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Episode 360: Kara Slade – Live at Virginia Annual Conference

Rev. Dr. Kara Slade joined the podcast for the return of our annual live show at the Annual Conference of the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Kara talked about her new book, The Fullness of Time: Jesus Christ, Science, and Modernity, science vs. religion, and how we mark time. Don’t forget to…

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Episode 361: Brian Kaylor & Beau Underwood – The Church is an Embassy not a Chaplain

Brian and Beau are, respectively, the President & Editor-in-Chief and the VP for External Affairs & Editor of Word and Way Magazine. They’re back on the podcast to talk about SCOTUS overturning Roe vs. Wade, the rise of Christian Nationalism in Republican politics, and how Christians should (or should not) celebrate Independence Day. Don’t forget…

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Episode 359: Tiffany Brooks – Gaslighted By God

What happens when the God we’ve been taught to believe in seems powerless to help us in the struggles of life? What do we do when the God we personally encounter no longer resembles the God we’ve been shown in narrow interpretations of the Bible?

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Episode 356: Daniel Van Voorhis -Everything’s Going to be Okay

Our guest on this episode of Crackers and Grape Juice is Daniel Van Voorhis. The author of Monsters, Daniel van Voorhis is the host of the Christian History Almanac and a former co-host of the Virtue in the Wasteland podcast, and an author and speaker at the 1517 legacy Project. After receiving his PhD in…

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Episode 357: Mark James Edwards – The Gospel according to Karl Barth (and the Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Christ Is Time: The Gospel according to Karl Barth (and the Red Hot Chili Peppers) welcomes you to the jungle of Barth’s head-banging opus, the Church Dogmatics, with the beats, rhythms, and lyrics of Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Metallica, and more.

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Episode 355: Dr. Jeannine Brown – Paul, Jesus, and the Gospel as Narrative

Dr. Jeannine Brown joins us to talk about Paul, Jesus, and a narrative understanding of the New Testament. Check it out, I think it was a fun conversation.

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Episode 354: Jim Belcher – Cold Civil War

Our guest is Jim Belcher, author of the new book Cold Civil War: Overcoming Polarization, Discovering Unity, and Healing the Nation. America’s political landscape is experiencing dangerous polarization and fragmentation, with the extremes pulling the country apart. Political philosopher Jim Belcher shows that this is not merely a binary opposition between conservativism on the right…

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Episode 353: Fred Schmidt – We Don’t Offer Them Our Doubts; We Offer Them Jesus

Back on the podcast, Dr. Fred Schmidt is here to talk about doubt, proclamation, and the calling of pastors. Fred is a professor at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and is the vice-rector at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Nashville,…

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Episode 352: Retroactive Grace — Looking from Golgotha at Genesis

For Good Friday, we have for you Jason Micheli’s homilies on the Seven Last Words of Jesus. In them, Jason interprets each of the last words of Christ in light of a key character in the Book of Genesis.

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Episode 349: Aaron Simmons – Getting Lost and Finding Faith with Soren Kierkegaard

Aaron Simmons holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University and is currently a Professor of philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, SC (USA). He is the President of the Søren Kierkegaard Society (USA) and has published widely in philosophy of religion, phenomenology, and existentialism. Among his authored and edited books are God and the…

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