The Gospel Underground Podcast

Episode 189 - The Creation of the Cosmos

Scriptures Referenced Genesis 1:1-5; Hebrews 11:1-3; Colossians 2:8; 2 Corinthians 4:5-6; 2 Timothy 2:24-26; Colossians 1:13-14 Confessions Cited The Apostles Creed The Nicene Creed The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church The Westminster Catechism The London Baptist Confession The New City Catechism Philosophy and Forming Actual Infinites St. Bonaventure's Arguments https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bonaventure/ [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bonaventure/] Hilbert's Hotel Paradox - https://www.britannica.com/video/paradox-David-Hilbert-hotel/-205800 [https://www.britannica.com/video/paradox-David-Hilbert-hotel/-205800] Scientific References Red Shift and Big Bang Cosmology https://youtu.be/3W2GMSQOZq8?si=C-kUm_KarPJlGFZ3 [https://youtu.be/3W2GMSQOZq8?si=C-kUm_KarPJlGFZ3] Books Referenced William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith Christian Truth and Apologetics, 84. Robert Jastrow, God and the Astronomers, 1978.

Episode 188 - Engagement in the Borderlands

Scripture Referenced 2 Timothy 2:24-26; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; Matthew 5:43-47; 2 Corinthians 4:1-7 Link Referenced Guiding Philosophies of The Gospel Underground https://www.gospelunderground.org/mission-and-vision [https://www.gospelunderground.org/mission-and-vision] Thoughtful and Respectful Engagement As we seek to impact people in the borderlands between the church and culture, we desire to think deeply about life, faith, and the ideas of the world, while engaging them with kindness and civility. (1 Peter 3:15, Colossians 4:2-6)

Episode 187 - Fight Together

Scripture Referenced Stronger Together - Romans 15:6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Prepared Together - 1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fight Together - 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Episode 186 - Strengthen One Another

Show Notes Scripture Referenced Matthew 7:12; Acts; Hebrews 3:12-14; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; Romans 12:1; Joshua 1:8,9; Isaiah 41:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10; Hebrews 13:7–9; 2 Timothy 2:1–2 Links and Lyrics Referenced The Home Team - A Guide to Family Worship [https://www.gospelunderground.org/s/10-The-Home-Team-A-Family-Worship-Resource.pdf] We are Not as Strong as we think we are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiikMNJTvME] by Rich Mullins John Piper, Be Strengthened by Grace, https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/be-strengthened-by-grace. Accessed March 5, 2026. A Mighty Fortress is our God [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vT6HQ1QaU4] by Martin Luther Books Referenced Timothy Keller, Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism [https://www.amazon.com/Preaching-Communicating-Faith-Age-Skepticism/dp/0525953035], 163

Episode 185 - Comfort the Afflicted

Scripture Referenced 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Galatians 6:2 2 Peter 1:3-9 Psalm 103:1-8 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Philippians 2:14-15 Psalm 55:22 1 Peter 5:6, 7 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17 Sources Referenced Stanford Research on Complaining and the Brain  https://x.com/shiningscience/status/2013113758386987099?s=61&t=tlwkbxDptbUski5ck2qYEA [https://x.com/shiningscience/status/2013113758386987099?s=61&t=tlwkbxDptbUski5ck2qYEA] Sophie L. Kjærvik and Brad J. Bushman, “A Meta-Analytic Review of Anger Management Activities That Increase or Decrease Arousal: What Fuels or Douses Rage?” Clinical Psychology Review 109 (2024): 102414. Lauren C. Michl et al., “Rumination as a Mechanism Linking Stressful Life Events to Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: Longitudinal Evidence in Early Adolescents and Adults,” Journal of Abnormal Psychology, volume 122, no. 2 (2013), pages 339–352. Catherine B. Stroud et al., “Rumination, Excessive Reassurance Seeking, and Stress Generation among Early Adolescent Girls,” The Journal of Early Adolescence, vol. 38, no. 2 (2018), pages 139–163 Yvette I. Sheline et al., “The Default Mode Network and Self-Referential Processes in Depression,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, no. 6 (2009): 1942-1947 Matthew D. Lieberman et al., “Putting Feelings into Words: Affect Labeling Disrupts Amygdala Activity in Response to Affective Stimuli,” Psychological Science 18, no. 5 (2007): 421–22.