“In their language of warfare spiritual and secular, Trump’s evangelical allies have been playing with a fire that may continue to burn long after they give up this contest…History is a wasteland of religious justifications for political activism,…
Read MoreOur guest for episode #284 is Dr. Jerusha Matsen Neal, Professor of Homiletics at Duke. I had looked forward to talking with her. I left our conversation feeling grateful and delighted. I hope you enjoy it.
A graduate of Princeton Theological…
Read MoreOur dear friend of the podcast and overall muse, Fleming Rutledge called in to offer a prayer for Election Day. As are all her prayers, this one is special.
Fleming is the author of many books including “The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of…
Read MoreJason, Teer, and Taylor had a conversation with Gretchen Purser about the changes to the Republican Party throughout her career.
“’Trump says all the things we’ve always wanted to say.’ Really? Then what does it say about us as Americans if Trump’s…
Read More“Rather than resorting to Luther’s Law-Gospel binary to excuse the Presidents mendacity and self-justify support for him, Protestants should turn to Luther’s theology of cross which tells us that we should call a thing what it is…and the thing is…
Read More“You are mortal. You are not indispensable to the world. Your life will come to an end. We’re not heroes of the world and we can’t do much. To what and to whom do we give ourselves in this short life? Lacking a journalistic account of the future…
Read More“Both sides are thinking that some how or another getting this or that party elected is good for Christians. I think my point of view is neither side is good for Christians. Because effectively they have become idolatrous powers that christians are…
Read MoreFriend of the podcast and commentator at The Dispatch, David French, has a new book out that couldn’t be more timely and bracing. It’s called Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. As a preview, here’s a…
Read MoreOur guest today is David Gushee, whose new book is “After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity.”
Dr. David P. Gushee (BA, College of William & Mary; Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Master of Philosophy and…
Read More“Saints and sinners, all jumbled up together.” That’s the genius of Johnny Cash, and that’s what the gospel is ultimately all about.
Johnny Cash sang about and for people on the margins. He famously played concerts in prisons, where he sang both…
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