I BELIEVE
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I BELIEVE
Lectures, panel discussions, and supplementary thoughts from the teaching faculty of the I BELIEVE course.
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THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: FINALE!!
Traditional church or something new and different? Dr. Payne and Dr. Doak debate what it would take for the Christian church to thrive in the future!
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: REVOLUTION
What happens when you change the way you think about the scripture?
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: HIGHER CRITICISM?
Is higher criticism helpful or unhelpful for the church? Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne debate it here and you’ll weigh in this week!
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: PIETY
How can Christians remain faithful to God in the industrial era? What does it mean to be truly holy like God is holy? Dr. Payne and Dr. Doak talk abou...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: MOD ROCK OR KEEP IT TRADITIONAL?
Charles Wesley was one of the great hymn writers of the Christian tradition. What is the right way that Christians should worship through music? Keep...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE RENEWAL
How did Roman Catholics respond to the modern world? Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne talk about Catholic renewal in the modern age and read a timeless poem & p...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: TIKTOK EVANGELISM?
Should TikTok evangelists be a thing? Do media innovators trivialize the gospel? Or, are they moving the church into the 21st century? Dr. Doak and Dr...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: REFORM
What happens when reform spreads? How do you know when you’ve reformed enough? This week, Dr. Payne and Dr. Doak tackle some of the critical questions...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: MAGISTERIAL OR RADICAL?
How should a believer relate to the wider world? Should they follow the example of the magisterial traditions or the radicals? Dr. Payne and Dr. Doak...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: BELIEF OR ACTION?
Here it is: What comes first? Christian belief or action? Dr. Payne and Dr. Doak consider a classic "chick or egg" Christian conversation this week. W...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: MODERNITY
Welcome to the modern world! Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne talk about how the world was changing in the early modern era, the cantankerous and unforgettable...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: SCHISM
What caused the Great Schism of 1054? Was it one big thing or a thousand small issues that finally made Christians break communion with one another? A...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: CELIBACY
Should priests/pastors be celibate? Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne debate - and you might be surprised at what the REALLY believe!!
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: SACRAMENT
This week we are learning about how Christians worshipped in the Middle Ages, and the important role that the church played in the daily lives regular...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: RELICS?
Do physical objects have spiritual power? Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne debate whether or not things like relics have power from God. Listen in and share you...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: MONASTIC LIFE?
Would you be a monk or a nun? Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne explore whether or not monastic life is for them - and this week, we are inviting you to think ab...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: RULE
Is there a rule that orders your life? What is it like to embrace monastic life? What did monasteries and convents preserve over time? These questions...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: CREEDS???
This week, Dr. Doak & Dr. Payne tackle the question: do Christians need creeds, those handy distillations of Christian teaching and theology? Do they...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: COUNCIL
This week, Drs. Payne & Doak talk about the development of Christian creeds, councils, and how Christians decide what they are and what they are not....
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: CONSTANTINE - HERO OR VILLAIN?
Was Constantine a hero or a villain? Did he help Christianity flourish or did he set the church on a course of corruption? Dr. Payne & Dr. Doak try to...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: EMPIRE
It was one thing to be faithful under persecution - what happens when Christians gain legal rights, social power, and wealth? Dr. Doak & Dr. Payne exp...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES??
This week, Dr. Doak & Dr. Payne explore how early Christians wrestled with who they were when they were expelled from Jerusalem, and they tackle the q...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: SCATTERED
What happens when the early church is forced out of Jerusalem and scattered across the world? How do they survive? And how do they remain faithful whe...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: PENTECOST
This week, we talk about why learning about the Bible is just the starting point for understanding the depth and breadth of Christianity. WHY we shoul...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: EVANGELISM - BUT HOW?
Just google “Christian sandwich board” and you’ll see a lot of pictures of Christians standing with giant signs proclaiming a version of the Christian...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: IS THE RAPTURE A THING
Have you heard of “the rapture”? Maybe, maybe not! But we’re going to tell you all about it, and then debate it. A fitting end to our journey through...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: APOCALYPSE
Jesus returns to defeat evil: it’s the book of Revelation, our stunning last stop on this tour through the Christian Bible. Whose name is written on y...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: FAREWELL ROB BELL
We take up a topic Christians have debated for centuries: hell. Should we think of hell as “eternal conscious torment,” that is, unbelievers tossed he...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: PRACTICE
We invite Dr. Joseph Clair into the podcasting bunker because we need to know more about his lecture on the topic of Christian PRACTICE as it appears...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: JESUS SAVES
Here is an important affirmation for Christians: Jesus Saves. But an important question arises: How? This week, we go into the THEO archives for a liv...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: LETTERS
Dr. Sarita Edwards is back into the studio to talk about the LETTERS of Paul in the New Testament. We talk about some of the locations where people li...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: SPIRIT
The book of Acts and the story of Philip is our focus in this week’s podcast. We invite Dr. Sarita Edwards into the studio to follow up on her lecture...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: MIRACLES TODAY
All Christians believe that God is present and active in the world today. But how active, and in what ways? Should we be praying for miracles constant...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: ACCEPTING JESUS IN YOUR HEART
With every head bowed, and every eye closed…just raise your hand… In this episode of the Smackdown, we’re discussing the idea of a “sinner’s prayer.”...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: SAVIOR
“Jesus saves”—OK, but what does that mean? And what is the role of doubt? We go deeper, building on Dr. Doak’s lecture, SAVIOR. We read a famous and o...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: JESUS FOR PRESIDENT
Should Christians be getting hard-core into politics? How or why would we do that? It’s a constant hot topic. Perhaps people are even debating this no...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: CHRIST
We’re all about the gospel of Mark this week. In this episode, we unpack Dr. Payne’s lecture, CHRIST, in which she takes us on a tour through Mark. We...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: EXILE
Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne sit down to talk about how they felt when they first left home for college, and imagine, inspired by our material from the Bibl...
THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: ACTS AND CONSEQUENCES
Why do people suffer? The painful problem of the exile raises this question in numerous ways. See the video lecture on EXILE for this week. Do people...
I NEED TO KNOW MORE: POETRY
Dr. Joseph Clair joins us for a rousing lecture on POETRY in the Bible, following his lecture on this very topic. Why does God seem to love poetry so...