Gospel Conversations podcast

Welcome to 2023 and our first Breakfast with Jesus talk for the year. in this talk Tony discusses the famous story of Jeremiah buying a field in the face of Jerusalem’s doom – a very stupid thing to do – and how this shines a light on how we might act in our lives according to the logic of hope. I position this talk inside a hot topic of modern Christendom;  the ‘end times’ and how our fascination with predicting the future has obscured the eschatological dimensions of the gospel. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

Tony builds on his recent talk on the new covenant in Jeremiah by exploring how the Epistle of Hebrews uses this new covenant promise in the NT. Hebrews 8 quotes the Jeremiah passage in full – the longest OT quotation in the NT. What is interesting is how the writer uses the Jeremiah passage and takes it further by explaining how the contract based law of Moses failed to deliver what God wanted. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

Leisa finishes the year off for GC with a profound summary of her doctorate on ‘hope’. It is full of gems and very relevant for an anxious and despairing world.  Her doctorate was targeted at the secular world of clinical psychology, but in this talk we get a ‘Christian’ version of this important work where Leisa can be explicit about the theological grounds for her ideas.She aligns her work with Esther’s message on knowing as a form of desire and anticipation. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

This is the second of three short talks from Gospel Conversations supporters as a response to Esther Meek's Covenant Epistemology.Mark Ridgeway explores the thought of Esther Meek in the context of Discipleship.He follows the contours of Covenant Epistemology, explores the practice of inviting the real and concludes with some practical recommendations for the Church. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

This is the first of three short talks from Gospel Conversations supporters as a response to Esther Meek's Covenant Epistemology. In this talk Ron Winestock addresses the big questions of the universe and how Covenant Epistemology can help us see clearly through the two levels of knowing.Ron argues that since Isaac Newton we have emphasised the focal and discredited the subsidiary. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

In this closing section of the conference Esther Meek finishes with the question, how does the Real Invite Us? Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

In this talk Tony explores the extraordinary declaration of the ‘new covenant’ in Jeremiah 31 and asks “What is ‘new’ about this new covenant?” He argues that is far more ‘new’ than most Christians assume:  it is a paradigm shift that overturns the very nature of contract and conditions. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

Esther Meek opens the afternoon session by addressing how Love invites the Real. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

In this third and final section on Subsidiary Focal Integration Esther introduces Love as key component of her Covenant Epistemology. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe

This is the continuation of Esther's second talk where she continues to explain the practice of Subsidiary Focal Integration with an emphasis on how the concept of Integration works. At the end of the session participants are asked to share their examples of Subsidiary Focal Integration in operation. Get full access to Gospel Conversations at gospelconversations.substack.com/subscribe