Speakeasy Theology

As a footnote to our ongoing conversation about Bonhoeffer's theology of pastoral ministry, David+ and I discuss a sermon by Joseph Ratzinger and what it teaches us about the vision of the good shepherd in the Gospel of John. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Christopher+ and Bill+ and I discuss how our views of God interfere with beholding and how the way Jesus met his death tells us the truth we most need to know. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Hart and I discuss the relationship between poetry and theology, and how good work becomes prayer, a form of stretching into the kingdom. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Paul repeatedly exhorts his churches to sing—but why? David+, Cherith+, and I discuss music, worship, and the Spirit's work in song, considering how singing in Paul's letters is not a form of expression but a means of participation in the Gospel itself. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Mark and I discuss his research on the prophetic in the broader Pentecostal tradition, especially Latter Rain movement, the intimate relationship between consciousness and the conscience, and the devastating effects of power struggles on prophetic integrity and prophetic legitimacy.You can find Mark's book here. You can also catch a recent interview I did with him for his channel here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David+ and I continue our reading of Bonhoeffer, exploring the grace of ordination, the need for rules and holding all good things in tension, and the dangers of false comfort. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Jordan and I discuss his forthcoming translation of Maximus' Christological letters and a chapter he recently finished on trauma and theology. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer's 1940 sermon on the Holy Innocents, weighing what he says about the use/abuse of power and considering how his work, thanks to his careful restraint, helps to free us both from the abstractions and hasty generalizations that distort what we think of God and the sentimentality that warps what we say about evil and suffering and how we say it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer's 1940 Epiphany meditation, considering what he says about the birth and baptism of the Lord and his understanding of Christ's solidarity with sinners. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Kevin Hart (Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor, Duke Divinity School) and I discuss his recently-published memoir, Dark-Land, the theological merits of autobiography, and the graces of contemplative prayer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David+ and I talk with Marty about his decades-long love affair with Luke-Acts, the benefits of studying with believers formed in other traditions, and marvel together at Luke's originality, the intricate complexity of his work, and the sheer expansiveness of his vision. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David+ and I discuss Bonhoeffer's 1935 Finkenwalde lecture on “contemporizing” the New Testament, weighing what it has to teach us now about preaching and handling the Scriptures in good faith. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Holly Taylor Coolman, professor of theology at Providence College, talks with me about Aquinas' view of the Law, New and Old, his reading of Romans 9-11, and her own perspective on what it means to argue with the great teachers of the church. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Geordie and I talk about TF Torrance and the work of teaching theology, exploring ways TFT helps us live with and speak of the triune God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Dr Davis and I discuss her career as a theologian and Old Testament scholar, what she has learned in inter-religious dialog about how to receive the wisdom of Israel's Scriptures, and the need for the practice of slow, humble reading of these texts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Fr David and I talk with Richard about the brokenness of the church, anxiety and the fear of death, the psychology of Jesus, the gift of tears, and how we come clean with God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Williams and I talk about loving theology and loving God, learning to pray, and how to serve the church without losing your soul. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David and I discuss the legend and rare-bird genius of Ivan Illich as well as his trials and tears, weighing out a few of Illich's key notions, including anti-Christ and the corruption of Christianity, counter-productivity, the ethics of the gaze, and the prayerful awareness that arises from and makes room for celebration. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Bill, David, and I talk about the wisdom of the liturgy, our experiences as Pentecostals who come every week to the Lord's Table, and the difference between revival and revivalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

“I have to be here as my full self, or I really can't be here at all.”—Amy Peeler—Dr Peeler and I talk about her ministry as a scholar and a priest, the challenge of interpreting Scripture, what it means to honor Mary, and how to speak of gender in relation to God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Brad East (Assistant Professor of Theology at Abilene Christian University) and I discuss Israel, church, and world; restorationism and the sacraments; the origins of evil and sin; Scripture and the formation of a political imagination; as well of course as Robert Jenson and his influence on us. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Hauerwas and I talk about the influence of Robert Jenson, the craft of writing theology, the problem with tent revivals, and how he has—and has not—changed his mind. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

