Podcast Overview

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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.
Episode 276: Travel, Books, and Language

06/06/24

6 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss travel, books, and language.
354: Jacques Ellul - Conforming the Church to the Modern World

05/30/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

It’s Hip to Be Square. In this episode, we discuss the errors of high anthropology, the kingdom of God, theology of glory, theology of the world, realized eschatology, adding “isms” to Christianity, the necessity of the embodied Word of God, John’s gospel, Colossians, and real antinomianism while reading False Presence of the Kingdom by Jacques Ellul.
Boys, Men, and the Freedom of the Gospel with Anthony Bradley

05/28/24

13 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

Dr. Anthony Bradley serves as a distinguished research fellow at The Acton Institute and Research Professor of Interdisciplinary and Theological Studies at Kuyper College.
Episode 274: Comedy Will Save Us (in a Non-Theological Way)

05/23/24

6 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss comedy and its ability to speak in a unique and needed way in our day.
Sex, gender, and feminism with Dr. Abigail Favale

05/15/24

5 mins

By David Andersen | Adam Francisco

David and Adam talk with Dr. Abigail Favale (of Notre Dame University) about sex, gender, and feminism. You can purchase her outstanding books here.