God‘s Story Podcast

Brent Siddall
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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.

  1. 17h ago

    Toni Kim – Shame Redeemed

    ‘Shame makes us feel that we are not good enough and can prevent us from receiving the love God wants to lavish on us’. Brent talks with Toni Kim about her new IVP book ‘Shame Redeemed: Learning to Live in Christ’s Freedom’. Toni is director of spiritual care at the National Association of Evangelicals.  She served over 20 years as a pastor in Vancouver and Boston.  (0:45) Shame and guilt; (1:10) Shame in culture; (2:00) Shame – what is it? (3:30) Social media; (5:20) When does shame come from? (8:45) Dealing with shame and guilt; (10:30) Shame and our society; (14:15) Temptation; (16:50) Church and struggle; (17:50) Addiction and mental health; (20:00) Our failures.  Links mentioned in this episode: www.tonikim.org www.amazon.com/Shame-Redeemed-Learning-Christs-Freedom/dp/B0H859NSZB Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

  2. 4d ago

    Jennifer Holberg on Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’

    How does Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ deal with money and property? Brent talks with Jennifer Holberg about Austen’s novel. Jennifer is professor and chair of the English Department at Calvin University in the States and co-director of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing.  She’s also the author of the book ‘Nourishing Narratives’. (0:45) When was the book written? (2:20) The title; (5:10) Money and property; (7:00) Women in Austen’s society; (9:00) The two sisters; (11:30) John Dashwood; (14:00) Edward; (18:30) Colonel Brandon; (21:00) Willoughby; (23:30) Lucy Steele; (26:30) Marianne.  Links mentioned in this episode: Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

  3. Oct 20

    Brett McCracken – The Wisdom of Sleep

    How is sleep a sacred gift that restores us? Brent talks with Brett McCracken about his new Zondervan Reflective book ‘The Wisdom of Sleep: How Rest Reveals God’s Truth and Revives Weary Souls’. Brett is an author and journalist based in Southern California.  He serves as a senior editor at the Gospel Coalition where he writes on the intersection of faith and culture.  He’s written a number of books.       (1:00) Sleep as a place where God shakes us out of time; (2:30) Why do we sleep? (3:45) Rest in modern culture; (5:10) Sleep and death; (6:55) Transhumanism and sleep; (8:30) Christianity and sleep; (9:35) Sleeping better; (12:05) Imagination and sleep; (19:40) Scripture and dreams; (18:20) God’s rest in Genesis; (20:40) Sleeping as an act of faith.    Links mentioned in this episode: www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Sleep-Reveals-Truth-Revives/dp/0310175712 Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

  4. Oct 16

    Jackie Baker – Messy Mourning

    Are you grieving the loss of a child by suicide? Brent talks with Jackie Baker about her new book from Hope Books called ‘Messy Mourning: Hope for Mothers Grieving the Loss of a Child by Suicide’. Jackie is a pediatric nurse practitioner and a writer who writes about grief, faith, motherhood, identity and healing.    (0:40) Sebastian; (3:55) Stigma? (6:20) Youth suicide; (8:10) Messy grieving process; (10:25) Trusting in God; (12:30) Grief counselling; (13:30) Grief – the second year and beyond; (17:00) The 7th year; (18:50) NZ.    Links mentioned in this episode: www.jackiembaker.com/messy-mourning www.mightyape.co.nz/mn/buy/mighty-ape-books-messy-mourning-9798891854123/ Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

  5. Oct 13

    Margaret Diddams and Shirley Mullen – Tried and True

    How did John Wesley’s leadership practices shape the church and his society as a whole? Brent talks with Margaret Diddams and Shirley Mullen about their new IVP book ‘Tried and True: The Countercultural Virtues of Christian Leadership’. Margaret is an industrial-organizational psychologist, former provost and chief academic officer at Wheaton College and a former senior manager at Microsoft.   Shirley served as president of Houghton University for fifteen years.  She spent four decades in the work of faith based liberal arts education in various roles.   (1:00) How John Wesley has influenced leadership; (3:45) Who was John Wesley? (8:00) The 3 S’s – surrender, stewardship, and servanthood; (18:20) Charisma; (23:25) What we can learn from John Wesley.    Links mentioned in this episode: www.amazon.com/Tried-True-Countercultural-Christian-Leadership/dp/B0H6KJ9M74 Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

  6. Oct 9

    Dave Nienhuis – And the Sea Was No More

    ‘When panic attacks shattered his world, leaving him drowning in a chaos he couldn’t name, biblical scholar Dave Nienhuis discovered something unexpected.  Scripture itself offered language for his anguish.  The Bible’s recurring image of the catastrophic Deep – the watery chaos that threatens to overwhelm – spoke for him when he had no words of his own’. Brent talks to Dave Nienhuis about his new Eerdman’s book ‘And the Sea Was No More: Reading the Bible in the Deep’. Dave is professor of New Testament studies at Seattle Pacific Seminary.  He has authored and edited several books.  (1:00) The panic attacks; (6:30) The deep and chaos; (10:40) Job; (12:00) Jesus and the deep; (14:30) Revelation; (17:15) Suffering and the Christian life; (22:00) Finding God in suffering.  Links mentioned in this episode: davenienhuis.com www.amazon.com/Sea-Was-No-More-Reading/dp/0802886140 Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

  7. Oct 6

    Joshua Farris – Why Souls?

    What is the soul and why is it important? Brent talks with Joshua Farris about his new Collective Ink Books title ‘Why Souls? A Mirror to the Universe’. Joshua is an ordained priest with the diocese of Kagera and ACMI and a Canon Theologian on Missio Mosaic.  He’s also the director and founder of Soul Science Ministries and Spiritually Driven Leadership.    (1:00) Intelligence; (2:40) Human intelligence and AI; (4:00) The Turing Test; (6:00) The soul; (7:55) Body and soul; (10:40) Reasons for the traditional view; (12:30) Exploring the world without a soul; (14:30) Naturalism; (17:00) Panpsychism; (22:20) Near death experiences; (26:30) Dementia.   Links mentioned in this episode: soulscienceministries.com www.amazon.com.au/dp/1903816416?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

  8. Oct 2

    Tim Muehlhoff – Authentic Communication

    How could Christians offer alternative views to the dominant voices in society? Brent talks with Tim Muehlhoff who is one of the authors – with Todd Lewis – of a second edition of the IVP book ‘Authentic Communication: Christian Speech Engaging Culture’. Tim is Professor of Communication at Biola University in California and Senior Director of the Winsome Conviction Project.    (0:40) Effective communication; (1:30) Perception in communication; (6:30) Conflict; (9:40) Disagreements; (10:45) Dealing with conflict; (12:15) Empathy; (13:40) Resident aliens; (16:15) Postmodernism; (20:00) The argument culture; (24:15) Politics; (26:2o) Social justice.   Links mentioned in this episode: www.biola.edu/directory/people/timothy-muehlhoff www.amazon.com/dp/1514016087?lv=shuf&channelId=520&plpRedirect=mhFallback Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: godsstorypodcast@gmail.com godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.

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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.

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  • Creator
    Brent Siddall
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    545
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