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Is Church Still Relevant? A Biblical Case for God's Family with Dr. Carmen Imes

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4.7576 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Remnant Radio, hosts Joshua Lewis and Michael Rowntree welcome back Dr. Carmen Joy Imes, associate professor at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology, to unpack her latest book, Becoming God’s Family: Why the Church Still Matters. Born from reflections during COVID-19, this discussion dives into the biblical roots of the church, starting with Abraham and tracing the concept of the “ekklesia”—the gathered assembly of God’s people—through both the Old and New Testa...

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Joshua Lewis here with Remnant Radio, and I'll tell you about Rimcon this spring in San Diego, California.

0:06.8

The dates are February 5th through the 7th, and the subject of the conference is growing in the Gifts of the Spirit.

0:12.3

You can join us there in person or via live stream, and what you're going to get out of that conference is some serious theological training on the gifts of the Spirit.

0:22.6

What are they? How do they operate?

0:28.1

There's also going to be opportunities to break out and practice spiritual gifts in a kind of biblical,

0:33.9

safe, and orderly way. We've got lectures from myself, Michael Miller, Michael Roundtry, John Mark Baker, from the Minor Prophets, and Dr. Sam Storms. So if you're looking to move beyond just

0:38.9

the theoretical and learning the theology of spiritual guests, but you're actually wanting to start

0:42.8

practicing them for yourself, I'd encourage you to come out and hang out with us February 5th

0:48.3

through the 7th there in San Diego, California. Hey, everybody, welcome back to the wonderful world

0:53.6

of remnant radio. We've got Carmen I'm, one of our favorite theologians back with us. We're going to talk about becoming God's family. It's going to be an exciting program. You guys stay tuned. Guys, we've got an exciting episode for you today. Carmen's always done back in some really cool stuff and parallels that we see in scripture. So you're going to really enjoy today's program. But before we dive into the subject matter, introduce our guest. One of the things that we want to remind our viewers to do is subscribe to the newsletter. There's a link of it found in the description of this video. We've got a really good mailing list that's going right now. We've got discounts on conferences and courses that we are releasing here on the podcast. We also got some free e-books that

1:27.5

have just been released on there, so you can go check those out as well. Man, all things remnant radio shows content that comes out every single week. Best way to know what's coming out is not wait for it to hit your algorithm. It's to see it in the newsletter there once a week in your inbox. So I encourage you very much to subscribe to that newsletter so you can stay up to date, All Things Remnant Radio. Without further ado, I want to introduce you to my co-host, my partner in crime,

1:48.1

Michael. inbox. So encourage you very much to subscribe to that newsletter so you can stay up to date all things remnant radio. Without further ado, I want to introduce you to my co-host, my partner

1:47.7

and crime, Michael Roundtree. How you doing over there in Oklahoma City?

1:51.2

I am doing really well over here and excited to interview Carmen I'ms, one of our

1:57.0

fave guests on the show. And you guys should really check out her channel and some of the things

2:01.2

she's written. But Carmen, just so glad to have you and talk about becoming God's family. So

2:07.8

Carmen, for those viewers who maybe don't know you, maybe you could just introduce a little

2:12.9

bit about yourself and some of the things that you've been working on. Sure. So I am associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

2:22.3

I have a varied church background. Those of you who want to know kind of where to peg me on the theological spectrum, I grew up Christian Reformed.

2:31.3

I spent most of my high school years in the four square church. I've been

2:35.6

Baptist, evangelical free Methodist, and I'm now in a sort of generic Baptist, liturgical Baptist Church.

2:44.8

But I am just delighted to have had a front row seat to seeing the Spirit of God work in so many different ways

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