Episode 94 – Rod Dreher: The Benedict Option
Author and senior editor of The American Conservative, Rod Dreher, joined Teer & Jason do discuss his new book, “The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation”.
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Episode 93 – David Fitch: “The Fitch Option”
Author and professor David Fitch joined Jason & Morgan to talk about “The Fitch Option”or the “Saint Patrick Option”, which is outlined in his new book, “Faithful Presence: Seven Discipline That Shape the Church For Mission”. The opposite of the…
Read MoreEpisode 92 – Robert Jenson: Don’t Thank Me, Thank the Holy Spirit
Podcast regular Kenneth Tanner, along with Chris Green had the pleasure of interviewing Robert Jenson. Jenson was described as the greatest living theologian by Stanley Hauerwas, and as “one of the most original and knowledgeable theologians of our…
Read MoreEpisode 91- Christy Thomas: Its Time. Blow Up The UMC
Christy Thomas is a retired UMC elder, author, and journalist. On her blog, ‘The Thoughtful Pastor’, she argues it is time to blow up the UMC based on structural issues that have become all too obvious during the UMC’s inability to find common ground…
Read MoreEpisode 90 – Martin Doblemeir: Searching for a New Niebuhr
Jason caught up with the founder and president of Journey Films to talk about their latest project, “An American Conscience: The Niebuhr Story”
From Journey Films: “An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story examines the career and global…
Read MoreEpisode 89 – Drew Colby: I’m a Racist (and So Can You!)
Drew Colby is a UMC elder, pastor, and one of the podcast’s biggest fans. He joined Teer & Jason to talk about racism from his white-liberal perspective.
Read MoreEpisode 88 – Scot McKnight: Angels Are Real
Kenneth Tanner and Morgan Guyton checked in with podcast favorite Scot McKnight. Topics covered include a little ribbing on Jason, politics, and Scot’s latest books, “Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science” and “The Hum of…
Read MoreEpisode 87 – Melissa Febos: Eucharist is Erotic
When the other guys on the podcast posse found out Jason’s guest, Melissa Febos, had written a memoir about her time as a dominatrix in NYC, they all got gun shy.
Their loss. I’m grateful to consider Melissa an (e) friend now.
Not gonna lie- and…
Read MoreEpisode 86: Addison Hodges Hart – Winsome to the World
Alternate Title: “Beard Envy”
Jason enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation with Addison Hodges Hart, the elder brother of David Bentley Hart- who was his student- and the author of the great books Strangers and Pilgrims and Taking Jesus at his Word. Not…
Episode 85: Daniel Kirk- A Man Attested By God
Daniel Kirk is a Ph.d., author, and host of the LectioCast podcast. His book, “A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels”, argues that we should read the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke as stories about Jesus as an idealized…
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