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Ep. 047 | 2021 NFL Playoffs Week 3 — TAU Roundtable

January 21, 2021 by TAU Roundtable Leave a Comment

Listen to Allen, Tim, and Michael make their Championship Round predictions and evaluate the divisional round. We also discuss how the COVID situation and sports were related. Here’s Michael’s post about gambling if you are interested.  

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Ep. 046 | 2021 NFL Playoffs Week 2 — TAU Roundtable

January 14, 2021 by Michael Coughlin 1 Comment

Last week we made several bold predictions, but were we right? Will we be right again this week? Will Nick say the weirdest things or is he just misunderstood? Tune in to hear your favorite theologians discuss the NFL playoffs! Note: We use betting language to discuss which team will win games, but we in […]

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Ep. 045 | 2021 NFL Playoffs Preview — TAU Roundtable

January 7, 2021 by TAU Roundtable Leave a Comment

This is our NFL Playoffs preview episode! Last year we got more feedback on our playoffs predictions than any other episodes. Michael, Tim, Allen, and Nicholas get together to preview the new and expanded 2021 NFL Playoffs. There are hot-takes, Cowboy’s jokes, men’s movie recommendations and picks for all the games this weekend including the […]

Filed Under: Sports, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: College Football, NFL, playoffs, Roundtable, Super Bowl

Ep. 044 | Royal Deceptions: Exposing the King James Only Conspiracies Against God’s Word with Fred Butler — TAU Roundtable

December 24, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

Chuck Ivey and Michael Coughlin are joined by Fred Butler to talk about Fred’s important new book on the dangers of King James Onlyism.

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: Bible, Chuck Ivey, Fred Butler, King James Onlyism, KJV Only, Michael Coughlin, Roundtable, Translation

Ep. 043 | Reprinting the Second London Baptist Confession with Daniel Funke and John-William Noble — TAU Roundtable

December 5, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

Chuck Ivey is joined by Daniel Funke and John-William Noble from Parresia Books. Daniel and John-William have started a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a new reprint of the Second London Baptist Confession of 1689. You can learn more about this exciting project at Parresia Books

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: 1689, Chuck Ivey, Daniel Funke, John-William Noble, Paresia, Roundtable, Second London Confession

Ep. 042 | Bavinck: A Critical Biography with James Eglinton — TAU Roundtable

November 4, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

Chuck Ivey is joined by James Eglinton, Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology at The University of Edinburgh. Dr. Eglinton has written a fantastic new biography of Herman Bavinck, published by Baker Academic.    

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Ep. 041 | The Story Retold: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament with Benjamin Gladd — TAU Roundtable

August 6, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

Chuck Ivey is joined by Benjamin Gladd, associate professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. Dr. Gladd has coauthored a unique New Testament introduction called The Story Retold: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament, published by IVP Academic. You can read our review here.    

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: Author Interview, Bible study, book review, G.K. Beale, IVP Academic, New Testament Introduction, Roundtable

Ep. 040 | Thriving in Grace: Twelve Ways the Puritans Fuel Spiritual Growth w/ Brian G. Hedges — TAU Roundtable

July 20, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

Chuck Ivey is joined by Brian G. Hedges, pastor of Redeemer Church in Niles, Michigan. Brian has written several helpful books on the Christian life and his latest is Thriving in Grace: Twelve Ways the Puritans Fuel Spiritual Growth, co-written with Joel R. Beeke. Links to the book and other resources talked about on the […]

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Ep. 039 | A Primer on Black Liberation Theology & BLM w/ Virgil Walker— TAU Roundtable

June 20, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

George Alvarado, Chuck Ivey, and Michael Coughlin are joined by Virgil Walker from the Just Thinking podcast to discuss Black Liberation Theology and its connection to the Black Lives Matter organization. Many are not aware that Black Lives Matter has some of its roots in Black Liberation theology, making it a theological issue, not just […]

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: black liberation theology, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, heresy, history, James Cone, Penal Substitutionary Atonement, racism, Roundtable, Social gospel, social justice, Woke Christianity

Ep. 038 | Christians, Social Media, and Censorship — TAU Roundtable

June 4, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

George Alvarado and Michael Coughlin are joined by Robert Reece from Red Grace Media to talk about the more recent controversial issue of whether social media and YouTube are censoring Christians. Who is the most lenient between Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube when it comes to censorship? What is “shadow banning” and how does it affect […]

