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The show that helps Christian men become the worldview leaders their families and churches need.
Join Joel Settecase as he answers the questions the world is asking and discusses the Christian worldview with teachers, preachers and theologians. Together, they will help you build a legacy for your family: you, your kids and your wife will be able to confidently give answers from the Bible and see Jesus change lives as you share your faith.
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Join Joel Settecase as he answers the questions the world is asking and discusses the Christian worldview with teachers, preachers and theologians. Together, they will help you build a legacy for your family: you, your kids and your wife will be able to confidently give answers from the Bible and see Jesus change lives as you share your faith.
Presented by The Think Institute (https://thethink.institute).
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Apr 6, 2021 • 1h 30min
Is Street Preaching Still a Good Idea in 2021? (with Zoe White) | THINKPOD
You’ve seen them on State St. in Downtown Chicago, or on your way to the football stadium, or outside your local abortion mill. Sometimes they hold signs, oftentimes they use voice amplification. Depending on your perspective, they’re either embarrassing (and possibly very convicting) zealots or heroes of the faith. Even Christians who agree with their message are often less-than-enthusiastic about their means for delivering it. I’m talking, of course, about street preachers (or "open air preachers” as they are sometimes known). And today Joel Settecase gets to sit down with a real-life street preacher—and a friend and good brother in Christ—to get some questions answered about this controversial, yet exciting practice that seems to be as old as the Bible itself.
Speaking of the Bible, there are clearly numerous examples of open air preachers, including many of the prophets, the apostles, and even the Lord Jesus Himself. And yet, while street preaching is a method with biblical precedent (not to mention its use by some of the foremost revival leaders in church history), most evangelism training today doesn’t even mention it, let alone train believers to do it, instead focusing on relationship-based evangelism. The implied message seems to be that, while open air Gospel proclamation worked in the past, times have now changed, and new methods are needed. Out with the old, and in with the new.
However, with such an impressive pedigree as street preaching has, is it really ready to be dustbinned in favor of other methods? On the other hand, should open air preaching perhaps be the primary way the church evangelizes today? And who’s to say?
To help us sort through these vital questions and many more, in this episode Joel Settecase sits down with pastor, ministry leader and open-air preacher Zoe White.
Zoe is the founder of Declaring Truth Ministries, an open-air evangelism ministry based in Southeast Louisiana which encourages and equips believers to declare the Gospel faithfully.
Zoe and his wife Chelsea currently reside just outside of Baton Rouge with their 6 children in a tiny home on wheels, a 1977 Greyhound bus.
Specifically, you’ll find out:
📣Zoe’s background and how he got into open air evangelism.
📣Joel’s recent experience partnering with Zoe and Declaring Truth Ministries on an outreach event and conference at Mardi Gras.
📣What Zoe sees as the attributes of truly “biblical evangelism.” And does he preach fire and brimstone?
📣What separates different kinds of open-air preachers from one another—and why Zoe never uses gimmicks in his street evangelism.
📣Why Zoe believes in open air preaching as a legitimate and valuable means of evangelism today.
📣Is street preaching for all Christians? What kind of people are best suited for open-air preaching.
📣How you (yes, you) can take the next steps toward pursuing this bold method of Gospel proclamation.
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Apr 6, 2021 • 45min
The Trinity and Apologetics (R. C. Apologist with Joel Settecase) | THINKPOD (UPDATED AUDIO)
On this bonus Monday episode of the Think Podcast, you’ll hear R. C. Apologist interview Joel Settecase on Joel’s book The Doctrine Shapes the Defense: The Importance of the Trinity in John Frame’s Apologetics.
John Frame, one of the most important Christian philosophers and theologians of the 20th and 21st Centuries, is known for his three-fold approach in his writings known as triperspectivalism. Joel M. Settecase proposes that what lies at the heart of Frame’s triperspectivalism is the Doctrine of the Trinity. Settecase discusses the important implications of the Doctrine of the Trinity for those who desire to present a biblical defense of the Christian message today.
—From the back of The Doctrine Shapes the Defense.
In this episode, you’ll find out R. C.’s answers to these questions:
What exactly is triperspectivalism?
Is triperspectivalism just a helpful teaching tool, or does it have roots in reality—and possibly even in the nature of God?
As Christians who believe God is Triune, how can our apologetic (reasoned defense of the faith) better reflect that belief?
Get ready for a short, but action-packed conversation on a fascinating and important topic. Here we go; get ready to think.
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Apr 2, 2021 • 41min
What Do Christians Think About Islam? (With R. C. Apologist) | THINKPOD
On this bonus Friday episode of the Think Podcast, Joel Settecase sits down with R. C. Apologist to talk about Christians and their view of Islam.
What do Christians think of Islam? This question is loaded, and there is no way a short, 30-minute episode of a single podcast could answer it fully. So we are making it our goal to give a brief overview of how different Christians approach our fellow “Abrahamic Religion” (though that’s actually a misnomer, and we’ll discuss why that is), why a presuppositional approach to Islam is best, and what that looks like in practice.
Reformed Christian Apologist (or R. C. Apologist for short) is Joel’s guest today.
