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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 215 – A Podcast Runs Through It

Welcome to Episode 215 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business segment, followed by Thinkling Carter discussing the book A River Runs Through It, and Thinkling Little closing the podcast with a final meditation from 2 Timothy 2:5. Books & Business: Lingua Latina – Thinkling Little Today’s Christian and […]

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 214 – An Ecclesiological Odyssey, Part 3.5 – Women Pastors in the SBC Part 2

Welcome to Episode 214 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business segment, followed by Thinkling Stearns continuing his discussion on the Southern Baptist Convention’s recent deliberations on women pastors. Thinkling Carter closes the podcast with a final meditation from John 15. Books & Business: The Bible and Marriage: The

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The Thinkings Podcast – Episode 213 – An Ecclesiological Odyssey, Part 3 – Women Pastors in the SBC

Welcome to Episode 213 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business segment, followed by Thinkling Stearns beginning a discussion on the Southern Baptist Convention’s recent deliberations on women pastors. Thinkling Little closes the podcast with a final meditation from Isaiah 7. Books & Business: What About Free Will –

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 212 – Discussion of “One Flesh” in Genesis 2 & Ephesians 5

Welcome to Episode 212 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business, Thinkling Little discusses “one flesh” throughout Scripture, and Thinkling Carter ends the podcast with a final meditation in John 15. Books & Business: New Testament Nuptial Imagery – Richard Baty – Thinkling Little Selected Poems of Byron, Keats,

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 211 – The Christian Mind

Welcome to Episode 211 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business, and Thinkling Carter discusses The Christian Mind by Harry Blamires, and Thinkling Stearns ends the podcast with a final meditation in 2 Peter. Books & Business: Another Gospel – Alisa Childers – Thinkling Carter Lumen – J.J. Fischer

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 210 – Ecclesiological Odyssey, Part 2 – Jesus Calling…the Presbyterians

Welcome to Episode 210 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business, and Thinkling Stearns returns to his series, “Ecclesiological Odyssey,” to discuss Jesus Calling and the PCA. We end the podcast with a final meditation from Thinkling Little from Proverbs 12 & 16! Books & Business: The Christian Mind

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 209 – A Conversation of Jewish History, Part 2

Welcome to Episode 209 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business, and Thinkling Little returns to his series on Jewish history! We end the podcast with a final meditation from Thinkling Stearns from 2 Peter! Books & Business: Mere Discipleship – Alister McGrath – Thinkling Carter Rescue Plan –

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 208 – Thinking About God’s Grace

Welcome to Episode 208 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business, and Thinkling Carter spends some time discussing the idea of grace from Scripture. Books & Business: A River Runs Through It – Norm Macleod – Thinkling Carter The Christian Mind – Harry Blamires – Thinkling Carter Christ Fulfills

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 207 – An Ecclesiological Odyssey, The 2024 UMC General Conference

Welcome to Episode 207 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we have our Books & Business, Thinkling Stearns discusses what he calls “An Ecclesiological Odyssey,” and Thinkling Carter shares a few thoughts from 1 Thessalonians 2! Books & Business: Packing Up Boxes is Easier Than Packing Away Memories – Thinkling Stearns Preach – Dever

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The Thinklings Podcast – Special Guest – Carolyn Weber, Author of Surprised by Oxford

Welcome to episode 206 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we discuss Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber… …with Carolyn Weber! We hope you enjoy it! Books & Business: A Severe Mercy – Sheldon Vanauken – Thinkling Stearns A Severe Mercy – Carolyn Weber The OT as Literature – Longman – Thinkling Little The

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 205 – A Conversation of Jewish History, Part 1

Welcome to Episode 205 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we discuss some books, discuss Jewish history, and conclude with a meditation on God’s word! Books & Business: Pilgrim Prayers – Tim Challies – Thinkling Little Just Behave, Pablo Picasso – Thinkling Stearns A River Runs Through It – Thinkling Carter Main Topics: Books

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The Thinklings Podcast – Season 9 – Episode 204 – Shouting Fools and Quiet Wisdom

Welcome to Season 9! Fall is upon us, with new classes at school and Starbucks pumpkin drinks to order! That also means a new season of The Thinklings Podcast! We return to our standard, lengthier discourse, including our typical elements. In today’s episode, we talk about the onset of fall, Tim’s Chickens, Books & Business,

