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Friday, April 4, 2025
What Was the Gospel-Centered Movement, and Did It Fail?
Did the Gospel-Centered Movement that was influenced by figures such as John Piper, Tim Keller, and Matt Chandler fail? Are there dangers when pastors' sermons begin to sound formulaic and forego moral exhortations in the name of "the gospel"? Pastor Adriel Sanchez answers these questions and if it is necessary to preach the gospel in every sermon.
0:00 A strength of the Gospel Centered Movement
2:03 Two dangers in gospel-centered preaching
5:44 The main job of the preacher
8:11 Don't assume the gospel
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Narnia's Aslan as a Female Character?
Gavin Ortlund discusses recent plans plans to make Aslan a female character in Netflix's new Narnia series.
Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.
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02:12 Pushing An Agenda
05:01 Aslan as a Christ Figure
06:01 Reflecting on Modern Western Culture
09:34 Masculinity and Femininity
13:46 Was C.S. Lewis Sexist?
14:31 Responding With the Gospel





How to Engage Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Critics w/ Gavin Ortlu...
Is there a truly unchanging church institution? What about the Deuterocanon? Is the growing interest in tradition genuine or merely performative? Gavin Ortlund (@TruthUnites ) joins Adriel Sanchez to explore how Protestants can respond to critiques from Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic critics and converts.
0:00 What do you say to someone interested in becoming Orthodox or Catholic?
6:18 A changeless church institution?
9:40 No salvation outside the church?
12:43 Anathemas or ecumenism?
18:00 Questions around the canon
19:30 The fragmentation of Protestantism
21:35 The gospel, justification, and new opportunities
28:36 Is being "Trad" genuine or performative?
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Revitalization for Every Church | The Grimké Podcast | No. 14
What does it take to see a church filled with new life? This week, the profs meet in Liverpool, UK, to talk about church revitalization. We discuss how to assess church culture, handle conflict, build new (and dismantle existing) church programs and practices, and more.
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(00:00) Coming Up...
(00:37) What is Church Revitalization?
(05:53) Revitalizing A Brethren Assembly
(12:38) When Churches Realize They Need Help
(19:47) When Young Folks Think They Know Everything
(25:57) Patience Is a Virtue...and Fermentation
(31:21) The 5 C’s of Church Revitalization
(32:03) I. Conviction: What Does the Bible Say?
(33:09) II. Culture: What Does That Look Like?
(35:35) How Do You Say “No” to the Church?
(41:20) III.Constructs: What Do We Need to Put in Place?
(48:23) Warring Against Institutional Protection
(53:30) IV. Conflict: Sacred Cows and Growing Pains
(01:00:54) Two Examples of Conflicts and Change
(01:04:23) V. Building Trust with Existing Churches
(01:09:23) Continuously: Always Revitalizing
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