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Welcome to defragmenting, a podcast of Cairn University promoting biblical integrity and thoughtful Christianity.
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Welcome to defragmenting, a podcast of Cairn University promoting biblical integrity and thoughtful Christianity.
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1 Mere Christian Hermeneutics: A Conversation with Kevin Vanhoozer 51:57
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Episode Notes Reading and interpreting the Bible is more, never less, than applying the correct principles. That's because the Scriptures are unlike any other writing in that they are God's words to his people. In his book Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What it Means to Read the Bible Theologically , Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer writes, “Biblical interpreters are answerable not only for the ‘correctness’ of their reading but for the way they respond to what they read, and to the one who is saying it.” In this episode, he joins Dr. Keith Plummer to discuss his book and what truly faithful biblical integration looks like.…
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1 Scrolling Ourselves to Death: A Conversation with Brett McCracken and Ivan Mesa 1:00:24
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Episode Notes What could a book written about television forty years ago possibly have to teach us about living well and wisely in our world of smartphones, social media, and high-speed connectivity? According to the editors of Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age , a lot! In this episode, Brett McCracken and Dr. Ivan Mesa join Dr. Keith Plummer to discuss why Neil Postman's classic volume Amusing Ourselves to Death is still amazingly relevant and how they hope their project will help the body of Christ.…
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1 Moving Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations: A Conversation with Sean McDowell 51:27
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Episode Notes When it comes to controversial topics, it’s tempting to go to one of two extremes—to engage people with vitriol, anger, and contentiousness in our determination to make them see things our way or to totally avoid talking about important yet potentially controversial subjects altogether in an attempt to “keep the peace.” Neither is a viable option for followers of Jesus. In this episode, Dr. Sean McDowell joins Dr. Keith Plummer to talk about having meaningful and respectful conversations with those with whom we have strong disagreements.…
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1 The Wolf in Their Pockets: A Conversation with Chris Martin [Re-Release] 55:42
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Episode Notes Chris Martin, author of The Wolf in Their Pockets: 13 Ways the Social Internet Threatens the People You Lead , returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Keith Plummer about why Christian leaders need to understand how our relationship with social media changes the ways we think, feel, and believe. Chris explains why he calls social media “the most pervasive discipleship force in the world right now;” details the wrong ways we approach social media; and suggests how pastors, ministry leaders, parents, and teachers can foster cultures that better enable believers to resist the seductive snares of online life. Even if you’re not on social media, you’re affected by it somehow, so there’s something for everyone to take away from this conversation.…
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1 Keeping the Trinity Simple: A Conversation with James Dolezal 1:16:42
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Episode Notes Central to the historic Christian faith is the confession that our God is triune, one in being and three in persons. Admittedly, this truth exceeds our ability to comprehend. But we shouldn’t allow that to keep us from seeking to understand what we can of what God has revealed of himself. To that end, Dr. James Dolezal, professor of theology at Cairn University, joins Dr. Keith Plummer to discuss his chapter on divine simplicity and the Trinity in IVP's 2024 award-winning book On Classical Trinitarianism .…
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1 Untrustworthy: A Conversation with Bonnie Kristian [Re-Release] 55:05
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Episode Notes Seasoned journalist Bonnie Kristian believes America is in the midst of a knowledge crisis that the church cannot afford to ignore. In fact, she thinks it could be the most pressing and unprecedented challenge for contemporary discipleship. Her book Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community describes the multiple forces contributing to an atmosphere characterized by mounting misinformation, mistrust, and polarization. Bonnie joins Dr. Keith Plummer to discuss why Christians need to understand the crisis and what measures we can take to resist it and its destructive effects.…
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1 When AI Means Artificial Intimacy: A Conversation with Michael Sacasas 56:22
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Episode Notes For several years, Michael Sacasas, executive director of the Christian Study Center of Gainesville, has reflected on and written about the effects of emerging technologies on us individually and societally. His work explores how our interactions with technology affect how we answer the questions of what it means to be human and the nature of the "good life." In this episode, he talks with Dr. Keith Plummer about how his interest in technology and theology arose, the Christian study center movement, and the problems with our becoming increasingly acclimated to treating computers as suitable conversation partners.…
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1 You're Only Human [And That's Alright!]: A Conversation with Kelly M. Kapic [Re-Release] 55:42
