Dr. Will Ryan and Pastor Matt spend some time with Dr. John Walton of Wheaton discussing principles of trusting God and how COVID-19 and the Corona Virus may be viewed within the understanding of the book of Job.
Doc Ryan & Pastor Matt discuss The New Earth - Final state of Eternity - when Christ accomplishes God’s original purposes for creation, reverses Adam’s curse, culminates his fulfillment of God’s promises to Abraham, and, ultimately, provides his people a place to dwell with God for eternity.
The rapture thinking isn’t Biblical. Not only did Paul not think this way but neither did Jesus, in fact none of the Biblical Authors thought this way. It started with an Anglo-Irish theologian, who in the 1830s invented the concept. Before John Nelson Darby imagined this scenario in the clouds, no Christian had ever heard of the rapture. the word "rapture"and even the idea of it simply doesn't appear anywhere in the Bible. The “rapture” is simply not part of the biblical picture. And, it often ...
• When a Christian dies, he or she enters into what theologians call the intermediate state, a transitional period between our past lives on Earth and our future resurrection to life on the New Earth. Usually when we refer to “Heaven,” we mean the place that Christians go when they die. (paradise) • By definition, an intermediate state or location is temporary. Life in the Heaven we go to when we die . . . is not our final destination. It may be a less conscious state. It’s not the place God pro...
Psalm 22:1—“my God, my God why have you forsaken me?” The opening line of Psalm 22 beautifully expresses the anguish of the psalmist. Shows Jesus' humanity and full trust in the victory through God on the cross.
Ryan and Matt take a look at the ideas of salvation and sanctification as part of the Good News. They discuss the idea of salvation as a momentary experience vs a journey and consider what a better method of introducing someone to the good news may be.
Pastor Matt and Dr. Ryan answer the question what is the gospel. Some look at Salvation alone as the gospel, but we will show that Salvation itself is simply described throughout the Bible as a journey of being faithful and obedient (Allegiant); giving our life (Nephesh) as Jesus gave his. A king, a kingdom, freedom from slavery, and restoration of an Edenic plan for all people the NT and OT would affirm that the Gospel is is the journey of obedience to a complete vocational calling as a lightbe...
Our Westernized (American church) thinking, heavily influenced by Reformational theology has left most of us confused about what the Gospel (good News) is and how Salvation and Sanctification work in the life of a Believer. We have sought to use ways to communicate God's plan of Salvation and the start of the journey of following Jesus by simple steps or something called the Romans Road. Unfortunately both models have likely caused more problems than Good. Today in part 1 we simply take a look a...
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Works Contract: Collosians/Ephesians/Genesis/Mosaic law Within this narrative, creation itself is understood as a kind of Temple, a heaven-and-earth duality, (body becomes a temple of the HS) where humans function as the “image-bearers” within a cosmic Temple, part of earth yet reflecting the life and love of heaven. Humans don’t simply “keep moral standards” but “live” enjoying God’s presence here and hereafter: to celebrate, worship, procreate, and take responsibility within the rich, vivid de...
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Regathering of the Nations Mystery Christ’s sufferings instructed in love Mystery o As you received Christ Jesus the Lord.” As—it’s the Greek word hōs; it’s just a conjunction. It can mean “just as,” (likeness) o rooted, built up, established, and abounding o Salvation based on faith o 3 Graces • Philosophy, Traditions, & Elemental Spirits (stoicheia) o BASIC PRINCIPLES=unseen powers of evil o Heiser Walton Wright o The Deity – not theiotēs, ‘divinity’, but theotēs, ‘Deity’ o Circumcision it...
We take a look at Colossians chapter one and explore some of the themes and issues of the chapter to include: Saints/Holy ones Inheritance Deuteronomy 32 worldview Nahalah= kleros The new Exodus Cosmic Geography Domain of darkness Redemption Ransom Theory The Christ hymn and the Jewish Wisdom Tradition Epignosis Gnosticism or Pre-Gnosticism Mysticism Stoicism Luke 11:49 vs Matt 23:34 = Jesus is God’s wisdom Image of God Firstborn Firstborn of the dead plērōma Reconciliation Disinherited Reconcil...
