Podcasts about Dietrich Bonhoeffer

This week's episode of the 9941 Podcast explores the difference between cheap grace and costly grace. Granger, Tyler, and Parker discuss repentance, God's holiness, the seriousness of sin, and why true faith produces a life that increasingly pursues Christ rather than excuses sin. Drawing from Philippians 2, Romans 5, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's The Cost of Discipleship, the conversation offers a biblical look at grace, forgiveness, and what it means to wage war against sin while resting in the finished work of Jesus. Follow the show: Instagram - https://www.Instagram.com/9941thepodcast Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/9941thepodcast YouTube - https://www.YouTube.com/@9941ThePodcast Online - https://www.9941ThePodcast.com Shop - https://yeeyee.com/collections/faithSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.”~Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), diplomat, activist, and longest-serving U.S. first lady “The condition of the Psalmist's mind was complex—he feared, but that fear did not fill the whole area of his mind.... It is possible, then, for fear and faith to occupy the mind at the same moment. We are strange beings, and our experience in the divine life is stranger still. We are often in a twilight, where light and darkness are both present and it is hard to tell which predominates. It is a blessed fear which drives us to trust. Unregenerate fear drives from God, gracious fear drives to him.”~Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), famed London pastor “The Psalter is the prayer book of Jesus Christ in the truest sense of the word. He prayed the Psalter and now it has become his prayer for all time.”~Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), theologian-pastor, executed for his opposition to the Nazis Question 1: What is the chief end of man?Answer: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. Question 2: What rule has God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?Answer: The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him. Question 3: What do the Scriptures principally teach?Answer: The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.~Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) “Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.”~Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983), Dutch survivor of a Nazi death campSERMON PASSAGE Psalm 56 (ESV)To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths.A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. 1  Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;  all day long an attacker oppresses me;2  my enemies trample on me all day long,  for many attack me proudly.3  When I am afraid,  I put my trust in you.4  In God, whose word I praise,  in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.  What can flesh do to me? 5  All day long they injure my cause;  all their thoughts are against me for evil.6  They stir up strife, they lurk;  they watch my steps,  as they have waited for my life.7  For their crime will they escape?  In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! 8  You have kept count of my tossings;  put my tears in your bottle.  Are they not in your book?9  Then my enemies will turn back  in the day when I call.  This I know, that God is for me.10 In God, whose word I praise,  in the Lord, whose word I praise,11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.  What can man do to me? 12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;  I will render thank offerings to you.13 For you have delivered my soul from death,  yes, my feet from falling,  that I may walk before God  in the light of life.

En la primavera de 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, teólogo alemán encarcelado por la Gestapo por resistir activamente al régimen nazi, escribió desde su celda en la prisión de Tegel: “Hay momentos en que tenemos que decidir definitivamente y actuar”. Tenía plena conciencia de que podría ser ejecutado. Lo fue el 9 de abril de 1945, pocas semanas antes del fin de la guerra. Lo que eligió en la bifurcación del camino, sabiendo el costo, produjo cartas, escritos y un testimonio que siguen formando a la iglesia ochenta años después. Las bifurcaciones de camino revelan en qué se apoya realmente la fe. Cuando la decisión cuesta algo concreto, la convicción queda expuesta. No se trata de heroísmo; se trata de obediencia sostenida en la confianza de que Dios acompaña a quienes lo siguen aunque el costo sea real. ¿Hay una decisión que has postergado porque el costo es claro? No la evadas más. Preséntala a Dios con honestidad hoy. La claridad para avanzar no siempre viene antes de dar el paso; a veces viene al darlo. La Biblia dice en Josué 24:15: "Escogeos hoy a quién sirváis". (RV1960).

En la primavera de 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, teólogo alemán encarcelado por la Gestapo por resistir activamente al régimen nazi, escribió desde su celda en la prisión de Tegel: “Hay momentos en que tenemos que decidir definitivamente y actuar”. Tenía plena conciencia de que podría ser ejecutado. Lo fue el 9 de abril de 1945, pocas semanas antes del fin de la guerra. Lo que eligió en la bifurcación del camino, sabiendo el costo, produjo cartas, escritos y un testimonio que siguen formando a la iglesia ochenta años después.Las bifurcaciones de camino revelan en qué se apoya realmente la fe. Cuando la decisión cuesta algo concreto, la convicción queda expuesta. No se trata de heroísmo; se trata de obediencia sostenida en la confianza de que Dios acompaña a quienes lo siguen aunque el costo sea real.¿Hay una decisión que has postergado porque el costo es claro? No la evadas más. Preséntala a Dios con honestidad hoy. La claridad para avanzar no siempre viene antes de dar el paso; a veces viene al darlo. La Biblia dice en Josué 24:15: "Escogeos hoy a quién sirváis". (RV1960).

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION“The Psalter is the prayer book of Jesus Christ in the truest sense of the word. He prayed the Psalter and now it has become his prayer for all time.”~Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), theologian-pastor, executed for his opposition to the Nazis “As long as you have not yet reached Christ, the divine word has only one piece of advice for you: ‘Come nearer; you are not yet in a place of security.'”~Augustine (354-430), North African church leader and theologian “When you are being pursued and certain ones are perpetrating slander….do not succumb to weariness, but being confident in the Lord and hymning him, recite the things in [Psalm 56].”~Athanasius (c. 296-373), theologian and church leader, in his “Letter to Marcelliuns” “The condition of the Psalmist's mind was complex—he feared, but that fear did not fill the whole area of his mind.... It is possible, then, for fear and faith to occupy the mind at the same moment. We are strange beings, and our experience in the divine life is stranger still. We are often in a twilight, where light and darkness are both present and it is hard to tell which predominates. It is a blessed fear which drives us to trust. Unregenerate fear drives from God, gracious fear drives to him.”~Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), famed London pastor “God hath so great compassion on his servants in trouble that he reckoneth even the steps of their wanderings and pilgrimage, and numbereth all their tears, and keepeth the count thereof, as it were in a register; and therefore every troubled servant of God, when he looks upon his sufferings, should look upon God also taking as particular notice of his troubles as he himself can do.”~David Dickson (1583-1662), Scottish pastor and theologian “…is it fair for a loving God to sit on His throne in Heaven and let us struggle and suffer on our own? …It makes perfect sense to me that God decided to come among us, live like us, and die a horribly painful death after being tortured. This is a God I can love with all my heart. A God who sets an example. A God who has bled and whose heart has been broken. This is who Jesus is to me. I don't pretend that I understand the Holy Trinity. But I understand love and sacrifice. I understand faithfulness.”~Marina Nemat, author of After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed, former political prisoner and inaugural recipient of the European Parliament's Human Dignity Award (2008)SERMON PASSAGEPsalm 56 (ESV)To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths.A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. 1  Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;  all day long an attacker oppresses me;2  my enemies trample on me all day long,  for many attack me proudly.3  When I am afraid,  I put my trust in you.4  In God, whose word I praise,  in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.  What can flesh do to me? 5  All day long they injure my cause;  all their thoughts are against me for evil.6  They stir up strife, they lurk;  they watch my steps,  as they have waited for my life.7  For their crime will they escape?  In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! 8  You have kept count of my tossings;  put my tears in your bottle.  Are they not in your book?9  Then my enemies will turn back  in the day when I call.  This I know, that God is for me.10 In God, whose word I praise,  in the Lord, whose word I praise,11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.  What can man do to me? 12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;  I will render thank offerings to you.13 For you have delivered my soul from death,  yes, my feet from falling,  that I may walk before God  in the light of life.

