The Laymens Lounge

Sep 11 2024 149 ep. 53 mins
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Podcast interviews for everyday Christians trying to navigate normal everyday stuff that make up our wonderful (yet often horrible) existence. Listen-in as we (an appliance salesman and a business process analyst) interview Theologians about normal stuff - a Theology of, and for, us laymen (you know, our stuff like: work, leisure, hiking, sex, fighting, art, beer, music, self-image, doubt, the Gospel, depression, sales, baseball, the church, hippies, annoying neighbors, family, etc.). 

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149. Robert Swierenga: Who is Albertus Van Raalte (1811-1876)?

Sep 11 2024 61 mins  
Dutch Reformer, Institution Founder & Michigan Entrepreneur Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte was born in 1811 in the Netherlands, was a pillar in the Afscheiding, sat under Groen van Prinsterer, was always running from the law, wrote letters to Abraham Kuyper to not over-work (which council Kuyper failed to apply), led the emigrations to Michigan, helped start Hope College and We

148. William Boekestein: A Guide for Finding Your Vocation & Humanity

Sep 03 2024 56 mins  
The Piety of a Normal Job & the Process to Arrive There “How can I pick the right job?” Actually, you don't need to choose a job that's "perfect for you." But you do need to be productive in ways that honor God in your work life. Here's a better question: As a believer, how can I determine what I am supposed to do, and then do it well? The doctrine of

147. Forrest Dickison: When A Children's Book Gets Gender Right

Aug 27 2024 29 mins  
Most children’s book and entertainment are woefully lame (and, of course, most adult books and entertainment are lame as well [(did you guys see that there is an Amazon show for clowns that has a black, gay, handicap King of England?]). In attempts to counteract that (often with good intentions) authors who seek to position the male lead in his rightful masculine place often, per

146. Megan Basham: What Happens When Bootlickers and Sellouts Get Called Out

Aug 07 2024 27 mins  
Megan Basham, author of “Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda” joins The Laymen’s Lounge to discuss all the dust that’s been kicked up as a result of all the bootlickers and sellouts getting called out.

145. Aaron Renn: The Moral Minority

May 29 2024 58 mins  
For years, when folks were taking stock of our cultural moment in regard to faith and such, it was a given that people would reference Charles Taylor. As of late, however, I've started noticing every book, article, and podcast I've digested is referencing Aaron Renn and his observations and analysis in connection with his book "Life in the Negative World: Confronting C

144. Scott Hatch: Cornelius Van Til's Christian Ethics of Telos

May 23 2024 61 mins  
Join us as we sit down with Scott Hatch and discuss his new book "Van Til and the Foundation of Christian Ethics: A God-Centered Approach to Moral Philosophy." Unveiling the often-overlooked significance of Cornelius Van Til in the realm of Reformed ethics, this work draws light upon his unique moral philosophy. Grounded in the covenantal epistemology and metaphysics typi

143. David Bahnsen: Bid "Dark Night of the Soul Christianity" Adieu

May 08 2024 47 mins  
The Image-Bearing Piety of Being a Cog in the Wheel If you read one book this year let it be David Bahnsen’s “Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life.” Why? Well, you know there are three persons in one God, and you know that you are saved by grace alone through faith alone, you know you would do well to be a part of a local church, etc. (and you do well to know and consider

142. Stephen Eccher: Zwingli the Third-Wheel of the Reformers

Apr 24 2024 65 mins  
Today we are joined by Stephen Brett Eccher to discuss the firebrand of fidelity that is Ulrich Zwingli in connection with Eccher’s new book “Zwingli the Pastor: A Life in Conflict” from Lexham press.

141. Ernst Conradie: AA Van Ruler asks was Jesus an "Emergency Measure"?

Apr 04 2024 62 mins  
Was Jesus merely an “emergency measure”? Did Kuyper take the creation and culture far enough? Is the goal of life to “get saved” or is it to get saved unto the end that God intended all along? Do we overemphasize Jesus at the expense of the Trinity? All this, and more, is what the great Dutch Theologian AA Van Ruler causes us to consider. Join us as we sit down with Ernst C

140. David Fowler: Adam and Steve? Eating Caesar’s Apple

Mar 26 2024 82 mins  
This might be the most important interview we have ever done. We Christians have been so concerned with maintaining our "rights" and focusing on maintaining our (pitiful) "freedom" in society that we have abdicated the very glory and honor of King Jesus and have allowed His good decrees to be trampled. Rather than asserting the crown glory of Christ we have soug