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Paradox Culture
by Trent peacock
Life is not always the way it seems, in this podcast, we will explore how our words and life don't always say the same thing. We discuss relevant topics and issue in our culture and within our churches.
Episodes
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New Beginnings
Big news about the podcast and its direction during this episode. We hope you will respond to the challenge that is given in this episode.
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Sustaining Grace
Ever have something happen that was so big you didn't know how you could get through it? In this episode Pastor Trent interviews his good friend Kenny Pope who is a paraplegic. Kenny shares his testimony of how God has been so faithful before and after his accident.
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Connecting with God
God desires us to have an intimate relationship with you! Pray is the best way to stay close in our relationship with God. Jesus gave us a model on how we should pray in order for us to stay connected with God. In this episode, we unpack the Lord's prayer. Resource: Derwin Gray...
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Delayed
Some of life's best plans get delayed. In this episode, we talk about where the podcast started and what the changes are for the future. We also discuss what God has been teaching us through our bible reading plan. As a bonus, we have Dad jokes too. F260 reading plan:...
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Gospel In Thin Air
Luke 2, the angels explain that they are bringing the good news of great joy that will be for everyone. The good news is the gospel is here in flesh and we are saved! Christmas gives great opportunities to talk about the good news. Let's not waste it!
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Proof of God?
Can it be proved that God exists without saying the bible says so? In this apologetic episode Pastor, Brian helps us explore and answer this question. Resources: 5 Ways by Thomas Aquinas Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig
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Heart of Thankfulness
Life is challenging and hard at times and many times, all we want is to feel the presence of God. Thankfulness draws us into the presence of God and thankfulness is the cure for bitterness.
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Truth is it real can we know it!
This episode is the first of our apologetic episodes with Pastor Brian Boyles who did his undergraduate work in apologetic studies. In this episode, we explore how our culture defines truth, how we should define truth, and how we can know the truth.
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Engage!
As we come into the holiday season shouldn't we as Christians respond beyond just being generous? Find out how we answer this question in Ep. 4
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Goodbye corporate world! Hello Church world!
In this episode, Executive Pastor Brandon Rosko shares how he came to know Jesus and how God called him to full-time ministry.
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Defining Spiritual Success
How do we know if we are being successful in our Christian walk? In episode two Pastor Phillip and Pastor Trent try and help define what it means to be spiritually mature. Great resource:...
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Things We Learned Since Season 3
Pastor Phillip and Pastor Trent discuss the things that God has been teaching them since season 3 ended. Also, they talk about changes coming to the podcast in season 4. Enjoy!
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The Truth About Worship
In this episode, we talk about what worship really is about and why this is an important part of our church services. We have special gues Jeff Brazell and Kyle Moody to help us talk through the importance of our public and private worship.
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Prayer - The Quiet Strength
As believers, many of us have been taught and know about prayer but we only engage in prayer when we are in crisis. In this episode, we talk about how we gain so much more when we start using prayer as our source of strength rather than the panic button.
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Social Influencer
In a world where people can influence millions of people and make millions of dollars all through a social media platform, how do we as believers follow their process to influence millions of people with the gospel? Special guest Freddie Heart helps us look at answer this question. Follow Freddie...
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I'm your Neighbor!
In this episode it gets personal! We talk about the challenges that we are experiencing in an effort to be faithful in obedience to the 2nd greatest commandment in the bible. Also in this episode, we talk about how hard it is to forgive as Jesus commanded. Hope this encourages you.
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Discipleship vs Followship
Many people came to be followers of Christ but does it mean that they are a disciple of Christ? In this episode, we explore the differences between being a follower of Christ and a disciple.
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My Truth!
Is truth subjective to one's experience? We live in a culture where feelings are king. In this episode we look at what is truth and how do we determine truth and is there absolute truth?
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Weird Science
As Christians, we believe that science is a valuable tool that helps prove the existence of God. Science has helped us understand so many things in God's creation and new things are being discovered every day. However, we are now living in a culture where feeling overrides the facts found in...
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The Devil made me do it?
"Every step we take is a step into the presence of temptation. There is no moment of your life that is not a moment of temptation—a moment when unbelief and disobedience is not a possibility." (John Piper) In this episode, we explore if these temptations come from God or from other sources. We…
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What makes Christmas so magical?
What makes Christmas time any different from all the other holidays? Christmas always seemed to bring out special feelings and emotions from within us, why? In this episode, we explore 3 words that we believe help bring out the "magic" of the Christmas season.
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Show and Tell or Secret Santa?
Paradox Culture takes a look at how we should approach being generous as believers. We Examine Matt. 5:16 and Matt. 6:1-4. Our hope is this inspires you to be generous during this Christmas season and beyond the Christmas season.