La vérité a-t-elle toujours une place dans notre monde? La vérité a encore une place dans notre monde, mais elle est fragilisée par la polarisation, les fake news et la confusion entre opinions et faits. Pour qu'elle demeure importante dans les milieux d'Églises, nous devons questionner nos certitudes, distinguer faits et opinions, et privilégier une recherche sincère fondée sur l'humilité et l'échange. Dans cet épisode, Joan et Stéphane reçoivent Yana-Malena Charras-Sancho. Ensemble, il et elles montrent que chacun tend à construire sa propre « vérité », influencée par ses croyances et son environnement et soulignent qu'elle demeure essentielle pour dialoguer et se comprendre. [Stéphane] Bonjour, bienvenue à Question de croire, un podcast qui s'intéresse à la foi et la spiritualité, une question à la foi. Cette semaine, la vérité a-t-elle toujours une place dans notre monde? [Joan] Bonjour Stéphane. [Stéphane] Bonjour Joan. Bonjour à toutes les personnes à l'écoute. [Joan] Aujourd'hui, nous avons une « special guest, » une invitée spéciale que je recommande à tout le monde parce qu'elle est hyper sympa, hyper intelligente. Elle vient d'une famille très, très cool. Il s'agit de Yana-Malena Charras-Sancho, notre deuxième fille. [Yana-Malena] Bonjour à tous. Je suis la fille de Joan qui fait ce podcast. [Stéphane] Bonjour et bienvenue. Quand la vérité dérange [Joan] J'ai remarqué que la vérité n'a pas tellement une place dans notre monde. Ça m'est arrivé, il n'y a pas longtemps, le 8 mars. C'est un peu triste, ce dont je vais parler. Et en même temps, j'ai l'impression qu'il faut en parler. Donc, on avait un culte là où on habite. J'ai fait bien attention, comme c'est un dimanche, à saluer toutes les femmes, même celles qui ne me connaissent pas, celles qui ne savent pas que je suis pasteure et que je suis la femme du nouveau pasteur. J'ai vraiment pris attention : « Bonjour, belle journée à vous! C'est notre journée. C'est la journée du 8 mars. » J'ai essayé de donner plusieurs versions de cette petite interpellation au sororal. Une dame que j'aime beaucoup, une dame avec une très belle vie de foi, un cœur grand comme ça m'a dit : « Bof! À quoi ça peut bien servir? Enfin, je ne sais pas moi. 8 mars, ouaf! » Puis je lui ai dit : « Mais si, ça sert! Ça sert parce qu'il y a tant et tant de femmes qui sont battues, parce qu'une femme sur cinq ceci, parce qu'un enfant sur quatre cela… » J'ai commencé à dérouler des chiffres. Autour d'elle, il y avait d'autres femmes et les visages sont devenus longs. J'ai vu qu'en fait, la vérité, ça ne plaît pas beaucoup. Et bon, je n'étais pas contente. Je dois dire qu'à la fin de mon exposé, je n'étais plus si en paix, alors qu'au début, j'étais assez joyeuse de souhaiter ce 8 mars. Quelques jours après, on s'est retrouvées et puis c'est vrai qu'on s'est un peu pris les mains. On s'est un peu présenté des excuses mutuellement. On s'est un peu dit que cette situation était gênante pour les deux. Voilà, on a retrouvé un chemin de sororité. Mais je me dis, la vérité de l'oppression, la vérité de la souffrance, la vérité des combats à mener, ça n'a pas toujours sa place. Une société fragmentée où la vérité ne rassemble plus [Stéphane] Nous vivons dans un monde très polarisé où chacun vit dans sa propre vérité. On se construit des discours, on se construit des argumentations, on se construit des façons de penser basées sur des chiffres plus ou moins vérifiés ou des statistiques qui font nos affaires et on oublie facilement les autres statistiques. On arrive dans une société où on ne parle plus de la même chose. On ne s'entend plus. On n'est plus capable de se parler. Et il y a un problème de ce côté-là, parce que sans vouloir que tous et toutes soient unis, au moins, si on peut utiliser les mêmes chiffres, les mêmes données, des arguments similaires, on peut se rejoindre. Entre opinion et savoir : peut-on encore parler d'une seule vérité ? [Yana-Malena] C'est vrai qu'il faut aussi remettre au cœur du débat ce qu'est la vérité en elle-même, parce que quand on dit qu'on vit un peu chacun dans notre vérité, ça nous fait nous demander si on a plusieurs vérités. Est-ce qu'on peut encore parler de vérité? En philosophie, Platon, il distingue la doxa, qui est l'opinion de l'épistémè, qui est le savoir vrai, et selon Platon, l'épistémè c'était quelque chose qu'on cultive et qui relève d'une étude et qui ensuite doit être transmis, au-delà de la doxa qui est l'opinion même. Donc là, on se demande si chacun vit dans sa vérité et si ce n'est pas ça qui polarise le monde finalement. Il s'agit de voir comment est-ce qu'on peut, dans notre monde d'aujourd'hui, remettre la vérité au cœur du débat et donc d'essayer de trouver un terrain d'entente. Moi, c'est ça qui m'émeut dans la vérité aujourd'hui. Est-ce qu'elle est encore possible quand on affirme tous qu'on a une vérité, alors qu'elle est forcément fausse par définition, puisqu'on sait qu'on a tous une vérité, il n'y en a pas? Entre convictions personnelles et vérités universelles [Joan] Moi, je me demande souvent comment distinguer la vérité de ma croyance. Parce que ma croyance, elle me nourrit, elle me porte. Et puis, ce sont des éléments véritables de la vie quotidienne, finalement. Moi, par exemple, ma vérité, c'est que j'ai besoin de faire du Pilates régulièrement, puis ça me fait du bien. Et puis, je n'arrête pas de dire à tout le monde, c'est super le Pilates, faites du Pilates. Ça, c'est ma croyance qui est devenue pour moi une vérité universelle. En même temps, il me semble quand même qu'en dehors de ma croyance, il y a des vérités qui sont un peu universelles. J'en prends une, elle est énorme, elle est massive : le dérèglement climatique. Et je me dis, comment ça se fait qu'on n'arrive pas à passer de la croyance à la vérité, de poser un peu nos convictions, de dire, OK, c'est vrai que mes convictions, peut-être, je crois au concept de la Terre nouvelle et des cieux nouveaux, mais ça ne m'empêche pas de réaliser que le dérèglement climatique cause du tort à des milliards d'humains. Donc voilà, c'est un peu cette différence-là qui, des fois, me questionne. Les faits existent, mais leur interprétation façonne la « vérité » [Stéphane] Ça me fait penser, quand je faisais mes études en théologie, il y a de ça quelques décennies, on avait eu une discussion justement sur qu'est-ce que LA vérité, avec un V majuscule, si je peux dire. J'arrivais d'une formation d'historien des années 1990 avec les théories de déconstruction narrative, l'absence de neutralité des sources, l'illusion de l'objectivité, etc. J'étais un peu cynique par rapport à cette conversation. Oui, il y a des données. Oui, il y a des faits. Mais c'est toujours organisé selon notre point de vue. L'exemple que je donne souvent, c'est que nous sommes ensemble. Nous voyons un accident de voiture. Comment chacun va raconter cet accident de voiture risque d'être d'une manière très différente pour des raisons culturelles, des raisons d'âge, des raisons de plein d'autres choses. Mais l'accident a eu lieu. C'est le même accident. Oui, il y a des faits. Oui, il y a des données. Mais comment ces faits, comment ces données sont organisées, c'est là qu'il faut faire attention avant de proclamer que c'est la vérité. Une vérité qui éclaire, sans dominer [Joan] C'est la raison pourquoi moi, le verset : « Je suis le chemin, la vérité et la vie » me parle à titre personnel. Vraiment, ça me nourrit. Mais ça me rend dingue lorsqu'il est utilisé pour avoir de l'emprise ou du pouvoir sur les autres. Pour moi c'est un peu comme si on avait une lampe torche hyper puissante et qu'on la braquait sur le visage des autres au lieu de s'en servir pour éclairer les lieux les plus sombres et éviter par exemple des drames : tomber ou être agressé quoi. En fait c'est un peu ça le « distinguo » que je ferais. Oui ce verset est beau. Il est porteur, mais selon comment je l'utilise, en fait il peut faire du mal. Entre autorité et dévoilement : les usages ambivalents de la vérité [Yana-Malena] C'est vrai que la vérité, elle peut être utilisée de plusieurs manières. Et puis, la vérité, à la base, quand on dit qu'on détient une vérité, c'est quelque part pour marquer son autorité et sa légitimité. Par exemple, quand on regarde les institutions aujourd'hui, on constate que ces institutions, elles se basent à l'origine sur le fait qu'elles détiennent une vérité que les autres n'ont pas et qu'elles permettent de garantir cette vérité. Par exemple, quand on parle de la justice, la justice estime qu'elle peut trancher dans des situations, lequel des deux points de vue est le véritable, lequel correspond aux véritables règles de la société, et en fonction des lois c'est elle qui la détient et qui a l'expertise de ces lois. Pareil pour la science, la science estime qu'elle détient la vérité parce qu'elle a les outils, elle a les moyens, elle a les experts. Et donc c'est vrai que dans ce verset : « Je suis le chemin et la vérité, » pourquoi est-ce qu'on utiliserait la vérité pour exercer du pouvoir sur les autres? Pourquoi est-ce qu'on s'en servirait pour marquer une autorité?  Alors que dans son origine grecque, la vérité c'est aletheia, donc dévoilement. Donc, quelque part, c'est plutôt une expérience qui ouvre les yeux, « le mythe de la caverne » de Platon, plutôt qu'une vérité qui assujettit. Je suis d'accord qu'aujourd'hui, quand on regarde l'état actuel du monde, la vérité est utilisée pour exercer une force sur les autres. C'est comme Trump, quand il déploie des fake news, qu'il invente des guerres entre des pays, ou bien qu'il dit encore que le Tylenol, ça crée de l'autisme. Quelque part, il essaie d'imposer son pouvoir. Il dit : « Je suis la vérité! C'est moi qui sais! Je suis le président des États-Unis! Je suis Jésus ». Je veux dire, là, on a une déclaration qui est vraiment fausse, elle est ouvertement fausse, et pourtant, elle est affirmée comme telle. Donc c'est vrai qu'aujourd'hui, l'utilisation de la vérité, elle est vraiment, vraiment complexe. Quand l'autorité s'approprie la vérité et en détourne le sens [Stéphane] C'est un très bon lien entre autorité et vérité. Je crois qu'on n'en parle pas assez, ou qu'on ne le souligne pas assez. Mon pasteur le dit, donc c'est vrai… ou tel leader politique… ou tel influenceur sur les médias sociaux… peu importe. Lorsque les paroles de figures d'autorité sont utilisées pour dominer les autres, là c'est vrai qu'il y a un problème. Jésus dit : « Je suis la vérité » et il y a des chrétiens qui utilisent ça pour dire que nous avons la vraie religion. Notre Église, c'est la vraie Église. Jésus n'a pas dit : « Mes disciples sont la vérité. Je suis la vérité. » Déjà en partant, il y a un écart que les gens s'approprient. Je me souviens que j'ai eu une discussion avec quelqu'un. J'avais fait une vidéo sur TikTok. La personne n'était pas d'accord. Moi je lui ai dit : « Écoute, moi je viens de l'Église Unie du Canada. Notre théologie est comme ça, blablabla… » Et lui, il me dit : « Moi je vais à tel endroit, puis on y enseigne la vérité, la vraie façon de lire la Bible. » Selon qui? Selon ton pasteur? Selon tes préférences personnelles? Il faut faire attention. Je peux vivre avec Jésus est la vérité, mais juste Jésus à la limite, pas moi qui essaie d'être son disciple et qui essaie de suivre son chemin. Je ne suis pas la vérité. Entre fake news et courage prophétique : dire une vérité qui dérange [Joan] Avant, tu as parlé des fake news, Yana-Malena, et c'est vrai qu'on nous demande parfois que faire avec les fake news quand on est pasteur. « J'ai lu ça, j'ai vu ça, qu'est-ce que vous en pensez? » Comme si on avait un petit surplus de lucidité, ou bien comme si on avait un regard, je ne sais pas, chrétien, ministériel sur le monde. Moi, en fait, je n'ai pas l'impression que la Bible m'aide spécialement à distinguer les fake news des vraies news. J'ai surtout l'impression que c'est le fait de soutenir des médias indépendants, des écoles de journalisme, de soutenir les journalistes d'Église autour de nous. Déjà, si on commençait par là, ce serait pas mal. Par exemple, j'ai une très bonne amie qui a quitté le milieu du journalisme pour retourner au pastorat. J'aime beaucoup discuter avec elle parce qu'avec son regard de journaliste, elle a plein d'autres portes d'entrée que moi. Donc c'est à ça que je pense quand je dis soutenir, rester en lien, avoir des contacts journalistiques. Et c'est vrai qu'on peut aussi se demander est-ce qu'en période de crise, (et est-ce qu'on est en période de crise?), est-ce que notre prédication est là pour établir une vérité factuelle? Est-ce que c'est quelque chose qui est attendu par nos communautés, par nos directions d'Église? Je pense tout de suite, et vous aussi j'imagine, à l'Église confessante de Bonhoeffer, le fait que Bonnefer avait vraiment soutenu tout ce mouvement-là, de dire il faut dire la vérité, il faut appeler le nazisme, le nazisme, il faut dire quand l'évangile est dévoyé. Est-ce que c'est à nous de le faire là maintenant? J'ai été très surprise hier. Il y avait les journées mondiales de jeunesse à Payerne, dans La Broye vaudoise en Suisse, et l'un des évêques suisses est venu, un francophone, et il a prêché contre la guerre. Tiens, tu aurais été content Stéphane! Il a vraiment suivi la ligne du pape Léon sur la démilitarisation, sur cesser cette espèce de bras de fer mondial, sur le fait que les populations s'ouvrent, sur le fait qu'en fait notre seul défenseur c'est le Christ et que quand on adopte ce défenseur on n'a pas besoin de la force physique, qu'on a la paix en nous qui nous vient du Christ. J'ai trouvé ça très courageux parce qu'il y avait quand même 200 jeunes, pas mal de responsables de la jeunesse, et puis c'était retransmis en direct sur Radio Maria. Donc j'ai trouvé que là, il y avait quelque chose de l'ordre du courage de dire une vérité, une vérité qui peut déranger. Ça rejoint en plus notre épisode sur le nationalisme chrétien, puisqu'il a osé dire dans sa prédication : « Être chrétien, ce n'est pas défendre le nationalisme chrétien. » C'est épatant! En plus, on avait les gardes suisses, on avait quand même des symboles d'autorité qui étaient là, qui représentaient les anciens mercenaires suisses qui sont la garde vaticane. Mais il a dit tout ça très tranquillement, très paisiblement, très ancré en lui-même. Alors voilà, est-ce qu'il a fait œuvre de vérité? Est-ce qu'il a répondu à cet appel de Dietrich Bonhoeffer et d'autres? À mon sens, oui, un peu. On dirait qu'en plus, il est soutenu par sa hiérarchie pour ça. Ça me laisse un peu rêveuse. * Photo de Allen Cai, unsplash.com. Utilisée avec permission. Fake news, foi et vérité : l'exigence d'une honnêteté intellectuelle [Yana-Malena] C'est vrai que moi, quand tu parlais des fake news et du rapport à la Bible, je me suis demandé si, quelque part, la Bible en elle-même, prise par ses lecteurs, ce ne serait pas en fait un ensemble de fake news. Je m'explique. On a beaucoup de lecteurs de la Bible et on a beaucoup de témoignages dans la Bible. Et la Bible, elle s'appelle la Bible et non pas aletheia ou la vérité. Donc la Bible, elle se veut elle-même réflexion. Elle se veut changeante et peut-être même qu'elle se veut quelque part fake news, dans le sens où elle va provoquer des réflexions chez les gens et quelque part, ça pourrait mener à des affirmations, et donc un ensemble de fake news. Par exemple, Stéphane, toi tu disais que sur Internet, des fois, tu avais des débats avec des gens. Ça m'arrive aussi sur Instagram où j'ai malheureusement un feed qui est beaucoup axé sur le rapport entre féminisme et religion, et notamment religion chrétienne. Il y avait cette jeune femme qui disait : « En fait, être féministe et chrétienne, c'est comme être un poulet qui soutient KFC. » Du coup, moi, j'ai lu ça. Je me suis énervée au plus profond de moi-même. Je pense que quelque part, j'ai failli taper un truc. Après, j'en ai parlé à ma psy et j'ai décidé de prendre parti. J'ai écrit un très, très long commentaire en disant, en fait, tu ne peux pas être féministe et dire aux chrétiens et chrétiennes qu'ils ont tort de croire en leur religion. Tu ne peux pas prôner la liberté de la femme et la liberté de l'oppression en étant toi-même une oppression. Après, j'ai eu aussi des féministes bizarres, des chrétiennes qui utilisaient la Bible comme quoi, tu n'es pas censée avoir un avis de toute manière et tout. Moi, j'ai halluciné. J'ai découvert qu'en fait, il y avait des chrétiennes qui créaient des fake news à partir de la Bible, comme quoi je n'avais pas le droit de donner mon avis ou des trucs comme ça, ou même des femmes qui disaient à la fin de la vidéo qu'elles n'avaient elles-mêmes pas le droit de donner leur avis. Et là, j'étais scotchée. Je me suis dit, c'est dangereux. Les gens qui prennent la Bible au pied de la lettre et les gens qui ne la prennent pas du tout.  J'ai trouvé que les deux extrêmes étaient d'une violence folle. C'est pour ça que là, le lien entre fake news et Bible, je me suis dit, les gens, en fait, ils se créent une fausse vérité outrageante et après, ils sont incapables de la questionner. C'est pour ça que moi, le rapport à la vérité aujourd'hui, j'avais envie de le remettre sur le critère de la compétence, sur le critère de l'honnêteté intellectuelle, en fait. Aujourd'hui, j'ai l'impression que ce qui va au-dessus de la vérité en elle-même, c'est le pouvoir et la fierté. Parce qu'aujourd'hui, on est dans un monde où, en fait, on n'a plus de fierté, on n'a plus confiance en nous parce qu'on est dans un monde qui nous aliène, en fait. On est dans un monde où on est complètement asservi aux réseaux sociaux, à Internet, aux gens, aux relations, aux critères sociaux, au patriarcat, parlons-en. Et en fait, on se repose sur ce qu'on peut. Je pense que la foi, il faut qu'elle revienne au cœur du débat. Comme Jésus l'avançait : « Je suis la vérité », c'est-à-dire, regarde ma vie et réfléchis. Jésus ne dit pas d'aller imposer des choses aux gens. Il dit en fait regarder ma vie et réfléchissez. C'est là que toute la Bible, toute la foi et toute la vérité prennent leur ampleur, c'est un dévoilement. Tu te mets de côté, tu mets ta fierté de côté et tu regardes en fait, c'est quoi ma compétence? Qu'est-ce que je sais? Qu'est-ce que les autres gens ont à apprendre? C'est juste être honnête, en fait. Je ne sais pas de quoi je parle. Je n'ai pas vécu dans une Église. Je n'ai pas vécu de violences patriarcales, je ne sais pas. Tu es juste honnête avec toi-même. Et moi, c'est vraiment ça pour moi, c'est l'honnêteté intellectuelle. L'humilité face aux limites de notre compréhension de la vérité [Stéphane] J'ajouterais peut-être un peu d'humilité. Parfois, on affirme : « Jésus a dit ceci, Jésus a dit cela. »  Je n'étais pas là. Je n'étais pas là il y a 2000 ans. Donc cette certitude se base sur quoi? Se base sur des faits rapportés? Ce sont les célèbres questions : comment Jésus a-t-il pu nourrir 5000 personnes avec cinq pains et deux poissons? Ma réponse, souvent, est : je ne le sais pas. Le récit que nous avons nous dit que… Moi je crois que… mais je ne peux pas vous l'affirmer hors de tout doute. Si on pousse la réflexion, est-ce que Jésus a vraiment existé? Selon les normes et les témoignages de l'époque, on croit que oui. Mais là, il y a toujours quelqu'un qui dit : « Ah! Tels historiens, ils exagèrent et embellissent la vérité. »   Ça, c'est mon côté de formation d'historien qui va parler. Mais la notion de vérité, il y a 2000 ans, n'était pas la même que celle d'aujourd'hui. Et fort probablement, 2000 ans dans le futur, ils risquent de nous regarder aujourd'hui, ils risquent de ricaner un peu. « Ah! ces gens du début des années 2000, ils étaient naïfs. Ils croyaient n'importe quoi. » Je pense qu'il y a aussi cette notion-là de dire que je ne sais pas tout. Nous ne pouvons pas tout savoir. Voici ce que nous comprenons. Voici les outils que nous utilisons. Essayons quand même de demeurer humbles, parce que lorsqu'on essaie de s'affirmer trop fort, lorsqu'on essaie de bomber le torse, lorsqu'on essaie d'établir une domination, comme vous l'avez dit, ça conduit toujours à de mauvaises places. Entre déni et inertie : quand la vérité cède au confort et aux habitudes [Joan] Je suis contente qu'on parle de cette notion d'honnêteté intellectuelle et puis toi, Stéphane, que tu parles de nous conduire à des mauvaises places lorsqu'on prend une certaine posture, parce qu'on découvre que « Les protocoles des sages de Sion » continuent à circuler. Ça, c'est quand même complètement délirant. Alors là, on va se dire que c'est vraiment immense, comme fake news, et ça dure depuis près d'un siècle. Mais quand on voit que la carte Mercator continue à être utilisée avec son Afrique minuscule, et qu'on nous l'a enseignée à l'école et que l'on continue à l'enseigner à nos enfants, on se dit, mais alors là, c'est un choix. Là, on est déjà dans des choix idéologiques, des choix politiques, des choix de politique internationale. Maintenant, on va arriver vers nos boutiques à nous, comme ça tout le monde en prend pour son grade, j'ai découvert dans un article que la dernière révision de la traduction œcuménique de la Bible, à 50 ans, Pardon? Ça veut dire que la même TOB avec laquelle mon mari et moi on a fait les études, c'est la même que celle avec laquelle notre fille aînée Marysol fait ses études? Non, mais on ne devrait même plus la vendre à ce stade. Il faut arrêter. 50 ans sans être révisé? Avec tout ce qui s'est passé en 50 ans en termes de réflexion sur le genre, les oppressions, le postcolonialisme, mais ce n'est pas possible. Maintenant on arrive vraiment à mon point touchy, le truc qui peut m'énerver matin, midi et soir sans problème, même quand je suis en train de faire un jacuzzi, c'est le fait qu'on ait un livret de cantique qui a déjà 20 ans. L'autre fois, je l'ai dit à quelqu'un qui me dit : « Oui, mais on ne connaît pas encore tous les cantiques du livret. » Je lui dis : « Bon, en même temps, il a 20 ans. » Il me dit : « Non! » Je lui dis « Mais si! c'est marqué dedans. » « Tu vois, pour moi, je n'aurais jamais cru. Oh! mais c'est fou. » « Ben ouais, c'est fou. » Ça fait 20 ans qu'on se farcit, justement, un livret de cantiques dont on chante peut-être 10% quand tout va bien. C'est incroyable! Pour moi, c'est tellement d'exemples de déni, de choix qui ne se justifient pas par la raison ou par une quelconque notion de vérité, de ce qui est bon, mais par le confort, une forme d'inaction. Ils disent : « Et puis on a pris l'habitude maintenant et de la TOB et du livret de cantiques et puis il faudrait s'organiser, trouver des gens pour le faire… » Mais bien sûr, mais il faut le faire en fait. Il y a des questions de justice sociale derrière. La quête de vérité à l'ère de la post-vérité et du doute [Yana-Malena] Aujourd'hui, la vérité, c'est quelque chose qui est en danger. La post-vérité, c'est tout un concept qui nous fait questionner la possibilité d'une vérité même à l'ère de l'IA, des réseaux sociaux, de la pluralité des points de vue. En fait, il faut aller au-delà de la paresse. Et il faut faire l'effort, comme on dit, humilité, honnêteté intellectuelle. En fait, il faut sortir du confort et faire l'effort de remettre en question ce qu'on sait et être dans une quête honnête de la vérité. C'est ça, je crois, un des enjeux en fait. Faire confiance à l'esprit critique pour dépasser la polarisation [Stéphane] Je crois qu'il faut faire confiance aux personnes. Souvent j'entends : « Ah! Les jeunes, ils se font prendre dans n'importe quelle théorie du complot. » Des théories du complot, il y en a toujours eu. Même, on le voit dans les évangiles, ils disent : « Ils vont voler le corps de Jésus et ils vont faire croire aux gens qu'il est ressuscité. » Déjà là, on est presque dans Dan Brown avec Da Vinci Code. Je regarde mon adolescent, par exemple. Il n'est pas plus idiot que nous. Il connaît les codes. Ce n'est pas parce qu'il n'utilise pas les mêmes outils de vérification que moi, que j'utilise depuis 50 ans, qu'il est plus naïf ou qu'il est plus stupide. Je pense qu'il y a une majorité de gens qui sont prêts à se poser des questions, qui sont prêts à fouiller, qui sont prêts à écouter. Il y aura toujours les gens qui ne veulent rien savoir, qui vont tomber dans les théories du complot. Je pense qu'il faut accorder de l'importance aux personnes qui sont censées et se sortir d'une espèce de logique de polarisation. Qu'est-ce qui va attirer les clics? Qu'est-ce qui va attirer les followers sur les médias sociaux? Qu'est-ce qui va créer le plus grand spectacle à la télévision? Il faut avoir foi en l'humanité, je crois. Conclusion [Joan] J'aime beaucoup cette notion de foi en l'humanité. On a eu un dialogue un peu intergénérationnel aujourd'hui avec Yana-Malena et c'était un plaisir. Alors si vous aussi vous avez des exemples de vérité qui vous touchent, de post-vérité, de fake news, et si vous voulez nous demander notre avis sur un certain nombre de choses comme le livret de cantiques, nous sommes à votre disposition sur notre adresse gmail que va donner dans un instant Stéphane. [Stéphane] Et oui, nous avons une adresse courriel, question de croire, pas de point, pas de tiret, questiondecroire@gmail.com. Nous avons aussi un groupe WhatsApp où on essaie de continuer les conversations de nos épisodes ou d'avoir d'autres conversations sur les questions que les gens ont aujourd'hui. Tous les liens sont dans la description de l'épisode. Je veux prendre quelques secondes pour remercier l'Église unie du Canada, notre commanditaire, ainsi que Réforme qui relaie notre podcast. Soyez des évangélistes pour nous partager, parler de notre projet et on se reparle très bientôt. Merci à vous deux. [Joan] Merci à toi Stéphane. [Yana-Malena] Merci.   Liens Site Internet: https://questiondecroire.podbean.com/ ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/question-de-croire/id1646685250  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Xurt2du9A576owf0mIFSj  Réforme: https://www.reforme.net/podcast/ Contactez-nous: questiondecroire@gmail.com Notre commanditaire: L'Église Unie du Canada  Moncredo.org * Musique de Lesfm, pixabay.com. Utilisée avec permission.  * Photo de Jarl Schmidt, unsplash.com. Utilisée avec permission. * Communauté WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Iu1ggsLoCdyLid7SrJrCoF   Mots clés : vérité, fake news, honnêteté intellectuelle, foi, société, pouvoir, Bible, déconstruction, post-vérité, Église Unie du Canada, croire, TOB, Platon, croyance, autorité.   Sujets clés : La place de la vérité dans la société actuelle L'usage de la vérité pour exercer le pouvoir La distinction entre croyance personnelle et vérité universelle Les enjeux de l'honnêteté intellectuelle L'impact des fake news et de la post-vérité La vérité dans la Bible et la foi chrétienne Les défis de la déconstruction narrative et de l'objectivité L'influence des figures d'autorité sur la perception de la vérité   Citations : "La vérité est souvent utilisée pour exercer une force" "L'honnêteté intellectuelle est essentielle pour la vérité"  

