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Aaron's Book Club (ABC) Episodes

Episodes in this category cover the various books that are read and discussed as part of Aaron's Book Club.
Feb. 9, 2024

Knowing God - Chapters 19 + 20 Part 2

This week we continue going over chapters 19 and 20 of Packer's book Knowing God. This episode covers the last big of chapter 19 and all of chapter 20 as we continue onward towards the end. Use Your Words podcast is passi…
Jan. 30, 2024

Knowing God - Chapters 19 + 20 Part 1

This week we take a look at chapters 19 and 20 of Packer's book. This is the first part of looking at these two chapters as we talk about a few things that the book brings up - including - how do we know what it means to hav…
Nov. 16, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapters 17 & 18

The green eyed monster - Jealousy. How does this work with God who is known as the jealous God? Packer addresses this in the latest chapters - as well as what he calls the heart of the gospel - do you know what that is? U…
Sept. 14, 2023

ABC: Knowing God - Chapters 16 - God's Goodness And Severity

This week we cover chapter 16 of Knowing God by J.I. Packer which is titled God's Goodness and Severity. This is something that a lot of people only look at one part of the equation (Goodness) but often time at their own per…
Sept. 6, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapter 15

This week we continue going through J.I. Packer's book Knowing God. We go through chapter 15 where Packer emphasizes that in order to have a full view of who God is we need to keep in mind the wrath of God - and when people …
July 25, 2023

ABC: Knowing God - Chapters 13,14

This week we continue on with J.I. Packer's Knowing God - covering chapters 13 and 14 talking about the concept both of Grace as well as God As Judge - and how closely these two items are related to one another. Use Your …
June 6, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapter 12

In this episode of the Use Your Words podcast, Aaron and Paul discuss the complexities, misconceptions, and hidden meanings of God's love. We talk as part of this the importance of understanding Bible translations and the da…
May 16, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapter 11

This week we discuss chapter 11 of Knowing God by J.I. Packer. During this episode we talk about the central premise of Packer's book, which is to know God through interaction with Him and learning about Him and how importan…
May 2, 2023

Knowing God Chapters 9 & 10: Wisdom Is Essential

Join hosts Paul and Aaron as they take a dive into chapters 9 and 10 of Knowing God. We go over the themes presented in the book including how Packer claims that wisdom is inherently moral in nature. The rest of the book con…
April 18, 2023

Knowing God - Chapters 7 & 8

Welcome back to Paul and Aaron talking about J.I. Packer's Knowing God. This week we go over chapters seven and eight of the book and discuss a few things including: God's immutability, difference between immutability and mu…
March 14, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapters 5 + 6

In this week's episode we discuss chapters 5 and 6 of the classic book Knowing God by J.I. Packer. The two chapters covered address the concept of the incarnation in chapter 5 and why it is important that the idea of the inc…
Feb. 22, 2023

ABC: Knowing God Chapters 3+4

This week we go over chapters 3 and 4 of Packer's Knowing God. This continues to lay the foundation for the rest of the book. During this time we talk about Packer's insistence that anything that uses the imagination or ar…
Feb. 8, 2023

ABC: Knowing God - Part 1

This week we start going over the book Knowing God by J. I. Packer. While we mostly stick to the topics covered on the book, we do allow the conversation to ebb and flow where the topics take us. Knowing God is considered b…
Nov. 24, 2022

ABC: John Cooper's Awake And Alive: PT 4 - The Rest Of The Book

We finish up the book Awake And Alive To Truth by John Cooper. The book finishes strong - and even in the last chapter it introduces new ideas to the reader. Come listen to the thoughts of Paul and Aaron on the last few ch…
Nov. 9, 2022

ABC: John Cooper's Awake And Alive: PT 3 - Chapters 6 and 7

This week Paul and Aaron pickup where we last off in John Cooper's Book: Awake and Alive To Truth. We cover chapters six and seven as we discuss John's points of answer his question based on the current world and what is go…