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 202 – Summer 12 – Tim’s Chickens & Deuteronomy 7

Welcome to Episode 203 of the Thinklings Podcast! We noticed the audio of this episode was cut off at the end, so we have updated the audio! If you want to remove the download from your phone and redownload it, the full episode should now be available! This is our last summer episode, so next

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 202 – Summer 11 – The Minister as Shepherd & Psalm 14

Welcome to Episode 202 of the Thinklings Podcast! Here’s a trivia question for all of our savvy listeners: What is required to post a podcast episode??? Internet! Sorry for the delay today. We can thank Metronet for the long wait for your podcast episode! In today’s episode, Thinkling Carter discusses The Minister as Shepherd by

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 201 – Summer 10

Welcome to Episode 201 of the Thinklings Podcast! The Summer is drawing to a close, and we only have a few more Summer episodes before we return to our standard season format! In today’s episode, Thinkling Little continues discussing his book about Chaim Weitzman and gives it a rating. Thinking Stearns mentions a quote from

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 200 – Some Thoughts on Suits and Friends

Welcome to Episode 200 of the Thinklings Podcast! It is an age of few men, even less cats, but at least a few podcasts. Thank you for all of your support on the road to 200 podcast episodes. We understand that not all episodes were created equal (with respect to length, content, and/or quality), so

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 199 – Summer 9 – Wisdom of Bullfrogs and Psalm 84

Welcome to Episode 199 of the Thinklings Podcast! We hope your summer is going super well and you’re reading tons of great books and discussing them with your friends! For Books & Business, Thinkling Carter mentions Reading Biblical Poetry by J.P. Fokkelman. We get a glimpse of Random Tim, and Thinkling Stearns gives his final

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The Thinklings Podcast – Summer 8 – Chaim Weitzman & Psalm 119

Welcome to Episode 198 of the Thinklings Podcast! We hope your summer is going super well and you’re reading tons of great books and discussing them with your friends! For Books & Business, Thinkling Little discusses Chaim Weitzman: A Biography, Thinkling Stearns discusses a few more C.S. Lewis quotes from Quotable Lewis, and Thinkling Carter

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 197 – Summer 7

Welcome to Episode 197 of the Thinklings Podcast! We hope your summer is going super well and you’re reading tons of great books and discussing them with your friends! We were notified of a few glitches in this recording, so we have edited the file. If you are experiencing that. Try deleting the podcast off

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 196 – Summer 6 – Bullfrogs and Psalm 1

Welcome to Episode 196 of the Thinklings Podcast! We hope your summer is going super well and you’re reading tons of great books and discussing them with your friends! Welcome back, Random Tim! For Books & Business, Thinkling Stearns discusses Wisdom of the Bullfrog by William H. McRaven, Thinklings Carter mentions a Ransom Cycle guidebook

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 194 – Summer 4 – An Albatross & 1 Timothy 1

Welcome to Episode 194 of the Thinklings Podcast! We hope your summer is going super well and you’re reading tons of great books and discussing them with your friends! We do our normal things in this summer episode! Thinkling Little does the best introduction you’ve ever heard, Thinkling Carter talks about shooting wild birds (an

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The Thinklings Podcast – Summer 3 – Poetic Diction & Ecclesiastes 11

Welcome to Episode 193 of the Thinklings Podcast! Is Andy back from his honeymoon? What is Tim doing on his “home”-ie moon? These are questions we address in this awesome Summer episode! After Books & Business, Thinkling Little discusses Ecclesiastes 11! Thanks for listening this week! Main Topics in Episode 193: Books & Business Letters

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The Thinklings Podcast – Summer 2 – Random Tim & Psalm 84

Welcome to Episode 192 of the Thinklings Podcast! After a few moments of introductory fun, led by Thinkling Little due to it being a summer episode, we cover our normal bases. During Books & Business, we get a few book thoughts as well as Tim’s conception of what “random” means (truly a “summer in left

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The Thinklings Podcast – Summer 2024 #1 – 2 Chronicles 33 & Books

Welcome to Episode 191 of the Thinklings Podcast! Episode 191 is our first Summer episode of 2024! As you will hear a handful of times in this week’s episode, Summer episodes are truncated. We still do most of our usual things, but we intentionally try to be brief so we can all run along to

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 190 – Jesus is That Guy, Part 4 (Hebrews 1:8-12

