Center Grace Church Podcast
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Monday Jun 05, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Today Matt and Nathaniel address a variety of issues relating to the cultural mandate (Gen 1:26-31).
1. Why we need a purpose to be given to us (because our internal sources are unreliable); by someone powerful (it needs to matter) and all loving (it needs to be doable and for the flourishing); it needs to account for the way things are (goodness of the created order & fallenness); it needs to have a a deep perspective of evils and an ultimate hope. The Bible gives us this, secularism can't.
2. For those who are able to, is it okay to not want to have kids?
3. Are contraceptives wrong?
4. How would our lives look differently if we lived in light of the cultural mandate?
5. Why are churches and Christians in America so up in arms about (for and against) social justice? How does the cultural mandate shed light on this topic?
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Today Matt and Nathaniel discuss questions on how modern western culture has shifted from viewing nature as a given design to an oppressive obstacle, what Jesus would say to someone with gender dysphoria, and why Genesis 1 is likely talking about heavenly (as opposed to earthly) chronology.
Monday May 15, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Today Matt and Nathaniel sit down to discuss the authorship, transmission and reliability of Genesis (and the rest of the Bible). They then discuss practical ways to approach wrestling with reliability and deepening trust in God's Word.
Monday May 08, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
Today Pastor Nathaniel gives a five step argument for infant baptism and five things we should all agree on about baptism, even if we disagree on whether we should administer it to infants.Here are the five steps to the argument:1. The church of the Old Testament and the church of the New Testament are, in essence, the same church2. God includes the children of believers as members of this church3. In the Old Testament era, children of believers, because they were church members, were given the sign of circumcision4. In the New Testament era, God has taken the sign of circumcision and changed it to baptism5. Therefore, in the New Testament era, children of believers, because they are church members, are to be given the sign of baptism.Here are the five things we should all agree on:1. Everyone is only baptized once. "Re-baptism" is an oxymoron since there is only "one baptism". Do not get re-baptized and discourage others (including churches) from doing so. 2. Churches should not require people who were baptized in the Triune name to be re-baptized ads adults in order to be members and take the Lord's Supper.3. Baptism is primarily God's sign to you, and your reception of it--not your proclamation of faith4. Baptism is effectual--it is the means by which God gives his salvific grace, even if it is not tied to the moment of administration, and one can still be saved without it.5. Children of believers are a part of the covenant community, so teach them the faith as disciples (do not see them as pagans to be evangelized).Other resources: https://opc.org/cce/tracts/WhyInfantBaptism.html#:~:text=God%20has%20initiated%2C%20God%20has,you%20and%20for%20your%20children
Monday May 01, 2023