The Christ Centred Cosmic Civilisation
Christ is the One in Whom in all things consist and humanity is not the measure of all things. If a defining characteristic of the modern world is disorder then the most fundamental act of resistance is to discover and life according to the deep, divine order of the heavens and the earth.
In this podcast we want to look at the big model of the universe that the Bible and Christian history provides.
It is a mind and heart expanding vision of reality.
It is not confined to the limits of our bodily senses - but tries to embrace levels fo reality that are not normally accessible or tangible to our exiled life on earth.
We live on this side of the cosmic curtain - and therefore the highest and greatest dimensions of reality are hidden to us… yet these dimensions exist and are the most fundamental framework for the whole of the heavens and the earth.
Throughout this series we want to pick away at all the threads of reality to see how they all join together - how they all find common meaning and reason in the great divine logic - the One who is the Logos, the LORD Jesus Christ - the greatest that both heaven and earth has to offer.
Colossians 1:15-23
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Episodes
151 episodes
Episode 139 - Schleiermacher And The Cross
Schleiermacher can make the cross sound obvious, humane, and even beautiful and that’s exactly why we take him so seriously. We trace how this towering modern Protestant thinker tries to keep Christianity credible after the Enlightenment by reb...
Episode 138 - What If Atonement Must Change God Too
The cross gets smaller the moment we force it into one tidy explanation. I take up J I Packer’s classic lecture “What Did The Cross Achieve?” and use it as a set of navigational tools for anyone trying to make sense of atonement, substitution, ...
Episode 137 - Return To Sender With Your Sin
Anger at evil is easy to mock until you are the one who has to carry the damage. We start with a simple, uncomfortable observation: our outrage is selective. Some crimes barely register when they feel distant, yet the same kind of wrong can bre...
Episode 136 - What Atonement Means
Atonement is a word that is thrown around like it means all kinds of things, but that vagueness quietly distorts how we talk about salvation. We’re beginning a new series heading towards Easter, and we want to do something simple and demanding:...
Episode 135 - We Know God By What He Does, Not By What We Imagine
What if our problem with faith isn’t doubt, but distance? We tease apart why abstract theology often feels hollow and show how truth becomes vivid when it is told as story. Rather than polishing concepts like omnipotence and omnipresence until ...
Episode 134 - Myth Busting Myth-Busting: Plot Twist Included
What if the world isn’t a pile of loose facts but a living story that wants you on stage? We open with a bold claim: you don’t know God by standing at a safe distance and defining him; you know God by being saved into relationship through the S...
Episode 133 - Rock of Ages: Finding Stability in God's Unchanging Nature
When everything around us shifts and changes, where can we find true stability? Our exploration of God's immutability concludes with this bonus episode that distills the rich theological insights we've gathered throughout this series.At...
Episode 132 - Being vs. Becoming: Exploring Divine Immutability and Perfect Being Philosophy
Divine perfection has been misunderstood for millennia. Through ancient Greek philosophical lenses, we've defined God's perfection as maximum power, knowledge, and immutability. But what if Jesus had something radically different in mind?
Episode 131 - Can the Perfect God Experience Grief, Desire, and Change?
Diving into the complex theological waters of divine immutability, this episode challenges common misconceptions about what it means for God to be unchanging. While traditional "Perfect Being Philosophy" suggests that any variation or change wo...
Episode 130 - Perfect in All His Ways: Understanding God's Immutability Across Scripture
Have you ever wondered what it means when the Bible says "God does not change"? Does this make God static and unresponsive to our world? Or is there a deeper truth that offers profound security in our chaotic lives?The immutability of G...
Episode 129 - Can God Decompose?! : Rethinking God's Immutability Through Biblical Lenses
What does it truly mean when we say "God does not change"? This profound question takes us on a journey through ancient philosophy, biblical revelation, and the very nature of creation itself.We begin by examining a fascinating dialogue...
Episode 128 - Divine Simplicity: Tracing the Ancient Roots of God's Immutability
What does it mean when we say God doesn't change? Behind this seemingly straightforward theological statement lies centuries of philosophical speculation that many Christians have never examined.In this thought-provoking exploration of ...
