L'Abri Canada
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L'Abri Canada
A podcast resource providing audio of the most current lectures given at L’Abri Fellowship Canada, near Victoria, B.C. If you'd like more information, see https://www.canadianlabri.org/
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Wayward Priests and Unsaintly Saints (Christina Eickenroht)
The titular characters in Frederick Buechner’s historical novels Godric (1980) and Brendan (1987) are wayward priests and unsaintly saints, “just as c...
The Abnormality of Death (Clarke Scheibe)
Just thinking about hearing a diagnosis that we have a terminal illness sends a shiver up the spine and dampens the joy in the heart. Our life so sign...
Despising the Shame: Jesus, a Pharisee, and a Sinful Woman (Clarke Scheibe)
In this passage we see a scorned woman who is desperate to approach Jesus, despite his being the invited guest of a wealthy and righteous man. To ever...
All is Gift, All is Passing Away, and All Shall Be Made New (Christina Eickenroht)
The table is set: In his 1633 Still life with an overturned silver tazza, glassware, pies, and a peeled lemon on a table, Willem Claeszoon Heda spread...
The Christian and Political Engagement (Clarke Scheibe)
Christians have been pressed once again to reconsider what is a biblical way of being politically and culturally engaged. In light of the US Election...
The Mandate for Creation: Pollution and the Death of Man (Clarke Scheibe)
Problems in the environment have gotten far worse since 1970. For some, this has caused many to feel urgency, for others, indifference. How is one to...
Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Discerning False Christs (Clarke Scheibe)
People grow frustrated when they see Jesus being misused, for example, by political factions. However, it is easy to project a false image of Christ t...
Jonah, Silence, and the Sea (Hannah Eichelberger)
Is being swallowed by a sea monster a form of rescue or danger? The book of the prophet Jonah is a perfect example of uncomfortable and often unwanted...
Comic. Tragic. Brutal. The Life and Writings of Flannery O'Connor (Clarke Scheibe)
Flannery O'Connor was a devout Catholic writer from the Deep South (in the US) in the 1950s and wrote hilarious and horrifying short stories. T.S. Eli...
Personality Redeemed (Robb Ludwick)
The core of the Christian gospel is not that God promises to remove and replace his beloved creation with something better, but that He promises to sa...
Remembering Together: Community, Memory, and Archives (Marta Crilly)
Marta Crilly holds a MA in History, and a Masters in Archives Management from Simmons University. She worked as an Archivist for the city of Boston an...
The Five Themes of L'Abri (Clarke Scheibe)
While these five themes are not the only important aspects to the work of L'Abri, it does give a coherent picture of what L'Abri believes, in what it...
Redemptive Placemaking: Our call to faithfully build places for community flourishing (Sara Joy Proppe)
She formerly worked in real estate development and affordable housing but has taken that experience to launch Proximity Project, which she is the foun...
Why Marriage Still Matters (Liz Snell)
Marriage rates continue to decline, especially among younger generations, where marriage is often given little importance. Is this a sign of liberatio...
The Rise of Cultural Christianity (Clarke Scheibe)
Christianity, particularly in the past few decades, has been under attack. However, it seems that this past decade, and even in the past couple of yea...
The Lowest Room: Comparison through the eyes of Christina Rosetti (Hannah Eichelberger)
The poem “The Lowest Room” by Christina Rossetti explores what it means to be in the lower place, the spot where you look up and see all the things th...
Is the Gospel for Women? A look at Margaret Atwood's _Handmaid's Tale_ and _Testatements_ (Clarke)
This talk looks at the wildly popular books - The Handmaid's Tale (1985) and The Testaments (2019) - by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The popularit...
Rumours of a Better Country (Marsh Moyle)
What does it mean to live together well? To be thriving communities of unique people where trust runs deep, differences does not threaten, and power i...
A Voice in the Whirlwind: Hope and Suffering in Job (Dr Beth Stovell)
We welcomed Dr. Beth Stovell, professor of Old Testament at Ambrose University, as a part of a local conference on hope and suffering in Victoria. Thi...
