Ideology

In Episode 35 of Season 3, Drew and Mick survey a brief history of church denominations - how did they emerge? What were the factors that drove those developments? What are the implications for those of us in the church today? Listen in to hear more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Episode notes: - The Mosaic of Christian Belief by Rog...

In Episode 34 of Season 3, Drew and Mick look at the historicity of the claim that Jesus rose from the dead and the implications for believers and unbelievers alike. The creational theme of embodiment, the fact that the Christian faith hinges on the bodily resurrection, and the mystery of the hypostatic union all beckon the follower of Jesus to embrace communion and not just reflection. Listen in...

In Episode 33 of Season 3, Drew and Mick finish up a three-part conversation about the state of the church post-pandemic and evaluate the health of the church amid an unhealthy society. In what ways is the church being influenced? How can we pursue health against this backdrop? Listen in for more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment

In Episode 32 of Season 3, Drew and Mick evaluate three trends affecting the church in America, including a significant pruning, a conversion of the background civil religion, and a generally unhealthy society in the West. Listen in to part one of two episodes reviewing these themes and how the church can respond in this hour. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscrib...

In Episode 31 of Season 3, Drew and Mick unpack Paul's warning to Timothy in 2 Timothy chapters 3 and 4, and how the specific concerns Paul harbored for the church in the first century are eerily relevant to the hurdles facing the western church today. Listen in for more! Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment

In Episode 30 of Season 3, Mick continues to unpack Nancy Pearcey's book, Love Thy Body , and how modern secular personhood theory leads to a low view of the body.  In what ways might this thinking affect the spiritual formation of the Christian - whether or not they experience gender dysphoria?  Listen in to find out or pick up a copy of Pearcey's book. Connect with us at ideologypc@gma...

In Episode 29 of Season 3, Mick and Drew review Nancy Pearcey's book, Love Thy Body, exploring how modern secular dualism informs topics such as abortion, human sexuality, and so on.  As Christians, how are we potentially being formed or malformed by these ideas?  Listen in to hear more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Episode Notes  -...

In Episode 28 of Season 3, Drew and Mick take a look at what is happening at Asbury College and reflect on these types of moves of God throughout history.  How should we respond?  Why does God move this way and why the specific people He chooses to work in and through?  Take a listen to hear more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or...

In Episode 27 of Season 3, Drew and Mick dig a little deeper into the sacraments of baptism and communion.  How should the believer think about paedobaptism vs. the believer's baptism?  What about the various perspectives on communion (AKA the eucharist, AKA the Lord's Supper)?  Take a listen to hear more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe...

In Episode 26 of Season 3, Drew and Mick look at historical perspectives on the sacraments from the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Charismatic traditions.  What is a sacrament?  How might it represent or transmit the grace of God?  What bearing should ancient practices have on us today as modern believers?  Take a listen to hear more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.co...

In Episode 25 of Season 3, Drew and Mick wrap up a three-week exploration of God's sovereignty over and against the preservation of man's free will.  In this installment, they explore both the theological and philosophical questions: is man truly free?  And, if so, how might we begin to understand that freedom? Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rat...

In Episode 24 of Season 3, Drew and Mick continue a dialogue on the Calvinist and Arminianist perspectives on sovereignty and free will.  This episode looks more in-depth at these two specific historical expressions, whereas the last episode explored the philosophical frameworks themselves.   Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment E...

In Episode 23 of Season 3, Drew and Mick begin a conversation around God's sovereignty and humanity's free will, looking at historic explorations of monergism & synergism.  How do we begin to understand God's omnitemporality over and against human culpability?  To what extent is the Christian faith deterministic?  Listen in to hear more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com /...

In Episode 22 of Season 3, Mick explores what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.  Is it enough simply to believe?  Or is more required of the Christian?  Is the word "disciple" primarily a noun or a verb?  Take a listen to hear both recent and ancient perspectives. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Episode not...

Episode 21 of Season 3 is a character sketch of the life of Elijah and relevant lessons to be learned.  One of the goals of this podcast is to equip the believer to be formed into the image of Jesus.  We do that through evaluating the various ideas that shape us, and also by advocating for biblical formation.  One of the lessons of the life of Elijah - to slow down and listen - is a...

In Episode 20 of Season 3, Drew and Mick discuss how Jesus' birth, life, death, and resurrection not only atoned for sin but ushered in an entirely new (or renewed) way to be human.  Tracking the nature of humanity through Adam and Israel, this episode explores how Jesus' hypostatic union paved the way for a recovery of humanity as God intended in the garden.   Connect with us at ideolog...

In Episode 19 of Season 3, Drew and Mick explore how the belief in God's activity in the world, combined with the formative power of the church as a counterbalance to the influence of surrounding culture, gives us great hope for the future of the church in the west.   Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment

In Episode 18 of Season 3, Drew and Mick discuss some of the shortcomings of the attacks on evangelicalism, exploring the accusations of the conflating of political power with the religious movement against the backdrop of a more historical approach to understanding evangelicalism.  Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Episode notes:&n...

In Episode 17 of Season 3, Drew explores four epistemological frameworks (Rationalism, Empiricism, Foundationalism, and Coherentism) and how all of these are under sustained attack as a reliable way to discern truth.  How can the church credibly maintain truth claims against this backdrop?  Take a listen to find out. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscrib...

In Episode 16 of Season 3, Drew and Mick explore the rich history of the Advent Season in church history, as well as the implications of the life of Mary and how her humility and trust led to the coming of Christ to the world. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment

In Episode 15 of Season 3, Drew and Mick look at four historical ecclesiological approaches to church expression and specifically the role of liturgy in our spiritual formation.  Namely, how high liturgy, scripture, evangelism, and embodied worship have served to characterize corporate Christian gatherings throughout church history.   Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // Feel free...

In Episode 14 of Season 3, Mick evaluates the ancient question, "what's wrong with the world?" and posits that the answer isn't in pointing the finger of blame outward but inward by looking back at the story of Genesis 1-3 as the seedbed for understanding the human condition.  This episode is also a call to all believers to holistic discipleship to Jesus Christ as the answer - to "tend our ga...

In Episode 13 of Season 3, Drew and Mick explore some of the modern challenges facing charismatic spirituality and namely the question of mediation.  To what extent is our faith mediated through the hierarchy of the church?  Through other means including the scriptures?  Or is our faith as New Testament believers entirely unmediated?  And how do these considerations intersect t...

In Episode 12 of Season 3, Mick & Destiny Gonzalez continue the dialogue on prayer and explore the role of contemplative prayer in spiritual formation - that if we are all being formed every day by a host of influences, are our current spiritual practices sufficient to mold us into holistic Christ-followers?  Take a listen to hear more. Connect with us at ideologypc@gmail.com // feel free...

In Episode 11 of Season 3, Drew and Mick continue their conversation on prayer by looking at one of the central prayers in scripture - the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6:9-13.  This ancient prayer grounds us in the communal nature of spirituality (to counterbalance our overemphasis on individuality) and invites us to submit daily to a higher authority (over and above our selves).  Take a l...