Gospel Conversations podcast

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Tony Golsby-Smith introduces the upcoming Gospel Conversations conference to be held in Sydney on the 25/26th August. He expresses the excitement that we all hold in anticipation of his visit. He also explains that Gospel Conversations is not just inviting a big name but rather a speaker who can help us to put the Lord Jesus Christ on a much higher pedestal than traditional Protestantism has done in the past. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

For this episode Andrew is in conversation with Leisa Aitken as they discuss Andrew's paper on the "Sacrifice of Isaac". The paper was a short exegesis on Genesis 22 and can be found at this  link  Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

Tony continues looking at Ezekiel 12 - 14, this time through the lens of Dostoievsky’s ‘Grand Inquisitor’. Tony takes us into Dostoievsky’s famous imaginary confrontation where the Inquisitor berates Jesus for ‘overestimating’ humanity and wanting too much from them - love rather than servility. He draws a deep comparison between this and the idolatrous mindset. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

Tony looks to the passage Ezekiel 12 - 14 to address the subject of ‘Idolatry in the OT and how modern Christians get it wrong’. “Getting rid of idols in our hearts” is a common refrain in lots of preaching.  But is it true to scripture - both in the NT and the OT? Tony dives into the worldview behind idolatry and the real challenge it presented to the Mosaic vision of the one true God. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

Ezekiel chapter 6 - Ezekiel and the ‘angry God’ of the OT.  In this BWJ episode Tony confronts the question of the so-called ‘angry God’ or ‘just God’ of the Old Testament and whether this picture contradicts the loving and ‘broken’ God revealed in Jesus. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

Introduction; Breakfast with Jesus kicks off again after a short break with a series of meditations on Ezekiel.  Tony begins with a big picture introduction in which he compares Jeremiah and Ezekiel, their overlapping lives, and the way Ezekiel pioneers apocalyptic thinking and the hope of resurrection. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Andrew and Tony explore a radical alternative view of the Fall – as ‘lost dominion’.  To do this they go back to the creation account and expand the concept of our being made in the image of God, and the implications of God calling humanity to have ‘dominion’. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

This is the second conversation with Andrew Baartz in our series on the increasingly controversial doctrine of ‘penal substitution’.The title of our series is ‘The Cross and Creation; can atonement combine both?’This week Tony and Andrew explore the question - ‘What are the challenges in creation for which the cross was the solution?’  Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

In this latest BwJ talk of Jeremiah Tony investigates ‘allegory’ as a way to read the OT in particular. Is it an outdated, and fanciful method – or were the Patristics really onto something in their attraction to allegory as a legitimate way to read the OT stories and prophets? Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe