Life on the West Side
Everyone I know longs for genuine happiness, lasting peace, real beauty, ultimate purpose, and honest, sincere and overwhelming love. I want you to know that Jesus came so that you can experience rich, abundant life and overwhelming love! Join me, Nathan Guy, preaching minister for the West Side Church of Christ in Searcy, Arkansas, as I share my passion for Jesus Christ in weekly teachings, conduct exciting interviews with other ministers, authors and church leaders, and discuss things learned along the way. Each episode will offer a recent sermon or interview with inspiring guests intended to encourage you in your faith formation as disciples of Jesus Christ. In addition, I will link to further resources such as a discussion guide, points to ponder, and recommended resources. You can watch these sermons and find more resources at nathanguy.com, follow me @nathanpguy and subscribe to my weekly e-mail at nathanguy.substack.com.
Life on the West Side
Ethics, Human Dignity, & Christian Orthodoxy
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Nathan Guy
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Season 4
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Episode 61
What made the early church so compelling? What were the practical ethics of early Christian practice? What would it look like to restore our radical witness?
The lecture today is titled "Ethics, Human Dignity, and Christian Orthodoxy." Originally given at the Remission Connect Conference at Pleasant Valley Church of Christ (Little Rock, AR) on February 10, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad categories: Begin, Instill, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under LEARN: Introduction to Theology.
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Podcast Notes (resources used or referenced):
- The "more beautiful song" illustration (connecting Homer and Orpheus) comes from Martin Luther King's 1964 Nobel Lecture.
- "We need a good story": David Martin, Christian Language in the Secular City (2002).
- Nathan Guy, "Jesus Made Your Moral World," TGC 2024.
- A summary of Keller's speech at the Gospel & Our Cities Conference can be found here. See also Larry Hurtado, Destroyer of the Gods.
- Nathan Guy, "The New Christian Era," Christianity Today 2024.
- Louise Perry, The Case Against The Sexual Revolution.
- Brad East, "COC-Catholic, not Evangelical."
- Allen Gardiner illustration can be found here.
- Song, "I Raise A Hallelujah" (Bethel Music).
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