patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor Theologian

Claims that the Woke Left is indoctrinating students in Oklahoma Public Schools have been a talking point of Oklahoma State School Superintendent Ryan Walters since he began his campaign. Once elected, erasing the Woke Agenda has been his ongoing mantra. My friend Greg Horton posted about the claims of … Continue reading The post #DEI and Indoctrination?! with Greg Horton first appeared on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. The post #DEI and Indoctrination?! with Greg Horton appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Goliath, David, and South Carolina Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross So the RNC Finds It Hard to Reign in The Donald or, Reality TV's Presidential Nomination Edition

“Is healthcare a right or privilege?” Maybe the question needs a better frame. Recently I was talking with my friend Marty about healthcare, high deductibles, and treatment costs. Amidst the ongoing cultural battles occupying congressional talking points I wondered on Twitter when would our legislators take up one of … Continue reading The post Healthcare, Theology and Ethics: A Conversation with Dr. Kevin Driver appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry Marking Time: A Conversation with Kenneth Tanner Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry

I tried to work in one of my favorite lines from Cold Mountain into the title. I imagine God is weary of being called down on both sides of an argument. Inman, Cold Mountain Next week Messengers to our denominations' annual meeting may hear proposed Resolutions on Critical Race … Continue reading The post Common Places: A Conversation with Brad Mason appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: When the Law Does Not Deliver: A Conversation with Bradly Mason What Happened to the Podcast?! Missional Theology – Not Just An Adjective: A Conversation with John Franke

Near the end of our last conversation on the subject of Critical Race Theory, Bradly Mason remarked that race is a social construct for the subordination of other human beings. His statement did not go without notice. One listener sent a series of questions. If Mason asserted that race … Continue reading The post Can Two Walk Together? More with Bradly Mason on CRT appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: When the Law Does Not Deliver: A Conversation with Bradly Mason The Dangers of Mediating Ideas: A Conversation with Bradly Mason Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry

In our best Schwarzenegger voice, “We said we'd be back!” Sojourner's interviewed Nathan Cartagena on teaching Critical Race Theory to Evangelicals. When asked about the different assumptions students have when taking a class on critical race theory now that CRT is such a lightning rod subject he noted, Oh … Continue reading The post When the Law Does Not Deliver: A Conversation with Bradly Mason appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Trolling Christian Twitter for Nuggets of Gold The Dangers of Mediating Ideas: A Conversation with Bradly Mason Not Just a Nerdy Endeavor: A Conversation with Eric Hall and Nathan Gilmour

Pastor, do you have time to read the near 500 pages of Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement?” Maybe you have time between weekly sermon preparation, pastoral responsibilities, and any administrative tasks that accompany your particular ministry setting. Try as we might to be … Continue reading The post The Dangers of Mediating Ideas: A Conversation with Bradly Mason appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Pariah, Corporatist News, and Literacy, An Interview with Marty Duren Intersecting Jon Stewart Without Derailing the Subject: An Interview with Natalie Burris Man-Crushing Tuesday or, When Jason Micheli and Teer Hardy Flip the Script on Me

“The just shall live by faith,” represents the Scriptural hammer of the Reformation. Five hundred years later many Evangelicals have decided they are the hammer and everything else is a nail. Rooting out the greatest dangers to Christianity has become a favorite past time, if not as … Continue reading The post Listening and Forgiveness: A Conversation with Carl Raschke appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry Living in Sin: A Conversation with Jason Micheli

One of my friends once pointed out that any time -al is added to describe a theological perspective the emphasis is on the adjective more than on talk about God. Practically time is given to explain the adjective and what often gets obscured is the god/God under consideration. Enter … Continue reading The post Missional Theology – Not Just An Adjective: A Conversation with John Franke appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry Resident Exile: A Conversation with Bill Borror

What happened to the podcast? It would be easier just answering with, “2020.” To provide an illustration of the unusual difficulties, it took two days and three tries to finish the conversation I had with Thomas J. Oord where we talked about his latest book, God Can't: Q & … Continue reading The post God Can't? Those Nagging Questions appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Who Said God Can't? Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Come Sunday: A Conversation with the Reverend Carlton Pearson

