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Heidi White joins Andrew for a conversation on how modern, stripped down faith traditions keep us from entering the story of Jesus, especially this time of year as Christmas approaches. She offers fascinating insights on historic Christian belief and practices that will enrich your own celebration of Christmas and Advent 2023.

In this episode:

• The Work of the People
• Pay Attention to Environment
• Entering the Story of Faith
• The Jordan Peterson Effect
• Advent: Preparing for Christ

Heidi White is a teacher, editor, podcaster, and author. She teaches Humanities at St. Hild School in Colorado Springs and is author of the forthcoming book, “The Divided Soul: Reuniting Duty and Desire in Literature and Life”. She is also a weekly contributor on fiction, poetry, and Shakespeare on the Close Reads Podcast Network. She writes fiction, poetry, and essays, and speaks about literature, education, and the Christian imagination. She lives in Colorado with her husband and children.

Resources Mentioned
• The History of Christianity by Luke Timothy Johnson
• Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
• The Jesse Advent Tree
• Advent Wreath and Candles
• The Greatest Christmas by Ann Voskamp
• Close Reads Podcast
• Heidi White on Instagram

Original Release Date: 11/30/2023

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There are two ways we can miss God. One is to reject him outright. The other is to believe in a version of God that is distorted and out of focus. To fashion God according to our own ideas and ideals. Andrew shares on the true foundations of faith — those core truths about Jesus that God has revealed and expects us to respond to.

In this episode:

• The Scariest Verse in the Bible
• Choosing the Exotic over the Essential
• Rebuilding Foundations
• Jesus Is Our Starting Point

Original Release Date: 11/23/2023

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In Titus 2, Paul instructs Titus to promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching. He then breaks down how older men and women are to pass along the faith to younger men and women.

Susie Walther joins Andrew to talk about why there aren’t more older women available to pass on the faith to the next generation, and how we can change that.

In this episode:

• Titus 2
• Rooted in Sound Doctrine
• Where Are the Titus 2 Women?
• Becoming a Titus 2 Woman

Resources Mentioned
• Operation Train Up A Woman

Original Release Date: 11/16/2023

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Every so often we want to introduce new listeners to our ministry and mission, as well as remind ourselves what ITH is all about. John and Andrew discuss our history and what’s brought us here, and take a look at what’s to come for ITH in 2024.

In this episode:

• Our History
• Our Mission
• Digital and Physical Worlds
• Disciples Are Made in Person
• Our Future

Original Release Date: 11/9/2023

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In this latest conversation of our series, Faith Foundations, Hannah Phillips joins Andrew to discuss why revelation is critical if we are ever going to know God for who he truly is.

What is revelation, how does it work, and how can we benefit from it so we understand God and his purposes in a better way?

In this episode:

• Why Revelation Matters
• How Revelation Works
• How God’s Words Come to Us
• Why You Should Read the Whole Bible

Resources Mentioned
• Video: How to Read the Bible
• Visual: Why You Should Read All the Bible
• The Lookout Bible Reading Plan

Original Release Date: 10/19/2023

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When the apostle Paul was confronted by the Lord Jesus on his way to Damascus, his first question was, “Who are you, Lord?” There is a lot for us to learn today from Paul’s encounter with Jesus. Jim McKnight joins Andrew for a helpful conversation on why knowing whose we are is critical if we’re ever going to discover who we are.

In this episode:

• The Importance of Identity
• Examples from Paul and Peter
• Who Do You Say That I Am?
• Practical Ways To Learn Jesus

Resources Mentioned
• Video: The Two Kingdoms
• Website: No Place Left
• Seed Sower App
• Quick Study: Who Is Jesus?
• Video: Who Is Jesus?

