Ep 112: The Desperate Need for Deep Communities
Another bonus episode? Didn’t we just have one? What’s going on here? Well, a couple of things. As you know, Soil & Roots’ mission is to help resolve the Great Omission worldwide. We want to serve different people groups to help restore New Testament discipleship, which is an ongoing journey into a deeper life in […]
Ep 111: (GH) The Desperate Need for Deep People
Handsome Kyle and Brian jump into the Greenhouse to further explore Richard Foster’s comment, that what the world needs most is deep people. If a deep disciple is someone increasingly attuned to the heart of God, others, and themselves, what does that mean, exactly? And why is a consistent awareness of our own thought patterns, […]
Ep 110: The Desperate Need for Deep People (Bonus)
We’re rounding out Season 5, Conversations. We’re inviting a few guests to the podcast to explore some of the ideas and themes we introduced in seasons 1-4. I hope you’re enjoying these discussions—I know I am. Willard! The challenge that the organization Soil & Roots, this podcast, the book, articles, and Greenhouses seek to help […]
Ep 109: (GH) The Kingdom Regardless
How do our views of the End Times impact our understanding of the Kingdom of God? And how does that impact our journey to become more like Jesus? The guys meet in the Greenhouse to wrestle with Brian’s previous conversation with Dr. Darrell Bock. Dr. Tim raises some challenging questions about the role of Israel, […]
Ep 108: The Kingdom Regardless w/ Dr. Darrell Bock
In Season 4, we spent a few episodes exploring how our views of the End Times impact our journey to become more like Jesus today. We briefly examined the four major modern perspectives: pre-millennialism, dispensationalism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism. Today, we dive back into that discussion with Dr. Darrell Bock, Senior Research Professor of New Testament […]
Ep 107: (GH) This Beautiful Mess
Sometimes our institutional churches provide comfort, care, instruction, and community. And sometimes not. Much like the human person, our Christian communities are beautiful messes. The guys jump back into the Greenhouse to expand on Brian’s conversation with ex-mega church pastor Matt Davis and our exploration of The Formation Gap. Dr. Tim guides the conversation through […]
Ep 106: This Beautiful Mess w/ Matt Davis
Brian is joined by Matt Davis, a former megachurch pastor who now heads an organization committed to helping leaders and laypeople heal and find purpose after church hurts. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss and debate several key questions about the modern church: Do the power structures that so often characterize our churches help or […]
Ep 105: (GH) Spiritual Formation and Children
Doc, Kyle, and Brian further the last episode’s interview with Emily Riffe, in which she and Brian explore character development in children. Are children “empty vessels” waiting to be filled, or are they independent, unique persons waiting to be inspired? What light and dark ideas are at work in school systems, churches, and families in […]
Ep 104: Spiritual Formation and Children w/ Emily Riffe
Over the years, we’ve mentioned how the most supple, malleable time in a person’s life is childhood. The heart is the most impressionable and formable when it’s new. So why do we hear so little about spiritual formation in children? Why does so much of the modern discipleship/spiritual formation movement focus on adults? Author and […]
Ep 103: (GH) Have We Lost the Plot? w/ Zach Leighton
What part does story play in modern Christianity? If it is vital to our spiritual formation, where do we find people and places to explore God’s story and how ours fits into His? The guys are back in the Greenhouse to further explore Brian’s conversation with Zach Leighton (Episode 102). Dr. Boswell brings his usual […]