Theocology John

AJ, Jaden, Aiden, Erin, Richard and Pastor John discuss how they have grown over the past academic year, inside and outside of the classroom and also discuss summer plans.

Dominic joins AJ, PJ, Aiden and Jaden to discuss what it means to "love not the world" and how one can so easily get caught up with the trends and ways of the world. They look at some quotes from Eugene Peterson's book The Jesus Way as well as discuss the normalizing of so many vices in society.

In this episode Richard Butt joins AJ, PJ, Jaden, Aiden and Erin in discussing what Jesus teaches us (warns us) about money and possessions. Listen in on this discussion of greed and generosity.

AJ, PJ, Jaden and Erin discuss how "doing your own thing" can often be living a lie that will bring disintegration rather than growth and other ways we believe and live out lies in our lives.

In this episode PJ discusses how lies are often what we end up living without realizing it, harming ourselves and others. AJ, Jaden, Grant and Aiden share some of the lies they have believed in their past and how they have come to the reality of God's grace.

In this episode PJ brings up a question he heard from a student in his world religions class about Christianity. This question basically was, "Why do Christians believe God had to punish His son for the sins of others in order to forgive? If God is forgiving, why doesn't he just do it?" Aiden, Erin, PJ, Jaden, Grant and AJ discuss what forgiveness is all about and why Jesus did die.