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The Deep Thoughts Podcast with Matt Shantz
Canada
Registrace 1. 03. 2023
Every episode explores aspects of the Christian faith a little more deeply.
This podcast exists to help you foster deep faith.
Hosted by Matt Shantz.
This podcast exists to help you foster deep faith.
Hosted by Matt Shantz.
Q&A 4.0
This is the fourth Q+A episode where Matt attempts to answer some of your deepest listener-submitted questions.
*Why don’t we all get the same thing out of God’s Word? [2:05]
*What if I’m not actually saved? [9:55]
*Does God love Satan? And if Satan changed his mind and wanted to go to heaven would God let him? [15:30]
*How should I make school choices for my family? [22:30]
*If only Sheol existed in the Old Testament, how does hell suddenly appear in the New Testament? [29:30]
*As modern Christians do we believe that angels and demons constantly surround us? [32:00]
*How do we know if something is random chance, circumstances, or answered prayer in keeping with God’s will? [39:25]
*Why don’t we all get the same thing out of God’s Word? [2:05]
*What if I’m not actually saved? [9:55]
*Does God love Satan? And if Satan changed his mind and wanted to go to heaven would God let him? [15:30]
*How should I make school choices for my family? [22:30]
*If only Sheol existed in the Old Testament, how does hell suddenly appear in the New Testament? [29:30]
*As modern Christians do we believe that angels and demons constantly surround us? [32:00]
*How do we know if something is random chance, circumstances, or answered prayer in keeping with God’s will? [39:25]
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The Beauty & Brokenness of the Local Church
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Scott Thomas talks about the beauty and brokenness of the local church by speaking transparently about his own challenging experiences with the church and why he still loves it so much.Topics include planting and replanting churches (5:30); the Rise and Fall of Mars Hill and our own susceptibility to fall (10:00); church hurt (19:00); embodying the welcome and warmth of Christ (26:00); gospel c...
The Great Dechurching (w/ Jim Davis)
zhlédnutí 58Před 2 měsíci
We are experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in North American history. It is faster than the First and Second Great Awakenings and revivals combined, but in the opposite direction. It wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that everyone listening to this episode either has people in their lives who have left the church in recent years or you've left the church yourself. Jim Davis, co-a...
The One About Gender (w/ Abigail Favale)
zhlédnutí 181Před 4 měsíci
The issue of gender has roared onto the scene so quickly, the concept has evolved so rapidly, the level of importance deemed so integral, that you would be hard-pressed to find a more pressing, confusing and divisive subject. Enter Dr. Abigail Favale. Her book, The Genesis of Gender is insightful, wise and timely. Abigail is an expert in areas of post-modernity, gender studies, and feminism a...
Eucharismatic Worship (w/ Andrew Wilson)
zhlédnutí 42Před 5 měsíci
Andrew Wilson joins the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about special needs, the case for eucharistic AND charismatic worship in the life of the church, and why the year 1776 was such a big deal and how the West is now post-Christian because of it ABOUT Andrew Wilson (PhD, King's College London) is the teaching pastor at King's Church London and a columnist for Christianity Today. He's ...
Habits of Grace (w/ David Mathis)
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Statistically, only about 9% of those who make New Years Resolutions actually complete them, with the vast majority of people failing within the first week and month. David Mathis refers to the spiritual disciplines of Bible reading, prayer, and commitment to a local church as habits of grace and asserts that they are paramount for relationship with and enjoyment of Jesus. As we embark on a new...
Revelation: The (Other) Christmas Dragon
zhlédnutí 15Před 6 měsíci
Why don't you have a dragon in your nativity scene? In this brief episode Matt explains why Revelation 12's cosmic Christmas story is worth including in your nativity.
Episode 86. Don't Follow Your Heart (w/ Thaddeus Williams)
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Episode 86. Don't Follow Your Heart (w/ Thaddeus Williams)
Episode 84. Are You A (gasp!) Evangelical?
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Episode 84. Are You A (gasp!) Evangelical?
Episode 83. Family: A Team on Mission (w/ Jeff & Alyssa Bethke)
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Episode 83. Family: A Team on Mission (w/ Jeff & Alyssa Bethke)
Episode 82. Making Sense of Bears Mauling Boys
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Episode 82. Making Sense of Bears Mauling Boys
What are we to make of John 7:53-8:11 and its Canonicity?
