Digging Deeper: Individualism (with Justin Thomas)

Digging Deeper: Individualism (with Justin Thomas)

On this Digging Deeper episode, Pastor Jeff Gipe and Professor Brian Nixon have a very compelling and important conversation on the ism of individualism, including the realm of gender and sexuality. Our special guest on this episode is Justin Thomas, the president of Calvary Chapel Bible College. Justin has done extensive research on this topic. Click here [https://sermons.logos.com/series/42050-class:-biblical-gender-and-sexuality⁠] for a series of lectures.

Digging Deeper: Intellectualism (With Dr. Dominick Hernandez)

On this Digging Deeper episode, Pastor Jeff Gipe and Professor Brian Nixon dialogue with Dr. Dominick Hernandez.Hernandez is an author and associate professor of Old Testament and Semitics at the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.Together they look at the Ism of intellectualism. Dr. Hernandez provides deep  insights on how faith and reason can work together in a way that helps humans flourish.

Digging Deeper: Materialism

On this Digging Deeper episode, Pastor Jeff Gipe and Professor Brian Nixon dialogue with Pastor Rob Sweet from Fellowship Bible Church in Brentwood, TN. In the conversation, Pastor Rob shares with us the reason why every human being from the beginning of time has had trouble with the ism of materialism. In this episode, he shares many amazing insights, such as “material things were created as a means to an end..not an end themselves.

Digging Deeper: Religionism

On this Digging Deeper episode, Pastor Jeff Gipe and Professor Brian Nixon dialogue with Pastor Nick Cady from White Fields Church in Longmont, CO. In the conversation, Pastor Nick shares some very important principles that helped keep their church united and focused during the pandemic and the social and political upheaval of 2020-2021, which then turned to a robust discussion on Christian Nationalism.

Digging Deeper: Scientism (With Dr. Lu Wing)

Isms That Cause Schisms: Digging Deeper: Scientism | With the introduction of several isms that cause schisms in today’s church and with a positive response to the podcasts, Pastor Jeff Gipe felt a need to go deeper into some of the topics. On this first of the Digging Deeper episodes, Professor Brian Nixon dialogues with Dr. Luman Wing, a leading biotech scientist, about the ism of scientism. In the conversation, Dr. Wing talks about how science divides churches, but also offers proactive solutions to build bridges between scripture and science. Additionally, Dr. Wing discusses the concepts of epigenetics and toxicity, two important features in understanding the human condition and the role of the church in being a place of health and healing.