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345: Peterson - We Live in a World Filtered Through the Imagination

03/23/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Just My Imagination. In this episode, we read Eugene Peterson’s book, Under the Unpredictable Plant, and discuss theological imagination at length. What are the consequences when the church takes its cues from a culture with no imagination? Can Christians tell biblical stories without a theological imagination? What happens when the earthly and heavenly are divided by a lack of imagination into merely rationalized explanations?
- Art
- Literature
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Image of God
Story and Theology

02/29/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this episode, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin talk about the impact of story on our theological understanding, and the use of story in the life of Christians.
Reading the Bible in a Year with Chad Bird

01/09/24

4 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Chad Bird

In the first episode of 2024, Kelsi chats with 1517 Scholar in Residence, Chad Bird, about the benefits to reading the Bible in a Year, some helpful and guiltless ways to approach this goal and reading Scripture in general.
- God's Word
- Scripture
Your pastor is a tool

01/05/24

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

How are we filled with the knowledge and spirtiual wisdom and understanding of God?
- Truth
- God's Word
- Wisdom
Training Up a Child with Chad Bird

11/08/23

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik | Chad Bird

As we discuss ways that prosperity gospel sneaks into the family, we decided to start off by looking at the book of Proverbs, as these are often the verses that are cherry picked and often used to take prosperity gospel ideas in regard to the family.
The gospels as biography and eyewitness testimony

10/25/23

5 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam continue their series on the reasonableness of Christianity. In this episode, they cover recent New Testament scholarship on the Gospels as biography and eyewitness testimony.
Is the New Testament reliable?

10/18/23

6 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

Is the New Testament reliable?
Episode 251: The Guys Talk Words (with Dr. Mark Paustian)

10/04/23

16 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE, Wade, Mike, Jason and Mark Paustian (a returning guest) from Martin Luther College recorded from Jason’s basement compound.
Episode 250: Live Podcast: You and Your Bible

09/29/23

9 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY (!), Wade, Mike, and Jason recorded live at WLC for the Milwaukee area campus ministry, The Point of Grace. This episode focused on you and your Bible–what are you supposed to do with that thing?
Imagine there's no image

09/15/23

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

All of humanity commonly bears the imago Dei, or "image of God." And yet, there's a way in which we have lost that image, and it must be restored to us.
Episode 248: Doctrine, Not Doctrines (Jason Had an Idea!)

09/12/23

10 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, Wade, Mike, and Jason discuss doctrine (as opposed to doctrines) and how the Bible is a book about Christ and not a collection of proof texts.
Opposition and Suffering

08/30/23

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

Dr. Paulson goes deeper into the idea of opposing God in his word. He describes how this opposition and attack on the faith interacts with our suffering.
- God's Word
- Suffering