The NewCity Orlando All of Life Podcast

In this episode of The Equip, Damein Schitter introduces Dr. Michael Allen as our Theologian in Residence at NewCity Orlando. Listeners can learn more about Dr. Allen's background and connection to NewCity, as well as how his role as Theologian in Residence will unfold.

In this episode of How to Read the Bible, Benjamin Kandt challenges Nate Claiborne to preach the gospel from Mark 14:51-52, which he does by looking back to the OT and ahead to Mark 16 (and with an assist from a JETS article). At the end, there is brief discussion of the longer ending of Mark, why it’s probably not original and why it’s still in our Bibles.

In this episodes of The Equip Podcast, Rev. Dr. Irwyn Ince and Rev. Benjamin Kandt discuss the biblical vision of justice. Dr. Ince is pastor and director of the Grace DC Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission. In 2018, he was the first African-American moderator of General Assembly in PCA history. He is the author of the recent book: “The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best.”

In this episode of How to Read the Bible, Nate Claiborne and Benjamin Kandt talk about a familiar story in Mark 6. Ben recounts how the wording of a single phrase led him to do a quick word search, which led to some meditation, which then led to a discovery.

Each week in How to Read the Bible, Nate Claiborne and Benjamin Kandt discuss and model faithful Christian reading of the Old and New Testaments. The chapters chosen come from the previous week's reading in CBR.In this episode, we discuss Job 13 and Mark 1. In Job 13, we note how important it is to pay attention to the range of emotions Job displays. We also note that his request to make his case before God is granted, but not in the way he anticipated. In Mark 1, we see that a curious choice of verbs ("torn") helps unlock Mark's literary artistry and intentionality in telling the story of Jesus. We also note that symbolism in the New Testament is often unlocked by pay attention to earlier details in the Old Testament.

In this episode of How to Read the Bible, Nate Claiborne and Mike Allen give context and background for Abraham's story in Genesis. After that, they discuss how the New Testament authors incorporate it in their writings. In Romans 4, Galatians 3, Hebrews 11, and James 2. As we prepare for our upcoming sermon series at NewCity, Blessed to Be a Blessing, we see the New Testament writers drawing on Abraham's story for a variety of pastoral purposes. 

In this episode of the How to Read the Bible, Benjamin Kandt and Nate Claiborne discuss highlights from last week's CBR readings. We are working our way through Job and just finished RevelationHere, we discuss Job's request for a mediator in Job 9, as well as what future awaits us as described in Revelation 21-22. Interested listeners should consult our Introduction podcast for Revelation, as well the one for Job.Next week, we will talk about chapters in The Gospel of Mark and the next section in the book of Job.

The chapter on Job in A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised is helpful for understanding the structure of the book. An accessible commentary on Job is John Walton’s volume in the NIV Application Commentary series. Also useful is Tremper Longman’s volume in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms series. The book we mentioned directly is Now My Eyes Have Seen You by Robert Fyall in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series. You can read more about it here. In addition, there are actually two Bible Project videos on Job. The first is like the others we’ve recommended: https://youtu.be/xQwnH8th_fs. The other is different visual overview, also worth checking out: https://youtu.be/GswSg2ohqmA

In this episode of a new series, Benjamin Kandt and Nate Claiborne discuss highlights from last week's CBR readings. We are working our way through Job and almost done with Revelation.Here, we discuss the connection between Revelation 12 and the early chapters of Job. Interested listeners should consult our Introduction podcast for Revelation, as well the one for Job that we mention in the episode.Next week, we will talk about chapters from the end of Revelation and the next section in the book of Job.

In this episode, I sat down with our senior pastor Damein Schitter to talk about the vision series for the fall Whole Life Whole Love. This four week series will take a closer look at the greatest commandment as it is presented in each of the four gospels. Here, Pastor Damein explains some of his thinking behind the series, his hopes for our congregation, and some of the barriers we may encounter as we seek to listen to what God would say to us through these sermons.