, we believe that God’s people should be using their gifts for the benefit of his people.
Our Creativity is a Key to our Spirituality - with Mako Fujimura
Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description How is art an inroad to our experience of God? How does making things give us a more tangible knowledge of the love of God and the joy of being a human in God’s image? What role do imagination and creativity have in a full-orbed theology? Our guest has some profound thoughts on these things. We are deeply honored to have renowned artist Makoto Fujimura on this episode of the Reintegrate Podcast.
Christ is King over All Aspects of Life - with Jessica and Robert Joustra
Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description The Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper famously said these words in a speech he gave when he opened a new university: Jessica Joustra and Robert Joustra are the editors of a new book titled Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures (IVP, 2022) It’s a book that features contemporary Christian theologians, historians, scientists, and artists applying to today the concepts Kuyper...
What is Heaven, Really? with Dr. Michael Wittmer
What is Heaven, Really? with Dr. Michael Wittmer April 25, 2022 Bob Robinson Listen to the podcast on your favorite app Episode Description Truth be told, most Christians, even many pastors, don’t really have a firm understanding of what heaven is. Where is the final destiny of the believer? What will we be there and what will we do there? In this episode of the Reintegrate Podcast, we invite an expert to share his insights.
We are the Image of God - with Dr. J. Richard Middleton
We are the Image of God – with Dr. J. Richard Middleton March 14, 2022 Bob Robinson Listen to the podcast on your favorite app: Episode Description: What is God actually redeeming in us? What does it mean to be human? What is our mission in the world? Christians should seek the answers to these big questions. But we may lack the theological tools to answer.
Better Habits for Spiritual Formation with Justin Whitmel Earley
Better Habits for Spiritual Formation with Justin Whitmel Earley February 27, 2022 Bob Robinson Listen to the podcast on your favorite app: Episode Description: Whether we know it or not, our lives are formed by invisible habits, habits that create in us anxiety, frustration, depression, and exasperation.
The Overwhelming Anxieties Caused by “I Belong to Nobody but Myself!” with Alan Noble
The Overwhelming Anxieties Caused by “I Belong to Nobody but Myself!” with Alan Noble February 11, 2022 Bob Robinson Everything in Western society teaches us that we belong to nobody but ourselves. This sounds great! We can create our own identities, map out our own lives, and find our own significance. This means that we are entirely responsible for ourselves. But Alan Noble says this overwhelmingly burdens us to try to justify our existence and to create and express our own identities.
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