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Ep. 036 | Misunderstanding Covenantalism vs Dispensationalism — TAU Roundtable

May 5, 2020 by George Alvarado

George Alvarado is joined by guest, Andrew Rappaport from Striving from Eternity, to discuss misunderstandings between Covenantalists and Dispensationalists. Andrew Recently recorded a short series on his podcast, The Rapp Report, that addresses some of his perspectives, as well as recent statements made by John MacArthur from the Shepherd’s conference about the Christocentric hermeneutic. He […]

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: covenantalism, dispensationalism, Hermeneutics, Roundtable, Shepherds Conference

Ep. 035 | Submit to the Government or Civil Disobedience? — TAU Roundtable

April 28, 2020 by TAU Roundtable

George Alvarado, Michael Coughlin, and Chuck Ivey discuss what it means to submit to the government or practice civil disobedience. Is there a balance? Does submission to the government mean you’re a statist? If you call out the injustices and practice civil disobedience, does that mean you are not practicing Romans 13? How do we […]

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: civil disobedience, gospel, government, guns, injustice, pacifism, preaching, Romans 13, Roundtable, sin, theonomy

Ep. 028 | New Perspectives on Paul (Part 2) — TAU Roundtable

November 18, 2019 by TAU Roundtable

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On this episode of Things Above us Round Table, George Alvarado and Chuck Ivey continue with Getting the New Covenant Right in Part 2 of their discussion on the New Perspectives on Paul (NPP). They help us identify how to understand the language of NPP teachers, and finish up with its implications on assurance, soteriology, […]

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: covenant membership, faith alone, Federal Vision, Final Justification, imputed righteousness, Justification, N.T. Wright, New Covenant, New Perspectives, New Perspectives on Paul, NPP, podcast, Roundtable

Ep. 027 | Dustin Benge Interview — TAU Roundtable

November 14, 2019 by TAU Roundtable

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Michael interviews Dr. Dustin Benge of Southern Seminary about the two sermons he gave at the 2019 Cruciform Conference concerning the cruciform gospel. Dustin preached from Titus 3 and posed 4 questions to consider: Where does a cruciform gospel start? What does a cruciform gospel exalt? What is the message of a cruciform gospel? And […]

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Ep. 026 | Michelle Lesley Interview — TAU Roundtable

November 12, 2019 by TAU Roundtable

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Michael interviews Michelle Lesley of michellelesley.com and A Word Fitly Spoken podcast about Feminism, femininity, biblical womanhood, and Moore. Michelle is a wife, mother, and blogger. You won’t want to miss this hard-hitting interview! 🙂  

Filed Under: Theology, Things Above Us Roundtable Tagged With: A Word Fitly Spoken, Beth Moore, blogging, Cessationism, Christian Life, conversion, Cruciform Conference, feminism, gospel, grace, homosexuality, interview, Michael Coughlin, Michelle Lesley, reformed theology, Roundtable, sanctification, scripture, sin, sola scriptura, Things Above Us, women, women's ministry

Ep. 025 | Various Interviews — TAU Roundtable

November 7, 2019 by TAU Roundtable

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Michael interviews a few more interesting people from the Cruciform Conference. Micah Hasty of Micah Hasty Music https://twitter.com/themicahandrew Josh Hamon of https://theministryofwar.com/ Bryan Lamb of https://www.garageministries.com/  

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Ep. 023 | New Perspectives on Paul — TAU Roundtable

October 30, 2019 by TAU Roundtable

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On this episode of Things Above us Round Table, George Alvarado and Chuck Ivey continue our series on Getting the New Covenant Right by diving into the New Perspectives on Paul and the damage it does to the doctrine justification by faith. Scriptures: Genesis 15; Romans 3-5; Galatians 3; Ephesians 2. Resources: 1. The Whole […]

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9 Steps Toward Apostasy

August 23, 2019 by George Alvarado

I’ve shared this on other blogs before, but given the recent apostasy of Joshua Harris and Marty Sampson, it is always good, by way of reflection and introspection, to be reminded of your own spiritual condition before God. I’ve counseled countless believers and unbelievers about the fruit of salvation, and the doctrine of assurance. And […]

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