Jemar Tisby, in his book The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church's Complicity in Racism, offers a number of To-Dos in his chapter The Fierce Urgency of Now. One is simple: Do Something. After a bit of an absence, Patheological returns with that in mind. … Continue reading The post Race and Faith: A Conversation appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Micheal Gerson on Evangelicals Provokes David French: A Conversation with Greg Horton Life In Review or, A Pastor Moves Forward by Looking Back: A Conversation with Scott Scrivner On the Other Side of the Ash Heap

Plenty of space in print and on-air has been given over to discussions of masculinity. What if the better question for all human beings was, “How do we live wisely in the world?” Seventeen years ago Mark Horne published, The Victory According to Mark: An Exposition of the Second … Continue reading The post Solomon Says: A Conversation with Mark Horne appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Micheal Gerson on Evangelicals Provokes David French: A Conversation with Greg Horton Intersecting Jon Stewart Without Derailing the Subject: An Interview with Natalie Burris Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry

Every day we are being watched by the ghosts of history past. The hosts of Ryan and Philip's Conversation Rules have a segment on their podcast; History Has Its Eyes On You. No matter the subject of each episode, they point up the value of knowing how it relates … Continue reading The post Pandemics, History, Environment, Myths and More: A Conversation with Brad Raley appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Don't Blame Musburger Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy

If you are a pastor or on a church staff, there is no shortage of suggestions for what to do during the current novel coronavirus pandemic. Many pastors find themselves forced to think about live-streaming services, using Zoom or Google Meet to offer Bible Study, and Youth Pastors are … Continue reading The post Dealing with Loss, Grief, and Grace in a Pandemic: A Conversation Among Friends appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Christians Don't Have an Answer to Suffering But . . . : An Interview with Jason Micheli Pastors Search For . . . : A Conversation with Marty Duren Pastors Fail? A Conversation with Taylor Mertins

Over time Dietrich Bonhoeffer has become something of a Rorschach Test for Christians. That is, everyone finds something in Bonhoeffer's corpus to claim for their theological project. Jeffrey C. Pugh says not so fast. Instead of thinking that Bonhoeffer passed through phases, like early and late, one might better … Continue reading The post Self Protection Is Not the Center of the Christian Faith: A Conversation with Jeffrey C. Pugh appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts Disruptor(s) Needed: A Conversation with The Alan Noble

Maps. More maps. The summer term of my last year of my M.Div. in Seminary included the course, Biblical Backgrounds. Looking back it may have been better to take that course over a normal fall or spring semester. Compressing all the material covered into a few short weeks … Continue reading The post Distance and Proximity: Seeing the Context with Alan Cross appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III Still Making Sense of Church: An Interview with Spencer Burke

Don't blame Scott Coley. Though Scott was my last podcast guest, he had nothing to do with the long hiatus. I hope to have Scott back. He is working on a new book and if nothing else, we will hop back on the Zoom and discuss his work.. So … Continue reading The post What Happened to the Podcast?! appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah Bringing Back the Podcast Listening to the Nones and Dones: An Interview with Rob Davis

I am more near retirement than Scott. I have grandchildren older than his newborn. He has more hair. And, fortunately for me, he did not turn the old guy away when he reached out for a conversation on the Twitter platform. Who In the World is Scott M. Coley … Continue reading The post Trolling Christian Twitter for Nuggets of Gold appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: No Better Time for Public Theology: An Interview with Kyle A. Roberts Preaching As Resistance A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts

How many times have you read a Facebook/Blog post that insists, “If your pastor didn't say anything about [most recent social injustice], you need to find a new church?” Maybe you have used this lede in an attempt to raise attention to the latest illustration of failed immigration policy, … Continue reading The post Can't We All Just Get Along? The Church of Us vs. Them: A Conversation with David Fitch appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Disruptor(s) Needed: A Conversation with The Alan Noble Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns Pastors Fail? A Conversation with Taylor Mertins

“I forgive you.” We generally think those words follow, “I'm sorry.” The Good News of the Gospel is that God's, “I forgive you,” comes first. That is how Jason Micheli describes Grace. God's one-way love. Many couples at one point or another have reached for a book on marriage … Continue reading The post Living in Sin: A Conversation with Jason Micheli appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry Resident Exile: A Conversation with Bill Borror

Just two days after Stan Grenz died, David Dockery began his concluding paragraph warning Baptists, specifically Southern Baptists, that Grenz might lead his readers into orthodox inconsistency. Unfortunately, his pietism didn't translate into evangelical coherene or orthodox consistency. That was fourteen year ago. Reading some of the responses to … Continue reading The post Plundering Egypt: A Conversation on the Passing of Rachel Held Evans appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts Sheer Silence – Thoughts from the Edge Don't Scratch the Devil: An Interview with Richard Beck

We are all addicts. Amidst a culture bent on positivity, Karsten's maxim could not be considered good news. He did not back down. Let's give Karsten his conclusion. When we do we admit that we are all at the same time captive. At some point, these circumstances, addicted and … Continue reading The post Chains of Grace: A Conversation with Rick Davis appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy Pledging Allegiance to People: An (Almost) Interview with George E Young Sr Why Makes Justice So Controversial?

