The Vision For Life Podcast

Episode 174.5 | VFL Goes On Summer Break!

June 19, 2024 • Autumn Gardner

Episode 174 | VFL Reads: Strange New World, Q&R

June 5, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Episode 173 | VFL Reads: Strange New World, Part 4

May 29, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Episode 172 | VFL Reads: Strange New World, Part 3

May 22, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.amazon.com/this-america-nation-jill-lepore/dp/1631496417/ref=sr_1_1?crid=gizz2zpsjdt5&dib=eyj2ijoimsj9.-af1opzehmzqb0l4tlr_6urvc1ljowm1sw5tolz3hvvactvdqo4ot4znsj6b9snv4pcpvzztdws4eu-fcenfplgqtrtzg7uhe0imj6zdrockshipa8cjzteshi2qfjizriepiz1cgwfb9u7fubt6j3nfna7dzmfjy42o8ml6yc3ocfwj_dlochu9u5rqq2woxgys0kdsy9sfcmb_lhtb9ufvtfcngofy73cgt5gv8aa.ggpkk0hequqfwcvhabqlsfczohr52d0ppvhjt02ysc0&dib_tag=se&keywords=this+america+the+case+for+the+nation&qid=1715281628&s=books&sprefix=this+america%3a+the+case+for+the+%2cstripbooks%2c151&sr=1-1 by Jill Lepore https://www.amazon.com/triumph-therapeutic-background-essential-conservative/dp/1932236805 by Philip Rieff https://www.thefp.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=cj0kcqjw6pgxbhcvarisaiumnwzrg_msyfnlrsegmc2gkqbo8xcfe8342tacux6aooscijmtyeiwcecaamk5ealw_wcb

Episode 171 | VFL Reads: Strange New World, Part 2

May 15, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.amazon.com/habits-heart-individualism-commitment-american/dp/0520254198 by Robert Bellah

Episode 170 | VFL Reads: Strange New World, Part 1

May 8, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Episode 169 | VFL Culture: Movie Review, Past Lives

May 1, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont, Michael Goldstein

Episode 168 | Politics, Part 4: Listener Q&R

April 24, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Episode 167 | Politics, Part 3: Trends In American Politics

April 17, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.amazon.com/this-america-nation-jill-lepore/dp/1631496417 by Jill Lepore https://www.amazon.com/church-matters-authoritarianism-nationalism-protestantism/dp/1960877046/ref=sr_1_1?crid=t7e7mpi5q2t7&dib=eyj2ijoimsj9.eftspouewaieowl5iwkgvkk8ysjgq4gzfvvfc-fu6m66c4jh41sloiajrkfpau7pbj23qdlvylbmdvkaxbaviv0frwybdbu_dmh4licm5lhl33pnkgmx7amhes34zllyirus_uwvzejdgc1w4l8fwbt6wfsgpyvpqfcrlox2r9p8xv8fdwfx2ql1uofbl2ewsu2snmu8infn3jdnsnyuw6sjdwygd65rzmjeurqw6km.memql_o7vb33xhosjl6c691fa6tlbwvclxzbtwflbmy&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+new+christian+authoritarianism&qid=1712252587&s=books&sprefix=a+new+christian+authoritarianism%2cstripbooks%2c117&sr=1-1 by Jonathan Leeman https://www.amazon.com/city-penguin-classics-augustine-hippo/dp/0140448942/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1sbwxqnqj4siw&dib=eyj2ijoimsj9.k0gq3b18clmagree0scqvaoffftm8gseucbll2wuny6lgylihmt09f87aztrmm5wiidrhcymzuxzyoyofuf8t02lejgjgidd720gagbu7lrt-oflmadeeoyfdatw97xot_1cufj9js3ofgmcfe9d2sdcwwzd9aq6iihvzqqq4kgsmo5l8ap-v83etxub05rsikso3nzg9xdlfsnhfndu2y2iokect4olvvitjo5e9js.pykl5g-s93n7deoxr8pkhomskzakcfq7dfgctkc2t8e&dib_tag=se&keywords=city+of+god&qid=1712252607&s=books&sprefix=city+of+god%2cstripbooks%2c120&sr=1-3 by St. Augustine

