One of the most common barriers to the Christian faith is the idea that a God who loves us would let terrible things happen to us. How does the Christian reconcile what seems to be an irreconciable contradiction? In this episode, Robert focuses on the philosophy behind God’s morality and the kind of ideas that he would never communicate to someone who’s in the middle of a season of suffering (that’s for the next episode, which will focus more on the “pastoral” than the philosophical side of this topic).• • •Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry.

Skeptics used to just doubt that hell existed. Today, skeptics question whether a good God would send people to hell. In this episode, Robert looks at the idea of God’s judgment and how Christians can show a skeptical world that God’s judgement is in fact good news.• • •Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry.

In the past, the reason for disbelieving Christianity was often due to underlying beliefs that were incompatible with the Bible. Today, these “defeater beliefs” have given way to something else: “defeater ethics.” In this episode, Robert explains what he means by defeater ethics and how Christians can share the gospel in spite of a culture that no longer views Christianity as good for society.• • •Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry.

After spending time in Nashville with his grieving friends, Robert contrasts the devastation of the school shooting at Covenant School with the hope of Easter Sunday. Rather than allowing our fallen world to lower our expectation of joy, the resurrection invites us to indulge in joyful hope. 

In part 1, we saw the “spheres” where God has given us influence, but it’s natural that some cynicism might still remain. How much change can we actually bring about? And even if we bring about change, will it actually last? Part 2 is all about helping us see past the cynicism to the potential we have to bring redemptive change our spheres, and the real, lasting impact it can have upon the world. 

Now that we’ve established God’s redemptive plan for Kentucky, what does this plan mean for your seemingly ordinary life? In this episode, Robert helps us see that, no matter your vocation or stage of life, God has placed each of us in spheres of influence that we may not realize are there.

Now that we’ve looked at the name, mission, and strategy of Christ for Kentucky, this week Robert turns to the theological vision that is the foundation of all that this organization hopes to achieve: the grand story of God’s redemption.

When a university down the road is making headlines the world over for what many are calling a revival, what are we to think? Can we even call it a revival? On this week’s episode, Robert seeks to answer these questions by sharing his experience visiting Asbury and engaging with the school’s leadership.

Is Christ for Kentucky about evangelism or is it about social justice? On this week’s episode, Robert looks at how the Gospel was shared in the Bible and how that impacts his strategy for this organization.Support Christ for Kentucky at christforky.org/give

Christ for Kentucky seeks to be a resource for “public theology and strategy for the common good of the Commonwealth” but what does that look like in practice? In this episode, Robert goes into detail about each piece of that mission statement and explains how they represent three key components of societal change.Learn more about this new ministry at christforky.org