Podcast appearances and mentions of Ken Myers

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 37:22

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”~Albert Camus (1913-1960), French journalist and philosopher “Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.”~Ernest Becker (1924-1974), in The Denial of Death “…over the past few decades, people have lost a sense of their own sinfulness. Children are raised amid a chorus of applause. Politics has become less about institutional restraint and more about giving voters whatever they want at that second. Joe DiMaggio didn't ostentatiously admire his own home runs, but now athletes routinely celebrate themselves as part of the self-branding process.”~David Brooks in The New York Times “‘You are enough' is a message that enslaves people…. It burdens them with the obligation of being the source of their own joy, contentment, and peace.” “You are not enough, but when your trust is placed in Jesus, his enough-ness is transferred to you.”~Alisa Childers, singer, songwriter, and author “The true penitent, though he dreads punishment, much more dreads sin…”~Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) “Modern secularism (which insists on keeping faith private) and modern pietism (which keeps Jesus safely contained in the hearts of individual believers) are usually assumed to be adversaries. But this feud is ultimately a battle between brothers. They share conceptual DNA with Marcion and the Gnostics.”~Ken Myers, contemporary Christian thinker “It is not a question of whether we worship, but what we worship.” “We are what we love. And love takes practice.”~James K. A. Smith, Canadian-born contemporary philosopher “The glory of God is man fully alive, and the life of man is the vision of God.”~Irenaeus (c.130-c.202), early Christian leader in Against HeresiesSERMON PASSAGEselected passagesJohn 1 (ESV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 1 John 3 (ESV) 1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. John 17 (ESV) – The Words of Jesus 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them…. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them. Colossians 3 (NASB95) 1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

#197 - GSA & CISA PAM Playbook with Ken Myers and Ross Foard

Identity At The Center

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 63:16

Jim and Jeff talk with Ken Myers, Director in the Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division for the GSA, and Ross Foard, IT Specialist in the INFOSEC group of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), about the GSA & CISA PAM Playbook. Connect with Ken: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idmken/ Connect with Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-foard/ Privileged Identity Playbook: https://playbooks.idmanagement.gov/playbooks/pam/ Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (2nd Preliminary Draft): https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/1800-35/draft Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

A Theology of Culture

Truth Tribe with Douglas Groothuis

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 20:25

Show Notes: A Theology of CultureDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.Culture is where humanity shapes nature according to a worldview. Humans are to develop creation for the glory of God, since they bear God's image (Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 8). All cultural activity should be performed for the glory of God under the Lordship of Christ. As Abraham Kuyper said:There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, “Mine!”Francis Schaeffer further emphasized that all legitimate activities are spiritual.True spirituality covers all of reality. There are things the Bible tells us as absolutes which are sinful- which do not conform to the character of God. But aside from these things the Lordship of Christ covers all of life and all of life equally. It is not only that true spirituality covers all of life, but it covers all parts of the spectrum of life equally. In this sense there is nothing concerning reality that is not spiritual.We find three biblical themes for cultural engagement under the Lordship of Christ.I. Separation/antithesis: Against the world, for the world, under God. Recognize the radical fallenness of the world and its systems (Psalm 1; 1 John 2:15-17). When everything is moving at once, nothing appears to be moving, as on board ship. When everyone is moving towards depravity, no one seems to be moving, but if someone stops he shows up the others who are rushing on, by acting as a fixed point.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées.A. Paul at Athens: One transcendent creator; no idols; resurrection of the dead (Acts 17:16-43)B. Danger: legalistic separatismC. Don't compromise with the squalor of popular culture: “Game of Thrones,” etc. Ken Myers, All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture.D. Bearing witness philosophically against postmodernism. See Douglas Groothuis, Truth Decay (IVP, 2000)1. Defend a biblical view of truth2. Revealed/authoritative—not constructed or contingent all the way down3. Objective—not merely subjective4. Absolute—not relative, conventional5. Universal—not provincial, parochial6. Antithetical—not synthetic, irresponsibly eclectic, ad hocII. Conservation/common grace: “He Shines through all that's fair” A. Matthew 5:45: Sun shines and rain falls on just and unjustB. Be discerning and relentless scavengers for common grace; philosophical detection of truth and rationality outside the fold; put back material where it belongs (James Orr)C. Plunder the Egyptians but don't worship their idols (Augustine)D. Dangers: accommodating the worldly (James 1:27; 1 John 2:15-17)E. Common grace: The American system of government. See Douglas Groothuis, Fire in the Streets1. Separation of powers: sin and reform2. Representational and constitutional government: ordered liberty under law3. Five radiant freedoms of the first amendment: law giving room for religion and the preaching of grace in ChristFirst Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.III. Transformation: “Crown him with many crowns,” crown rights of King Jesus: Psalm 2; Matthew 28:18-20; 2 Cor. 10:3-5A. Permeate society and claim as much as possible for Christ and his Kingdom.B. Danger: triumphalism, zeal without knowledgeC. The “humble prophet,” neither dogmatist, nor relativist; regaining a resonate, prophetic and intelligent voice in the public square1. Knows, exegetes the culture (I Chron. 12:32; Tribe of Issachar)2. Knows, exegetes the... Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Ken Myers

Faith and Letters

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 48:59

Ken Myers is the founder of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, a quarterly audio periodical that features his interviews with a wide-ranging slate of writers and thinkers, from the well-known and popular to the relatively obscure. Whether discussing medications with a clinical psychiatrist or the music of Bach with a biographer, Ken is continually circling the interests and questions that have fueled his project for thirty years now; questions like, “what is a good life,” “what is a healthy culture,” “what is the shape and order of creation,” and “what might we as Christians most benefit from focusing our attention on?”

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TMC SuperTech Competition

Leading the Way at Leonard’s

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 33:45

The focus of this episode is one of the trucking industry's most exciting events – the TMC SuperTech Competition. Each year, the Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Association hosts its National Technician Skills Competition -- the biggest industry-wide competition for professional maintenance techs. Ken Myers from Leonard's Express sister company Johnson Equipment participated in the competition, and he joined Leading the Way at Leonard's to share what it was like "in the trenches." Also from Johnson Equipment, Patrick Johnson shares what impressed him most about the TMC SuperTech Competition as an observer and fan of diesel engine technology. Hosted by Dwayne Knepper and Ken Johnson from Leonard's Express.

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What if Christians Had Their Own Version of NPR? (We Do.) [The Pugcast]

FLF, LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 53:44

Today the Pugcast is joined by Ken Myers, the man behind Mars Hill Audio. Mars Hill Audio was founded by Ken in 1993 after working for National Public Radio and serving as editor of Eternity Magazine. Among conservative Christian intellectuals Mars Hill Audio is an important resource for keeping up with the intersection of Christian thought and cultural trends in the western world. Ken is a long time friend of Chris, but all the Pugsters are big supporters of Ken's work. By the time the interview is over you'll probably want to download the Mars Hill Audio app to your phone. Unfortunately there were some technical glitches during the recording of the interview--but we think this is a pretty great episode nonetheless. We hope you enjoy it! Visit https://marshillaudio.org/ to find Ken’s work with Mars Hill Audio. Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

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Today the Pugcast is joined by Ken Myers, the man behind Mars Hill Audio. Mars Hill Audio was founded by Ken in 1993 after working for National Public Radio and serving as editor of Eternity Magazine. Among conservative Christian intellectuals Mars Hill Audio is an important resource for keeping up with the intersection of Christian thought and cultural trends in the western world. Ken is a long time friend of Chris, but all the Pugsters are big supporters of Ken's work. By the time the interview is over you'll probably want to download the Mars Hill Audio app to your phone. Unfortunately there were some technical glitches during the recording of the interview--but we think this is a pretty great episode nonetheless. We hope you enjoy it! Visit https://marshillaudio.org/ to find Ken's work with Mars Hill Audio. Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8

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S3E12: Ken Myers - Federal ICAM & Zero Trust

Resilient Cyber

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 39:09

Chris: What do you think some of the fundamental changes of IAM are from on-prem to cloud?Chris: What are some of the key tradeoffs and considerations for using IDaaS offerings?Nikki: There are a lot of solutions out there that discuss zero trust as a product or a service that can be leveraged to 'bake in' zero trust into an environment. But I'm curious on your perspective - do you think we need additional tools to configure zero trust principles, or leverage the technology at hand to implement zero trust?Nikki: There's this move towards passwordless solutions - I can see that being a big boost to zero trust architectures, but I think we're still missing the need for trusted identities, whether it's passwords, pins, or tokens. How do you feel about the passwordless movement and do you think more products will move in that direction?Chris: You've been a part of the FICAM group and efforts in the CIO Council. Can you tell us a bit about that and where it is headed?Chris: It is said Identity is the new perimeter in the age of Zero Trust, why do you think this is and how can organizations address it?Nikki: There was an interesting research publication I read, titled "Beyond zero trust: Trust is a vulnerability" by M. Campbell in the IEEE Computer journal. I like the idea of considering zero trust principles, like least privilege, or limited permissions, as potential vulnerabilities instead of security controls. Do you think the language is important when discussing vulnerabilities versus security controls?Chris: What role do you think NPE's play in the modern threat landscape?Chris: If people want to learn more about the Federal FICAM/ZT Strategies, where do you recommend they begin?

