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Episode 147 – David Bentley Hart: The Gloves Come Off

What happens when you read the Easter story in the present tense? What can we learn about Paul’s personality in the original Greek? Who put together the worst translation of the New Testament? These questions and more on this episode of Crackers and…

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Episode 146 – David Finnegan-Hosey: Christ on the Psych Ward

Sharing from his own journey, David Finnegan-Hosey puts into words how faith communities can be present alongside those suffering from mental illness and crises in ‘Christ on the Psych Ward.’ David Finnegan-Hosey currently serves as a…

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Episode 145 – Amy Butler: God and Guns

Gun violence has increased exponentially in the United States. Can the church play a role in making not only our communities safer but also in thinking theologically about violence, guns, and our calling to live as disciples of Jesus Christ?…

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Episode 144 – Chad Bird: Your God is Too Glorious

In this episode, Jason talks with Chad Bird about his two new books Night Driving and You’re God is Too Glorious. An Old Testament PhD and one-time Lutheran Pastor, Chad Bird is a Texas oil-truck driver and prodigal son who knows first hand that the…

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Episode 143 – Mark Mattes: Luther’s Theology of Beauty (?)

Dr. Mark Mattes teaches at Grand View University in Iowa. His latest book is Martin Luther’s Theology of Beauty. In this episode, we talk about the kenotic love of Christ poured out upon the Cross as the definition of Beauty and the beautiful for the…

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Episode 142 – Andy Root: Obsessed With Growing Young

Joined by Rev. Drew Colby, Teer and Jason interview Dr. Andy Root of Luther Seminary and author of “Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church’s Obsession with Youthfulness.”

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Episode 141 – Mark Lilla: After Identity Politics

“If progressives want to advance their agenda, they need to relearn how to win elections.”

In this episode, taped back in the late summer, I talk with Dr. Mark Lilla about his book The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics.

Mark…

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Episode 140 – Chester Johnson: Auden, the Psalms and Me

One of the members for the retranslation of the Psalms in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, J Chester Johnson shares his experience of not only interpreting the Psalms but also how this poetic form of scripture still speaks for the church today.

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Episode 139 – Chaim Saiman: Fact Checking Star Wars

Jason and Taylor have a conversation with Chaim Saiman about his viral article for The Atlantic titled Why The Last Jedi Is More Spiritual Than Religious. Chaim is a Law Professor at Villanova University and is interested in the intersection between…

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Bonus Live Episode – Teer, Taylor and Jason: You Deserve To Die

The guys talk about Ash Wednesday, Lent, mortality, and repentance.

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