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In our last podcast of 2016 we discuss what may be the most important theological conflict in American religious history: the Old/New Light controversy.In this episode we contrast the ecology of the Roman Empire with the ecology of the Christmas story.
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Special Guest: Matt Milliner.
","summary":"In this special holiday episode we talk with our good friend Matt Milliner about the Virgin Mary and her significance for the spiritual life.","date_published":"2024-12-18T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e001e067-ef63-4f36-a1bd-d203fd13c89e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44885889,"duration_in_seconds":2805}]},{"id":"ffed90b0-2cb3-4011-a91a-466922461b00","title":"Episode 325: Bad Religion?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/325","content_text":"Can we have a truly secular society, or does religion always play some animating role in public life? If this is the case, are all religious cultural foundations created equal? And what does any of this have to do with Christmas?","content_html":"Can we have a truly secular society, or does religion always play some animating role in public life? If this is the case, are all religious cultural foundations created equal? And what does any of this have to do with Christmas?
","summary":"Can we have a truly secular society, or does religion always play some animating role in public life? If this is the case, are all religious cultural foundations created equal? And what does any of this have to do with Christmas?","date_published":"2024-12-10T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ffed90b0-2cb3-4011-a91a-466922461b00.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29234572,"duration_in_seconds":1827}]},{"id":"53568379-0850-47b3-bb98-fbf20bb059db","title":"Episode 324: An Address to some of Christianity's \"Cultured Despisers\"","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/324","content_text":"In this episode we address a listener's question and concerns. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree and is finding herself consistently confronted with criticisms of her religious faith. We offer some insights into how we might approach some of the criticisms of Christianity that she's regular hearing.","content_html":"In this episode we address a listener's question and concerns. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree and is finding herself consistently confronted with criticisms of her religious faith. We offer some insights into how we might approach some of the criticisms of Christianity that she's regular hearing.
","summary":"In this episode we address a listener's question and concerns. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree and is finding herself consistently confronted with criticisms of her religious faith. We offer some insights into how we might approach some of the criticisms of Christianity that she's regular hearing.","date_published":"2024-12-07T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/53568379-0850-47b3-bb98-fbf20bb059db.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30705788,"duration_in_seconds":1919}]},{"id":"8d9ed873-d090-4a24-9ff6-83b45197f0b5","title":"Episode 323: The Rise of Cultural Christianity","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/323","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the new \"cultural Christianity\" that's growing in the United States. Is it taking over the conservative movement?\n\nYou can click here for The New Republic article that inspired our conversation. You can find a link to the Pew Study we reference here.\n\nYou can find Bill's sermons here. You can find Scott's conversational interview show Give and Take here.\n\nPlease consider supporting the podcast! You can become a Patreon supporter here. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the new "cultural Christianity" that's growing in the United States. Is it taking over the conservative movement?
\n\nYou can click here for The New Republic article that inspired our conversation. You can find a link to the Pew Study we reference here.
\n\nYou can find Bill's sermons here. You can find Scott's conversational interview show Give and Take here.
\n\nPlease consider supporting the podcast! You can become a Patreon supporter here.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the new \"cultural Christianity\" that's growing in the United States. Is it taking over the conservative movement?","date_published":"2024-12-02T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/8d9ed873-d090-4a24-9ff6-83b45197f0b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35767274,"duration_in_seconds":2235}]},{"id":"27815708-4e1d-4fb3-b7e4-079ab255f75b","title":"Episode 322: A Manichean Memento","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/322","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the new HBO Max series \"The Penguin.\" We consider what it tells us about the nature of good and evil, the dangers of dualism, and the goodness of creation.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the new HBO Max series "The Penguin." We consider what it tells us about the nature of good and evil, the dangers of dualism, and the goodness of creation.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the new HBO Max series \"The Penguin.\" We consider what it tells us about the nature of good and evil, the dangers of dualism and the goodness of creation.","date_published":"2024-11-29T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/27815708-4e1d-4fb3-b7e4-079ab255f75b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16525687,"duration_in_seconds":1032}]},{"id":"04511209-6f92-4165-856e-91da91cbcfc7","title":"Episode 321: The Gospel according to Peterson","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/321","content_text":"In this episode we talk about psychologist and public intellectual Jordan Peterson. He's been interacting with the Bible and the Western religious tradition for years, and now has a new book on the subject.\n\nWe reference a couple of articles and a discussion Peterson did with Slavoj Žižek a few years back. You can find the links to them below.\n\nYou can find the link to Martha Gill's Guardian review here. \n\nClick here for the review of Peterson's newest book by Rowan Williams. \n\nYou can find the Žižek/Peterson conversation here. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about psychologist and public intellectual Jordan Peterson. He's been interacting with the Bible and the Western religious tradition for years, and now has a new book on the subject.