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Ken Myers

2nd Cup

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 27:17

This episode's guest is one of my oldest friends, Ken Myers! Ken Myers is an almost-30 research and development analyst for a fraud detection company. When not working, he loves telling and crafting stories - primarily through written word or dungeons and dragons, where he's been a dungeon master for 5 years. He strives to leave the world better than he found it. He sometimes succeeds. Ken's "Smile" Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1E6pc7kef6xBbvBol8zp8C?si=JFhYAIjlRoWerAt6btFq1w&pt=e6f0d204367d4ca3fd99f038a575b41a Ken's Start Up: https://www.snappt.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-heller/support

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A Crisis of Identity

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 42:39

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION “The ministry of the church in contemporary America is distorted because the cultural lives of many Christians, including their deep assumptions about reality, the practice and activities that they pursue guided by those assumptions, have been decisively shaped more by modern, western culture than by the church's own account of reality as outlined in the Scriptures. This is in part because the church has too often abandoned its necessary and prophetic task of being involved in cultural formation, in favor of a more readily acceptable task of being chaplain to the cultural status quo.” ~Ken Myers of Mars Hill Audio in After Evangelism “It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.” ~Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), English writer “If the inner psychological life of the individual is sovereign, then identity becomes as potentially unlimited as the human imagination.” ~Carl Trueman in The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self “The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it.” ~Martin Luther in the Heidelberg Disputation (1518) “We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.” ~St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253), one of the first followers of St. Francis of Assisi “When I discover who I am, I'll be free.” ~Ralph Ellison (1913-1994) in Invisible Man “Coming close to death you begin to know what life means, and what it means is gratitude” ~Roger Scruton (1944-2020), English philosopher and writer SERMON PASSAGE Colossians 3:1-17 (ESV) 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

PloughCast Bonus Episode: An Interview with Johnny Cash

The PloughCast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 7:12

Ken Myers of Mars Hill Audio shares an interview from 1972, in which Johnny Cash talks about faith and music – and then breaks into song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Walking with God…as Children and Parents

Generative Spirits: Conversations with Catholic Sisters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 38:12

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION “The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.” ~Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972) “The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.” ~Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), famous American lawyer “To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.” “Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.” ~Chinese Proverbs “The ministry of the church in contemporary America is distorted because the cultural lives of many Christians, including their deep assumptions about reality, the practice and activities that they pursue guided by those assumptions, have been decisively shaped more by modern, western culture than by the church's own account of reality as outlined in the Scriptures. This is in part because the church has too often abandoned its necessary and prophetic task of being involved in cultural formation, in favor of a more readily acceptable task of being chaplain to the cultural status quo.” ~Ken Myers, After Evangelism “Culture is the root of politics, and religion is the root of culture.” ~Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009), Canadian born cleric and writer “It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.” ~Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), English writer “The words of human beings are unstable things. But not so the words of God. They stand forever…. Nothing can annul God's eternal truth.” ~J.I. Packer (1926-2020), taken from his book Knowing God SERMON PASSAGE Ephesians 5:15-21, 6:1-4 (ESV) Ephesians 5 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 6 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Drinks With The Deal: Fenwick's Ken Myers

The Deal

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 28:19

Fenwick & West M&A partner Ken Myers talks about the influence his mentor Alexandra Korry had on him, the challenges of being in a two-lawyer couple and how he approaches legal technology.

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Episode 470: Musical Wisdom, with Ken Myers (Mars Hill Audio)

The Theopolis Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 67:00

Ken Myers (Mars Hill Audio) addresses our need for musical wisdom. ______ Mars Hill Audio https://marshillaudio.org/ Music in Life and Liturgy https://payhip.com/b/ALi5 Theopolis on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Theopolisinstitute Sign up for In Medias Res mailchi.mp/0b01d726f2fe/inmediasres Give to our work! Become a partner! theopolisinstitute.com/give/ ________ The tabernacle, with Alastair Roberts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1nR-L19St4 Psalm 125 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpInCgyNfo Psalm 98 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJuwPKEhU2c Psalm 12 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sidywTXXkU Psalm 120 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=SULIFaui76M Psalm 47 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=93HgY9dFX4c Psalm 1 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3igF7e-Lgs Psalm 2 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-iT21hK7U Psalm 23 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux9zwc4zwGw Psalm 88 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbUANfrXOsw Psalm 46 Chant www.youtube.com/watch?v=93KjrXHmfz0 _ Sign up for In Medias Res mailchi.mp/0b01d726f2fe/inmediasres New audio project, the Theopolis Blogcast! Subscribe: theopolis-blogcast.simplecast.com/ Subscribe on Youtube for weekly theology videos: www.youtube.com/channel/UCu9ejEQ9Iq8-HWkQ6S53sfQ Theopolis Blog: theopolisinstitute.com/theopolis-blog/ Website: theopolisinstitute.com Twitter: @_theopolis

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Season 2, Ep. 6: COAR - Carrying Forward a Commitment to El Salvador

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 39:46

For our September episode, we are joined by Sr. Sheila Marie Tobbe, an Ursuline Sister of Cleveland and COAR board member, and Mary Stevenson, the Executive Director of COAR and graduate of Beaumont High School, a ministry of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland. We talk about the mission and history of COAR and how its connection to Cleveland has lasted for decades. COAR, known as the “Children's Village”, stands for the Community of St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero and is located in Zaragoza, El Salvador. It was founded in 1980 as an orphanage by a Cleveland Diocese Mission Team priest, Fr. Ken Myers, during El Salvador's civil war. Today, COAR works with 1,000 students, preK-12th grade and has 50 children in residential foster care. It includes a medical and dental clinic, pharmacy, and trade shops. Our episode shares about the model of care and community COAR has established in El Salvador and in Cleveland.Sr. Sheila Marie Tobbe, OSU is an Ursuline Sister of Cleveland and serves on the COAR Peace Mission board . She taught at Beaumont High School for 18 years and served on the Administrative Team. She continued her work in religious education at 4 parishes in the Cleveland area. Her ministry extends beyond the classroom as a founding member of the Interreligious Task Force on Central America and Colombia. Sr. Sheila Marie has volunteered on many boards and committees and served as a National Council Member for Pax Christi USA and helped to develop the Anti-racism Team of Pax Christi USA. Mary Stevenson is the Executive Director of the COAR Peace Mission – the U.S. fundraising and outreach arm of the COAR Children's Village in Zaragoza, El Salvador. She was a student at Beaumont High School in Cleveland Heights in 1974 when Sr. Dorothy Kazel, OSU, left to begin her five-year assignment on the Cleveland Diocese's Latin American Mission Team.Mary become Executive Director in 2004. Links:1. To learn more about COAR and support their work, visit their website at www.coarpeacemission.org or call (440) 943-7615. You can support COAR children through donations, by a service visit, to sponsor a child, or by spreading the word.2. 4 U.S Catholics Killed in El Salvador - Washington Post article from December 5, 1980 #Generative #Generativespirits #COAR #ElSalvador #Catholicsisters @ursulinesisofcle @COARPeaceMission

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Paleo Protestant Pudcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 68:13

Confessional Protestants are again NOT in the news thanks in part to a new survey that breaks the white Protestant world in the U.S. down into either evangelical or mainline Protestant camps. Korey Maas, Miles Smith, and D. G. Hart (aka Bob Dole) aimed at using the recent headlines surrounding those survey results to consider what the Protestant equivalent would be to the Roman Catholic intellectual landscape that Ross Douthat outlined in First Things. As it turned out, discussion of the value, plausibility, and deficiency of evangelical as descriptor took more time than planned. But the creation of the so-called evangelical mind, it could well be, is responsible for a failure to recognize the contributions of confessional Protestants. Equally plausible is the possibility that confessional Protestants themselves have lost touch with the intellectual tradition (authors, curricula, academic disciplines) that were the backdrop for the scholars and pastors who produced the Protestant confessions. In which case, if Roman Catholics present a thicker intellectual tradition than Protestants, the reason could be that their institutions have kept their intellectual traditions alive better than Protestants who may have been tempted to throw their intellectual energies into the evangelical mind. Along the way the interlocutors referred to Miles Smith's recent essay on evangelical elites and to the range of Christian writers and scholars that Ken Myers hosts on the Mars Hill Audio Journal.

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The Power of PROsitioning (Proactive Positioning) w/Ken Myers

The Career PROgressions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 17:16

Mark talks with Ken Myers, a Business Performance Advisor with Insperity, about the value of having a powerful network of career advocates who are passionate about helping you succeed. If networking is intimidating to you, you won't want to miss this conversation!

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The Film Fund Podcast: Ken Myers

The Film Fund Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 39:19

Welcome to The Film Fund Podcast. In this week's episode, we have co-founder and President of Coral, Ken Myers. We spoke to Ken about the services Coral provides, how they have navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they assist aspiring filmmakers. Tune in for an in-depth discussion that provides some great insights for filmmakers who are looking to enter The Film Fund Contests. Looking to enter The Film Fund funding contests? Click here: www.thefilmfund.co/contests Music: Equinox by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…

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Identity at the Center #87 - IAM Workforce Planning with Ken Myers

Identity At The Center

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 51:38

Jim and Jeff talk with Ken Myers who is pursuing a doctorate that is focused on developing an IAM competency model. We talk about his research that includes how to hire, train, and retain IAM professionals. Connect with Ken on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idmken Ken's Github Research: https://idmken.github.io/ More on ICAM: https://www.cisa.gov/safecom/icam-resources NIST NICE: NICE Framework Resource Center | NIST Awesome-IAM GitHub: https://github.com/kdeldycke/awesome-iam Identity Management Day 2021: www.identitymanagementday.org Identiverse 2021: https://identiverse.com/ Connect with Jim and Jeff on LinkedIn here: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show at www.IdentityAtTheCenter.comand follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/identity-at-the-center/message

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Jesus and the Temple

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 28:54

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION “Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), civil rights leader, slain on April 4, 1968 “He who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns. He who wraps the heaven in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery. He who in the Jordan set Adam free receives blows upon His face. The Bridegroom of the Church is transfixed with nails. The Son of the Virgin is pierced with a spear. We venerate Thy Passion, O Christ…. Show us also Thy glorious Resurrection.” ~Lenten Triodion, translated from original Greek “If we want…justice the way God commands and celebrates, we must prioritize the gospel. If we truly want to see human flourishing and reduce global suffering, we need to deal with the biggest problem humanity faces: sin and death.” ~Jaquelle Crowe, Canadian author “The cynics may be the loudest voices – but I promise you, they will accomplish the least.” ~Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America at The Ohio State University Commencement (2013) “Human beings are hope-shaped creatures. The way you live now is completely controlled by what you believe about the future.” ~Tim Keller, NYC-based pastor and author “…a Christian is not so much a person who has solved the problem of pain, suffering and the coronavirus, but one who has come to love and trust a God who has himself suffered.” ~John Lennox, writer and professor at the University of Oxford “The Resurrection…is not a redemption from the creation but the redemption of the creation.” ~Ken Myers, social commentator and former NPR producer SERMON PASSAGE 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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Only a Presence Can Disrupt a Mood

Epiclesis

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 29:49

There seems to be a pandemic of nihilism these days among young people. What do you say to the person who has lost their faith, talks of suicide, wonders about the silence of God, or sees no meaning of any kind in life? So often, Christians seem to have nothing to say. But maybe not saying anything at all is the very best place to start. One cultural critical has said that the kind of secularism and atheism we experience in America today is not a conclusion but a mood. "And if secularism is not a conclusion but a mood," Justin Earley writes, "we cannot disrupt it with an argument. We must disrupt it with a presence." Pastor Chris' heartfelt sermon included a confounding passage in John's gospel, an extended (and important) quote from Columbanus, and a pivotal scene from the movie "Silence."

Uncivil Discourse: Why Our Speech Matters

A Stranger in the House of God

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 10:59 Transcription Available

Ken Myers has observed, “The Christian tradition has long placed great value on care about speech.” He notes that the sacred importance of language is signaled by the fact that two of the Ten Commandments are concerned with speech. One of them has to do with the way we speak about God. The other, not surprisingly, deals with the way we speak about others. It seems that the tongue is the primary instrument we use to fulfill the two Great Commandments, to love God with heart, soul, and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself (Matt. 22:36-38). Our most corrupt speech is often the most commonplace, expressing those sins that we have learned to tolerate in ourselves.

