Episode 31 - Kingdom Diversity - A Conversation with Dr. Walter Strickland

Jesse interviews Dr. Walter Strickland, PhD, Vice President for Kingdom Diversity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Show Notes

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Dr. Walker Strickland

• Southeastern Seminary Kngdom Diversity - http://kingdomdiversity.sebts.edu

• Personal Web Site - http://walterstrickland.com

Books by/edited by Walter:

• Plain Theology for Plain People https://www.amazon.com/Plain-Theology-People-Lexham-Classics/dp/1683590341/

• Every Waking Hour https://www.amazon.com/Every-Waking-Hour-Introduction-Christians/dp/157799678X/

People to Follow on Twitter

• Jackie Hill Perry: @JackieHillPerry

• Sho Baraka: @AmIshoBaraka

• Propaganda: @prophiphop

• Ambassador: @ambassador215

Websites of Interest

• http://theandcampaign.com

• http://thefrontporch.org

• http://jude3project.com

People to Follow

• Charlie Dates: http://progressivechicago.org/about1

• H.B. Charles: http://hbcharlesjr.com

• George Yancey: http://georgeyancey.com

• Karen Ellis: http://ellisperspectives.com/about

• Soong-Chan Rah: http://profrah.com

• Christopher Brooks: http://evangelministries.org/chris-brooks

Episode 30 - The Derision of Religion

Show Notes

RUTs and BUTs

• Gender Reveal Injustice? Should I go to a gender reveal party?

• Dr. John C. Lennox Curriculum Vitae

• Should we Fear Artificial Intelligence? Lecture available here

• Book Recommendation. Can Science Explain Everything?  

Main Topic - The Derision of Religion

• The Problem With #BelieveSurvivors by Emily Yoffe, Contributing editor at The Atlantic.

• Justice requires fairness, not automatic belief tweet by Emily Yoffe

Episode 29 - You Just Got Schooled!

Reid and Jesse discuss educational choices and the attending difficulties and encouragements associated with each path.

Show Notes

In or Out

• The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul

• Juul Raided by the FDA

Approximate Educational Statistics

• 3.3% of school aged kids are homeschooled or about 1.7 million though other estimates are as high as 2.3 million. Link to Discussion

• 5.7 million in private schools, most are religious in orientation around 10%. Link to Stats

• Just under 51 million kids in America’s Public schools. Link to Stats

The Importance of Parental Involvement

• How Parental Involvement Benefits the Entire Educational Process

• The Enduring Importance of Parental Involvement from your Neighborhood Friendly NEA

Relevant Scripture

• Deuteronomy 6:4-6

• Ephesians 6:1-4

• Deuteronomy 29:29

Episode 28 - Child's Play - Youth Sports in America

Reid and Jesse discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the youth sports culture in America. Also a discussion of kids sports and Sunday worship to round out the episode.

Show Notes

Links Cited 

• How Kids sports became a $15 billion industry http://time.com/4913687/how-kids-sports-became-15-billion-industry/

• The Benefits of Youth Sports https://www.ncys.org/publications/the-benefits-of-youth-sports.php

• The Dark Side of Youth Sports https://www.momsteam.com/team-of-experts/shane-murphy-phd/the-dark-side-of-youth-sports

• Why Kids Quit Sports by John O’Sullivan https://changingthegameproject.com/why-kids-quit-sports/

• Field of Screams  https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58c43902e4b0a797c1d39d51/amp

• Spring Sports and Sunday Church by Tony Reinke/Mary Kassian https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/spring-sports-and-sunday-church

• When Church Gets Sidelined for Youth Sports https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2018/may-web-exclusives/when-church-gets-sidelined-youth-sports.html

• Engagement and Mission in the Realm of Sport by Reid Monaghan https://ftc.co/resource-library/blog-entries/engagement-and-mission-in-the-realm-of-sport

• Justin Martyr First Apology - On the Administration of the Sacraments - Sunday worship was an early established practice of the Christians http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm

Relevant Scripture

• Hebrews 10:24, 25 - Regular gathering

• 1 Corinthians 16:2 - Church gathering on Sunday/first day of the week

The Furey Sports Liturgy

1. Try Hard

2. Have Fun

3. Treat People Well

4. Thank your Coach

Episode 27 - Work! What is it Good For?