Difference exposes our tendency to rank people as “better” or “worse.” Theologian Brian Brock, PhD, joins Amy Julia Becker to explore a life rooted in connection, creatureliness, and love. They consider:Social hierarchy and disability stigmaDietrich Bonhoeffer, community, and moral responsibilityHuman worth and personhoodJoining Creation's PraiseS10 E8:00:00 Introduction: Joining Creation's Praise04:35 Human Beings Are Creatures11:57 Human Exceptionalism and Disability16:00 Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Disability, Moral Responsibility, and Community21:19 Euthanasia and Historical Context24:07 Creation, Redemption, and Human Worth32:22 Understanding Personhood in Modern Ethics40:59 Reimagining the Good Life Through CreationMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Joining Creation's Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness by Brian Brock_SUBSCRIBE to Amy Julia's Substack: amyjuliabecker.substack.comWATCH this conversation on YouTube: Amy Julia Becker on YouTubeJOIN the conversation on Instagram: @amyjuliabeckerLISTEN to more episodes: amyjuliabecker.com/shows/_ABOUT OUR GUEST:Brian Brock (DPhil, King's College, London) is Chair of Moral and Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has written scholarly works on the use of the Bible in Christian ethics, the ethics of technological development, the theology of disability and the doctrine of creation. He is founder and managing editor of the academic monograph series T&T Clark Enquires in Theological Ethics, is Managing Editor of the Journal of Disability and Religion and President of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics. He is also a husband and father of three children, including Adam, who is 21, a delightful human being with Down's Syndrome and autism. His most recent book is Joining Creation's Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness.Professor Brian Brock | The University of Aberdeen__We want to hear your thoughts. Send us a text!Connect with me:InstagramFacebookYouTubeWebsiteThanks for listening! 