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Interview with Ken Myers, Host of The Mars Hill Audio Journal

The Sacramentalists

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 66:01

On today's episode, Fr. Myles interviews Ken Myers, host of the Mars Hill Audio Journal. They discuss the topic of music, beauty, and objective reality. You can learn more from Ken's about music at Cantica Sacra. You can send your feedback and questions to thesacramentalists@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @sacramentalists. If you want to dive deeper and enjoy dialoguing with others about content on the Sacramentalists, check out our Facebook discussion group here. Be sure to join our Communion of Patreon Saints for only $5 a month!

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Jesus Changes Everything

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 23:58

Today's show includes a Proper Theology segment on God rejoicing, one on Ken Myers, hero and a third on the earthly benefits that flow from justification, adoption and sanctification.

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Expanding Our Horizons Beyond the Digital Frame

A Newsletter of the Christian Study Center of Gainesville

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 9:56

You can listen to the newsletter by clicking the play button above or you can click the “Listen in Podcast app” link and follow the directions to open this feed in your podcast app. Currently, you may find the feed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.Some of you reading this know that one of the questions I like to ask is, “What frames what?” I ask this question in order to get at the often-unrecognized ideas, beliefs, and values in the background that shape the ways we think. Because we rarely think about them, we often refer to them as assumptions, and yet these framing ideas have tremendous consequences for how we talk and how we live. They are also typically embedded deep down in our practices. Lately, I've been asking myself this question again and find myself especially concerned about the ways that social media have come to frame our most important discussions about life, including important issues of race and justice.In recent newsletters, Mike Sacasas has been exploring our digital framework in his usual understated but insightful manner and raising good questions in the process. “What does it mean to speak and act responsibly in these times?” he asked a couple months ago. “How does one love one's neighbor on a social media platform?” I know Mike well enough to know that this was not a rhetorical question. He meant it, and so do I. While it is easy to speak up on social media and easy to feel good about saying the right thing, it is much harder really to know how to love one's neighbor. One hopes that the net effect of all our talk on social media will turn out to be positive, but I do wonder, and I am concerned. As Mike has taught me, digitized media encourage and reward certain behaviors, and inversely, they discourage and punish other behaviors. They reward the immediate, quick condemnation of what's wrong in the world, and they encourage simplistic solutions. They discourage the thoughtful silence in which one might listen, learn, and reflect before speaking. As Mike observed, “social media demands something of us, but it is not thought. It demands a reaction, one that is swift, emotionally charged, andin keeping with the affective tenor of the platform. In many respects, this entails not only an absence of thought but conditions that are overtly hostile to thought.”Recently, one of our alumni made a similar observation about his own attempt to respond thoughtfully to the racial injustices that he was finding deeply troubling, “What I thought I was doing was trying to understand the problem in the deepest possible way,” he wrote, but “my reactions made me appear as though I didn't care as much about racial problems as others did.” By daring to think before he spoke, hefound himself subject to the media watchdogs who are making their lists and posting them twice. In a way that curiously parallels the pharisaical tendency for Christians to distinguish themselves from “sinners” by making judgments based in appearance, the discourse of social media lures us into a shallow judgmentalism that allows us to condemn others and feel good about ourselves.The great danger here is that what might be called hash-tag culture tempts us to think that by saying the right things on our Facebook page or Instagram, we have fulfilled our responsibility and done our part. This is a serious problem. Our digitized world narrows our vision for seeking justice and doing good. It blinds us to the fact that genuine progress on any important issue requires quiet thoughtfulness, listening, learning, and patient, persistent action. As another of our alumni wrote me, “I, too, have struggled with how to respond during this time” because these issues are ones that “I have been thinking about and responding to for as long as I can remember. I've felt troubled that the influx of responses on social media might be another reason for people to quickly forget about the deep need for reconciliation in just a few months when the next thing arrives. I'm grateful that more attention has been brought to racial reconciliation in the past few months, but I'm concerned that it will pass away without many people finding their lives or perspectives much changed.” She concluded, “That's deep, slow work.” It takes patience, persistence, and time.In Mike's discussion of these issues, he has often focused on what he calls “the temporal structures of social media.” Noting that “the patterns of digitally mediated reality can overwhelm other modes of perception, temporality, and place,” he has encouraged us to extend our temporal horizon beyond the short-lived temporal frame assumed by social media. “The effect of our digital media ecosystems is consistent,” he writes. “The focus is inexorably on the fleeting present. The past has no hold, and the future does not come into play.” Elsewhere Mike has observed that “The element of time is an often unperceived factor in our anxiety about figuring out what should be done. At what temporal scale ought we to be thinking?” he asks. “Or, better, at what temporal scales, plural, ought we to be thinking? What are the proper temporal horizons framing our moment?” As Mike puts it, “Without minimizing the need … to act justly and responsibly in the moment, we should also consider expanding the temporal horizons within which our thinking and acting must unfold. We should consider not only what we must do about what is happening right now, we should also consider what we must do with a view to the next year, the next decade, perhaps even the next century…. Within this longer frame of time, more meaningful actions also come into view. If I am fixated on the moment, and my circumstances, as is often the case, afford me no obvious way of acting in the present crisis, then I might conclude there is nothing for me to do at all.” Even worse, I would add, if we allow our digitized world to frame our understanding of justice, we might think that by posting incessantly on our social media, we will have fulfilled our responsibility and done all we need do.Personally, I am far less interested in knowing what any of us posted on our social media in the days immediately after the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, or of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, or of George Floyd Jr. in Minneapolis, than I am in what initiatives we were taking six months or a year before Ahmaud's death, or what any of us will be doing six months or a year from now. It is all too easy for us to jump in with “Pavlovian alacrity” and say something that will leave us feeling good aboutourselves. It is far more demanding to do something that will never get into the news and never be broadcast on social media but will actually do some good somehow—or at least have the potential to do so.When Richard Spencer visited the campus of the University of Florida a few years ago, I made the personal decision that it is not enough just to be right about what's wrong. Being right about what is wrong is important, but I do want to encourage us not simply to join the chorus and think that we have done what needed to be done. Being right about what's wrong is easy, and if that is all we care about, we need only keep on posting. If, however, we want to see hearts and minds and practices and structures changed, we will need to do more than what our social media asks of us. We will have to swim against the current and give a place to silence, to listening and learning, to thought and action and do so in ways that are marked by patience and persistence. Action will probably include words at some point, but social media may or may not provide the right platform for those words, and when it is time to utilize the internet, our digital media need not set the pace or dictate the terms of our engagement.Dr. Richard V. HornerExecutive DirectorStudy Center ResourcesPlanning for the fall semester at the study center has been underway for some time now, and, while the health crisis is posing formidable challenges, we are quite pleased with what we will be offering. Here's a quick preview. You can be looking forward to two director's classes, taught by Dr. Horner and Mike Sacasas respectively, and offered both in a limited in-person format and via Zoom. The Dante read group will resume, and we will be launching another reading group, Readings in the Christian Imagination, which will meet twice a month via Zoom. In addition, this newsletter will be a hub for our digital presence. Along with twice-monthly essays you can expect twice monthly conversations with Dr. Horner and Mike Sacasas, audio of the director's classes, and occasional interviews with scholars and writers of interest to our community. We certainly encourage you to pass along a link to the newsletter to those you know who would value the center's work, especially as so many our offerings will be available to those beyond the Gainesville community. Recommended Reading— Matt Stewart interviews Ken Myers on the occasion of the (near) 30th anniversary of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, an unparalleled resource for thoughtful Christian engagement with culture:As to conversation, there's a lot of research to suggest that many habits of mediated communication diminish the capacity for immediate—and loving—communication. From the beginning, I've tried to provide a model for loving conversations (although I'm usually not face-to-face with my guests). I've come to appreciate—thanks largely to Oliver O'Donovan—the centrality of communication in all its forms to our social existence. I'd already been persuaded that love is at the heart of our lives, as it is in the life of God as Trinity. Communication and community and common good: all these things are intertwined. So “communications media” need to be attentive to that kinship.— Micah Latimer-Dennis presents ten theses on digitally mediated worship:As communities ease into gathering for worship again, for some churchgoers the risk will be too great. Alongside the traditional, in-person option churches will offer a “virtual” option for participating. It seems likely that when the last wave of infection has finally broken, many churches will maintain this option. It would benefit us to consider what that change will mean for worship. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christianstudycenter.substack.com

#89 J. Mark Bertrand: Direction and Comfort from the Psalms

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Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 37:23

Pastor Mark Bertrand has turned to the Psalms for his sermon texts during the global pandemic, and he joins Mike Schutt to discuss insights and encouragement from this rich source. You'll be encouraged as Mark explores how the "Songbook of the Church" speaks to us about lessons in crisis, sources of hope in trial, and the joys inherent in the life of faith. J. Mark Bertrand is the pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is also a novelist and author, and he teaches on the Worldview Academy faculty. His crime noir works are Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds,and Nothing to Hide. His book [Re]Thinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in this World (Crossway 2007) is a great primer on Christian thought and action. He blogs at the world-renowned Bible Design Blog, sharing thoughts and photos on a multitude of design issues. His real claim to fame is that he was interviewed by Ken Myers on Mars Hill Audio Journal, volume 90, which also features Mike Schutt discussing Redeeming Law. Mark was also a guest on Episode 46 of Cross & Gavel, one of the most popular episodes in the podcast's history. More recently, he joined Mike to discuss the "New Moralism" in Episode 70 and law and government on Episode 73. Cross and Gavel is a project of Trinity Law School and Christian Legal Society.

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Ken Myers on the Te Deum, Hymnody, and Attentive Reception of Music

Earth & Altar Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 27:24

Ken Myers talks about several topics regarding listening to music at home, including the Te Deum, history of hymnody, and how to attentively receive (listen) to music at home.

Ken Myers: 'In Light of Logos: Creation, the Incarnation, and the Christian Imagination'

Notable Speeches

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 29:35

This episode features an address by Ken Myers, host of the long-running Mars Hill Audio Journal, a bimonthly audio magazine that "encourag[es] conversations about faith, faithfulness, and culture." Mr. Myers is also the author of All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture (Crossway redesign edition, 2012). Earlier in his career, he was the arts and humanities editor for NPR's Morning Edition. Ken Myers presented this address in April 2019 at a Christ and Culture lecture event sponsored by the Gospel Alliance of Maine. His remarks have been condensed for this podcast. If you have a comment or question about the Notable Speeches podcast, email feedback@notablespeeches.com.

