Regent College Podcast

We interview, celebrate, and say goodbye to our beloved Octavio Fernandez y Mostajo as we come to a close in Season 2.  Octavio has been the Regent College Podcast producer for this past season and has done a phenomenal job! We are so thankful and grateful for him.  We also introduced the new podcast producer, Nick Corbin.  Claire and Nick will continue to bring you new content and conversations in Season 3 beginning in July, 2021.  

Today we're talking with painter Makoto Fujimura about art, making, and the meaning of life. Are there right and wrong ways of enjoying and participating in art? Are there good and bad kinds of making? How does art get to the heart of who we are and why we're here? And what does it mean for us to think of God as the first and greatest artist? Fire your imagination and deepen your creative practice through this thoughtful conversation. To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu

The Old Testament is full of stories and laws about newcomers and strangers, and those stories raise a whole host of questions: How should we––as individuals and as a community––treat newcomers? When do strangers cease to be "them" and become part of "us"? And how does the biblical approach to these questions apply to us today? Today we're sitting down with biblical scholar Mark Glanville and his co-author (and brother) Luke Glanville, a specialist in international relations, to talk about Scripture, society, and migration. Don't miss this timely and informative discussion.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu

How does God enter into our daily lives––the mundane, the joyful, and the devastating? Today we're talking to Tish Harrison Warren about her new book, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep. How do we allow the Spirit to work through our grief, our joy, and our uncertainty? How do we reconcile faith and hope with a growing awareness of our own limits? Can we trust God to keep bad things from happening to us and those we love––and if not, what kind of trust are we left with? Join us for this vital conversation.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

We're sitting down today to talk with Dr. Carmen Imes about the Old Testament law: What is it, and how did it function? How is it like (and unlike) the law that we know and follow in civil society today? How did neglect of the law play out for God's people? And do we need the law from Mount Sinai now that we have the Sermon on the Mount? Dr. Carmen Imes is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Prairie College and author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters (IVP). Her latest book is Reading the Psalms with Augustine and Friends. To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

The Bible is full of warnings about idols and false gods. But how do we translate those warnings in a secular world? Today we're sitting down with Dr. Chris Wright, author of Old Testament Ethics for the People of God and international ministries director of the Langham Partnership, to talk about the idols that plague the Western world today. How do sex, money, and power impact our spiritual wellbeing––collectively and individually? How does the lingering memory of Christendom shape our reactions to the political and social realities of our world? And what do we do when we want to pursue the good but seem to be stuck with a choice between two evils? Don't miss this insightful conversation.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

Is today's church ripe for renewal? Today we're chatting with Charles Ringma, Professor Emeritus of Missions and Evangelism, about his hopes for the global church today. Where is renewal brewing in the church? What does it look like? Is it possible to cultivate sustainable renewal, or is that just a misguided effort to control the Spirit? And how can we cultivate a way of life that welcomes and participates in God's renewing work––whenever and wherever we encounter it? Join us for this inspiring, challenging, and refreshing conversation.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

Today we're talking about ethics, theology, and the gospel. Is it possible for there to be more than one Christian way to approach ethics? Is there any difference between Christian ethics and the ordinary human desire to be a good person? And what does theology have to do with it all? Today we're talking with Dr. Ross Hastings about his new book, Theological Ethics: The Moral Life of the Gospel in Contemporary Context. Join us as Ross helps us understand how the gospel influences, transforms, and reshapes our ethical life.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

Today we're talking about stories with noted apologist Alister McGrath. What stories are shaping (and misshaping) our church and our culture? What happens to the gospel when we focus on theological propositions? What can we learn from the ways our brothers and sisters throughout history have approached apologetics? And how can we fully live into God's story, not only speaking but acting in ways that show the goodness of the gospel? Join us for this compelling and practical conversation.Alister E. McGrath is Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. In addition to his work at Oxford, McGrath is Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, President of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, and serves as associate priest in a group of Church of England village parishes in the Cotswolds. To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

Dr. Esther Meek has spent her life exploring big questions that radically shape the way we live. Today we're talking about the biggest question of all: what does it mean to understand reality? Is it about grasping facts? Being able to explain? Possessing a complete picture? In today's conversation, Dr. Meek suggests that knowledge starts with something else entirely: love. Join us as we learn about the link between knowledge and relationship and find out what it means to invite reality into our lives.Esther L. Meek is  Professor of Philosophy at Geneva College. She is the author of Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (Brazos) and Loving to Know: Introducing Covenant Epistemology (Cascade).To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