\n\nWe reference a couple of articles and a discussion Peterson did with Slavoj Žižek a few years back. You can find the links to them below.
\n\nYou can find the link to Martha Gill's Guardian review here.
\n\nClick here for the review of Peterson's newest book by Rowan Williams.
\n\nYou can find the Žižek/Peterson conversation here.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about psychologist and public intellectual Jordan Peterson. He's been interacting with the Bible and the Western religious tradition for years, and now has a new book on the subject.","date_published":"2024-11-26T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/04511209-6f92-4165-856e-91da91cbcfc7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34215391,"duration_in_seconds":2138}]},{"id":"09e0a09b-6363-49c9-a05d-1a87cc0507a1","title":"Episode 320: It's Friday, Sunday's Coming!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/320","content_text":"In this episode we pay tribute to the recently deceased evangelist, sociologist, and activist Tony Campolo. He was pivotal in the development of late 20th century progressive evangelicalism and served as a spiritual advisor to former President Bill Clinton in the wake of the Monica Lewinski scandal. \n\nWe mentioned two of Tony's books in the podcast, A Reasonable Faith and_ Partly Right_. You can find links to them below.\n\nhttps://a.co/d/d03rAMt\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Partly-Right-Learning-Critics-Christianity/dp/0849920868","content_html":"In this episode we pay tribute to the recently deceased evangelist, sociologist, and activist Tony Campolo. He was pivotal in the development of late 20th century progressive evangelicalism and served as a spiritual advisor to former President Bill Clinton in the wake of the Monica Lewinski scandal.
\n\nWe mentioned two of Tony's books in the podcast, A Reasonable Faith and_ Partly Right_. You can find links to them below.
\n\n\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Partly-Right-Learning-Critics-Christianity/dp/0849920868
","summary":"In this episode we pa tribute to the recently deceased evangelist, sociologist, and activist Tony Campolo. He was pivotal in the development of late 20th century progressive evangelicalism and served as a spiritual advisor to former President Bill Clinton in the wake of the Monica Lewinski scandal. ","date_published":"2024-11-20T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/09e0a09b-6363-49c9-a05d-1a87cc0507a1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31750686,"duration_in_seconds":1984}]},{"id":"e86b62ec-db58-4832-bb11-615ee0ae5920","title":"Episode 319: Christ the King ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/319","content_text":"In this episode we reflect on the liturgical history and meaning of Christ the King Sunday. But first we banter about the news of the day.\n\nYou can find the song \"Suzanne\" that we reference here.\n\nClick here for a link to Rowan Williams' book Tokens of Trust. ","content_html":"In this episode we reflect on the liturgical history and meaning of Christ the King Sunday. But first we banter about the news of the day.
\n\nYou can find the song "Suzanne" that we reference here.
\n\nClick here for a link to Rowan Williams' book Tokens of Trust.
","summary":"In this episode we reflect on the liturgical history and meaning of Christ the King Sunday. But first we banter about the news of the day.","date_published":"2024-11-19T16:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e86b62ec-db58-4832-bb11-615ee0ae5920.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33641115,"duration_in_seconds":2102}]},{"id":"d0074992-0152-4e09-a089-f3faef172fdd","title":"Episode 318: The Real Election Podcast","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/318","content_text":"In this episode, amidst the political tsunami that hit last week, we talk about the election that counts. We look at the doctrine of election in the history of the church and what it means for us today amidst a moment of massive cultural change and anxiety.","content_html":"In this episode, amidst the political tsunami that hit last week, we talk about the election that counts. We look at the doctrine of election in the history of the church and what it means for us today amidst a moment of massive cultural change and anxiety.
","summary":"In this episode, amidst the political tsunami that hit last week, we talk about the election that counts. We look at the doctrine of election in the history of the church and what it means for us today amidst a moment of massive cultural change and anxiety.","date_published":"2024-11-15T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d0074992-0152-4e09-a089-f3faef172fdd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41526751,"duration_in_seconds":2595}]},{"id":"093ccc87-a20d-48b2-bb8e-eed7ceb48ec9","title":"Episode 317: Confessing the Faith Today, part 1","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/317","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the nature of Christian confession. Why do we confess the faith? When do we do it and why? We'll talk specifically about the Barmen Declaration today in this ongoing occassional series.\n\nClick here for the text of the Barmen Declaration itself.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the nature of Christian confession. Why do we confess the faith? When do we do it and why? We'll talk specifically about the Barmen Declaration today in this ongoing occassional series.
