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29Sep

Choosing Evil – Ep. 6 – Therapeutic Theology Series

In Therapeutic Theology Series, Therapeutic Theology Series, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Our modern world, often driven more by reason and logic than by faith and revelation, has few answers for the mysteries that more spiritual leanings point to as evidence of God. Where the scientific materialists advocate for blind, pitiless indifference to explain the development process of life and the universe, other scientists are seeing unmistakeable

11Jan

Ep. 8 – The Origin of Evil

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

So far in our series, we’ve been looking at the nature of life and God, and how that knowledge has been pushed aside from our daily considerations and from scientific inquiry, obviously. The concretization of the scientific method was an attempt to free the human being from superstition, squalor and medieval cruelty. The cherished ascendance

05Jan

Ep. 7 – The Fall of Man, Updated

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to Episode 7 of our Modern Relevance of God podcast series here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. I was struck in re-listening to our last episode that perhaps some more explanation of the story of man might be necessary. I also realize the challenge today of Biblical references. Religious

28Dec

Ep. 6 – Trouble from the Start

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to Episode 6 of our Modern Relevance of God podcast series here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. You might have noticed in our first few episodes, I’ve been mentioning the importance of the wisdom of the past to our understanding of the present. And especially in our understanding of

22Nov

Even Psychopaths Feel Guilt

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I'm Richard Lloyd Jones, and this is Thinking with Somebody's Else's Head. Back when I was a kid playing street hockey in my hometown, a couple of Dutch immigrant kids came out hoping to join us. They were carrying hockey sticks their father had made by nailing a piece of wood to long broom handles.

09Apr

A Study of Temptation

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I'm Richard Lloyd Jones, and this is Thinking with Somebody Else's Head. Temptation. Like most religious words, that one's been banalized and reduced from its original meaning. It means literally a trial or a test. A moment in your life when you have a choice to be faithful or not. Today, that's like faithful to

08Feb

Man’s Greatest Enemy

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I'm Richard Lloyd Jones, and this is Thinking with Somebody Else's Head. All of us, if we've lived a little, have had to contend with the lure of temptation. From the mundane, "Just one more piece of chocolate cake," to the come on of a cold beer when you've got a drinking problem, to the