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How Do Churches Work?
Who should be in charge of the Christian church? Is it the pastor? Is it the council? Some Christians would be surprised to find out that the Bible gives a lot of direction about how churches should work, and that churches work a lot better when they organize themselves like God wants them to.
Episode 128 | 36 minutes
Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People? (Ep56)
If God is good, and if he is all-powerful, then why do bad things happen? Why doesn’t he stop evil? Where is God when good people suffer? In this episode Chuck and Aaron talk about the nature of the God of the Bible, the nature of evil, and how God experiences the evil of this world along with his human creatures.
What is Christmas All About? (Ep55)
Christmas, in the West, is an unavoidable cultural phenomenon. But what does all the fast-paced overspending mean? According to the Bible, Christmas is the moment in human history when God becomes a human being in order to become one of us so that we can be restored to a relationship with God.
Does God Want Me to Be Happy? (Ep54)
We all desire happiness and are convinced that the pursuit of happiness is a worthwhile goal, but our conviction that physical and relational circumstances have the ability to make us happy have not paid out on that promise. God, though, has designed us to find our happiness in him, and we will finally discover true, permanent happiness in a relationship with him through Jesus.
What is Freedom? (Ep53)
Every person longs to be free from oppression and restriction, and there are many philosophical ideas and political systems which promise to provide this freedom. Jesus, too, promises freedom, and unlike all other attempts to provide and maintain freedom only the liberty gained and guaranteed by Jesus has managed to be real and permanent.`
Are Humans Good or Bad? (Ep52)
While some worldviews see people as basically good, and some worldviews see people as basically bad, Christianity is the only worldview which sees humans in all their complexity, as both good and bad.
Can Prayer Change God’s Mind? (Ep51)
The Bible tells us that God never changes. It also tells us to pray because God listens to our prayers and responds to them, sometimes doing what we ask. This only looks like a contradiction – the sovereign God who never changes has decided to use the prayers of his people to accomplish his good purposes. The Bible tells us that God never changes. It also tells us to pray because God listens to our prayers and responds to them, sometimes doing what we ask. This only looks like a contradiction – the sovereign God who never changes has decided to use the prayers of his people to accomplish his good purposes.
Is God Angry With Me? (Ep50)
The Bible tells us that God is a God of love, but it also frequently describes him as an angry God. No one likes the idea of an angry, judging God, but the Bible makes it clear that God’s anger does not mean he lacks love, but happens precisely because he is all-loving.
Loving the World (Ep49)
The Bible tells us that God loves the world. But it also says Christians should not love the world. What does this mean, and how does it work? Chuck and Aaron discuss what love is, how it can be understood in different ways, and how self sacrifice is always more powerful than self gratification.
Christianity and the Environment (Ep48)
The Bible insists that the natural world has value because it is created by God, and that Christians have been called by this creator God to share in his mission to care for the environment in anticipation of the day when Jesus returns and makes the whole world new.