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State of the Nation 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020


Andre Schutten explains the significance of recent court cases and legal developments in Canada as they relate to the freedoms and values of Canadians, and especially to the work of pastoral ministry.

State of the Nation 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020


Andre Schutten explains the significance of recent court cases and legal developments in Canada as they relate to the freedoms and values of Canadians, and especially to the work of pastoral ministry.

A Christian Philosophy of Work

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020


God is continually active in His created world, sustaining it at every moment. Human beings were made to worship and serve, to tend and keep God’s good creation, and our attitude toward work reflects our theology.

A Christian Philosophy of Work

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020


God is continually active in His created world, sustaining it at every moment. Human beings were made to worship and serve, to tend and keep God’s good creation, and our attitude toward work reflects our theology.

Christian Witness in a Hostile Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020


A proper Christology militates against statism or salvation by politics, because God's reign is not mediated by human powers and institutions, but by Christ alone. 

Christian Witness in a Hostile Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020


A proper Christology militates against statism or salvation by politics, because God's reign is not mediated by human powers and institutions, but by Christ alone.

The Heresy of Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020


In many cases, heretical, anti-God ideas only show themselves outside the sphere of the church. Joe Boot addresses the ARPA Niagara chapter on the heresy of liberal democracy. 

The Heresy of Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020


In many cases, heretical, anti-God ideas only show themselves outside the sphere of the church. Joe Boot addresses the ARPA Niagara chapter on the heresy of liberal democracy.

Government According to the Gospel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019


EICC Fellow Jonathan Burnside explains the blessings of following God's law that accrue to a nation.

Government According to the Gospel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019


EICC Fellow Jonathan Burnside explains the blessings of following God's law that accrue to a nation.

Cultivating Culture by Recovering a Christian Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019


The urgent task before God’s people in our time is the recovery of a Christian mind – most especially for those in ecclesiastical and cultural leadership. What we need is a wholesale recovery, and in some instances a fresh discovery, of what it means to think Christianly and therefore to be Christian.

Cultivating Culture by Recovering a Christian Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019


The urgent task before God’s people in our time is the recovery of a Christian mind – most especially for those in ecclesiastical and cultural leadership. What we need is a wholesale recovery, and in some instances a fresh discovery, of what it means to think Christianly and therefore to be Christian.

Apologetics Methodology

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019


At the 2019 Worldview Leadership Camp, Cory McKenna of the Cross Current explains why the Word of God must be the foundation for everything we believe, and that we can only recognize the false by first establishing a standard for what is true.

Apologetics Methodology

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019


At the 2019 Worldview Leadership Camp, Cory McKenna of the Cross Current explains why the Word of God must be the foundation for everything we believe, and that we can only recognize the false by first establishing a standard for what is true.

Creation and Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019


EICC Founder Joe Boot addresses pastors and church leaders at the CMI Canada Pastor's Retreat. What do Jesus and the kingdom of God have to do with the question of creation? 

Creation and Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019


EICC Founder Joe Boot addresses pastors and church leaders at the CMI Canada Pastor's Retreat. What do Jesus and the kingdom of God have to do with the question of creation?

Worldviews of the West: Scholasticism and Romanticism

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019


Andrew Sandlin traces the development of Scholasticism and Romanticism, two worldview movements that have contributed to the dominant contemporary worldviews of Western society.

Worldviews of the West: Scholasticism and Romanticism

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019


Andrew Sandlin traces the development of Scholasticism and Romanticism, two worldview movements that have contributed to the dominant contemporary worldviews of Western society.

Sphere Sovereignty

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2019


EICC Fellow and Runner Academy faculty member Willem Ouweneel explains the concept of sphere sovereignty.

Sphere Sovereignty

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019


EICC Fellow and Runner Academy faculty member Willem Ouweneel explains the concept of sphere sovereignty.

Engaging the Cultural Landscape

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018


Founder Joe Boot and EICC Fellow Ted Fenske join a panel discussion at BreakForth Edmonton to talk about racism, Christianity as colonialism, teaching your kids critical thinking, the relationship of the state to other spheres of society, and the principle of cultural diversity found in the Trinity.

Engaging the Cultural Landscape

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2018


Founder Joe Boot and EICC Fellow Ted Fenske join a panel discussion at BreakForth Edmonton to talk about racism, Christianity as colonialism, teaching your kids critical thinking, the relationship of the state to other spheres of society, and the principle of cultural diversity found in the Trinity.

Worldview, Pagan Revival, and Pagan Sexuality

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018


Peter Jones demonstrates the wide gulf between the Christian and non-Christian worldview, and the implications they each have for sexuality.

Worldview, Pagan Revival, and Pagan Sexuality

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018


Peter Jones demonstrates the wide gulf between the Christian and non-Christian worldview, and the implications they each have for sexuality.

Viewing the Cultural Landscape

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018


The residual Christian worldview is declining in our culture. Rather than seeking to encounter the world as it is given, the prevailing cultural motive is to impose on the world an artificial and unrealistic vision of origins, ethics and destiny that stands in rebellion to God.

Viewing the Cultural Landscape

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2018


The residual Christian worldview is declining in our culture. Rather than seeking to encounter the world as it is given, the prevailing cultural motive is to impose on the world an artificial and unrealistic vision of origins, ethics and destiny that stands in rebellion to God.

