August 28, 2019

(00:00-10:11): 'All you can see is death.' The regions reeling from the Amazon rain forest fires. Brian and Ian touch on the damage of the Amazon thus far, and compare the efforts to save the rain forest to the efforts of Notre Dame. Why is the narrative of protecting the planet overlooked? (10:11-19:44): Tim Keller shared this on his Instagram: “...Rather it [the Bible] is a record of God’s intervening grace in the lives of people who don’t seek it…” Brian and Ian touch on this notion that God does not use people who don’t seek him out, which is completely untrue. (19:44-29:21): “We don’t need to go big for God to have an eternal impact. In fact, that may be what’s getting in the way,” writes Scott Sauls in In Touch. He touches on how devotions in local communities can be more powerful than massive outreach. Greatness only comes when God is involved. (29:21-39:01): We cover the 3 Ways to Spoil the Gospel. Thabiti Anyabwile writes in the Gospel Coalition. He called John MacArthur’s comments an assessment that dials up the issue to first-order dispute insofar as we’re talking about the nature of the gospel itself. (39:01-49:36): Danny McBride writes and directs an HBO show called “Righteous Gemstones” about a corrupt megachurch pastor and his family. McBride in an interview with Dax Shepard explains his painful experience with the church and roots those situations into the show. (49:36-1:00:04): Carlos Rodriguez Tweeted, “...So have hope, but don't deny your emotions. Pay attention to them. Feel what you feel. And enjoy the coming resurrection.” Brian and Ian touch on how God endorses and emphasizes the goodness of emotions because he made us to express Love and understand it. (1:00:04-1:10:26): Importance of patriotism, God, and children plummets among young people is a Poll from NBC. It looks at the difference in political outlook between generations, ranging from religion, patriotism, and other things. (1:10:26-1:17:02): Brian and Ian’s “Weird Stuff We Found on the Internet”: Oklahoma criminal justice is serving up a healthy dose of IRONY. No, cars cannot be killed by arrows, and towels are causing major outrage in California. Uber? Vape pens? How millennial can we get? Meanwhile, Texas has rootin’, tootin’ store owners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.