Jesse Furey leads us in a discussion of the sacredness of vocation in the design and purposes of God. Also, he presses Reid with some fun “in or out” questions to kick off the episode.

Show Notes

Links Referenced

Jesse Furey has written an essay to go along with this episode of the underground. You can find that on the Bonhoeffer Haus Blog here:

Work, What is it Good For?

Some good additional reading and resources referenced on the state of work, faith and theology

• https://acton.org/pub/commentary/2016/03/30/martin-luther-vocation-and-serving-our-neighbors

• https://www.theologyofwork.org

• https://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/new-research-shows-what-employees-are-most-unhappy.html

• https://hbr.org/2009/11/how-to-survive-in-an-unhappy-w.html

• http://www.cnbcfinancial.news/2018/09/08/tesla-keeps-losing-senior-leadership-here-are-some-of-the-key-departures-this-year/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html

• http://malyonworkplace.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Why-Work-Dorothy-Sayers-Essay.pdf

Books Referenced

• Keller “Every Good Endeavor”

• Miroslav Volf “Public Faith in Action” - “Work in the Spirit”

• Andy Crouch “Culture Making”

• Kyle Bennett “Practices of Love: Spiritual Disciplines for the Life of the World”

• Cal Newport “Deep Work”

• Wendell Berry “Christianity and the Survival of Creation”

• Bonhoeffer “Christ, Reality, and Good”

• Walter Strickland and Benjamin Quinn “Every Waking Hour”

• Gene Veith “God at Work”

• Amy Sherman “Kingdom Calling”

• Bob Benne “Ordinary Saints"

Scripture Referenced

• 1 Corinthians 7:20, 10:31

• Colossians 3:23, 24

• Genesis 1-3

Episode 26 - How Wrongeth?

Reid discusses the issue of cultural relativism, some absurdity, and why objective morality demands a transcendent source.

Show Notes

RUTs and BUTs

• Judge John Hodgman - Episode 379, Race Closed
• A Jonathan Coulton Primer - songs to start with
• Shop Vac - Song and Animation

Links Referenced 

• Reductio Ad Absurdum - Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Confronting a Sexual Rite of Passage - The Atlantic
• Euthanasia and Senicide - Brief introduction

Scripture Referenced

• Ecclesiastes 1:2,3
• Romans 2:12-15
• John 8:31, 32

Books Referenced

• Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton - free eBook
• Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig - see chapter on the Absurdity of Life without God
• What we Can’t Not Know: A Guide by J. Budziszewski

Episode 25 - Bon Anniversaire!

Reid and Jesse celebrate the first year of The Gospel Underground sharing their favorite episodes, look to the future and introducing RANTology

Show Notes

Reid’s Favorite Episodes

• Episode 11 - Leaning into Lament with Rhys Bezzant
• Episode 10 - A Christmas Tradition 

Jesse’s Favorite Episodes

• Episode 13 - Saint Patrick and His Day 
• Episode 24 - O Smartphone Where art Thou? 

Episode 24 - O' Smartphone Where Art Thou

Show Notes

Links Featured

• The No Smartphone Tweet  by Pastor Bob Thune
• Right Age for a Smartphone? by Terri Coles
• Young Americans Having Less Sex by By W. Bradford Wilcox and Samuel Sturgeon
• Creating a Family Tech Charging Station by Reid S. Monaghan
• Snap Chat Dysmorphia? by CBS News Report by Ashley Welch

Book Recommendations 

• The Tech Wise Family by Andy Crouch
• iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us by Jean Twenge

Reviewish

• eero and eero plus Wifi system and security Forbes review by Anthony Karcz
• iOS 12 Parental Controls - 9to5 Mac article by Michael Potuck

Relevant Scripture

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 t“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:1-4