Podcasts about Nicholas Wolterstorff

Over the past several years one common accusation levied against those in favor of the classical Christian view on sexuality is that there has not been enough listening, open inquiry, and dialogue. The feeling among many is that by settling the debate within the CRCNA through synod, conservatives have effectively silenced dissent by circumventing honest deliberation. So in this week's episode, we try to tackle this argument head on in order to help everyone think through what James means - and doesn't mean - when he says that godly wisdom is "open to reason" (James 3:17).  Nicholas Wolterstorff's article mentioned in the episode can be found here: https://letter.icscanada.edu/wolterstorff?fbclid=IwY2xjawIkULVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVC13jpa0LjWLh4MmtDISdINmv-rhQtfGR6a-jsPeKYrxgczVxQ32m206g_aem_NWUmMlPzqjlOLEaCwa-mEg   Visit www.almondvalley.org for information about Almond Valley Christian Reformed Church in Ripon, CA. Music by Jonathan Ogden used with permission.

Today we honor and celebrate Larry’s final sermon at Waterstone Church. We focus on Jesus and the gift of salvation, and marvel at how grief and hope coexist, particularly in the story of Lazarus. This reminds us that, even in our darkest moments, Jesus, the God-Man, embodies compassion and promises resurrection. We are encouraged to embrace our faith, because true joy and renewal come from accepting Jesus into our lives. He is the one that guides us toward a deeper understanding of love, grace, and the assurance of eternal life. References: “It’s no wonder… that they have produced this uncommon effect that by long habit it is almost impossible for me to draw a breath in which you are not involved.” - John Newton “Heaven is a fairy story for those who are afraid of the dark.” - Stephen Hawking “There’s nothing to fear because you weren’t conscious before you were born, and you won’t be conscious after you die.” - Sam Harris “The tears of God are the meaning of history.” - Nicholas Wolterstorff “Jesus makes high claims without being pompous… He is tender without being cowardly, strong without being harsh.” - Jonathan Edwards “I like to think that something survives after you die… It’s strange to think that you accumulate all this experience and maybe even a little wisdom and it just goes away.” - Steve Jobs, Former CEO of Apple “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” John 3:16

Today we honor and celebrate Larry’s final sermon at Waterstone Church. We focus on Jesus and the gift of salvation, and marvel at how grief and hope coexist, particularly in the story of Lazarus. This reminds us that, even in our darkest moments, Jesus, the God-Man, embodies compassion and promises resurrection. We are encouraged to embrace our faith, because true joy and renewal come from accepting Jesus into our lives. He is the one that guides us toward a deeper understanding of love, grace, and the assurance of eternal life. References: “It’s no wonder… that they have produced this uncommon effect that by long habit it is almost impossible for me to draw a breath in which you are not involved.” - John Newton “Heaven is a fairy story for those who are afraid of the dark.” - Stephen Hawking “There’s nothing to fear because you weren’t conscious before you were born, and you won’t be conscious after you die.” - Sam Harris “The tears of God are the meaning of history.” - Nicholas Wolterstorff “Jesus makes high claims without being pompous… He is tender without being cowardly, strong without being harsh.” - Jonathan Edwards “I like to think that something survives after you die… It’s strange to think that you accumulate all this experience and maybe even a little wisdom and it just goes away.” - Steve Jobs, Former CEO of Apple “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” John 3:16

As favorite backyard neighbors, my mother and Mrs. Sanchez grew also into friendly rivals. The two competed every Monday to first hang their freshly washed laundry on their outdoor clotheslines. “She beat me again!” my mother would say. But the next week, Mama might be first—both enjoying their friendly weekly contest. Over ten years of sharing a backyard alley, the two also shared each other’s wisdom, stories, and hope. The Bible speaks with great warmth about the virtue of such a friendship. “A friend loves at all times,” Solomon observed (Proverbs 17:17). He also noted, “The pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice” (27:9). Our great Friend is surely Jesus. Urging loving friendship from His disciples, He taught them, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13). The very next day, He would do just that on the cross. He also told them, “I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you” (v. 15). Then He said, “This my command: Love each other” (v. 17). With such words, Jesus “is elevating His listeners,” as philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff said, from lowly humans to companions and confidants. In Christ, we learn to befriend others. What a Friend to teach us such love!

This week we'll continue to explore the upside-down Kingdom of Jesus through the lens of the beatitudes. This Sunday we'll look at the second beatitude, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” 9/1/24 Sermon Sources: - Sermon outline was used with permission from Robert Cunningham. See Robert Cunningham, "A Community of Lament." Sermon preached at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 6/14/2020 - Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son - Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Rowan Williams, Passions of the Soul - John Stott, The Sermon on the Mount, Bible Speaks Today commentary - Dale Bruner, Commentary on the Book of Matthew, volume 1 - "The Guest House," by Jallaludin Rumi.

Proverbs 21:5-16, 2 Chronicles 31:2-33:20, 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13-15, 2 Chronicles 32:7-26, 2 Corinthians 2:3-11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13-15, 2 Chronicles 32:7-26, 2 Corinthians 2:3-11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.liveConservatives often argue that liberalism is not a neutral political system. Liberalism, they say, has values of its own. It sneakily promotes these values as normative, and even good, for the citizens of liberal societies — whether those citizens like it or not.The philosopher and self-proclaimed liberal Alexandre Lefebvre believes that, empirically speaking, this conservative critique is pretty much true. As the title of his new book, Liberalism as a Way of Life, suggests, liberals should own up to the fact that they believe in more than a political system. They believe in a way of life. But a way of life requires values, and where do liberals get their values from?Christine and Shadi talk to Alex about these questions and more in a probing, contentious examination of Alex's book. How does liberalism ground its preferences? How does it defend the idea of human dignity? Why is personal freedom a good thing? Moreover, how do religious people, who want to live in a liberal political society without necessarily believing in liberalism as a way of life, fit into Alex's theory?In the bonus section for paid subscribers, Alex explains why becoming a true liberal requires overcoming your “inner Karen,” and Christine and Shadi quiz Alex on his list of the seventeen joys of liberalism. How does liberalism lead to playfulness? What about redemption? Find out by listening to this rapid-fire, ideas-packed episode.Required Reading:* Liberalism as a Way of Life by Alexandre Lefebvre.* Alex's personal website.* “Natural Law” (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).* Justice: Rights and Wrongs by Nicholas Wolterstorff.* Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland.* “John Rawls” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).* Ordinary Vices by Judith N. Shklar.* Disney Princess (tvtropes.org).* “Carl Schmitt” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).* Irving Kristol: A conservative is a liberal who was “mugged by reality.”* Surgeon General's Advisory on Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation (hhs.gov).* “Long Term Trends in Deaths of Despair” (US Senate, Joint Economic Committee).* “Karen” meme origin.

