Hermeneutics

Hosted ByDr. Johanna Hartelius

Three friends talking about the Gospel of John.


All Episodes

Episode 36 – Resurrection

John 11 says Jesus is the “resurrection and the life.” But what does resurrection mean? The resurrection of Jesus Christ is considered to be the lynchpin of Christianity but scarcely anyone is talking about it apart from Easter or perhaps into…

Episode 35 – Quadrilateral

Johanna, Jason, and Teer continue their way through the alphabet, one stained glass word at a time.

Episode 34 – Quietism

What the hell sort of stained-glass words start with Q?
How about quietism? What’s that? You might be asking that question, still, after the latest episode.

Episode 33 – Prayer

With Teer in jail without bail for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct, Johanna and Jason discuss an extra P-word: Prayer.

Episode 32 – Priesthood

It is often said that one of the GREATEST ideas to come out of the Reformation was the priesthood of all believers. But what does that actually mean? Come to think of it what does priest and priesthood actually mean?

Episode 31 – Pentecost

The Holy Spirit descends and then the Church has a birthday, right? Pentecost is more than a celebratory reduction to avoid the theological implications of what the early Christians experienced. In this episode of (Her)Men*You*Tics while Johanna…

Episode 30 – Offering

What does it mean to make an offering? We talk about offerings each week during worship as metal plates passed through our sanctuaries. Did you know offerings go back to the Hebrew Bible and were a part of how the day-to-day religious life of Israel…

Episode 29 – Omni

“Omni” is a prefix we attached to God without thinking: omnipresent, Omni-powerful. But what does “omni” really mean? And, if God is all things is Dr. Johanna correct in her 3rd grade question, “is God in my poop?”

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Episode 28 – Nomos

In this epsidoe we talk about the Law, Romans 13, proof-texting, Jeff Sessions, and MSNBC. Is the take away its okay to suck or is it as Dr. Johanna insists that we should have some shame?