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This episode came from a conversation I had with Peter Fiore. He had mentioned an especially moving morning of reflection on the gospel so I invited him to play host and let me be the guest - not sure we stayed in our lanes but we went for that.  so here you go....

In our series on basic doctrines of the faith, we've come to the fourth aspect of the doctrine of Scripture. We've looked at the authority, necessity, and clarity of Scripture in our earlier podcasts. In this episode, we address the sufficiency of Scripture. 

We continue to survey the doctrine of Scripture. We're considering four attributes of Scripture: Authority, Clarity, Necessity, and Sufficiency. In this episode we take on the second of these attributes, The Clarity of Scripture.

We're back with Peter Fiore to pick up on our summary of Systematic Theology. This week: The Authority of Scripture. It's so powerful to just review some basic Scriptural Truths and reacquaint ourselves with what Scripture says about Scripture!

Sanctity of Human Life Day is observed on January 22, the date of the historic Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion-on-demand in all 50 states. In this episode, I talk with Kayla Mowery about her experience working with pregnancy centers and women dealing with unplanned pregnancies. We then reflect on two critical truths from Psalm 139.

Here's the first episode for the New Year! After an extended rambling update we talk about butter on bread spread too thin and the New Year with its challenges and opportunities. We will also be sharing a message from Psalm 63 about our thirst for God and his fullness for us.

In this episode Peter and I finish up our foundational introduction to God's incommunicable attributes. We deal with difficult doctrine of impassibility. And then dive into the attributes of omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence. It's time to stretch our thinking and discuss some of the awesome incommunicable attributes of our God. Impassibility, Omnipresence, Omniscience, Omnipotence are big words and challenging concepts with huge implications.!

This is Thanksgiving week 2021 in the USA and for this episode of the Music and the Dance we are offering up a message on gratitude from the sermon archive. It was first preached at Christ Community Church in Daytona Beach, Florida. Gratitude isn't just a nice thing, it's crucial and powerful. Nurture it!

In this episode Peter and I discuss another one of God's incommunicable attributes: Immutability.  Malachi 3:6 "I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”  Hebrews 6:17-18 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.  18  God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.  James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Many Scriptures speak of God's unchanging nature but what does that mean and why does it matter? Peter and I discuss the doctrine of the immutability of God and also reflect on some of the recent events at Christ Community Church. 

In this episode we discuss the veracity of God, get into the incommunicable attributes and talk about why it all matters!

This episode lays the foundation for our look at the attributes of God. Peter and I discuss the relationship between the attributes and God's essence. What is an attribute? How should we think of God's attributes? How do God's attributes relate to each other. We explore the meaning of communicable and incommunicable attributes and get started on some of the communicable attributes, all in this episode!

In this episode Peter and I continue our series on Theology and especially Systematic Theology. We discuss the basics contours of one of the most foundational and challenging doctrines of the Christian faith: The Trinity!  What is the Trinity? Is the Trinity Biblical? Does the Trinity matter?  If you have never thought much about this important doctrine this is a great place to start. 

This episode continues our discussion of Systematic Theology  with some foundational introductory issues and questions. At the end we share an important announcements about a change in schedule for the upcoming episodes.

In this episode we continue our new series on Systematic Theology but do so with a sermon on the first part of the Apostles' Creed. I hope to go back and forth from podcast interviews and discussions to sermon clips with commentary to flesh out Theology in the context of worship and life. It's all the Music and the Dance.

In this episode we begin a new series in which we will be exploring what you might call a doctrinal survey of the story of redemption.  We are going to be looking at significant doctrines,  or Biblical Teachings and relating them to The Story of Redemption in Scripture and to the gospel-centered dynamic of The Music and the Dance. 

With this episode Peter and I wrap up our series on The Dynamics of Spiritual Life,  An Evangelical Theology of Renewal, by Richard Lovelace. 

The penultimate chapter of Lovelace's classic work on spiritual renewal focuses on the issue of gospel-centered concern for social issues. What fuels it and what impedes it and how true renewal empowers and inspires concern for justice and for mercy.

The Evangelical Muse - Chapter 11, The Dynamics of Spiritual Life. In this episode Peter and I discuss Richard Lovelace's take on the relationship between Evangelical Renewal and the Arts.  

This chapter explores the relationship between church unity and revival. Does renewal and or revival produce more division or more unity in the church? How can we best respond to the call to unity and, at the same time, the call to earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the Saints? Today Peter Fiore joins me as we dig into Chapter 10 in Lovelace's book, The Dynamics of Spiritual Renewal.

In today's episode I settle in with my frequent guest, Pastor Tommy Clayton of GraceLife Church in Deltona Florida to discuss The Dynamics of Spiritual Life again. Tommy recently preached two sermons on what Lovelace calls, “The Primary Elements of Spiritual Renewal.”So we're going to talk about his approach to preaching these truths in the local church.Tommy references a picture which he had on a slide during his worship service. If you want to check that out click on the link below. The illustration begins are 33-34 minutes in.https://www.gracelifeflorida.com/mediaPlayer/#/sermonvideo/232