Ken Oakes and Jason Miller - As Lent leads us into Holy Week, we prepare for a fresh encounter with the paradox of a God who suffers with us. This year, Ken Oakes (SBCC member and Professor of Systematic Theology at Notre Dame) will be teaching a Thursday night class called "God, Suffering, Evil." The class will include an exploration of the book of Job, James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree, the movie Inside Out, and Nicholas Wolterstorff's Lament for a Son. To learn more about the class, check out this conversation with Ken and our lead pastor, Jason. The class will meet from 7-8:30pm on Thursday nights during Lent (2/15-3/28) at Studebaker 112. Registration for the class is now open!

In this episode, we speak with Nicholas Wolterstorff about his connections to Neo-Calvinism and his chapter in the upcoming T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism. Works discussed in this episode include: Sutano, Nathanial Gray, and Cory C. Brock, eds. T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism. T&T Clark Handbooks. London ; New York: T&T Clark, 2024. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tt-clark-handbook-of-neocalvinism-9780567698094/ Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Art Rethought: The Social Practices of Art. First published in paperback. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Religion in the University. New Haven: Yale University press, 2019. Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommon

Series: All! Jesus has all authority, So that all nationsMight pledge all allegiance to him.Title: “How Love Affects Suffering”Scripture: Matthew 27:32-66Bottom line: “The one who loves much suffers much.”DISCUSSION QUESTIONSSERMON OUTLINE & NOTESMAIN REFERENCES USEDDISCUSSION QUESTIONSDiscovery Bible Study process:Retell the story in your own words.Discovery the storyWhat does this story tell me about God?What does this story tell me about people?If this is really God's word, what changes would I have to make in my life?Who am I going to tell about this?Final Questions (optional or in place of above)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastQ. What do I want them to know?A. The one who loves much suffers much.Q. Why do I want them to know it?A. Because of the loss you feel when personally invested.Q. What do I want them to do about it?A. Recognize this so that as you suffer you embrace it knowing that love is what amplifies this.Q. Why do I want them to do it?A. Because this is how Jesus lived…and died. It's how we should live. Q. How can they begin to do this?A. Letting empathy propel us to serve others who are suffering with compassion.IntroductionIt's hard to imagine the loss of a loved one until you lose someone. The more you loved them, the more it hurts. There's great emotion because the loss is felt so deeply. In contrast, going to the funeral of someone we didn't know does not move us the same way. Why? Because loving much leads to much suffering. Today I want you to see the relationship between love and suffering as it relates to God and to people. My hope is that this will comfort you and propel you to serve others who are suffering even as you suffer. Because love compels us to.SERMON OUTLINE & NOTESBottom line: “The one who loves much suffers much.”Today we're just walking through these passages recognizing what's happening along the way and seeing how love and suffering intermingle.ConclusionThe one who loves much suffers muchIn this newsletter, Nanette Palm reflects on the suffering she is experiencing as she grieves the loss of her teenage son. In 2014, 3 from Grace went to Kazakhstan to serve alongside of this missionary family. There we got to know Isaiah as a 6 year old. He is who died.Newsletter, 8/22/23“A graduating student from Belize Christian Academy presented Nannette with a special painting. It was truly a special moment!‘Grief is a special kind of suffering. It's intensely wanting what you know cannot be.' The past 4-5 months have been the hardest in my life. I want to crawl into bed and never get out again. I don't have that luxury. I have found that the simple responsibilities overwhelming. Cooking a meal felt like too much. I am so thankful for all the meals that were brought.I have come to grasp that the one who loves much suffers much. Isaiah is an amazing kid. He gives the best hugs and he loves his family and others well. The only time I ever saw Isaiah upset is when he was concerned about his dad in the hospital or his dog Teddy being attacked by another dog. I love him so much, and I didn't even realize how much until he was gone.I stand at a moment in time that is crucial. I can walk this path of suffering and allow it to make me bitter or I can allow God to draw me closer to Him. The temptation is great, deep inside I want to sit and wallow in self-pity and pain. Some days are excruciating.I have so many amazing beautiful memories of Isaiah. He brought joy, creativity and enthusiasm for life. He truly completed our family. Yet at this moment, the pain of his loss feels greater than the gratitude of having him in my life for 14 and half years.In reading, Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff, I have been thinking about the connection of love and suffering. Nicholas writes, “If I hadn't loved him, there wouldn't be this agony. ‘This,' said Jesus, ‘is the command of the Holy One. You should love your neighbor as yourself.' In commanding us to love, God invites us to suffer.”I have never connected the words loving and suffering. It is truth. God loved me so much that he was willing to suffer. Nicholas states. “God is not only the God of the sufferers but the God who suffers. The pain and fallenness of humanity have entered into his heart. Through the prism of my tears, I have seen a suffering God.” God is with me. I know this fact to the very core of my being. Isaiah changed my life and his loss will be felt in my heart until we are reunited in heaven.Elijah and I traveled to Belize in the beginning of June. We went to participate in Belize Christian Academy's graduation. We felt so loved and we were given the freedom to just cry. My pastor looked at me and said, “You lost your baby, it's ok to weep!” Of course the streams of tears raced down our faces. Everywhere we looked, there were memories of Isaiah. We were presented with a painting of Isaiah from the student council. They had led a candlelight vigil in April.”PrayNOTESMy personal notesMAIN REFERENCES USED“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)Outline Bible, D Willmington CSB Christ Chronological (Harmony)NIV Study Bible (NIVSB) https://www.biblica.com/resources/scholar-notes/niv-study-bible/ESV Study Bible (ESVSB) https://www.esv.org“The Bible in One Year 2023 with Nicky Gumbel” bible reading plan on YouVersion appChatGPT https://openai.com/blog/chatgptAnswerThePublic.comWikipedia.com