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What is cultural apologetics? A case for ambassadorship of the good, true, and beautiful

For the Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 21:09

Links, citations: www.forthehope.org/blog/what-is-cultural-apologetics-a-case-for-ambassadorship-of-the-good-true-and-beautiful

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Ep. 13 – Three Forms of Culture

By the Waters of Babylon with Scott Aniol

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 20:49

Biblical definition of culture, “My God, I Love Thee,” pop culture, All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes by Ken Myers, and the church’s use of culture.

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Ken Meyers and Mark Taylor

Crappie Connection

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2019 25:04

Ken Myers and Mark Taylor at Bass Pro shops during the ACT tournament at the Ross Barnett Reservoir.

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The Audacity of Resurrection Hope…in the Real World

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 41:19

REFLECTION QUOTES “The problem with modern people is that they have too much to live with and too little to live for.” ~Os Guinness, author and social commentator “Human beings are hope-shaped creatures. The way you live now is completely controlled by what you believe about the future.” ~Tim Keller, New York City-based pastor and author “If we want to live out justice the way God commands and celebrates, we must prioritize the gospel. If we truly want to see human flourishing and reduce global suffering, we need to deal with the biggest problem humanity faces: sin and death.” ~Jaquelle Crowe, Canadian author “The cynics may be the loudest voices – but I promise you, they will accomplish the least.” ~Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America at the 2013 Ohio State Commencement “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.” ~C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), British scholar and writer “The Resurrection…is not a redemption from the creation but the redemption of the creation.” ~Ken Myers, social commentator and former NPR producer “…[Jesus's] disciples…devoted themselves to the teaching of a doctrine which was attended with danger to human life—a doctrine which they would not have taught with such courage had they invented the resurrection of Jesus from the dead; and who also, at the same time, not only prepared others to despise death, but were themselves the first to manifest their disregard for its terrors.” ~Origen (c. 185-254), early Christian scholar and leader from Egypt SERMON PASSAGE Romans 8:18-25, 31-39 (NASB) 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it,in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. 24 For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it…. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33 Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; 34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35 Who will separate us from the love ofChrist? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Andrew Carlone, Founder & CEO and Ken Myers, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Business Development, Coral Homes | Growing Greater Philadelphia

Growing Greater

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2019 35:23

2018 was a record-breaking year for tourism across Greater Philadelphia with approximately 4.3 million visitors from around the world who came to visit. Matt Cabrey, Executive Director of Select Greater Philadelphia, a council of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia sat down with Andrew and Ken of Coral Homes to learn how their niche, customized hotel service is making big waves in our region. Creating customized experiences for guests from all walks of life from business leaders who want something more than a traditional hotel stay to Hollywood VIPs who need long-term housing complete with high-end amenities, Coral Homes is transforming the future of travel.

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Podcast: Packaged Light Media One

Packaged Light Media

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 17:01

[00:02] Here it is, January 21, 2019 and for some reason I've decided this is the year to get started building the dream or working on the dream. And so the what I am going to do is document a every night just as a way of keeping track. I'm document through a audio recording where I talk through the day and talk about what happened. Just trying to be honest and sincere and straightforward with everything that's going on with starting the business package. Light media. Uh, so if you think today got up early, I woke up and wrote a blog post as a second blog post on the website so I was able to get that done. Uh, and I wrote that about being real or being authentic. So many people out there, um, so many people on the web, on the interwebs, I'm trying to lie, to try to tell you that you can make this much money by doing this strategy. [00:59] But in return you have to pay them a generally a large sum of money for that. And I just find, I know there's places to make money. There's a reason to make money. And there's teaching elements that happen, um, but so often the seems as those people are, are teaching something that they've never done themselves. I've never tried for themselves, they've ever put in the effort to get those things done. And so, um, I wrote that blog post kind of in response to that or my feelings towards that. And then just talking about how I'm going to respond by being authentic. I'm not trying to sell anything, I'm just trying to do it step by step day by day and try to take some people along with me for the journey, you know, maybe you guys have some insights that I don't know, maybe some thoughts that I don't know. [01:44] Um, maybe some ideas that I don't know or I've never had before. And so that's really the goal with recording. Um, and you know, uh, read and follow a lot of Gary Vaynerchuk stuff when he says document everything. So I'm just documenting, keeping track if not for anyone else, for myself. So I can look back and kind of see, oh, this is what I was doing. Then this is what happened, this is what worked. And I don't know how I will ever be able to go through all the content. Um, so maybe someone will have to do that for me. I don't know, but just the way to keep track of it. I guess one idea that we can invent is a vocal indexing database. It would actually index everything and you could go back and search by voice for what was recorded orally or through audio. [02:32] That'd be awesome. So if anybody out there listening, get that invented and we'll get started with, with that, that'd be cool for sure. Um, so today blog posts written, then I did a few social media posts and that's all I really had time for before I had to go to the day job. So I'm on the night shift right now. It's about 9:30 central time where I'm at. And so getting started for a few hours in the night shift, I actually have a meeting tomorrow, a phone call with a first potential client. Um, so that's exciting and I'm going to work on some things tonight that I'm on to present to him, uh, that I think would help his brand move forward. So just being real with you here tonight. I'm like, I want to be in branding and marketing and business startups but have no experience there and so I'm just learning as I go, fail forward is what they say, right? So I'm just going to keep trying, keep moving forward, keep, keep trying to get some stuff done until something hits and takes off. So maybe I'm just an old guy with an old dream or maybe I'm just an old guy with a real dream and willing to put in the effort. We'll see what happens. [03:40] Since this is the first audio recording I've done, we'll talk a little bit about the vision behind package, like media and in why I want to do package slight media. Um, I've been in student ministry for 10 years now, working with students, sharing the gospel of Jesus with them. And what dawned on me about seven, six or seven years ago, I guess, um, the students wanted to have conversations they wouldn't hang out. That's cool. Um, but their conversation is always centered around cultural things. Um, cultural stories like film, Netflix, video games, music, nonfiction or sorry, fictional books, some fantasy fiction was really popular at that time. Maybe still is. And that's what the conversation is really centered around. And I realized one night that, you know, I don't have influence in their life, I don't have the influence that I would like to have in their life, uh, I don't have that ability at. And maybe I don't communicate in the way that they receive information. So the Lord really laid on my heart at that time, the desire to, um, do some type of media. I mean, I know what that was. I had no clue. So like somehow be in the media production industry, whether that's writing books or writing films or social media. I didn't know. So I just say generally media package, like media. Uh, but then [05:02] in that, um, several, maybe a year or so later, we were at a conference in Houston with some students and the folks that were leading the conference brought some speakers in who talked about, um, using ministry or missions as a business as a way to [05:27] business as a way to minister or do missions, I mean reach people. And so the two thoughts connected in my mind, the thought of, Oh, I was supposed to be operating in this media business industry somehow along with using that for good, meaning if there's any income that can be donated or given or pledged towards a gospel cause whatever that looks like or whatever that is. Maybe I'm at the time. I'd been to Ethiopia several times and drilling water wells. So it was like, okay, we can build some wells, you need the Ethiopia from any income that comes from that. So just thoughts like that, things like that that I had thought through in those two thoughts intersected or collided at that time. And I was like, this is something that I wanted to do. Well then, you know, I don't know if you're like me, but when you know there's something you're supposed to do and when the Lord shows you there's something you're supposed to do, there's always the enemy who comes in and sits fear like you don't really want to do that. [06:26] You have no experience in that area. You're not any good in that. You'll never be good at any of those lines. Begin to compound. And so I've been listening to those lies for six years now off and on. I've tried a few things here and there. I've tried to start things, but for the most part, the lies have compounded year over year, over year. And I believe that even to the point where I was pretty depressed at a certain points of the last two years to the point where I thought, man, I just can't go on. Um, but it's because I believed the lies and not the truth. And so that's what I want to really be authentic with you. I want you to, I want you to believe the truth and not the lies I would never tell you. You could be a millionaire or billionaire, that's not the point of this, uh, the point is that you can, um, achieve a dream or a goal, God given dream or goal, um, through his blessing in your effort and those things combined. [07:19] Can lead you in that direction? And I hope to encourage you in that way and I think we can have some maximum impact in the world. I'm in the era that we live in not only meeting needs of humans, but I'm also taking the gospel around the world. And so that's really one of the goals that I have with this. Not just that students would hear the good news of Jesus through media, but that, um, people around the world, we're here that, uh, and then on top of that is this idea of branding. You know, I grew up in a little town in Oklahoma and you talk about branding. You're talking about a hot iron on the cattle on a cow or a heifer branding that animal saying that's mine. And so I, I think about that and I think about what branding is today. [08:06] I think it's the same thing that a farmer or rancher owns cattle, that's his property. So he marks them. It says these are mine. I'm proud of them. He doesn't brand a calf that he's not proud of who, uh, isn't going to be strong, isn't going to produce well, he doesn't take that as ownership. B, sells those and get passes them on. Um, but he brands those things that he's proud of and that's really kind of the strategy that I want to take in branding was so with package like media that we help individuals put their name on the things that they're proud of. Um, that doesn't mean being dishonest or inauthentic. That means there are things in the world that are tough and hard that we all go through. And Yeah, put my brand on that because I went through it and I learned from it. [08:54] And you can learn from that too. And so that's really the goal with a package like media and the way we brand. People also want to create some businesses in that. So as we walk along, you know, I'll be talking about visiting with this man tomorrow about his brand, but then there's also one that I wanted to launch as well. It's going gonna, it's kind of a silly one, but I just want to test out an idea. I'll go ahead and tell you it's called peanut butter pie guy that we sell peanut butter pies online and wholesale in our local market and just a use media to promote the idea of this just a pie and want to test out some ideas that I have to see if it works, uh, in kind of a micro area and really niche area, peanut butter pie and then expand on that to the macro and scale out and see if the same principles apply in other ways to other areas. [09:50] And so that's really a couple of things I'll be working on. Um, if you listen to this, thank you so much. I'd love your feedback and input and insight. Love to hear from you. I'm gonna. Try to put this up every night. Maybe a few minutes, maybe 20 minutes, maybe 30 minutes. This one is actually 20 minutes long, so far, no 10 minutes long. So, um, if you're still listening, thanks for hanging. Leave a comment below. Share it with somebody, whatever, uh, you know, they're just wanting to engage with you. I want to be real with you. Only need to be real with me. No fakers allowed. Hashtag be real. All about authenticity. So, um, what else, what else is going on today? I'm fixing to make a few visuals for the man I'm meeting with tomorrow with his brand. Just kind of talk through some things that I like to do for him. [10:40] Um, and I found some websites today that help with that. I've always used canva as a source for producing visuals, but I found two other sites that are a little more automated. There's one that I found called Sawa saw a, um, it came out of an incubator in Cincinnati called ocean or an accelerator in Cincinnati called ocean film that several months ago, but it's just not affordable, is $200 a month or $250 a month to use it. It's that kind of a plug and play for your brand and for different things. It really awesome, but just not in my range where I can afford right now. Um, so found another one that's affordable. It's called relay relay that I believe, and you can plug your brand information in there as far as far as your color schemes, your fonts, a everything you want, your logo and then it will take all the information that you plug in, like a title and what you want to say and pictures and then put those in different formats for you. [11:42] And then you just download those and use them. So I'm going to work on that tonight. And then adobe spark is another one that I found. Um, the one thing I like about adobe spark is it allows creation of video. I'm a little segmented videos and we wouldn't do a lot of video with this one client I'm going to be visiting with. So, um, I liked that one is kind of for the video format and the templates they provide. So to, um, kind of little thing, little some research I've done today that we talk about, relay that and adobe spark to help with your design and your graphics for social media and social sharing it when you're trying to do something quick like I am. Um, what else today? That's about all I know for today. I'm gonna get to work on those things and work for a few hours tonight. Be Back up early in the morning. Uh, don't know about a blog post tomorrow, but I am going to write a book review for Wednesday. Um, we've been reading Dale Partridge is launch your dream. If you haven't read that, pick that up. I'll tell you why on Wednesday. Uh, it's a step by step detailed guide to starting a little business and he does a great job of breaking it down and putting the important things in there and leaving out the fluff. So I recommended it to you. [12:55] Sorry I had to get a drink there. So I'll get that and we'll look through those things. Um, one last thing and kind of close out with this thought that we've got this whole thing started once I realized the influence that pictures and images and media had over the culture, specifically youth culture, a sort of looking for some books to read and I found culture making, um, if you've never read culture making by Andy Crouch, pick that up as well. Read that. Take a few days, take a few weeks to read through that and digest it. Um, he uses a definition there that upon further research I found that he actually got from Ken Myers, can mire sort of book called all God's children and blue suede shoes, Christians and popular culture. Um, pick that up as well. It's a shorter read. Well, it's a shorter book but it's a very in depth read. [13:50] So I found it to be challenging me. Um, other reviews, I found that book didn't seem to think it was challenging, but, uh, it was challenging for me as I thought through some of the content that he talked about. But, uh, Andy says in his book, culture making that he got from Ken Myers and believes that culture is what we make of the world. And so, um, this is a real simple definition of culture and you can see how that operates around the world in different ways. Meaning if you go to Ethiopia and you wanted to build a home, then you have eucalyptus trees there to take and turn into your home so they use the trees and things that are given and they make homes that are satisfactory, keep the elements away from them in that region based upon what they've been provided you come to the states were provided hardware stores and lumber yards with an infinite supply of materials to build homes in a much different way. [14:47] So culture is what we make of the world. And for too long, Christians have interacted with culture in ways that are not helpful. I'm not saying that there's not place a place for these interactions with culture. And Andy actually lays this out in the book culture making. He talks about how Christians condemned the world or we just joined the world. Or, um, we, what are the other ones I should look them up before I got on here, but in other ways we act, but he says we spend a lot of time condemning, um, but we don't ever go into the world and create something beautiful. And that fascinated me, that idea that we are created by God, the creator of the earth, this ball of dirt that we stand on everyday. He created all of this. He created us a, as detailed as we are as human beings. [15:36] Um, and yet somehow as Christians, we discredit his ability to guide us and creating some awesome things for our culture. And so that's what's really inspiring to me. Inspiring me to do some, some things creatively in media, but also help others be inspired to create some really cool things. Like there are some awesome creative people out there that have something to offer the world, have something to offer, not just the Christmas Christian segment of the world, but they have something to offer the world. Um, then make it better and make it awesome and to share the gospel and share truth and shared light. And all those things. So that's really what inspires me and motivates me as we go forward. And so I hope to keep kind of working in that direction. Um, as we go forward. Let's all have for the night. So that's kind of the update for January 20, first 2019. Hope to have more for you tomorrow evening. I'm. Hey, thanks for listening. If you're listening, I would love your feedback. Uh, maybe you can keep, do some updates on what you're doing every day in your neck of the woods with your business or your startup or your creative endeavors or whatever it is you're trying to start on. Want to hear about it when you interact with. Other than that, God bless you. Have a good night. January 20, first 2019 out of here. Be Real.

