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The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation

Dr. Joseph Boot

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56:46

State of the Nation, 2023

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/03/08

We take a short recess from the Ten Commandments series to talk about drag queen story hour protests, global Anglicanism, and other important news from around the world. And is the Ezra Institute going to be on the CBC? Register for 2023 training programs: Runner Academy; Worldview Leadership Academy; and the Christianity and Culture Colloquium. Get The Mission of God as the March Book of the Month on sale now

68:29

The Fifth Commandment: Honor Your Father and Mother

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/03/01

In this episode Joe Boot and special guest, pastor Joel Webbon, discuss the fifth commandment, how it applies not only to young children, but to everyone, and how a worldly mindset has led us to neglect this commandment when it becomes uncomfortable or burdensome. This March, the book of the month is The Mission of God. Get it on sale now at Ezra Press. Hear more from Joel at Right Response Ministries. Apply for this year’s Runner Academy.

58:59

The Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/02/22

Sabbath rest is a biblical principle that seems to invite a level of controversy: how often, when, who, and in what ways are is the Sabbath to be observed. Joe Boot discusses the connection between work, rest, and worship, why Sabbath-breaking was a capital offense in ancient Israel, and the difference that Christ makes to the form of our observance. Application for the Runner Academy are now available Don’t miss February’s discounted Book of the Month: Why I Still Believe

43:18

The Third Commandment: You Shall Not take the Name of...

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/02/15

n this episode Ezra Institute Fellow Michael Thiessen discusses what it means to take the name of the Lord, both rightly and wrongly, in the church, in politics, and in any other sphere. We also talk about the nature of oaths and authority, the Sermon on the Mount, what it means for something to be damned by God, and door-to-door sales. NOTE: we do not use language flippantly, but this episode contains language that parents may not want your children to hear. Students atBryan Collegeare eligible for

51:54

The Second Commandment: Idolatry Kills

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/02/08

Idolatry takes any number of forms at the individual, church, and national levels, but its temptation is always the same: you shall be as God. And the results always lead to death. As churches capitulate to antichristian cultural pressures, they often keep their outward form, but lose the power and vitality that ought to sustain and animate them. The Lord reserved some of His hardest words for those who led their people in this apostate way. Register today for our spring training programs in the

58:07

You Shall Not Make An Idol

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/02/01

We continue our series in the Ten Commandments with the command against idolatry. In this episode, Joe Boot discusses the root of idolatry in the heart, and deals with some listener questions about the possibility of making work or family into an object of worship. We conclude by examining idolatry within the church itself. Register today for our spring training programs in the USA. Get the February Book of the Month,Why I Still Believe.

59:01

The First Commandment: The Voice of God Himself

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/01/25

We’re officially underway with our series on the Ten Commandments. In this first episode, Joe Boot explains why this section of Scripture begins with the Lord declaring who He is, and why the commandments are ordered in the way that they are. If you’ve never thought about what our worship has to do with law, don’t miss this one. Applications for the Runner Academy are now open. Registration for the Christianity & Culture Colloquium are open. The Heidelberg Diary is on sale

62:19

Writing His Law on Our Hearts

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/01/18

In this episode, Joe Boot explains how the opposite of law is not grace, nor love, but lawlessness, which often masquerades as love. Joe pulls illustrations from throughout Scripture to demonstrate the enduring validity of God’s law in the era of Christ’s resurrection. If Christ took the law seriously, and if we are to be imitators of Him, then it behooves us to take the law seriously as well. Applications are now open for the 2023 H. Evan Runner International Academy, in Chatsworth,

51:29

The Beauty of the Ethical Life

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/01/11

We’re kicking off the new year with a new series, dealing with ethics and law generally, and the Ten Commandments specifically. In this episode, Joe Boot talks about the distinction between laws and norms, the fact that we live in a universe designed by God that is made to work according to His instruction, and what love has to do with fulfilling the law. Get our BOOK OF THE MONTH, The Heidelberg Diary, on sale all of January. Learn more about Biblical Sexuality Sunday.

55:53

Religious Environmentalism at the Mission of God...

