Disciple Dojo

In this playlist we are reading through the Psalms! ——— ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org

Does Jeremiah 10 condemn Christmas Trees? Every year memes claiming this are passed around social media by people who think Christmas is really a pagan festival. So let's take a look at what Jeremiah is ACTUALLY referring to and see how it may or may not apply to Christmas decorations. ——— Here’s how you can submit your own question to DiscipleDojo: https://youtu.be/_bEUVpTSWLs Resources mentioned: Why Idols are ‘Crap’! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOhtVLZGgkk Christmas Trees (Encyclopedia Britannica) - https://www.britannica.com/plant/Christmas-tree#ref106886 Can a Christian Celebrate Halloween? - https://youtu.be/xkBCVUnSQ4o?si=elJkJSPkIpvYSGub ——— ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org

In this playlist we are reading through the Psalms! ——— ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org

In this playlist we are reading through the Psalms! ——— ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org

In this Dojo Discussion we welcome back our friend Dr. Dru Johnson. Dru has a new book coming out entitled “What Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture?” which deals with the intersection of science and faith and attempts to push past the typical polemics and caricatures that often arise when evolutionary biology and Biblical theology cross paths! We also discuss Dru’s online teaching ministry “Bible Dojo”…and why you should be a part of it! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:50 - Dru’s return and what is “Bible Dojo”? 00:10:22 - What Hath Darwin to do with Scripture? 00:17:50 - the Darwin Fish bumper sticker culture war 00:24:01 - What about the Dinosaurs? 00:54:00 - The desire to ‘fill in the gaps’ of Scripture 01:03:53 - Generational thinking and unexpected outcomes 01:11:30 - “as it was in the beginning and ever more shall be” 01:25:53 - What resources would Dru recommend for people interested in science & Scripture? 01:38:46 - Outro

The first chapter of “What Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture?” is available to read online for free at: https://www.ivpress.com/Media/Default/Downloads/Excerpts-and-Samples/A0361-excerpt.pdf 

Resources mentioned: DiscipleDojo’s “Bible & Science: Friends or Foes??” Video course - http://www.discipledojo.org/bible-science 

The Days of Genesis 1 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4bbdsVUgfc50LWG93RvwiwO5GbkAn0q0 Bible Dojo - www.enterthebibledojo.com John Polkinghorne “Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter with Reality” - https://www.amazon.com/Science-Trinity-Christian-Encounter-Reality-ebook/dp/B00142APTE/ Josh Swamidass “The Genealogical Adam and Eve” - https://www.amazon.com/Genealogical-Adam-Eve-Surprising-Universal/dp/151400383X/ Ian Barbour “When Science Meets Religion” - https://www.amazon.com/When-Science-Meets-Religion-Strangers/dp/006060381X/ Nicholas Spencer - Magisterial: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion - https://www.amazon.com/Magisteria-Entangled-Histories-Science-Religion/dp/0861544617/ Nancy Pearcey - The Soul of Science - https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Science-Christian-Natural-Philosophy/dp/0891077669/ ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org

In this playlist we are reading through the Psalms! ——— ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org

In this episode Dr. Jay Sklar returns to the Dojo to talk about one of my favorite books of the Bible! (If you missed Jay’s previous appearance here on the channel, you can find it at: https://youtu.be/r7KFrKDcWCs )

Jay’s writings on Numbers and other Pentateuch resources can be found all in one place at: https://www.otpentateuch.com/ 
Jay can be reached via his faculty page at: https://www.covenantseminary.edu/jay-sklar Other Numbers resources mentioned: * 6 Black Belt Bible Tips for Reading Numbers - https://youtu.be/rBlc6PiD9wU * Timothy Ashley’s Numbers commentary (NICOT) - https://www.amazon.com/Numbers-International-Commentary-Testament-NICOT/dp/0802872026/ * Dennis Olson’s Numbers commentary (Interpretation) - https://www.amazon.com/Numbers-Interpretation-Commentary-Teaching-Preaching/dp/0664238823/ * Gordon Wenham’s Numbers commentary: https://www.amazon.com/Numbers-Tyndale-Old-Testament-Commentaries/dp/0830842047/ * Jacob Milgrom’s Numbers commentary - https://www.amazon.com/JPS-Torah-Commentary-Numbers-English/dp/0827603290 * Zondervan Bible Atlas - https://www.amazon.com/Zondervan-Atlas-Bible-Carl-Rasmussen/dp/0310270502/ * DiscipleDojo’s review of the ESV Archeology Study Bible - https://youtu.be/JZ_MM4KFpls ***Check out our Disciple Dojo shirts (like the one JM is wearing in this episode!) and gifts over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate 
***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org   Subscribe to the Disciple Dojo podcast for more in-depth teaching and discussions:  SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/discipledojo   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/26BDZz70HmnT5eoD9BEKQ7   iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/disciple-dojo/id1002934837 Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/uz8dbfet   Disciple Dojo is a 501c3 Nonprofit organization. As such we rely on donor support to make this teaching available freely online. Please consider supporting this ministry if you benefit from our free resources at http://www.discipledojo.org/donate