Pastor Matt and Doc Ryan look at the book of Colossians and introduce a class and series of videos discussing date, authorship, location, heresy, greek, christology, codes, styles, diaspora, stoics, judaism, false doctrine, lost letter, Colossae, Ephesus, Rome, Onesimus, Aristarchus, prison Epistles, Theology, language, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Clement of Alexandria, Gnosticism, Lycus Valley, earthquake, destruction, worship of angels, Deuteronomy 32, Trinitarianism, Second Temple Jewish binita...
The book of Ruth has reminded us of God's love for, and faithfulness to, His people in all situations, and this final chapter shows us how all the elements of a once seemingly-hopeless situation are part of God's incredible plan for Ruth's life.
In Chapter three we look at what Ruth and Boaz did on the threshing floor during the night that the two were together and the implications within the text. Many choose to avoid the obvious sexual overtones throughout the chapter but today we will glean from boldly discussing the ramifications of the Biblical threshing floor and discover the purity within the story in the midst of many sexual metaphors.
This is an in depth Bible study of Ruth Chapter 2. The redeeming part of Ruth is not just the plot but it is the entire story. The beauty of the gospel is not just found in what God did, but why He did it as well: love. We will study the Christ Typology.
This is an in depth Study looking at the life of Ruth and her family setting up the picture of God's Love for Israel and reclaiming those that have gone away from him and are welcomed back. There is a Deuteronomy 32 worldview connection as well as some historical background on the worship of false gods.
This is the first of a series of videos on Ruth and the background to the book. Ruth is an exquisitely wrought jewel of Hebrew narrative art.This story of Ruth is a love story, showing themes of Yahweh's people reclaimed by repentance and faith, in a story of covenant hope to lost peoples and nations by the Redeemer.
In this episode we cover a deeper understanding of the Deuteronomy 32- supernatural worldview (Coined by Dr. Michael Heiser- Naked Bible Podcast) of the Bible and how it fits with your theology for the rest of scripture.
Pastor Steve Cassell joins Doc Ryan to discuss the Words of Job's wife.
Taking a look at the final thoughts and words of Job. Its a call to man up and trust God as the Sovereign relational God of Love. In a heart of servanthood and humility repent and pray.
Doc Ryan of Expedition 44 and Pastor Matt take a deeper look at the monsters of the book of Job.
Doc Ryan and Pastor Matt take a look at the dialogue speeches in the book of job and the characters that give them. Chapters 3- 27 is the dialogue chapter of the book in 29 begins the discourse section of the book so what we have in chapter 28 is basically an interesting hymn. Theodicy – the vindication of the justice of God in the light of humanity's suffering The conventional answer in ancient Israel was that God rewards virtue and punishes sin (the principle known as "retributive justice") In...
The traditional response to Job is to view Satan as the same entity as the cosmic evil force of Satan as characterized in the New Testament. But when you consider the Hebrew usage of the term it isn't quite as clear. Doc Ryan and Pastor Matt take an in depth look at the character that plays the role of the challenger in the book of job and what other theological considerations you may explore through this study.
Doc Ryan takes a look at the role that the wife of Job plays in the book. Did she leave Job because of all the sufferings? Did she die? Was there a second wife? We know that Job’s wealth and family were greatly restored and increased to him as we read in Job 42:12-13, “So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters.” Th...
Perhaps you have always thought of the story of Job as difficult within the character of God. John Walton has shared that many readers have a very skewed perception of the character of God in Job. Most people look at this book and think that God is in a betting match with Satan, ruins a righteous mans life for no apparent (good) reason, and wipes out his family (also God following people) to make a point to the adversary; all with no explanation to man and in the end just gives a speech that we ...
Doc Ryan and Matt kick off a series on the Book of Job. We dive in with an introduction and discuss several key points of the book to include: -righteousness linked with Blessings -Policy of righteousness -Suffering -God is wise -Trial -Accuser the satan - theodicy -Divine Council -Authorship -Wisdom -Dead sea scrolls -open theism
