Episode 152: Encounter People with Michael Frost

On this special edition of the Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael continue a new series called Make Disciples. On this episode, they are joined by Mike Frost to talk about how disciples encounter people. Be sure to follow along with us in Michael's recent book, Make Disciples: Discover the Spiritual Journey of a Christ-Follower and …

Episode 151: God’s Will with Lucas Pulley and Bill Couchenour

On this special edition of the Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael begin a new series called Make Disciples. On this episode, they are joined by Lucas Pulley and Bill Couchenour to talk about God's will. Be sure to follow along with us in Michael's recent book, Make Disciples: Discover the Spiritual Journey of a Christ-Follower …

Episode 150: What is a Disciple with Alan Hirsch

On this special edition of the Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael begin a new series called Make Disciples. On this episode, they are joined by Alan Hirsch to talk about the definition of "disciple." Be sure to follow along with us in Michael's recent book, Make Disciples: Discover the Spiritual Journey of a Christ-Follower and …

Episode 149: Christian Nationalism with Andrew Whitehead

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael are joined by Dr. Andrew Whitehead to discuss his recent book, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gosepl and Threatens the Church. Dr. Whitehead discusses his journey as he wrestled with his own faith background and how it intersected with Christian nationalism. In his …

Episode 148: The Evangelical Imagination with Karen Swallow Prior

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael are joined by Dr. Karen Swallow Prior to discuss her recent book, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis. Dr. Prior discusses, among other things, how 18th century evangelicalism during the Victorian Age impacts us today. The influences of …

Episode 145: Contextualization Risk Paradox

On this special episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we listen in to the first Areopagus Symposium with Dr. Michael T. Cooper sharing on the topic of contextualization. Missiologists have frequently recognized the thin line between contextualization and syncretism. This symposium will introduce broad boundaries in the missionary task which account for the tendency to either …

Episode 142: The Church and Mental Health

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, author and co-founder of a ministry focused on trauma healing, Evan Owens, joins Andrew and Michael to discuss mental health in the church. Evan shares how psychology is catching up with what we know about the importance of long-term relationships for personal well-being versus one-hour counseling sessions. One …

Episode 132: A New Theological Education Initiative

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew reveal a new theological education initiative in partnership with the Movement Leaders Collective. The founders, Alan Hirsch and Rich Robinson, join the podcast to talk about the significance of this collaborative initiative for movement thinkers. As we are fond of saying, "To shift the tracks …

Episode 131: “Did you see Jesus in the Super Bowl?”

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Prof Matt Harbour joins Andrew and Michael to talk about the Jesus ads at the Super Bowl. Prof Harbour and Michael recently co-authored an article on the Christology of He Gets Us that will appear on March 1 in the Journal of the Evangelical Missiological Society. Andrew probes …

Ep 101: The Movement of God to Disciple the Nations

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we interview Dr. Randy Newman about his new book Mere Evangelism: 10 Insights from C.S. Lewis to Help You Share Your Faith. Dr. Newman walks us through Lewis' ideas of engaging our culture with the gospel. We talk about pre-evangelism which paves the way for evangelism. Randy suggests Lewis was a wonderful model of this pattern in his radio program and fiction writing.

Ep 100: Is there a Biblical Worldview?

This week on the Ephesiology Podcast Andrew, Matt, and Michael discuss the interesting topic of a biblical worldview. With more than 8,000 denominations and so many different expressions of Christianity, our podcasters rightly ask the question, "Who determines what a biblical worldview looks like?" To get there, they discuss a definition of worldview and consider …

Ep 98: The Changing American Worldview

On this Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael discuss the recent Barna study on the American Worldview. The shocking, but not altogether surprising, data revealed that only 6 percent of Americans hold an identifiable "biblical" worldview. Our podcasters talk about the survey as well as correlating factors that have impacted this phenomenon. In the end, to …

Ep 97: Mere Evangelism

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we interview Dr. Randy Newman about his new book Mere Evangelism: 10 Insights from C.S. Lewis to Help You Share Your Faith. Dr. Newman walks us through Lewis' ideas of engaging our culture with the gospel. We talk about pre-evangelism which paves the way for evangelism. Randy suggests Lewis was a wonderful model of this pattern in his radio program and fiction writing.

Ep 95: Church Planting Where the Church is Planted?

We continue in our series After Evangelicalism, What? with the provocative topic of church planting. Starting new churches has long been considered one of the most strategic methods of evangelism. However, with more churches closing than starting in 2019, we rightly reconsider its strategic nature. Should we plant a church where the church is already …

Ep 94: After Evangelicalism, What?

In this Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew, Matt, and Michael begin a conversation about what might come after evangelicalism. Many have been disenchanted by a distorted form of evangelicalism in the United States. The inclination toward nationalism, moral failures of high profile pastors, power struggles in prominent churches have led some evangelicals to reconsider their allegiance to …

Ep 85: The Two Witnesses

From the seven seals to the seven trumpets, one thing seems clear. The disciples continue to have a mission on earth during tumultuous times. Join Dr. Cooper, Dr. Feiser, and Dr. Harris as they discuss the seals, the little scroll, and what John meant when he was told, "you must again must prophesy about many people and nations and languages and kings" (Rev 10:11).

Ep 84: The Disciples’ Mission

From the seven seals to the seven trumpets, one thing seems clear. The disciples continue to have a mission on earth during tumultuous times. Join Dr. Cooper, Dr. Feiser, and Dr. Harris as they discuss the seals, the little scroll, and what John meant when he was told, "you must again must prophesy about many people and nations and languages and kings" (Rev 10:11).

Ep 83: The Disciples of Jesus

The seven seals reveal more than simply the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Join us this week on the Ephesiology Podcast as Dr. Feiser, Dr. Harris, and Dr. Cooper discuss what seal 5 reveals about Jesus' disciples. While the septets (seven seals, trumpets, and bowls) describe the mounting political, economic, and social upheaval, there is hope for those who remain faithful to the word of God and the witness it bears.

Ep 81: What’s It All About?

In today's podcast, Dr. Harris, Dr. Feiser, and Dr. Cooper dive into more questions about Revelation to help us figure out what it is about. Beginning with the description of John's Jesus, we'll discuss the cultural issues confronting the seven churches in Asia Minor and conclude with the reason why John writes Revelation. Join us for another episode in our ongoing series, "Rediscover Jesus through Revelation."

Ep 80: Who Wrote Revelation?

Revelation is one of the most difficult books in the Bible to interpret and it is also one of the most abused and ignored books of the Bible. In this first session on our series focused on rediscovering Jesus through Revelation, Dr. Feiser, Dr. Harris, and Dr. Cooper discuss four interpretative strategies used to understand Revelation: Historicist, Idealist, Preterist, and Futurist.

Ep 79: Interpreting Revelation

Revelation is one of the most difficult books in the Bible to interpret and it is also one of the most abused and ignored books of the Bible. In this first session on our series focused on rediscovering Jesus through Revelation, Dr. Feiser, Dr. Harris, and Dr. Cooper discuss four interpretative strategies used to understand Revelation: Historicist, Idealist, Preterist, and Futurist.