\n\nClick here for the text of the Barmen Declaration itself.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the nature of Christian confession. Why do we confess the faith? When do we do it and why? We'll talk specifically about the Barmen Declaration today in this ongoing occassional series.","date_published":"2024-11-12T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/093ccc87-a20d-48b2-bb8e-eed7ceb48ec9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34757066,"duration_in_seconds":2172}]},{"id":"89de5db0-2705-4618-939b-5da23de63c46","title":"Episode 316: Our Post-Election Autopsy","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/316","content_text":"In this episode we reflect on the results of this week's 2024 Presidential election. How'd we get here? What's next? Where is the country going?\n\nBelow are the links to the Ezra Klein podcast and the piece from Quillette, both of which we reference in the podcast. \n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-election.html\n\nhttps://quillette.com/2024/11/06/the-revenge-of-the-silent-male-voter-trump-vance-musk/\n\n“While the Heavenly City , therefore, is on pilgrimage in this world, she calls out citizens from all nations and so collects a society of aliens, speaking all languages. She takes no account of any difference in customs, laws, and institutions, by which earthly peace is achieved and preserved – not that she annuls or abolishes any of those, rather, she maintains them and follows them, provided that no hindrance is presented thereby to the religion which teaches that the one supreme and true God is to be worshiped. Thus even the Heavenly City in her pilgrimage here on earth makes use of the earthly peace and defends and seeks the compromise between human wills in respect of the provisions relevant to the mortal nature of man, so far as may be permitted without detriment to true religion and piety.”\n-St Augustine, The City of God, Book 19. ","content_html":"In this episode we reflect on the results of this week's 2024 Presidential election. How'd we get here? What's next? Where is the country going?
\n\nBelow are the links to the Ezra Klein podcast and the piece from Quillette, both of which we reference in the podcast.
\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-election.html
\n\nhttps://quillette.com/2024/11/06/the-revenge-of-the-silent-male-voter-trump-vance-musk/
\n\n“While the Heavenly City , therefore, is on pilgrimage in this world, she calls out citizens from all nations and so collects a society of aliens, speaking all languages. She takes no account of any difference in customs, laws, and institutions, by which earthly peace is achieved and preserved – not that she annuls or abolishes any of those, rather, she maintains them and follows them, provided that no hindrance is presented thereby to the religion which teaches that the one supreme and true God is to be worshiped. Thus even the Heavenly City in her pilgrimage here on earth makes use of the earthly peace and defends and seeks the compromise between human wills in respect of the provisions relevant to the mortal nature of man, so far as may be permitted without detriment to true religion and piety.”
\n-St Augustine, The City of God, Book 19.
In this episode we discuss the death of a progressive evangelical community in Philadelphia. We also consider what it means for the ongoing legacy of the "evangelical left."
\n\nYou can find The New Yorker article we reference in the podcast here.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss the death of a progressive evangelical community in Philadelphia. We also consider what it means for the ongoing legacy of the \"evangelical left.\"","date_published":"2024-10-04T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a37e3100-633a-45b2-a447-63b2d46cab20.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33787819,"duration_in_seconds":2111}]},{"id":"ff85ca9f-b1e9-4863-87b9-5592518ee269","title":"Episode 314: The Promise of Presuppositionalism","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/314","content_text":"In this episode we talk about presuppositional apologetics. It's a 20th century strategy for defending religious faith. We consider what it tells us about the nature of religious faith, and what insights it gives into the process of thinking and making intellectual commitments. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about presuppositional apologetics. It's a 20th century strategy for defending religious faith. We consider what it tells us about the nature of religious faith, and what insights it gives into the process of thinking and making intellectual commitments.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about presuppositional apologetics. It's a 20th century strategy for defending religious faith. We consider what it tells us about the nature of religious faith, and what insights it gives into the process of thinking and making intellectual commitments. ","date_published":"2024-09-30T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ff85ca9f-b1e9-4863-87b9-5592518ee269.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28088110,"duration_in_seconds":1755}]},{"id":"8cfb5f85-2e12-4349-a259-396aab9e5b33","title":"Episode 313: Two Truths Are Better Than None","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/313","content_text":"In this episode we talk about our culture's propensity toward reductionism. We make the case that living with two truths in tension is better than settling for a truth. \n\nIf you want to support the work of this podcast, you can go to our Patreon page here:\n\npatreon.com/scottkentjones","content_html":"In this episode we talk about our culture's propensity toward reductionism. We make the case that living with two truths in tension is better than settling for a truth.
