A group of UIndy students discuss the bible in the Martin building on campus Cover art photo provided by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@hermez777
Kylie Frandsen teaches on the biblical patterns of what it means for someone's faith to be tested by the Lord. She poses the questions: "Are all difficult times in life a test from God?", "Why does the Lord test us?", "Are temptations a test from God?", "How do we 'pass' the tests the Lord gives us?", and "What happens if we don't 'pass' the Lord's tests?" and discusses what the answer to these questions might mean about the nature of the God we follow.
Luke and Kylie Frandsen and Luke Gleich dive into the scriptural understanding and context of women's roles in a marriage and in the church. Some additional resources available that we might suggest are: A breakdown of the Egalitarian view of common Complementarian arguments: https://www.abc-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BIBLE-STUDY-ON-WOMEN-IN-MINISTRY-for-ABWIM-Resource-List.pdf An explanation on the 1 Timothy 2 “bomb”: https://juniaproject.com/defusing-1-timothy-212-bomb/ A deep dive to both Egalitarian and Complementarian perspectives, with scripture, along with objections and responses for both sides: https://cbmw.org/2007/06/26/summaries-of-the-egalitarian-and-complementarian-positions/ If you're looking for more discussion or have questions about this topic, reach out to whyhousechurch@gmail.com.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on the biblical pattern of prophecy in the Old and New Testaments. She poses the question, “What makes the difference between those who pursue prophecy and those who despise it?”
Luke Frandsen explains competitive video games' balancing mechanisms and the unbalanced nature of the King of kings and Lord of lords. Luke also makes spiritual warfare more intense but less exciting in the same hour because in-depth understandings often make things more complex than we thought at first.
Juliette Landon asks the question why love is the greatest of faith, hope and love and looks for answers in the scripture
Kylie Frandsen teaches on what it means to be a priesthood and to minister to the covenant of the Lord. She asks not, “What do we want this to mean for us?” But instead, “What did the authors intend for this to speak to their audiences—and how can we understand the Lord more like they did?”
RPG stands for Role Playing Game, its a genre of video games in which character creation and development play central roles in gameplay. Luke uses an extended metaphor to liken a common approach to faith in God to a common approach to RPG's, most notably Bethesda Studios' popular 2011 hit RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which Luke would recommend.
Collin leads a discussion about Hope. What does our Hope lie in with trials and persecutions in this dark world.
Luke Frandsen, Luke Gleich, Nathan Munson, and Kylie Frandsen gather to take a deeper look into the scripture surrounding women’s roles in life and ministry, including the pieces that seem confusing and even contradictory on the surface.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on how God hears the prayers of the righteous and they are powerful as they are working. So what does it mean to be righteous, and what does it look like to be heard by the Lord and receive from faithful prayers?
What does it mean for the Church to seek unity with Christ and one another—especially given that Christ Himself says He came to bring not peace but division?
Juliette and De teach on the different aspects from parable of the ten minas. The aspects of apathy, being ashamed of gospel, and not being fully obedient to the call of God.
A spoken word by Emily McLean. Background music: The Untold by Secession Studios.
Luke Frandsen discusses the foundations of architecture with the pun intended and voices his criticism of (surprise) another facet of American culture.
Luke Frandsen teaches on the nature of the enemy and how both Satan and his servants come as counterfeit servants of light.
Luke Frandsen teaches alone in his apartment in an attempt to dovetail off of his recent two teachings (Romans 9 and Basement Bunkers, listen to those first) and talk through a passage of scripture that begs a lot of questions. Luke is drawn to questions, if nothing else. He also is a fan of star wars, and completing a trilogy well is important to him, even if it isn't to Disney. Shots fired. Thats a different podcast.
The goal is to know God and make him know. Let’s explore how scripture points to that.
Juliette Landon does a spoken word about being a Christian in our broken world. Song: Real by NF
Kylie Frandsen teaches on the discipline of the Lord, correction of the church, and how we edify one another to keep our minds set on the things of God.
Molly Robinson ask the question of what does it mean to serve Yaweh?