A Christian Theology of Arts and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018


Many Christians have deliberately avoided the sphere of art as an immoral and ungodly realm. But God has created man to be his representative and image-bearer in every area of life. It is part of the Christian duty to pursue godly art as a part of pursuing godly culture.

A Christian Theology of Arts and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2018


Many Christians have deliberately avoided the sphere of art as an immoral and ungodly realm. But God has created man to be his representative and image-bearer in every area of life. It is part of the Christian duty to pursue godly art as a part of pursuing godly culture.

Churchianity or Christianity

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2018


Rev. Dr. Joe Boot describes the theological framework from which to understand the missional call of every Christian. He encourages and challenges the church to fully understand and apply what it means to be called by Christ as culture shapers and transformers.

Churchianity or Christianity

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2018


Rev. Dr. Joe Boot describes the theological framework from which to understand the missional call of every Christian. He encourages and challenges the church to fully understand and apply what it means to be called by Christ as culture shapers and transformers.

The Gospel and the Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2018


What is the role of the church in society, and how does God expect His church to fulfil that role?

The Gospel and the Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2018


What is the role of the church in society, and how does God expect His church to fulfil that role?

Why do we Celebrate the Reformation?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017


The Protestant Reformation helped to recover a biblical understanding of personal, church, and political liberty.

Why do we Celebrate the Reformation?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017


The Protestant Reformation helped to recover a biblical understanding of personal, church, and political liberty.

Reformation Heritage: Martin Luther & God’s Justifying and Sanctifying Love

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2017


In memory of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Dr. David Robinson speaks on the reformer Martin Luther, the nailing up of the 95 Theses, and his understanding of God's Justifying and Sanctifying Love.

Reformation Heritage: Martin Luther & God's Justifying and Sanctifying Love

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2017


In memory of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Dr. David Robinson speaks on the reformer Martin Luther, the nailing up of the 95 Theses, and his understanding of God's Justifying and Sanctifying Love.

Gospel Culture: Crisis & Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017


How do we understand our present cultural moment? What is our relationship to the culture surrounding us? And what hope does Scripture offer our culture? In the first of a series of Cornerstones lectures, Dr. Joe Boot introduces us to the biblical concept of gospel culture.

Gospel Culture: Crisis & Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2017


How do we understand our present cultural moment? What is our relationship to the culture surrounding us? And what hope does Scripture offer our culture? In the first of a series of Cornerstones lectures, Dr. Joe Boot introduces us to the biblical concept of gospel culture.

The Uniqueness of Christ

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2017


When we talk about the uniqueness of Christ, we are actually making a statement about the meaning and purpose of all human history.

The Uniqueness of Christ

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017


When we talk about the uniqueness of Christ, we are actually making a statement about the meaning and purpose of all human history.

Rediscovering the Scope of the Gospel

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2017


The significance of the resurrection is more than a historical fact, though it certainly is that. It means that Christ is now glorified, reigning over all the world as the righteous king. Learn about the implications of the reign of Christ for daily life.

The Gospel and the Family

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2017


The family is a covenant institution and relationship which requires faithfulness. If we are to have any impact on the world around us, the first thing that must be transformed in our hearts and lives is our immediate relationships with our family.

Rediscovering the Scope of the Gospel

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017


The significance of the resurrection is more than a historical fact, though it certainly is that. It means that Christ is now glorified, reigning over all the world as the righteous king. Learn about the implications of the reign of Christ for daily life.

The Gospel and the Family

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017


The family is a covenant institution and relationship which requires faithfulness. If we are to have any impact on the world around us, the first thing that must be transformed in our hearts and lives is our immediate relationships with our family.

Building Bridges in Evangelism

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2016


In a society that is steadily abandoning its Christian heritage, how do we witness to and communicate with our unbelieving neighbours?

Building Bridges in Evangelism

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2016


In a society that is steadily abandoning its Christian heritage, how do we witness to and communicate with our unbelieving neighbours?

The Death of Man and the Crisis of the Social Order

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2016


Without love to God and a recognition of his Word-revelation to us in Christ and in Scripture, we are not only unable to truly love our neighbor, we cannot even identify them truly. We find, in fact, that we cannot answer the most elementary question ‘what is a human person?’ Our rejection of God and the image of God in man leads to the endless defacing and destruction of that image, rather than seeking life and light in the triune God. 

The Death of Man and the Crisis of the Social Order

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2016


Without love to God and a recognition of his Word-revelation to us in Christ and in Scripture, we are not only unable to truly love our neighbor, we cannot even identify them truly. We find, in fact, that we cannot answer the most elementary question ‘what is a human person?’ Our rejection of God and the image of God in man leads to the endless defacing and destruction of that image, rather than seeking life and light in the triune God.

The Espionage of the Kingdoms

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016


Worship of the true God has always been unintelligible to depraved minds. Natural man's impulse is toward self-worship, most clearly depicted in humanism and paganism. These false doctrines are most insidious not in the broader culture, but in the church.

The Propaganda of the Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016


Amidst all the complexity of the world, there are two basic ways to understand it - either in terms of God's Word or man's idea. Learn more about the significance of God's self-revelation through his Word.

Kingdoms and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016


Modern Western culture is increasingly hostile to the Christian worldview. How did we get to this point, and what is the Christian response?

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