In this episode of Food Trucks in Babylon, Andrew Pack and Todd Miles offer a definition of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They explore the ongoing implications of this good news in a believer's life and examine potential pitfalls that might cause someone to lose sight of the cross of Christ. They discuss why the cross is central to the gospel, why preachers should never move beyond preaching the forgiveness of sins, and what it really means to be gospel-centered.
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A PSA for Penal Substitutionary Atonement
Food Trucks kicks off a new season as Todd and Andrew explore the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement. Is this a "die for" issue for Christians? Or should it be a secondary issue? Todd and Andrew unpack the implications of the atonement as it relates to the character of God and the significance of the cross of Christ for believers.
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Equipping Women with Taylor Turkington
Todd and Andrew welcome back Taylor Turkington to the podcast for a conversation about the necessity of equipping women for ministry. They think through why some complementarian pastors have been hesitant to encourage the women in their churches to get theological training, whether women are better than men at teaching women, and how the church can do a better job encouraging women to be theologically trained.Taylor is the director of BibleEquipping, an organization that supports women who follow Jesus to study the Bible and teach it to those around them.Â
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Integrating Theology and Counseling with Bryan Warren
Todd welcomes Professor Bryan Warren to the podcast to talk about a model of Christian counseling that integrates both theology and psychology. They talk through the implications of holding up Scripture as the the Word of God while simultaneously learning from the insights of psychology to better understand people and the human condition. Â Bryan is assistant professor of counseling at Western Seminary. Western's counseling program offers the unique integration of Christian theology and counseling in a seminary context.
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A Theology of Response
Todd and Andrew discuss Andrew's upcoming book on a theology of response. Andrew unpacks how the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19 and Paul's "therefore" in Romans 12 help us see how the Christian life ought to be framed as a response to all that God has done for us in Christ.
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