Proverbs 21:5-16, 2 Chronicles 31:2-33:20, 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13-15, 2 Chronicles 32:7-26, 2 Corinthians 2:3-11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13-15, 2 Chronicles 32:7-26, 2 Corinthians 2:3-11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

2 Samuel 16: 5-12 // Ben BeasleyI understand that there are people here who have lived more life than me. Who have experienced much more than me. I'm well aware of that fact. But in my years, I've lived enough life simply to say this. Losses change us. They make us different. We don't come out the other end the same. If we are honest, the wounds are often there, lying underneath the surface. Losses, whether it's the loss of a child, a relationship, a dream, or whatever it may be - losses are defining moments in our lives. I would like us to recognize three ways in which suffering changes us; suffering humbles us, suffering leads us to pray, and in suffering, we find compassion for others. We are not alone in our suffering. God enters into our suffering and is the only one who can redeem the mess to offer hope in our suffering.Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49111478 Prayer Requests: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2509/responses/new23.07.30

Nesta live em parceria com a Editora Ultimato, falaremos sobre o novo lançamento do livro "Discurso divino: Reflexões filosóficas sobre a tese de que Deus fala" de Nicholas Wolterstorff. Um interessante livro da série Filosofia e Fé Cristã com a presença de David Bastos e André Quirino.

You're not supposed to “let God take control” of your life and work. You're not supposed to “hear God's voice in your heart.” And, you're not supposed to be guided by God's Holy Spirit by inner feelings of peace, intuitions, or impressions. These are three things believers have recently come to believe as being essential to being Christian. But according to our guest Phillip Cary, they are not found in the Bible and actually will cause harm – psychologically, morally, and spiritually.  Phillip Cary is a Professor of Philosophy and the Chair of the Philosophy Department at Eastern University. He has written several books on Augustine, drawing on his doctoral dissertation at Yale under the guidance of Nicholas Wolterstorff.  Brazos Press has just released the expanded second edition of his best-selling book, Good News for Anxious Christians: 10 Practical Things You Don't Have to Do. Andy Crouch says of this book, “Graceful and liberating, it is a word of wisdom and hope that just might convince anxious Christians that the gospel really is better news than we've yet imagined."  Byron Borger wrote, "Tremendously rich and thoughtful and wonderfully written… This book is written by a gentleman [who] is, well, a genius… This is an anti-self-help book that takes historic and solid theology and uses that to counter the silliness – silliness that may become toxic – that is often found in popular-level evangelicalism. This is solid pastoral theology, inviting deeper and more mature thinking about the slogans and clichés we too often hear.” Purchase this book from Byron at Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about Phillip Cary's book on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off! >> Thanks for listening! Your hosts for the Re-integrate Podcast are Dr. Bob Robinson (@Bob_Robinson_re) and David Loughney (@David_Loughney). Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God's mission and online resources for further learning. You can also find out about a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission. On Reintegrate's podcast page, you'll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast. Music provided by Brian Donahue.

Welcome to episode seventy-six of New Creation Conversations. My guest today is the incredibly gifted writer and Christian philosopher, Dr. James K.A. Smith. I have really been looking forward to having this conversation for a while. Jamie and I became friends about twenty-five years ago when he was a young professor at Loyola-Marymount University, and I was early in my teaching career at Southern Nazarene University. We both got accepted into a summer study program at Calvin College to study “eschatology and hope” with Dr. Miroslav Volf. It was a very enriching summer intellectually and spiritually. However, part of the benefit of the program was that Calvin invited us to bring our families with us for the six weeks we were there. It just happened that Jamie and his wife Deanna, and Deb and I both had four kids all around the same age and so we got to hang out as families.The group that summer had several very gifted and bright people in it, but it didn't take long for us to figure out that Jamie was gifted in unique ways. Eventually Calvin invited him to join their very prestigious philosophy faculty – a faculty that in the past has included names like Richard Mouw, Alvin Plantinga, and Nicholas Wolterstorff. Jamie now is Professor of Philosophy and the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. In these last two decades Jamie has written some of the most widely read and greatly influential books of this generation. We will talk about several of them in our conversation, but some of the best known are Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?; How (Not) to Be Secular (CT winner); the award-winning Desiring the Kingdom (CT winner); You are What You Love, and more recently On the Road with St. Augustine (CT winner). He's also written for the Wall Street Journal, the nY Times, The Washington Post, USA Today… well, you get the point.Jamie has an amazing story of both coming to faith in Christ and becoming a scholar – which he I got him to tell pieces of in our conversation. He's a graduate of the University of Waterloo. Did his Master's in Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies, and earned his PhD in Philosophy from Villanova University. A lot of our conversation centers on his brand-new book, How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now (Brazos Press). It is exactly what you would expect from Jamie, a rich, thoughtful, well-written, and transformational textJamie makes a very short list of four or five people who have shaped my own journey and my thinking the most, it's fun that I also get to call him a friend. Thanks for listening in to this New Creation Conversation. Here's my conversation with Dr. James K.A. Smith.