\n\nIf you want to support the work of this podcast, you can go to our Patreon page here:
\n\npatreon.com/scottkentjones
","summary":"In this episode we talk about our culture's propensity toward reductionism. We make the case that living with two truths in tension is better than settling for a truth. ","date_published":"2024-09-27T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/8cfb5f85-2e12-4349-a259-396aab9e5b33.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25681501,"duration_in_seconds":1605}]},{"id":"f5655d78-6b19-46ca-925a-ee79f230bed1","title":"Episode 312: Theological Family Trees","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/312","content_text":"In this episode we talk about theological family trees. What influences shape our core religious convictions and make us who we are? We also talk a little about the debate and the near extinction of humanity that almost happened 900,000 years ago. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about theological family trees. What influences shape our core religious convictions and make us who we are? We also talk a little about the debate and the near extinction of humanity that almost happened 900,000 years ago.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about theological family trees. What influences shape our core religious convictions and make us who we are? We also talk a little about the debate and the near extinction of humanity that almost happened 900,000 years ago. ","date_published":"2024-09-19T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/f5655d78-6b19-46ca-925a-ee79f230bed1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42333412,"duration_in_seconds":2645}]},{"id":"55c69246-22be-4574-8129-8e933d88fb35","title":"Episode 311: The Birth of Tragedy","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/311","content_text":"In this episode, recorded minutes after Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, we talk Nietzsche. We think a bit Nietzsche's early work, The Birth of Tragedy. We try to think through what it might speak to a dramatic, polarized political situation, and what it might teach us about how both parties understand the human condition.","content_html":"In this episode, recorded minutes after Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, we talk Nietzsche. We think a bit Nietzsche's early work, The Birth of Tragedy. We try to think through what it might speak to a dramatic, polarized political situation, and what it might teach us about how both parties understand the human condition.
","summary":"In this episode, recorded minutes after Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, we talk Nietzsche. We think a bit Nietzsche's early work, The Birth of Tragedy. We try to think through what it might speak to a dramatic, polarized political situation, and what it might teach us about how both parties understand the human condition.","date_published":"2024-07-21T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/55c69246-22be-4574-8129-8e933d88fb35.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18058295,"duration_in_seconds":1822}]},{"id":"44e5e9e4-9cb6-40c5-9d27-26ea05fc4679","title":"Episode 310: Hulkamaniacs Are Running Wild!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/310","content_text":"In this episode Bill and Scott talk about Donald Trump, his shooting, and his convention where he accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States. We were both excited to see the Hulkster back in public life!","content_html":"In this episode Bill and Scott talk about Donald Trump, his shooting, and his convention where he accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States. We were both excited to see the Hulkster back in public life!
","summary":"In this episode Bill and Scott talk about Donald Trump, his shooting, and his convention where he accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States. We were both excited to see the Hulkster back in public life!","date_published":"2024-07-19T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/44e5e9e4-9cb6-40c5-9d27-26ea05fc4679.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33692942,"duration_in_seconds":2105}]},{"id":"e7b68483-3e7f-494e-b3e1-807a00591398","title":"Episode 309: Failure of Nerve","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/309","content_text":"In this episode we discuss a phenomenal text on leadership, Failure of Nerve. We think with the author about what's behind the emotional limitations to change in church, society, and our personal lives. We conclude with some Christian reflections on Rabbi Friedman's work, which we think could be useful inside and outside the church.\n\nYou can find Rabbi Friedman's book here.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss a phenomenal text on leadership, Failure of Nerve. We think with the author about what's behind the emotional limitations to change in church, society, and our personal lives. We conclude with some Christian reflections on Rabbi Friedman's work, which we think could be useful inside and outside the church.
\n\nYou can find Rabbi Friedman's book here.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss a phenomenal text on leadership, Failure of Nerve. We think with the author about what's behind the emotional limitations to change in church, society, and our personal lives. We conclude with some Christian reflections on Rabbi Friedman's work, which we think could be useful inside and outside the church.","date_published":"2024-07-13T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e7b68483-3e7f-494e-b3e1-807a00591398.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27681017,"duration_in_seconds":1730}]},{"id":"8a491e57-e8a8-4148-9fbf-ae4dd8762051","title":"Episode 308: Hamilton, Burr and Atheistic Arguments ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/308","content_text":"In this episode, recorded on the anniversary of the historic duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, we consider some of the best arguments against the existence of God.","content_html":"In this episode, recorded on the anniversary of the historic duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, we consider some of the best arguments against the existence of God.
