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Episode 170 – Rolf Jacobson: Law vs. Gospel & the Community of Care

I met Dr. Rolf Jacobson at the Festival of Homiletics where, eavesdropping on me preaching, he said I sounded more Protestant than any of his students at Luther Seminary. You can check out his sermon here.

Dr. Jacobson is the author of Crazy Talk…

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Episode 169 – Johanna Hartelius: Preaching from the Pew

Dr. Johanna Hartelius, host of the (Her)Men*You*Tics podcast, offers her 3 do’s and don’ts of preaching.

Johanna has a Ph.D. in communication/rhetoric from the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. I teach…

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Episode 168 – John Nugent: The Proper Sense of Prophetic

“Protest that precedes prayer is theologically disordered.
“It’s pastorally cruel to exhort unbelievers who do not have the gift of the Holy Spirit to live up to the standards of our baptismal covenant.”
”There’s no urgency in either Testament for…

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Episode 167 – The Elephant in the Room

A conversation between Teer & Taylor about Taylor’s sermon, “The Elephant in the Room” which can be found in the #1 New Release, ‘I Like Big Buts.’

https://www.amazon.com/Like-Big-Buts-Reflections-Letter/dp/1983368830/

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Episode 166 – Kendall Soulen & Johanna Hartelius: Names Are Verbal Sacraments

During our recent live podcast event in Hampton, Virginia we were able to open the space up for questions to our guests Dr. Johanna Hartelius and Dr. Kendall Soulen. In their responses they address kinship language, the fullness of God, proper names,…

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Episode 165 – Kendall Soulen and Johanna Hartelius: We Are God’s Echo

The team hosted a live podcast in Hampton, Virginia and invited Dr. Kendall Soulen and Dr. Johanna Hartelius to join us for a conversation about what we talk about when we talk about God. During the first part of the evening we covered a range of…

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Episode 164 – Mark Galli: It Can’t Be From The Devil If It Feels So Good

Mark Galli is the editor in chief at Christianity Today and he recently published a book entitled Karl Barth: An Introductory Biography for Evangelicals. Jason was able to sit down with Mark to talk about the book and in particular the effects of…

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Episode 163 – Patton Dodd & Jana Riess: A New, Old Way To Pray

In this episode Taylor talks with 2/3 of the writers of The Prayer Wheel (Patton Dodd and Jana Riess). In 2015 a group of rare manuscripts went on display in New York and inside the front cover was a very well worn prayer wheel. Their book unpacks the…

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Episode 162 – The Thing NO ONE Wants to Talk About

What happens when an entire denomination struggles with language regarding human sexuality and three pastors try to ask questions?

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Episode 161 – Words and Buts Are Necessary

Taylor talks with Teer about a sermon Teer contributed to the newly released book from Crackers and Grape Juice. ‘I Like Big Buts’ is a collection of reflections and sermon from the C&GJ team on Paul’s letter to Rome.

In this episode Taylor and…

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