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Following Christ is not the same as following contemporary Christian culture. Lisa and Greg Casimir are going back to the Bible to re-evaluate relevant issues and how to apply them in the messiness of life. Lisa has a master’s degree in theology and Greg has spent years working in a church and they have four children. Together they are living at the intersection of theology and reality. They bring humility, humor, and authenticity to a fun discussion of theology. Join us for theological conv ...
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We are beginning a new series in which we discuss common phrases and sayings in culture and in the church and putting them to the test of Scripture. We will also discuss them in relation to the church and parenting, getting back to our roots of discussing Scripture, culture, church, and parenting! In this episode, we consider the phrase "The ends d…
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Why are there so many English Bible translations? Are they all reliable? What about the differences between them? Is there one that is better than the others? We will be answering these questions and more in this final episode on the topic of Bible reliability. We discuss specific examples of translation differences and discuss why there are there …
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The Canon - How Were the Books of the Bible chosen'?
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In this episode we talk about how the books of the Bible came together to become the Bible that we have today. The canon is the collection of the 66 books of the Bible and the way that God inspired and preserved Scripture over the years is an amazing story. You'll hear about how the Old Testament came together, how the New Testament was established…
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How Did We Get the Bible - Original Manuscripts
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Welcome! In this new series of episodes Lisa is teaching us about the origins of the Bible and whether we can be confident that the Bibles we read are really the word of God written long ago. This was a favorite area of study for Lisa at DTS and it is a really interesting, encouraging, and informative listen. In today's episode we dig in to the ori…
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In this final episode on suffering, we dig into the questions that naturally arise when we are suffering. Why is this happening? How can God allow it? How can we endure it? We speak candidly and share lots of great resources to help answer these questions. Maybe the question that we are really asking in suffering is "Who? Who is God in the midst of…
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In this episode we are talking about pain and illness. We have covered emotional suffering in previous podcasts, but physical suffering is all around us and can be very severe and difficult to endure ourselves and to see in the world around us. What light does the Bible shed on this? Is our thinking in line with Scripture? Is there a purpose in suf…
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"All grief is homesickness." In this episode we discuss why one-third of the Psalter consists of lament and we talk about two types of grief that Jesus experienced that caused Him to weep. We take a look at how culture and the church set expectations for grief and wonder whether corporate grief might be an opportunitiy for the church to minister in…
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Fear and Anxiety Part 2 - Hope in Suffering
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In Part 2 on anxiety we get into the practical ideas for dealing with fear and worry and giving our kids the tools to be able to deal with fear and uncertainty. We dig into Scripture and hear the compassion that God has for us in response to our anxiety and help for those of us suffering. This episode in particular should be soothing to the soul of…
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Fear and Anxiety Part 1 - Hope in Suffering
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We have so much to say about anxiety and fear that we broke it into two episodes. In this episode we talk about our experiences with anxiety, how culture breeds fear and how the culture and the church respond. We also get into some hopeful truth from Scripture to help us see God's truth about dealing with fear and anxiety. We hope this episode is h…
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If you've felt lonely in the past year, you're, well, not alone! Our culture was struggling with high levels of loneliness even before the pandemic and now it is even worse. How are we to deal with this lack of connection? The Bible has a lot to say on the topic of loneliness and in this episode we dive in to the wisdom found in Scripture and it's …
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Our identity as Christians extends beyond ourselves since we are a part of the Body of Christ, the Church. In this episode we talk about our role in the church and how our identity fits in. We talk through some cultural hangups about the church including whether or not we need to be committed to a local church. We also give a few practical suggesti…
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Human Being Or Human Doing? - Our Identity In Our Work
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What we do and what we accomplish can be a huge part of our identity. Is this Biblical? In this episode we look at how culture can encourage us to define ourselves but what we have done, but God defines us by who He is. Digging into scripture in this episode will be encouraging to those who are happy with their accomplishments and those that aren't…
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Gender identity is a place where both the church and the culture really seem to struggle to grasp God's heart for men and women. In this episode we focus on the example of Jesus' life on earth to see what we can glean about a Biblical gender identity. Lisa shares a personal faith struggle as a woman and gives encouragement for women who have strugg…
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Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, and Sanctification - Personality as Identity
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Lisa learns something new about Greg in this episode! Lisa geeks out a bit about personality typing and we talk about how big of a role personality has in our identity. We also get into how understanding personality impacts our marriage and how understanding our kids' personalities helps us to parent them better. Of course we spend time in the Bibl…
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United In Christ, Divided In Politics? - Political Identity
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Politics as an identity has been taken to a whole new level the past few years. This episode is our attempt to humbly address how political identity has been negatively impacting the larger church. Political identity is an important topic that we candidly discuss and take back to the Bible to find our answers. We talk about racial division in polit…
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What We Should Think When We Look In The Mirror - Our Identity in Christ
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Bonus points for all of the listeners who are joining us for our very first podcast! This episode begins at the beginning with an introduction to your hosts, our podcast, and our theme for this season - identity. We take a look at who God says we are and how that should be our foundational identity. We also preview what is coming up this season. ww…
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