Halting Toward Zion

Today we take another look at mythology, and the ways in which stories either reflect or distort the truths of the Gospel. We also look at some tendencies of ancient religion that still persist today, in politics and self-deification. This Episode Features: No, Forget That, We Need Something Less Dramatic and Awesome; Babylon U; Greg Does Not Recommend Two Books; Habeas Corpus Schmabeas Corpus; Y’...

In this episode, we look at different instances of the sin of racism, inside and outside the church, and at the best remedy for racism: the Bible. The history presented in the Bible speaks of one humanity, divided into many nations--and “nation” is a covenantal concept. This Episode Features: Theological Creativity Is Not a Good Thing; C.S. Lewis Jokes; We Offend Old-School Presbyterians; America...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2xY9bvW-htz-15 Throughout the ancient world, we see pagans building artificial mountains--pyramids and ziggurats--for magic rituals and demonstrations of power. Genesis tells us about one such attempt, in the plain of Shinar. At Babel, sinful man attempted to build his own city and his own mountain, as an assertion of his own godhood. How did Yahwe...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3bPaQ5T-htz-14 If you were a modern-day Noah, what books would you bring on the ark with you? We spend this episode exploring our answers to that question, but send us an email and let us know your choices! This Episode Features: Leveling Up in Animal Handling; Just So Many Books; and Elect-o-goggles, New from Whamco! Links Genesis 6: https://www.e...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3azI0Vr-htz-13 After supplementing our previous discussions of ooparts and self-atonement, in this episode we begin analyzing something so horrible and devastating that we draw it in cartoons and use it to decorate children’s nurseries: Noah’s Flood. This Episode Features: The Only Trustworthy News Source; Time Travel; Bread Is Malicious (And Sneak...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3541DUw-htz-12 What does your faith do to your understanding of society? Is progress possible? In this episode we begin to scratch the surface of these questions, and discuss how Christian, apostate, and outright pagan cultures have approached sociology in general and dominion in particular. This Episode Features: Blame it on the Angels; Quote Resc...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2xcmKYm-htz-11 Good and evil are inescapable categories for human thought and action, yet Christianity alone deals in these categories in its underlying philosophies. Everywhere we turn, we see this question: how can we be clean? If we don’t have Jesus’ life and death in our place, we try to figure out some way on our own… yet in our sins we contin...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2yLVIHO-htz-10 Today we’re talking about the nature of knowledge: what do we know, and how can we know that we know it? When people talk about this question, it’s impossible to leave our religious--or anti-religious--convictions at the door. Because God personally defines reality, our attitude toward Him colors our relationship to absolutely everyt...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2VBnmzT-htz-9 When God first made Adam and Eve, He told them to “be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it.” After accomplishing our redemption, Jesus told the church to “make disciples of all nations.” In this episode, we discuss the relationship--in fact, the continuity--between these two commands. God’s purposes were not thwar...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2zvEGOp-htz-8 As it turns out, the Bible talks about people who lived in caves. Today Greg and Emily talk about who some of those people were, how cool their art was, and why evidence always comes with interpretation. Whether we’re ancients considering the world’s origin, or we’re modern scientists and archaeologists, our reading of the facts can v...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2VDSA9L-htz-7 In this episode, we talk about how God structures His relationship to us. Generally, there are five aspects of how God relates to us: He establishes His lordship over us, appoints a way of communication and representation between us and Him, gives promises and guidance as to what we are to do and how, ordains an external sign of the c...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3bEA4Ui-htz-6 Today we wrap up our discussion of the Trinity with thoughts on the love among the members of the Godhead. We can’t fully comprehend the self-existent life of God, but we can understand from the Bible that the Father and the Son share vibrant fellowship with and through the Holy Spirit--and when the Spirit unites His people to God, He...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2VWAleL-htz-5 The core of most Trinitarian heresies is subordinationism: in some way they deny that the Son and the Holy Spirit are “of one substance, equal in power and glory” with the Father. In this episode, we explore the effects subordinational thinking has on our knowledge of God, as well as on the shape of a civilization. We also discuss the...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2S6u9zo-htz-4 The God of the Bible is unique, not only as Creator, but as Trinity: we worship One God who exists eternally in three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Choosing words to describe this reality is difficult; after all, there’s nothing else just like God. So, we rely on the words of Scripture summarized very carefully in...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2S6EThf-htz-3 Emily and Greg dive into the pagan and Christian philosophies of time, chaos, and order. When we look at archetypes in the world--chaos, order, goodness, beauty--we assume we can tell these things apart, and distinguish between the important and the transient. As Christians, we believe we can understand because our Heavenly Father gov...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3eSntP9-htz-2 In this episode, we explore the claims of the Bible’s first verses and how they differ from every other explanation of the origins of the universe. From Genesis 1:1, we understand that God created the world out of nothing. In pagan origin myths, the world has always existed: the various gods rearranged the things that make up the worl...

Click here for episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2VWyZ3F-htz-1 In our pilot episode, Emily and Greg introduce themselves and kick off a discussion of the Unity of God and some of its implications. Theology Proper--the study of God as He is in Himself--speaks of the Singularity and the Simplicity of God: that is, there is only one God (who created everything that exists), and God isn’t made up of...