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Dignity (Part 2): Links to Interviews
Current Series: City Lights—Bearing Witness to a Culture in Crisis
Mr. Rogers Visits West Side!
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Dignity (Part 2): Links to Interviews
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“When outsiders who have never heard of God’s law follow it more or less by instinct, they confirm its truth by their obedience. They show that God’s law is not something alien, imposed on us from without, but woven into the very fabric of our creation. There is something deep within them that echoes God’s yes and no, right and wrong. Their response to God’s yes and no will become public knowledge on the day God makes his final decision about every man and woman. The Message from God that I proclaim through Jesus Christ takes into account all these differences.”
(Romans 2:14-16 MSG).
Nathan Guy, “Some of Christianity’s Biggest Skeptics Are Becoming Vocal Converts,” Christianity Today (Online) Sep 13, 2024. [“The New Christian Era,” Christianity Today Sep/Oct 2024]
Over the past two months, I’ve had the good fortune of discussing my Christianity Today article through a series of radio interviews. These were all stimulating conversations that allowed me to give some background to the piece, answer some challenging questions that readers have posed, and walk through the implications of what God is doing in stories like these.
You can find these interviews here:
September 25: The Paul Edwards Program (WMUZ 103.5, Detroit)
October 1: Ave Maria in the Afternoon with Dr. Marcus Peter (Ave Maria Radio)
November 4: Equipped with Chris Brooks (Moody Radio)
In addition, I was delighted to hear Dr. William Lane Craig engage in a rich discussion of my article on the Reasonable Faith podcast. Audio and transcript are available here:
October 21: “Big Skeptics Becoming Christians” Reasonable Faith Podcast (Youtube / Podcast)
Sermon Series Continued: “City Lights”
Paul’s powerful and challenging First Letter to the Corinthians addresses ancient problems that feel remarkably contemporary. It is easy to read the book as a bit of internal dialogue, but Paul’s end-goal is for the church to shine as a light in the midst of a dark world. In this series, examine each chapter of this remarkable book, read through the prism of Paul’s “7 ones” that serve as his theological foundation stones. Then, we ask how shaping our church culture around these 7 ones can help our witness in the world, providing an alternative narrative to the voices clamoring for our attention.
The series began August 18 and will continue through the rest of the year.
Lesson 1: 7 Lenses for Christians in Corinth (video / podcast)
Lesson 2: One Body: Called To Unity (1 Cor 1:10) (video / podcast)
Lesson 3: One Baptism: Our Shared Common Bond (1 Cor 1:13) (video / podcast)
Lesson 4: One Spirit: Power & Wisdom (1 Cor 2:4-5) (video / podcast)
Lesson 5: One Faith: Our Way of Life in Christ (1 Cor 4:15-17) (video / podcast)
Lesson 6: One Lord: The Supreme Allegiance Which Unites Us (1 Cor 1:2) (video / podcast)
Lesson 7: One Hope: Living Out of Our Inheritance (1 Cor 15:12-28) (video / podcast)
Lesson 8: One God, Whose Name is Love (1 Cor 13:1-13) (video / podcast)
Lesson 9: Neighbor Matters (1 Cor 5:9-6:8) (video / podcast)
Lesson 10: When Rights Can Wrong (1 Cor 8-10) (video / podcast)
Lesson 11: Body Matters (1 Cor 6:9-20) (video / podcast)
Lesson 12: When the Bough Breaks (1 Cor 7) (video / podcast)
Lesson 13: Worship Matters (1 Cor 11-14) (will be posted here)
Stream our lessons Sundays at 9 AM (CST) on facebook or YouTube or on our website. If you are in the middle Arkansas area, we would love to have you join us in person. I’ll save a seat for you.
Mr. Rogers Visits West Side!
To introduce our sermon titled “Neighbor Matters,” Mr. Rogers visited West Side. Things went…mostly…as planned.
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My name is Nathan Guy. In my day job, I am thrilled to serve full-time as the preaching minister for the West Side Church of Christ in Searcy, Arkansas. I also work part-time for Harding University as associate professor of philosophy, theology, and ethics and as the director of the David E. Smith Healthcare Ethics and Human Dignity Initiative. I joyfully adjunct courses for the School for Professional Studies at St. Louis University and enthusiastically serve as chairman of the board for the Center for Christian Studies. I am happily married to Katie and am the proud father of Grace (who is 3) and Henry (who is wee). You can find more resources on my website over at nathanguy.com. You can follow me on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), Threads, and YouTube.