GCC Family,
The pastoral internship, which I have been blessed to enjoy the last three years, was crafted as a part of our church's commitment to glorifying God by raising up and entrusting the gospel to other "faithful men, who will be able to teach others also" (2 Tim 2:2). One key component of this process has been my time spent at Indianapolis Theological Seminary learning sound doctrine for the sake of the local church. However, many of you still may have heard little of what goes on or is taught at ITS. Or perhaps you've heard good things and wish you yourself could benefit from some of the teaching going on just down the road! Either way, it is my earnest desire that all of you know what you have invested in for your interns and experience the benefit of sitting under this Christ-centered, God-glorifying, and worldview-shaping teaching happening at Castleview every week.
To that end, I heartily commend to you ITS's newest podcast "World Upside Down" that launched this spring featuring president Dr. Nicholas Piotrowski and our resident practical theology professor, Dr. Roger Williams. The focus of this new podcast is urgent in our present divisive and confused age. In a time when it is so easy for people to be offended about everything and anything, what is it exactly about Christianity that has (and is supposed to) "[turn] the world upside down" wherever it goes (Acts 17:6)? What are those central tenets of our faith that confound the world and act as mines believers can drill into from every angle, finding more and more riches of God's glory everywhere they look?
The focus of the first season can be taken right out of Festus' words describing Paul's conflict with the Jews, noting that their dispute regarded "a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive" (Acts 25:19); that is, the resurrection of Jesus. The joyful shout of the Christian, He is risen, holds in it all the promises of God and His purposes for all of history. It is this beautiful truth that the first season of "World Upside Down" ventures into, exploring how the resurrection on the third day, the reality of a bodily resurrection, and the inauguration of last days (and much more) all bring a fresh perspective to this all-encompassing reality that Jesus is alive! I hope that you can listen, learn, and be encouraged by what God is doing for His kingdom here in Indianapolis through ITS and the support you give to this work.
Grace & Peace,
Andrew Scherer
(You can listen to or watch the podcast by clicking on the picture below or finding it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify)
