Regent College Podcast
Faith, life, and theology come together in this bi-weekly look into the people and ideas that shape Regent College.
Episodes
362 episodes
A Theology of Disability and Limitation - With Dr. Eleanor McLaughlin
How are we to understand human flourishing in light of limitation and disability? How can we use technology that promotes human flourishing and promotes relational health as well? What are we to make of human limitation and disabili...
Art Amidst Conflict and Crisis- With Dr. Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin
What is the purpose of art in times of crisis and conflict? How can art bring healing amidst pain and suffering? What role does art play in a politically polarized culture? We discussed these questions and more with Dr. ...
Musical Space, Trinitarian Understanding, and Prophetic Lament - With Dr. Chelle Stearns
Why is music predominant in our worship services and what is it meant for? How might music even teach us about doctrinal statements such as the trinity? And why is lament an important aspect within music for the formation of the who...
Wisdom Literature, Proverbs, and the Fear of the Lord - With Dr. Tremper Longman
What is Biblical wisdom literature? How does Proverbs fit into the wisdom literature and how does one apply it? What does the fear of the Lord mean and how can one cultivate a healthy fear of the Lord? We discussed these questions and mor...
Metaphor, Poetry, and Maternal Imagery - With Dr. Beth Stovell
How are we to understand metaphors in the Bible? What is conceptual metaphor theory and how does this fit into Biblical metaphor? How can pastors and church leaders engage with the culture using Biblical metaphor's and contemporary ...
Politics, Liberalism, and Christianity - With Dr. John M. Owen
What does the church and scripture have to say in regards to politics and governmental structures? What is Liberalism and how does it fit into the relationship between church and state? Should pastors and church leaders talk about p...
Might From the Margins- With Dr. Dennis Edwards
How do the Johannine epistles inform our modern understanding of love? Why is the power of the gospel most visible among those on the margins? We had a conversation with Dr. Dennis Edwards about how the power of the gospel is presen...
Radical Hospitality and Justice - With Dr. Krish Kandiah
How is Christian hospitality connected to justice? What does it look like to emulate Christ's hospitality and justice? Are followers of Jesus supposed to have a balanced life? Did Christ have a balanced life? We had a co...
From Politics to Palliative Care - With Mike Baird
We had a conversation with Mike Baird who was the 44th Premier of New South Wales in Australia, a former investment banker, a Regent alum, and currently works in the palliative care sector. Mike shared with us his experience working in in...
Spiritual Friendship - With Dr. Wesley Hill
The relationship of friendship is often malleable, free, and unconstrained compared to familial or marriage relationships, but is this how it is supposed to be? We had a conversation with Dr. Wesley Hill who wrote a book on this top...
Latin Protestant Christology, Liberation Theology, and Holistic Mission - With Dr. Jules Martinez-Olivieri
What is Latin Protestant Christology? What is Liberation Theology and why are some apprehensive towards it. Dr. Jules Martinez-Olivieri has written and taught extensively on these questions. He brings both historical and anthropolog...
How Art Shapes Empathy - With Dr. Mary McCampbell
How does our imagination impact our ability to empathize? Storytelling, art, film, music, and books all have the ability to shape our imaginations and can move us into greater levels of empathy for others. Dr. Mary McCampbell recent...
Wise Leadership #5: Becoming Self-aware and God-aware Leaders - With Melissa Russell
How should leaders measure success? Why do leaders often suffer from burnout and how can they avoid it? And how does empowering and raising up female leaders help to combat slavery and oppression throughout the globe. We had a...
Wise Leadership #4: Becoming Curious and Inquisitive Leaders - With Dr. Peter Shaw
Often we think of a leader having all the answers and the one setting vision for people. While it is true that leaders must answer questions and set vision they must also have an even greater ability to ask good questions.&nbs...
Wise Leadership #3: Becoming Leaders in Community- With Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst
Leaders can become stars, celebrities, and potential saviours to many people they lead and even themselves. Often this can lead to burnout or fallout and a misconstrued view of what leadership is. We had a conversation with Dr. Rut...
Wise Leadership #2: Becoming Leaders That See - With Linda Chonco
We are continuing our series on Wise Leadership. This week we had a conversation with Linda Chonco who is enrolled in Regent's MALTS program and works for
Wise Leadership #1: Becoming Lead Servants - With Dr. Uli Chi
What is wise Biblical leadership and how does this play out practically? Servant leadership is common language today, but what does this really look like? And can poetry teach us anything about leading well? We discuss these questio...
God's Providence, Geopolitics, and Prayer - With Dr. David Robinson
How are we to understand the doctrine of providence? Can we discern God's divine purposes in the world? How does intercessory prayer work in the midst of God's providence? How should followers of Jesus respond to suffering in ...
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ - With Dr. Ross Hastings
Often we talk about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but don't actually understand its meaning for humanity and all of creation. Even more we focus on the Atonement of Christ without realizing that the Resurrection is significantly conne...
Old Testament Suffering and Life with God - With Dr. Isabelle Hamley
Oppression, pain, slavery, and trauma are all a part of Israel’s story. In the midst of this pain God responds. We sat down with Dr. Isabelle Hamley and discussed how we can learn from Israel’s story and the Old Testament scriptures...
Biblical Hermeneutics #4, Reading Scripture Confessionally - With Dr. Ellen F. Davis
What does it mean to read the scripture confessionally? How do we interpret the difficult verses of scripture that seem to endorse genocide and other difficult texts? Can we learn how to read scripture from other faith backgrounds? ...
Biblical Hermeneutics #3, A Systematic Theologians Perspective - With Dr. Hans Boersma
Have you ever wondered what the difference between a Biblical Scholar and Systematic Theologian is? What is the role of tradition when it comes to interpreting scripture? Is it necessary to have a platonic framework to understand sc...
Biblical Hermeneutics #2, A Biblical Scholars Perspective - With Dr. Scott McKnight
Have you ever wondered what biblical scholars want theologians to know when interpreting scripture? Continuing in our Biblical Hermeneutics series, we had the opportunity to have a conversation with Dr. Scott McKnight. He has recently wri...
Biblical Hermeneutics #1, The Right Reading of Scripture - With Dr. Iain Provan
How should we think about scripture in our post-modern contexts? What are we to do with historical and scientific discoveries that supposedly contradict scripture? Does inherency and infallibility still play a part in our modern Bib...
The Pedagogy of Praise - With Dr. Jeff Greenman
Churches gather weekly, but for what purpose? We sat down, in person, and had a conversation with Dr. Jeff Greenman around this very question. In it we discussed Jeff's book, The Pedagogy of Praise, which delves into ...