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How does a Christian view of mental health compare and contrast with a secular perspective? Are we in a mental health crisis today? And how do we best love our family and friends who are suffering from mental illness. In this video and podcast, Sean and Scott talk with Rosemead Professor Chris Adams about these questions and more. Dr. Adams shares about the new Flourishing in Ministry resource that helps pastors and churches address mental health. See www.flourishinginministry.org.
Rev. Chris Adams, PhD, is a third-generation pastor's kid, ordained minister, clinical psychologist, and certified wellbeing and leadership coach. He has served in pastoral care and counseling roles in a large congregation and a large Christian university. He specializes in the wellbeing of ministerial students, clergy, and their families. Chris currently serves as Professor, Chaplain, and Executive Director of the Mental Health and the Church initiative at Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, Biola University. Chris teaches pastoral care and counseling, Christian leadership formation, and psychology and Christianity integration courses for Rosemead and several seminaries. Chris is a consultant to numerous denominations and seminaries in the areas of clergy candidate formative evaluation, clergy health and flourishing, and pastoral leadership formation. He is the lead researcher for the Flourishing in Ministry project, and is currently participating as a consultant and researcher with the Duke Clergy Health Initiative. Chris is a frequent lecturer at seminaries, retreats, and conferences. He was awarded the Archibald D. Hart Counseling Pioneer Award for excellence in Research and Scholarship in Training and Educating the Next Generation of Leaders in Mental Health and Caring for Others in 2023.
Download a guide to the Flourishing in Ministry Wellbeing Model at flourishinginministry.org/downloadable-guide
Subscribe to the Think Biblically podcast wherever you listen to podcasts: think-biblically.buzzsprout.com/share
How does a Christian view of mental health compare and contrast with a secular perspective? Are we in a mental health crisis today? And how do we best love our family and friends who are suffering from mental illness. In this video and podcast, Sean and Scott talk with Rosemead Professor Chris Adams about these questions and more. Dr. Adams shares about the new Flourishing in Ministry resource that helps pastors and churches address mental health. See www.flourishinginministry.org.
Rev. Chris Adams, PhD, is a third-generation pastor's kid, ordained minister, clinical psychologist, and certified wellbeing and leadership coach. He has served in pastoral care and counseling roles in a large congregation and a large Christian university. He specializes in the wellbeing of ministerial students, clergy, and their families. Chris currently serves as Professor, Chaplain, and Executive Director of the Mental Health and the Church initiative at Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, Biola University. Chris teaches pastoral care and counseling, Christian leadership formation, and psychology and Christianity integration courses for Rosemead and several seminaries. Chris is a consultant to numerous denominations and seminaries in the areas of clergy candidate formative evaluation, clergy health and flourishing, and pastoral leadership formation. He is the lead researcher for the Flourishing in Ministry project, and is currently participating as a consultant and researcher with the Duke Clergy Health Initiative. Chris is a frequent lecturer at seminaries, retreats, and conferences. He was awarded the Archibald D. Hart Counseling Pioneer Award for excellence in Research and Scholarship in Training and Educating the Next Generation of Leaders in Mental Health and Caring for Others in 2023.
Download a guide to the Flourishing in Ministry Wellbeing Model at flourishinginministry.org/downloadable-guide
Subscribe to the Think Biblically podcast wherever you listen to podcasts: think-biblically.buzzsprout.com/share
![A Biblical View of Mental Health (with Chris Adams) [Think Biblically Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xd0DoddNSCs/hqdefault.jpg "A Biblical View of Mental Health (with Chris Adams) [Think Biblically Podcast]
How does a Christian view of mental health compare and contrast with a secular perspective? Are we in a mental health crisis today? And how do we best love our family and friends who are suffering from mental illness. In this video and podcast, Sean and Scott talk with Rosemead Professor Chris Adams about these questions and more. Dr. Adams shares about the new Flourishing in Ministry resource that helps pastors and churches address mental health. See www.flourishinginministry.org.
Rev. Chris Adams, PhD, is a third-generation pastors kid, ordained minister, clinical psychologist, and certified wellbeing and leadership coach. He has served in pastoral care and counseling roles in a large congregation and a large Christian university. He specializes in the wellbeing of ministerial students, clergy, and their families. Chris currently serves as Professor, Chaplain, and Executive Director of the Mental Health and the Church initiative at Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, Biola University. Chris teaches pastoral care and counseling, Christian leadership formation, and psychology and Christianity integration courses for Rosemead and several seminaries. Chris is a consultant to numerous denominations and seminaries in the areas of clergy candidate formative evaluation, clergy health and flourishing, and pastoral leadership formation. He is the lead researcher for the Flourishing in Ministry project, and is currently participating as a consultant and researcher with the Duke Clergy Health Initiative. Chris is a frequent lecturer at seminaries, retreats, and conferences. He was awarded the Archibald D. Hart Counseling Pioneer Award for excellence in Research and Scholarship in Training and Educating the Next Generation of Leaders in Mental Health and Caring for Others in 2023.