Gifts Fit for a King

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2018 18:23

REFLECTION QUOTES “To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.” ~Simone Weil (1909–1943), French philosopher and activist “We're in a time where we exclude one major component out of this whole thing called life: God.” ~Kendrick Lamar, rapper, songwriter and producer “The Church's central Fact is a person, not a proposition, Truth made flesh, a man in history, thereby transforming both humanity and history's trajectory.” ~Ken Myers, social commentator “If the only thing human beings needed were a little external tweaking of their life circumstances, then the coming of Jesus to earth wouldn't make any sense. But if the greatest danger to all of us lives inside us and not outside us, then the radical intervention of the incarnation of Jesus is our only hope.” ~Paul Tripp, author and speaker “Marketing and consuming infiltrate every aspect of our lives and behavior. They filter all experience we have of ourselves. They become the standard of our final worth. Marketing and consuming ultimately reveal us to ourselves as things.” ~John F. Kavanaugh, priest and writer “The Bible is God's anthropology rather than man's theology.” ~Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), leading Jewish theologian-philosopher of the 20th century “God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.” ~St. Augustine (354-430), bishop in North Africa “The dignity of human nature, fashioned in the divine image, is such that God can take it for himself—and keep it.” ~Dr. Nigel Cameron, bioethicist and writer SERMON PASSAGE Matthew 2:1-11 (ESV) 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, 2 “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where theMessiah was to be born. 5 They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet: 6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah; For out of you shall come forth a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.'” 7 Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.” 9 After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

PEO Help for Refugees in Australia - Ken Myers (Refugee Connect) - 31 Oct 2018

20twenty

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 12:26

There's plenty of talk on radio, but with 20twenty you'll find Life, Culture & Current events from a Biblical perspective. Interviews, stories and insight you definately won't hear in the mainstream media. This feed contains selected content from 20twenty, heard every weekday morning. See www.vision.org.au for more details Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aussies Helping Refugees Integrate - Ken Myers (Refugee Connect) - 22 Oct 2018

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 13:51

Weand're talking to a ministry that helps refugees integrate, with real opportunity for Christians to befriend refugees. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ken Myers on his career, his calling, and interviewing Johnny Cash

CiRCE Institute Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 80:23

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David chats with the inimitable Ken Myers about the evolution of his career, how he sees his vocation, the creation of Mars Hill Audio, interviewing Johnny Cash (for his first ever interview!), writing his book, and much more.***This episode is brought to you by our friends at the Honors College at Azusa Pacific University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Ken Myers on his career, his calling, and interviewing Johnny Cash

Forma

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 80:23

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Reason and Irrationality: An Interview with Ken Myers

From the Center

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 66:26

Director Hodges chats with Ken Myers at the Circe National Conference in Charleston, SC where they both were speaking. The two talk about the development and redefinition of Reason in the Modern world, since the 16th century, and how even the Church is more influenced by Modern thought than she realizes. Modern Rationalism is not so much the result of unbelieving philosophers, but Christian philosophers who departed from their biblical understanding.

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Episode 24: On Music Making Culture

The Kuyperian Commentary Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2018 21:30

In this episode of the Kuyperian Commentary Podcast Jarrod Richey and Derek Hale discuss music making in our culture. The Desert of Musical Literacy Jarrod begins with the observation, “Everybody in the world has music around them all the time, and yet, no one can make it. Everybody has a device, everybody has access to the world's greatest music (and the world's worst music) at the touch of a button or the click of an app. And yet, very few people have formal music training, have the ability to make music, or to be what we would call literate in music.” Jarrod Richey is a music instructor at Geneva Academy in Monroe, Louisiana and also serves as choir director at Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church. He is the author of Bach to the Future: Fostering Music Literacy Today. Jarrod studied music at Louisiana Tech, received a Masters in music from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and his Kodály music teacher certification from Wichita State University. How the Spirit Moves in Worship “I do find it interesting, that the Spirit in a lot of these churches really hates classic hymnody,” remarked Derek Hale, who points out how many modern churches have confused our responses to contemporary music with genuine spirituality. Derek points to Ephesians 5:19 where St. Paul tells the church to address, “one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” “There is a this horizontal aspect [of worship] where we address one another,” explained Hale. He goes on to explain that the worship service is not only directed toward God, but serves as a means of grace, comfort, and edification for the community that you are presently worshipping amongst. Derek Hale is an elder, chief musician, and performs pastoral duties at Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, Kansas. Not Music Snobbery Jarrod Richey also cautions musicians and pastors against musical snobbery. “We've got to encourage people to see the importance of music making…start where you are, but don't settle or resign yourself.” Additional resources on Music and Culture: Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal In this book, T. David Gordon looks at changes in Christian worship and not only examines the problems, but also provides solutions. They are solutions of great importance to us all- because how we sing affects how we live. All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes Cultural expert Ken Myers helps us to engage pop culture from a historical and experiential perspective so that we can live in it with wisdom and discernment. Exhortations : A Call to Maturity in Worship This is a collection of the exhortations that Pastor Douglas Wilson delivers as a “call to worship” at the beginning of each Lord's Day service at Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho.

A Dialogue on Governments with J. Mark Bertrand

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2017 44:56

It may be commonplace to say that God has instituted various governments and has delegated His authority to them in various ways, but speaking, for example, about the "government" of a family seems strange today. And even a bit scary. Mark Bertrand says that we in the Church are pretty good at targeting failures of government when it comes to the state, but we need to do a much better job of thinking about governing well in the church and the family. What might that look like? How to think well about it? And who says, anyway? At one point, Mark suggests that listeners might be shouting "Hey, these guys are advocating theocracy! Or a bunch of little theocracies within a theocracy!" Are they? Listen in and find out. Join Mark and C&G host Mike Schutt as they talk at length about the authority and roles of various governments in today's world and the resources available to help them govern well. Would the state be changed if other institutions-- family, church, state, corporations, universities-- were governed well? Are these governments dependent on one another? Walk through the discussion with them as they suggest that what the Bible envisions is "a community of governments with overlapping authority . . . all backstopped by divine revelation." We think you'll find this an encouraging and informative discussion. J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor living in South Dakota. His crime noir works are Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide. His book [Re]Thinking Worldview:Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in this World (Crossway 2007) is a great primer on Christian thought and action, and he serves on the faculty of Worldview Academy. He blogs at the world-renowned Bible Design Blog, sharing thoughts and photos on a multitude of design issues. His initial claim to fame was that he was interviewed by Ken Myers on Mars Hill Audio Journal, volume 90, which also features Mike Schutt talking about Redeeming Law. Mark was also a guest on Episode 46 of Cross & Gavel, the most downloaded episode in the podcast's history. More recently, he joined Mike to discuss the "New Moralism" in Episode 70. Cross and Gavel is a project of Regent University School of Law and Christian Legal Society. We value your comments. And if you enjoy the show, please rate us on iTunes.

