revjohnleachblog - Podcasts and Bible stuff from John Leach
By John Leach
revjohnleachblog - Podcasts and Bible stuff from John LeachDec 18, 2021
Culture and the Mind of Christ - Part 11 - Living with Culture
How do we live in the light of all we have discovered?
Culture and the Mind of Christ - Part 10 - New Age
New Age - Pomo Religion
Culture and the Mind of Christ - Part 10 - New Age
What does postmoidern religion look like?
Culture and the Mind of Christ - Part 8
Postmodernity
Glossary:
Postmodernity: The culture, characterised by the refuswal to acknowledge any metanarrative, which followed after the gradual crumbling of the Modernist narrative.
Postmodernism: The movement within the arts which reflected the values and beliefs of postmodernity.
Culture and the Mind of Christ - Part 5 - Humanism
Glossary:
Feuerbach, Ludwig (1804–1872) - German philosopher who claimed that the human race had replaced God as supreme.
Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900) - German philospher who claimed that only a special breed of humans, the 'superman', with the 'will to power', were worthy of replacing the God who had been killed by science.
Marx, Karl (1818-1883) - founder of Marxism which evolved into Communism, the belief that the collective was more important than the individuals from which it was made up.
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) - leader of the Nazi party which sought to purify the human race and create a master breed worthy of existence.
Cultire and the Mind of Christ - Part 4 - Modernism
Descartes, Rene - French philosopher, 1596–1650
Cartesian Dualism - the belief, originated by Descartes, that the physical world and the world of thoughts, emotions and faith were two completely different worlds.
Enlightenment - A movement in the 17-18th centuries in Europe which saw the human race as emerging from the dark ages and making significant progress in the world of science. thus enabling human flourishing and happiness. Human reason became the most important thing, with evidence gained from the five senses as the only reliable guide.
Modernism - The culture which emerged from the Enlightenment, in which human reason reigned supreme.
Materialism - the Modernist belief that only the physical is real and has value.
Rationalism - the Modernist belief that only the provable and logical is reliable.
Psychology of Religion - the branch of science which studied the enduring phenomenon of religious belief, and sought to explain it in scientific terms.
Scientism - the worship of Science as the all-powerful god.
Culture and the Mind of Christ - Part 2
The Mind of Christ - what does Paul mean by this, what's it got to do with culture, and how do we get it?
Culture and the Mind of Christ - Part 1 - Introduction to Culture
Glossary:
Culture: 'The way we do things around here'. The unquestioned set of assumptions we have about life and how everything works.
Worldview: The way in which we see the world and understand how it works. Divided into three different areas:
Metaphysics: the big questions about life, the universe and everything. For example: Is there a God or not?
Epistemology: how we know what we know. From where do we get the information to answer the big metaphsyical questions? For example: How do I know where there is a God or not?
Ethics: How should I live well in the light of my metaphysics and my epistemology? What is right and wrong, and what dictates what's right or wrong. For example: if I conclude that there isn't a God, because I can't see any empirical evidence, what does that say about how I should live my life?
The Wilderness Years - Part 22
What have we learnt? Deuterenomy
The Wilderness Years - Part 21
Succession Planning - Numbers 27:12-23
The Wilderness Years - Part 20
As zealous for God as he is - Numbers 25
The Wilderness Years - Part 19
The Wee Donkey - Nembers 22 - 24
The Wilderness Years Part 18
Lifting up the Serpent
The Wilderness Years - Part 15
When possible, do a U-turn. Numbers 14
The Wilderness Years Part 13
What's your problem? Numbers 12:1-16
The Wilderness Years - Part 12
... and twp steps back. Numbers 11:1-35
The Wilderness Years - Part 11
Off we go again! Numbers 10:10-36
The Wilderness Years - Part 10
The Presence of God - Exodus 33:1-23
The Wilderness Years - Part 9
The Golden Calf - Exodus 32:1-35
The Wilderness Years - Part 8
A Mountaintop Experience
The Wilderness Years Part 6
Lean on me - Exodus 17:8-16
The Wilderness Years - Part 5
Rock of Ages - Exodus 17:1-7
The Wilderness Years - Part 4
Bread of Heaven
The Wilderness Years Part 2
The Red Sea
The Wilderness Years - Part 3
Bittersweet - Exodus 15:22-27
The Wilderness Years
Part 1 - Introduction
Romans Part 23 - 15:1-33
Paul's Passion
Romans Part 22 - 14:1-23
Weak and Strong
Romans Part 21 - 13:8-14
Neighbours
Romans Part 20 - 13:1-7
Political Theory
Romans Part 19 - 12:1-21
Who am I?
Motivational Gifts links:
https://iblp.org/questions/what-are-seven-motivational-gifts
https://giftstest.com/
https://www.gifttest.org/survey/
Romans Part 18 - 11:1-36
Where will it all end?
Romans Part 16 - 9:1-33
Divine Sovereignty
Romans Part 15 - 8:18-39
Triumphalism and Triumph!
Romans Part 14 - 8:1-17
No condemnation?
Romans Part 13 - 7:7-25
The Real and the True
Romans Part 12 - 7:1-6
Till death us do part
Romans Part 11 - 6:15-23
Modern slavery
Romans Part 10 - 6:1-14
Dying to sin
Romans Part 9 - 5:12-21
Would you Adam and Eve it!
Romans Part 8 - 5:1-11
Past, Present and future
Romans Part 7 - 4:1-25
The Original and Best
Romans Part 6 - 3:21-31
A Different Way
Romans Part 5 - 3:1-20
All in the Same Boat
Romans Part 4 - 2:1-29
The Armchair Critic
Romans Part 3 - 1:24-32
How does God get angry?
Romans Part 2 - 1:1-23
The Good News of God's Wrath - what makes God angry, and what is his anger like?
Romans Part 1 - Intro
The Letter to the Romans: what's all that about then?
Reading Romans 15:17-33
The Cross - Part 7 - St John
Why did John think Jesus went to the Cross?
The Cross - Part 6 - Matthew
What is Matthew's unique take on the Cross of Jesus?