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Can God be trusted?
Many times when life is going in a different direction than how we prayed and hoped for we begin to question if we can trust God. Today we look at evidence from scripture and personal stories of how God can be trusted. \ Scripture: The Lord is a ref for the oppressed and a stronghold in times of...
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Who do you Love!
Does scripture contradict itself? Sometimes scripture seems to have paradoxical verses and in this episode, we examine two verses that tell us how to treat people who we would consider advisories or enemies. Ps 58:10-11 Proverbs 24:17 Matt. 5:43-45
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Why Voting is the Christian thing to do!
Special Guest Gary Marx president of Maddison Strategies joins us to talk about why voting is the Christian thing to do. Gary has worked in Washington for 20+ years as a political consultant. In this episode, we discuss why it is important for Christians to exercise our right to vote and engage…
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Memorize This!
As believers scripture should play a foundational role in our lives, so why don't we memorize it? Scripture memorization is a spiritual discipline that will take your relationship with God deeper in this episode we explore why. Dallas Willard, professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern...
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Satan, Hell, and Society Part 2
Part 2 of Episode 2 my special guest Pastor Brian Boyles and I discuss the reality of Hell. In this episode we talk out what the bible tells us about Hell and confront the false perceptions that surround this topic. Resources for further study: Erasing Hell - by Francis Chan...
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Satan, Hell, and Society Part 1
Is Satan real or a made-up character? If Satan is real, what is he like and what kind of power does he have? Resources: Onward - engaging the culture without losing the gospel. Russel Moore https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433686171/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_WjKwFb4C73E62 Foundations 260 New Testament…
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Why do faithful church attendees fail to follow simple commands of scripture.
Season 2 Begins with a challenging discussion that many people don't really want to talk about. Many times people who have been attending church for years are very knowledgeable God and commands of Christ however many chose to not practice them. This link is to the Foundations New Testament…
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Episode #10 Broken
Paradox Culture Podcast always tries to discuss the difficult things that are happening in the current culture. In this episode, we talk about the heartbreak and brokenness that is being revealed in our world right now. This is podcast was made to be an encouragement to us as we move forward in a...
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Defiant Christianity
God's word encourages us to obey our governing authorities as long as they are not going against His law or against His word. God has allowed our governing authorities to hold the offices. Podcast reference. Albert Mohler - The Briefing https://albertmohler.com/the-briefing
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Episode #8 Hidden Figure
Who are you hiding in your life or what are you hiding in your life? Many people say their faith in Jesus is the most important thing about them but never talk about that faith with other people. Resources: Steve Wright has been a mentor of mine (Trent) and has a great resource on starting gospel...
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Episode #7 Democrat,Republican, or Christian?
As believers we can sometimes be more devoted to a political party or political ideas more than our relationship with Jesus. In this episode we interview special guest Maina Mwaura. Maina is an author and journalist who works for many different publications most notably Christianity Today. Maina...
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Episode #6 Marriage is suppose to be a picture of the gospel, then why is our picture blurry?
Join us as we discuss Biblical Marriage with our friend Ted Lowe, Founder of MarriedPeople.org. Be sure to visit the website for resources to enhance your marriage and approach it in the way God intended. To get the free resources Ted talks about in this episode, go to, marriedpeople.org/home Be...
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Episode #5 Are we more concerned about our present life verses eternal life.
The desire and struggles of our present life take our eyes off the life to come. How can we as believers live in the present but also live for things that are eternal? John 12:25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Why are people who don’t follow Jesus generous and where does their sense of compassion come from?
Why are people who don’t follow Jesus generous and where does their sense of compassion come from? Last episode we explored where does evil come from and this week we take it further and explore where does good come from. Why do we as humans have a moral code?
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Why does God allow bad things to happen?
Why does God allow bad things like Covid19 to happen if he is a good God? In this episode we try and give to some understanding as to why an all-powerful and all-knowing God allows evil to happen in our world. We would love to connect with you follow us on social media:...
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Panic Episode #2
In this episode we explore is it ok for followers of Jesus to Panic? We will also explore where Panic comes from and how can we deal with it in a healthy way.
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Press Pause
Have you ever wished that you could press pause on life? Unlike any time in history because of COVID 19 we are being forced to press pause on our lives. In this episode, we take a look at how we as followers of Christ can make sure we do not waste this opportunity God has given us to pause and…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Life is not always the way it seems, in this podcast, we will explore how our words and life don't always say the same thing. We discuss relevant topics and issue in our culture and within our churches.
HOSTED BY
Trent peacock
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Paradox Culture currently has 39 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Life is not always the way it seems, in this podcast, we will explore how our words and life don't always say the same thing. We discuss relevant topics and issue in our culture and within our churches.
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