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Episode 70: J. Mark Bertrand on the New Moralism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2017 47:19

Mark Bertrand says that the world he "had been led to fear growing up in the Church is not actually the world we live in." It turns out that the moral relativism that we feared would turn the world to anarchy and chaos never materialized. Much of what we feared actually came to pass, just not in the way we thought it would. The new world has turned out to be a world that loves "the social gospel, but without the gospel," to paraphrase Joseph Bottum. Mark talks with host Mike Schutt about this strange turn of events. We now live in the midst of "an irreligious culture" that still "behaves in fundamentally religious ways." As Mark says, "The moralist of today is the irreligious offspring of the mainline Protestants who dominated the society of yesteryear." How did we get here, and what are thoughtful Christians to make of this state of affairs? It seems the best way to respond to the New Moralism is likely not to return to the Old Moralism. But what role does the Church have to play in all of this? J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor living in South Dakota. His crime noir works are Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide. His book [Re]Thinking Worldview:Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in this World (Crossway 2007) is a great primer on Christian thought and action, and he serves on the faculty of Worldview Academy. He blogs at the world-renowned Bible Design Blog, sharing thoughts and photos on a multitude of design issues. His initial claim to fame was that he was interviewed by Ken Myers on Mars Hill Audio Journal, volume 90, which also features Mike Schutt talking about Redeeming Law. Mark was also a guest on Episode 46 of Cross & Gavel, the most downloaded episode in the podcast's history. Cross and Gavel is a project of Regent University School of Law and Christian Legal Society. We value your comments. And if you enjoy the show, please rate us on iTunes.

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Kenneth Craycraft, Jr., on religious liberty

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 28:30

Attorney Kenneth Craycraft, Jr. is the author of The American Myth of Religious Freedom (Spence Publishers, 1999). In that book, Craycraft argued that the protection for religious freedom guaranteed in the Constitution is not as vigorous as many believers may hope. The underlying assumptions in 18th-century Anglo-American thought about the nature of freedom, of political authority, and of religion itself were even then predisposed to favor the interests of the state over religious claims if they came into conflict. Craycraft observes that the liberal understanding of religious liberty is the freedom of individuals to choose from among a profusion of faiths. Religious liberty is thus just one expression of the fundamental fact of human nature and dignity as understood by liberalism: that we are beings with the capacity to make choices. Some religions, however, hold to the conviction that the most fundamental fact about us is that we are creatures made to glorify God and to live in accordance with the truth. Truth is prior to freedom. A choice is not authentically free if it is not in accord with what is true and good. By contrast, the assumption in the liberal idea of freedom as assumed by the Constitution and defended by the state is that freedom is prior to truth. One of the consequences of Craycraft’s argument — which is similar to arguments made by many other constitutional lawyers, philosophers, and theologians — is that the actions of the government in recent years that are perceived as an erosion of religious freedom are in fact the fulfillment of latent assumptions underlying our Constitutional order. In this fifth feature of our series on political theology, Kenneth Craycraft, Jr. contrasts the assumptions about religious liberty held by Locke, Jefferson, and others with a view maintained by many Christian theologians and philosophers. This feature is hosted by Ken Myers, producer of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal. For more information, visit our website at marshillaudio.org.

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Michael Hanby on technological politics

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2016 25:31

In an article entitled “A More Perfect Absolutism” published in the October, 2016 issue of First Things, philosopher Michael Hanby observed that: “It is part of the absurdity of American life that we decide questions of truth under the guise of settling contests of rights. Which means that we decide questions of truth without thinking deeply or even very honestly about them.” One reason this deciding process is a particularly American convention is that Americans “have no common faith, history, or culture outside the decision to found the nation on eighteenth-century philosophical principles, we have always looked to politics and the law to perform the work of faith, culture, and tradition in giving us an identity as a people.” But what happens when politics that are all we know fails us? Unfortunately, those eighteenth-century philosophical principles (i.e. political liberalism) are deeply committed to certain metaphysical assumptions about nature. These assumptions treat nature as merely material stuff, significant to us only insofar as we can act upon it and manipulate it to our advantage. In his article, Hanby argues that this is a deeply technological way of viewing the world that ultimately offers little guidance for political order. In this fourth feature of our series on political theology, Michael Hanby discusses what he means when he says that liberalism is fundamentally technological in its assumptions. This feature is hosted by Ken Myers, producer of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal. For more information, visit our website at marshillaudio.org.

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Michael Sandel & Scott Moore on liberalism

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2016 23:21

“Our public life is rife with discontent.” So claims political philosopher Michael Sandel, in his 1996 book Democracy’s Discontent: American in Search of a Public Philosophy. Sandel identifies two prominent symptoms of that discontent. “One is the fear that, individually and collectively, we are losing control of the forces that govern our lives. The other is the sense that, from family to neighborhood to nation, the moral fabric of community is unraveling around us.” Sandel’s book examines the ideas of liberty that have spawned what he calls “unencumbered selves,” atomistic individuals with no abiding sense of responsibility, duty, or binding attachments. The political mechanism that encourages this care-free sensibility is what Sandel calls the “procedural republic,” the product of a view of the state that envisions government as a guarantor of rights and fairness, scrupulously indifferent to questions of truth or goodness. This issue of Audition includes excerpts from a 1996 interview with Sandel in which he outlines a public philosophy committed to promoting civic virtue. Also featured here is a 2009 interview with philosopher Scott Moore, author of The Limits of Liberal Democracy: Politics and Religion at the End of Modernity. In his book, Moore argues that the Enlightenment views of reason and human autonomy are unsustainable, and that much of our contemporary confusion about political, social, and cultural matters is a symptom of the unraveling of those views. He says that the invention of our democratic institutions was motivated by a desire to accommodate and encourage “the autonomy of the individual and the expansion of personal liberty,” and he asks whether such institutions and their founding assumptions haven’t subtly captured the highest allegiances of many Christians, transforming what we believe about what counts as happiness and success. He asserts that “in a world with fewer and fewer Christians, democratic faith makes ever more exclusive demands.” To follow up that 2009 interview, Ken Myers phoned Moore to ask him about his views on the political moment that has resulted in the 2016 presidential campaign, and the kinds of questions about political responsibility that aren’t being asked very loudly right now.

Peter J. Leithart on the 2016 election

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2016 28:38

In the second of a MARS HILL AUDIO series of special interviews examining politics and theology, theologian Peter J. Leithart (Between Babel and Beast: America and Empires in Biblical Perspective) discusses some of the issues raised explicitly during the current presidential campaign and the failure of many voters and observers to ask how the explosive mood of the present moment reveals deep problems in American political culture. In a recent on-line commentary, Leithart observed that “contemporary political culture is the product of a convergence of two strains of liberalism: a leftist cultural libertarianism that took off during the 1960s and 1970s, and a rightwing free-market liberalism that reached its apogee with the Reagan-Thatcher alliance.” Leithart continued: “Though they come from opposite ends of the political spectrum, both strains of liberalism are founded on a concept of freedom as the emancipation of individual choice.” Leithart suggested that the sense of dismay many currently have about our political possibilities offers Christians “a rare opportunity to take stock and ask some basic questions about our polity.” He proceeds to list a dozen or so questions we should be asking far beyond who to vote for in November: “Are gay marriage and legalized abortion deviations from American values, or expressions of them? Can we disentangle the two strains of liberalism? Can we defend free markets without endorsing free love? What does ‘freedom’ mean? . . . Can politics be humane without recognizing that human beings are souls? Are campaigning and voting the be-all and end-all of Christian political action, or are we better off diverting some of those dollars and hours to less flashy projects that have the potential to leaven political culture over the long haul?” This feature is hosted by Ken Myers, producer of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal. For more information, visit our website at marshillaudio.org.

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Oliver O'Donovan on political theology

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2016 29:38

The campaign leading up to the presidential election of 2016 has been an unsettling season for many Americans. Against the disturbing backdrop of social and cultural fragmentation, the two principal candidates for the office seem to be equally divisive, so that whoever wins in November, we are certain to be living through a time of further discord and discontent. Is what we’re living through a sign of the failure of our political structures, or is it the logical outcome of a system with critical design flaws? Does a more hopeful future require the radical revision of some basic beliefs about the public life: about the relationship between state and society, about the purposes of government, and about how the ordering of temporal affairs accounts for the full reality of what we are as human persons? These and other relevant questions are finally theological questions, even if they aren’t always acknowledged as such. In the first of a MARS HILL AUDIO series of special interviews that discuss politics and theology, moral philosopher Oliver O’Donovan (The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology) discusses the Church’s historic belief that governments are an expression of God’s rule, that the reality of the kingdom of God is a necessary point of reference if we are to understand politics correctly. This feature is hosted by Ken Myers, producer of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal. For more information, visit our website at marshillaudio.org.

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Episode 46: J. Mark Bertrand on Bible Design

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2016 43:35

Does it matter how we "experience" the the Bible? Do we encounter it as a reference work, in which we look up stuff, or as a text in which to immerse ourselves? C&G guest Mark Bertrand believes that these are important questions. Bertrand says that the Bible involves one of the most important-- and most challenging-- design projects in history. Design decisions create or remove barriers to entering into the text, and often traditional design choices actually hinder our reading and interpretation. These are significant issues, to say the least. Join Mark and host Mike Schutt as they discuss Bible design and its implications, and you'll find out, among other things, whether St. Paul will be offended if we remove the verse numbers from our Bibles, whether Jesus actually spoke only in red, and whether you are more holy if you read the Bible on see-through pages. J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist living in South Dakota. His crime noir works are Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide. His book [Re]Thinking Worldview is a great primer on Christian thought and action, and he serves on the faculty of Worldview Academy. He blogs at the world-renowned Bible Design Blog, sharing thoughts and photos on a multitude of design issues. His initial claim to fame was that he was interviewed by Ken Myers on Mars Hill Audio Journal, volume 90, which also features Mike Schutt talking about Redeeming Law. Mike Schutt is host of Cross & Gavel Audio, a project of the Christian Legal Society and Trinity Law School.