Proverbs 21:5-16, 2 Chronicles 31:2–20, 32:1-33, 33:1-20, 2 Corinthians 1:23–24, 2:1-11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13,15, 2 Chronicles 32:7–8,22–26, 2 Corinthians 2:3–11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13,15, 2 Chronicles 32:7–8,22–26, 2 Corinthians 2:3–11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

In this episode, we talk with Leah Boyd (Twitter: @LeahBSassy) about music, liturgy, and theology. Because of its rich theology of culture, neo-Calvinism is often assumed to be a resource for Christianity outside of the church. Less well known is the liturgical tradition produced by Bavinck and Kuyper, which is distinctly neo-Calvinistic in its attempts to progress ancient liturgical practices into the modern age. How does the tradition help us think through what churches sing, and how they sing it? For an introduction to Leah: Kaitlyn Schiess, 'For Popular Seminarian, Sassiness is a Spiritual Gift,' Christianity Today, June 11, 2021. The books we discuss are: - Abraham Kuyper, Our Worship (Eerdmans, 2009). - James K.A. Smith, Cultural Liturgies Boxed Set (Baker Academic, 2017). - Bill Edgar, Taking Note of Music (Third Way Books, 1986). - Nicholas Wolterstorff, Acting Liturgically (Oxford University Press, 2018). - Nicholas Wolterstorff, The God We Worship (Eerdmans, 2015).

How can you help people maintain faith when they are suffering? In this episode, Kevin Miller explores that question with Emily H. McGowin, Assistant Professor of Theology at Wheaton College.   She said, “silence in the face of suffering is not an indefensible reaction. We should be humbled into quietness, and not be quick to speak when we encounter suffering.”  When McGowin's mother-in-law died at 46 years-old, people tried to offer rational responses, which wasn't helpful. But the people who ministered to her with their physical presence really helped her see the love of Christ, in that difficult time.  “I work very hard to try to convince students that God is good, in His very essence, and that means that God is therefore, already opposed to evil – not orchestrating it for some sort of mysterious end,” she said.   Miller also emphasized the importance of drawing attention to the resurrection, in response to death and suffering.  Check out what was referenced on the podcast:  Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI: 1987)  The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?  by David Bentley Hart (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI: 2011) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Proverbs 21:5-16, 2 Chronicles 31:2-33:20, 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13,15, 2 Chronicles 32:7–8,22–26, 2 Corinthians 2:3–11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13,15, 2 Chronicles 32:7–8,22–26, 2 Corinthians 2:3–11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

Proverbs 21:13,15, 2 Chronicles 32:7–8,22–26, 2 Corinthians 2:3–11. He is also just In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love

God is love. He is also just. In his book *Justice in Love*, Nicholas Wolterstorff points out that justice is a necessary constituent part of any properly formed conception of love.Proverbs 21:13,152 Corinthians 2:3–112 Chronicles 32:7–8,22–26

The Kaufman Interfaith Institute hosted a conversation between Nicholas Wolterstorff and Kelly James Clark on June 3, 2019. These 2 episodes contain the entirety of that event. Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher and a liturgical theologian. A prolific writer with wide-ranging philosophical and theological interests, he has written books on aesthetics, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of education. In Faith and Rationality, Wolterstorff, Alvin Plantinga, and William Alston developed and expanded upon a view of religious epistemology that has come to be known as Reformed epistemology. He also helped to establish the journal Faith and Philosophy and the Society of Christian Philosophers.

Josh Wilton is a pastor, church planter, photographer, and creative communicator who also wrote a novel. He takes Vanessa & Andy on a tour of his creative processes as a parable for our life with God and one another.Josh talks about 5 guidelines for engaging the world around us and noticing God's Presence:Show up.Don't miss the Moment.Chase the Light.Pay attention to Shadows.Attend to the DetailsPSALM 19Links to photos Josh refers to in this episode - 25:58Resources:Fiction: Is it True, Useful and Justifiable? - Josh's Masters ThesisArt in Action by Nicholas Wolterstorff - Taking vigorous issue with the pervasive Western notion that the arts exist essentially for the purpose of aesthetic contemplation, Nicholas Wolterstorff proposes instead what he sees as an authentically Christian perspective: that art has a legitimate, even necessary, place in everyday life.The Table's Easter Video

Josh Wilton is a pastor, church planter, photographer, and creative communicator who also wrote a novel. He takes us on a tour of his creative processes as a parable for our life with God and one another.Josh talks about 5 guidelines for engaging the world around us and noticing God's Presence:Show up.Don't miss the Moment.Chase the Light.Pay attention to Shadows.Attend to the DetailsPSALM 19Links to photos Josh refers to in this episode - 25:58 Resources:Fiction: Is it True, Useful and Justifiable? - Josh's Masters ThesisArt in Action by Nicholas Wolterstorff - Taking vigorous issue with the pervasive Western notion that the arts exist essentially for the purpose of aesthetic contemplation, Nicholas Wolterstorff proposes instead what he sees as an authentically Christian perspective: that art has a legitimate, even necessary, place in everyday life.The Table's Easter VideoSupport the show

In today's episode of Off the Wire I interview Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff. Together we discuss the Christian life and the challenges that we will face and how to handle different scenarios and concepts.

In this episode, Joel and Travis continue to talk about politics, specifically about rights. What are rights? What kinds of things constitute rights? Does every right have a correlative duty? How do rights relate to law? To morality more generally? And is health care a (human) right--if it is, what would it mean to be such? In the process, they discuss Nicholas Wolterstorff, Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), but fail to talk about any political figure or party. Go figure.

Pulling from Nicholas Wolterstorff's "Quartet of the Vulnerable", this episode focuses on the question, who are the people that God is most concerned for?

