The Construction Monk

What side of the Looking Glass are you on? We are all born into a world apart from God. The struggle is to see that enough to start to move towards the world as God desires it to be. That's a bigger struggle than we think. "Elementary" is a podcast series that explores two spiritual kingdoms with two competing views on how the world should be ordered, and the two sides of the natural...

What happens when a guy leaves his girl alone at a club, and another girl tries to steal her? What happens when Dove Cameron turns that into a hit song? In this episode J. Randall Ory gives his reading of Dove Cameron's song, "Boyfriend." "Reading the Room" is a Construction Monk podcast series that looks at pop culture influences through the lens of Christianity. J. Randal...

Getting to greater freedom as we draw closer in relationship with God not only brings all the good things of God, it also brings us into a fight. The question is, are you prepared for the fight? "Jesus, Don't Take the Wheel" is a podcast series that explores the balance between our will and the sovereign will of God. Just how free is our will independent of God, and what does it look...

What does it look like to walk in freedom with God? After we've gone through the refining process, and been draw back under God's sovereign will, how does that release us to greater freedom? "Jesus, Don't Take the Wheel" is a podcast series that explores the balance between our will and the sovereign will of God. Just how free is our will independent of God, and what does it...

What is the purpose of your life? How do you find out, and how do you resist the driving current of Western culture which doesn't seem to allow us the time to slow down and figure these things out? Through the lens of a Robert Browning poem and Ecclesiastes chapter 12, The Construction Monk considers the important questions of life, meaning, and purpose. For more content go to, www.modernconte...

Part of Augustine's premise for why we have free will concerns God's right to punish sin. But what does scripture say about the punishment we deserve? That's what we discuss in episode 3 of "Jesus, Don't Take the Wheel." "Jesus, Don't Take the Wheel" is a podcast series that explores the balance between our will and the sovereign will of God. Just how free i...

In this exploration of God's sovereignty and are free will, just how free is our will? Find out in this second episode of the podcast series "Jesus Don't Take the Wheel. "Jesus, Don't Take the Wheel" is a podcast series that explores the balance between our will and the sovereign will of God. Just how free is our will independent of God, and what does it look like to com...

Are we culpable in our own sin, and therefore deserving of punishment, or are we helpless in our sin-sick state, and needing God's rescue through Jesus Christ? Which road are we on concerning the balance between our will and God's? "Jesus, Don't Take the Wheel" is a podcast series that explores the balance between our will and the sovereign will of God. Just how free is our w...

What does it mean to enter into new life with God? In this final episode of the series "Vessel", we learn how to begin to hear God, and take chances like a mad scientist experimenting in the lab of life. "VESSEL" is a 4 part series that explores the process God takes us through in order to cleanse and prepare us for His dwelling in us. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist,...

Why is the Kingdom of God inside out and upside down? Because the reality of the Kingdom has to do with what's inside us, which then flows outward to affect the world around us. "VESSEL" is a 4 part series that explores the process God takes us through in order to cleanse and prepare us for His dwelling in us. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplat...

As God does the work to purge and purify our vessel, how does death, burial, and resurrection play a part? "VESSEL" is a 4 part series that explores the process God takes us through in order to cleanse and prepare us for His dwelling in us. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writ...

We are the temple of God. We have an inner sanctuary that God wants to make His own. We are vessels meant to be filled, more and more, by the indwelling presence of God. "VESSEL" is a 4 part series that explores the process God takes us through in order to cleanse and prepare us for His dwelling in us. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Car...

What does the church look like in the Tower/City system, versus the Garden/Mountain paradigm of God? "Sojourning" is a podcast series that explores and contrasts the two systems prevalent in the world, God's and Satan's. The more we can recognize both, the better we can learn how to enter into life with God. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contempl...

Going into the desert to encounter God's reality of Garden/Mountain "Sojourning" is a podcast series that explores and contrasts the two systems prevalent in the world, God's and Satan's. The more we can recognize both, the better we can learn how to enter into life with God. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He host...

What does heaven look like on earth, and how can we be a part of making that happen? "Sojourning" is a podcast series that explores and contrasts the two systems prevalent in the world, God's and Satan's. The more we can recognize both, the better we can learn how to enter into life with God. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpe...

In our journey to the land of God, our concept of time also needs to be transported from the Tower/City to Garden/Mountain. We need to learn to enter Mountain Time, and leave behind the totalitarian constraints of Tower Time. "Sojourning" is a podcast series that explores and contrasts the two systems prevalent in the world, God's and Satan's. The more we can recognize both, the...

What does it look like to walk with God through the world? It looks like walking from the City/Tower to the Garden/Mountain "Sojourning" is a podcast series that explores and contrasts the two systems prevalent in the world, God's and Satan's. The more we can recognize both, the better we can learn how to enter into life with God. J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activi...

What does it look like when our understanding of God begins to grow, being informed by a long and faithful journey of walking with God? In this four-part podcast, we explore the formula for proving God's existence. The formula is: FAITH + ACTION + EXPERIENCE + UNDERSTANDING = PROOF. --------- The "Burden of Proof" series explores the idea of how we come to know God and prove God is there for ourse...

What is it like to begin to grow in our experience of the Christian life, after faith in action has begun to produce greater maturity? In this four-part podcast, we explore the formula for proving God's existence. The formula is: FAITH + ACTION + EXPERIENCE + UNDERSTANDING = PROOF. --------- The "Burden of Proof" series explores the idea of how we come to know God and prove God is there for oursel...

How do we put our faith into action, and show our belief by what we do? In this four-part podcast, we explore the formula for proving God's existence. The formula is: FAITH + ACTION + EXPERIENCE + UNDERSTANDING = PROOF. --------- The "Burden of Proof" series explores the idea of how we come to know God and prove God is there for ourselves, from a Biblical, Christian perspective.----------J. Randal...

In this four-part podcast, we explore the formula for proving God's existence. The formula is: FAITH + ACTION + EXPERIENCE + UNDERSTANDING = PROOF. Today's episode will be about faith. This episode mentions a conversation by Elon Musk concerning the monkey brain\limbic system and the cerebral cortex. https://youtu.be/4Ei7MQjRK0U --------- The "Burden of Proof" series explores the idea of how we co...

What happens when we start to living out the Living Truth of God? Then we see how a Living God = Living Truth = Truth Living in People = People Living Truth __________ "TRUTH" is a Construction Monk Podcast that explores the theme of authority in the truth, and whether it comes from God Himself or the revealed truths of God through Scripture. __________ J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, A...

What is the Rock upon which the Church is built, against which the Gates of Hell cannot prevail? And why does Satan prefer truth as a system?__________ "TRUTH" is a Construction Monk Podcast that explores the theme of authority in the truth, and whether it comes from God Himself or the revealed truths of God through Scripture. __________ J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher...

What does it mean to come to the Living Word of God, through the written words of scripture, and how did the Gatekeepers often shut the door to this whole process?__________ "TRUTH" is a Construction Monk Podcast that explores the theme of authority in truth, and whether it comes from God Himself or the revealed truths of God through Scripture. __________ J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist,...

Where does the authority for truth lie, with God or in scripture? What does it mean to say that truth is a person? __________ "TRUTH" is a Construction Monk Podcast that explores the theme of authority in the truth, and whether it comes from God Himself or the revealed truths of God through Scripture. __________ J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Car...