Crackers and Grape Juice

Hosted ByJason Micheli, Teer Hardy, Taylor Mertins, & Johanna Hartelius

talking faith without stained glass language


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Episode 296 : Jack Levison – To the Bowels

Our friend, Jack Levison, is back on the podcast to talk about his recent book, An Unconventional God, which examines the role of the Holy Spirit in the Gospels.

Jack Levison holds the W. J. A. Power Chair of Old Testament Interpretation and…

Episode 295 : Ken Sundet Jones – The Lutheran Toolkit

“When I started out in seminary, I thought I was going into a helping profession, a community-organizer, a therapist, an advice-giver. And then Gerhard Forde upended all that, showing me how a pastor is one is compelled to preach the forgiveness of…

Episode 294: Andre Gagne – Understanding Trump’s (Neo)Charismatic Evangelicals

“In order to understand why these groups support Trump, it’s important to better understand their vision of the world. Evangelical beliefs are often misrepresented in popular media and in political discussions. These misunderstandings make it…

Episode 293: Priscilla Pope Levison – Models of Evangelism

Many sincere Christians dismiss evangelism due to enduring evangelistic caricatures. This book helps readers move beyond those caricatures to consider thoughtfully and practically how they can engage in evangelism, whether it’s through one-on-one…

Episode 292: Gretchen Purser- You’re Fired

“Q: Given demographic shifts, immigration trends, white evangelicals’ end-times rhetoric, and Republicans’ siege, grievance mentality, was something like Donald Trump inevitable?

A: Yes.

Q: Is it in the past or is it still the future?

A: I…

Episode 291 – Kaitlyn Scheiss: The Liturgy of Politics

A generation of young Christians are weary of the political legacy they’ve inherited and hungry for a better approach. They’re tired of seeing their faith tied to political battles they didn’t start, and they’re frustrated by the failures of leaders…

Episode 290 – Jeffrey Pugh : Bonhoeffer for Troubled Times

“We forget…Before Hitler became our absolute fetish of evil, he was in fact just another politician. Before Hitler was Hitler, he was simply Adolf, the bumbling idiot that the German politicians and aristocracy believed they could manage and control…

Episode 289 – Dr. Rubén Rosario Rodriguez : Downs, Disability and the Nuerodiversity of God’s Creation

Back on the podcast is my friend and former teacher, Dr. Ruben Rosario Rodriguez, to talk about abortion, diversity, and disability in relation to the Atlantic’s December cover story on the Last Children of Downs Syndrome.

The Rev. Dr. Rubén…

Episode 288 – Jacob Smith: The Special Spatchcock Episode

This is a special episode from the “Secret Podcast” we release every other Tuesday as part of our newsletter, Crackers and Grape+ We’re making this “Secret Podcast” available so you know what you’re missing by not subscribing, but also because it’s…