Jim McKnight is a leader in the No Place Left Army Network and within the 24:14 North America network. He serves in Resurrection Church in Columbus, GA and enjoys weekly evangelism and discipleship with Soldiers on Fort Moore, GA. He is a Colonel in the United States Army Reserve and recently graduated from Covenant Theological Seminary with a Masters of Arts in Exegetical Theology. He is soon publishing a short thesis on 1 Peter 2.4-10. His greatest grief in life is that he is a New York Giants football fan and his greatest joy is knowing that he is loved and accepted by Jesus Christ and His Church and has been empowered to represent Jesus throughout the world.

Original Release Date: 10/19/2023

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Dr. Christopher Yuan is an author and speaker, and creator of The Holy Sexuality Project, a video series that helps parents empower their teens to understand, embrace, and celebrate biblical sexuality.

In this conversation, he joins Andrew to discuss how misconceptions about sexuality, marriage, singleness, and the church are keeping modern believers from living the lives of faithful devotion God is calling us to.

In this episode:

• Sexuality: What Is Normative?
• Sexuality in Marriage and Singleness
• Why Church As Family Is Essential
• Right vs. Almost Right

Resources Mentioned
• Holy Sexuality and the Gospel by Christopher Yuan
• The Holy Sexuality Project
• Website: https://christopheryuan.com/

Original Release Date: 10/12/2023

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Part 1 in our series: The Hard Sayings of Jesus.

Andrew and Shelton spend time breaking down the original hard teaching of Jesus: we must eat his flesh and drink his blood. How should we understand this teaching, and what does it mean for us as believers today?

In this episode:

• Jesus Was Offensive
• The Context for “Eat My Flesh”
• From Bad to Worse
• Breaking Down the Saying

Resources Mentioned
• The Hard Sayings of Jesus by F.F. Bruce

Original Release Date: 10/5/2023

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Part 2 in our series: Secret Traits of Highly Effective Disciple-Makers. John and Andrew discuss the principle of life-on-life and why it is the secret sauce for making disciples like Jesus and the early church did.

In this episode:

• What Did Jesus Do?
• The Example of the Apostles
• Modern Disciple-Making Mistakes
• Why Information Is Not Enough
• The Importance of White Space

Resources Mentioned
• The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
• Study Guide: The Master Plan
• The Master Trainer by P.T. Chandapilla

Original Release Date: 9/28/2023

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The great enemy of our devotion to God is not outright rebellion, but apathy. Many of us have a heart for Jesus… but we also have a heart for other things that crowd him out. Today’s episode is a talk Andrew recently gave that highlights the importance of having a sincere faith – and how to cultivate it.

In this episode:

• An Undivided Heart
• Walking in the Ways of Jesus
• Setting the Example for Others
• Q&A and Closing Thoughts

Original Release Date: 9/21/2023

Recorded on Coronado Island on 5/9/23. Our thanks to The Navigators Navy Ministry for inviting Andrew to share and providing us with this video.

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Cecil Bean has spent the past 60 years studying Jesus and seeking to follow in his footsteps. On today’s show he sits down with Andrew for a conversation spotlighting 10 principles Jesus modeled for making disciples that we often miss as modern believers

In this episode:

• 60 Years Studying Jesus
• Cecil’s 4 Life Verses
• What Is Spiritual Multiplication?
• Focusing on Jesus As the Blueprint

Resources Mentioned
• The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman

Original Release Date: 9/14/2023

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We often think of technology as morally neutral, but a closer examination shows that assumptions about the world and humanity are built into inventions like the internet. These “liturgies,” or repeated patterns of formative behavior, shape us mentally and spiritually in ways that undermine God’s design for us.

Samuel James is author of the new book, Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age. In this conversation he highlights 5 ways the internet is rewiring our beliefs and lifestyles to be anti-biblical in nature.

In this episode:

• How Hidden Liturgies Shape Us
• The 5 Digital Liturgies
• How the Internet Is Pornographically Shaped
• Physicality and the Image of God

Resources Mentioned
• Digital Liturgies by Samuel D. James
• Subscribe to Samuel’s newsletter
• How (Not) to Be Secular by James K.A. Smith
• Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
• Strange New World by Carl Trueman

Original Release Date: 9/7/2023

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