","summary":"In this episode, recorded on the anniversary of the historic duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, we consider some of the best arguments against the existence of God.","date_published":"2024-07-11T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/8a491e57-e8a8-4148-9fbf-ae4dd8762051.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30480926,"duration_in_seconds":1905}]},{"id":"dcb6bae9-9e50-4b9b-b6c9-2ebc55738b80","title":"Episode 307: We're all Dogmatic...Get over It!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/307","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the nature of faith in a modern and pluralistic world. What does it mean to have faith and have it challenged? What do you do when people call you dogmatic for believing? How do you share that faith in an inviting, reasonable, and humble way?","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the nature of faith in a modern and pluralistic world. What does it mean to have faith and have it challenged? What do you do when people call you dogmatic for believing? How do you share that faith in an inviting, reasonable, and humble way?
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\n\nClick here for David French's account of the affair. Click here if you'd like to hear the affair chronicled in song.
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Special Guest: Benyamin Cohen.
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\n\nIf you have topic suggestions for future shows feel free to email us:
\n\nscottkentjones@gmail.com
\nbillborror@gmail.com
In this episode we return from our long hiatus. We're glad to be back!
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\n\nThe article we reference in the show can be found here: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2022/01/did-the-fundamentalists-win-a-centennial-retrospective/.
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\n\nYou can find the article here: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/american-paganism.
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\n\nYou can download Matt Milliner's review essay "Everything you know about Byzantine art is wrong" here.
Special Guest: Matt Milliner.
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","summary":"We continue our \"Romance of Orthodoxy\" series. We've been considering the development of Christian orthodoxy and some of the major challenges and debates that helped formulate the heart of the Christian faith. In this episode we consider the Fourth Century controversies that led to the Chalcedonian Council, which declared that Christ had two natures in one person, and the relationship between the natures. ","date_published":"2019-11-29T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/9aaa2183-a54d-4d9c-9f92-d82706c5ae34.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30661200,"duration_in_seconds":2555}]},{"id":"b2c641e7-41f1-4779-b86a-29b2a937c269","title":"Episode 281: Arianism","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/281","content_text":"In this episode we continue talking about the Romance of Christian Orthodoxy, considering what many consider to be the grandest heresy of them all: Arianism. ","content_html":"In this episode we continue talking about the Romance of Christian Orthodoxy, considering what many consider to be the grandest heresy of them all: Arianism.
","summary":"In this episode we continue talking about the Romance of Christian Orthodoxy, considering what many consider to be the grandest heresy of them all: Arianism. ","date_published":"2019-11-13T20:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b2c641e7-41f1-4779-b86a-29b2a937c269.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25858224,"duration_in_seconds":2154}]},{"id":"7ff02d71-6825-4421-ad18-4632ebba0408","title":"Episode 280: No Gnosis is Good Gnosis...","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/280","content_text":"In this episode we continue our series on the Romance of Orthodoxy. We consider the heresy that seems to have perennial appeal in Christian history: Gnosticism. ","content_html":"In this episode we continue our series on the Romance of Orthodoxy. We consider the heresy that seems to have perennial appeal in Christian history: Gnosticism.
","summary":"In this episode we continue our series on the Romance of Orthodoxy. We consider the heresy that seems to have perennial appeal in Christian history: Gnosticism. ","date_published":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/7ff02d71-6825-4421-ad18-4632ebba0408.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26263008,"duration_in_seconds":2188}]},{"id":"4089a34a-9585-4287-8104-9c49250a5b08","title":"Episode 279: Modalism: The Clark Kent/Superman Trinity","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/279","content_text":"Continuing our series about the Romance of Orthodoxy, we consider the modalist heresy, which holds that Father, Son, and Spirit are really not persons but more like masks or roles God puts on in relationship to the world. ","content_html":"Continuing our series about the Romance of Orthodoxy, we consider the modalist heresy, which holds that Father, Son, and Spirit are really not persons but more like masks or roles God puts on in relationship to the world.