What does philosophy have to do with theology? Isn’t Christianity a faith of the heart, and not a faith of the head? And for that matter, isn’t philosophy an impractical discipline, completely unrelated to everyday life? In this episode, Matthew Barrett talks with Nicholas Wolterstorff about his journey into academia as a philosopher, as told… Download Audio

Examine the role of religion and religious activity during times of crisis through a series of historical case studies. Join Dr. Jeff Sikkenga of Ashland University and Executive Director of the Ashbrook Center as he discusses these topics with Professor Melissa M. Matthes of the United States Coast Guard Academy. This special program, the last in our "Insights from History" series, aired at 1pm ET on Wednesday, 29 April. Suggested readings: The Babylonian Exile and the Love of God, Pastor Hideo Hashimoto, February, 1942 "We All Killed Kennedy," Reverend William Holmes, 24 November 1963 Letter from Thomas Merton to Coretta Scott King After Martin Luther King, Jr's Assassination, 5 April 1968 "

Is it wrong to seek the good or virtuous society in the face of evident pluralism? In some classical Christian thought, the king was tasked with cultivating virtue, including love of God. Joel and Dave discuss contemporary Christian voices who challenge this. For liberal thinkers like Nicholas Wolterstorff, Christians cannot seek to define the common good for society in this way; doing so would exclude or coerce non-Christians. In Wolterstorff's terms, Christians must support the ‘mechanical state', a neutral body-protecting ‘the excellence of freedom'. Joel and Dave raise their problems with this view, and challenge the argument that pluralism and a Christian conception of the common good are in conflict. Q-bits and zerglings are mentioned.

“To comfort me, you have to come close. Come sit beside me on my mourning bench.” – Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son In our Good Grief series, we've been talking through the universal experience of grieving. We all experience it, but it's definitely not uniformly experienced. Grief looks different for each of us, and we experience it in a unique way every time we walk through it. The uniqueness of our grief can often leave us feeling isolated and alone. After the loss of a loved one, some describe walking around bewildered and unsure how the rest of the world is still carrying on. In the first week of our series, Pastor Sarah shared about a book entitled Lament for a Son where the author, Nicholas Wolterstorff, wrote that he didn’t want clever words or well wishes after losing his son. He just wanted someone to sit with him. Presence seems to provide a healing balm for those who are in the midst of the most difficult times of grief. To comfort someone, we have to risk getting close to them, and therefore, close to their loss. This week at First United, we hear how Jesus risked getting close to the loss of his dear friend Lazarus, and Jesus actually weeps. Oftentimes, this scripture is interpreted as Jesus’ emotions getting the best of him as he cries over the death of a friend. But, a closer read of scripture reveals that Jesus doesn’t weep until he sees Lazarus’ sisters weeping. Their loss becomes his loss, as he risks getting close to this profound grief. Jesus’ reaction has many lessons for those of us in the midst of loss and for those of us walking with others who are experiencing grief. Listen in as we take a deeper look at “Jesus wept” and learn why this little sentence can help us experience good grief.

That’s the beginning of the book, Lament for a Son, written by Nicholas Wolterstorff who was a former philosophy professor at Yale University. But he writes the book not as a scholar; he writes the book as a loving father. He writes the book for his twenty-five year old son who died mountain climbing in Austria. And he calls the book his lament - Lament for a Son. His expression of sadness, this prayer of mourning for his late son, Eric. And as you continue reading you can hear the sadness in this father’s words. He says, “There is a hole in the world now. In the place where Eric was, there is now just nothing. There is nobody who saw just what he saw, who knows what he knew, who remembers what he remembered, who loves what he loved. My son is gone. Only a hole remains.”

This is a conversation with Florida based podcaster, activist and Christian thinker Tyler Burns. We discuss the theology and philosophy of justice, what a just world would look like, reparations for slavery and much more. Show Notes Tyler Burns (https://twitter.com/Burns23) Tyler's work: The Witness (https://thewitnessbcc.com/) Pass The Mic podcast (https://thewitnessbcc.com/pass-the-mic/) The Justice Conference (https://www.thejusticeconference.com/podcast/) Wealth Gap Study (https://ips-dc.org/report-ever-growing-gap/) The Case for Reparations article by Ta-Nehisi Coates (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/) Critical Race Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory) Rethinking Incarceration by Dominique DuBois Gilliard (https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Incarceration-Advocating-Justice-Restores/dp/0830845291?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0830845291) 13th documentary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_(film)) Shane Claiborne (https://www.shaneclaiborne.com/new-page) Historian Ibram X. Kendi (https://www.ibramxkendi.com/about) The Witness Captive Audience article by DeeDee Roe (https://thewitnessbcc.com/captive-audience/) The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38915761-the-color-of-compromise) Old Testament Ethics for the People of God by Christopher J. Wright (https://www.ivpress.com/old-testament-ethics-for-the-people-of-god) The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97827.The_Prophetic_Imagination) The Christian Imagination by Willie Jennings (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300171365/christian-imagination) Divided By Faith by Michael O. Emerson, Christian Smith (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273885.Divided_by_Faith) The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (http://isabelwilkerson.com/the-book/) How Africa Shaped The Christian Mind by Thomas Oden (https://www.ivpress.com/how-africa-shaped-the-christian-mind) Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224792/just-mercy-by-bryan-stevenson/9780812984965) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (https://ta-nehisicoates.com/books/between-the-world-and-me/) Justice by Nicholas Wolterstorff (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8680.html) Too Heavy A Yoke by Chanequa Walker-Barnes (http://www.drchanequa.com/books.html) The Divided Mind of the Black Church by Raphael G. Warnock (https://www.amazon.com/Divided-Mind-Black-Church-Ethnicity/dp/0814794467) The Day The Revolution Began by N.T. Wright (https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062334381/the-day-the-revolution-began/) The Crucified God by Jurgen Moltmann (https://www.amazon.com/Crucified-God-Jurgen-Moltmann/dp/150640295X) The Crucifixion by Fleming Rutledge (https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/7534/the-crucifixion.aspx)

Nicholas Wolterstorff is Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University, Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, and Honorary Professor of Australian Catholic University. He graduated from Calvin College in 1953 and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1956. He taught philosophy at Calvin College from 1959 to 1989, and then joined the faculty of Yale Divinity School, with adjunct appointments in the Yale philosophy department and religious studies department. He retired at the end of 2001. During leaves of absence he has taught at the Free University of Amsterdam, Princeton University, and the University of Notre Dame. He has been President of the American Philosophical Association (Central Division) and President of the Society of Christian Philosophers. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among the named lectures he has given are the Wilde Lectures at Oxford, the Gifford Lectures at St Andrews, the Taylor Lectures at Yale, and the Stone Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary. His publications include Art in Action (Eerdmans, 1980), Lament for a Son (Eerdmans, 1987), Justice: Rights and Wrongs (Princeton 2008), Justice in Love (Eerdmans 2011), Journey toward Justice (Baker 2013), The God We Worship (Eerdmans 2015), Art Rethought (Oxford 2015), and Acting Liturgically (Oxford 2018). Forthcoming in early 2019 are In This World of Wonders: Memoir of a Lie in Learning (Eerdmans) and Religion in the University (Yale).