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What are we to make of John 7:53-8:11 and its Canonicity?
Episode 79. A Deep Thought: 6 Excuses That Keep Us From Mission
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Episode 79. A Deep Thought: 6 Excuses That Keep Us From Mission
Persecuted Christians & How To Help (w/ Jared Vander Meulen)
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Persecuted Christians & How To Help (w/ Jared Vander Meulen)
Beautiful Union: God's Vision for Sex (w/ Joshua Ryan Butler)
zhlédnutí 136Před rokem
Beautiful Union: God's Vision for Sex (w/ Joshua Ryan Butler)
Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth (w/ Thaddeus Williams)
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Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth (w/ Thaddeus Williams)
Episode 32. Porn: The Deadliness of It, Grace for It, Recovery from It (w/ Dave Currie)
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Episode 32. Porn: The Deadliness of It, Grace for It, Recovery from It (w/ Dave Currie)
Episode 15. The One About Depression (w/ Jeff Bucknam)
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Episode 15. The One About Depression (w/ Jeff Bucknam)
Episode 76. Myths About Singleness (w/ Sam Allberry)
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Episode 76. Myths About Singleness (w/ Sam Allberry)
Thank you for having her on! She's awesome
What it will take to bring them back? Don't waste your time. Oh, you'll shame and guilt and frighten a few back because religious trauma runs very VERY deep. So a few will not be able to get through it. But most of us will not be back. Once you've seen what we've seen, there's no going back unless you're Cypher gazing at his steak willing to sell his soul for the Matrix. Christians need to reorder their reality TO REALITY. Your churches will get smaller and smaller. It'll become even harder to pay those building mortgages and bonds, and to give your pastor enough money that he doesn't have to overnight stocking at Home Depot to provide for HIS family. You'll cut your secretary's hours down until someone will simply volunteer to do that job instead. 6,000 to 10,000 churches are shutting every year, not from failing, not by "doing it wrong", not by "not hearing god." But from the gradual graying and emptying of the pews. You'll do more funerals than baby dedications. Practice your Christianity and be as good at it as you can be. But don't depend on folks "seeing the light" or coming back.
Thank you for speaking out !
I hate to be the first to comment on this vid. But here goes. Are you able to use the outsider test to justify a Christian world view. There are Many definitions of Chrisitanity, many micro world views of Christianity. Are you a flat earther also? Why do you use these terms of deconstruct and resconstruct. How does faith give you anything that is grounded in reality? Saying you are a Christian really tells me nothing, nada. The term is ambiguous. Truth is also a term you use which people debate about under many contexts. I would suggest putting your thoughts in bounds of contexts. Which contexts are going to reflect what is based in reality. Sex is based in a real world, gender itself is a construct that people are highly ambiguous about generally. You should go back to the basics, start defining terms with clarity, not ambiguity.
That's a helpful comment and reminder to define terms as much as possible to clarify one's position and steer away from ambiguity. Thank you. That could have been done more at key moments of this episode for sure! At an hour long as it was we're always in that tough spot of clarifying more & pressing on. While I acknowledge that there are many definitions of Christianity, there have been some consistent, widely help core tenets of the Christian faith throughout the ages. Creeds such as The Apostles Creed and The Nicene Creed (among others) explain what those views are that make Christianity Christianity. Likewise, there has been a consistent sexual ethic throughout the ages (macro). As it pertains to gender, like Dr. Favale says in the episodes, it's a new concept (being detached from sex/biology). A couple quotes from Favale's book may be clarifying here as to the argument she is making: "It is not possible to embrace oneself by rejecting one's body." "In the parade of animals, the man's act of naming does not impose meaning but recognizes meaning that objectively exists. God creates the animal and presents it to the man, who discerns its distinct nature and bestows a name that proclaims that nature... Reality, then, exists prior to our naming it, and our language is true and meaningful when it corresponds to what exists."
Well put together and said in just over 5 minutes!
My apologies but library tour please
What. The. Fuck. Are you talking about?! LOLOLOL