Episodes

Thursday Sep 15, 2022
The forbidden tree - Part 2
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Paul and Mark discuss how prohibitions add an important element to human life: they help us recognize what we must never do and they enable us to express our unqualified resolution to live lives of complete and exclusive commitment to another person.

Thursday Sep 01, 2022
The forbidden tree - Part 1
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Paul and Mark begin to explore the prohibition that God gave to Adam in Genesis 2:17—namely, “you must not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die.” Why did God issue a command prohibiting our first parents from eating from one specific tree in the garden of Eden? And why would their disobedience result in their deaths?

Thursday Aug 18, 2022
God’s gifts to Adam and Eve in Eden
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Paul and Mark explore the remarkable implications of the Genesis 2 account of Adam and Eve.

Thursday Aug 04, 2022
What does Genesis 2 teach us about ourselves?
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Paul and Mark discuss how the expansion of Genesis 1's account of the creation of Adam and Eve in Genesis 2:4-25 enables us to understand more deeply who God has created us to be.

Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Give me understanding that I may live
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Paul Winters and Mark open their discussion of Mark's second volume, Give Me Understanding that I May Live, by exploring why we must understand the first chapter of Genesis if we are to live the lives for which God made us and to which he calls us.

Thursday Jul 07, 2022
The Main Lesson of When the Stars Disappear
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
In this episode, John and Mark recap the main lesson from When the Stars Disappear—that it is only those who endure to the end through all persecution and affliction who will be saved (see Matthew 10:22; 2 Corithians 1:6).

Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Tell me the story again!
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Mark and John wrap up their discussion of When the Stars Disappear, Mark's first volume in his Suffering and the Christian Life series, by reflecting on what the Christian story offers us and then recounting its four parts. Mark summarizes the purpose of his first volume as clarifying that, no matter how deep anyone's suffering is, Scripture records instances of suffering that are at least as deep, which is a sign for Christians that God is always with them and will walk with them through even the worst of times.

Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Living in the light of our Lord’s resurrection
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
After Mark offers some advice on the sort of help we need to understand Scripture, John and Mark address the question: Given the suffering in our world, how should we live in order to shine a light on the truth of the Christian story?