Welcome to Episode 190 of the Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we conclude (for now) the recent Hebrews 1 study focusing on the seven OT passages that describe Jesus. This conversation, led by Thinkling Carter, follows a bright and bouncy opening to the podcast, which features all our normal frivolity, books, business, sponsors, and bad

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 189 – TALQ 3

Welcome to episode 189 of the Thinklings Podcast! This is a TALQ episode, where Thinklings Answer Listener Questions (get it?). We also have our normal items, with a lot of folly and Books & Business! Key ideas in Episode 189 – Proverbs 31 Books & Business Exodus 1-18 Carolyn Weber Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 188 – Proverbs 31

Welcome to episode 188 of the Thinklings Podcast! We have a full slate of great things in this podcast: Folly – a bunch of jokes and laughing Coffee Sponsors Weekly Wisdom Books & Business Proverbs 31 Key ideas in Episode 188 – Proverbs 31 Books & Business Exodus 1-18 Every Woman a Theologian – Phylicia

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 187 – TALQ 2

Welcome to Episode 187 of the Thinklings Podcast! This is a TALQ episode where we answer listener questions! Here are the questions we discuss in this episode, after Books & Business, of course: What kind of interlinear would you recommend? What Greek textbook does FBBC use, and what books would you recommend for a student

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The Thinklings Podcast – Special Guest – S.D. Smith, Author of Green Ember

Welcome to Episode 186 of the Thinklings Podcast! Special Guest Alert! We were thrilled to have S.D. Smith (Sam), author of Green Ember and other titles, as a guest on this episode. After Sam participates in some Books & Business, we dive into his writing process and philosophy! You do not want to miss out

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 185 – Jesus is That Guy, Hebrews 1:7 (Part 3)

Welcome to Episode 185 of the Thinklings Podcast! This week’s episode discusses Hebrews 1:7 and its quotation from Psalm 104! This is the third episode of the series “Jesus is That Guy,” and you can go back and listen to those previous episodes if you missed them (Ep. 166 from December 2023 & Ep. 174

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 184 – Does the OT teach there are multiple gods?

Episode 184 – The Thinklings Podcast Welcome to Episode 184 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, Thinkling Little explores the idea of “gods” in the OT; does the OT teach that there are multiple Gods? Have you ever wondered which LOTR character the Thinklings would be? We also discuss that in this episode, followed

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 183 – Ask for Wisdom in Faith

Welcome to Episode 183 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, Thinkling Carter walks us through James 1:5-8. Of course, we do all our normal things, including weekly wisdom from Thinkling Stearns, listener interaction with Thinkling Little, and Books & Business! Thanks for listening to this week’s episode! Key ideas in Episode 183 – Ask

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 182 – The Proverbs 26 Fool

Welcome to Episode 182 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, Thinkling Stearns walks us through Proverbs 26. Of course, we do all of our normal things, including some introductory folly, weekly wisdom from Thinkling Little, listener interaction, and Books & Business! Thanks for listening to this week’s episode! Key ideas in Episode 181 –

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The Thinklings Podcast – 181 – Thinklings Answer Listener Questions (TALQ #1)

Welcome to Episode 181 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, after a nice, hearty dose of our regular activities, we answer some questions about the Christian life! This TALQ (Thinklings answer listener questions) will be a template we will follow in future episodes in which we answer more questions from listeners! Thanks for listening

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 180 – When I Consider How My Light is Spent (John Milton) with Dr. Josh Boyd

Welcome to Episode 180 of The Thinklings Podcast! We have the most honored Dr. Josh Boyd joining us in this episode to civilize our proceedings. Before the main content of the episode, where Josh walks us through John Milton’s Sonnet 19, we do our usual things: drink coffee, talk about books, and even have a

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 179

Welcome to Episode 179 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, which we recorded outside of our usual time (leading to a bit of frivolity…as if that is anything new), Thinkling Little shares some Weekly Wisdom, we eventually get around to discussing some writing projects, and Thinkling Stearns walks us through a recent Electronic Ink

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 178 – Discovering Dispensationalism with Dr. Cory Marsh & Dr. James Fazio

Welcome to Episode 178 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we discuss a new book – Discovering Dispensationalism – with two of the book’s contributors/editors. They are Dr. Cory Marsh and Dr. James Fazio from Southern California Seminary. After our typical activities, we discuss ideas and portions of the book. Thanks for listening to

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 176 – Guest: Dr. Doug Brown – God’s Expectations to Honor Aging Parents

Welcome to Episode 176 In this episode of The Thinklings Podcast, we have a friend of the podcast with us for another guest episode: Dr. Doug Brown of Faith Baptist Theological Seminary. The main content of the podcast is Dr. Brown sharing ideas from a recent Faith Pulpit article he wrote earlier this month! The

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 175 – Marriage: Contract or Covenant?