","summary":"Continuing our series about the Romance of Orthodoxy, we consider the modalist heresy, which holds that Father, Son, and Spirit are really not persons but more like masks or roles God puts on in relationship to the world. ","date_published":"2019-10-22T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4089a34a-9585-4287-8104-9c49250a5b08.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23122368,"duration_in_seconds":1926}]},{"id":"06e8fe0e-f597-4947-a4a3-8c118d9bba36","title":"Episode 278: Marcion, Thor and YHWH","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/278","content_text":"In this episode we continue to talk about the Romance of Orthodoxy. We talk about Marcionism, a heresy that claims the God of the Hebrew Bible is fundamentally different than the God revealed in Jesus Christ. We find a surprising modern example of the position in renowned theologian David Bentley Hart. We consider a recent exchange he had with First Things contributor Peter Leithart. ","content_html":"In this episode we continue to talk about the Romance of Orthodoxy. We talk about Marcionism, a heresy that claims the God of the Hebrew Bible is fundamentally different than the God revealed in Jesus Christ. We find a surprising modern example of the position in renowned theologian David Bentley Hart. We consider a recent exchange he had with First Things contributor Peter Leithart.
","summary":"In this episode we continue to talk about the Romance of Orthodoxy. We talk about Marcionism, a heresy that claims the God of the Hebrew Bible is fundamentally different than the God revealed in Jesus Christ. We find a surprising modern example of the position in renowned theologian David Bentley Hart. We consider a recent exchange he had with First Things contributor Peter Leithart. ","date_published":"2019-10-16T20:15:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/06e8fe0e-f597-4947-a4a3-8c118d9bba36.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29948400,"duration_in_seconds":2495}]},{"id":"411ab714-41ab-4017-83d5-4d0a5646767c","title":"Episode 277: Docetism","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/277","content_text":"Continuing our series on the Romance of Orthodoxy, we discuss the \"docetic\" heresy, which claims that Jesus Christ was divine, but not really human. ","content_html":"Continuing our series on the Romance of Orthodoxy, we discuss the "docetic" heresy, which claims that Jesus Christ was divine, but not really human.
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\n\nWe reference an atonement chart put together by Brad East. You can find it here.
","summary":"Continuing our discussion of the romance of orthodoxy, we consider controversies in the history of the church. In this episode we discuss the early church's struggle with the role of Torah observance and the inclusion of Gentiles. ","date_published":"2019-09-24T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5ca15108-3898-4570-a098-446b900353ce.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22786704,"duration_in_seconds":1898}]},{"id":"cadc50e9-0f5c-48d2-bca3-a03682015e9f","title":"Episode 275: The Romance of Orthodoxy","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/275","content_text":"Fresh off of our summer vacations, we talk about how Christian orthodoxy has romanced us both and continues to do so. \n\nWe reference two podcast interviews in this episode. You can find them below. \n\nhttps://giveandtake.fireside.fm/175\n\nhttps://giveandtake.fireside.fm/174","content_html":"Fresh off of our summer vacations, we talk about how Christian orthodoxy has romanced us both and continues to do so.
\n\nWe reference two podcast interviews in this episode. You can find them below.
\n\nhttps://giveandtake.fireside.fm/175
\n\nhttps://giveandtake.fireside.fm/174
","summary":"Fresh off of our summer vacations, we talk about how Christian orthodoxy has romanced us both and continues to do so. ","date_published":"2019-09-10T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/cadc50e9-0f5c-48d2-bca3-a03682015e9f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26014608,"duration_in_seconds":2167}]},{"id":"27c58e29-f51c-4eaa-8cfd-39bda6d9f4cb","title":"Episode 274: Summer Potpourri ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/274","content_text":"We're both looking toward summer vacation! In this episode we mix it up, like the Jeoprady Potpourri category. You never know what's coming next. ","content_html":"We're both looking toward summer vacation! In this episode we mix it up, like the Jeoprady Potpourri category. You never know what's coming next.
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","summary":"In this episode we talk about the recent mass shootings in Texas and Ohio and how to face what they tell us about ourselves as Americans. ","date_published":"2019-08-06T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/be3d0902-a99d-436f-b21e-47a741e9a5b8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23326704,"duration_in_seconds":1943}]},{"id":"97702ade-d9f1-4ae9-92ce-16e7575e29f8","title":"Episode 272: Kissing The Faith Goodbye","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/272","content_text":"In this episode we talk about renowned former megachurch pastor Josh Harris's announcement that he has left the Christian faith. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about renowned former megachurch pastor Josh Harris's announcement that he has left the Christian faith.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about renowned former megachurch pastor Josh Harris's announcement that he has left the Christian faith. ","date_published":"2019-07-31T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/97702ade-d9f1-4ae9-92ce-16e7575e29f8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28622592,"duration_in_seconds":2385}]},{"id":"73116f6f-b75e-48c2-b9cb-790cd30f6f2d","title":"Episode 271: Us, Them, Trump, and The Squad","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/271","content_text":"In this episode, inspired in part by David Fitch's new book, we talk about the recent inflammatory statements President Trump made about four women of color in the House of Representatives. ","content_html":"In this episode, inspired in part by David Fitch's new book, we talk about the recent inflammatory statements President Trump made about four women of color in the House of Representatives.