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Episode Notes “Gift” and “good” aren’t words that usually come to mind when we think about our limitations. Dr. Kelly M. Kapic, author of You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News , thinks this reveals a serious theological problem, writing that denying our finitude “distorts our view of God and what Christian spirituality should look like.” In this episode he joins Dr. Keith Plummer to explain how.…
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1 My Rescue from Psychedelic Devastation: A Conversation with Ashley Lande 1:01:16
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Episode Notes Disenchanted by the atheism she embraced in her teenage years, Ashley Lande turned to the world of psychedelic drugs and Eastern mysticism in search of meaning, satisfaction, and spiritual reality. Though her desires went unfulfilled, and she experienced the very opposite of what she was looking for, she kept returning to mushrooms and LSD. In her book _The Thing that Would Make Everything Okay Forever, _she writes: “Psychedelics made me believe I could have it all. Glory without submission. Transcendence without descent. Knowledge without trauma. Freedom without discipline. New life without death. It was all a lie.” She joined Dr. Keith Plummer to discuss her journey and how the Savior she long resisted found and delivered her.…
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1 Ministry in a Post-Everything World: A Conversation with Brad Edwards 52:45
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Episode Notes The velocity with which culture changes challenges evangelism and discipleship — something Brad Edwards, planter and lead pastor of The Table Church in Lafayette, Colorado, thinks about a lot. In this episode, he joined Dr. Keith Plummer to discuss lessons he continues to learn while ministering where people are “open to the idea of God but very turned off to the idea of church.” Other subjects they discuss are anti-institutionalism, spiritual consumerism, and why Christians need to consider the formative powers of our technological practices. Brad also briefly previews his forthcoming book, The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism .…
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1 Social Media Isn't Free: A Conversation with Chris Martin [Re-Release] 56:19
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Episode Notes Chris Martin, author of Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media , says social media has become so pervasive that not even non-users can fully escape it. He joins Dr. Keith Plummer to talk about how social media is influencing how we think and feel about life in largely negative ways and—most importantly, what Christians can do to resist. His is not a call to totally reject social media but rather, a call to greater awareness, intentionality, and wisdom.…
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1 The Great Dechurching: A Conversation with Michael Graham 1:04:34
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Episode Notes Michael Graham is the program director for The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics and coauthor of The Great Dechurching : Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will it Take to Bring Them Back? In this episode, he joins Dr. Keith Plummer and co-host Pastor Ben Best to talk about the 40 million Americans who have left the church in the last 25 years. They discuss the cultural drivers behind this exodus, the various types of dechurched individuals, and their reasons for leaving. Michael also shares insights from their study on how churches and individual believers can re-engage those who have left.…
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1 Created for Community, Settling for Connection: A Conversation with Felicia Wu Song [Re-Release] 46:49
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Faithfully following Jesus in a digital and media-saturated society involves more than not using our devices for explicitly immoral purposes. Forming biblical wisdom requires being aware of how our technological practices might be shaping us in ways contrary to that of Christ. Listen to Dr. Felicia Wu Song, author of Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence and Place in the Digital Age , discuss these important matters with Dr. Keith Plummer.…
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1 Hidden With Christ in God: A Conversation With Kevin McFadden 46:13
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Episode Notes Cairn University’s Professor of New Testament, Dr. Kevin McFadden is the author of Hidden with Christ in God: A Theology of Colossians and Philemon , in Crossway’s New Testament Theology series. He joined Dr. Keith Plummer to discuss Christ as our hidden hope, his preeminence and sufficiency, Christians’ union with Jesus in death and resurrection, and its profound significance to changed living. They also talk about slavery, which Paul addresses in both letters, and if it is accurate to say, as many do, that the Bible endorses the institution.…
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1 A Quiet Mind to Suffer With: A Conversation With John Andrew Bryant 1:02:19
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Episode Notes “To live with OCD is to be vulnerable to the machinations of your own mind...It is an Affliction that lives in me as a powerful, painful intimidation.” So writes John Andrew Bryant in his award-winning book A Quiet Mind to Suffer With: Mental Illness, Trauma, and the Death of Christ , a book in which he recounts how a mental breakdown, a stay in a psychiatric ward, and being diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder led to a life-changing understanding of who Jesus is and what following him is and isn’t about. He and Dr. Keith Plummer talk about his ongoing journey marked by affliction, mercy, and hope. They also discuss how the church can better serve those with mental illness.…
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