Download a guide to the Flourishing in Ministry Wellbeing Model at https://flourishinginministry.org/downloadable-guide/
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![Kyle Strobel: Two Ways To Be Faithful [Torrey Conference 2021]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XiqzfI4MEpI/hqdefault.jpg "Kyle Strobel: Two Ways To Be Faithful [Torrey Conference 2021]
Kyle Strobel speaks at The Torrey Memorial Bible Conference, held annually at Biola University.
All talks in this series:
Talk #1 - Two Ways To Be Human: https://youtu.be/sG6gUkoxTPc
Talk #2: Two Ways To Be Powerful: https://youtu.be/5IdunN3xIzs
[This Talk] Talk #3: Two Ways To Be Faithful: https://youtu.be/XiqzfI4MEpI
Kyle Strobel (Ph.D. University of Aberdeen) is a systematic theologian who teaches spiritual theology for Talbot’s Institute for Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Formation Focus programs. His areas of interest include systematic theology, Jonathan Edwards, spiritual formation and prayer. He writes both popular and academic books and articles, and is on the preaching team at Redeemer Church, La Mirada. Kyle and his wife have lived in Scotland, Connecticut, Colorado and Arizona before settling down in Southern California, and they have two young children.
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How important is unity for Christians today? What issues and circumstances should we divide over? In this discussion, Scott and Sean offer some biblical insights about unity in the church today. They discuss what issues we should die on and what issues we should seek unity over.
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0:00 Introduction
1:34 How Concerned Should We Be About Church Unity?
3:00 Just Love Like Jesus Did
6:14 What Issues Are Essential?
9:07 Practical Approaches
12:36 Philosophy on Unity
15:05 Biolas Essentials
19:03 The Millennium
22:04 Abortion
25:38 Gun Control
29:33 What Makes Something Essential?
33:00 Marriage
36:57 Interacting With Other Christians
39:55 Conclusion")
![Liz Hall: Lament: The Path Through Suffering [Biola University Chapel]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YjoYjTcwiWs/hqdefault.jpg "Liz Hall: Lament: The Path Through Suffering [Biola University Chapel]
When we face suffering, our faith provides a pathway through it, in the form of lament. The spiritual discipline of lament allows our experiences to be transformed as we bring our suffering into our relationship with God. Todays chapel walks us through the stages of lament, ending in praise to God.
Chapels are a regular part of student life at Biola University. Learn more about what it’s like to be a Biola student at https://www.biola.edu/student-life")
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Zechariahs response to the angel, Gabriel, often is compared to that of Mary and comes in a distant second. Lets reconsider that.
Chapels are a regular part of student life at Biola University. Learn more about what it’s like to be a Biola student at https://www.biola.edu/student-life")
![The State of Bible and Theology in America: 2022 [Think Biblically Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZLKzk2RseRc/hqdefault.jpg "The State of Bible and Theology in America: 2022 [Think Biblically Podcast]
What do Americans believe about the Bible? How often do Americans read the Bible and in what ways? And what theological beliefs do evangelicals hold in comparison with the broader society? In this discussion, which is also available as video on Biolas YouTube channel, Sean and Scott discuss two recent studies: The State of the Bible 2022 (https://sotb.research.bible/) and The State of Theology from 2022 (https://thestateoftheology.com/).
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![Francis Beckwith: Caesar’s Coin Revisited [Talbot Chapel]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZUyZ2IZugqc/hqdefault.jpg "Francis Beckwith: Caesar’s Coin Revisited [Talbot Chapel]
Chapels are a regular part of student life at Talbot School of Theology. Learn more about what it’s like to study at Talbot by visiting https://www.talbot.edu
Dr. Francis J. Beckwith is a philosopher who teaches and publishes in the areas of religion, jurisprudence, politics, and ethics. Since 2003 he has been on the faculty of Baylor University, where he serves as Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. He has held visiting appointments at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization (2016-2017), the University of Notre Dame in the de Nicola Center for Ethics & Culture (2008-09), and Princeton University in the James Madison Program (2002-2003). A graduate of Fordham University (Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy) and the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis (Master of Juridical Studies), he has published over 100 academic articles, book chapters, reviews, and reference entries. Among his many books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007); Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010); Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic (Brazos Press, 2009); Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (Baylor University Press, 2019); and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion’s 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Constructive-Reflective Studies. A former president of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (2017-2018), he is a founding member of the Academic Freedom Alliance (2021).")
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What does it mean to assert that animals have rights? Can Christians consume meat? How concerned should Christians be about the treatment of animals? In this episode, Sean and Scott discuss these questions, and many more, as they review the influential book by Princeton philosopher Peter Singer: Animal Liberation Now.
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![Social Justice Fallacies [Think Biblically Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aoG8r8X4biE/hqdefault.jpg "Social Justice Fallacies [Think Biblically Podcast]
What is social justice and how does it compare and contrast with biblical justice? In this episode, Sean and Scott discuss the recent book by economist Thomas Sowell called Social Justice Fallacies. According to Sowell, many things thought to be true today about justice efforts do not line up with the facts. As a result, many social justice efforts have had catastrophic consequences. Join Sean and Scott for a provocative discussion.
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