Forgive Us Our Debts Matthew 6:9–12 Culture of Gospel Share this with someone in your life who doesn't know Jesus. Most people spend their lives trying to prove they're good enough or trying to hide the parts of themselves they're ashamed of. Jesus offers something radically different: a God who already knows your worst, still loves you completely, and invites you to stop pretending and simply come home. Sermon Summary In this message, Coleton continues through the Lord's Prayer by focusing on one of the most uncomfortable—and most freeing—requests Jesus teaches us to pray: "Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." (Matthew 6:12) Many people assume confession is something spiritually immature Christians do. Once you've followed Jesus long enough, you shouldn't need to confess very often. Coleton challenges that assumption by showing that Jesus teaches the exact opposite. The mark of spiritual maturity is not pretending you've stopped sinning. The mark of maturity is becoming increasingly honest about your sin because you've become increasingly confident in the Father's love. Coleton begins with a simple story about a child being told to own up to a mistake. Owning our failures is difficult, but it is one of the clearest signs of maturity. The same is true spiritually. Jesus invites His followers into a regular rhythm of confession—not because God is angry with them, but because He wants them to experience His grace again and again. Tyler Staton captures this beautifully: "One of the biggest mistakes we've made in the modern church is to reimagine spiritual maturity as the need to confess less... A maturing community is a confessing community—not a church without sin, but a church without secrets." Before explaining why confession matters, Coleton highlights three important observations from Jesus' prayer. Three Things Jesus Wants Us to Notice About This Prayer 1. Confession is not the first thing Jesus tells us to pray. Jesus does not begin the Lord's Prayer with confession. He first teaches us to call God Father, to worship Him, seek His Kingdom, and ask Him for our daily needs. That order matters. God isn't waiting for us to clean ourselves up before He listens to us. He isn't withholding His love until we've confessed every failure. Coleton illustrates this with his son Teddy. He would never refuse Teddy breakfast or a hug until Teddy apologized for everything he did wrong the day before. Healthy relationships don't work that way, and neither does God's relationship with His children. Confession is something we practice within the security of being loved—not something we do to earn God's love. 2. Jesus assumes we will sin. Jesus doesn't say: "If you've sinned..." He simply teaches us to pray: "Forgive us our debts." Jesus assumes every disciple will continue battling sin. If we struggle to keep diets, New Year's resolutions, or promises to ourselves, how much more do we struggle to meet God's perfect holiness? The prayer keeps us humble by reminding us that every believer continually depends upon God's grace. 3. This prayer comes with a warning label. Perhaps the most sobering part of the prayer is this phrase: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Coleton describes this as the "fine print" of the prayer. Every time we pray these words, we're asking God: "Forgive me the same way I've forgiven others." That should cause every Christian to examine their heart. If we refuse to forgive those who have hurt us, we're asking God to respond to us with that same unwillingness. Jesus is exposing whether His grace has truly transformed us. Grace received always becomes grace extended. 1. Jesus Wants Us to Confess So We Experience the Father's Love Many people think confession is primarily about focusing on their failures. Jesus says it's actually about experiencing God's kindness. Coleton points to one of Jesus' greatest stories—the Prodigal Son. The Father runs first. Before the son ever finishes confessing... The father runs. He hugs him. He kisses him. The embrace comes before the confession. Luke 15:20–24 "While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion... he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him..." The son's confession lasts only a few words. The father doesn't interrogate him. He doesn't demand every detail. He doesn't shame him. Instead he interrupts him with celebration. The robe. The ring. The feast. The party. The father's joy completely overshadows the son's failure. Coleton explains that this is exactly how Jesus wants us to picture confession. Confession isn't crawling toward an angry God. It is stepping into the embrace of a Father who already loves His children. He summarizes confession in three movements: Step into the Father's affection. Acknowledge your sin. Receive the Father's joyful forgiveness and move forward. The Father never brings the son's past back up. Even when the older brother tries to, the father defends him. That is the heart of God. Bible Passage Luke 15:20–24 2. Jesus Wants Us to Run Toward God Instead of Away From Him Sin naturally produces hiding. Adam and Eve sinned, and their first instinct was to hide. We still do the same thing today. We hide behind excuses. We curate better versions of ourselves. We pretend. Jesus wants to completely reverse that instinct. Instead of hiding from God, He wants us to run toward Him. Coleton emphasizes that God is the safest person in the universe to bring your worst mistakes. There is nothing you can confess that surprises Him. Nothing that makes Him love you less. Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes: "You are a sinner, a great, desperate sinner; now come... to the God who loves you... He wants you as you are... You can hide nothing from God... with Him, you can dare to be a sinner." That phrase becomes the heart of this section: "Dare to be a sinner with God." Instead of pretending, come honestly. God promises mercy. Bible Verse 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 3. Jesus Wants Confession to Break Sin's Power Over Our Lives Hidden sin grows stronger. Confessed sin begins to lose its grip. Coleton turns to David's words after his own failure. Psalm 32:3–5 David describes the physical and emotional weight of hidden sin. His strength dried up. His bones wasted away. But everything changed once he confessed. Coleton summarizes it simply: Sin in our hands leads to death. Sin placed in God's hands is put to death. Many believers spend years trying to conquer sin through sheer determination. Jesus offers a different way. Bring it into the light. Ray Ortlund says: "We don't overcome sin by heroic willpower, but by confessing them to death." Tyler Staton compares confession to visiting a doctor. Healing begins when we're honest enough to identify what's actually wrong. Confession is not humiliation. It's the pathway to healing. Bible Passage Psalm 32:3–5 4. Jesus Teaches This Prayer Because Our Debt Cannot Be Paid Any Other Way Jesus deliberately uses the language of debt. Sin creates a debt we cannot repay. Many people instinctively believe they can balance the scales. If they simply become nicer... Serve more... Give more... Work harder... Surely God will overlook the bad. Jesus completely rejects that way of thinking. He doesn't teach us to pray: "Help me work off my sins." Instead He teaches us to ask for forgiveness because forgiveness is the only solution. We cannot erase our own debt. Only Jesus can. Coleton reminds the church that admitting this requires humility. Many people cannot admit they need mercy. But everyone who does finds more grace than they ever imagined. Pete Greig writes: "There is more grace in God than there is sin in you... Pray 'forgive us our sins'... and He'll forgive you. Just like that." This is the gospel. Our debt isn't reduced. It's erased. 5. Jesus Wants Us to Ask for Forgiveness Because God Loves Forgiving People The final point may be the most beautiful. God doesn't reluctantly forgive. He delights to forgive. Forgiveness isn't something we convince Him to do. It is something He loves to do. Coleton quotes Dane Ortlund, who reminds us that Christ finds joy when sinners come to Him for mercy. Jesus endured the cross because He delighted in making sinful people clean. Coleton uses a helpful illustration. Imagine asking a bank to forgive every debt you owe. It would seem impossible. But imagine someone had already paid every dollar you owed. Walking into the bank would suddenly become an act of confidence, not desperation. That is exactly what Jesus accomplished on the cross. Our confidence isn't in ourselves. It's in the One who already paid our debt. Ray Ortlund summarizes this beautifully: "God welcomes people who keep coming back to Him for more and more and more mercy... He isn't tired, and He isn't tired of you." Because Jesus has already paid the debt, believers can continually come before the Father with confidence, knowing forgiveness is always available. How Can We Practice This Prayer? Coleton closes by giving practical ways to make confession a regular rhythm of life. 1. Pray the Lord's Prayer exactly as Jesus taught it. "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." 2. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal hidden sin. One of the Holy Spirit's ministries is conviction—not condemnation. Ask Him to lovingly reveal areas that need repentance, and respond with humble confession. 3. Pray Psalm 51 regularly. Allow David's prayer of repentance to become your own. 4. Pray the tax collector's prayer. "Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner." Jesus said this humble prayer resulted in the man going home justified before God. 5. Practice the Prayer of Examen. Spend time each day reflecting on God's presence, reviewing your day, confessing sin, and receiving His grace before ending the day. Final Challenge Coleton closes by reminding the church that confession is not weakness. It is evidence of confidence in the character of God. Every time believers confess their sins, they discover once again that God is even kinder than they imagined. Jesus teaches us to pray this prayer not because He wants us to dwell on our failures, but because He wants us to continually experience the riches of the Father's love, the freedom of forgiveness, and the transforming power of His grace. The Christian life is not about hiding your sin better. It is about bringing your sin into the light where God's mercy is greater than your failures every single time. Discipleship Group Questions Which of the five reasons Jesus gives us for practicing confession impacted you the most, and why? Coleton said that spiritual maturity is marked by more confession, not less. How does that challenge the way you normally think about spiritual growth? Are you more likely to hide your failures from God or run toward Him with them? What keeps you from being completely honest with Him? Jesus teaches us to pray, "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Is there someone you need to forgive? How does remembering God's forgiveness toward you help you extend forgiveness to others? Which of the five practical ways to practice confession (the Lord's Prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal sin, Psalm 51, the tax collector's prayer, or the Prayer of Examen) would be most helpful for you to begin practicing this week, and why?  

When authoritarianism wraps itself in faith, how should a spiritual community respond? We trace the chilling historical parallels between 1930s Germany and the modern political moment as Quaker lawyer Scott Holmes crafts a modern declaration of resistance. Drawing on the 1934 Barmen Declaration, we explore the collision of religion and nationalism. How do we maintain integrity when political forces co-opt sacred traditions? Join us to navigate the challenge of preserving truth and radical love in a fractured world.   Read Scott Holmes' full statement here: https://curtisscottholmes.blogspot.com/2025/12/statement-of-faith-toward-shared.html?m=1 Become a monthly supporter! Sign up for the Daily Quaker Message.

Like Father, Like Son Pastor Mark Havel Matthew 10:24-39“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!“So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.“Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's foes will be members of one's own household.“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” My oldest son, Jackson, who is 22, spent a rainy morning with me on vacation in South Haven, Michigan, this past week, milling around a couple of antique stores there. (“Antique malls,” actually, is what the call them.) It has to be raining and/or vacation for me to do much resembling “antiquing,” but I was there for the nostalgia of seeing old toys from my childhood and whatever vinyl records I might find. Jack was there for the sports memorabilia and baseball cards. He scored a few of the latter and I found myself a pretty clean copy of Bruce Springsteen's “Darkness on the Edge of Town.”While we were looking through a treasure trove of old Sports Illustrated magazines – mostly from the 1970's and 80's – a stranger walked by, looked at Jack, then looked at me, then probably back at Jack, and declared, “Well that apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it?” We both laughed and I told him we'd heard that before. To which he said, with awe, “It's remarkable.” I don't always think we look THAT MUCH alike, though many of you have said so, over the years. But when a stranger notices and feels compelled to call it out in public, I guess there's no denying it.And it's always been a compliment to me – even if I can't always see it – that I share a resemblance with either of my boys. But anyone who's ever been 12 or 13 or 16 or 17 knows the LAST thing you'd count as a compliment is for someone to think you look like one of your parents.You know, those times in childhood and adolescence when you can't stand being seen with, let alone be seen as looking like, your mom or your dad. You know, those moments when kids stop holding mom's hands at the store; when they cringe anytime dad makes conversation with their friends; or when they rush from the car in the school drop-off line as if the vehicle was on fire.And all of this had me thinking about some of what I hear Jesus saying in this morning's Gospel. Specifically, it made me think of what it means when Jesus talks about acknowledging or denying God, the Father, in our daily lives.See, Jesus uses all sorts of images, illustrations and hyperbole today – and it's okay … important … faithful … and a relief, actually, to recognize some of this as exaggeration and hyperbole. All of this talk about peace and swords, setting family members against one another, about not being worthy of Jesus, is nothing more and nothing less than naming the seriousness of our call to be disciples and followers of Christ in the world. So I don't we need to take Jesus LITERALLY at every turn, this morning, as long as we take him SERIOUSLY. Because discipleship is a serious thing. It was in the days of the Jesus and it is meant to be, still. It calls for bold confession, faithful practice, and courageous action, more often than we're always inclined.And, remember, Jesus is talking to his first disciples today, knowing all sorts of persecutions and temptations are in store for them because of what he's asking. When he talks about coming “not for peace, but with a sword,” he's not doing away with his title as the Prince of Peace or with his command to love one another – AND our enemies. Jesus is saying that, too often, the kind of amazing, radical, counter-cultural, life-changing grace, mercy, and peace God offers is more than some people can handle. And that in order to really get it and to truly proclaim it and to faithfully share it means to surprise and to separate and to send people reeling from time to time.(If you need proof of the kind of threat that sort of grace is to some people, you should see some of the hateful, frightening comments I hid from my Facebook feed after posting just a clip from my last sermon. Among other things, you should know, I'm an evil, demonic, blaspheming, false prophet who's going straight to Hell – I deserve it – and I'm bringing all of you with me.)All of this is to say, Jesus wants his people – his people – to be realistic about, and ready for, the consequences of what real, faithful, kingdom-living may lead to in our lives and in this world.Because doing that well – living faithfully, I mean – is hard work. When you stand up for justice for the “least of these,” that often means challenging the systems that protect the powerful. When you speak truth to power, power doesn't always like what you have to say. When you speak the truth, even in love, the response is often denial and fear and hatred of that very truth and of those who proclaim it.And that kind of faithful living gets people like Martin Luther excommunicated. It gets people like Nelson Mandela thrown into jail, people like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Renee Good, and Alex Pretti, killed. It gets women in some denominations thrown out of the pulpit. And, of course, all of it got Jesus, himself, crucified, too.And those are some tough shoes to fill. I wonder how many of us have had the opportunity or would have the courage and the faith to live out our faith like some of these giants. So we do our denying on a smaller scale, don't we? When we drive by the hungry person on the street corner… When we let the racist comment slide… When we laugh with the bullies or at the queer kids and the sexist jokes on the White House lawn... When we add our two cents to the gossip mill... When we vote with our self-interests, first.So what are we to do with Jesus' promise – or threat – when he says, “Everyone who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. And everyone who denies me before others, I will also deny before my father in heaven”?What I hear him saying isn't so much that those who deny Christ or fail at this call to faithful discipleship are doomed or damned for all eternity. It's not that if we don't live up to the high bar of King or Mandela or Bonhoeffer, we're out of luck. Remember, he also promises that we hold more value than many sparrows, who, even though they fall, are never beyond the reach of God's care.What I hear Jesus acknowledging is that God – the Father of all creation – knows, like so many good parents know, what it feels like to have his children deny or be embarrassed by their likeness to their Creator: to drop his hand at the grocery store, you might say; or rush by with friends to avoid any awkward conversations; or to shrink down in the seat and hurry from the car hoping no one notices who's in the driver's seat.What I hear Jesus saying to his disciples and to each of us, is that it's time to grow up. He's inviting us to embrace the claim of God, the Father, on our lives and to start living in the joy, responsibility, and challenge of that holy calling.Just like it's hard to pinpoint exactly when children begin distancing themselves from their annoying, embarrassing parents, it's difficult to pinpoint a precise moment when they begin to turn around and to start re-building those more mature bridges of relationship, connection, respect, and admiration, too.But, believe it or not, kids, it happens! There comes a time when the comparisons and resemblances to our parents seem pretty small in the grand scheme of things – and even beautiful and holy and remarkable, the more mature we get, if we're lucky. I got a glimpse of it with Jackson last week in that antique store. And I hope my mom and dad have noticed it over the years, too.And I hear Jesus calling our attention to that same reality when it comes to our relationship with God. He's inviting us to embrace our call to discipleship, to look and act more and more like our maker – all the things an immature faith might fear and resist – because following Jesus puts everything into a different perspective.It's an invitation and a holy challenge, because Jesus knows that when we do it – when we let the call to discipleship change the way we live, what once seemed like work (stuff like generosity, gratitude and grace) will become a way of life. What once seemed beyond us (stuff like sacrifice, selflessness, and suffering, even) actually bears fruit for us and for others. What once seemed unbelievable (stuff like healing, wholeness, and real joy) will become Truth, with a capital T, for our lives. And what once seemed impossible (forgiveness, freedom and eternal life) will belong to us all.Amen

On this weeks podcast C&SI partners up with TheWay.ie to bring you an update on the Irish Synodal Pathway. We had hoped to have Juliann Moran (the Synodal Pathway General Secretary) on with us but unfortunately Juliann is a bit under the weather at the minute. So this week we are sharing an interview with Fr Declan Hurley, Chairperson of the National Synodal Pathway, and Patricia Carroll, member of the National Synodal Pathway and Pastoral Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Dublin who discuss the progress made by the various working groups and explain the purpose and significance of the upcoming National Synodal Assembly.In part one we have our regular run through the up coming liturgical odds and ends including Saints of the Week and we have some reflections this week from Martina Leehane Sheehan (from Ruahrest) and Monica Browne. In part three John and Shane have our weekly effort to share some thoughts with  you about the Sunday gospel which this week is from Matthew 10:26-33. On this weeks reflection Shane made reference to the German protestant pastor and martyr of Nazi's Dietrich Bonhoeffer. You can get a brief introduction to Bonhoeffer's discussion of cheap grace V costly grace HERE. Also an article to help break it down from the gospelcoalition.org HERE.Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaions@gmail.com

