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S2E8: Exploration
Manage episode 291712677 series 2858440
This week, Benjamin and Ryker chart out the theology of exploration, discovering how the unknown frontier can be holy ground.
Show Notes (The Theology of Exploration) S2:E8
Help us find topics for our Season 2 Finale!!
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Table of Contents & Timestamps:
(0:00-2:02) Introduction
(2:02-8:57) What is Exploration?
(9:27-28:30) “Exploring” the Bible
(28:52-31:55) God’s Playground
(31:55-34:50) The Open Book of Nature
(34:50-38:14) The Journey of the Christian Faith
(38:35-40:29) Adventuring in the Wrong Places
(40:29-45:25) A Whole New World...
(45:25-49:01) Outro
Key Takeaways:
- Exploration is an open-ended journey into the unknown
- The mundane parts of our lives are charged with with untapped exploratory potential
- Exploration is a key theme in the Bible, either as a good, Edenic adventure or a bad, Exilic wandering
- Knowing God is like exploring uncharted territory on a map
- The New Heavens and New Earth will be an entirely new world for us to explore
- Outward exploration leads to inward exploration; foreign exploration leads to domestic exploration
Resources:
- “Revisiting the Theology of Exploration in Times of Disorder” by Stephen D. Perry
https://providencemag.com/2020/09/revisiting-theology-space-exploration-times-disorder/
- “Christians Ought to Be the World’s Greatest Explorers” by Justin Buzzard
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christians-ought-to-be-the-worlds-greatest-explorers/
- “A Biblical Theology of the Wilderness” by Nicholas T. Batzig
https://feedingonchrist.org/biblical-theology-wilderness/
- “On Chasing One’s Hat” GK Chesterton
http://essays.quotidiana.org/chesterton/running_after_ones_hat/
- The Faith of Leap: Embracing A Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage by Michael Hirsch
https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Leap-Embracing-Adventure-Shapevine/dp/0801014158
- Fine Lines Documentary
https://www.amazon.com/Fine-Lines-Conrad-Anker/dp/B081ZXN8RV
Music
“Buzz Cut” - Luke Hall
“Begin Again” - Luke Hall
“Flute and Piano” - Luke Hall
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Reach out to us with any suggestions, thoughts, or love!
Copyright Benjamin Corneliusen & Ryker Lutjens 2021. All rights reserved.
31 episodes
Manage episode 291712677 series 2858440
This week, Benjamin and Ryker chart out the theology of exploration, discovering how the unknown frontier can be holy ground.
Show Notes (The Theology of Exploration) S2:E8
Help us find topics for our Season 2 Finale!!
https://forms.gle/6bSCkEXJ2bZKx9ie7
Table of Contents & Timestamps:
(0:00-2:02) Introduction
(2:02-8:57) What is Exploration?
(9:27-28:30) “Exploring” the Bible
(28:52-31:55) God’s Playground
(31:55-34:50) The Open Book of Nature
(34:50-38:14) The Journey of the Christian Faith
(38:35-40:29) Adventuring in the Wrong Places
(40:29-45:25) A Whole New World...
(45:25-49:01) Outro
Key Takeaways:
- Exploration is an open-ended journey into the unknown
- The mundane parts of our lives are charged with with untapped exploratory potential
- Exploration is a key theme in the Bible, either as a good, Edenic adventure or a bad, Exilic wandering
- Knowing God is like exploring uncharted territory on a map
- The New Heavens and New Earth will be an entirely new world for us to explore
- Outward exploration leads to inward exploration; foreign exploration leads to domestic exploration
Resources:
- “Revisiting the Theology of Exploration in Times of Disorder” by Stephen D. Perry
https://providencemag.com/2020/09/revisiting-theology-space-exploration-times-disorder/
- “Christians Ought to Be the World’s Greatest Explorers” by Justin Buzzard
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christians-ought-to-be-the-worlds-greatest-explorers/
- “A Biblical Theology of the Wilderness” by Nicholas T. Batzig
https://feedingonchrist.org/biblical-theology-wilderness/
- “On Chasing One’s Hat” GK Chesterton
http://essays.quotidiana.org/chesterton/running_after_ones_hat/
- The Faith of Leap: Embracing A Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage by Michael Hirsch
https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Leap-Embracing-Adventure-Shapevine/dp/0801014158
- Fine Lines Documentary
https://www.amazon.com/Fine-Lines-Conrad-Anker/dp/B081ZXN8RV
Music
“Buzz Cut” - Luke Hall
“Begin Again” - Luke Hall
“Flute and Piano” - Luke Hall
Follow Luke on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nvVzvhz2ATr1TlLS3kEM0?si=TO4CR2lyRbmE-wpdVatwUg
Follow Luke on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/c_luke_hall
Reach out to us with any suggestions, thoughts, or love!
Copyright Benjamin Corneliusen & Ryker Lutjens 2021. All rights reserved.
31 episodes
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