Good Theological Thursday

Send us a textW3: We discuss our favorite Christmas movies and whether “Krampus” is counter to the message of Christmas.Main Topic: Does God want us to prosper? What does “prosperity” look like for the Christian? Why is the Prosperity Gospel attractive? We discuss these questions and more.

Send us a textW3: We discuss what we are looking forward at the upcoming annual ETS meeting.Main Topic: Is it okay for churches to hire those outside of the church to fulfill ministry needs and roles? What limits should there be on contract work within the church? We discuss these questions and more.

Send us a textW3: We discuss the election and our responsibility to pray for governmental leaders.Main Topic: Todays topic is the age old question "is it wrong to do good for bad reasons?"

Send us a textShould Christians celebrate Halloween? How should Christians vote in the election? How do these two issues relate in engaging the culture? We discuss these questions and more.

Send us a textW3: James and Drey discuss recent tv shows they have been watching.Main Topic: Is Bible enough to handle all mental health issues? Is there room for secular psychology in Biblical counseling? We discuss these questions and more.dis

Send us a textW3: James discusses what it is like being on church staff vs being a church member.Main Topic: Why do Christians worship on Sunday? How do we define Sabbath? Should Christians practice Sabbath? We discuss these questions and more.

Send us a textW3: We discuss a recent trend of fewer young pastors.Main Topic: Is punishment in hell really eternal? Is it possible to argue annihilation from Scripture? Is eternal punishment just? We discuss these questions and more.

Send us a textW3: We are back! We discuss all that has been happening in our lives over the past few months.Main Topic: Can the Bible be infallible but not inerrant? Does the Bible claim inerrancy? Does human  involvement mean Scripture must have errors? We discuss 6 challenges to the truthfulness of Scripture.

Send us a textWe discuss recent comments made by John MacArthur regarding mental health. What is a biblical view of mental illness? Is it okay to medicate people with mental illness, or is Scripture enough? We discuss these questions and more!

Send us a textW3: We discuss our response to Taylor Swifts new album and how Christians should engage with it.Main Topic: Does God ever change His mind in Scripture? What do we do with the passages that seem to suggest He changes His mind?

Send us a textW3: James discusses the spiritual discipline of remembrance. Drey gives the Gen Z word of the week.Main Topic: We discuss the viral Mark Driscoll controversy that happened last week. What are the limits of entertainment at Christian conferences? Can “sword swallowing” be used to glorify God? Did Driscoll have a point? Did he approach his rebuke the right way? We discuss these questions and more.

Send us a textW3: Drey discusses a new trend amongst Gen Z. James discusses the spiritual practice of a Rule of Life.Main Topic: Why did the solar eclipse not bring the rapture or end of the world? Why did people think it would? Drey and James discuss these questions and more!

Send us a textW3: Drey discusses what it means to “abide” in Jesus. James gives some personal reflections on trusting God.Main Topic: This week, well-known atheist Richard Dawkins described himself  as a “Cultural Christian” though he still does not believe Christianity to be true. Is this a tenable position to hold? Can we live out Christian morals without believing in the objective truth of Christianity? James and Drey

Send us a textW3: Drey discusses the meaning of the cup at the Lord’s Supper, and Drey and James discuss a recent controversy concerning the language Elevation church has chosen to use for Easter Sunday.Main Topic: Some argue that Christ’s death on the cross was God the Father unnecessarily abusing His Son. Is this a valid objection? How would 

Send us a textW3: James discusses what it means to be a peacemaker.Main Topic: Is penal substitutionary atonement a thorough enough definition of Christ’s atoning work? What did Christ’s death and resurrection accomplish on a cosmic scale? James explores Colossians to discuss and answer these questions.

Send us a textW3: Drey and James discuss a new Gen Z word and the practice of “Daily Office”.Main Topic: Should Christians financially invest? Is there a limit to how much Christians should grow their wealth? Is investing in the stock market akin to gambling? We discuss these questions and more!

Send us a textW3: We share lessons from recent books we have been reading.Main Topic: Is sex just about having kids? What is the purpose of sex within marriage? Can we use contraceptives? Are all contraceptives okay? We discuss these questions and more!

Send us a textW3: We discuss some books we have been reading during our hiatus.Main Topic: We dive into the much discussed “He Gets Us” Super Bowl ad. Was there something wrong about the message of this ad? How should Christians respond to this ad? We discuss these questions and more!

Send us a textWhat is the purpose of Old Testament prophecy? Do the Gospel narratives take OT prophecy out of context when applying it to story of Jesus’ birth? We discuss these questions and look at Matthew’s use of Isaiah 7:14 as an example of how the Gospel writers applied OT prophesy to Christ’s birth.

Send us a textW3: We discuss some recent thoughts they have had on Generation Z.Main Topic: We discuss the three views of the millennium (post-millennialism, amillennialism, and pre-millennialism) and give our reasons for holding to a premillennial view.