Thrive: Perspectives

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Some background for this episode: Listen to the previous Perspectives episodes: Spiritual Beings Part 1 . Spiritual Beings Part 2 . The Big Picture Who rules the world? "2 Corinthians 10:3-5 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds . 5 We dem...

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On this, our 38th episode of Thrive Perspectives, Matthew Jacoby and DJ Paine conclude their discussion about the Holy Spirit and His gifts and fruit. DJ and Matt talk about some great new features in the excellent Sons of Korah APP ! Key passages on the GIFTS of the Spirit: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Romans 12:6-8 Ephesians 4:11-16 1 Peter 4:10-11 Key passages on the FRUIT of the Spirit: Galatians 5:2...

In this: the second part of Matthew and DJ's look at the Holy Spirit, the boys get theological. In fact DJ blow's the dust off his old "Willmington's Guide to the Bible" and flys through some of the theological points. You can actually look at the book they are using online! - try here or here - starting at around page 641. Matthew also ask's DJ about his new Christian Radio Station called THE TEL...

As Matthew and DJ are going through the book of Acts over on Thrive Deeper, we are getting questions around the work of the Holy Spirit. This week the men embark on a discussion about what the Bible says about the work about the third person of the Trinity. Please consider becoming a financial supporter of everything we do - you can do that here .

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on the last episode of Thrive Perspectives we had an overview of the Islamic faith with Dr Bernie Power. This week we the wonderful couple Neville & Elizabeth Clarke who were cross cultural workers in northern Iraq for 14 years. We want you to hear from them what it is like for a growing Christian family to be living in a strong Muslim country.... some of their answers might really surprise yo...

The Islamic faith! The Muslim people! It is the world's second-largest religion with 1.9 billion followers or 24.9% of the world's population. Muslims make up a majority of the population in 51 countries! Dr Bernie Power is an incredibly humble man- he holds degrees in Science, Arts and Theology. His doctorate focused on the Hadith. He has spent over twenty years as an Interserve partner living an...

On this episode Matthew and DJ tackle a topic that keeps popping it's head up in peoples questions: "Political Correctness". You can read the full wikipedia entry on the phrase here . It includes: " Political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct; commonly abbreviated PC) is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to membe...

Please visit https://thrivetoday.tv/ to contact us, support us or just access our free resources. Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThriveTodayPage OPINONS! We all have them... but what do we do with very strong convictions about events and stories that are happening around us? More importantly, what about a friend or loved one has very different opinons and convictions? Can we...

Mark your calendars - Friday March 26th for our first live video Q and A. Matthew references: "Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation" by James K.A. Smith - Goodreads The Roles of Art: Educate: stretching the imagination. Elevation: see "The Happiness Hypothesis" By Jonathan Haidt Expression: understanding where culture is at. Matthew mentions: Adam Lee - Australian Artis...

Today we are talking about a topic that has rocked a lot of good people. We talk about Ravi Zacharias . The reporting by Christianity Today has been really exhaustive. Ravi's ministry has released a very honest and complete statement . Christian leaders respond to Ravi here . We also talk about Hillsong New York Pop Pastor Carl Lentz . His sexual sin and fall from ministry . Carl was always contro...

It's our 1st Birthday! We launched Thrive Perspectives Feb 14th 2020. YAY! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atheism "Four Horsemen" The 'Four Horsemen of the New Atheism' clockwise from top left: Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris. We mention the incredible Douglas Wilson of https://canonpress.com/ and the American analytic philosopher and Christian theologian:...

As we start a brand new year of 2021 please consider becoming a supporter of the THRIVE PODCASTS - we appreciate any amount you are willing to give to us as a monthly donor - please head here . On this episode we have a special guest - self proclaimed "legal nerd" & passionate christian Kier Scott join Matthew Jacoby and DJ Paine to discuss a topic that is being heatedly discussed around Austr...

In an age of "tolerance" and "acceptance"... if we are expected to believe the mantra that "love is love"... how does a christian who believes that there are absolute truths talk about their beliefs with out offending? is that possible? In this week leading up to Christmas, when we will be catching up spending time with family and relatives with varrying opions and beliefs... Matthew and DJ discus...

This fortnight Matthew and DJ tackle the subject of other religions. Do all roads lead to the same God? Is God the same and we are all just calling Him different names? Aren't we all just after the same thing? They look at the views of "Inclusivism" - "Exclusivism" - "Plurilism" Also we are thrilled to let you know that Matthew's band SONS OF KORAH has a brand new app! The Sons Of Korah app is FRE...

As we emerge from the previous discussions about immortality and then politics - we felt it was good to have a very simple overview of the christian movement over the last 2000 years. We hope this discussion gives you a tatse to go and do your own reading and study about our shared history... it is amazing! https://thrivetoday.tv/ https://www.facebook.com/ThriveTodayPage/ https://ratethispodcast.c...

This is the SECOND PART of our two part series with our very first guest: Dr Clay Jones ! - check out part one here . Doctor Clay Jones holds a doctor of ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is a Visiting Scholar for the Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology. Clay has written two books we highly recommend: Why Does God Allow Evil?: Compelling Answers...

A very special two part series with our very first guest: Dr Clay Jones ! Doctor Clay Jones holds a doctor of ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is a Visiting Scholar for the Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology. Clay has written two books we highly recommend: Why Does God Allow Evil?: Compelling Answers for Life’s Toughest Questions (2017) and Im...

If God exists then why is there so much suffering and evil in the world? If God is good, all-powerful and all-knowing, why would he allow so many terrible things to happen? In this episode DJ and Matt discuss this question and, in the process, land on some key elements of the biblical worldview. Matt's further reading list: "Can God Be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil" - by Stackhouse, J....

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