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Gospel Conversations takes a creative approach to attaining a deeper understanding of the gospel and what it means to us today. Our speakers are not ministers, but range from a diverse community of Christian thinkers who lead their various fields of knowledge in history, design thinking, theology, philosophy, and organisational leadership—among others. Each month we host a live event in Sydney, then publish it as a podcast.
Episodes
Monday Jul 17, 2023
The Cross and Creation - Part 5 - Anselm
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
In this session they Tony and Andrew look at some of the alternative theories of atonement over the history of the church – and how they have led to the dominance of the ‘penal substitutionary atonement’ theory of today. As always, our spirit is one of inquiry and discovery not dogma – so Andrew and Tony will continue to examine different perspectives around this theory that is so central to our faith.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Introducing the Gospel Conversations 2023 conference with David Bentley Hart
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Tony Golsby-Smith introduces the upcoming Gospel Conversations conference to be held in Sydney on the 25/26th August. He expresses the excitement that we all hold in anticipation of his visit. He also explains that Gospel Conversations is not just inviting a big name but rather a speaker who can help us to put the Lord Jesus Christ on a much higher pedestal than traditional Protestantism has done in the past.
Friday Jul 07, 2023
The Cross and Creation - Part 4 - The Sacrifice of Isaac
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
For this episode Andrew is in conversation with Leisa Aitken as they discuss Andrew's paper on the "Sacrifice of Isaac". The paper was a short exegesis on Genesis 22 and can be found at this link
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Breakfast with Jesus - #18 - Ezekiel and the Grand Inquisitor
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Tony continues looking at Ezekiel 12 - 14, this time through the lens of Dostoievsky’s ‘Grand Inquisitor’.
Tony takes us into Dostoievsky’s famous imaginary confrontation where the Inquisitor berates Jesus for ‘overestimating’ humanity and wanting too much from them - love rather than servility. He draws a deep comparison between this and the idolatrous mindset.
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Breakfast with Jesus - #17 - Idolatry in the OT
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Tony looks to the passage Ezekiel 12 - 14 to address the subject of ‘Idolatry in the OT and how modern Christians get it wrong’.
“Getting rid of idols in our hearts” is a common refrain in lots of preaching. But is it true to scripture - both in the NT and the OT? Tony dives into the worldview behind idolatry and the real challenge it presented to the Mosaic vision of the one true God.
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Breakfast with Jesus - #16 - Ezekiel and the angry God
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Ezekiel chapter 6 - Ezekiel and the ‘angry God’ of the OT. In this BWJ episode Tony confronts the question of the so-called ‘angry God’ or ‘just God’ of the Old Testament and whether this picture contradicts the loving and ‘broken’ God revealed in Jesus.
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Breakfast with Jesus - #15 - Ezekiel, Introduction
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Introduction;
Breakfast with Jesus kicks off again after a short break with a series of meditations on Ezekiel. Tony begins with a big picture introduction in which he compares Jeremiah and Ezekiel, their overlapping lives, and the way Ezekiel pioneers apocalyptic thinking and the hope of resurrection.
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Cross and Creation part 3 - Dominion
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
In this episode, Andrew and Tony explore a radical alternative view of the Fall – as ‘lost dominion’. To do this they go back to the creation account and expand the concept of our being made in the image of God, and the implications of God calling humanity to have ‘dominion’.
Friday Apr 21, 2023
The Cross and Creation - Part 2 - What are the challenges in creation?
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
This is the second conversation with Andrew Baartz in our series on the increasingly controversial doctrine of ‘penal substitution’.
The title of our series is ‘The Cross and Creation; can atonement combine both?’
This week Tony and Andrew explore the question - ‘What are the challenges in creation for which the cross was the solution?’