Theocology
Theocology is the podcast that discusses why theology matters during your college years - actually always. Dr. John Roth, an instructor at Florida Gulf Coast University, hosts a number of students who discuss matters of faith and life each week during the academic year.
Episodes
74 episodes
Owning Your Faith: Walking with God When No One’s Watching
College is often the first time many of us are truly on our own—and that includes our faith. In this episode, we explore what it means to move from a secondhand belief system to a personal, authentic relationship with God. We’ll talk about lett...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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42:28
Parties, Peer Pressure, & Purpose: How to Celebrate Without Compromise
Episode Description:College parties are everywhere — but what does it look like to enjoy social life while honoring God? In this episode, we dive into the tension between fun and faith, exploring how Christians can navigate the pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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42:28
The importance Christian Community
Join David, Aiden, and Erin as they discuss the importance of being in Christian community
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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32:33
A God like No Other - Kaufmann's analysis of Judaeo Monotheism
Join David and Michael as they dive into Yehezkel Kaufmann’s groundbreaking theory on the God of the Bible—what sets Him apart from all other deities throughout history? Discover how Kaufmann’s insights shed light on the
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42:47
Disappointment - Grappling with God's sovereignty amidst tragedies and failures
Join David, Jaden, Erin, and Aiden as we dive into the reality of disappointments and setbacks in life. How do we navigate struggles when things don’t go as planned? And how can we learn to trust God through it all? Tune in as we share perso...
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37:30
Competing Identities - Who am I in Christ?
Join David, Aiden, and Erin as we discuss the challenges of finding our identity in Christ, in a world full of other things to place our identity in!
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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37:20
First Things First: Prioritizing Time with God in a Busy College Life
Between classes, work, social lives, and the endless to-do lists, making time for God ca feel impossible. in this episode of Theology we dive into the challenges of maintaining a strong spiritual life as a busy college student! how can we creat...
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36:38
When Plans Crumble - Trusting God in Life’s Unexpected Turns
Join David and Aiden as we discuss how poorly human beings can be at predicting the future, and how trusting in the Lord's wisdom and faithfulness is the only sure path to peace and hope in Life!
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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36:38
Faith Journeys: College Ministries, Growing Up in Church, and More with David Grigg
Join us this week as pastor John talks with Thrives new campus pastor, David Grigg about college ministries, faith, and growing up in the church!
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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38:05
Messy Spirituality
JR, Grace and Pastor John discuss "messy spirituality" because that's the only kind there is. This is both challenging and comforting for us all. God doesn't abandon us because we are messy, but is fully committed to us in Christ.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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36:21
Delightful!
JR Cintron and Pastor John discuss the story of Zacchaeus in the Gospel of Luke as a story of God's delight in befriending us and how we don't change people through contempt but showing our delight to be with them first.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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39:25
Love, Leadership and Relationships
JR and Pastor John discuss Jesus actions of washing the feet of his disciples and displaying leadership through service and a profound act of love. The four different Greek words for love come up along with how leadership often is seen di...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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37:10
Don't Freak Out - Be Calm
JR, Grace, Aiden, Jaden and Pastor John discuss the emotion of calmness, being self-regulated, seeing a bigger picture, rather than freaking out over anxious situations just prior to the presidential election, a time of deep anxieties in our cu...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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32:23
The Loneliness Epidemic and Cure
Grace, Aiden, PJ, Jaden and JR discuss loneliness and how common it is in our society, but also how Jesus understands it because he experienced it himself.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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50:58
Hurricanes! Yikes!
JR, Aiden, Jaden and Pastor John discuss the recent two hurricanes Florida experienced and what we've learned through them.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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37:29
Be Emotional!
Vickie, AJ, Aiden and PJ discuss compassion and how emotions play a significant role in connecting us to one another and how Jesus was emotional. In this episode they discuss Jesus' compassion as that emotion is highlighted 15 times in his para...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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49:28
Living only for Now?
JR, Grace, Jaden and PJ discuss Ecclesiastes' message of life "under the sun," that is, a secular viewpoint of just now. Secularism has been called "now-ism" with no sense of anything outside of what one has right at the present moment. T...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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42:14
The Least are Sometimes the Least Expected and the Most Receptive
AJ, Aiden and PJ discuss AJ's experience over the summer in Mt. Rainier National Park and how AJ shared the Gospel and those who were most receptive were not those whom AJ expected.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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50:21
Hard Times are Good Times for God
Jaden, JR, Grace, Aiden and PJ discuss their summer experiences and how God works through the tough times in our lives to draw us into deeper character and trust.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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45:54
Left Behind?
Erick and Pastor John discuss how misguided the obsession with trying to figure out the date for the 2nd coming of Christ is, how anti-creation some rapture talk is, and the great hope we have of a new heaven and earth that Jesus will usher in....
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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41:14
Misquoted?
Katrina, Erik and Pastor John discuss different Bible passages that get misused or misapplied and how to learn to place passages into context and do a better job of interpreting them.
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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28:04
God is Alive in College
Katrina and Pastor John talk about the common misconception that students lose their faith and morals in college, but often the opposite happens. In fact, the data shows those with higher levels of education have a higher tendency to be r...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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20:36
Judge Not?
Katrina and PJ discuss one of the most often misquoted Bible passages, Matthew 7:1, where Jesus says "Judge not, lest you be judged." Many take it as a call to never make a judgment. From its context, though, we see it's more about hypocr...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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33:45