In this episode, you’ll find out R. C.’s answers to these questions:
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?
Does the Bible predicts Muhammad?
Why is Christianity is a better worldview/religion than Islam?
Get ready for a short, but action-packed conversation on a fascinating and important topic. Here we go; get ready to think.
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Apr 1, 2021 • 16min
CATAKIDS Ep. 3 - Who Were the First People that God Made? (Questions 11-15)
Our journey through Catakids! The New Covenant Catechism for Little Ones continues. Welcome back to the CATAKIDS podcast! If you need to catch up, here’s Episode 1 and Episode 2 on YouTube.
Joel Settecase and the Settecase kids want to help your family learn the most basic teachings of biblical Christianity. We hope that the Lord will use this to bring your children to repentance and faith in Christ Jesus, and equip them to walk in the Spirit and love the Lord their God with their whole selves.
Being able to share and defend one’s faith starts with having a strong foundation, and that’s what we hope Catakids will provide.
In Episode 3, Joel Settecase, Lukas and Jojo are working through questions 11-15 of the Catakids! catechism.
So listen along with your own kids (or by yourself) and join us as we explore the truth of God’s word together.
TWO NEW FEATURES IN THIS EPISODE!
Introducing "FUN FACTS" & "COOL IDEAS"
Send us cool facts! The Settecase kids are big fans of cool facts. For example, did you know that “the strawberry is the only fruit that bears seeds on the outside” (source)? It’s true, and it’s a very cool fact. We’re living in God’s world, and he made it awesome. If you’ve got cool facts about the world that you want to share with us, send them to thethink.institute@gmail.com (subject: CATAKIDS COOL FACT).
You'll also hear a COOL IDEA from AnnaSophia, as she shares her thoughts on how parents can help their kids remember the catechism questions better with a game she invented. Check it out.
Now let’s get into the questions.
Today's questions are:
Who were the first people that God made?
Adam and Eve, our first parents.
Gn. 1:27; 2:21; 3:20; Mk. 10:6; 1 Co. 15:45
What were Adam and Eve like when God made them?
Happy and holy, male and female, in God’s image.
Gen. 1:27; Gen. 5:2; Eccl. 7:29
Did God make everything good or bad?
God is good, and He made everything good.
Psalms 119:68; Eccl. 7:29; Gen. 1:4; Gen. 1:31
What does God do with everything?
God holds it all together, and makes things happen the way he wants.
Heb. 1:3; Neh. 9:6; Prov. 16:9, 33; Amos 3:6; Isa. 40:26; Psalms 47:2; 103:19; 135:6; Psalm 36:6; Matt. 10:29-30; Eph. 1:11
Why did God make you and everything?
To serve and glorify Him.
Psalms 100:3; Eccles. 12:13; Luke 1:74
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Apr 1, 2021 • 26min
2 Problems With Fear-Based Apologetics (And How to Solve Them)
When Christian apologists allow fear to creep in as their motivation, two equally-dangerous outcomes may result. Here’s why it’s a problem, and how to avoid it.
Specifically in this episode, you'll learn:
What the Bible says about what should motivate our apologetics.
Why fear is so dangerous to the Christian apologist.
Why every Christian needs to be ready to "give a defense" of the Christian message.
What should be motivating our apologetics (instead of fear).
Joel also takes some questions and comments from viewers. To watch the next episode live, subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Don’t miss this installment of “Late Night Apologetics.”
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Mar 30, 2021 • 2h 17min
Presup vs. Evidentialism: Which Apologetic Is Best? | Dean Meadows (THINKPOD)
Okay, so you’ve decided you want to get better at standing up for what you believe. You’re going go hone your skill at defending your faith and sharing the Gospel. And you’ve discovered the world of apologetics—the discipling vindicating Christian truth against challenges and objections—but now you’ve hit a roadblock… because you’ve discovered (gasp) there are different ways of going about this.
See, on the one hand you’ve got “classicalists” who swear by the Kalam Cosmological Argument, and on the other hand you’ve got “evidentialists” who do a great job of giving evidence to prove the “case for faith.” But then on the other other hand, you’ve got presuppositionalist guys like Joel Settecase, who don’t seem to get along well with either of the other groups. So who’s right? Which apologetics method is best?
This episode is going to give you the answer. Or at least, it will give you more grist for the mill of your mind, as you work out for yourself what school of apologetics thought you want to align yourself with. That’s because today two Christian apologists are going to have a robust dialogue about methodology, each one presenting his own preferred method and interacting with the other.
Specifically, you’ll find out…
The backstory of Dean Meadows, how he got into apologetics and what prompted him to launch the Daily Apologist.
What exciting work the Daily Apologist is up to right now, and how you can get involved.
Why Dean takes a more evidentialist approach to defending Christian truth, why he uses classical arguments—and why he isn’t a presuppositionalist.
Whether Joel and Dean think that evidentialism and presuppositionalism are irreconcilable.
How Joel "switched teams” from classical and evidentialism to practice #datpresup.
Which approach is more biblical, and which one has cooler hashtags.
Much more.
