Coffee House Theology Podcast

Kyle Duvall joins Jay and Brian to discuss Welcome Home Ministries.

Hope you’re drying out and doing well this week.  It’s hard to believe its May already and there are just 2 weeks to go in our spring semester.  Tonight, we’re going to take the opportunity to catch our breath, grab our Bibles and spend some time thinking about the themes and threads that we’ve heard from our special guests this semester.  Brian and I will lead us in a discussion an...

Benjamin Ball Joins his father, Brian, and Pastor Jay Strother to discuss faith in the context of higher education. Benjamin is a senior at Princeton University, majoring in English with minors in African American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Journalism, History & the Practice of Diplomacy, and Values in Public life.

Dr. Joe Malone, Author of "Battles of the Sexes" joins Jay and Brian to discuss marriage, family, health and sexuality from a Biblical perspective in the Academic world.

Rene is the co-founder and director of Every Girl Counts ( www.everygirlcounts.com ).  Their mission is helping impoverished girls around the world reach their full potential through education and a relationship with Jesus. This is accomplished through a 3-pronged approach: Educate, Empower, and Sustain.  Currently, the focus of their work is in Nairobi, Kenya.  Every Girl Counts is...

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sergey Rakhuba joins Jay Strother and Brian Ball to discuss the work and ministry of Mission Eurasia throughout Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Leon Drennan joins Pastor Jay Strother and Brian Ball to discuss Biblical Leadership

Fady Al-Hagal joins Jay Strother and Brian Ball to discuss the nations and ethnic groups represented in middle-Tennessee, and opportunities for ministry in and among those groups.

Steve Ortiz, professor of Archaeology discusses archaeological discoveries and how they relate to the accuracy and historicity of scripture with Jay Strother and Brian Ball.

Jay Strother and Brian Ball discuss "Progressive Christianity" with special guest Alisa Childers.

Jay Strother and Brian Ball discuss "Fostering a Biblical Worldview in Our Children" With special guest Rian Berger.

Background of 1st JOHN: 1. Who: John, the “beloved disciple” of Jesus who writes with a pastor’s heart to his “little children” and “beloved” ones in the faith. 2. When: Around AD 90. Outside of Revelation 1, The New Testament is silent about John’s later years, but early Christian tradition is consistent that John left Jerusalem where he was a pillar of the church (Acts 8:14, Gal. 2:9) shortly be...

Background of the Book of 1st Peter: 1. Who: Peter, one of the disciples, among Jesus’ inner circle. We see his faith in the proclamation of who Jesus is (Matt 16:16) while not fully understanding what Jesus came to do. Certainly his betrayal is well known, but so is his restoration. Throughout Acts we see his leadership in the church and furthering of the faith. According to tradition, Peter was...

From Galatians to 2nd Timothy, what’s Paul been up to? The second half of Acts! 1. Wrote Galatians in ~48 AD, corresponding toward the Apostolic Council in Acts 15 2. Goes on the Second Missionary Journey (with Silas) from Antioch to Syria, Cilicia, southern Galatia, Macedonia, notably Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea; and then on to Achaia, notably Athens and Corinth (Acts 15:36–18:22); wrote 1-...

“There is no saying what may happen when people begin to study the letter to the Romans. So let those who have read thus far be prepared for the consequences of reading farther: you have been warned!” – NT Scholar F.F. Bruce Background of the Book of ROMANS: PAUL , dictating to his scribe, Tertius (16:22). Paul is in the seaport of Cenchrea (16:1) at Corinth at the end of his third missionary jour...

Background of the Book of JAMES : 1. Who: James, the Lord’s brother. Four men are named James in the NT: James, the father of Judas (not Iscariot); James, son of Alphaeus, called “James the less” and one of the disciples”; James, son of Zebedee and brother of John, one of Jesus’ intimate disciples but martyred around AD 44 (Acts 12:2); and James the Lord’s brother, the most likely to have written...

Background of the Book of ACTS: 1. Who: Luke, a Gentile Physician who “writes with the compassion and warmth of a family doctor.” The “ we ” portions of Acts (16:1-17; 20:5-21:18, 27:1-28:16) subtly reveal that Luke was a traveling companion of Paul. Luke was with Paul during both of his Roman imprisonments as Paul’s “beloved physician” (Col. 4:14, Philemon 24, 2 Tim. 4:11), evidence of Luke’s loy...

Background of the Gospel of John: 1. Who: John, brother of James, who together form the “sons of thunder”, a slight contrast to the gentle physician Luke. Father was Zebedee. Mother was Salome who served Jesus and was present at His crucifixion (Mark 15:40-41).  John evidently started among the Galilean followers of John the Baptist who were called to follow Jesus (1:91-51) and were later cal...

Background of the Gospel of LUKE: 1. Who: Luke, a Gentile Physician who “writes with the compassion and warmth of a family doctor” as he carefully documents the life of Jesus. The “we” portions of Acts (16:1-17; 20:5-21:18, 27:1-28:16) subtly reveal that Luke was a traveling companion of Paul. Luke was with Paul during both of his Roman imprisonments as Paul’s “beloved physician” (Col. 4:14, Phile...

Background of the Gospel of Matthew: 1. Matthew, while not chronologically the first written. Is the first gospel presented in the New Testament as it serves as a bridge between the Old and New Testaments. It was composed by Matthew the apostle in AD 60-65. The gospel was written by a Jew, about a Jew, for Jews. 2. Mark’s Kingdom of God is replaced with Kingdom of Heaven in the Jew’s deference to...

Background of the Gospel of Mark: 1. Mark is the shortest, simplest, and earliest of the four Gospels. It was composed by John Mark in AD 55-65 to a Roman audience using primarily Peter’s firsthand accounts and reflecting his own action-oriented personality. 2. Mark uses the “ historic present tense ” 151 times and the word “ immediately ” 42 times! 3. Mark’s Story : · Mark’s mother Mary had a lar...

The New Testament has arrived! After 400 years of prophetic silence, voices call to God’s people, announcing the arrival of the promised Messiah. From our Read Through the Bible book: “The inspired explanation of this scene comes from the Apostle Paul: “When the completion of time came God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law” (Gal 4:4). Everything is ready. The announcement of the Ki...

Congratulations! This is our final week in the OLD TESTAMENT. We are still in act 2, scene 9, which is set in the period after the Israelites returned from exile in Babylon. This week watch for at least four key themes: 1. God honoring leadership 2. Return to covenant faithfulness 3. Religious identity 4. God's sovereign care for His people

New Scene! Scene 9 : In this scene the world’s superpowers shift again. The Persians rise and grant the Israelite captives permission to return home. Ezra and Nehemiah become great leaders. No Davidic king reigns, but the prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi speak for God. The second temple is built. Jerusalem gets new walls. God’s people (now called Jews) resolve to live by His laws. Esther ac...