Five years ago the iconic Mummers Theater, also known as Stage Center, was demolished. Considered a modern architectural marvel, it served an interesting feature for the annual Oklahoma City Arts Festival for years. Then it flooded. Efforts to save the building failed. What eventually takes the now … Continue reading The post Life In Review or, A Pastor Moves Forward by Looking Back: A Conversation with Scott Scrivner appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Unfollowers: An Interview with Ed Cyzewski The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns

Are you spiritual but not religious? Maybe you are religious but not spiritual. What do those categories even mean? Are we always going to find ourselves in an Inigo Montoya moment, “You keep using that word . . . “ Religion observers and Christian leaders have for some time … Continue reading The post Seculosity: When Religion Leaves the Building, A Conversation with David Zahl appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh Pride and Prejudice – Thoughts from the Edge

Oklahoma incarcerates more people per capita than any other State in the Union – men and women. Legislators work to reform our justice system. The gears turn slowly. Part of the issue turns on how we talk about justice. Last year, a group of Evangelicals, some from my tribe … Continue reading The post Why Makes Justice So Controversial? appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Operating Out of a Different Narrative: God and Guns with Amy Butler and Teer Hardy Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh

Many resist preaching, listening to preachers, that is. Preachers may be the worst. I have attended denominational meetings and watched folks get up and leave when the preaching begins. Imagine thinking mundane business to be more interesting than the preacher you may not have heard before. Over the past … Continue reading The post Preaching As Resistance appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts On the Other Side of the Ash Heap Pledging Allegiance to People: An (Almost) Interview with George E Young Sr

A local meteorologist described the recent F-4 tornado in Alabama. We know a thing or two about tornadoes in Oklahoma. The scene of the 24-mile swath cut by the massive tornado brought back memories of what we simply refer to in our area as, The May 3rd Tornado. It … Continue reading The post Who Said God Can't? appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Not Just a Nerdy Endeavor: A Conversation with Eric Hall and Nathan Gilmour Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry

There is not going to be a return to things as they were. Or are. Think of it as the notion that to step into a river at the same place, does not mean you are stepping into the same water. The water in which you stepped in downstream.… Continue reading The post On the Other Side of the Ash Heap appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry This Is Uz: A Conversation with Scott Curry

No matter what you have been told, there are things you may not pray away. The Apostle Paul noted that he had prayed three times for a thorn in the flesh to be removed. It wasn't. Three times may be a euphemism for over and over and over again.… Continue reading The post A Depression From Which You Cannot Run appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry Marking Time: A Conversation with Kenneth Tanner A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts

Business disruptors. Sports disruptors. How about Church disruptors?  The story is told of a pastor who, while preaching, noticed his son chewing gum. He is said to have stopped the sermon and instructed his son, “Paul, go spit out your gum!” It Will Take More Than Gum More than … Continue reading The post Disruptor(s) Needed: A Conversation with The Alan Noble appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: The Circles of Faithful Presence: An(other) Interview with David E. Fitch Community Witness Diagnosing the Current Normal of the Church: An Interview with Tom Ingram

If you did not read carefully, you may have mistaken a conjunction for a noun. Spelling is key. Taking note of words and how they are used both spares of embarrassment and enlightens.  When it comes to words and provocation, the Crackers over at Crackers & Grape Juice work … Continue reading The post They Like Big Buts . . . You May Too appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: He Didn't Know My Name: An Interview with Teer Hardy When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason Micheli Pastors Fail? A Conversation with Taylor Mertins

The canopy caught the wind. We slowly drifted toward the steel cable barrier that kept us a safe distance from the dam. Our anchors could not hold the 21' pontoon boat from which we hoped to reach our limit of rainbow trout for the day.  We pulled in our … Continue reading The post Stained (Glass) Heroes or, Dr. Patterson Is Only a Symptom appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Ruled Out of Order or, A Pusillanimous SBC Part 2 Will Paige Patterson Endorse Article 3 in Baltimore? From Isolation to Relationship, An Interview with Dave Miller

