Podcast Overview

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Understanding the American Religious Landscape with Ryan Burge

01/13/26

5 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

Kelsi is joined by data analyst, Ryan Burge, to discuss the current American Religious Landscape as well as his newest book, The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us.Dr. Ryan Burge is an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University.
Has Lutheranism Failed?

01/11/26

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco | Bruce Hillman | Scott Keith

Has Lutheranism Failed? In this episode, the Thinking Fellows discuss the purpose and aim of the church to examine if Lutheranism in America has failed.
Sublimation Message

01/07/26

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode of Outlaw God, Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss the theological implications of divine favor, exploring Martin Luther's perspectives on the law, the role of suffering, and the significance of the incarnation.
Monday, January 5, 2026

01/05/26

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Eastern Orthodoxy and the Bible.
Isaiah 50:7-51:8 (Episode 492)

01/05/26

4 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird

The Quarry of Old Abraham
- Old Testament
422: Post-Christmas and Post-New Year Debrief

01/03/26

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? In this episode, we gather for a post-Christmas, post-New Year pastoral debrief. We talk about symbols and meaning, Christmas and holidays, signs and seasons, and how modern churches quietly cleared the path for culture to push Christ out of Christmas without much resistance. We explore the strange and largely arbitrary ways the world measures time, along with the old Adam’s never-ending pyramid project. That is, his need to build meaning upward by effort, progress, and control rather than receive it as a gift. From there, we return to symbol and meaning. We ask why ancient liturgy’s nostalgia or ornamentation, but the distilled shape of reality itself, why the Lord’s Supper isn’t a side practice, but the beating heart of the Church, of worship, and of the Christian life. And why stories’ decorations for faith, but the way truth takes on flesh and finds us where we actually live. This is a conversation about time, worship, memory, and why the Church invents meaning but receives it again and again at the table.
Isaiah 49:10-50:6 (Episode 491)

12/29/25

4 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird
- Old Testament
Isaiah 48:17-49:9 (Episode 490)

12/19/25

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird
- Old Testament
Isaiah 48:1-16 (Episode 489)

12/11/25

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird
- Old Testament
Isaiah 46:1-47:15 (Episode 488)

12/03/25

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird
- Old Testament
Isaiah 45:1-25 (Episode 487)

11/25/25

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird
- Old Testament
Isaiah 44:9-28 (Episode 486)

11/20/25

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird
- Old Testament