Napkin Theology

#24 – The New Testament Canon

Stan Ward — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:14:22 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDQXNcPoC08

Why certain books made the New Testament and not others.

#23 – Big Trouble with Little Sins

Robbie Jones — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:10:13 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBajXr9pNZM

Why even “little” sins can be destructive for souls designed for eternity.

#22 – Last Things: Amillennialism

Stan Ward — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:07:25 +0000

The sixth in the series Eschatology: First Thoughts on Last Things. This episode explains the basics of the Amillennial view.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJA4oWKkIS8

#21 – Last Things: Post-Millennialism

Robbie Jones — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:29:35 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q_JNuVWq6k

The fifth in the series Eschatology: First Thoughts on Last Things. This episode explains the basics of the Post-Millennial (or Post-Mill for short) view.

#20 – Last Things: Pre-Millennialism

Robbie Jones — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:55:56 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNJeQBTxEIs

The fourth in the series, Eschatology: First Thoughts on Last Things. This episode explains the basics of the Pre-Millennial (or Pre-Mill for short) view.

#19 – Last Things: Mid-Tribulation

Robbie Jones — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:13:24 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvORts84W2c

The third in a series on Eschatology, the study of last things. This episode explains the basics of the Mid-Tribulation (or Mid-Trib for short) view.

#18 – Last Things: Post-Tribulation

Robbie Jones — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:03:30 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVEeVgj0i4c

The second in the series, Eschatology: First Thoughts on Last Things. This episode explains the basics of the Post-Tribulation (or Post-Trib for short) view.

#17 – Last Things: Pre-Tribulation

Stan Ward — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:50:09 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoJoZ047v0k

The first in the series, Eschatology: First Thoughts on Last Things. This episode explains the basics of the Pre-Tribulation (or Pre-Trib) view.

#16 – Spiritual Gifts

Stan Ward — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:35:45 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NM-g7VKmaU

A look at 1 Corinthians 12 - 14 and what should motivate our use of spiritual gifts.

#15 – When Bad Things Happen

Stan Ward — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:20:05 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWthemKq7_I

A reflection on Christian faith during suffering

Transcript:

Welcome to Napkin Theology.

Today on Napkin Theology, let’s discuss a difficult topic that needs an honest conversation and that is the topic of Christian suffering. How do we respond when bad things happen? Well, I suggest there’s a continuum of responses. That response begins with asking a question: How could a good God let something like this happen? But at the other end of the continuum is a statement: God is good and He let this happen. Now at the beginning of this process when we ask, “How could God be good and let this happen?” or, “How could a good god let this happen?” there’s often so much pain there, so much frustration, doubt, so much sense of loss or injustice that the question itself has tremendous gravity almost like a planet that’s keeping a satellite in orbit. And so the first response is a kind of orbit but the good news is one does not have to necessarily be stuck in that orbit. That in time, as a person continues dealing with this question, they can eventually break free and develop movement forward with a hope of eventually getting to this resolution of being able to say God is good and He let that happen. But what’s interesting about this part is that while here we have an orbit and here we’re breaking free, something different happens when we meet this resolution and we develop what is essentially an elliptical orbit. Now, remember that an ellipses has to foci, and so in the same way, the believer is able to keep in front of their minds that God is good and He let this happen but they are also concerned with those who are along the path and they’re working out, reaching back to those people helping them continue on in this continuum of faith. And so in this process, we see the working out of Romans 8:28. Here we are able to see how God works all things together for the good of those who love him and are called according to His purpose in other words this verse is not just about the benefit of individual Christians but about the benefits of the community of faith.

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