Martin Luther King Jr. is something of a Rorschach Test for Southern Baptists. Enter the recent MLK50 event co-sponsored by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the SBC as evidence. On the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Ethics and Religious Liberty co-sponsored … Continue reading The post MLK50: An SBC Rorschach Test – A Conversation with Alan Cross appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark

Recently a young friend mused in a text message, “Where are our (SBC) theologians?” His angst was palpable even if the question appeared on my phone. My friend Alan, who will be on my next podcast episode, expressed genuine concern. From his vantage point, working for the Evangelical … Continue reading The post Resident Exile: A Conversation with Bill Borror appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Imprisoned Souls, They Don't Know It: Cross-podcast featuring Jeffrey C. Pugh Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason Micheli

No matter what else goes on during a week in the life of a preacher, a pastor, Sunday always comes on time. For many, likely most, Sunday anxiety does not come with wondering who will fuel the jet, maintain the vacation house, or gas up the boat at the … Continue reading The post Come Sunday: A Conversation with the Reverend Carlton Pearson appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry Pride and Prejudice – Thoughts from the Edge

Just two weeks after the Parkland School Shooting my friend Mary Duren invited four people to contribute to a discussion on the right to bear arms. The traffic on his posts was poor. It seems the news cycle had passed.  If you don't seize the moment within 24-hours, or … Continue reading The post Operating Out of a Different Narrative: God and Guns with Amy Butler and Teer Hardy appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Punishment Does Not Equate to Justice or, Jesus' Weak Move in Mark 8 Treyvon, a Legal System, and the Justice To Come Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross

Rick Saccone sensed a closer than expected 18th Congressional District race in Pennsylvania's Special Election. “They hate America. They hate God.”  Reactionary. Rather than touting his vision, goals and plans the moment he realized he might lose where President Trump won by more than 20 percentage points, Rick Saccone … Continue reading The post Micheal Gerson on Evangelicals Provokes David French: A Conversation with Greg Horton appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: The Value of Religion, Choosing Ignorance, and Identifying Arguments: An Interview with Greg Horton “Don't Be Like Jesus” – Inverting WWJD (Pt. 2) Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah

Maybe pastors still haven't found what they are looking for. Even if LifeWay is no longer strictly a resource for Southern Baptist Churches, one wonders how it is, after the dust has settled for most in the SBC on the matter of inerrancy, what does it mean a that … Continue reading The post What Are Pastors Searching For? A Conversation with Marty Duren appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Pariah, Corporatist News, and Literacy, An Interview with Marty Duren Pastors Search For . . . : A Conversation with Marty Duren Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns

Who needs me? That may be a more helpful question today than, Who is my neighbor?  Familiarity may breed contempt. It also may create indifference. Neighbor or Friend? The Good Samaritan became the means for one of Jesus' conversation partners to consider, “Who is my neighbor?” We hear Good … Continue reading The post Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry This Is Uz: A Conversation with Scott Curry Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord

Just four years ago it was reported,  “that 1500 pastors leave the ministry for good each month due to burnout or contention in their churches.” What is a pastor to do just five years in when he or she realizes there already exists lessons from failure? Not Much … Continue reading The post Pastors Fail? A Conversation with Taylor Mertins appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Pastors Search For . . . : A Conversation with Marty Duren Still Making Sense of Church: An Interview with Spencer Burke The Circles of Faithful Presence: An(other) Interview with David E. Fitch

Some time ago a friend discovered I had been reading Jurgen Moltmann's, The Crucified God. He suggested I leave Moltmann alone. If you know anything about me, that is like pouring gas on a fire. It called to mind moments in college and seminary where friends, even professors, … Continue reading The post A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Walk 150 Miles In My Shoes: An Interview with Blake Oakley The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh Community Witness

Most lands us in trouble. The word most gets us in trouble, not most people. When we want to lay claim to the popular position or opinion we use most; even if we know it runs into the wall of fallacies. Sweeping generalization or not, Jimmy Doyle's conversation … Continue reading The post Most Want Peace In Israel and Palestine: A Conversation with Jimmy Doyle appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Goliath, David, and South Carolina Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross Andrew, You Can't Do That!