","summary":"In this episode, inspired in part by David Fitch's new book, we talk about the recent inflammatory statements President Trump made about four women of color in the House of Representatives. ","date_published":"2019-07-23T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/73116f6f-b75e-48c2-b9cb-790cd30f6f2d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21338640,"duration_in_seconds":1778}]},{"id":"30736d17-446d-4bff-b51e-e80b861a0ec9","title":"Episode 270: Apocalypse Now?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/270","content_text":"Many are troubled by evangelical love affair with President Trump. Sometimes people talk like it means that the sky is falling or that the end is near. Is this overstated? Might historical perspective teach us a thing or two in this cultural moment? ","content_html":"Many are troubled by evangelical love affair with President Trump. Sometimes people talk like it means that the sky is falling or that the end is near. Is this overstated? Might historical perspective teach us a thing or two in this cultural moment?
","summary":"Many are troubled by evangelical love affair with President Trump. Sometimes people talk like it means that the sky is falling or that the end is near. Is this overstated? Might historical perspective teach us a thing or two in this cultural moment? ","date_published":"2019-07-10T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/30736d17-446d-4bff-b51e-e80b861a0ec9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22604400,"duration_in_seconds":1883}]},{"id":"ed5460a1-72ca-41b0-aaea-608e5f756ae6","title":"Episode 269: The Gift of Wonder, with Christine Sine","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/269","content_text":"In this episode we talk with a special guest, Christine Sine. Her new book is entitled The Gift of Wonder: Creative Practices For Delighting In God.\n\nCan you imagine a God who dances with shouts of joy, laughs when you laugh, loves to play, enjoys life, and invites us to join the fun? Like many of us, Christine Sine had spent many years with an image of God who was \"a very serious, workaholic type of God.\" And even when her theology told her this was not true, she struggled to live into this new way of thinking. What she needed was a childlike spirituality. In this book, Christine Sine, online host of the Godspace community, invites us to pay attention to childlike characteristics that have the power to reshape us. Each chapter addresses a childlike characteristic to embrace, including delight, playfulness, imagination, awe and wonder, love of nature, the ability to live in the present, and much more. Fresh spiritual practices that engage all our senses help us live a new spiritual life that embraces the wonder and joy that God intends for us.","content_html":"In this episode we talk with a special guest, Christine Sine. Her new book is entitled The Gift of Wonder: Creative Practices For Delighting In God.
\n\nCan you imagine a God who dances with shouts of joy, laughs when you laugh, loves to play, enjoys life, and invites us to join the fun? Like many of us, Christine Sine had spent many years with an image of God who was "a very serious, workaholic type of God." And even when her theology told her this was not true, she struggled to live into this new way of thinking. What she needed was a childlike spirituality. In this book, Christine Sine, online host of the Godspace community, invites us to pay attention to childlike characteristics that have the power to reshape us. Each chapter addresses a childlike characteristic to embrace, including delight, playfulness, imagination, awe and wonder, love of nature, the ability to live in the present, and much more. Fresh spiritual practices that engage all our senses help us live a new spiritual life that embraces the wonder and joy that God intends for us.
","summary":"In this episode we talk with a special guest, Christine Sine. Her new book is entitled \"The Gift of Wonder.\"","date_published":"2019-06-20T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ed5460a1-72ca-41b0-aaea-608e5f756ae6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29126736,"duration_in_seconds":2427}]},{"id":"bbcee50f-32f6-4f3d-98f2-2040766a20e3","title":"Episode 268: The One, The Three and The Many","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/268","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and it's connection to reality and everyday life. \n\nWe reference a book by our friend Glenn Scrivener. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Story-God-World-You/dp/1909611948.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and it's connection to reality and everyday life.
\n\nWe reference a book by our friend Glenn Scrivener. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Story-God-World-You/dp/1909611948.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and it's connection to reality and everyday life. ","date_published":"2019-06-14T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/bbcee50f-32f6-4f3d-98f2-2040766a20e3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21288960,"duration_in_seconds":1774}]},{"id":"a09ecf48-0999-4bae-b920-c39a3bc48372","title":"Episode 267: Game of Thrones and the End of Empathy","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/267","content_text":"In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the Game of Thrones Finale and a recent Invisibilia episode on empathy.\n\nYou can find the Invisibilia episode we reference here: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/712276022/the-end-of-empathy.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the Game of Thrones Finale and a recent Invisibilia episode on empathy.