Redemptive Hiding: Visual and Verbal Poetics in Bruegel and Dostoevsky (Christina Eickenroht)
We welcomed guest speaker Christina Eickenroht to give an excellent and accessible lecture on this intriguing topic. Recommended!
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Sociology: Friend or Foe of the Church? (Jessa Birdsall)
The founding fathers of sociology - Marx, Weber, and Durkheim - were deeply secular. The field of sociology has championed the social construction of...
The Compromise of Biblical Authority - A Look at Schaeffer’s _Great Evangelical Disaster_ (Clarke)
In this talk Clarke looks at the importance of seeing the Word of God (namely, the Scriptures) as our only sure foundation in the midst of our lives a...
Religious but not Spiritual: Looking for Assurance through Technique (Clarke S)
While it is more common to hear someone say that they are "spiritual but not religious," in their opposition to organized religion, there has also bee...
Singleness (Brett Cane)
Is singleness a blessing or a curse? Is marriage the Christian “default” position? What about singles and the church? How do singles address the ques...
Biblical Criticism for Christians (Dr. Tim Hogue)
This talk will be about what biblical criticism is and what challenges it poses to believers. We'll cover these challenges under the headings the prob...
The Sins of our Fathers: Wounds that confuse (Robb Ludwick, Dutch L’Abri)
There is no perfect parent, but the wounds we receive from our parents can have a long term influence on the beliefs, choices and desires we have as a...
The Difficulty with the Love of God (Clarke Scheibe)
People struggle to understand the love of God because it is not being expressed in God's people. Difficulties arise because Christians are judgmental...
Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Clarke Scheibe)
This talk is on the perplexing parable of the shrewd manager and how Jesus's teaching has implications for how we are to think of our money and our po...
E.T. and Human Significance in the Large Cosmos (Dr Dennis Danielson)
The more we learn about our Universe filled with galaxies, the smaller and perhaps the more insignificant we and our Earth can appear. How do we respo...
When Do You Know it is God’s Spirit? Discerning Unusual Manifestations (Scott Anderson, pastor)
What are we to think when we see or hear a story of someone shaking in worship, falling when prayed for, or crying out or even laughing uncontrollably...
Psalms: Our Words to God, God’s Word to Us (Clarke Scheibe)
The Psalms, a collection of personal and corporate prayers, is considered Israel's hymnbook and they are often our favourites to which we turn in time...
Walking with Loved Ones through Faith Deconstruction (Liz Snell)
Increasing pressures from both within and outside the church are causing more and more people to go through a season of "deconstruction", reevaluating...
Who or What is the Holy Spirit? (Clarke Scheibe)
Clarke ventures into the mysterious yet wonderful reality of the Spirit. Often people speak of the Holy Spirit as a force or an impression or as a "ho...
Shall Every Knee Bow? A Look at Christian Universalism and Judgment (Clarke)
This talk looks at and critiques Christian Universalism, the belief that all people will be saved through the work of Jesus, whether a person trusts o...
Thy Kingdom Come: ls Social Justice the end goal of Christianity? (Clarke Scheibe)
Clarke re-gives an earlier talk due to demand! In this talk, he examines the cultural revolution of the 2000s that led many young evangelicals to desp...
Steadfast Love: Finding Secure Attachment with God (Liz Snell)
Attachment theory gives us helpful insight into how people bond with each other. But what does it mean for our relationship with God? We will look at...
The Way of Wisdom: A Living Epistemology (Clarke Scheibe)
Exciting! A talk on epistemology! While seemingly an intimidating and abstract topic about how we come to know the world around us, this talk will loo...
Are You Open-Minded? A Case for God (Clarke Scheibe)
Often people speak of being open-minded as a way of discrediting a belief in God. However, in this talk, I argue that we need to look beyond closed ex...
Shame and Grace in Gilead: Reflections on the Novels of Marilynne Robinson (Liz Snell)
Marilynne Robinson's quartet of Gilead novels, set mostly in rural Iowa, explore the tension between shame and grace. Much of this contrast comes thro...
Daniel 2: Fake News, Political Anxiety, and the Kingdom of God (Clarke)
By looking at Daniel 2, we see that the Bible gives us a reflection on the relationship between God's people, their nation, and the kingdom of God. Wh...