My guest is Nicholas Wolterstorff. World-renowned Christian philosopher. Beloved professor. Author of the classic Lament for a Son (https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Emeritus-Philosophical-Theology-Wolterstorff/dp/080280294X/ref=pd_sim_14_1/147-1749716-5340640?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=080280294X&pd_rd_r=ff8d50ec-3f9c-11e9-870e-afb0e07225f8&pd_rd_w=vBmat&pd_rd_wg=Y10yc&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=HAW6HG118X3ZAJ4HWQV0&psc=1&refRID=HAW6HG118X3ZAJ4HWQV0). Nicholas Wolterstorff is all of these and more. His memoir, In This World of Wonders (https://www.amazon.com/This-World-Wonders-Memoir-Learning/dp/080287679X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=in+this+world+of+wonders&qid=1551827911&s=gateway&sr=8-1) opens a remarkable new window into the life and thought of this remarkable man. Written not as a complete life story but as a series of vignettes, Wolterstorff’s memoir moves from his humble beginnings in a tiny Minnesota village to his education at Calvin College and Harvard University, to his career of teaching philosophy and writing books, to the experiences that prompted some of his writing—particularly his witnessing South African apartheid and Palestinian oppression firsthand. In This World of Wonders (https://www.amazon.com/This-World-Wonders-Memoir-Learning/dp/080287679X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=in+this+world+of+wonders&qid=1551827911&s=gateway&sr=8-1) is the story of a thoughtful and grateful Christian whose life has been shaped by many loves—love of philosophy, love of family, love of art and architecture, love of nature and gardening, and more. It’s a lovely, wonderful story. Special Guest: Nicholas Wolterstorff .

Renowned philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff talks to us about his only non-philosophical published work, Lament for a Son—an expression of profound grief written in the wake of his son Eric's untimely death in 1983.

Shane and I both grew up in the church and were blessed to feel the need for Christ early in our lives. Shane had a more devout idea of his life calling than I did as a child. He saw himself building houses in Africa, while I wanted to be single and run a farm for displaced cheetahs. Nothing against cheetah farmers, but God has since given us a calling as a couple, and now as a family, to invest in a population close to His heart: immigrants and refugees. There is a strong and clear biblical mandate for Christians to love, welcome, and serve immigrants and refugees. Zephaniah 7:10a states, “Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor.” These four groups have been coined “the quartet of the vulnerable” by American philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff, a phrase also used by pastor and author Tim Keller. We attended Keller’s church, Redeemer, in NYC, and were struck by his messages concerning these four groups and the

This is episode 10 of the Logos Institute Podcast. It is composed of two parts, the first of which is a lecture by Professor Wolterstorff on Justice and Injustice in Christian Liturgies followed by a Q&A session (beginning at approximately 56:30). Nicholas Wolterstorff - https://religiousstudies.yale.edu/people/nicholas-wolterstorff Logos Institute - http://logos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Blogos - http://blogos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

This is episode 9 of the Pogos, the official podcast of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology. In this episode, Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff (https://religiousstudies.yale.edu/people/nicholas-wolterstorff) presents a brief description of his views on liturgy as a means to knowing God and participates in a lengthy discussion session with students and faculty from the university involved. If you would like to learn more about the Logos Institute, its activities and its vision, then visit us at http://logos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk.

REFLECTION QUOTES “The Son of God suffered unto death not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His.” ~George MacDonald, Scottish author “When you know that Jesus Christ the Son of God was thrown into the ultimate furnace of God's wrath for you, you can experience His presence in your smaller furnaces walking beside you.” ~Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church from Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering “When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone. When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on. Don't let yourself go ‘cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes.'” ~American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their song “Everybody Hurts” “God is not only the God of the sufferers but the God who suffers. It is said of God no one can behold His face and live. I always thought this meant no one could see His splendor and live. A friend said perhaps it meant that no one could see His sorrow and live. Or perhaps His sorrow is splendor. Instead of explaining our suffering, God shares it.” ~Nicholas Wolterstorff, American philosopher and writer from his book Lament for A Son “The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not born by God.” ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer SERMON PASSAGE Lamentations 3:16-26, Psalm 42:1-5 (NASB) Lamentations 3 16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust. 17 I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. 18 So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.” 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. 20 Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me. 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.” 25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; 26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Psalm 42 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. 5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.

REFLECTION QUOTES “Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.” ~Tim Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering “It is said of God that no one can behold his face and live. I always thought this meant that no one could see his splendor and live. A friend said perhaps it meant that no one could see his sorrow and live. Or perhaps his sorrow is splendor…. Instead of explaining our suffering God shares it.” ~Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son “So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light ‘Cause oh, it gave me such a fright But I will hold on with all of my might Just promise me we'll be all right.” ~Mumford & Sons, “Ghosts That We Knew” “What do people mean when they say, ‘I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?” ~C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed “I have never experienced stomach doubt, but I think Jesus did. When he cried out, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!' I don't think he was raising a theological issue…I think he had looked into the abyss itself and found there a darkness that spiritually, viscerally, totally engulfed him. I think God allows that kind of darkness to happen only to God's saints.” ~Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” ~Jesus SERMON PASSAGE Psalm 77 (ESV) 1 I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. 2 When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted. 3 I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint. 4 You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak. 5 I thought about the former days, the years of long ago; 6 I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked: 7 “Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again? 8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time? 9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?” 10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand. 11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. 12 I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.” 13 Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God? 14 You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. 15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. 16 The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed. 17 The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth. 18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. 19 Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen. 20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

