World Upside Down

Is beauty simply a matter of personal taste, or are some things objectively beautiful? Dr. Jim Spiegel joins Nicholas Piotrowski and Roger Williams to explore the place of beauty in the Kingdom of God. Drawing from his new book, A Thing of Beauty, Dr. Spiegel challenges Christians to recover a biblical appreciation of beauty and recognize how God is at work in making things beautiful.
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How do Christians actually live according to the Sermon on the Mount? Pastor and author Drew Hunter joins Drs. Nicholas Piotrowski and Roger Williams to explore the radical ethics of Jesus' kingdom, the danger of mere moralism, and how the Holy Spirit transforms our hearts to live under Christ's reign.
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Dr. Benjamin Gladd joins World Upside Down to explain why the resurrection is more than just proof that Jesus conquered death. It marks the beginning of God’s new creation and the arrival of the kingdom in a radically new way.
We explore how Jesus’ resurrected body relates to the future resurrection of believers, how the Holy Spirit brings the realities of the new creation into the present, and what all of this means for Christians living in the kingdom now. Interested in going deeper?
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What does the cross tell us about the kingdom of God and what it means to live faithfully under Christ’s reign today?
James Faris and Alexander Breytenbach join the podcast to explore how the Kingdom of God advances through sacrifice, service, and resurrection hope. They trace this pattern from Scripture and into the Christian life, asking what Christ’s kingship means for leadership, evangelism, politics, suffering, and everyday faithfulness.
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In this episode of World Upside Down, Dr. Matthew Patton explains how Christ’s announcement of the kingdom of God is rooted in the Old Testament prophetic tradition, and how the church is central to that kingdom.
From Eden to the new creation, this conversation explores how God is gathering a people, ruling through his appointed King, and displaying the realities of the age to come even now.
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For nearly two thousand years, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between the church and the state. Who has authority and where should the boundaries be drawn? In this episode of World Upside Down, Dr. Brannon Ellis traces that question across church history: from the persecution of early Christians under Rome, to the rise of Christendom, the Reformation, and the American approach to religious liberty. Interested in going deeper? Learn more about Indianapolis Theological Seminary and how you can take your next step toward robust theological education: https://go.indysem.org/request-more-info

“Already, not yet” is a familiar Christian phrase, but it can become a shortcut that seeks to explain everything and therefore explains little.
Today's conversation explores the phrase's biblical substance. Nicholas Piotrowski and Roger Williams discuss how the promises of resurrection, Christ’s reign, Satan’s defeat, etc. have truly begun in Jesus Christ, even though believers still await their full experience at his return.
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In this episode of World Upside Down, we explore the church’s relationship to Christ’s reign and how Christians should think wisely about politics, public authority, and faithful witness under the lordship of Christ.
*A brief clarification: around the five-minute mark, Dr. Schrock mentions Stanley Hauerwas, but the intended reference was to Oliver O’Donovan.*
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Jesus' announcement that “the kingdom of God is at hand” was not a vague spiritual slogan—it was his public declaration that God’s reign was arriving on earth. Dr. Nicholas Perrin helps us see how that announcement connects all the way from Eden to the church’s life in the world today.
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God's people have always been tempted to want a king *like the nations,* but the Old Testament says that's exactly the wrong kind of king.
In this episode, Dr. Kris Holroyd opens Season 3 of World Upside Down with a deep dive into the kingdom of God as it unfolds in Scripture–from Genesis 1, to David, to the anticipation of Christ.
In this conversation:
- What does "kingdom of God" actually mean in the Old Testament and where does it start? - What does Deuteronomy 17 tell us about the kind of king God wants and why no horses? - How does David's kingdom give us a glimpse of what God always intended? - Why did Israel miss Jesus and why does the church keep making the same mistake? - What are the signs that a pastor (or a Christian) has placed their hope in political power rather than in Christ? - How do Daniel and Revelation reframe our view of world governments and what should that do to us?
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World Upside Down is the podcast of Indianapolis Theological Seminary — a confessionally reformed, evangelical seminary committed to equipping gospel ministers for the church.