Episode 166 | Politics, Part 2: The Purpose Of Government

April 10, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

Resources mentioned in this episode: 1. VFL Politics class audio (https://subsplash.com/fellowshipdenver/lb/mi/+9pdsb7f, https://subsplash.com/fellowshipdenver/lb/mi/+nvkknc2, https://subsplash.com/fellowshipdenver/lb/mi/+bb293ty, https://subsplash.com/fellowshipdenver/lb/mi/+hpxt6t5) 2. https://www.amazon.com/how-nations-rage-rethinking-politics/dp/1400218446/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1yavx9hh4sr7l&dib=eyj2ijoimsj9.il2ip5ud7drhrrlxzhhntinzy7rfd4kiybaru15np4i.mkeiganbk_0pe6m2wsoveccwyzimydgvg6yjowklk_a&dib_tag=se&keywords=how+the+nations+rage+by+jonathan+leeman&qid=1710438340&sprefix=how+the+nations+rage%2caps%2c115&sr=8-1 by Jonathan Leeman 3. https://youtu.be/ejln9jdqfsc by Johnny Cash

Episode 165 | Politics, Part 1: The Purpose Of Politics

April 3, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Hunter Beaumont

When we talk about “politics,” we usually mean elections and debates about public issues involving our government and “politicians.” But we can’t think well about governmental politics unless we understand “politics” in a bigger way, as an aspect of our inter-relational existence created by God. Hunter and Autumn discuss two paradigms to get at this bigger meaning of politics. The first paradigm utilizes the biblical movements of creation, fall, and redemption to elucidate the intention, complication, and redeemed modality of politics. The second paradigm relies on the biblical terms shalom, justice, and righteousness to inquire how a redeemed body politick, the Church, can pursue wholeness as the purpose of “politics.”

Episode 164.5 | The Church & Higher Ed: Epilogue

March 27, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Dave Morlan

Episode 164 | The Church & Higher Ed, Part 5: The Role Of Christian Education

March 27, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Dave Morlan, Mark Young

What is the role or purpose of seminaries or institutions dedicated to theological training? Are seminaries sending out men and women who are rooted in scripture and able to withstand the shifting winds of culture without being tossed about (Eph 4:14). What does “rootedness” look like? The President of Denver Seminary, Dr. Mark Young, joins Dave and Autumn to discuss what unapologetic love coupled with distinct theology looks like in practice. Dr. Young lends insight into the current state of seminary training on the whole and why the hope of the gospel is the greatest need in theological education today.

Episode 163 | The Church & Higher Ed, Part 4: The Online Model

March 20, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Dave Morlan, Earl Waggoner

Are students who enter institutions of higher learning fundamentally in need of equipping or transformation? Is the goal of Christian higher ed to produce trained workers or vocationally-minded followers of Jesus? Or is the dichotomy not that simple? Dr. Earl Waggoner, Dean of the School of Biblical and Theological Studies at Colorado Christian University, sits down with Dave and Autumn to discuss the advantages of online learning, particularly for adult students. Dr. Waggoner shares his perspective on the state of Christian higher education and discusses how CCU's College of Adult and Graduate Studies is navigating the tensions within higher education.

Episode 162 | The Church & Higher Ed, Part 3: The Cohort Model

March 13, 2024 • Autumn Gardner, Dave Morlan, Michael Morgan

Institutions of Christian higher education are responding in various ways to the cultural and technological pressures of our day. The William Tennent School of Theology, based in Colorado, utilizes a retreat plus cohort model to provide theological training that is “academically rigorous and theologically robust, while also stoking affection(s) for Jesus.” Dave and Autumn speak with Dr. Michael Morgan, Academic Dean and Professor of Historical Theology at Tennent, to ask what constitutes a formational educational experience and why Tennent has chosen the retreat plus cohort modality.