A songwriter and a philosopher contemplate death, loss and what it means to grieve well. --- Nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. But if death is something we all face at some point, and grief is part of the human experience, we talk about them surprisingly little. In fact, it's something we don't necessarily do all that well as a culture. "The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips," wrote the poet Octavio Paz in 1961. His words still ring true today. Some of us, like musician Phil Davidson, eventually find a way to deal with sorrow after the loss of a loved one. "I could hear the foghorns of the ships that were leaving Belfast harbour and going out to sea," Phil says about that night after he last saw Agnes, his grandmother, alive. "I was lying there just thinking about my grandmother, I could hear these foghorns, and I'm thinking these ships are kind of all lost at sea. I thought that's a great kind of analogy of how I was feeling." So he got up and started writing Ballymena Agnes. It was his way of connecting with his emotions and working through his grief. For philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff, it has been a different journey. His son died at 25 years of age in a mountain climbing accident. When he turned to philosophical attempts to explain this loss, he didn't find any of them compelling. "So I live with unanswered questions," he says. "I continue to have faith in that there is a creator of this universe and that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, but how I fit that altogether with the early death of a beloved son … I live with the question." In this episode, we explore the tension that is presented in the face of death. On the one hand, the Christian faith says that death is much worse than we think and our instincts are right, it's really not ok. But it also says that there's far more hope and comfort to be found in the face of death, more than we might imagine. --- SUBSCRIBE to ‘Life & Faith' on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you get your podcasts): http://bit.ly/cpxpodcast  READ Nicholas Wolterstorff's Lament for a Son: http://amzn.to/1Vh6TMd  LISTEN to Phil Davidson's music: http://bit.ly/phildavidsonfb  --- This episode was first broadcast on 21 April 2016.

Mitch Stokes is a Senior Fellow of Philosophy at New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho.  He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Notre Dame under the direction of Alvin Plantinga and Peter van Inwagen.  At Yale, he earned an M.A. in religion under the direction of Nicholas Wolterstorff.  He also holds an M.S. in mechanical engineering and, prior to […]

This is the first post in a series looking at the connections between art and justice. The series will be a going public with my long-term wrestling with concepts connected to my multi-decade study of the works of Nicholas Wolterstorff on both subjects. A particular challenge with Wolterstorff’s work is that he often makes a compelling […]

March 1, 2016 • Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus Philosophical Theology Divinity School and Religious Studies (Ph.D., Harvard University) at Yale University. Philosophers and theorists of art have focused almost all of their attention on "high art"-- museum paintings and concert hall music -- to the neglect of other kinds of art. After offering an explanation of why this is, I will argue that we should expand the scope of our inquiries and reflect on other ways of engaging art as well. I will give some indication of what such an expanded inquiry would look like.

  We are HOURS away from the inauguration of President Donald Trump and I am THRILLED to have Jeremy Weese on the show. And even more good news, regular contributor Jennifer Lee Koh is back. We didn't scare her away!    We take a deep dive into why white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in such large numbers and why Jeremy thinks evangelicals "don't know how to vote." Jennifer explains what sanctuary cities are and we discuss the looming battle between federal and local governments over immigration. Thank you so much Jennifer and Jeremy for coming by! Enjoy the show!    LINKS: Jennifer looking highly professorial in a recent news article in the Orange County Register: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/need-741081-asian-americans.html   "The Way to Justice: How My Mind Has Changed," by Nicholas Wolterstorff: http://www.povertystudies.org/TeachingPages/EDS_PDFs4WEB/Wolterstorff-HowMyMindHasChanged-selections.pdf   Bryan Stevenson's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice   "The Evangelicalism of Old White Men is Dead," by Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/opinion/the-evangelicalism-of-old-white-men-is-dead.html?_r=0   Music: "Rap Dreams," by Lowercase n "Adventures," by A Himitsu   Reach me at My website: www.podcastenthusiast.com Twitter @davidgchang Facebook www.facebook.com/davidchang99 whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com

  We are HOURS away from the inauguration of President Donald Trump and I am THRILLED to have Jeremy Weese on the show. And even more good news, regular contributor Jennifer Lee Koh is back. We didn't scare her away!    We take a deep dive into why white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in such large numbers and why Jeremy thinks evangelicals "don't know how to vote." Jennifer explains what sanctuary cities are and we discuss the looming battle between federal and local governments over immigration. Thank you so much Jennifer and Jeremy for coming by! Enjoy the show!    LINKS: Jennifer looking highly professorial in a recent news article in the Orange County Register: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/need-741081-asian-americans.html   "The Way to Justice: How My Mind Has Changed," by Nicholas Wolterstorff: http://www.povertystudies.org/TeachingPages/EDS_PDFs4WEB/Wolterstorff-HowMyMindHasChanged-selections.pdf   Bryan Stevenson's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice   "The Evangelicalism of Old White Men is Dead," by Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/opinion/the-evangelicalism-of-old-white-men-is-dead.html?_r=0   Music: "Rap Dreams," by Lowercase n "Adventures," by A Himitsu   Reach me at My website: www.podcastenthusiast.com Twitter @davidgchang Facebook www.facebook.com/davidchang99 whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com

In this episode, Ed along with his Westmont Religious Studies colleague, Sameer Yadav, are very happy to present an in person interview with Nicholas Wolterstorff. (Coyle, unfortunately, was stuck in class.) Nick Wolterstorff is the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He is one of the most important Christian philosophers in the United States over the last 50 years, and the intellectual or spiritual godfather to several generations of Christian philosophers and theologians. Along with Alvin Plantinga and others, Wolterstorff helped to defend the rationality of religious belief in the 70's and 80's in a way that provided both intellectual and personal support for Christians in the discipline. He has written in virtually every area of philosophical inquiry over his career, including focused attention to issues of political philosophy and theology over the last 20 years. He has given the Wilde Lectures at Oxford, the Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews, the Stone Lectures at Princeton Seminary, and is the author of over 20 books and scores of articles. Ed and Sameer talk to Nick about his early career, his shift to political philosophy, John Rawls's account of the place of religion in the public square, the grounds of human rights and dignity, his theological account of state authority, and his recent work on liturgy.