Juliette Landon talks about becoming mature as a body of christ not just as individuals.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on what it means for Jesus to say that His blood is the blood of the (new) covenant, poured out for many and for the forgiveness of sins.
Collin talks about the elementary principles of Christ and then what comes after that.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on preparing for and receiving the kingdom—and how we shouldn’t try to accomplish one but neglect the other.
Molly Robinson teaches about sensuality is beyond just sex, it’s so much more. We are called to submit to the Lord not our flesh.
Luke Frandsen critically approaches another entertainment medium and posits conspiratorial thinking as an approach to textual exegesis.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on the scriptural patterns of how both God and His people respond to complex (and what often seem like conflicting) emotions in the midst of both joy and affliction.
In this teaching titled after a verse that isn’t mentioned in the teaching, Kylie Frandsen teaches on the will of the Father and Christians’ roles in bringing His will to earth.
Molly Robinson begins to open up the conversation about love, and how we view it, and how the way it is presented in the Bible. We read a large portion of 1 John 4 and explain some of the connection between other passages. We ask the question of what does it mean to be perfected in love?
Molly inform us about the debate of continuationism vs cessationism. Are the gifts if the spirit and miracles still available for us today? She uses the bible to back up her view points and invite other to look more into more as well. She as to begin to think a lot how incredible power the Holy Spirit is and can be.
Juliette Landon talks about being prepared at all times and bearing good and bad fruit and harvesting for God.
Collin Fausnaugh talks about What it means to be Slaves to Sin vs Slaves to God
Luke Frandsen is surprisingly reserved and calm when teaching on the scriptures. If you want to, you can probably dismantle his argument and interpretation. Luke has only sought meaning from the text and the spirit, not man, however, so your argument should probably be anointed.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on what it means that our God is “the God of gods,” the supernatural worldview of the ancient Israelites, and what it means for our own interaction with the supernatural realities around us. For a deeper study into this understanding, she recommends “The Unseen Realm” or “Supernatural” by Dr. Michael Heiser.
Abby teaches about the importance of serving God and not man. And also speaks about giving God all we have for his Glory and will to be done on earth.
Molly Robinson challenges herself and others to ask the questions: Are we focusing in the things that God wants us to be? Do we have an error in emphasis?
Juliette Landon gives a short teaching about seeking Gods Kingdom First.
Molly Robinson reflects on how she has seen that many times why people don't choose to be Christian is because they don't realize how powerful God truly is.
Juliette Landon teaches on the connection between the old and new testaments and how they handle Gods’s priesthood and temple. She poses the question: Are we keeping God’s temple holy, or are we more focused on pleasing man?
Molly Robinson teaches on what it means to be a child of God, yet mature in faith and ready to work as a soldier for Christ.
Luke Frandsen gives the opposite of an altar call and explains why he does so.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on what it looks like to receive good gifts from the Father, the presence of evil in the midst of God’s goodness, and what it means to receive the ultimate good gift of the Father: the Holy Spirit.
Are we taking advantage of the fact that we can communicate with God?
Kylie Frandsen teaches on what proper humility looks like, how it leads to proper worship, and what it means to be a child, heir, and saint of God.
Kylie Frandsen leads a discussion in apparent contradictions of faith and works in relationship to the justification of the believer. If the description doesn't make sense, that's because Kylie didn't write it. She explains it better on the recording.
Kylie Frandsen takes a quick dive into the Biblical concept of imitating spiritual leaders in Christ and how we respond to people of spiritual strength (featuring, you guessed it, an extended gym analogy).
Kylie Frandsen teaches on how “it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God,” the God who destroyed Jerusalem and gives people over to their own debasement—and the God who is love.
Just because we no long live in the old covenant doesn't mean we no longer sacrifice.
Luke Frandsen teaches on a wide variety of topics, and wasn't sure what to write for the description. Listen to the cast, I'm not gonna put cliff notes here.
Kylie Frandsen teaches on what it means to be “naked and exposed” before God and why we not only can but should come humbly to the throne of God in response.