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Not Conformed to the Cultural Captivity

Beach Lake FM Church Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2015 37:02

REFLECTION QUOTES “To think and to be fully alive are the same.” ~Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), German-born political theorist “Worldliness is what makes sin look normal in any age and righteousness seem odd.” ~David F. Wells, contemporary author and theologian “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” ~C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) “The call to think Christianly is the essence of evangelism, not some optional add-on for nerdy, philosophically inclined believers.” ~Ken Myers, contemporary social commentator “Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge.” ~David Brainerd (1718-1747), missionary “Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.” ~Resolution 28 of Jonathan Edwards' famed “Resolutions” (1722) “When we affirm, as the Church must, that freedom is not the natural endowment of every human being but it is something to be won by acknowledgment of the truth, and that in the end the truth is something given in the sheer grace of God to be received in faith, there is bound to be anger. There is bound to be the feeling that the free society is once again threatened by dogma. I think the Church cannot evade the sharpness of this encounter.” ~Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998), British theologian and missionary SERMON PASSAGE Romans 12:1-2 (NASB) 1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Colossians 2:6-8 (NASB) 1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument. 5 For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ. 6 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. Ephesians 4:11-16 (NASB) 11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

Guest Speaker - Ken Myers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2015 34:08

Guest Speaker: Ken Myers; Scripture: Various TextsSupport the show (https://www.beachlakefmc.org/give)

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Sin & Temptation

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2014 40:47

REFLECTION QUOTES “…I believe that the whole universe, heaven and earth, air and seas…be full of images of divine things, as full as a language is of words…there is room for persons to be learning more and more of this language and seeing more of that which is declared in it to the end of the world without discovering all.” -Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), American theologian and pastor “Man's grandeur is that he knows himself to be miserable.” ~Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician and philosopher “The business of the poet and novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things, and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things.” ~Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist, poet, and short-story writer “Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.” ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright “Christianity is more cosmology than therapy. It tells us things about the world of space and time, of history and power, of beauty and justice, of concrete love and embodied action. Christianity offers an account of human nature and of how human life is to be well-lived. And many of the things it tells us about the shape and nature of creation are directly at odds with accepted wisdom of modern Western culture.” ~Ken Myers, contemporary social commentator “The thing at bottom is this, that men have low thoughts of God, and high thoughts of themselves; and therefore it is that they look upon God as having so little right, and they so much.” ~Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) “In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish novelist, poet and essayist SERMON PASSAGE Genesis 2:25-3:13 (NASB) 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Chapter 3 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'” 4 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. 8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Ep. 399 - Ken Myers (CEO, Fightmatch App)

The Tao of Sports Podcast – The Definitive Sports, Marketing, Business Industry News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2014 25:42

Ken Myers has presented a credible solution to helping expand the MMA community, through the Fightmatch App. Myers explains his reasons behind the app's creation, as well as how it can help extend both the ability for fighters to find credible fights, as well as the promoters to know who should be fighting. Twitter: @KenneyMyers

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Richard Viladesau on theology through art

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2014 6:50

Since 2006, theologian Richard Viladesau has been working on a multi-book project that has been exploring the meaning of the cross of Christ in Christian theology and in the artistic expressions of faith. The first book in this series (all published by Oxford) was The Beauty of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Catacombs to the Eve of the Renaissance. The second, published in 2008, was The Triumph of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation. The third book, published this year, is The Pathos of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts—The Baroque Era. In an interview with Ken Myers for the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, Vilasdeau explained: “The arts were used as kind of illustrations or as kind of proclamations . . . for the service of God. The main intent was to serve as a mode of preaching, a visible mode of preaching in the case of the graphic arts or an auditory mode of preaching in the case of music. The problem is, of course, particularly when you get to the graphic arts, is that you have to be concrete, and in being concrete, you’re always saying both more and less than what the original message is.” This issue of Audition features an excerpt from that interview, to be featured on a forthcoming volume of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal.

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Esther Lightcap Meek on the personal nature of knowing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2014 5:18

In her recent book, A Little Manual for Knowing, Esther Lightcap Meek writes: “Knowing is a pilgrimage. It requires taking personal responsibility, born of love, to pledge allegiance to what we do not yet know. . . . Knowing is a gift. Epiphany comes as a surprising encounter, equal parts knowing and being known.” On this podcast, Meek talks with Ken Myers about how the conventional understanding of the difference between “objective” and “subjective” doesn’t do justice to the way we know the world as engaged subjects. This is an excerpt of a longer conversation with Esther Lightcap Meek that will appear on a forthcoming issue of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal.

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The Delight of the Father

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2014 45:16

REFLECTION QUOTES “When the yearning for freedom destroys order, the yearning for order will destroy freedom.” ~Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), American moral and social philosopher “The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.” ~Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), Famous American lawyer “The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.” ~Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972) “To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.” “Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.” ~Chinese Proverbs “The ministry of the church in contemporary America is distorted because the cultural lives of many Christians, including their deep assumptions about reality, the practice and activities that they pursue guided by those assumptions, have been decisively shaped more by modern, western culture than by the church's own account of reality as outlined in the Scriptures. This is in part because the church has too often abandoned its necessary and prophetic task of being involved in cultural formation, in favor of a more readily acceptable task of being chaplain to the cultural status quo.” ~Ken Myers, American social commentator “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” ~Wendell Berry, American environmentalist and social critic SERMON PASSAGE Ephesians 5:15-21, 6:1-4 (NASB) 15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. Chapter 6 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Matthew 3:13-4:1 (NASB) 13 Then Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him. 14 But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?” 15 But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he permitted Him. 16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, 17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.” Chapter 4 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

The Reality of the Resurrection

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2014 43:00

REFLECTION QUOTES “If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.” ~Stephen King (1947-present), American novelist and short-story writer “…[Jesus's] disciples…devoted themselves to the teaching of a doctrine which was attended with danger to human life—a doctrine which they would not have taught with such courage had they invented the resurrection of Jesus from the dead; and who also, at the same time, not only prepared others to despise death, but were themselves the first to manifest their disregard for its terrors.” ~Origen (c. 185-254) in Contra Celsus “The founders of all other religions said basically this: ‘I am a prophet come to help you find God.' Jesus is the only one who came and said: ‘I'm God come to find you.'” ~Tim Keller (1950-present), pastor in Manhattan “Christianity is the only major faith built entirely around a single historical claim. It is, however, a claim quite unlike any other ever made, as any perceptive and scrupulous historian must recognize. Certainly it bears no resemblance to the vague fantasies of witless enthusiasts or to the cunning machinations of opportunistic charlatans. It is the report of men and women who had suffered the devastating defeat of their beloved master's death, but who in a very short time were proclaiming an immediate experience of his living presence beyond the tomb, and who were…willing to suffer privation, imprisonment, torture, and death rather than deny that experience.” ~David B. Hart, contemporary theologian, philosopher, and cultural commentator “The Resurrection…is not a redemption from the creation but the redemption of the creation.” ~Ken Myers, former NPR producer “Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.” ~C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) SERMON PASSAGE Mark 16:1-8 1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” 4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. 5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” 8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

Special Edition: Ken Myers' The New, The Cool, and the Sensational: Judgment in the Face of Popular Culture's Pseudo-Transcendenalists

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2013 56:16

From the 2013 CiRCE Conference: A Contemplation of JudgmentJuly 2013; Baltimore, MD The making of judgments requires some sort of standard against which to make measurements. While the normal nihilism of contemporary culture is often described as being thoroughly without standards, all judgments assumed to be merely expressions of preference, very few people possess the Promethean confidence to assert their preferences requires some sort of standard against which to make measurements. While the normal nihilism of contemporary culture is often described as being thoroughly without standards, all judgments assumed to be merely expressions of preference, very few people possess the Promethean confidence to assert their preferences rful arbiters of quality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Resurrection Account

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2013 43:05

REFLECTION QUOTES “The function of man is to live, not to exist.” ~Jack London (1876-1916), American author “If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.” ~Stephen King, American novelist “The Resurrection…is not a redemption from the creation but the redemption of the creation.” ~Ken Myers, cultural commentator “…The majority of New Testament scholars today, not conservatives, not fundamentalists, concur with the facts of Jesus' honorable burial, his empty tomb, his postmortem appearances, and the origin of the disciples' belief in his resurrection. This is a surprising truth, not widely appreciated by non-specialists.” ~William Lane Craig, American philosopher and theologian “The evidence for the resurrection is better than for claimed miracles in any other religion. It's outstandingly different in quality and quantity…from the evidence offered for the occurrence of most other supposedly miraculous events. But you must remember that I approached it after considerable reading of reports of psychical research and its criticisms. This showed me how quickly evidence of remarkable and supposedly miraculous events can be discredited.” ~Antony Flew (1923-2010), British philosopher and arguably the foremost academic atheist in the latter half of the 20th century “The problem with modern people is that they have too much to live with and too little to live for.” ~Os Guinness, author and social commentator SERMON PASSAGE Luke 23:50-24:12 (NASB) 50 And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man 51 (he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God; 52 this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain. 54 It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. 55 Now the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Chapter 24 1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; 5 and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? 6 He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, 7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” 8 And they remembered His words, 9 and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. 11 But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.

Sin: Radical Evil

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2012 39:05

REFLECTION QUOTES “The true penitent, though he dreads punishment, much more dreads sin…” ~Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) “…over the past few decades, people have lost a sense of their own sinfulness. Children are raised amid a chorus of applause. Politics has become less about institutional restraint and more about giving voters whatever they want at that second. Joe DiMaggio didn't ostentatiously admire his own home runs, but now athletes routinely celebrate themselves as part of the self-branding process.” “So, of course, you get narcissists who believe they or members of their party possess direct access to the truth. Of course you get people who prefer monologue to dialogue. Of course you get people who detest politics because it frustrates their ability to get 100 percent of what they want. Of course you get people who gravitate toward the like-minded and loathe their political opponents. They feel no need for balance and correction.” ~David Brooks in “The New York Times” Summarizing central false themes battled by the early church: “Discontinuity was the theme of the relation not only between creation and salvation, the law and the gospel, the Creator and the Father, man and Christ, but also between the Old Testament and the New and between the apostolic community and Paul.” ~Jaroslav Pelikan (1923-2006), famed professor at Yale “Modern secularism (which insists on keeping faith private) and modern pietism (which keeps Jesus safely contained in the hearts of individual believers) are usually assumed to be adversaries. But this feud is ultimately a battle between brothers. They share conceptual DNA with Marcion and the Gnostics.” ~Ken Myers, contemporary Christian thinker “It is not a question of whether we worship, but what we worship…We are what we love. And love takes practice.” ~James K. A. Smith, Canadian-born contemporary Christian thinker “Create a culture by design, not by default.” ~Walt Disney (1901-1966) SERMON PASSAGE 1 John 3:1-12 (NASB) 1See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. 4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. 7 Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; 12 not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

The History of the Residency Program at the VA with Dr. Ken Myers [#R010]

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2012 62:47

Dr. Ken Myers, the man who (nearly) single-handedly created the optometric residency program at the Veterans Administration talks about how he developed the program, and the necessity for residency programs in modern optometry. He also discusses the latest controversies in board certification & gives his prediction on whether it will survive in its current form. Be our [...] The post The History of the Residency Program at the VA with Dr. Ken Myers [#R010] appeared first on ODwire.org.

