The Reconstruction Podcast

Numbers Don't Lie - Who Reads the Bible?

What to Expect: 1) Game: Junior Bible Quiz 2) Stats about bible reading in America 3) What do the numbers mean? Resources: State of the Bible: USA 2021 [https://1s712.americanbible.org/state-of-the-bible/stateofthebible/State_of_the_bible-2021.pdf] (Survey) Bible Project [https://bibleproject.com/explore/?gclid=Cj0KCQjws4aKBhDPARIsAIWH0JXW2P4Hd5PsIOS_uDy-QMTeS3hVkuCSidpcutYKuzju06-ES9HSh_UaAhoeEALw_wcB] (site) Got Questions? [https://www.gotquestions.org/] (site) Music: Hiraeth by Scott Buckley

Morality and Relativism

What to Expect: 1) What is Relativism? 2) Morality: Relative or Absolute? 3) How Relativism influences biblical interpretation Related Bible Verses: Isaiah 40:8, John 14:6, 2 Timothy 3:16,  Resources: Truth: Absolute or Relative? [https://evidenceandanswers.org/article/truth-absolute-or-relative/] (article) Is moral relativism livable? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd5O0czxhz0] (video) Tom Holland & AC Grayling • History: Did Christianity give us our human values? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eSyz3BaVK8] (Video) Music: The Reckoning by AERØHEAD Snowfall by Scott Buckley

Cancel Culture and the Gospel

What to Expect: 1) A really brief history of cancel culture 2) What is cancel culture? 3) The implications of cancel culture Explore the gospel in the Bible: Isaiah 43:25, Romans 5:8, Romans 6:23, Romans 8:1, Colossians 2:13-14, Hebrews 8:12 Music: Intro - The Reckoning by AERØHEAD Other - Fragments by AERØHEAD Resources: Tim Keller on Today’s Culture [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tim-keller-on-todays-culture/id252618197?i=1000491210472] (podcast) Amish Forgive School Shooter, Struggle with Grief [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14900930] (article)

Charles Finney, The Sinner's Prayer, and Conversion Counting

What to Expect: 1) A really brief history of Charles Finney and the anxious bench 2) Funny church things: head bowed and eyes closed, altar calls 3) What the Sinner's Prayer gets right 4) What counts as conversion? Explore more in the Bible: Matthew 6:5-13, Matthew 15:8-9, James 2:14-26, 1 John 2:3-5 Music:  Intro - The Reckoning by AERØHEAD Other - Signal to Noise by Scott Buckley Resources: What is the Sinner's Prayer? [https://www.christianity.com/wiki/prayer/what-is-the-sinner-s-prayer.html] (article) Evangelism, False Conversion, and the Sinner's Prayer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAlaBulLq9s] (video) Charles Finney: Father of American revivalism [https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/evangelistsandapologists/charles-finney.html] (article)

Salvation, Anxiety, and Scaring the Hell Out of You

What to Expect: 1) Salvation is... 2) Scaring the hell out of you 3) A personal story of anxiety 4) What is salvation all about? Music: Rain and Tears by Neutrin05 The Reckoning by AERØHEAD Related Bible Verses: John 3:16, Romans 10:9, Ephesians 2:1-9, Philippians 4:4-9, Revelation 21 Resources: Heaven and Earth [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy2AQlK6C5k](video) The Great Divorce [https://www.amazon.com/Great-Divorce-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652950] by C.S. Lewis (book) The Explicit Gospel [https://www.amazon.com/Explicit-Gospel-Paperback-Matt-Chandler/dp/1433542110] by Matt Chandler (book)