If I had known Peter‘s birthday was Tuesday, I would have dropped this podcast then. After all, what better birthday gift for Pete than for our conversation to drop on the Interwebs! You know he will agree. The Bible Tells Me So Jesus loves me. In the 1860 … Continue reading The post Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason Micheli Surviving the Bible: A Conversation with Christian Piatt

Wall calendars. Day planners. Bullet journals. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Holidays. School schedules. Fiscal years. Just some of the ways we mark time. Bruce Hornsby lyrically wrote about marking time because “that's just the way it is.” If all we do is buy into the way things are, then shouldn't we … Continue reading The post Marking Time: A Conversation with Kenneth Tanner appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: How We Talk About Authority and Submission Matter #AltonSterling: An Interview with Geoff Holsclaw Reading Dead People, Leading Life Giving Community: An Interview with Wade Burleson Making Advent Great Again #MAGA: A Conversation with Emily Hunter McGowin

Long before electronic billboards, the Internet, and mobile apps, the bumper sticker served as a means to communicate how a person saw the world. Eddie Chiles radio commentary sign-off triggered a spate of bumper stickers that exclaimed, I'm Mad Too, Eddie! Who is Eddie and why is he mad? … Continue reading The post Anger Can't Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Trifle Not – Thoughts from the Edge From Isolation to Relationship, An Interview with Dave Miller Listen to Momma When She Speaks: An Interview with Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder

Who knew the sloganeering of a Presidential campaign would afford us a way to highlight the great mystery of the Incarnation? Consider it much like the Apostle Paul flipping, “Ceasar is lord,” to, “Jesus Is Lord.” Here we are one year later and my friend Tripp, along with Mike … Continue reading The post Making Advent Great Again #MAGA: A Conversation with Emily Hunter McGowin appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh Do You Believe In Magic? Or, More Sign Than Miracle The Sequel? or Living the End(ing) of Mark

The Youth Minister gave a new meaning to, “throw the book at him.” Originally the phrase meant to charge someone with as many crimes as are possible. Consider it throwing all the law at someone. Maybe, that is in fact what happened. Rather than take his questions seriously, the … Continue reading The post Surviving the Bible: A Conversation with Christian Piatt appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason Micheli The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh

The idols we create become burdens too heavy to bear. Scott Curry references Walter Brueggemann on Isaiah 46 to point out the caricatures we create for God become the idols in our heads that let us down when suffering comes. Not Speculative Suffering comes. When we least expect it. … Continue reading The post This Is Uz: A Conversation with Scott Curry appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: The Circles of Faithful Presence: An(other) Interview with David E. Fitch Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation

The last sacred thing is choice–individual choice. That line in a recent Facebook Post prodded this conversation. Even more, the conclusion of the post: . . . and we will have mass shooting after mass shooting, and churches, temples and mosques are not exempt because no one except … Continue reading The post The Last American Virtue: A Conversation with Greg Horton appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Blue Occupations, Black Bodies and Homelessness: An Interview with Jonathan Russell Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation

Few weeks hold as many consecutive references to events or celebrations in the Christian Calendar. Reformation Day. All Saints Day. All Souls Day. Do you find the reference to all worth considering? The history of human beings is not always about all human beings. Consider Winston Churchill's, “History is… Continue reading The post Backsliding Into All Souls Day appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark The Greatest Spiritual Discipline: An Interview with Philip Nation

One could not tell by the onslaught of published books that the Preacher of Ecclesiastes dictum still holds true. There is nothing new under the sun. So why rinse and repeat teaching Plato's, Symposium? Not me, of course. That would be Gilmour. Still Current, Not Nerdy The first … Continue reading The post Not Just a Nerdy Endeavor: A Conversation with Eric Hall and Nathan Gilmour appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: What Does Socrates Have to do with Preaching? or, Too Nerdy for Jason Micheli Love Can't: An Interview with Thomas J Oord Mr. Miyagi, Joan of Arc and God: An Interview with Eric E. Hall

Many people only know John 3:16. Explaining the importance of John's use of the word sign requires too much work. After all, if anything we know of recent events, signs and symbols point to different things for different people.  It should come as no surprise that many only know … Continue reading The post When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason Micheli appeared first on patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor-Theologian. Related posts: From Isolation to Relationship, An Interview with Dave Miller Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli Shame – The Big Gulp of Shut Up Juice: An Interview with Steve Austin