How Can Freedom, Faith, and the Fight Beyond A Holiday Shape Us?   Host Curtis Chang talks with sociologist Dr. Angel Adams Parham about the history of Juneteenth, from the 1865 emancipation announcement in Galveston, Texas, to its meaning for American freedom, racial justice, and collective memory. Together, they explore the spiritual resilience of the Black church, its influence on Christian theology and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and why Juneteenth matters for all Americans. They also consider how Christians can celebrate Juneteenth with both joy and historical honesty.   02:05 - The Historical Story of Juneteenth 05:11 - What Were the Limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation? 09:28 - An American Pattern of Incomplete Freedom 13:34 - How Do We Preserve the Meaning of Juneteenth? 19:24 - The Pain of Historical Erasure & Cultural Setbacks 23:43 - Scripture as a Freedom Narrative Fostering Resilience 29:22 - The Universal Longing To Be Free 32:06 - The Black Church's Contribution to the Christian Story 35:54 - Embodied Practices for Juneteenth 39:09 - The Spiritual Promise of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"   Register for our America 250 episode recording with Russell Moore and David French Sign up for the Anxiety Opportunity Course Use the code: Goodfaith   Referenced in the Episode: Transcript of The Emancipation Proclamation Union General Gordon Granger's announcement: General Order No. 3 Claude Atcho's Reading Black Books  Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (pdf) Transcription of an interview with ex-slave Felix Haywood Reggie L. Williams' Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus  Phillis Wheatley's letter to Rev. Samson Occom James Weldon Johnson's poem Lift Every Voice and Sing Manhattan Harmony Four's recording Lift Every Voice And Sing The Fisk University Quartet's Swing Low, Sweet Chariot   Scriptures Referenced: Exodus 12:31–15:21 (ESV) Isaiah 61 (ESV) Leviticus 25 (ESV) Luke 4:14–30 (ESV)   More From Dr. Angel Adams Parham: Dr. Parham's bio: the University of Virginia Dr. Parham's Website Dr. Parham's book The Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature   Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook   The Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.

Mid-twentieth century theologian and philosopher Dietrich Bonhoeffer claimed that stupidity is more dangerous than evil. Can that claim be applied to MAGA?Dame Magazine: The Four Ideas That Explain America's Democratic CrisisBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.

Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric talks with Brant Hansen about his book Life Is Hard. God Is Good. Let's Dance. and the updated edition of Unoffendable. Brant argues that many Christians have been taught the wrong way to think about anger, outrage, forgiveness, anxiety, and “righteous anger.” Eric and Brant discuss injustice, William Wilberforce, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, forgiveness, praying for enemies, hypocrisy in the church, traffic, anxiety, trusting God, and why the way of Jesus is not weakness but freedom. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.GET BRANT'S BOOKS:Living Unoffended: The Joy of Simple Peace in An Angry, Anxious Worldhttp://bit.ly/49Re1diUnoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Betterhttps://amzn.to/4eD2AbM⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World

Coming from Graz, Austria, Nancy continues the conversation on “keeping holiday in the midst of the working day,” exploring what it means to live from the Father's rest while carrying significant responsibility. Drawing from the life of Jesus, the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the promises of Isaiah 41, she reveals how mature sons learn to labor without anxiety, celebrate without striving, and remain rooted in uninterrupted fellowship with the Father. Nancy challenges listeners to reject a poverty mindset that believes everything depends upon them and instead embrace a life of trust, joy, and dependency upon God's governance. This episode is a powerful reminder that the Father is not merely removing mountains before His sons—He is transforming them into people through whom He can make a way for others. Thanks for Listening! Nancy McCready Ministries is committed to building cultures of personal and corporate discipleship so that believers can walk in maturity and their destiny with the Father. We hope this conversation today has helped you along your journey. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Every journey begins with a conversation, so we would like to invite you to join us on social media to get started! Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbmccready Instagram: www.instagram.com/nbmccready/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@nancymccreadyministries LINKS The Producer's Way Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/3441416535919719 Want to host or attend Cross Encounter? Click here: nancymccready.com/crossencounter/ Shop to Support NMM: nancymccready.com/shop

When does refusing to repeat a lie become complicity in it?The hardest question in documentary filmmaking is not how to find the truth. It is how to handle a lie. When a false story is already loose in the world, you have two choices that look almost identical on the page: refuse to repeat it, or amplify it by debunking it. The discipline of knowing which is which can decide whether your film tells the truth or makes the lie stronger.In this Deep Dive on Documentary First Episode 279 with Brian Pocrass, host Christian Taylor digs into the question Brian asked on tape about how much oxygen you give a lie. The conversation took thirty minutes to arrive there, but the question turns out to be the spine of every documentary that touches a contested story. This episode traces that question through C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life under the Nazi regime, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1974 essay Live Not By Lies, and a two thousand year old paradox in the book of Proverbs.The spine of the episode is Brian's question on tape: "The question is, how much oxygen do you give it?" That question runs straight into a paradox the rabbis of the Talmud spent centuries arguing over. Proverbs 26:4 says do not answer a fool according to his folly. Proverbs 26:5, the very next verse, says answer a fool according to his folly. The Talmudic resolution maps directly onto the filmmaker's dilemma: the stakes determine the answer. Christian closes the episode with her own test, drawn from her film The Girl Who Wore Freedom: the story of Michel de Vallavieille, the French farmer shot in the back by an American paratrooper on D-Day, and the famous Band of Brothers rumor she refused to put on screen.In this episode, Christian explores:Why every production company wanted Brian Pocrass to tell a different version of Heather O'Rourke's story than the one he ended up makingThe C.S. Lewis principle from The Screwtape Letters that the devil cares more about attention than beliefHow debunking a conspiracy theory can give the conspiracy a brand new piece of footage to point atDietrich Bonhoeffer's argument that silence in the face of evil is itself evilAlexander Solzhenitsyn's 1974 essay Live Not By Lies and the moral discipline of refusalThe two thousand year old paradox in Proverbs 26:4-5 and how the Talmudic rabbis resolved itWhy the Talmud's answer is sacred versus mundane stakes, and what that means for documentary filmmakersThe Michel de Vallavieille story from Christian's film The Girl Who Wore FreedomThe Band of Brothers rumor about Bill Guarnere that Christian refused to put on screenThe two questions every documentary filmmaker has to weigh before they amplify a storyChapters0:00 C.S. Lewis, the Devil, and Brian Pocrass's Question0:30 How Much Oxygen Do You Give a Lie?1:28 The Screwtape Letters and the Devil's Currency2:24 Bonhoeffer: Silence in the Face of Evil Is Evil Itself3:27 Solzhenitsyn's Live Not By Lies and Proverbs 264:59 The Girl Who Wore Freedom: Bill Guarnere and My Own Test6:14 The Question I Leave You WithFrequently Asked QuestionsWhen does debunking a lie make it stronger?Researchers at Data and Society documented this dynamic in a 2018 study called The Oxygen of Amplification. Repeating a false claim in order to refute it gives the claim attention, repeats the language, and trains the algorithm to surface it more. Britannica describes this dynamic as adding oxygen to the fire of misinformation. For documentary filmmakers, this means a debunking film about a conspiracy theory can leave viewers more familiar with the conspiracy than with the truth.What did Dietrich Bonhoeffer say about silence?Bonhoeffer's most famous line on the subject is silence in the face of evil is itself evil; not to speak is to speak; not to act is to act. Bonhoeffer was a German pastor in the 1930s who watched the German church surrender to the Nazi regime. He spent his adult life arguing against the silence of fellow pastors. The Nazis executed him in April 1945. His writings on costly discipleship remain among the most cited works of twentieth century theology.What is Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Live Not By Lies about?Live Not By Lies is the essay Solzhenitsyn released on the day the KGB arrested and deported him in 1974. He argues that while a single person cannot stop a lie from being told, every person can refuse to repeat it. The refusal itself is the action. The essay is one of the foundational moral texts of the dissident movement against Soviet totalitarianism and remains widely cited in discussions of personal moral resistance.How do the rabbis of the Talmud resolve Proverbs 26:4 and 26:5?Proverbs 26:4 says do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. Proverbs 26:5 says answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. The Talmudic resolution is that the two verses apply to different kinds of stakes. When the fool is talking about something sacred, you answer. When the fool is talking about something mundane, you do not. The wisdom is in knowing which kind of stakes you are facing.How do documentary filmmakers handle conspiracy theories about their subjects?There is no industry standard. Each filmmaker has to weigh the specific story. Some choose to confront the conspiracy directly and risk amplifying it. Others refuse to give the conspiracy screen time and risk being accused of avoidance. The discipline is to ask what the documentary makes more solid in the world and who the actual audience is: the people who already believe the lie, or the people who deserve the truth.About the Source EpisodeDocumentary First Episode 279 with Brian Pocrass aired on June 9, 2026. Brian is an attorney based in Los Angeles and the producer of She Was Here, the 2026 documentary about the life and death of Heather O'Rourke. The film features Heather's family debunking the Poltergeist curse rumor that has surrounded her death for almost forty years.Episode link: https://pod.fo/e/427c08About The Girl Who Wore FreedomThe Girl Who Wore Freedom is Christian Taylor's documentary about the children of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France, and the American GIs who liberated their town on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The film centers on Danielle Patrix Van Den Heede, whose family hid GIs in the days after the invasion, and Michel de Vallavieille, the young farmer at Brecourt Manor who was shot in the back by an American paratrooper on D-Day and went on to build the Utah Beach Museum and become the mayor of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.Website: https://thegirlwhoworefreedom.comAbout Documentary First: The Deep DiveEach week, host Christian Taylor takes an insight from a recent Documentary First filmmaker interview and explores it through literature, philosophy, theology, current culture, and the universal human experience. It is a companion show to Documentary First, built for documentary filmmakers, lovers of story, and anyone who wants to think more deeply about what we are watching. Christian Taylor is a documentary filmmaker (The Girl Who Wore Freedom, Heroes of Carentan), actor, voice actor, and podcast host based in the United States.Resources MentionedDocumentary First Episode 279 with Brian Pocrass: https://pod.fo/e/427c08She Was Here, directed by Nick Bailey, produced by Brian Pocrass (2026)The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (1942)Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), German pastor and theologianLive Not By Lies by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1974 essay)Proverbs 26:4-5Talmud, Shabbat 30bThe Girl Who Wore Freedom, directed and produced by Christian Taylor: https://thegirlwhoworefreedom.comBand of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose (1992 book and 2001 HBO miniseries)The Oxygen of Amplification, Whitney Phillips, Data and Society Research Institute (2018)Listen and FollowListen to this episode on your preferred podcast app: https://pod.fo/e/[DD 279 CODE — TO BE ADDED ONCE EPISODE IS LIVE]Documentary First on all podcast apps: https://podfollow.com/documentary-firstYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@documentaryfirstSupport the show on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/DocumentaryFirstConnectDocumentary First on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/doc1stConnect with Christian Taylor on...

Stasi invites Blaine Eldredge, our Director of Spiritual Formation at Wild at Heart, for a conversation about recapturing beauty—not the exhausting beauty our culture demands, but the deeply personal beauty that originates in the heart of God. Together they explore how Jesus reveals a beauty that is vulnerable, relational, and inviting; a beauty that isn't based on performance, but draws us into His love. Come and rediscover the beauty that moves our hearts toward Him. This is Part 1 of a 2-part conversation.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Genesis 2:18 (NIV) – The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”Exodus 33:11 (NIV) – The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.Deuteronomy 34:10 (NIV) – Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.Song of Songs 2:14 (NIV) – My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.Hebrews 12:18–24 (NIV) – You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them… But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem… to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant.2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV) – And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.John 4:16–18 (NIV) – He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband.”2 Kings 17:24–41 (NIV) – Clearly referenced in the discussion of the Samaritan people being brought from five nations associated with false gods and attempting to worship Yahweh alongside them.…..RESOURCESThe Green Ember by S.D. Smith  ⁠https://amzn.to/4dyvZCh⁠The Prophets by Abraham Joshua Heschel  ⁠https://amzn.to/4wUgygG⁠ The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel  ⁠https://amzn.to/4nEW8np⁠God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism by Abraham Joshua Heschel   ⁠https://amzn.to/49cEn99⁠Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle  ⁠https://amzn.to/495TaCE⁠Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3 by Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⁠https://amzn.to/4tPgr3h⁠Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)   ⁠https://amzn.to/3RvX3dV⁠The Glory of the Lord by Hans Urs von Balthasar  ⁠https://amzn.to/4wEjTA5⁠…..CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS00:00  The Beauty That Captures Our Hearts01:52  Jesus Pursuing the Hearts of Our Children06:11  Why Beauty Begins in God07:41  The Danger of “Instagram Face”11:12  How Empire Erases Personhood14:19  The False Beauty of Invulnerability17:19  Beauty, Limits, and Being Human19:42  Why the World Loves Artificial Beauty22:25  The Enemy's War Against True Beauty24:14  When Beauty Becomes Power26:14  The Beauty That Invites Relationship28:15  The Trinity and Relational Love30:23  God's Desire to See Our Faces33:09  Jesus' Beauty Is Deeply Personal34:45  Vulnerability at the Heart of Beauty36:11  Choosing Intimacy Over Universal Approval39:08  Why Every Woman Bears Beauty40:10  The Beauty of the Crucified Christ41:50  Jesus' Beauty Pursues Our Hearts42:58  The Samaritan Woman and Divine Love45:59  The Lordliness and Goodness of Jesus47:12  Becoming Like the One We Behold48:15  Closing Prayer…..Don't Miss Out on the Next Episode—Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:YouTube – ⁠https://wahe.art/4h8DelL⁠Spotify Podcasts – ⁠https://wahe.art/496zdfn⁠Apple Podcasts – ⁠https://apple.co/42E0oZ1⁠ Amazon Music & Audible – ⁠https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ⁠

