Podcast Overview

Author

Episode 288: Sports: The Good and the Bad

09/05/24

6 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss sports, culture, and the church.
- Cultural Exegesis
Psychedelics and Jesus with Ashley Lande

09/03/24

8 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

In this episode of Outside Ourselves, Kelsi chats with author and writer, Ashley Lande about her forthcoming book, "The Thing that Would Make Everything Okay Forever.
363: Olson - Liturgy as "Action"

08/30/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Runnin’ Down A Dream. In this episode, we dig deeper into liturgy and “action”—who’s doing what and why in Christian worship? How did the ancient pagans worship their gods, and why? What did the 16th-century Reformers teach about worship? Why should we moderns care? Mimesis, anamnesis, liturgical action, ritual, myth, sacrifices, and sacraments—we’ve got it all this week.
Episode 286: Overstimulated Formation, Part 2

08/16/24

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX, Mike, Jason, and Wade continue their discussion of the challenges of modern media and news.
- Cultural Exegesis
- The Christian Life
Episode 285: Overstimulated Formation, Part 1

08/08/24

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the challenges of modern media and news.
- Cultural Exegesis
- The Christian Life
The Olympic Opening Ceremonies: A Twisted Liturgy

08/01/24

5 mins

Scott, Adam, and Caleb discuss the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. During the ceremonies, an LGBTQ rendition of the Last Supper was acted out with transexuals and gay icons.
John 6:22-35 – Pentecost 11 (B)

07/31/24

4 mins

By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the crowds seeking Jesus in John 6 for bread.
359: Table Talk

07/19/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Ramble Tamble. In this episode, we do a pastor’s table talk that centers on inculcating a deeper appreciation for heavenly mystery and earthly reality: prayer at home, worship on vacation, the connection of the land to God’s judgment and salvation of his people, the early church’s exegesis, Genesis snd Revelation, and Logos theology that binds the Trinity and Creeds.
357: Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling

06/21/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary on it and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments on it. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode.
God help LazarUS? (Luke 16:19-31)

06/20/24

6 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In this episode of Tough Text, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price discuss the parable of the rich man and Lazarus from Luke 16, emphasizing the importance of understanding it as a parable rather than a literal account.
Episode 277: Time and Space

06/13/24

7 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss time and space, building on Episode 276 (Travel, Books, and Language).
Mark 4:26-34 – Pentecost 4 (B)

06/10/24

5 mins

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the Parable of the Sleeping Farmer, as Paulson likes to call it.