After Class Podcast
by Ronald D. Peters, John C. Nugent, Samuel C. Long
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9.45 – 10 Commandments Countdown: #1 No Other God
9.45 – 10 Commandments Countdown: #1 No Other God
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What happens when you lock an Old Testament, New Testament, and Theology professor in a room to discuss provocative topics related to bible and theology? Find out as you listen to the podcast of three professors from Great Lakes Christian College engage the sorts of questions students ask ... after class.
Featuring (from left to right in the logo) Samuel C. Long, Ronald D. Peters, John C. Nugent
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- 9.45 – 10 Commandments Countdown: #1 No Other God · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 45One of many, or the the one and only? If there is only one God, and we come to know Him by what He does, then any preconceived notions of who or what a deity is need to be cast…
- 9.44 - 10 Commandments Countdown: #2 No Idols · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 44We have come a long way from carving images and bowing down to them, but is that all idol worship is about? Today, the guys dig into the commandment not to worship idols and…
- 9.43 - Guest Speaker: Heather Gorman - Being One · 51 min · Season 9 Episode 43Heather Gorman, Professor of New Testament at Abilene Christian University and a guest speaker during Restoration Week at Great Lakes Christian College, makes a guest appearance…
- 9.42 - 10 Commandments Countdown: #3 The Name of the LORD · 56 min · Season 9 Episode 42Is profanity just about curse words, or is there something more to it? Does an oath taken in the name of the Lord elevate our words or degrade His reputation? Should we avoid…
- 9:41 - 10 Commandments Countdown: #4 Honor the Sabbath · 54 min · Season 9 Episode 41Take one day off a week to do no work and such… Done! Wait, is the Sabbath just about a day? Does Sabbath rest get in the way of our ability to thrive, or is the practice itself…
- 9.40 – 10 Commandments Countdown: #5 Honor Your Parents · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 40When it comes to disciplining a child, there is debate over how effective spanking is. But what about death as a punishment for dishonoring your parents? Today, the guys dig into…
- 9.39 – 10 Commandments Countdown: #6 No Murder · 49 min · Season 9 Episode 39Do not murder! Easy enough. Or is it? The biblical worldview just might stand in contrast to how we view hunting, justice, revenge, self-defense, and more. Today, the guys dig…
- 9.38 – 10 Commandments Countdown: No Adultery · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 38In a culture that embraces a wide expression of sexual ethics, the prohibition against adultery is more than simply a call not to cheat on a spouse. It is a call to a kind of…
- 9.37 – 10 Commandments Countdown: Do Not Steal · 47 min · Season 9 Episode 37Do not steal. Simple enough, right? But what if stealing meant feeding your family? Surely that is understandable… But what if you lived in a community where you never had to…
- 9.36 - 10 Commandments Countdown: #9 — Bearing False Witness · 52 min · Season 9 Episode 36Have you ever asked someone to lie on your behalf? Have you ever lied on behalf of another? Have you ever let the masses dictate how you act, even when you knew it was wrong?…
- 9.35 - 10 Commandments Countdown: #10 Coveting · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 35God has given you everything you need, and He is all you need. If you said "Amen," then why do you covet? The Ten Commandments are more than a generic law code that anyone can…
- 9.34 - Politics and Faith: Respectful Disentanglement · 55 min · Season 9 Episode 34How do we present the very political biblical worldview without doing it in a worldly political way? Do Moses, Joseph, Daniel and company, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther prove that…
- 9.33 - Politics and Faith: Relating to the Powers · 49 min · Season 9 Episode 33Do you believe Christians should control the outcome of political and state decisions? Should Christians fear governing authorities? How do Christians engage and interact with…
- 9.32 - Politics and Faith: A Different Way · 49 min · Season 9 Episode 32Do Christians have dual citizenship? Are Christians called to utilize their earthly citizenship as leverage? Is the Christian expression of a new Kingdom reality one that seeks…
