Jay is back this week to discuss his most recent sermon on serving and protecting the creation from Genesis 1-2. He and Matt talk everything from "Patagucci" to Jonathan Edwards to theological ethics. Conservative Christians generally don't give much attention to the stewardship of creation as a biblical theme. How should we think about stewardship? What forces in our modern world work against a proper use of creation? How do Sabbath and stewardship interrelate? Listen as Jay and Matt discuss and apply to CHBC.
SHOW NOTES:
- Jonathan Edward's "Personal Narrative" of his conversion: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/JonathanEdwardsPersonalNarrative.pdf
- "Hearing God's Words: Exploring Biblical Spirituality" by Peter Adam: https://smile.amazon.com/Hearing-Gods-Words-Exploring-Spirituality/dp/0830826173
Recommended Works by Wendell Berry:
- "Jayber Crow" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/Jayber-Crow-Wendell-Berry/dp/1582431604
- "Essays: Home Economics" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/Home-Economics-Fourteen-Wendell-Berry/dp/1582434859
- "Poetry: This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/This-Day-Collected-Sabbath-Poems/dp/1619024365
Encountering God Through Creation and Stewarding It Well
October 24, 2022 • Jay Thomas, Matt Gilleskie
What Is An Evangelical? (Part III)
January 23, 2023 • Matt Gilleskie, Jay Thomas
The label "evangelical" has shifted and evolved over time to a place in our present day when the term comes with all sorts of baggage - from cultural and political connotations to even racial and patriarchal assumptions. In this 3-part series, Pastor Jay and Matt Gilleskie discuss the word in order to help the Bible Church navigate some complex cultural circumstances by clearly staking out our identity as an evangelical church. In Part III, they address the following questions: 1. What do we mean when we say that CHBC is an "evangelical" church? 2. What kind of "evangelical" do we aspire to be, in particular? How do we get there?
What Is An Evangelical? (Part II)
January 16, 2023 • Matt Gilleskie, Jay Thomas
The label "evangelical" has shifted and evolved over time to a place in our present day when the term comes with all sorts of baggage - from cultural and political connotations to even racial and patriarchal assumptions. In this 3-part series, Pastor Jay and Matt Gilleskie discuss the word in order to help the Bible Church navigate some complex cultural circumstances by clearly staking out our identity as an evangelical church. In Part II, they address the following questions: 1. What are the most helpful definitions of the term "evangelical"? 2. If we could set forth one positive definition, what might we say? 3. Who is an "evangelical" according to our definition (institutions, people, denominations, theological traditions, etc.)? ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: - A representative work by Francis Grimke: https://smile.amazon.com/rights-wrongs-against-classic-reprint/dp/0331843307/ - https://smile.amazon.com/faithful-preacher-recapturing-pioneering-african-american/dp/1581348274 by Thabiti Anyabwile - https://smile.amazon.com/plain-theology-people-lexham-classics/dp/1683590341 by Charles Octavius Boothe
What Is An Evangelical? (Part I)
January 9, 2023 • Matt Gilleskie, Jay Thomas
The label "evangelical" has shifted and evolved over time to a place in our present day when the term comes with all sorts of baggage - from cultural and political connotations to even racial and patriarchal assumptions. In this 3-part series, Pastor Jay and Matt Gilleskie discuss the word in order to help the Bible Church navigate some complex cultural circumstances by clearly staking out our identity as an evangelical church. In Part I, they address the following questions: 1. Why is it important to define the term "evangelical" in our day? 2. Why is it so hard to do so? 3. What definitions have been offered in the past and in our present? (No value judgments!)