Joel’s guest today is Dean Meadows. Dean serves as the Executive Director of The Daily Apologist. He holds a B.A. in Theology from the Bear Valley Bible Institute International; B.S. in Bible/Ministry from Amridge University; and an M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. He's currently pursuing a MSc in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Dean served in the United State Marine Corps Reserve for six years and deployed to Iraq in 2006. He is married to Hillary Meadows and they have two kids with very pretty names: Nora-Grace and Wren-Mercy.
It’s time to dive into this fascinating topic. Get ready to think.
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Mar 23, 2021 • 1h 18min
"Please Help Us": An Inspiring Story of Innovation from Eastern Europe (Dave Robinson Interview) | THINKPOD
What do you do when making disciples is hard? I mean, you can’t just give up, can you? After all, making disciples is literally what the Lord Jesus commissioned us to do, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20. This is what we’re talking about in today’s episode of the Think Podcast with Joel Settecase.
So what happens when the society becomes divided, the culture divisive, or the civil government oppressive? Do you throw in the towel and wait for things to get easier? Or, do you get smarter and invent new ways to reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
My friends, this episode is going to open your eyes to a whole new way of thinking about how to make disciples, even in places where it is extraordinarily challenging to do so. You’re going to hear from a Christian evangelist, pastor, ministry director and missionary who has decades of experience with making disciples in hard places.
Specifically, you’ll find out…
Dave’s incredible story of bringing the Gospel to Eastern Europe during communist rule, and how God gave him and his team wisdom to reach the Hungarian people with the gospel.
All about Youth At The Threshold of Life, the Christian sex education curriculum(!) that became a movement of Gospel ministry.
The current need for innovation among Christians in the Western world.
Dave’s foundational principles for thinking about the Great Commission today, including: (1) Everyone is on a spiritual journey, (2) God is already at work in their lives, and (3) God wants to use you.
About “Story of the Soul” and other innovative methods blending culture and the Christian message to reach contemporary society.
Of all the societies in which Dave has ministered, which one is the “hardest soil.” This will shock you..
How to get smarter, as things seem to get harder for Christians.
Much more.
Joel’s guest today is Dave Robinson. Dave is the Co-Executive Director of Church Movements (Cru) and Teaching Elder for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He is a mobilizer, teaching pastor and communicator.
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Mar 23, 2021 • 1h 27min
Yes, Jesus Used #DatPresup (Thoughts on John 22 and the Resurrection) | THINKPOD
There's a lot of debate about what method of apologetics is best. Evidentialists point to the abundance of evidence that really does exist. Classicalists point to the logical necessity of God's existence. Reformed Epistemologists remind us that belief in God is warranted. And Existentialists proclaim the utter satisfaction that comes from knowing Jesus. But what does method does Jesus actually use?
In this episode—live streamed late at night so you can watch after the kids go down—I want to analyze a famous encounter that the Lord Jesus Himself had with the "skeptics" of his day, the Sadducees, and show you that, in fact, Jesus used a Presuppositional approach.
Strap in and get those comments and questions ready. I want to show you that Jesus used #DatPresup.
As a bonus, Joel also took questions from live stream viewers, and got into a great discussion with a viewer about the Resurrection and the doctrine of soul sleep. Check it out!
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Mar 18, 2021 • 25min
8 Bible "Contradictions" Refuted in 8 Minutes | THINKPOD
This will be short and sweet. Let’s look at eight supposed contradictions in the Bible, and how to address them. These were proffered by a viewer on YouTube, which piqued my curiosity and sent me on a research wild goose hunt. Here are the objections and responses, along with links to sites where I found the answers.
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Mar 16, 2021 • 1h 23min
Patriarchy and Masculinity: Here's What You Need to Know | Michael Foster (THINKPOD)
Are men pointless? Can men get pregnant? Is there any actual difference between men and women? Who gets to ask these questions? And who, if anyone, has the answers? These are questions our fellow partakers of Western Civilization are asking, and followers of Jesus need to be able to answer them.
It’s time we had a conversation about what the Bible says makes a man a man—and why that is a good thing. Are you ready for a definition of manhood grounded in something more substantial and solid than mere emotions or societal preferences? How about God’s word and sound, biblical doctrine? As it turns out, Scripture does have quite a lot to say about manliness and masculinity. While it might ruffle some cultural feathers, it’s absolutely necessary to understand the biblical teaching on these subjects, if we want to progress into the future with sanity and clarity ourselves, and to inculcate truth in our children—both our sons and our daughters.
This episode of the Think Podcast has the potential to be a game changer for how you think and talk about masculinity, manliness and even the idea of patriarchy.
Specifically, you’ll find out…
Michael Foster's Backstory
Theological definitions of masculinity, manliness and patriarchy.
The difference between biblical patriarchy and evil patriarchy.
Whether the Western world is facing a masculinity crisis.
What Michael Foster really thinks about egalitarianism.
Much, much more
Joel’s guest is Michael Foster. Michael is the Managing Director of It’s Good To Be A Man. He is a serial-entrepreneur who has been in bi-vocational ministry the better part of his adult life. Michael is blessed with a wife and seven children, and is the pastor of East River Church (CREC) in Batavia, just outside Cincinnati.
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