Expedition 44

• Traditionalists believe that the soul was created immortal.   o Greek philosophy held to an immortal soul and some early church theologians held this view as well and it became the default position in the church since.   • The fire may be literal or figurative  o CS Lewis and NT Wright take the view of someone becoming less of the image of God (Eternal Goluming)  o Tertullian...

Today Dr. Will Ryan and Matt tackle Christian Universalism, or Ultimate Reconciliation, Or Universal Restoration, Or Patristic Universalism. This view states that all shall be saved. It is not pluralism which means all roads lead to God. This Christian view of universalism states that through faith in Christ alone all shall be saved. This view affirms all cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith...

Dr. Will Ryan, Pastor Matt, and Jana examine the Conditional Immortality/Annihilation view of hell. We look at the Biblical and philosophical arguments and then the strengths and weaknesses. Conditional immortality states that immortality is not the default position of humans in this view. Adam and Eve’s life depended upon eating from the tree of life the eternal life of humanity is in eating from...

Dr. Will Ryan and Matt interview Christ Date from Rethinking Hell on the "Big 3" hell texts that connect the word eternal and an act of punishment/judgement. Matthew 25:31 ​-46  Revelation 14:9-11  Revelation 20:10 ​-15 We examine if these texts affirm the traditional view or the conditional immortality (annihilation) view of Hell.  Chris Date  is Adjunct Professor of Bible and...

Dr. Will Ryan, Pastor Matt Mouzakis and Jana Diaz begin a series on Hell.    o Our view of hell must be rooted in our view of God’s character.       • Today we will give an overview of each view along with some common texts to show their merit.   • In the upcoming episodes we’ll try to unbiasedly cover each view with its Biblical strengths and weaknesses along wi...

Doc Ryan with Expedition 44 and Pastor Matt Mouzakis    • Get our focus off of the acquisition of possessions and money because they run contrary to the kingdom vision; be generous and store up treasures in heaven. You can only serve 1 master.  • Don’t worry or be anxious because God knows your needs and he provides.   • Our role as humans is to love and show mercy; we are amba...

Dr. Will Ryan and Pastor Matt Mouzakis discuss Free Will and open theism with Dr. Greg Boyd ( reknew.org ).     Can God be immutable and also be dynamic (open)?   Can we actually be free if God foreknows our future choices?   Is it possible for God to alter His plans or simply go along with something that man asks in their relationship with God even though he might not kno...

Doc Ryan and Matt Mouzakis with Expedition 44  Giving (Matt 6:1-4)    THE POOR: “One who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his good deed.” - Proverbs 19:17 ​  • Hebrew has four different words translated “poor”.  They are anaw, dal, rash and ebyon.     • Dal is an adjective that means poor or weak.    This wo...

Dr. Ryan and Matt continue their series on Sermon on the Mount and look at Nonviolence & Enemy Love (Matthew 5:38 - 5:48 ):  -Israel’s law of retribution included both capital punishment (Life for life) and Corporal punishment (tooth for tooth)  -how should we view the inspiration of the Bible? Is Jesus contradicting the OT here? He said he came to fulfill the law and to overthrow it...

Dr. Will Ryan of Covenant Theological Seminary and Matt continue their series on the Sermon on the Mount and look at Matt 5:17-38.  Fulfilling the Law and the Prophets (Matt 5: 17-20)  What is the Law? It’s about bearing God’s name in a wise way and not about statutory or legislative law  Paul and the Law -Faith and works “of the Law”-  Stop gap thinking Fulfillment The Law was...

Dr. Will Ryan and Matt kick off a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we cover the historical background to Matthew 5-7, the Beatitudes(Matt 5:1-12), and the concepts of being Salt and Light(5:13-16).  -Jesus as Moses/Israel in Matthew  -The Kingdom of God -Anawim  -sacred soil  -All Israel  -Bible Project Justice video  -tolerance  -churchianity&n...

Dr. Will Ryan and Matt Mouzakis interview Dr. Carmen Imes on her recent book. A conversation dealing with Old Testament law converging with life today. A look at the first three commands, and specifically what it meant to take God's name in vain. We continue to discuss being bearers of God's name and a light in darkness. We discuss Israel and the context of the old Testament today.