- 9.31 - Politics and Faith - Greater Tension · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 31Are you removing tension from your life by sacrificing the way of the Kingdom of God? Today the guys conclude their series by exploring the final seven tensions between the…
- 9.30 - Politics and Faith: Tension Continues · 47 min · Season 9 Episode 30As we continue exploring the contrast between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of the World, we begin asking the practical questions that expose where our true allegiance lies…
- 9.29 - Politics and Faith: Tension · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 29Jesus commands us to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. But how should citizens of the Kingdom of God engage with the kingdoms of this world? In today's…
- 9.28 - Politics and Faith - Allegiance Continued · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 28Is the world ultimately transformed through the voting booth, or through a people who faithfully live out the "strange" teachings of Christ? Do Christians need governments to…
- 9.27 - Politics and Faith: The Pledge Of Allegiance · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 27Who Has Your Allegiance? Your Nation... or the Kingdom of God? Can a Christian faithfully serve both their country and the Kingdom of God? Or, when push comes to shove, must one…
- 9.26 - Politics and Faith: Distinct Christian Influence · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 26Continuing last week's conversation, we explore how God's set-apart people are to relate to the nations. Israel was forbidden from making alliances with the nations, and its way…
- 9.25 - Politics and Faith: Unique Politics · 53 min · Season 9 Episode 25Up to this point, we've identified who the powers and principalities are and the role they play. Today, the guys shift the conversation to how God's set-apart people should…
- 9.24 - Politics and Faith: Judgement of the Nations · 54 min · Season 9 Episode 24If God holds the nations accountable, shouldn't we, in the spirit of the prophets, join Him in calling the nations to account for their actions? But what does God actually hold…
- 9.23 – Politics and Faith: Christ Above All Powers · 52 min · Season 9 Episode 23All things were created through Him and for Him. Above all creation, this includes the powers and principalities of this world. Christians proclaim a God who is above all…
- 9.22 – Politics and Faith: The Powers Behind the Powers · 50 minWho really rules the nations? God, governments, or something else entirely? Today, the guys continue their discussion on governing authorities by looking at one of the Bible's…
- 9.21 - Politics and Faith: Spiritual Reality · 49 min · Season 9 Episode 21Is God on your political side? Scripture may say otherwise. Sam, John, and Ron continue their series on governing authorities by challenging one of the most common assumptions…
- 9.20 - The Government, the Gospel, and the Christian: Pick a Side? · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 20What if the nation you despise most is actually on God's payroll? In this episode of The After Class Podcast, John, Ron, and Sam trace what the Bible really says about God and…
- 9.19 - The Government, the Gospel, and the Christian: Introduction · 53 min · Season 9 Episode 19How does the language of the Bible talk about how God's people should relate to governing authorities and the level of our engagement with them? What do we do when differing…
- 9.18 – Lord's Supper 6: More Than a Meal · 57 min · Season 9 Episode 18Today, the guys wrap up the series and share some final observations and takeaways. But first, Paul writes that in the Supper we proclaim the Lord's death until He comes, through…
- 9.17 - Lord's Supper 5: The Flesh and the Blood · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 17So far guys have covered the following aspects in the Lord's Supper series: * Building on OT sacred meals * Commemorating key events in sacred history * Meal practices with Jesus…
- 9.16 - Lord's Supper 4: Three Accounts · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 16Today, the guys look into the Last Supper accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, investigating the differences and what they reveal about the Lord's Supper, the influence of…
- 9.15 - Lord's Supper 3: Celebrating the Kingdom · 47 min · Season 9 Episode 15Ritual? Meal? Nourishment? Remembrance? Micro-banquet? Flesh and blood? What is the Lord's Supper—and how are we meant to practice it? What does it have to do with the other…