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2023/01/04

On this episode Joe Boot and Ezra Institute Fellow Aaron Rock discuss the themes, issues, and ideologies related to the contemporary environmentalism movement. For those who didn't get their questions answered during the conference Q&A session, we deal with several more of those questions here. Get our book of the month, The Heidelberg Diary, on sale at Ezra Press all January.

72:40

Aquinas Wrap-up

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/12/28

We bring our series in Thomas Aquinas to a close by restating six significant differences between Thomistic thought and the reformation worldview that we believe is more consistent with Scripture. On the question of origins, nature and grace, ontology and anthropology, apologetics and Christian philosophy, the medieval thought of Aquinas falls short of the biblical position. Get The Heidelberg Diary. On sale now for our book of the month. Make your year-end donations here.

50:19

We Have Seen His Glory

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/12/21

This Christmas season, Joe Boot reflects on the staggering reality of God’s glory revealed to His people as he takes up residence, or tabernacles, among us. This fact ought to be a great source of strength for Christians, greater than any hardship we could ever experience. Make a year-end donation to the Ezra Institute here. Get the December/January book of the month, The Heidelberg Diary: Daily Devotions on the Heidelberg Catechism.

66:46

Christian Nationalism, Dechristianization, Idolatry,...

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/12/14

This Christmas season, we talk about the question of public, national worship, and the state in direct relation to God. Read Joe Boot’s recent article on Diwali and Dechristianization Start off 2023 with daily readings and meditations from the Heidelberg Catechism

51:00

Apologetics and Aquinas

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/12/07

In this episode Joe describes the influence that Thomas Aquinas has had on the field of Christian apologetics, and discusses the areas where the Thomistic approach falls short of vindicating the full Christian doctrine of God. Joe’s classic apologetics work, A Time to Search, is available at Ezra Press.

35:09

Reformed Thomism(??) w/James White

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/11/30

Ezra Institute Fellow Dr. James White joins us this week to talk about the Protestant fascination with Aquinas, and the path that leads from Thomism to Roman Catholicism. Dr. White explains some of the reasons why Protestants are induced to follow Thomas, the fundamental issue of authority that is at stake, and what Thomas would have thought of the current Pope. Get a philosophical assessment of Aquinas and Neo-Thomism from Ezra Press.

55:08

A Distinctly Christian View of Healing

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/11/23

Joe Boot addresses the realm of medicine and healing, and demonstrates how much of the contemporary thinking surrounding medicine has been reduced to mere biology. In contrast, the Christian should think of health in terms of wholeness – both wholeness of the created reality, and wholeness in the sense of health. Get tickets to the Mission of God Canada conference. Read Keeping Faith in Medicine by Dr. Ted Fenske.

47:28

Providence, History, and Being

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/11/16

In this episode Joe Boot discusses the thought of Thomas Aquinas as it relates to the Christian understanding of history. To speak of history is inescapably to speak about God’s relation to and activity within His creation. Get a reformational assessment of Thomas Aquinas and the Neo-Thomist Tradition at Ezra Press. Register for the Mission of God Conference Canada, December 10.

60:18

Thomism and Natural Law

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/11/09

This week in the thought of Thomas Aquinas, we examine the idea of natural law, and conclude that, as articulated by Aquinas, it is an idea that gives unwarranted scope to human reason, and effectively makes God equal with His law. In contrast, Scripture teaches that God is the source of all definition, and that human law must be positivized in an historical context.

Aquinas and the State

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/11/02

We could have also titled this episode How the Reformation delivered us from ecclesiocracy. Here we discuss Aquinas’ political philosophy, the problem with his adoption of Aristotle’s teaching that man is a political animal, and the need for an utterly transcendent authority. Get Joe Boot’s book Ruler of Kings. Register for the Mission of God Canada conference

68:52

Aquinas and the Nature/Grace Divide

The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation ·

2022/10/26

There is a common assumption in Christianity that at the fall, man lost a supernatural gift of grace, but retained his natural faculties intact and unscathed – including the faculty of reason. In this episode, Joe Boot explains that the biblical distinction is not nature and grace, but wrath and grace: those who belong to Christ and those who war against Him. Read Joe’s recent Jubilee article onReformed Scholasticism and Reformational Thinking. Get tickets for theMission of God Canada

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