S2E8: Exploration The Theology Of...

This week, Benjamin and Ryker chart out the theology of exploration, discovering how the unknown frontier can be holy ground.



Show Notes (The Theology of Exploration) S2:E8



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Table of Contents & Timestamps:

(0:00-2:02) Introduction

(2:02-8:57) What is Exploration?

(9:27-28:30) “Exploring” the Bible

(28:52-31:55) God’s Playground

(31:55-34:50) The Open Book of Nature

(34:50-38:14) The Journey of the Christian Faith

(38:35-40:29) Adventuring in the Wrong Places

(40:29-45:25)  A Whole New World...

(45:25-49:01) Outro



Key Takeaways:


Exploration is an open-ended journey into the unknown

The mundane parts of our lives are charged with with untapped exploratory potential

Exploration is a key theme in the Bible, either as a good, Edenic adventure or a bad, Exilic wandering

Knowing God is like exploring uncharted territory on a map

The New Heavens and New Earth will be an entirely new world for us to explore

Outward exploration leads to inward exploration; foreign exploration leads to domestic exploration


Resources:


“Revisiting the Theology of Exploration in Times of Disorder” by Stephen D. Perry

https://providencemag.com/2020/09/revisiting-theology-space-exploration-times-disorder/




“Christians Ought to Be the World’s Greatest Explorers” by Justin Buzzard

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christians-ought-to-be-the-worlds-greatest-explorers/




“A Biblical Theology of the Wilderness” by Nicholas T. Batzig

https://feedingonchrist.org/biblical-theology-wilderness/




“On Chasing One’s Hat” GK Chesterton

http://essays.quotidiana.org/chesterton/running_after_ones_hat/




The Faith of Leap: Embracing A Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage by Michael Hirsch

https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Leap-Embracing-Adventure-Shapevine/dp/0801014158




Fine Lines Documentary

https://www.amazon.com/Fine-Lines-Conrad-Anker/dp/B081ZXN8RV



Music

“Buzz Cut” - Luke Hall

“Begin Again” - Luke Hall

“Flute and Piano” - Luke Hall



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