785: #785 - Rethinking Church: A Conversation with Dr. John Whittaker
Theology in the Raw
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 30 March 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Preston sits down with his good friend and fellow Boise resident John Whittaker to talk about all things related to the church. Church structure, the role of the Sunday gathering, how preaching needs to change, the heightened need for discipleship, and why the LDS church might be on to something when it comes to Ecclesiology.
John Whittaker is a preacher, teacher and pastor. He holds theology and ministry degrees from Boise Bible College, Cincinnati Bible Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. John has been serving in ministry for 30 years. He has served as a Professor of Preaching and New Testament at Boise Bible College for 19 years. He has also helped plant a church in Kuna, Idaho, where he preached for 11 years, served for 4 years as one of the teaching and campus pastors at The Pursuit, taught classes for Eternity Bible College and preached in various places around the country and the world. He’s the founder of Bible in Life online discipleship ministry at johnwhittaker.net
When he’s not preaching or teaching, you can find him at a local coffee shop meeting with and encouraging other local ministers, hanging out at home with wife and partner in ministry, Louise, his closest friend for 30 years, or throwing the ball for his dogs.
He loves Mexican food, a quiet day in the woods, his family … but most of all John loves to help people see how God’s word speaks to their life and his greatest thrill in life is to see people come alive to the joy of walking with God honestly, humbly, and transformationally.
Connect with John Whittaker:
Website: JohnWhittaker.net
Five Priorities of a Disciple Making Church johnwhittaker.net/five-priorities
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/john.whittaker1969/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/johnwhittaker1969/
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| 0:54.3 | on the show today a good friend of mine a local friend I rarely have |
| 0:58.4 | local guests I don't know why that is. Anyway, I do have a good friend of mine, John Whitaker, Dr John |
| 1:08.2 | Whitaker on the show today. He was on the show I think about a year ago. sat in my basement together sharing a microphone |
| 1:16.2 | because I only have one microphone here and we talked about all things related to |
| 1:19.9 | church, ministry, discipleship, Bible teaching, and so on. |
| 1:22.8 | John Whitaker is one of my favorite Bible teachers. |
| 1:26.3 | He is so good. |
| 1:27.8 | He's so knowledgeable. |
| 1:28.9 | He's so well-rounded. |
| 1:30.2 | He's gracious. |
| 1:31.3 | He has conviction. he's incredibly clear, he's intelligent, he knows God's word so well and yet he's able to communicate it in really clear ways. |
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