Edgar Andrews’ Onefootinglory Podcast

WARNING; THE AI TRANSCRIPT CONTAINS MANY ERRORS BUT MAY BE HELPFUL IN PLACES. THIS IS DUE TO THE LOW QUALITY OF THE ORIGINAL TAPE RECORDED AUDIO Hello. This podcast is published every week with fresh material, but today I am making an exception to that and reproducing a speech I gave nearly 40 years ago. My name is Edgar Andrews. I am an emeritus professor of the University of London, England, and...

The martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7) was a turning point for the early church.  Chris Boraston identifies the changes that it brought about including the dispersion of the gospel beyond Judea, the redundancy of Temple worship and the universal presence of God, the explosive growth of the church, the intensification of persecution, and its impact on  the future Apostle Paul.

The martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7) was a turning point for the early church.  Chris Boraston identifies the changes that it brought about including the dispersion of the gospel beyond Judea, the redundancy of Temple worship and the universal presence of God, the explosive growth of the church, the intensification of persecution, and its impact on  the future Apostle Paul.

Stephen (Acts 7) was accused of blasphemy against the Mosaic law and the Temple but his accusers  could not grasp that these institutions were only "shadows of the true", pictures of the Christ who had now come. We must avoid two errors; dismissing the OT as irrelevant and putting new-covenant believers under its demands. 

Stephen (Acts 7) was accused of blasphemy against the Mosaic law and the Temple but his accusers  could not grasp that these institutions were only "shadows of the true", pictures of the Christ who had now come. We must avoid two errors; dismissing the OT as irrelevant and putting new-covenant believers under its demands. 

At first sight Stephen's defence in Acts 7 is just a rehearsal of Jewish history from Abraham to Christ and thus of little significance to us. But nothing could be further from the truth. On trial here is not Stephen but a divinely favoured nation in rebellion against its God. The parallel with our situation today is unavoidable.

At first sight Stephen's defence in Acts 7 is just a rehearsal of Jewish history from Abraham to Christ and thus of little significance to us. But nothing could be further from the truth. On trial here is not Stephen but a divinely favoured nation in rebellion against its God. The parallel with our situation today is unavoidable.

Did Adam and Eve really exist or were they just mythological as Darwinian "common descent" asserts? We examine the arguments advanced by evolutionists that the genetic diversity of modern man makes it impossible for us to have descended from a single couple. Here we refute these claims on both scientific and biblical grounds, showing them to be based on unjustified assumptions and circular reasoni...

Did Adam and Eve really exist or were they just mythological as Darwinian "common descent" asserts? We examine the arguments advanced by evolutionists that the genetic diversity of modern man makes it impossible for us to have descended from a single couple. Here we refute these claims on both scientific and biblical grounds, showing them to be based on unjustified assumptions and circular reasoni...

Was Donald Trump just lucky to escape the assassin's bullet? It depends on your worldview. If you reject the biblical worldview everything that happens is determined by chance, but if you adopt the Bible's worldview nothing is accidental but everything is ultimately controlled by the God who "orders all things according to the counsel of His will" (Ephesians 1:11).

Was Donald Trump just lucky to escape the assassin's bullet? It depends on your worldview. If you reject the biblical worldview everything that happens is determined by chance, but if you adopt the Bible's worldview nothing is accidental but everything is ultimately controlled by the God who "orders all things according to the counsel of His will" (Ephesians 1:11).

Affirming the historic reality of Christ's resurrection, Paul is led to expand on the nature of the triune GOD. His teachingin 1 Cor. 15:24-28 can be summarised as follows; God the Father proposes, God the Son disposes, and God the Spirit empowers. In other words, the Father wills all things, the Son implements the will of the Father, and does so in the power of the Holy Spirit. Important practica...

Affirming the historic reality of Christ's resurrection, Paul is led to expand on the nature of the triune GOD. His teachingin 1 Cor. 15:24-28 can be summarised as follows; God the Father proposes, God the Son disposes, and God the Spirit empowers. In other words, the Father wills all things, the Son implements the will of the Father, and does so in the power of the Holy Spirit. Important practica...

How do you distinguish the real God from the multitude of gods worshipped by man? This was the challenge Paul faced as he addressed the idol-worshipping Athenian philosophers. But in explaining to them that God is creator, sustainer and immanent spirit the Apostle also provides us with the basic elements of the biblical worldview.

How do you distinguish the real God from the multitude of gods worshipped by man? This was the challenge Paul faced as he addressed the idol-worshipping Athenian philosophers. But in explaining to them that God is creator, sustainer and immanent spirit the Apostle also provides us with the basic elements of the biblical worldview.

A gifted servant of Christ is falsely accused and tragically martyred for telling the truth. Yet this exemplifies in a special way that "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church". Not only did the growth of the church accelerate after this event but it was the first step in the spiritual journey that turned Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle.

A gifted servant of Christ is falsely accused and tragically martyred for telling the truth. Yet this exemplifies in a special way that "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church". Not only did the growth of the church accelerate after this event but it was the first step in the spiritual journey that turned Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle.

Is reality truly real, or is it a construct of our minds? We introduce the fifth Realtor, who challenges our perception of the external world, and delve into the philosophical debate between empiricism and anti-realism, drawing insights from George Berkeley and (surprisingly) Stephen Hawking. We then begin to explore the formulation of a genuine biblical worldview. Can the Bible offer a satisfying...

Is reality truly real, or is it a construct of our minds? We introduce the fifth Realtor, who challenges our perception of the external world, and delve into the philosophical debate between empiricism and anti-realism, drawing insights from George Berkeley and (surprisingly) Stephen Hawking. We then begin to explore the formulation of a genuine biblical worldview. Can the Bible offer a meaningful...

The rapid growth of the early church following Pentecost was an amazing work of God but it also brought dangers. Chris Boraston identifies three such dangers in Acts 6:1-7; the threats of division, diversion and dysfunction. The way the apostles dealt with these dangers is instructive for us today when many churches are riddled with these these very same problems.

The rapid growth of the early church following Pentecost was an amazing work of God but it also brought dangers. Chris Boraston identifies three such dangers in Acts 6:1-7; the threats of division, diversion and dysfunction. The way the apostles dealt with these dangers is instructive for us today when many churches are riddled with these these very same problems.

Whether we know it or not, each of us has a "worldview", a basic set of beliefs or assumptions as to what constitutes reality For example, Bertrand Russell's atheistic assumption that God does not exist with the Apostle John's biblical assumption the he does. Neither worldview can be proved by formal logic or mathematics and their validity can only be verified by personal experience. But that expe...

Whether we know it or not, each of us has a "worldview", a basic set of beliefs or assumptions as to what constitutes reality For example, Bertrand Russell's atheistic assumption that God does not exist with the Apostle John's biblical assumption the he does. Neither worldview can be proved by formal logic or mathematics and their validity can only be verified by personal experience. But that expe...

Modern evangelism tends to concentrate on the cross of Christ but Paul's message to an unsaved world focussed on Christ's resurrection. We examine why the Apostle preached in Athens "Jesus and the resurrection" (Acts 17:16-34) and find that the resurrection was a fourfold declaration by God of the deity of Jesus, the accountability of man, the purity of the believer in His sight and the security o...

Modern evangelism tends to concentrate on the cross of Christ but Paul's message to an unsaved world focussed on Christ's resurrection. We examine why the Apostle preached in Athens "Jesus and the resurrection" (Acts 17:16-34) and find that the resurrection was a fourfold declaration by God of the deity of Jesus, the accountability of man, the purity of the believer in His sight and the security o...