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Mar 24, 2023 • 54min

Further Upstream - The Paradoxes Scripture Solves

Are humans gods or viruses? Should we be merciful or just? Is history headed for disaster or utopia? Such dichotomies are at the center of our cultural debates. But what if there’s a story that harmonizes them? Shane welcomes Kasey Leander to talk more about Christopher Watkin’s book, Biblical Critical Theory.
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Mar 21, 2023 • 1h 10min

The Bible Tells a Better Story Than the Modern World | Christopher Watkin

G.K. Chesterton observed that critics of Christianity often attack it for contradictory reasons. Dr. Christopher Watkin, author of Biblical Critical Theory, argues that this is because God’s revelation is too big for our culture’s false dichotomies.
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Mar 17, 2023 • 1h 2min

Further Upstream - Escaping the Prison of Materialism

We often feel trapped in an anti-supernatural worldview, but if you have the eyes to see and ears to hear, the world is charged with signs of spiritual truth. Shane welcomes Kasey Leander to reflect on the conversation with Os Guinness about his book, Signals of Transcendence.
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Mar 14, 2023 • 58min

How God Gets Our Attention | Os Guinness

A dandelion, a song, a mother’s love, the Holocaust; God has used all of these to pierce the godless worldviews of real men and women. Shane welcomes Dr. Os Guinness to tell their stories using his new book, Signals of Transcendence.
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Mar 10, 2023 • 51min

Further Upstream - Movies that Move Us

Shane welcomes Tim Padgett to talk more about the magic of film, to look back on a few of their favorite titles, and to reflect on wise strategies for introducing movies to young imaginations.
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Mar 7, 2023 • 1h 4min

How to Watch Movies Well | John Ehrett

Christians can fall into two opposite errors when it comes to entertainment: We either tally up curse words or try to read everything as a biblical allegory. But film is more complex than that. Shane welcomes Spectator World movie reviewer John Ehrett to discuss a thoughtful and God-honoring approach to the movies.
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Mar 3, 2023 • 45min

Further Upstream - You’re Doing Philosophy Right Now!

We may not agree with every answer Greek philosophers gave, but we do have to answer the questions they asked. Shane welcomes Kasey Leander to talk more about Plato, metaphysics, Scripture, and the conversation with Dr. Hans Boersma.
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Feb 28, 2023 • 58min

No Plato, No Scripture? | Hans Boersma

Do we need philosophy to read the Bible well? What happens if we ignore Athens in our study of Jerusalem? Shane welcomes Dr. Hans Boersma, who argues that everyone does metaphysics whether they know it or not, and that Plato’s thought is particularly helpful for understanding God’s Word.
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Feb 24, 2023 • 50min

Further Upstream - Where Did All These (Neo) Calvinists Come From?

Shane welcomes Kasey Leander to ask and answer some important questions about Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, and where their theology fits into the big picture of Christian history and thought—and why they matter today!
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Feb 21, 2023 • 1h 2min

The Theology Behind ‘Every Square Inch’ | Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto

Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck have become hugely influential in Christian worldview discussions, but what was their worldview? What did they believe, and how did it shape what they wrote and did? Shane welcomes Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto to discuss their new book, Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction.

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