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The Lord of the Rings is a timeless work. It's an absolutely classic that will be cherished for generations to come... but is it a Christian story? Can we learn anything about the Gospel by reading it? And just what does it mean for a story to be Christian, anyway? Joel's guest today is Michael Jahosky. Michael is assistant professor of Humanities at St. Petersburg College in Clearwater, Florida....

Jordan Peterson says that the best men he knows are dangerous. And yet, for many, our conception of the archetypical Christian man is one who is gentle, even harmless. After all, wasn't even Jesus meek and mild while he was on earth?   In this episode, Joel and Pastor Raef will tackle the "impossible" question of whether it's better to be harmless or dangerous, whether we should learn to...

Should we consider the possibility that the novel coronavirus is somehow nature's revenge for the way we humans have been treating our environment? Recent remarks from Prince Harry would indicate so. Similarly, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has lamented that people have been waging a "suicidal war" on the planet. Could Covid-19 be nature's way of returning fire? Joel and Pastor Raef dig in...

Help us equip believers! Make a tax-deductible gift for Giving Tuesday to the Think Institute right here .  Did you hear the news? Pureflix has now been bought out by Sony, and with that news, people are talking about Christian movies and entertainment. When that happens, certain questions rise to the surface: What kind of entertainment should Christians enjoy? Why do so many Christian movies...

This episode is brought to you by Catakids. Get your copy from Amazon , or learn more (and get a free PDF version) here , and keep discipling your kids. As part of our desire to equip believers to make disciples, we talk on the podcast about how to have a good family worship time. Do you have a family Thanksgiving worship tradition? In this episode, Joel Settecase (with some help from a few of his...

Today Joel is joined by his own father, Jim "Pops" Settecase. Jim Settecase is the author of over 110 books(!) and the CEO of Beyond Carpet Cleaning. Today he drops by the Think Institute Podcast to tell his own story and reveal how a regular guy can share the hope of Jesus Christ with the people he meets every day. Do not miss this family affair, brought to you by the Think Institute. Get the ful...

Joel and Pastor Raef answer a few questions from the proverbial mailbag. Questions include matters related to abortion and imposing Christian morality on the state, and how to approach someone with biblical concepts, when they don't believe the Bible. Get the full show notes at https://thethink.institute/podcast.

As recently as five years ago, the word socialism was still considered something of a byword in the United States. No mainstream political candidate (or at least, very few) would have wanted to have the title "socialist" attached to his or her name. Today, however, is a different story. Socialism is gaining in popularity, even among evangelicals. So what should Christians make of socialism and its...

It's been EIGHT days since the US presidential election, and there is still no clear winner.   Now, depending on your political view, you may respond to that opening sentence differently.    If you say, "What are you talking about!? The AP, the respectable news outlets, Facebook, Twitter and the (impartial) Young Turks have all called the election for Joe and Kamala! Only tin-f...

The 2020 Election is history! As the votes continue to be counted and the new political reality sets in, The Think Institute is here for you with unvarnished, straight-shooting and thoughtful biblical worldview analysis. Join Joel and Pastor Raef for a very special Worldview Wednesday broadcast. Comment and question in real time.    The Think Institute Podcast and ministry continues to g...

It's election season in the US, the time when we citizens exercise our rights—rights that were hard-won by warriors on the field of battle, and which have been fought for and maintained through the valor and sacrifice of more warriors on more battlefields. And like our rights, those battles have come with a cost. For many warriors, the cost has been Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSd). Of course...

he Think Institute Podcast is here to answer impossible questions from a biblical perspective, and one of those questions is, "How should I engage in the world of politics as a citizen of Heaven?" To present to us his answer, and to help us know how to navigate that world, is Gabriel Rench, candidate for Latah, Idaho County Commissioner.  Gabriel Rench hails from Texas and currently resides i...

The Bible is relevant for all of life, which means that Christians need to learn how to study it and apply it to our situations. In this episode Joel answers a number of questions from viewers who tuned in live. There was no plan for the broadcast, but it seems God did have an agenda. Most of the questions and answers wound up centering on the idea of how to detect and defend against false teachin...

What is the Bible about? God's covenantal relationships with his creation? Israel? Jesus? All of the above? Something else? How you answer this question will affect your thinking  about God's word, God's world, God's people, and God Himself. On the ThinkPod we talk a lot about the importance of looking at the world through a biblical worldview, a biblical "lens." In the same way, we need to l...

The pro-life movement has been building momentum since the Roe v. Wade SCOTUS case in 1973, but the tragic reality is that abortion is still very much legal in the U.S. Is it possible we've been doing something wrong? And is there a way we can take action, through governmental and legislative processes, to actually end the scourge of abortion in our time?    Our guest today is Dennis Sar...

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As Christian parents, we have been entrusted with making disciples of our kids, and that means "teaching them to obey everything [Christ] has commanded (Matthew 28:19 -20)." If truly free thinking is possibly only when is built on the solid foundation of His teaching (Matthew 7:24 ), then Christian parents had better learn how to instill a Christian worldview in their children, and there's no time...

When the verdict came in on the Breonna Taylor case, major cities were bracing for yet another round of protests and, potentially, riots and looting.  This raises the question: what is the biblical teaching on law and order? Should Christians protest? Should we ever turn to rioting as a legitimate response to what we see as the violation of justice? And what do we do with men like Dietrich Bo...

On today's Tuesday Twofer, Joel Settecase is joined by philosophy professor, Christian apologist and international speaker Dr. Khaldoun Sweis. Dr. Sweis is a Jordanian American and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Olive-Harvey College in Chicago and serves as tutor in philosophy with Oxford University in England. He has taught philosophy and apologetics for over a decade and spoken at conferen...

We all know words are important. But just how important is your speech to the course of your life? Can what you say today affect how you will live tomorrow?   In this episode, Joel and Parker (the Sons of Thunder) examine this question and Jordan Peterson's 10th Rule for Life: "Be Precise In Your Speech."   Listen in as the guys determine just how much of this concept is biblic...

Has Brian Sauvé lost his mind? His activity on Twitter is typically eye-catching, but something he tweeted recently really caught our attention, to the point that we knew we needed to get him on this show and interview him for Worldview Wednesday. What was the tweet in question? Sauvé said, "Wanted: Christians interested in building an institution-building church in Ogden, UT. Start businesses Fli...

Demons. Many use the word, but we seem to use it in different ways. We use it metaphorically, as when we say, "He's wrestling with his demons" about characters facing inner conflict. But demons as actual, spiritual entities crop up in various religions (including Christianity and Hinduism), and even in popular entertainment (e.g. the film, "Paranormal Activity"). Within Christianity, attitudes tow...

Re-release: On many major issues, there are increasingly two opposing sides coalescing. Although our context, 21st Century America and the West, is new, it turns out that these two sides are not new; in fact they're very old. And they've been in opposition to one another for centuries, on any number of issues. And one of those issues, the one we're going to discuss today, deals with how we view ch...

According to a recent survey, one third of those self-proclaimed Evangelicals believe Jesus is not God. What does this say about the state of "Evangelicalism" and the unbiblical ideas that have crept their way into it? In this Tuesday Twofer episode, Alisa Childers explains the decentralized movement known as Progressive Christianity. She discusses how its teachings have influenced many churches (...

Everybody wants to talk, and nobody wants to listen. But you're not nobody. You're *somebody*, and you're on a journey. You hope that journey takes you to some good places and that you acquire wisdom along the way. So you're not going to only run you're mouth (although you're going to speak up when the time is right)—you're also going to commit yourself to listening to others. As Jordan Peterson's...