Hebrews 12:3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote about the Psalms, “Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure is lost to the Christian church. With its recovery will come unexpected power.” “There is no explicit prayer for healing or deliverance from death (though such may be implied); the prayer begins with the request for the removal of the divine distance.” 1 Peter 5:8 Revelation 5:5 2 Timothy 4:6 Revelation 19:16 Philippians 2:10-11

Coming from Farra di Soligo, Italy, Nancy shares a refreshing reflection on what it means to live from the Father's rest while remaining fully engaged in His work. Drawing inspiration from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together, she explores the powerful phrase, “keeping holiday in the midst of our working day,” and reveals how mature sons learn to live from inward fellowship rather than outward striving. Against the backdrop of Italy's rolling vineyards, Nancy unpacks the difference between escaping responsibility and carrying the atmosphere of God's presence into every assignment. This episode is an invitation to embrace the fullness of His life, learning to work from His pleasure, rest in His presence, and remain seated with Him even in seasons of great activity. Thanks for Listening! Nancy McCready Ministries is committed to building cultures of personal and corporate discipleship so that believers can walk in maturity and their destiny with the Father. We hope this conversation today has helped you along your journey. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Every journey begins with a conversation, so we would like to invite you to join us on social media to get started! Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbmccready Instagram: www.instagram.com/nbmccready/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@nancymccreadyministries LINKS The Producer's Way Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/3441416535919719 Want to host or attend Cross Encounter? Click here: nancymccready.com/crossencounter/ Shop to Support NMM: nancymccready.com/shop

In this episode, Brant Hansen argues that holding onto offense is killing us - spiritually, physically, and relationally. He had to decide whether the offense he experienced as a young person should be held on to or if he should release it. It led him to a simple, uncomfortable conclusion: righteous human anger doesn't exist in scripture, and the anger we carry, however justified it feels, is not what faithful people are called to hold. We talk about forgiveness, hypocrisy in the church, and what Jesus actually intended when he told us to love our enemies.Brant is an author of several bestselling books, including Unoffendable, and a syndicated radio host on more than 200 stations. His podcast, “The Brant and Sherri Oddcast” has more than 20 million downloads. He's been featured many times on outlets like Focus on the Family, Family Life Today, and Good Morning America.Brant and wife Carolyn live in South Florida. His latest book, Living Unoffended releases June 9.Brant's Book:Living UnoffendedBrant's Recommendation:The Matter With ThingsConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@shiftingculturepodcast.comGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Threads, Bluesky or YouTubeSupport the podcast and the ministry that my wife and I do around the world. Just click on the support the show link below Support the show

This is the first in a short series, which will be a theological autopsy of how one of Christianity's most respected communicators became MAGA's most dangerous court prophet — and what his collapse tells us about the spiritual crisis inside American evangelicalism.   We'll examine Metaxas's two recent speeches at the Rededicate 250 event and Sean Feucht's Christian nationalist rally — what he said, why it matters, and why it qualifies as false prophecy. We trace his full arc: from the Access Hollywood tape to the January 6th insurrection to his claim that Trump's election was "an outrageous gift from God." We also expose the deepest irony: Metaxas literally wrote the definitive biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer — the theologian who died resisting exactly the kind of regime Metaxas now enables. In October 2024, 86 of Bonhoeffer's own descendants signed a public statement condemning Metaxas by name for misrepresenting their ancestor to serve a far-right Christian nationalist agenda. This is what a false prophet looks like. This is what Christian nationalism does to a man's conscience. And this is why it matters for every believer trying to hold the line.

Do you follow God because He's worthy of worship, or because of what He can give you? Brian From lands on that question after a Sunday sermon about Eli and Samuel — and it sticks. Is God a vending machine, a cosmic Santa Claus, or the one who is worthy of praise even when circumstances are bad? That's the challenge at the heart of this hour. First though: Memorial Day reflections on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's costly grace and what it actually means to be called to "come and die" — a word that cuts against a culture obsessed with comfort. A poignant piece called "Judson's Last Ride," a father's reflection on his autistic son's last school bus ride, and what every parent faces when their kids move into a new season. A study on pro chess players that becomes a personal confession about paralysis by analysis. The agonizing .02-second finish at the Indy 500 and what it means to get back in the car. Why youth group attendance is down and what youth ministers can actually do about it. Gas at $4.74 feeling like a victory. And a summer charge: be intentional, or it will pass you by before you know it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Metaxas is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including the million-selling biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his latest, Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World. He is the host of Socrates in the City and The Eric Metaxas Show. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages and has appeared in leading national publications.

What does genuine Christian community actually look like?In this episode of 2414, Pastor Dan and Shane continue the conversation on St. Luke's 1-2-3 Challenge by focusing on “Gather: In Life Together.” From learning names and sharing meals to building trust through ordinary conversation, they explore why Christian fellowship is formed through consistent, everyday presence — not just major life moments.The episode moves from personal highs and lows, parenting struggles, and an absurd “Wheels vs. Doors” trivia game into a deeper discussion on friendship, vulnerability, and why modern Christianity can drift toward isolation and individualism.Drawing from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together, the conversation emphasizes that meaningful relationships are usually built slowly:“We share names before we share burdens. We share the boring parts of life before we share the big things.”Topics include:• Why the mundane matters in friendship• Introverts, extroverts, and practical connection steps• Why consistency builds trust• The danger of isolated Christianity• Summer Nights, meals, check-ins, and shared rhythms• How “training wheels” habits help create real community• Building belonging through ordinary life togetherThe 1-2-3 Challenge invites every person at St. Luke's to take two intentional steps in each of three discipleship areas:Gather. Grow. Go.This week's focus:Gather: In Life TogetherLearn more about the 1-2-3 Challenge:https://www.stlukes-church.com/the-123-challengeShare your completed steps so others can be encouraged:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewdKCn3HpPkUwboSspBf8IJc_isSnlhyn8RRtWiYs0mxjOWQ/viewform?pli=1Want to share your faith story on the 2414 Podcast?Schedule a recording here:https://outlook.office.com/book/Ge29a5d453add4d478471a0c1bf208af9@stlukes-church.com/?ismsaljsauthenabledDon't forget to continue the conversation at home, in the car, at work, or anywhere you can find someone to talk to! Thanks for walking with us!Support the show

Coming from Neuland, Paraguay during Nancy's first time hosting a Cross Encounter in the Chaco Region, this episode reflects on the richness of true Christian community and what it means to live as “debtors to all people.” Drawing from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together, Nancy unpacks the difference between soulish, man-made fellowship and the divine reality of community born out of Christ Himself. She reminds listeners that true brotherhood is not built on personality, preference, or emotional need, but solely on what Jesus Christ has done in and through His people. This episode is a call to reject counterfeit community, receive deeply of the Father's love, and allow His life to produce genuine connection, humility, and spiritual richness among His people. Thanks for Listening! Nancy McCready Ministries is committed to building cultures of personal and corporate discipleship so that believers can walk in maturity and their destiny with the Father. We hope this conversation today has helped you along your journey. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Every journey begins with a conversation, so we would like to invite you to join us on social media to get started! Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbmccready Instagram: www.instagram.com/nbmccready/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@nancymccreadyministries LINKS Want to host or attend Cross Encounter? Click here: nancymccready.com/crossencounter/ Shop to Support NMM: nancymccready.com/sho

What do we mean when we say "heaven"?   In this Easter Sunday sermon from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Malcolm Clemens Young explores a deeper, richer vision of heaven—not as a distant place we go someday, but as God's dimension breaking into our world here and now.   Drawing on scripture, theology, and memory—from childhood Easters to Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Christ—this sermon invites us to see Easter as the moment when heaven and earth meet. Featuring reflections inspired by N.T. Wright, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the poetry of Anne Porter, this message challenges modern assumptions and opens a vision of grace that is already present among us. Heaven is not far away.It is closer than we think.It is where God calls your name. "Alleluia. Christ is risen!" The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young, Dean Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G10 Easter Sunday (Year A) 8:30 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 5 April 2026  Acts 10:34-43 Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-18

How did we get here? From the Enlightenment to the rise of Postmodernism, the landscape of what we believe about God has shifted beneath our feet. In this episode of Thinking Christian, Dr. James Spencer sits down with renowned theologian Dr. Roger E. Olson (Emeritus Professor at Baylor University) to map out the fascinating—and often turbulent—history of modern theology. They explore the tension between tradition and the "modern mind," discussing how giants like Schleiermacher, Barth, and Bonhoeffer navigated a world that was rapidly deconstructing old certainties. Whether you're a theology nerd or just trying to understand the intellectual roots of your own faith, this conversation provides a vital compass for the journey. In this episode, we discuss: The "Modern" Dilemma: What happens when theology tries to accommodate the demands of the Enlightenment? Reconstruction to Deconstruction: Understanding the shift from building grand systems of thought to the skepticism of the 21st century. The Giants of the Faith: Why figures like Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer still matter for your walk with Christ today. The Evangelical Response: How believers can engage with modern ideas without losing the core of the Gospel. Finding Your Place: How understanding the history of ideas helps you situate your own beliefs in a chaotic world. Join us for a deep dive into the ideas that shaped the modern church and discover how to think Christianly in an era of reconstruction and deconstruction. Get early access and a bonus with a Patreon membership. Subscribe to our YouTube channel To read James's article on this topic, check out his author page on Christianity.com.

Paul wasn't just helping people get to heaven. Nijay Gupta joins me to make the case that Paul's letters were written for people trying to figure out how to live, not how to escape. Drawing from his new book Paul for the World, Nijay walks through the Greco-Roman world Paul was writing into - its economic disparity, its philosophies, its hunger for meaning - and shows how we can see our world similarly. The conversation moves through economics, the arts, the Stoics, and the resurrection to land on a grounded, new creation vision of the Christian life. This is a conversation about meaning, hope, and what it looks like to be fully alive in the world God hasn't given up on.Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, Durham University) is Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He is the coauthor (with A. J. Swoboda) of the book Slow Theology, cohost of the Slow Theology podcast, and founder of the popular Substack newsletter Engaging Scripture. Gupta is an award-winning author of numerous books, including Tell Her Story, Strange Religion, and commentaries on Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. He is also a senior translator for the New Living Translation. Gupta lives in Portland, Oregon.Nijay's Book:Paul for the WorldNijay's Recommendation:God's HomecomingConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@shiftingculturepodcast.comGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Threads, Bluesky or YouTubeSupport the podcast and the ministry that my wife and I do around the world. Just click on the support the show link below NEW PODCAST: American Evangelicals - A History PodcastA thoughtful, deep dive into one of the most talked-about movements in American history.Support the show

Personal Revival, Nation Awakening & Generational ReformationAntisemitism is EVIL. And most unfortunately, it is rising throughout America at an all-time high in harassments, violent attacks, hate crimes and vandalism against Jews. This is a battle we are called to as Christians. It is our great conviction that Christians should openly stand against antisemitism in all forms. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's timely words and warning speaks loudly: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Join Brian in this newest episode, as it's high time for Christians to stand boldly and speak truth with moral clarity and fight off the wolves of hatred.For all the latest on all things from Brian, be sure to check out our website at https://victoryfla.com and follow us on social media.Welcome to The Torch. A podcast with Brian Gibbs, presenting Biblical insights and prophetic perspectives for cultural and current events in this day and age. Contending for personal revival, national awakening and generational reformation. Download our app at: https://victoryfla.com/appFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorychurchfla/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victorychurchfla/X: https://twitter.com/victorychurchfl/

Everyone's talking about mindfulness… but what if we've missed the most important part?What if the key isn't your mind being focused—but God's mind being focused on you?In this teaching on Psalm 8, John Ortberg explores a deeper kind of mindfulness—one that begins not with your attention, but with God's.While we often struggle with distraction, anxiety, and rumination, Psalm 8 reveals something surprising: God is fully, constantly mindful of you. His attention never drifts. His care never wavers.Through reflection, Scripture, and guided prayer, this teaching invites you to step into praise, re-center your mind, and experience what it means to live in the awareness of God's presence.You'll also learn how to pray the Psalm—turning your attention from distraction to delight, and from anxiety to awe.Music Credits:Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKEAlta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF

"Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life. The Jesus who saves you is the same Jesus standing outside the gate saying, 'Come and follow me.'"This Sunday, Pastor Kenny delivered a powerful message from Hebrews 13, "Go Outside the Gate." Using the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who left the safety of America to return to Nazi Germany, he challenged believers to stop counting the cost of following Jesus while ignoring the cost of staying comfortable. True discipleship isn't just a moment, it's a full-body movement of the head, hands, and heart. Join. Go. Make. It's not a slogan. It's an invitation.

