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Episode 132 – Josh Larsen: Movies Are Prayers
In this episode Jason Micheli has a conversation with Josh Larsen about his book Movies Are Prayers: How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings. Josh is also the host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting and is an editor and film reviewer at Think…
Read MoreEpisode 131 – Tripp Fuller & Diana Butler Bass: Advent Q&A [Live]
The Crackers & Grape Juice team hosted a live podcast event where we invited Tripp Fuller and Diana Butler Bass to offer thoughts about the 1st and 2nd Advents. In this episode Tripp and Diana respond to questions from the live audience including: Why…
Read MoreEpisode 130 – Diana Butler Bass: Advent Longing [Live]
The Crackers & Grape Juice team hosted a live podcast event where we invited Tripp Fuller and Diana Butler Bass to offer thoughts about the 1st and 2nd Advents. In this episode Diana reflects on the announcement of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,…
Read MoreEpisode 129 – Tripp Fuller: Make Advent Great Again [Live]
The Crackers & Grape Juice team hosted a live podcast event where we invited Tripp Fuller and Diana Butler Bass to offer thoughts about the 1st and 2nd Advents. In this episode Tripp reflects on what it means to Make Advent Great Again, the inherent…
Read MoreEpisode 128 – Why Did Jesus Come?
Tim Keller caused a stir this week on Twitter when he wrote, “Jesus didn’t come primarily to solve the economic, political, and social problems of the world. He came to forgive our sins.”
Did Jesus come to save us from our sin? Was the purpose of…
Read MoreEpisode 127 – David French: Evangelicals, Where Is Your Faith
With the soon to be election day dilemma for conservative evangelicals across Alabama, David French questions where the faith of evangelicals has gone.
In this episode, Teer and Jason interview French discussing trends in media and entertainment in…
Read MoreEpisode 126 – Christian Piatt: Surviving the Bible
Reading the Bible does not have to suck. That might sound like news to many. The Bible is a book that begs to be read critically and read often but if you’ve been told you’re not allowed to read it or that your reading is ‘wrong,’ you might have put…
Read MoreEpisode 125 – Donna Claycomb Sokol: New Day in the City
Church revival is not an easy task. While it took Jesus 3 days to overcome death, revival within the church takes more time. Donna Claycomb Sokol, pastor of Mount Vernon Place UMC in Washington, D.C., is leading her congregation in a revival.
Donna…
Read MoreEpisode 124 – Emma Green: Do Democrats Have a Religion Problem?
In this interview Jason talks with Emma Green of The Atlantic. Green is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers politics, policy, and religion. She’s also responsible for the viral video based on what one of her articles, “Do Democrats Have…
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