Episode 127 - Beyond Time: Can God Be Both Immutable and Interactive?
Does God have conversations? It seems like a simple question with an obvious biblical answer, yet it opens up one of the most profound theological tensions in Christian thought.The concept of divine immutability—that God does not change...
Episode 126 - Ancient Prophecy, Divine Flesh, And The Magi’s Visit Reconsidered
A sealed prophecy said to come from Adam. Royal visitors who call a newborn “true God” without hesitation. A blade that cannot cut divine flesh. From the first minute, we dive into the Armenian Infancy Gospel’s startling claims and the older cu...
Episode 125 - From Distant Kingdoms, With 12,000 Trumpets, They Kneel Before A Child
Trumpets shake a hillside, silk shimmers in torchlight, and three rulers from far-off kingdoms kneel before a child in a cave. That’s where our journey leads: Ethiopia, Central Asia, and the Far East converge on Bethlehem, not with tidy legends...
Episode 124 - Unpacking The Armenian Infancy Gospel And The Magi’s World
A star that vanishes in Jerusalem, three emperors commanding twelve kings, and a caravan of twelve thousand soldiers converging on a baby in Bethlehem—this is not your mantelpiece nativity. We open the Armenian Infancy Gospel and find an ambiti...
Episode 123 - Why The Magi Bowed In A Cave And Heard A Child Prophesy
A pillar of light leads the way, the star comes to rest, and the cave glows as the Magi step inside. That’s where our journey turns: not to a cosy stable or a tidy guest room, but to an unworked space that echoes the altar “not made by human ha...
Bonus Episode - No Room At The Inn, Or Just A Crowded Guest Room? Ancient tradition or Modern Revision?
What if a single word could reshape the Nativity you think you know? We take a hard look at where Jesus was born by following the trail most people skip: the language Luke used, the way travellers lodged near Jerusalem, and what the earliest Ch...
Episiode 122 - From Purifying Springs To Jerusalem, The Magi Follow A Star Brighter Than The Sun
A secret cave. Seven trees circling a spring. A pillar of light that outshines the sun. We follow an ancient Syriac tradition—the Revelations of the Magi—to uncover a world where time is kept by the moon, gifts are guarded for generations, and ...
Episode 121 - What If The Magi Kept Adam’s Library And Followed A Star From China?
A forgotten Syriac text claims the Magi told their own story—and it doesn’t fit neatly into our Christmas cards. We open the vault on Revelations of the Magi, exploring how a star from “beyond the world,” Adam’s written mysteries, and a guarded...
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Episode 120 - Leo The Great, The Magi, And The Fight Against a Boring Christmas
Wonder thrives where truth is told straight. We kick off a Magi series by refusing the flat, joyless habit of “debunking Christmas” and turning instead to Scripture, Church memory, and a fierce defence of the incarnation. With PJ from the Globa...
Episode 119i - What if each Narnia book sings to a different planet’s tune?
Imagine discovering a hidden music under stories you thought you knew by heart. We dive into Michael Ward’s provocative claim that each Narnia book resonates with a different planet from the medieval cosmos—Jupiter’s regal generosity, Mars’s ch...
Episode 119h - Sung Into Being - Creation is more music than matter
What if the world began with a voice so beautiful it hurt to hear? We open The Magician’s Nephew and step into a cosmos where stars ignite on cue, animals rise from the soil, and a Lion sings meaning into matter. From London attics to the Wood ...
Episode 119g - Further Up, Further In
A donkey in a lion’s skin shouldn’t fool anyone—yet when we forget the true Lion, costumes start to look convincing. We close our Narnia arc with The Last Battle, following the trail from deception and power-grabbing religion to judgment that c...
Episode 119f - Guided by the Lion: Identity, Courage, and Providence in The Horse and His Boy
A runaway boy, a noble girl, and two talking horses cross deserts and courts while a cat comforts and a lion pursues—yet nothing is as it seems. We dive into The Horse and His Boy to uncover how C. S. Lewis weaves providence through apparent ac...