“I do theology because I think God is real and God is beautiful…”—Kirsten SandersDr Sanders and I talk together over a wide range of subjects, including Pent/Char spirituality, the particularities of gender, Mary's obedience, supersessionism, LOTR, the joys of good disagreements, and the need for and dangers of doing theology. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Fr David and I talk with Melissa Archer about the household codes in Ephesians 5-6 and Colossians 3, and the history of their interpretation. We also discuss how these instructions fit within the framework of Paul's apocalyptic vision and consider what it means to sit together in the dust, lamenting the damage done in the long history of misuses and abuses of these texts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

The conversation with David Goa continues, turning to questions of sacramental theology and the matter of so-called closed Communion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Bradley and I talk with David Goa about the priesthood of all believers, the history of mission movements, confusions about hierarchy, the need for the strictures of liturgy and ordained ministry, Ivan Illich, and the crucial difference between communion and communication. Here's David's reflections on the royal priesthood, which we reference at the top: And here is his account of the day he spent with Ivan Illich, every bit as wild as he suggested. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Julie and I are joined by her daughters, Madeleine and Amie Kate, and their friends, Francesca and Katie, to begin a discussion on teaching our children the faith by learning it with them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Martin and I discuss the outrageous Jesus of the Gospels, the sanctifying plainness of Scripture, the difference between stone-stories and bread-stories, preaching and speechifying, the shift form lyric to epic Christianity, bone memory and our need for oak. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David and I talk with Bradley about Weil and what she says in her last notebooks about suffering, conscience, personhood, human rights/obligations, mystery, and—especially—the doctrine of the Trinity. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David+ and I talk with +Ed about his book, Spirit and Method, the pneumatological imagination, the limits of our understanding, and the need for playfulness in our relation to the truth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Christopher+, Bill+, and I discuss the texts for Sunday, delving into the ways that the Spirit leads us out where our trust is without borders. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

A link to the Nick Cave interview Christopher+ and I discuss: https://onbeing.org/programs/nick-cave-loss-yearning-transcendence/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Christopher and I talk with Frank about his new systematics, the possibilities and promise of theology, and the heart of Pentecostal spirituality. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

After a Lenten break, I'm back to talk with Marc about his story, his artistic process, and his view of the graces and glories of music. More about Hammock here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Smith joins me to discuss the peculiar glories of pastoral ministry, vulnerability in preaching, and figuring out the devil's parlor tricks. Here's link to the emptying prayer exercise she mentions: Here too is the holding page for her new book, Confessions of an Amateur Saint, as well as her other books, including The Vulnerable Pastor. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this four-part series, I explore the meaning of Advent in the light of what Jenson's “revisionary metaphysics” has to say to us about Jesus' body and his embodied relation to space and time. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

“The need of truth is more sacred than any other need.”—Simone Weil “Truth is the awakening of spirit in man, his communion with spirit.”—Nikolai Berdyaev This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

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David+ and I follow-up on last week's theology of trauma lecture, considering the deadening effects of privilege and the deceitfulness of sin on those called by the Spirit into responsibility for intergenerational healing, restitution, and shared flourishing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Five reflections on the five holy wounds and what they reveal to us about suffering and healing of trauma. If you're interested in the video of the lecture, you can find it here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David+, Christopher+, and I talk with Jason Micheli about his new book (A Quid without Any Quo), pastoral responsibility and the purpose of preaching, the scandal of the cross, the doctrine of justification, and how/why to read Galatians. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Beth Felker Jones (Professor of Theology at Northern Seminary and a leading blogmatician) talks with me about what it means to think and practice Christian doctrine faithfully in our quasi-Christian contexts, and why and how to teach/learn theology in a spirit of truth and love. We also reflect together on bad doctrines of hell, the crisis of discipleship, and her work on gender, sexuality, and embodiment. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In what is probably my favorite episode to date, my daughter, Zoë, joins the crew to discuss heaven and hell, time and eternity, dreams, angels, sin, grief, submission, Judas, and the hope of a final judgment. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Fr Christopher, Fr Bill, and I discuss this Sunday's readings, exploring the meaning of the struggle between Jacob and Esau, Isaac and Rebekah, the difference between living after the flesh and living in the Spirit, and why the parable of the sower does means something different from what we've assumed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe