Best Christian Scholars Fund Podcasts (2024)

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The blissful consequences that are ours because of Christ’s sacrifice 35:12

1y ago35:12

35:12

In this, the final episode of Season 1 of When the Stars Disappear, Mark and KJ wrap things up by explaining how our accepting Christ’s work through faith results in renewed fellowship with God and how Jesus’ bodily resurrection assures us that behind the sin, suffering, and death that we see lies a greater and much more glorious reality that will …

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The righteousness of God revealed 36:10

1y ago36:10

36:10

Mark and KJ wrap up their discussion of the suffering that we may experience because of our first parents' rebellion by showing what is wrong with prosperity preaching and then turn to begin exploring the last two parts of the whole Christian story: redemption and consummation.By Mark Talbot

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Why has this happened to me? Part 2 34:32

1y ago34:32

34:32

After Mark suggests that the language of Scripture should become so familiar to us that we naturally speak it back to God in prayer, he and KJ then go on to discuss how the book of Ecclesiastes can help us to understand and endure our suffering.By Mark Talbot

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Why has this happened to me? Part 1 29:30

1y ago29:30

29:30

In this episode, Mark and KJ discuss how Robert Dabney and C. S. Lewis maintained their faith in the midst of profound suffering and then turn to consider what Psalm 90 can teach us about life’s frailties caused by human sin.By Mark Talbot

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What is Suffering and how does it affect us? Part 3 31:56

1y ago31:56

31:56

Mark and KJ examine a second way in which suffering—and especially profound suffering—affects us by disrupting our stories and thus blotting out virtually all of the stars we have been relying upon to guide us in life’s way.By Mark Talbot

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What is Suffering and how does it affect us? Part 2 31:54

1y ago31:54

31:54

Mark explains how his suffering prompted him to depend more on God, and then discusses with KJ whether some of our Lord's words in the Sermon on the Mount suggest it is misleading to talk about "Christian flourishing" in this life.By Mark Talbot

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What is Suffering and how does it affect us? Part 1 29:27

1+ y ago29:27

29:27

Mark offers a way to characterize all kinds and degrees of human suffering and then explores with KJ how this can help us to live better, more deliberate, and more courageous Christian lives.By Mark Talbot

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Christmas Greetings 7:00

1+ y ago7:00

7:00

Mark highlights the full Christian story by reading John Julian's hymn, "Hark! The voice Eternal," and then reflecting on human history's central turning point: Jesus' resurrection.By Mark Talbot

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Human Suffering as the Spoiled Fruit of the Fall 32:57

1+ y ago32:57

32:57

Mark and KJ discuss how human suffering is the spoiled fruit of Adam and Eve's fall into sin and how that means that God is not to be blamed for our suffering, as well as the vast differences between "top-down" and "bottom-up" explanations of human life.By Mark Talbot

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Review and Prospect 30:30

1+ y ago30:30

30:30

Mark and Karl—"KJ"—Johnson review the centrality of stories in our lives and begin to discuss how Adam and Eve's disobedience to God's command not to eat from the forbidden tree, as the first great turning point in human history, opened the door to human suffering.By Mark Talbot

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The Fall and its consequences - Part 3 29:04

1+ y ago29:04

29:04

This episode asks whether Adam or Eve was more responsible for the fall and then turns to show how suffering became inevitable once Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree yet is also a key element in how God calls us back to himself.By Mark Talbot

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The Fall and its consequences - Part 2 29:45

1+ y ago29:45

29:45

Paul and Mark examine how the serpent led Eve to doubt God's warning that if she and Adam ate from the forbidden tree, then they would die, as well as how they knew enough about God and his love for them that they should not have believed the serpent's lies.By Mark Talbot

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The Fall and its consequences - Part 1 30:50

1+ y ago30:50

30:50

In this episode, Paul and Mark show why the penalty of death was the inevitable consequence of Adam and Eve's eating from the forbidden tree.By Mark Talbot

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The forbidden tree - Part 2 30:23

1+ y ago30:23

30:23

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.By Mark Talbot

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The forbidden tree - Part 1 32:32

1+ y ago32:32

32:32

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 …

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God’s gifts to Adam and Eve in Eden 30:18

1+ y ago30:18

30:18

Paul and Mark explore the remarkable implications of the Genesis 2 account of Adam and Eve.By Mark Talbot

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What does Genesis 2 teach us about ourselves? 27:25

1+ y ago27:25

27:25

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.By Mark Talbot

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Give me understanding that I may live 30:34

1+ y ago30:34

30:34

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.By Mark Talbot

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The Main Lesson of When the Stars Disappear 29:08