Your kids can pass a test — but can they evaluate an idea, make a wise decision, or stand for truth when no one is watching? If that question makes you pause, this episode is exactly what you need to hear.We are breaking down why the skills of critical thinking matter more than any answer in a textbook.. I'm also sharing 1 powerful habit that changes everything about how your kids learn and think:✅The 1 daily habit that builds skills of critical thinking in any subject✅Whether memorizing answers produces followers or leaders✅Why asking questions is more powerful than any curriculum you can buy✅What to do so you can see your kids start thinking✅What it looks like when your child can finally evaluate ideas on their ownGrab the free resources mentioned in this episode and start building thinkers in your homeschool today.Resources for You FREE Read Aloud Magic FREE Notebooking Pages Become a VIP when you join the Raising Leaders Not Followers VIP Wait List. . . . - Get extra perks as a VIP in May!Show Notes:Your Child Doesn't Need to Know the Answer — They Need to Know How to ThinkYour child doesn't need to just know the answer. They need to know how to think and make decisions. A kid who can memorize facts but can't evaluate ideas is going to struggle in college, in work, and in life. Let's talk about a way to solve this problem today.What Are You Actually Training Your Kids For?I know you want the best for your kids. You want them to be prepared for the real world. You want them to have strong faith and discernment. But you're worried your kids may not be ready. You're tired of the idea that more school automatically means more success — that the more we do in school, the more successful they're going to be. These are myths.Your goal shouldn't just be that your kid can pass a test. A test just memorizes — it analyzes facts. For me, our goal was that our kids would follow Jesus, think clearly and biblically, and make wise decisions when we weren't around. We wanted to prepare them for real life.Schools teach answers. But leaders evaluate ideas. The problem is answers aren't enough. Schools teach to the test — it's the conveyor belt. Everyone does the same thing and gets a test to see if they've memorized all the answers. And it produces followers. Followers who just wait for direction. Followers who are waiting for approval or waiting for a worksheet to turn in.Thinkers and leaders — that's what I wanted for my kids. Not necessarily the president of the United States, but kids who lead in their own life, in their home, in their family. If your child has only been trained to fill in the blanks, don't be surprised when they struggle to take ownership and they're just waiting for someone to tell them what to do.So my question to you is — what are you training your children for?Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Courage to Think for YourselfI want to share a story about a man named Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was a German pastor and theologian during Nazi rule. The surrounding culture was demanding conformity, fear, and silence. But he refused to follow. He was going to stand for truth. He kept asking what was right before God — not what was safe or popular.Bonhoeffer did not let the culture tell him what was true. He was surrounded by pressure, but he chose his own conviction. That is what discernment looks like.I don't remember the entire story, but I think it's important that we raise our kids to not have blind compliance to what everyone's telling them to do — but the courage to stand for truth. Spiritually, yes, but also in what they're learning. The history books are being rewritten, and we need to have discernment to know what is truth and what is not.Kids learn in school that it's just about the right answer, not the right question. They're afraid to be wrong. Discernment is both spiritual and practical. And kids need to learn how to pause, reflect, and ask what matters — and make sure their thinking is biblically based.Susanna Wesley Raised ThinkersSusanna Wesley was the mother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley. She home educated her children in the 1600s and was known for setting aside time to teach each of her kids individually rather than just letting them drift. She emphasized spiritual formation, discipline, and thoughtful thinking. She would ask questions.John Wesley went on to start the Methodist church. Charles Wesley wrote somewhere between 6,500 and 9,000 hymns. I can't imagine writing a hymn — that takes a lot of thinking ability.Susanna Wesley's home became a place where children learned to think about God, truth, and obedience with purpose. She wasn't just managing a household. She was shaping her children in character and in thinking. She didn't raise them to comply. She trained them to think, to question, and to live under God's truth.Again — what are you training your kids for? Just to do what mom tells them to do? Or to think critically and biblically?The One Habit That Changes Everything: QuestionsOkay, how do you actually do this? It's really one habit that changes everything — questions. You can use questions in any subject area.When I started using questions, it helped me relax and not be so worried about a checklist. I didn't even need curriculum for every subject because we could read books and ask questions. When I was a school teacher, I was supposed to follow the curriculum and couldn't really veer off of it — and that didn't encourage thinking on the part of my students. When I started homeschooling and started using questions, it changed everything. I was much more relaxed and much more intentional. My kids could take ownership by following their interests.I remember Hunter was into sports, and we were studying Roman history — which he didn't love at the time. But he did love sports, so we let him write a paper on Derek Jeter, one of the greatest shortstops in baseball. He learned about baseball science, math, history — all of it. And you can always ask questions like — why does this matter? What am I missing? What does this tell me about God, people, or truth? Did this person act the way God would want them to act? Did they have honor? And then — now that you've done all this, what are we going to do with this information?How to Start Using Questions This WeekTake one subject you're doing this week. Instead of a worksheet, ask one question about that topic. Keep it simple. Don't overteach. Let the conversation do the work.And here's my trick — when you ask a question, do not answer your own question. Ask another question. You know what happens when there's quiet and you can't handle it? You give them the answer. And what are you training your kids to do? To wait until mom answers her own question, and then we can move on because I don't have to think.Allow some time for quiet and for them to think. If they don't know the answer, ask a different question until you can begin a conversation. This is not a system or a lot of extra things to do. It is a way of life.This is how I teach my grandkids. This is how I taught my kids — in science, literature, music, art, math, history, character building, even cleaning the house. Why do I have to do this? Well, why do you think you have to do this? Turn everything into a question and let them come up with the answers. It's not about your children having the right answer. It's about asking the right question.What This Produces in Your KidsImagine your kids as confident decision makers. Kids who recognize truth. Teenagers who can question lies because they've been thinking on their own. Young adults who know how to act without panicking. Faith that lasts beyond your home.One of my students, Tracy Smith, said it so well — I love the idea of getting off the conveyor belt. Our kids are not cookie cutters. They all have unique thoughts, ideas, and talents that God has given them. If they are not given the opportunity to explore those, their gifts and offerings to this world are stifled. We need to allow them the chance to come to their individual conclusions — and they will give the world something to think about instead of the world telling them what to think.Another student, Rose, said after taking our leadership course — this helped me see how I could teach my kids to think logically. She was encouraged by the real life stories she could relate to, and she said the methods were transformational.You are not alone. These are methods that work. They are real and you can achieve them.The two free tools from last week — the Read Aloud Magic e-book and the free notebooking pages — combined with this idea of questions are three tools that can help you raise your kids to think well and think on their own. Grab those links in the show notes.And stay close to my emails and this podcast because I've got a boot camp coming up that is going to show you how to implement all of this in a real homeschool life. I can't wait to share more details. If you want to get on the waitlist, the link is in the show notes.

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the second of BEMA's four pillars: the commitment to and experience of community.About Impact Campus Ministries (Definition of Success)Loneliness Sucks — Marty Solomon, YouTubeLife Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“For many former Smokejumpers, smokejumping is not closely tied with their (current) way of life, but is more something that was necessary for them to pass through and not around, and, once unmistakably done, does not have to be done again. The “it” is within, and is the need to settle some things with the universe and ourselves before taking on the “business of the world.” This “it” is the something special within that demands we do something special, and “it” could be within a lot of us.” —Norman Maclean, Young Men and FireFriends, how are we to understand the story of our lives as it unfolds across the years? What meaning do we give to our failures and our faithfulness, our losses and our triumphs, the long disappointments and the surprising gifts we never would have chosen—yet somehow needed? And how do we recognize true growth, not only in our own maturing, but in our apprenticeship to Jesus and the life of His Kingdom?Dietrich Bonhoeffer once suggested that the cost of not following Jesus is, in the end, far greater—even in this life alone—than the cost of walking with Him. For discipleship is not merely a matter of belief, but of learning to live in intimate fellowship with Christ, slowly being formed into the kind of people He Himself would be, if He were to live our lives in our place.In this next episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series, we explore apprenticeship and initiation as two essential lenses for making sense of this question: how our small, particular stories are caught up into something far larger—the redemptive and unfolding story of God.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

In today's conversation with Dr. Steve Seamands, we continue to explore how to deal spiritually with generational consequences. Steve served as the Professor of Basic Christian Doctrine at Asbury Seminary for close to 40 years. In addition to that class, he taught Introduction to Spiritual Warfare, Introduction to Healing Prayer, and a class studying the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Seamands has authored several books, including Wounds That Heal and Ministry in the Image of God (a Christianity Today book award winner). Now retired, he continues to pray and work actively toward the renewal of the Methodist tradition, serving as a prophetic voice, mentor, and all-around great guy!

Visit Renew.org to sign up for our email newsletter and be the first to know about new content, books and resources.  https://renew.org/ Join RENEW.org at an upcoming event: https://renew.org/resources/events/ Join RENEW.org's Newsletter: https://renew.org/resources/newsletter-sign-up/ Jonathan Storment challenges Christians to resist cultural formation by returning to wholehearted discipleship to Jesus. Drawing on examples from Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer and lessons from the Gospel of Matthew, he warns against inventing a convenient Jesus and urges a life marked by nonviolence, generosity, racial inclusion, and sacrificial love. This episode calls listeners to fall deeply in love with the true Jesus, embrace radical obedience, and prioritize disciple-making over political or cultural alignment.

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION“Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of public failure from everything you do.”~Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist at NYU, in his book The Anxious Generation “It is the struggle of the natural man for self-justification. He finds it only in comparing himself with others, in condemning and judging others. Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.”~Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), pastor-theologian executed by the Nazis “They all therefore were glorified and magnified, not through themselves or their own works or the righteous doing which they wrought, but through His will. And so we, having been called through His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified through ourselves or through our own wisdom or understanding or piety or works which we wrought in holiness of heart, but through faith, whereby the Almighty God justified all men that have been from the beginning….”~Clement of Rome, early church leader, in a letter written to Corinth in c. A.D. 96 “For ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.' In like manner we also are justified by faith in God: for ‘the just shall live by faith.' Now ‘not by the law is the promise to Abraham, but by faith' for Abraham was justified by faith: and ‘for a righteous man the law is not made.' In like manner we also are justified not by the law, but by faith….”~Irenaeus of Lyon (c.125-c.202) in his Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching “When someone believes in him who justifies the ungodly, that faith is credited as justice to the believer, as David too declares that person blessed whom God has accepted and endowed with righteousness, independently of any righteous actions. What righteousness is this? The righteousness of faith, preceded by no good works, but with good works as its consequence.”~Augustine (354-430), North African bishop, in his Exposition of the Psalms “The righteousness of God is not that by which God is righteous but that with which he clothes man when he justifies the ungodly”~Augustine (4354-430) in his A Treatise on the Spirit and the Letter “Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.”~Martin Luther, (1483-1546), German reformerSERMON PASSAGERomans 4:1-25 (NIV) 1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those   whose transgressions are forgiven,   whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the one   whose sin the Lord will never count against them.” 9 Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness. 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. 13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. 16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not. 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” 23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

As Christians enter the most solemn stretch of the liturgical year, theologian David Ford — who spent over twenty years writing his commentary on the Gospel of John — makes the case that no other Gospel prepares you for the cross the way John does. "The right question is not so much what happened on the cross, as who happened on the cross. All through the gospel, every chapter, John is saying — who Jesus is is the most important thing." In this episode with Macie Bridge, Ford reflects on why John's Gospel resists rushing past darkness to get to Easter. Together they discuss what the foot washing reveals about power and humble service; how John's prologue frames the entire passion through the mystery of incarnation; Jesus before Pilate and the priority of truth over empire; the horrific interpretive legacy of antisemitism in Luther, Augustine, and centuries of Christian reading; how the Gospel universalizes identity by rooting it in God rather than lineage; the scene at the cross as the seed of the church; and what Ford calls the sheer superabundance of grace — loving "utterly, intimately, vulnerably, mutually." Episode Highlights "The one thing one mustn't do with these days is see the resurrection as just coming down off the cross a few days later. That trivializes the cross." "Jesus is portrayed as being utterly one with God and utterly one with us. He's mortal. He's flesh. He can weep. He suffers." "The right question is not so much what happened on the cross, as who happened on the cross." "We are invited into this extraordinary intensity of the divine glory — but it's a glory that is utterly, utterly realistic about darkness, sin, death, suffering, and evil." "The whole gospel, I think, is an education of desire." About David Ford David F. Ford, OBE, is Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, where he held the chair from 1991 to 2014, and a Fellow of Selwyn College. He is the founding director of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme and a co-founder of the practice of Scriptural Reasoning. He has served as theological adviser to three Archbishops of Canterbury. His books include The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary (Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist), Theology: A Very Short Introduction, The Shape of Living, and most recently Meeting God in John. His commentary on John's Gospel took over twenty years to write and has been translated into Korean. He was awarded an OBE for services to theological scholarship and inter-faith relations in 2013. (Sources: University of Cambridge Faculty of Divinity page; Center of Theological Inquiry profile, Feb. 2026.) Ford does not appear to maintain a personal website or public social media. Helpful Links and Resources Meeting God in John: Inspiration and Encouragement from the Fourth Gospel, by David F. Ford https://www.amazon.com/Meeting-God-John-Inspiration-Encouragement/dp/1587437066 The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary, by David F. Ford https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-John-Theological-Commentary/dp/1540964086 For the Life of the World Episode 224: How to Read the Gospel of John / David Ford https://faith.yale.edu/media/how-to-read-the-gospel-of-john Scriptural Reasoning http://www.scripturalreasoning.org/ Denise Levertov, "On a Theme from Julian's Chapter XX" — discussed at Image Journal https://imagejournal.org/article/denise-levertov-a-memoir-and-appreciation/ Show Notes Why John's Gospel is the "matured gospel" — distilled from years of meditation, eyewitness reports, and rewriting "From his fullness we've all received grace upon grace" — the theme of superabundance running through John John wrote for both beginners and the experienced — simple Greek, inexhaustible depth Ford's biggest hope after 20 years writing his commentary: that readers would become "habitual rereaders" of John The prologue as the most influential short text in the history of Christianity "In the beginning was the Word" — the only framework for understanding Jesus is God and the whole of reality "The Word was made flesh" — utterly one with God, utterly one with us The farewell discourses of chapters 13–17 as probably the most profound teaching in the New Testament Chapter 17 as the most profound chapter in the Bible — Jesus' final prayer before the passion The foot washing: "All things having been given into his hands — and then what the hands do is wash the feet of his disciples" "Loving utterly, intimately, vulnerably, mutually" — the heading Ford gave to Maundy Thursday; used as the title of the Korean translation of his commentary "If you want to be great, wash feet" The "as" in John's Gospel — love as Jesus loved, sent as the Father sent — requiring us to go deep and then endlessly improvise Jesus washing Judas's feet — the radicality of love extended even to the one who betrays John omits the Eucharist from the Last Supper — placing eucharistic theology in chapter 6 to keep the focus on who Jesus is "I think nobody is in favor of the real absence of Jesus" — Ford on disputes over the real presence The beloved disciple as the model disciple, Peter as "all the rest of us" — the one who tries, fails, and is restored "The anonymity allows us all to write our names there" — reading ourselves into the beloved disciple and the mother of Jesus The threefold "Who are you looking for?" and the threefold "I am" at the arrest — echoing Exodus 3:14, the very name of God Before Pilate, facing the most powerful empire in history, Jesus headlines one thing: truth The scene at the cross as the seed of the church — Jesus sending his mother and the beloved disciple to each other "Here is your mother, here is your son" — the Greek verb for "received her" is the same as "whoever receives the one I send, receives me" "The right question is not so much what happened on the cross, as who happened on the cross" Nelson Mandela as a distant analogy: "Apartheid happened to Mandela, but Mandela happened to apartheid" — likewise, sin happened to Jesus, but Jesus happened to sin Denise Levertov's poem on Julian of Norwich: "the oneing with the Godhead opened him utterly to the pain" "He handed over the spirit" — not "gave up his spirit"; a possible first breathing of the Holy Spirit from the cross Scriptural Reasoning: its origins with Jewish textual reasoning scholars working out what it means to be Jewish after the Shoah Peter Ochs and the founding of Scriptural Reasoning at Princeton Ford on reading John chapter 8 with Peter Ochs: facing the "appalling inheritance" of antisemitic interpretation Adele Reinhartz's reading: John isn't anti-Semitic — John is Semitic; the Gospel relativizes ethnic identity Dietrich Bonhoeffer on doing justice to incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection — all three, not just one Receptive Ecumenism — looking at yourself first, asking how we can be better Christians rather than telling others to be like us "The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness does not overcome it. But it doesn't say the darkness disappeared." "The whole gospel, I think, is an education of desire" #GospelOfJohn #HolyWeek #GoodFriday #DavidFord #Lent #PassionNarrative #TheologyOfTheCross #FootWashing #ScripturalReasoning #ForTheLifeOfTheWorld Production Notes This podcast featured David Ford Interview by Macie Bridge Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa Hosted by Evan Rosa Production Assistance by Noah Senthil A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about Support For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

