MARSCAST

Do you have the Apostles’ Creed memorized? Can you recall how many times you’ve probably recited it in worship in your church growing up, and still do today? It’s a beautiful Creed passed down through church history all the way up to the present time.  But if there’s an article in the Creed that some in the Church may struggle with, it’s our expressing the words “He [Christ] descended into hell.” What exactly does that mean, and should we even be saying it? Sitting down together are Dr. Cornelis Venema and Dr. J. Mark Beach to help us gain further insight into this important document and this particular article in it. 

In today's episode, Dr. Marcus Mininger, Professor of New Testament Studies, will speak to Hebrews chapter 6. This is perhaps one of the most well-known passages in Scripture, more so for its striking language of apostasy in the Christian community.

Do you ever wonder how we got the 66 books of the Bible, otherwise known as the canon of Scripture? With us once again is Dr. Marcus Mininger, Professor of New Testament Studies, to help us answer this question. 

Stepping up to the microphone over the next few weeks is New Testament Professor, Dr. Marcus Mininger. He’ll kick off a series of episodes on the New Testament, beginning with a discussion on optimism and pessimism, that is to say, will things get better or worse before Christ’s return?

In this third and last installment of Dr. Beach's series on the Kingdom of God, he addresses the question surrounding the relationship between “the church” and “the Kingdom of God” and, given that, how Christians should live in the world as citizens of God’s Kingdom. 

In today’s episode, Dr. Beach considers the period of redemption, where the Lord embarks upon the work to reestablish the kingdom of God, to regain His reign of fellowship through His redemptive and healing rule over the broken creation. Of course, this finds its focus in God’s fallen image-bearers, but, as Dr. Beach will point out, finally embraces the entire scope of God’s creation.

Beginning today and continuing over the next couple of weeks, Dr. J. Mark Beach, professor of doctrinal and ministerial studies here at Mid-America, takes us on a doctrinal tour of the meaning of the Kingdom of God, where he’ll offer a biblical sketch of what the Bible means by the kingdom of God, outline some aspects of the doctrine of the church as it relates to the kingdom of God, and then look at how the idea of the kingdom of God was manifest at creation and lost with the fall. 

If you’ve ever done any amount of studying of the Old Testament, you’ll notice the various visible manifestations of the Lord throughout redemptive history, particularly that of the Angel of the Lord. Theologians call this theophany. Back with us one last time is Old Testament Professor Rev. Mark  Vander Hart, here to go into more detail on this subject of theophany.

Old Testament Professor Mark Vander Hart joins us once more to address another tough issue of Scripture: the violence of the conquest of Canaan. 

Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies, Rev. Mark Vander Hart, joins us to talk about one of the most famous women of the Bible, Esther, and one of the most pressing questions readers of Scripture have when it comes to that book of the Bible: Why is God not mentioned?