Podcast Overview

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Tony Stark and the Infinity Saga: Eucatastrophe and Sacrifice

07/15/25

9 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Scott Keith

In this episode of Outside Ourselves Summer Break, 1517 executive director, Scott Keith, joins Kelsi to talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and specifically, the character arc of Tony Stark or Iron Man over the course of the Avengers: Infinity Saga series.
399: More Questions Answered - Myth and Taylor Swift

07/11/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

What Do You Mean, There’s More to This? In this episode, we answer a listener's question about Taylor Swift that leads us into a conversation about symbols and meaning, religious iconography, wild truth, and seeing reality through what’s occurring in the sacraments.
Just do the right thing

07/04/25

4 mins

By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr

. . . which is exactly what Jesus did for you. He suffered for your sin, the righteous for the unrighteous.
- Righteousness
- Work of Christ
Church without God

06/18/25

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam discuss a recent CBS show from its State of Spirituality series, which examines how atheists and agnostics are creating communities with their own set of rituals that often mimic Christian ones. You can find the show here.
Severance and a Theology of Suffering

06/17/25

11 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Bradley Gray

Kelsi talks with pastor, author, and 1517 contributor, Bradley Gray, about themes of suffering in Apple TV's series, Severance.
Wicked and the Gift of Limitations with Ken Sundet Jones

06/03/25

10 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Ken Sundet Jones

In this first episode of Outside Ourselves Summer Break series, Kelsi chats with Reformation Theology professor (and Broadway Musical Buff), Ken Sundet Jones, about the connections between Wicked and a theology of glory/theology of the cross.
383: Tolkien - The 'protestant' search backwards for 'simplicity' and directness ... is mistaken and indeed vain

03/08/25

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

And so it begins. In this episode, we read the letters of J.R.R. Tolkien for Lent. We discuss sin and mercy, Eden and scientific materialism, ecumenism and cults, and much more!
- Lent
- J.R.R. Tolkien
A Very Friendly Debate: The Third Use of the Law

03/04/25

11 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Steven Paulson | Robert Kolb

In a new segment of Outside Ourselves, Kelsi hosts theologians Robert Kolb and Steven Paulson for a debate on the third use of the law.
Propitiation: noun, to propitiate

01/17/25

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Jesus is the forgiveness of our sins, Jesus is the forgiveness for your sins, Jesus is the forgiveness for all sins, period.
- Work of Christ
- Forgiveness
Be Perfect as Jesus is Perfect

11/15/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

What does Jesus mean that we should be perfect, as Jesus is perfect? Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin look at the context of the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5 where this passage is found.
The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown and the Christian Faith- Reprised

09/21/24

5 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Weekend Edition for September 21-22, 2024
Being Christlike

09/12/24

4 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

Katie Koplin and Gretchen Ronnevik talk about what it means to grow in Christlikeness.