Dr. Will Ryan and pastor Matt Mouzakis Interview Keith Giles the author of Jesus Untangled. Buy Jesus Untangled: https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Untangled-Crucifying-Politics-Allegiance/dp/193848021X/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-nc-drs1_0?cv_ct_cx=Jesus+Untangled&dchild=1&keywords=Jesus+Untangled&pd_rd_i=193848021X&pd_rd_r=2282b1e0-4183-4623-b2d8-fc374ab6e36f&pd_rd_w=Yw61s&pd_rd_wg=P...

How should Christians approach politics as citizens of God’s kingdom?   As Christians we are citizens of heaven and the kingdom of God, but this is a physical reality here on earth. Christ’s kingdom is not only spiritual or imaginary.  So, as Christians should we participate in the Kingdoms of this world?    Ultimately our allegiance is to the Lamb. He calls us to come out...

Doc Ryan of Expedition 44 and Brian Phillips of Grace Ops Circumcision was part of the covenant God had with Abraham, his descendants and their slaves as "a token of the covenant" concluded with him by God for all generations, an "everlasting BLOOD covenant" (Genesis 17:13 ). Cutting of the covenant… Similar to baptism it was an outward sign of who you belong to… your allegiance. The penalty of no...

Join Dr. Will Ryan, Pastor Steve Cassell, Pastor Brian Phillips, and Pastor Bob Lindquist as they have an authentic discussion on men and discipleship. www.stevecassell.com https://graceops.net/five-star-charge/

The Image of God is a vocation to rule as God’s ambassadors through His wisdom. Gen 1:26 -29, Psalm 8:4-8 We are cracked images and have tried to rule to world and live by our own wisdom (idolatry). Romans 3:23 Jesus is truly human one who faithfully and correctly images God. 2 Cor 3:18 , 2 Cor 4:4, Rom 8:29 The Holy Spirit is at work within us to conform us to the image of Christ To image God in...

What is Baptism?    o Method: Infant or believer?  o Mode: Sprinkling, pouring, Immersion?   o An action or the results? Dying or tinging    Paul connects the signs circumcision and baptism. Colossians 2:11 -12  Circumcision did not produce salvation. Romans 4:9-12  Circumcision and baptism are signs representing membership in a community of truth. Romans 3:...

The Old Testament ends with Israel in exile because of their sin.  To a Jew, forgiveness of sin would mean the release from exile.  - Zechariah's Song The end of exile and the forgiveness of sins would be marked by God’s presence returning to His people.  The Gospel of the Kingdom connects the Old and New Testament.   The 5 parts of a kingdom are: a king, a rule, a people, a la...

Dr. Will Ryan and Pastor Matt with Expedition 44 take a look at worship in the Bible.

Dr. Will Ryan and Pastor Matt use the Socio Rhetorical Method to break down Romans 8:28 -30   This method contains 5 textures of the text are: 1) inner texture, 2) intertexture, 3) social and cultural texture, 4) ideological texture, and 5) sacred texture. A 6th was added at SBL by William Brodson which is the homiletical texture (for preaching).     -Inner texture -I...

Dr. Will Ryan and Pastor Matt  interview Dr. Matthew Bates on Gospel Faith and Allegiance   Gospel • We’ve often heard of the Romans Road, 4 spiritual laws, and justification by faith as the Gospel in the western church. Are these correct? What is problematic about letting the benefits of the gospel run the narrative?   • Many focus just on the cross alone when talking about the gos...

Doc Ryan and Pastor Steve Cassell - the the goal of translation is to carry over the meaning of the original text  -No translation explicitly translates every word   -The interlinear Bible   -it is not possible to translate Greek words with only one English word  -the doctrine of inspiration extends only to the autographs   -The essentially literal   - meani...

TOPICS:  -equivalent translation or a functional more dynamic translation      -•  rules or laws of interpretation   • Honor, Patronage, kinship, and purity  • socio-rhetorical interpretation  • Methods of interpretation (literal vs. metaphorical vs. other)  • Original languages and translation choices  •  rhetorical books and practi...

Dr. Will Ryan and pastor Matt  with Expedition 44 take a final look at the book of Revelation from a partial preterist foundation and conlcude the series giving an overview of the journey.      -Prediction after prediction has failed to materialize, and false hope after false hope has been teased upon the Christian community. Many Christians have been disillusioned, and ar...