Dialogues #6 - Richard Garnett on Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC

Dialogues on Law and Justice

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2012 18:32

Last year, law professor Richard Garnett of the Notre Dame Law school co-wrote an amicus brief concerning the constitutional issues in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The gist of that brief was published as an article called “Religious Freedom, Church-State Separation, and the Ministerial Exception.” In that paper, Garnett and his co-authors wrote: “It seems to us that because any worthwhile account of religious freedom would respect the authority of religious communities to select freely their own clergy, ministers, teachers, and doctrines, any such account must include some rule like the ministerial exception. Reasonably constructed and applied, this rule helps civil decisionmakers avoid deciding essentially religious questions. In addition, and more importantly, it protects the fundamental freedom of religious communities to educate their members and form them spiritually and morally. Although the exception may, in some cases, block lawsuits against religious institutions and communities for discrimination, it rests on the overriding and foundational premise that there are some questions the civil courts do not have the power to answer, some wrongs that a constitutional commitment to church–state separation puts beyond the law‘s corrective reach.” In January, shortly after the Supreme Court handed down its decision, Dialogues host Ken Myers talked to Richard Garnett about his interest in the case and its consequences. Their conversation is featured in this issue of Dialogues.

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Dialogues #5 - Carl Esbeck on Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC

Dialogues on Law and Justice

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2012 27:09

On January 11th, the United States Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in what many church-state scholars are calling the most important religious freedom case in decades. The case, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, highlighted the so-called “ministerial exception,” a concept that has been addressed in lower court First Amendment cases for some time. With a vote of 9-0, the court’s concerns have been stated unambiguously, and they are dramatically out of synch with the current administration and the Justice Department’s reading of the religion clauses. Since Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC will be consequential for many years, we’re going to devote more than one edition of Dialogues on Law and Justice to the substantial issues involved. This edition features a conversation between host Ken Myers and law professor Carl Esbeck from the University of Missouri School of Law. Esbeck has published widely in the area of religious liberty and church-state relations. Last year, he co-authored a paper published by the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy entitled “Religious Freedom, Church-State Separation, & the Ministerial Exception,” which focused on the issues raised in Hosanna-Tabor. Esbeck also co-wrote an amicus brief on behalf of a number of organizations.

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Dialogues #3 - Michael McConnell on SCOTUS 2010

Dialogues on Law and Justice

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2011 17:23

Just before the opening of the new term of the U. S. Supreme Court, the magazine First Things published a summary of the highlights of the 2010 term. The article was called “A Free Speech Year at the Court,” and it was written by Michael McConnell, director of the Constitutional Law Center at the Stanford Law School. On this edition of Dialogues, Professor McConnell talks with host Ken Myers about how the Court is increasingly collapsing all First Amendment freedoms into freedom of speech, a trend he finds disturbing.

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Ken Myers-Cultural Captivity

Christian Doctor's Digest

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2011 26:00

Ken Myers is the founder of Mars Hill Audio.

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Ordinary Means

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2009 69:31

Ken Myers on Culture

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Audition - Program 12 (Deneen on Wall Street, Berry on Limits)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2008 20:46

This issue of Audition features commentary by MARS HILL AUDIO host Ken Myers about recent on-line essays by political theorist Patrick Deneen. The four essays discussed were posted on Deneen's blog, What I Saw in America, and they each offered perspective on our current economic crisis gleaned from classical political philosophy. The essays were titled: "Abstraction," "Political Philosophy in the Details," "Whack a Mole," and "Democracy in America." Also referenced in Myers's comments is the 1976 book by sociologist Daniel Bell, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. Patrick Deneen, associate professor of government at Georgetown University, was also a guest on Volume 91 of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal; a portion of that interview may be heard here. In this interview, Deneen and Myers discuss the thought of Wendell Berry, whom Deneen describes as a "Kentucky Aristotelian."Ken Myers also comments on an article from the May 2008 issue of Harper's by Wendell Berry. Berry's article, "Faustian Economics: Hell Hath No Limits," identifies the destructive (yet perennially attractive) Gnostic tendency to assume that limits are bad and always in need of breaking, a tendency implicated in many forms of cultural disorder.Finally, Myers previews a new audiobook published by MARS HILL AUDIO, called The Passionate Intellect: Incarnational Humanism and the Future of University Education, by Norman Klassen and Jens Zimmermann.[NOTE: To save this podcast as an MP3 file, right-click or (for Mac users) Control-click on the link below and select the saving option your browser offers.]

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Arrogant fascist or humble democrat?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2007

A Time magazine article from 1996 nominated political philosopher Leo Strauss (who died in 1973) as one of the most influential and powerful figures in Washington. Strauss was regarded as the inspiration for Newt Gingrich's steamrolling political movement. He has since been cited as the ultimate source of our war in Iraq, since former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was a student of a student of Strauss's at the University of Chicago. An article by one libertarian writer labels Strauss the "fascist godfather of the neo-cons."What, then, to make of these recent claims by Yale political philosopher Steven B. Smith (from his 2006 book Reading Leo Strauss): "Throughout his writings, Strauss remained deeply skeptical of whether political theory had any substantive advice or direction to offer statesmen. . . . The idea that political or military action can be used to eradicate evil from the human landscape is closer to the utopian and idealistic visions of Marxism and the radical Enlightenment than anything found in the writings of Strauss."A helpful introduction to Strauss's ideas appeared last year in an article entitled "The Secret of Straussianism," by Richard Sherlock, published in the journal Modern Age. A reading of this article is the latest MARS HILL AUDIO Reprint, available as an MP3 download from the MARS HILL AUDIO website (marshillaudio.org/catalog/reprints.asp; sorry we can't insert a clickable link here, but the server is being goofy). In addition to a survey of Strauss's method of reading classical, literary, and political-theoretical texts, Sherlock also examines his posture toward religion. Read by Ken Myers, the 36-minute reading sells for $3.This Reprint is the tenth in a series that covers such various topics as the novels of P. D. James, the life of William Wilberforce, the penetrating insights of Leszek Kolakowski, the importance of manual labor, and the necessity of reading the classics. Audition listeners may want to expand the range of their aural fixations by downloading some of these unique Audio Reprints.

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Audition - Program 9 (Dialogues on Justice & Judges)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2007 74:52

This issue of Audition is a free preview of a new series of programs being produced by MARS HILL AUDIO. The series, Dialogues on Justice and Judges, will look at recent and upcoming Supreme Court rulings, attending to how they represent ideas about law, justice, identity, freedom, community, and other social and cultural concepts.In this first episode, "Jurisprudence and the Roberts Court," Ken Myers, Executive Producer of MARS HILL AUDIO, interviews four legal experts who give an initial assessment of the tenure of Chief Justice John Roberts, looking specifically at the changes in the confirmation process of justices and the tendency of the Court to take on the role of legislator, especially in cases related to civil rights. The guests on the podcast are Douglas Kmiec, Professor of Law at Pepperdine University; Michael Uhlmann, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Claremont Graduate University; Terry Eastland, Publisher of The Weekly Standard; and Ed Whelan, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.The second issue of Dialogues on Justice and Judges, slated for release this Fall, will be offered for sale by MARS HILL AUDIO on CD or as an MP3 download. For more information about all of our audio products, see marshillaudio.org.

Audition - Program 8 (Figures in the Carpet)

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2007 61:13

This special issue of Audition features interviews with five cultural historians, each reflecting on how assumptions of the meaning of "the human person" has shaped some aspect of the American experience. They are all interested in how particular understandings of human nature have influenced American history, and how the distinctive shape of American history has shaped understanding of the meaning of human nature and the contours of human flourishing.Each of these thinkers contributed an essay to the anthology Figures in the Carpet: Finding the Human Person in the American Past (Eerdmans). In conversation with Ken Myers on this podcast, Wilfred M. McClay (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) discusses the differences between the terms "self" and "person." Eric Miller (Geneva College) recounts how Christopher Lasch's insightful books and essays exposed dehumanizing patterns in American cultural life. Eugene McCarraher (Villanova University) explains how many early 20th-centuury thinkers saw modern business corporations as proponents of a more communal shape to public life. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn (Syracuse University) raises some probing questions about how television shapes moral understanding in children. Christopher Shannon (Christendom College) compares how medical institutions interpret the meaning of suffering with the Christian tradition's interpretation (aided by the writing of Ivan Illich).Each of these guests has been featured on a past issue of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal; when heard together, the resonance implied among their diverse concerns become more evident.

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Audition - Program 7 (30 April 2007)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2007 35:32

The most influential social thinkers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries all believed that religion was an outdated preoccupation which maturing, progressing societies would eventually abandon. This assumption, often called the secularization hypothesis, was held by most sociologists through most of the 20th century.One sociologist who believed early on that the story of the place of religion in modern societies was a little more complicated and variable than most of his colleagues allowed for was David Martin. Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Martin has long insisted that the fate of religion in modern societies has been dramatically different in different countries.In 2005, a collection of essays by Martin called On Secularization: Toward a Revised General Theory was published by Ashgate Press. That book was the occasion for a conversation between David Martin and MARS HILL AUDIO host Ken Myers, much of which is presented in this issue of Audition.A separate portion of this interview was featured on Volume 84 of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, which is available for purchase in an MP3 download edition.Other guests on the Journal who have addressed the issue of secularization include Steve Bruce, Zygmunt Bauman, Edward Norman, and Harry Blamires.

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Audition - Program 6 (31 January 2007)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2007 31:46

The meaning of the human and the meaning of the spiritual are the big themes on this issue of Audition. First, we hear an excerpt from Yuval Levin's penetrating essay, "The Moral Challenge of Modern Science," which maintains that science is not, as many claim, just a set of neutral tools. Then part of a chapter from Nigel Cameron's provocative book Are Christians Human? An Exploration of True Spirituality is featured. The section excerpted asks the question "Was Jesus human?" and looks at ways in which Jesus' humanity is often implicitly denied even while explicitly affirmed. Finally, we hear a long section from the audio documentary Best-Selling Spirituality: American Cultural Change and the New Shape of Faith. What's behind the contemporary affirmation of "spirituality" at the expense of "religion"? Ken Myers hosts this exploration of how contemporary culture is shaping how people think about the meaning of faith.For more information about these and other audio products, consult the MARS HILL AUDIO website.

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Audition - Program 5 (30 November 2006)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2006 34:59

P. D. James's dystopian novel The Children of Men was the basis for a film opening on Christmas Day in the U.S. On this issue of Audition, Ken Myers talks with Ralph Wood and Alan Jacobs about the power and meaning of James's fiction, specifically of the themes raised in the bleak (but finally hopeful) story now adapted for the screen by Alfonzo Cuaron. A 1980 interview with P. D. James is also featured, in which she talks about why evil characters are more interesting than good ones, and why mysteries need murders.

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Audition - Program 1 (July 2006)