Explore the physicality in corporate worship. Daniel I. Block states, "Many evangelical churches resist physical prostration as an expression of homage and submission to God. This resistance represents both an unfortunate overreaction to Roman Catholic abuses and the arrogance of our culture." Why is the physicality of worship in a variety of traditions such a touchy subject? Students discuss coming from a Catholic background and from a Charismatic or Pentecostal background. Consider the stigma of bowing down in worship and the influence of a parent bowing down regularly. Everyone reacts from something in our past either positively or negatively. When we look at the Scriptures, we see a lot of bodily actions. View a wall painting from the early catacombs from 4th century Rome. Consider that our songs of worship are intoned prayers. Explore another word in Hebrew: (עָבַד) or 'ābad or in Greek, douleuō or δουλεύω which means to serve. We see it in Exodus 3:12. Another example is found in Numbers 16:19. In Matthew 6:24 we read, "No one can serve (δουλεύειν) two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve (δουλεύειν) God and money." Other words are šārat or (שָׁרַת)in Hebrew, and Latreuō or λατρεύω used in 1 Chronicles 6:32. Steven also uses these terms as he quotes God in Acts 7:7. Consider Romans 12:1. Block prefers "reasonable service" over "spiritual worship". Another word for "serve" is leitourgeō orλειτουργέω. Nicholas Wolterstorff, “The Reformed Liturgy,” in Major Themes in the Reformed Tradition, states, "Etymologically the word leitourgia comes from two Greek words, leitos and ergon, meaning, respectively, “of the people” and “action.” In numerous books on liturgy it is said, accordingly, that the word originally meant action of the people. And often nowadays an argument for more participation of the people in the church’s liturgy is based on this claim. It is said that for something to be liturgy, it must be action of the people and not action of a few priests or pastors. But the word leitourgia never did mean action of the people. It meant action for the benefit of the people. A liturgy was a type of public service." A German word is Gottesdienst, which means "divine service". Explore Romans 15:16 and Hebrews 8:2.

Nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. But if death is something we all face at some point, and grief is part of the human experience, we talk about them surprisingly little. In fact, it's something we don't necessarily do all that well as a culture. “The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips,” wrote the poet Octavio Paz in 1961. His words still ring true today.  Some of us, like musician Phil Davidson, eventually find a way to deal with sorrow after the loss of a loved one. “I could hear the foghorns of the ships that were leaving Belfast harbour and going out to sea,” Phil says about that night after he last saw Agnes, his grandmother, alive.  “I was lying there just thinking about my grandmother, I could hear these foghorns, and I'm thinking these ships are kind of all lost at sea. I thought that's a great kind of analogy of how I was feeling – I felt really lost at sea at that point, but she was also lost at sea as well.” So he got up and started writing Ballymena Agnes. It was his way of connecting with his emotions and working through his grief. For philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff, it has been a different journey. His son died at 25 years of age in a mountain climbing accident.  When he turned to philosophical attempts to explain this loss, he didn't find any of them compelling. “So I live with unanswered questions,” he says. “I continue to have faith in that there is a creator of this universe and that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, but how I fit that altogether with the early death of a beloved son … I live with the question.” In this episode, we explore the tension that is presented in the face of death. On the one hand, the Christian faith says that death is much worse than we think and our instincts are right, it's really not ok. But it also says that there's far more hope and comfort to be found in the face of death, more than we might imagine. SUBSCRIBE to our podcast: http://bit.ly/lifeandfaithpodcast LISTEN to music by Phil Davidson: http://bit.ly/phildavidsonfb PURCHASE Nicholas Wolterstorff's ‘Lament for a Son': http://amzn.to/1Vh6TMd

A neighborhood disaster and the loss of loved ones have me in a season of grief. Whether you are in a season of grief at the moment or not, check out this episode in which I reflect on why it is so critical for us to welcome grief in our lives and communities, share stories from my neighborhood church's encounters with grief, and introduce four practices that help church plants and neighborhood faith communities become places that welcome grief. Resources: Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Renowned thought leaders George Marsden, Richard Mouw, Alvin Plantinga and Nicholas Wolterstorff come together for a panel discussion, each sharing a 10-minute talk on what has captured their heart during their careers. Each one served as a professor at Calvin College for over two decades in the 1960's, 70's and 80's before moving on to the halls of Notre Dame, Yale and Fuller Seminary. Each has over forty years of experience teaching in the academy and have authored scores of books. Calvin students today continue to read their writings in classes. In this presentation they will come together once again at Calvin to share with us their deep love of knowledge.

Nicholas Wolterstorff shares his thoughts on James D. Bratt's new book titled "Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat."

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, discusses how religious beliefs shape the thinking of political leaders.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, discusses the nature of liberal democracy, a structure which favors no ideology above another.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, discusses the ideal of liberal democracy and when it cannot be fully realized.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, discusses the need to help religious and political leaders find the correct political voice.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, discusses the separation of church and state in America and the tradition of natural rights.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Emeritus Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, discusses his opposition to the public reason position.

Nicholas Wolterstorff , Professor Emeritus at Yale Divinity School, and Tony Blair, Howland Distinguished Fellow at Yale, respond to a set of student questions on the relationship of democratic process, values, and faiths.

Tony Blair, Howland Distinguished Fellow at Yale, and Nicholas Wolterstorff respond to a set of student questions on the role of political leadership in negotiating diverse faith perspectives in a liberal democracy.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Professor Emeritus of Yale Divinity School, discusses faith and liberal democracy, exploring the grounds of a common basis for political engagement in pluralistic, democratic contexts.