- 9.14 - Lord's Supper 2: The Heart of the Meals · 47 min · Season 9 Episode 14Who do you eat with? Sinners? Tax collectors? Church leaders and influencers? Today, the guys survey the wider narrative of meals presented in the New Testament in hopes of…
- 9.13 - Lord's Supper 1: Setting the Table · 47 min · Season 9 Episode 13What is the Lord's Supper? Who can partake in it? What is it about? In today's episode, the guys set the table for how the Bible speaks about food, festival, and feast. Pull up a…
- 9.12 - Hot Take: When a Christian Falls · 56 min · Season 9 Episode 12When another Christian falls in a big way on the public stage, what is the responsibility of the broader Christian community? Do we have an obligation to respond right away and…
- 9.11 - Truth: The Way of Life · 47 min · Season 9 Episode 11Is the truth in you? Are you one who loves in deed and truth, obeying what Jesus has commanded? Or do you find yourself often falling into the trap of lip service and…
- 9.10 - Truth: Is He the Way? · 51 min · Season 9 Episode 10Today the guys reach the completion of John's Gospel. Truth is framed through the new revelation brought to us in Christ as we grow beyond the need for a pedagogue under the law…
- 9.9 - Truth: John Gets Fresh · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 9Today we step into the Gospel of John, where truth is described as coming from above — and where John provides a fresh framing of truth. Grace and truth — why are they paired…
- 9.8 - Truth: Riled Up · 46 min · Season 9 Episode 8False teaching is real. Some people will intentionally try to rile you up or pick you off when you are away from the body. Others tie their teaching to their own glory and…
- 9.7 - Truth: Delusions and Governance · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 7We have a duty to reflect God's truth to the world. If truth is something worth living — and dying — for, do Christians have a duty to correct error throughout the world, in…
- 9.6 - Truth: Affirmation or Love? · 48 min · Season 9 Episode 6Biblically, truth comes from God, and intermingling truth with perversion or distortion—no matter how sincere—removes us from God's truth. Yikes. What is the difference between…
- 9.5 - Truth: In Action · 51 min · Season 9 Episode 5Truth defined by God stands in contrast to truth claims grounded primarily in experience. In this episode, Ron rides confidently through his home terrain in the New Testament…
- 9.4 - Truth: Justice · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 4Truth and justice. Is there truth apart from justice? What are the implications of knowing the truth without acting justly? This week on After Class, the guys turn to the…
- 9.3 - Truth: Biblical Agenda · 46 min · Season 9 Episode 3If you are not committed to the truth, your witness is compromised. If truth has an agenda, how does the Bible weigh in on truth in a world where it may be twisted? We need a…
- 9.2 - Truth: Ahem... · 46 min · Season 9 Episode 2In today's episode of After Class, the guys step into the world of philosophical and biblical truth, tracing how the Western tradition once held philosophy and Christianity…
- 9.1 - Truth: AI and Research · 50 min · Season 9 Episode 1AI is changing how people think about truth and how they fact-check information. While AI has immense access to information and processing power, someone with a bias had to train…
- 8.49 - The Promised Land · 48 min · Season 8 Episode 49Get ready for some holy hilarity! The guys are dishing out their hot take on The Promised Land, a new show that's basically a biblical mockumentary. Tune in to hear their review…
- 8.48 - Christmas and Critics · 48 min · Season 8 Episode 48"Jesus wasn't born on December 25th!" Are you mad? Faith shattered? Christmas ruined? May it never be! With the actual birth date of Jesus a mystery, why did Christians gravitate…
- 8.47 - Frank Viola: Worship in Empty Rooms · 55 min · Season 8 Episode 47Empty worship, copies of temples, and priests in rooms full of… nothing. Have you ever felt like you were going through the motions, but God wasn't there? In today's episode…
- 8.46 - 1 Peter: Conclusions · 49 min · Season 8 Episode 46Is an elder always an Elder, or are they simply an elder—and how does that change what Peter says about them in chapter five? Tune in to today's episode to make sense of that…
- 8.43 - 1 Peter - Conspicuous In-House Activity · 52 min · Season 8 Episode 43Turn from evil and grow in love and devotion toward one another, brothers and sisters in the faith. Following Christ does not mean we will always get along. In fact, we may be…