2y ago29:08

29:08

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).By Mark Talbot

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Tell me the story again! 21:41

2y ago21:41

21:41

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 record…

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Living in the light of our Lord’s resurrection 22:14

2y ago22:14

22:14

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?By Mark Talbot

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Great suffering and deliverance with three Old Testament saints 27:16

2y ago27:16

27:16

The stories of Naomi and Job show us that while suffering can make us think that life will never again be good, God may restore us. And even if, as with Jeremiah, God doesn’t restore us in this life, he can help us to persevere. No matter what we understand, God is always working in and through every circumstance.…

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Breathing lessons 23:45

2y ago23:45

23:45

The psalmists provide us with breathing lessons for exhaling our pain and grief to God and then inhaling his promises as well as remembering what he has done for us in the past.By Mark Talbot

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Should Christians expect to suffer in this life? 21:56

2y ago21:56

21:56

While we should expect to suffer in this life, we can find hope in the fact that God will always bring good out of our suffering.By Mark Talbot

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After I was paralyzed... 22:10

2y ago22:10

22:10

Mark tells the story of his paralyzing accident, his sense of God's love that immediately followed it, and its subsequent blessings in his life.By Mark Talbot

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Welcome 3:06

2y ago3:06

3:06

Welcome to the podcast "When The Stars Disappear" hosted by Dr. Mark Talbot, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College in Illinois.By Mark Talbot

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Episode #005 with Sonia Waters and Kara Slade 59:35

5+ y ago59:35

59:35

This episode features a recording of our first webinar of the 2018-2019 academic year - a conversation led by Kara Slade with Sonia Waters about her forthcoming book on Addiction and Pastoral Care.By Society of Scholar Priests

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Episode #003 with Lizette Larson-Miller and Shawn Strout 57:59

6y ago57:59

57:59

This episode features a recording of our third webinar of the 2017-2018 academic year - a conversation led by Shawn Strout with Lizette Larson-Miller about her book, Sacramentally Renewed: Contemporary Conversations in Sacramental Theology. More information about Lizette’s book can be found at its publisher, here: https://litpress.org/Products/8273…

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Episode #002 with Nathan Jennings and Walt Knowles 1:01:22

6y ago1:01:22

1:01:22

This episode features a recording of sour second webinar of the 2017-2018 academic year - conversation led by Walt Knowles with Nathan G. Jennings about his recently published book, Liturgy and Theology: Economy and Reality. More information about Nathan’s book can be found at its publisher, here: https://wipfandstock.com/liturgy-and-theology.html…

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Episode #001 with Lyndon Shakespeare and Kara Slade 1:00:15

6y ago1:00:15

1:00:15

This episode features a recording of our first webinar of the 2017-2018 academic year, with Kara Slade speaking to Lyndon Shakespeare about his book Being the Body of Christ in the Age of Management. More information about Lyndon’s book can be found at its publisher, Wipf and Stock, and it's available in Kindle form on Amazon.…

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When The Stars Disappear

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The blissful consequences that are ours because of Christ’s sacrifice 35:12

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The righteousness of God revealed 36:10

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Why has this happened to me? Part 2 34:32

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Why has this happened to me? Part 1 29:30

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What is Suffering and how does it affect us? Part 3 31:56

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What is Suffering and how does it affect us? Part 2 31:54

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What is Suffering and how does it affect us? Part 1 29:27

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Christmas Greetings 7:00

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Human Suffering as the Spoiled Fruit of the Fall 32:57

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Review and Prospect 30:30

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The Fall and its consequences - Part 3 29:04

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The Fall and its consequences - Part 2 29:45

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The Fall and its consequences - Part 1 30:50

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The forbidden tree - Part 2 30:23

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The forbidden tree - Part 1 32:32

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God’s gifts to Adam and Eve in Eden 30:18

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What does Genesis 2 teach us about ourselves? 27:25

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Give me understanding that I may live 30:34

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The Main Lesson of When the Stars Disappear 29:08

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Tell me the story again! 21:41

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Living in the light of our Lord’s resurrection 22:14

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Great suffering and deliverance with three Old Testament saints 27:16

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Breathing lessons 23:45

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Should Christians expect to suffer in this life? 21:56

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After I was paralyzed... 22:10

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Welcome 3:06

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Episode #005 with Sonia Waters and Kara Slade 59:35

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Episode #003 with Lizette Larson-Miller and Shawn Strout 57:59

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Episode #002 with Nathan Jennings and Walt Knowles 1:01:22

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Episode #001 with Lyndon Shakespeare and Kara Slade 1:00:15

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