A viewer asks:

“In Genesis 1:27, when it says we were "made in the image of God", What does it mean exactly? I hear people all the time say that it means we were made with the characteristics of God, but I grew and still believe It means we were made in the triune nature of God. We are body, soul, and spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 refers to this when it says "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”.” ——— Here’s how you can submit your own questions to DiscipleDojo: https://youtu.be/_bEUVpTSWLs More from Carmen Imes: 
Follow Carmen on Twitter: @carmenjoyimes 
Carmen's blog: http://www.carmenjoyimes.blogspot.com 
Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters at https://www.amazon.com/Being-Gods-Image-Creation-Matters-ebook/dp/B0BLD43TVC/ ***Disciple Dojo gifts (such as the shirt JM is wearing in this video!) are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org   Subscribe to the Disciple Dojo podcast for more in-depth teaching and discussions:  SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/discipledojo   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/26BDZz70HmnT5eoD9BEKQ7 iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/disciple-dojo/id1002934837 Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/uz8dbfet

A viewer recently submitted the following: “I would really enjoy a video/series about Methodists and what they believe. I grew up in Baptist Churches, in particular Free Will and general Baptist Churches, so I don't know a great deal about what they believe. I would also really like to know your opinion on the schism that is happening in the United Methodist Church and the breakaway Global Methodist Church. As an outsider of the denomination, it's been fairly difficult to follow. I know it is not entirely Bible related, but learning about other Church traditions is definitely very important for understanding my fellow Christians and being more unified even when not in direct fellowship.” On this episode, we’re bringing in an expert! Dr. Matt O’Reilly is Lead Pastor of Christ Church Birmingham, Director of Research at Wesley Biblical Seminary, and a fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians. You can see more of Matt's work on YouTube at @TheologyProjectOnline and follow him on Twitter at @mporeilly Matt’s interview with Bishop Scott Jones can be viewed over on his YouTube channel at - https://youtu.be/zoh-Uy2_NA8 -----Some recommended resources on Methodism and Wesley: * The Works of John Wesley - https://www.ebay.com/itm/186067649944 ***Wesley’s writings are also available for free online at: https://godrules.net/library/wesley/wesley.htm * The Theology of John Wesley by Kenneth Collins - https://www.amazon.com/Theology-John-Wesley-Shape-Grace/dp/0687646332/ * Wesley and the People Called Methodists by Richard Heitzenrater - https://www.amazon.com/Wesley-People-Called-Methodists-Second/dp/142674224X/ * Turning Around the Mainline by Tom Oden - https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Around-Mainline-Movements-Changing/dp/0801065763/ * Cleansed and Abiding by JM Smith - https://www.amazon.com/Cleansed-Abiding-Proposed-Christian-Perfection/dp/1475128088 * The Next Methodism - https://www.amazon.com/Next-Methodism-Theological-Missional-Foundations/dp/1628249358/ ——— Here’s how to submit viewer questions to DiscipleDojo: https://youtu.be/_bEUVpTSWLs ——— ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org

In this episode, associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, New York Times contributor, and bestselling author Dr. Esau McCaulley steps into the Dojo! 

 Esau and I were colleagues in seminary and I’ve enjoyed watching his ministry unfold over the years! So I was thrilled when we could finally work it out to have him on to discuss his new book “How Far to the Promised Land”, as well as what he’s been up to lately! 

Esau’s books and resources: * How Far to the Promised Land - https://esaumccaulley.com/books/how-far-to-the-promised-land/ * Reading While Black - https://esaumccaulley.com/books/reading-while-black/ * Esau’s New York Times pieces can be found at - https://www.nytimes.com/by/esau-mccaulley * Find more books, articles, and videos by Esau at - www.esaumccaulley.com Other resources mentioned: * Cry Like a Man by Jason Wilson - https://www.amazon.com/Cry-Like-Man-Emotional-Incarceration/dp/1640911553 * The Cave of Adullam (documentary) - https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/f85747d0-d0b7-434e-88b5-1b8ba8cf6130/the-cave-of-adullam ***Disciple Dojo swag and gifts are available over in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org