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I BELIEVE

Brian Doak & Leah Payne

Lectures, panel discussions, and supplementary thoughts from the teaching faculty of the I BELIEVE course.

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00:25:53

THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: RATED R OR RATED A(LLEGORY)

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2020/10/03

Is the Song of Songs supposed to be Rated R…or Rated A(llegory)? We argue about it. The artifact in question? A book by a Christian megachurch pastor called Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy. Listen at your own risk, away from the kids.

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00:37:43

I NEED TO KNOW MORE: KINGDOM

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2020/09/26

Following up on Dr. Doak’s lecture, KINGDOM, we take another shot at summarizing and discussing this wide range of materials, all telling the story of Israel once they enter the land in 1 Samuel all the way through the demise of the kingship and the nation at the end of 2 Kings. And then there are a lot of books authored or spoken by “prophets,” also. Our close reading engages with a classic prophetic scene. Join us.

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00:22:32

THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: PROPHETS TODAY

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2020/09/26

There are prophets in the Bible—many of them. Christians today claim the Bible is their authoritative book, setting a pattern for life and practice. However: Are there prophets today, in the Biblical sense of the word “prophet”? How would we know? Why would there be? Why would there not be? Some Christians think yes, others, no. Our artifact for discussion: A story in the Washington Post from 2020 featuring a man who claims he is, in fact, a “prophet” today. If you browse around on the internet for

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00:31:28

I NEED TO KNOW MORE: LAND

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2020/09/19

Your professors gather around the podcasting table to discuss this week’s topic, LAND (please watch the lecture on this topic before listening to this podcast!). We ask Dr. Edwards to say more about some specific points in the lecture, Dr. Doak offers alternate ways to think about the justifications for war in the book of Joshua, and we engage in a close reading of a strange little story.

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00:26:14

THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: GOD'S FAVORITE PLACE

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2020/09/19

Does God have a favorite place on earth? Are some places more holy than others? Is the land of Israel still God’s “chosen land,” today? Join us for a civil discussion. Our artifact—which we failed to mention in the podcast itself!—is: Basically any story about the land of Israel over the past several decades! You can easily find all kinds of material about this all over YouTube, the news, etc. So we’re going to let you fill that in on your own. You can do it.

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00:38:38

I NEED TO KNOW MORE: EXODUS + LAW

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2020/09/12

This week we’re tackling two topics and lectures! First, the EXODUS, the story of Moses and the freeing of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt. Second, the LAW, the set of commandments the people receive at Mt. Sinai. Dr. Payne and Dr. Doak engage in an extended close reading of a strange ritual. Here is the lecture on the EXODUS that you need to watch first, and here is the one on LAW.

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00:30:15

THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: PUBLIC TEN COMMANDMENTS

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2020/09/12

Should the 10 Commandments from Exodus ch. 20 be displayed in public spaces in America today? WE DEBATE.This week’s artifact: The story of a Montana man who took down the 10 Commandments. Here is one version of the storyAnd here is another

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00:30:15

I NEED TO KNOW MORE: ANCESTORS

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2020/09/05

This week we bring Dr. Sarita Edwards into the studio to discuss the ANCESTORS in Genesis chs. 12-50. How do we feel about the notion that God chooses some people…and not others? Do you have more sympathy for Sarah or Hagar in their dispute in Genesis chs. 16 and 21?

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00:26:06

THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: RING BY SPRING

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2020/09/05

This week we’re discussing one of the most dreaded and revered concepts at Christian colleges: the “ring by spring” phenomenon. Students talk about it at George Fox. They talk about it at Gonzaga. And it is apparently also the title of a Hallmark movie. We use the concept as a bridge to thinking about the romantic relationships between the ancestors in Genesis chs. 12–50: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachel and Leah, Joseph and Asenath. And…others. Were these marriages “good”

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00:31:16

I NEED TO KNOW MORE: CREATION

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2020/08/29

Dr. Doak and Dr. Payne follow up on this week’s lecture, which covers Genesis chs. 1-11. In particular, they read Genesis ch 3, verses 1-7, in search of knowledge about the snake, gender, and who is at fault for humanity’s first sin.

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00:25:14

THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: THE SEARCH FOR NOAH'S ARK

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2020/08/29

Should readers of the Bible expect to find Noah’s ark, in reality, on top of a mountain in the Middle East? What might be the advantages and disadvantages of such a quest? Dr. Payne and Dr. Doak debate. Our artifact for the week is the “Ark Encounter” exhibit in Kentucky: https://arkencounter.com/And also related phenomena, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kAgfh_-oSY

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00:22:55

THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN: SPECIALITY BIBLES

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2020/08/21

Welcome to our end-of-week teaching and podcast element! We’re calling it the “THEO POP-CULTURE SMACKDOWN.” Each week, we’ll debate a different topic at the intersection of (a) our week’s topic, (b) pop culture, and (c) the Bible and faith. This week: it’s Dr. Payne vs. Dr. Doak on the question: Are “specialty Bibles” good or bad for faith? Here are some examples of the “speciality Bibles” we’re talking about: New Everyday Life BibleThe Athlete’s BibleTim Lahaye’s Prophecy Study BibleFaith Girlz

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00:41:19

I NEED TO KNOW MORE: BIBLE

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2020/08/21

For this first in the series of “I Need to Know More” weekly podcasts, your four teaching professors all get together to kick things off! We discuss this week’s main video lecture by Dr. Brian Doak on the BIBLE. What is the text, physically? How does it get presented to us? How do Christians uphold their view that the text is sacred and holy? Dr. Doak gives another shot at going deeper on some concepts around canon and translation. These “I Need to Know More” podcasts are predicated on listeners

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00:31:16

PANEL (4/22/2020): The THEO Teaching Team (AMEN)

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2020/04/25

The crew gets back together one more time for a final Amen.

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00:30:25

LECTURE (4/20/2020): Dr. Nijay Gupta (AMEN)

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2020/04/20

Dr. Nijay Gupta brings it in for a landing: more content on "the life everlasting" and the final Amen!

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00:42:21

DEBATE (4/17/2020): Dr. Joseph Clair vs. Dr. Abigail...

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2020/04/17

Are Christians supposed to see the material world as lower than or subordinate to the spiritual realm? Two scholars debate. Over Zoom. Dr. Joseph Clair, Dean of the College of Christian Studies, versus Dr. Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program, George Fox University.

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00:29:34

LECTURE (4/13/2020): Dr. Joseph Clair (THE LIFE...

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2020/04/13

We continue with themes of the body and resurrection with our next-to-last Creedal phrase: “the life everlasting”!

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00:44:03

DEBATE (4/10/2020): Dr. Brian Doak vs. Dr. Leah Payne...

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2020/04/10

Is “the Rapture” a thing? We debate!

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00:30:32

LECTURE (4/6/2020): Dr. Leah Payne (RESURRECTION OF...

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2020/04/06

What do Christians believe about the resurrection? What does this doctrine matter? Are we really going to keep our bodies?

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00:38:05

PANEL (4/3/2020): Brian Doak, Dominc Done, Leah Payne...

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2020/04/04

We bring back Pastor Dom and let him have it with some of the most difficult questions we can think of regarding the issue of forgiveness!

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