If humanity is made in the image of God, what can we learn from genetics? Today we're talking with Dr. Denis Alexander about how current scientific approaches to genetics square with a scriptural approach to human identity. What is the image of God? Is there a scientific equivalent to original sin? And is genetic enhancement okay? Join us for this fascinating exploration of theology and biology.Denis Alexander has served as Founding Director (Emeritus) of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge; Chair of the Molecular Immunology Programme and Head of the Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development at The Babraham Institute; Editor of Science and Christian Belief; and member of the executive committee of the International Society for Science and Religion. He is the author of Genes, Determinism and God (CUP), Is There Purpose in Biology? (Oxford), and Are We Slaves to Our Genes? (CUP).To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

Friendship is one of the most important human relationships. But in a culture focused on romance and the nuclear family, it often gets short shrift. Today, Drs. (and friends) Cindy Aalders and Maxine Hancock join us to talk about the vital importance of friendship––theologically, historically, and personally. What do we lose when we deprioritize friendship? How do we cultivate friendships that hold fast through grief, loss, and disappointment? What are some of the obstacles that inhibit intergenerational and cross-gender friendships––and how can we overcome them? And how does our friendship with each other nurture our friendship with God? Don't miss this important and encouraging conversation.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

Darwinism has been a flashpoint in many conversations about faith and science, particularly in evangelical circles. Contrary to popular belief, though, not all Christians have responded in the same way to Darwin's work. Today we're sitting down with David Livingstone, Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at the Queen's University of Belfast, to learn more about how Christians responded to Darwinism in its earliest days and how those responses shaped (and were shaped by) social and political commitments as well as religious beliefs. Join us for this challenging and illuminating conversation.To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming courses, visit:www.regent-college.edu.

Today we're tackling a perennially challenging question: what's up with the violence, vengeance, and bloodshed in the Old Testament? Our guest today is Dr. Matt Lynch, Regent's Assistant Professor of Old Testament and author of Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary and Cultural Study. Join us as Matt helps us understand how to make sense of some of the most difficult passages in Scripture.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

Today we're talking about slow church with Chris Smith, editor of The Englewood Review of Books and author of How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering The Practice of Conversation in the Church. What is slow church? Can mega-churches embrace the movement? How do desire-driven economics shape our communities and liturgies? And how does hospitality renew our liturgical life? Join us as we reflect on what it means to be the body of Christ in a McDonaldized world.To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming courses, visit: www.regent-college.edu.

Today we're talking about the Psalms with Regent alumnus W. David O. Taylor, who serves as an Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Seminary and Director of Brehm Texas. What do the Psalms––especially the unsettling ones––bring to the life of faith? How do we reconcile the all-too-human anger we find in so many Psalms with Jesus's command to love our neighbours––even our enemies? Is the brutal honesty of the Psalms really Christian? If you've ever wondered how to find a place for anger, grief, and bare humanity in the Christian life, this podcast is for you. To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming courses, visit: www.regent-college.edu.

Today we're chatting with Mark Glanville, Regent's Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology. An Old Testament scholar and a practiced pastor, Mark is used to answering hard questions about the Bible––so we asked them! How could God command Israel to destroy the Canaanites? Did people really live for hundreds of years like Genesis says? What changed in God's covenant with Noah? And what Old Testament book could change the world––if we just took it seriously? Don't miss this eye-opening conversation.To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming Fall courses, visit: www.regent-college.edu.

Do we have to choose between being good and being happy? That's our question for Ellen T. Charry, the Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Systematic Theology Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary. What's the difference between happiness and joy? Does the Christian tradition endorse the pursuit of happiness? Does the Old Testament have any special insight on this question? And how can we become increasingly joyful people? Don't miss this important and encouraging conversation.To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming courses, visit www.regent-college.edu.

2020 is a wrap! by Regent College

Today we're talking with someone who has spent his life wrestling with hard questions about the Old Testament: Dr. Iain Provan, Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies at Regent College. We're diving right into the questions that have been bugging us for a while: Did the prophets really forecast the future? What do we make of passages that seem to show God's will being thwarted (like 2 Kings 3)? Were the Egyptian plagues just natural events? And what exactly is Sheol? Tune in for this wide-ranging, eye-opening conversation.To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming Fall courses, visit www.regent-college.edu.d