In this solo episode, Nole reflects on a recent experience at the Hume Lake First Responders Conference that challenged his perspective on small talk and silence. From "evangelizing" about In-N-Out and CrossFit to the weight of staying quiet when a brother is heading off a cliff, Nole explores the moral responsibility of speaking up. Using the biblical imagery of the Watchman on the wall and the wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, this episode dives into why our silence can sometimes be a form of consent to things that destroy the people we care about.In This Episode, We Discuss:The "Two-Minute" Rule: How Pastor Jim Stitzinger challenges us to bring our true identity into a conversation early.Identity & Evangelism: Why we find it so easy to talk about diets, hobbies, and gear, but stay silent on the things that actually matter.The Watchman on the Wall: Understanding Ezekiel 33 and the weight of seeing danger but failing to blow the trumpet.Truth in Love: How to offer a "faithful wound" to a friend without being combative or legalistic.The Seatbelt Analogy: Why keeping someone "comfortable" while they ruin their life isn't actually loving.The Supply Shed Reveal: A brief moment of transparency regarding the "YouTube vs. Reality" podcast setup.Book Recommendation: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas (A must-read on standing against evil).Scripture References: Ezekiel 33:6, Ephesians 4:15, Proverbs 27:5-6.Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecordsGet signed up for the next trip with Hold the Line!https://www.fireupprogram.org/hold-the-lineThe Fire You Carry on YouTube.Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!https://www.fireupprogram.com/programsThe Fire Up Progam video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgramThe Fire You Carry Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/Donate to The Fire Up Program.https://www.fireupprogram.com/donateThe Fire Up Program Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/Kevin's Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=enMyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60

In this Here We Go episode of Tent Talk, Nancy shares from the Netherlands after safe travels from Edinburgh, reflecting on the deep value of Christian community and the reality of life together in Christ. Drawing from Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, she speaks about the priceless gift of true fellowship among believers—not as a sentimental ideal, but as a divine reality made possible only through Jesus Christ. As she prepares for meetings, ministry, and fellowship in the days ahead, Nancy reflects on how the Father is putting His house in order, moving His people beyond isolation, disorder, and false ideas of community into the living reality of His body. This episode is a call to treasure what Christ has made possible between His people. Nancy reminds listeners that we belong to one another only through and in Jesus Christ, and that the deeper true community becomes, the more everything else fades except Him. With tenderness and clarity, she points to a growing hunger for the real Body of Christ—not a religious fantasy, but a spiritual fellowship born of Him alone. Whether alone, among friends, or in the thick of opposition, listeners are encouraged to let the Lord love them deeply, to live richly in inward fellowship with Him, and to move with Him as He brings forward the house He has always desired. Thanks for Listening! Nancy McCready Ministries is committed to building cultures of personal and corporate discipleship so that believers can walk in maturity and their destiny with the Father. We hope this conversation today has helped you along your journey. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Every journey begins with a conversation, so we would like to invite you to join us on social media to get started! Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbmccready Instagram: www.instagram.com/nbmccready/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@nancymccreadyministries LINKS Want to host or attend Cross Encounter? Click here: nancymccready.com/crossencounter/ Shop to Support NMM: nancymccready.com/shop/

In this episode, Travis and producer Eric take a lighter, conversational approach—reacting to famous quotes about money from pastors, theologians, and religious thinkers. The discussion explores the long-standing tension between wealth, faith, and morality, as they debate whether money is inherently dangerous, a tool for good, or simply a neutral resource that reflects the character of the person who holds it. Along the way, they unpack ideas from figures like Billy Graham, John Wesley, Norman Vincent Peale, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John Bunyan, and G. K. Chesterton—agreeing with some, pushing back on others, and laughing at a few that feel wildly out of touch. The result is a candid conversation about whether money corrupts people, empowers them to do good, or simply amplifies who they already are. The difference between having money and being controlled by money Why some religious traditions view wealth with suspicion Whether wealth can actually increase your ability to do good in the world The rise of prosperity gospel thinking and why it's controversial Why some philosophical quotes sound profound but fall apart under scrutiny The idea that money itself isn't moral or immoral—people are 1. Money isn't inherently good or evil.Several quotes highlight the difference between possessing wealth and letting wealth possess you. The real issue is the character and priorities of the person handling the money. 2. Wealth can expand your ability to create impact.If used intentionally, having more financial resources can increase the scale of generosity, philanthropy, and positive change. 3. Ideas about money often reflect deeper beliefs about power, responsibility, and morality.Throughout history, thinkers and religious leaders have debated whether wealth leads to corruption or simply reveals a person's true values. “There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.” — Billy Graham “Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected. Hoarding is idolatry.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer “He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again and ten times more.” — John Bunyan “The Bible tells us to love our neighbors and also our enemies—probably because they are generally the same people.” — G. K. Chesterton Connect with Travis Chappell:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travischappell• Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/traviscchappell• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travischappell• Other: https://travischappell.comTravis Makes Money is made possible by High Level – the All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform built for agencies, by an agency. Capture leads, nurture them, and close more deals—all from one powerful platform. Get an extended free trial at gohighlevel.com/travis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Healthy marriages aren't built in isolation. In this episode, Derek, Gabrielle, and Andrew talk about why authentic Christian community is essential for a thriving marriage—and why waiting until your marriage is on fire to ask for help is a mistake.Discussion Questions:- Who are the people in your life that truly know what's going on in your marriage?- What fears keep you from being vulnerable with other couples?- What is one step you could take this month to deepen community in your marriage?Resources:- Community Message from Harris Creek- Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

This is an audio essay from Process This, my Substack — head over there if you want more essays like this one, and subscribe if you want them delivered to you. In this one, I'm going deep on a question that sounds biographical but is actually theological: how did Dietrich Bonhoeffer — the man who stood at a lectern in 1933, surrounded by Nazi-pin-wearing theology students, and told them that the historical Jewish particularity of Jesus Christ was "the last truth separating the churches from barbarism" — how did that man become the patron saint of Christian nationalism? The short answer is Eric Metaxas, a bestselling biography, and a fabricated quote. But the real answer is older and more dangerous than any of that, because what Metaxas did to Bonhoeffer is exactly what the German Christians did to Jesus — they turned a Person into a Principle, kept the symbol, and evicted the flesh. Bonhoeffer had a word for it in 1933. He called it Docetism. And here's the thing that should take your breath away: his Christology is not just the subject of the abuse — it is its diagnosis. I'll also tell you about the five-minute rant I recorded and deleted, what Bonhoeffer's Christmas 1942 letter to the resistance said about contempt, and why I think the most important question he leaves us with is not primarily about Eric Metaxas — it's the one he put to those sweat-soaked students, and puts to us now: which are you following — the Person or the Principle? You can subscribe to the Audio Essay podcast feed here. Join us at Theology Beer Camp, October 8-10, in Kansas City!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ONLINE LENT CLASS: Jesus in Galilee w/ John Dominic Crossan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What can we actually know about Jesus of Nazareth? And, what difference does it make? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This Lenten class ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠begins where all of Dr. John Dominic Crossan's has work begins: with history. What was actually happening in Galilee in the 20s CE? What did Herod Antipas' transformation of the "Sea of Galilee" into the commercial "Sea of Tiberias" mean for peasant fishing communities? Why did Jesus emerge from John's baptism movement proclaiming God's Rule through parables—and what made that medium so perfectly suited to that message? Only by understanding what Jesus' parables meant then can we wrestle with what they might demand of us now. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The class is donation-based, including 0, so join, get info, and join up here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This podcast is a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Homebrewed Christianity ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠production. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Homebrewed Christianity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Theology Nerd Throwdown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Rise of Bonhoeffer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcasts for more theological goodness for your earbuds. Join over 75,000 other people by joining our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack - Process This!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get instant access to over 50 classes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.TheologyClass.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow the podcast, drop a review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, send ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠feedback/questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of the HBC Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Here We Go episode of Tent Talk, Nancy records from Edinburgh, Scotland, sharing a glimpse into her travel with Tina Kelly and a two-day working retreat set in the heart of the city's historic Royal Mile. As she reflects on the beauty of Scotland, the purpose of strategic travel, and the unfolding work of God across nations, she also turns listeners toward the deeper realities of discipleship—how grace must train us, how we need the same “butter and honey” that nourished Jesus, and how true fellowship with other believers is meant to strengthen and prepare us, not isolate us. Drawing from Titus 2, Isaiah 7, and Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Nancy reminds us that times of gathering are precious, but they are also meant to ready us to live as Christ did—sent into the world, among people, carrying His life with clarity, strength, and purpose. Thanks for Listening! Nancy McCready Ministries is committed to building cultures of personal and corporate discipleship so that believers can walk in maturity and their destiny with the Father. We hope this conversation today has helped you along your journey. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Every journey begins with a conversation, so we would like to invite you to join us on social media to get started! Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbmccready Instagram: www.instagram.com/nbmccready/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@nancymccreadyministries LINKS Want to host or attend Cross Encounter? Click here: nancymccready.com/crossencounter/ Shop to Support NMM: nancymccready.com/shop/

The very reverent (or irreverent) Rob Schenck is joining Erin in this very special episode! Reverend Rob shares his transformative journey from a prominent evangelical leader involved in Christian nationalism to a voice advocating for faith-based reconciliation and social justice. Discover how his experiences, theological reflections, and personal crises led to profound changes in his understanding of faith, politics, and love. You'll hear about Dietrich Bonhoeffer's influence, our mutual affection for Abigail Disney, and practical answers to your questions about Christian nationalism!MENTIONSReverend Rob Schenck: Costly Grace (Rob's Book) | Confessions of a (Former) Christian Nationalist | A Dissenting Evangelical Voice on Patreon | Patheos | Facebook The Armor of Light: Watch here Abigail Disney: Learn more hereWhat's the deal with all the Baptists? Learn about the differences hereThe Myth of American Chosenness: Listen to the podcast episode here The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Support us on Patreon. I've Got Questions by Erin Moon: Order Here | Guided Journal Subscribe to our Newsletter: The Dish from Faith AdjacentFaith Adjacent Merch: Shop HereShop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/faithadjacentFollow Faith Adjacent on Socials: Instagram See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric Metaxas reacts to the Super Bowl and why he believes the halftime show culture has been a slow moral drip on families, shares the hawk and dove story he says felt like a warning, and gives an update from the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty including a tense anti semitism discussion and why the Israel conversation is more complicated than the slogans. He also points listeners to Dietrich Bonhoeffer as a lens for courage, talks about preaching at Kings Church NYC, and shares upcoming Socrates in the City events. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.SPONSOR: Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.org/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro6:06 Super Bowl Halftime Critique14:03 Religious Liberty Commission Update18:14 Israel, Anti Semitism, And Clarity29:33 Kings Church And Hebrews- - -TODAY'S SPONSORS:⭐️ BlockTrust IRA: https://www.metaxascrypto.com/✡️ Help Save Lives in Israel TODAY: https://www.savinglifeisrael.org/Legal Help Center - Get Free Legal Help Today: https://www.legalhelpcenter.com/MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/ten Boom Coffee— Save 10% with code ERIC: https://tenboom.coffee/

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