Welcome to Episode 175 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we do our usual things: we drink coffee, we talk about recent events and listener interaction, we get around to Books & Business, and we discuss Divorce & Remarriage in the main content. For Books & Business, Thinkling Little discusses Knowable Word by Peter

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 174 – Jesus is That Guy, Hebrews 1:6 (Part 2)

Welcome to Episode 174 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we do our normal things: we drink coffee, we talk about recent events and listener interaction, we get around to Books & Business, and we discuss Hebrews 1:6. For Books & Business, Thinkling Carter discusses a book gifted to him from Thinkling Stearns, The

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 173 – The Crowd & The Cloud

Welcome to Episode 173 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we start by sipping great coffee in some awesome coffee mugs. Thinkling Stearns walks us through a recent Electronic Ink work he has written (others call these sorts of writings “blogs”). Also introductory, we interact with a listener email regarding “learning your rules.” Thinkling

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 172 – The Thinklings’ Mood

Episode 172 – The Thinklings’ Mood Welcome to Episode One-Hundred Seventy-Two of The Thinklings Podcast! First things first – Happy 8th Day of Balrog! For your singing pleasure, to the tune of “12 Days of Christmas,” here are the lyrics: On the tenth day of Balrog, Gandalf said to me What do you mean?, Is

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 47 – Pursuing Contentment

Welcome to Episode 47 In this episode of The Thinklings Podcast, we engage in our usual activities. We discuss the books we’ve been reading during Books & Business, continue Thinkling Stearns’ contentment series, and conclude with a final thought from God’s Word by Thinkling Carter. Thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode! Key Ideas

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Thinklings Podcast – Episode 007 – “Careful Observations”

Welcome to Episode 007 In this episode of The Thinklings Podcast, we discuss some books, delve into making “Careful Observations” when studying the Bible, and conclude with a quick thought from Colossians. Thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode! Key Ideas in Episode 47 – Pursuing Contentment Reading Books & Business The Missing Gospels

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 6 – “Some thinklings Thoughts on Reading”

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we stray from our typical structure. Against every bone in Tim’s body, we will not have a Books & Business in this episode. We will pause for a moment of silence. Thank you for your pause. So, what we do discuss in this episode

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 5 – “Where Mentoring Came From, Part 2”

Welcome to Episode 5 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, we do our usual things: we discuss some books during Books & Business, we have some nonsense (12:45…cough…), and we continue discussing The Adventures of Telemachus. For Books & Business, Thinking Stearns discusses How to Read Slowly by James Sire, Thinkling Little discusses The

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 4 – “Where Mentoring Came From, Part 1”

Episode 4 – The Thinklings Podcast Where Mentoring Came From, Part 1 Welcome, to episode four of The Thinklings Podcast! Have you ever wondered about where the idea of “mentoring” originated? The idea or task has existed from the beginning, but we discuss one way to answer this question in this episode! After Books &

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 3 – “Learning the Fear of the Lord”

Episode 3 – The Thinklings Podcast Learning the Fear of the Lord Welcome, to episode three of The Thinklings Podcast! This episode, officially, makes Books & Business a tradition. We return to discussing some of the books we have been reading recently. There are a few good quotes from them about reading and thinking, too!

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 2 – “Don’t Read Into This Title”

Episode 2 – The Thinklings Podcast Don’t Read Into This Title Welcome to episode two of The Thinklings Podcast! Something extraordinary is born in this episode, something Thinklings will do until the end of life on this earth: Books & Business. Boom – a new podcast segment was born! During this segment, we talk about

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The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 1 – “Pilot”

The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 1 – “Pilot” The Thinklings Podcast – Episode 1 – “Pilot” Podcast / By thinklingspodcast What is a “Thinkling?” Welcome to the first episode of The Thinklings Podcast! You might be wondering what “Thinklings” actually means! The podcast’s title is a dedication and homage to a few great writers and

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