\n\nYou can find the Invisibilia episode we reference here: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/712276022/the-end-of-empathy.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the Game of Thrones Finale and a recent Invisibilia episode on empathy.","date_published":"2019-06-06T22:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a09ecf48-0999-4bae-b920-c39a3bc48372.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22410864,"duration_in_seconds":1867}]},{"id":"e69559c1-b78a-494c-bf8c-80481a77448e","title":"Episode 266: Can a Command be a Gift?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/266","content_text":"In this episode we continue to talk about the moral life, with some theological help from Karl Barth and John Milbank. We also talk a bit about Game of Thrones, and consider the reactions to the untimely and sad death of Rachel Held Evans. ","content_html":"In this episode we continue to talk about the moral life, with some theological help from Karl Barth and John Milbank. We also talk a bit about Game of Thrones, and consider the reactions to the untimely and sad death of Rachel Held Evans.
","summary":"In this episode we continue to talk about the moral life, with some theological help from Karl Barth and John Milbank. We also talk a bit about Game of Thrones, and consider the reactions to the untimely and sad death of Rachel Held Evans. ","date_published":"2019-05-13T01:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e69559c1-b78a-494c-bf8c-80481a77448e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20685456,"duration_in_seconds":1723}]},{"id":"a6387b10-1390-4ea3-b912-0414d3389f63","title":"Episode 265: The Battle of the Dead and the Source of Life","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/265","content_text":"In this episode we talk Game of Thrones, legalism and antinominiasm, in that order pretty much. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk Game of Thrones, legalism and antinominiasm, in that order pretty much.
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","summary":"In this episode, inspired by revelations about Joe Biden's \"touchiness\", we talk about changing norms and navigating social change. ","date_published":"2019-04-14T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/089d0f59-da66-4ed7-9f07-a23b03e0b7a4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20723472,"duration_in_seconds":1726}]},{"id":"577843d2-08aa-499a-8562-5c8179611b68","title":"Episode 261: Bullgeschichte, with Adam Borneman","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/261","content_text":"In this Bullgeschichte episode we're joined by Adam Borneman. He's a Presbyterian minister (PCUSA) and the Program Director of Macedonia Ministries. We talk about 19th century theology, the relevance of the Gospel for public life, and a host of other things. Special Guest: Adam Borneman.","content_html":"In this Bullgeschichte episode we're joined by Adam Borneman. He's a Presbyterian minister (PCUSA) and the Program Director of Macedonia Ministries. We talk about 19th century theology, the relevance of the Gospel for public life, and a host of other things.
Special Guest: Adam Borneman.
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","summary":"In this episode we continue to discuss the Mueller Report now that Attorney General Barr's summary of it has been made public. ","date_published":"2019-03-25T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/3f6a4332-f522-4d59-9579-dbd10f1c412b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20653056,"duration_in_seconds":1721}]},{"id":"97c6f1e9-2226-45ba-a5c6-bcfee39c80a1","title":"Episode 258: Are We Heading For Mueller Malaise?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/258","content_text":"We recorded this episode a half hour before the release of the summary of the Mueller report by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. We talk about it what it might mean for the country. We also talk about how people generally deal with uncertainty. ","content_html":"We recorded this episode a half hour before the release of the summary of the Mueller report by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. We talk about it what it might mean for the country. We also talk about how people generally deal with uncertainty.
","summary":"We recorded this episode a half hour before the release of the summary of the Mueller report by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. We talk about it what it might mean for the country. We also talk about how people generally deal with uncertainty. ","date_published":"2019-03-24T16:30:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/97c6f1e9-2226-45ba-a5c6-bcfee39c80a1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16260912,"duration_in_seconds":1355}]},{"id":"13b57965-f3b5-417f-beb5-dbfd97d45486","title":"Episode 257: The Person vs The Principle ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/257","content_text":"In this episode, inspired by a piece published on the site of our friends over at Mockingbird, we talk about the relationship of the person of Christ to principles that we devise and even cherish.\n\nYou can find the piece we reference, written by Jared Jones, here: https://mbird.com/2019/03/the-living-christ-and-the-principle-of-grace/.","content_html":"In this episode, inspired by a piece published on the site of our friends over at Mockingbird, we talk about the relationship of the person of Christ to principles that we devise and even cherish.
\n\nYou can find the piece we reference, written by Jared Jones, here: https://mbird.com/2019/03/the-living-christ-and-the-principle-of-grace/.
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\n\nYou can find the NY Times piece we discuss here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/political-polarization.html.
","summary":"In this episode, inspired by NY Times op-ed piece, we talk about the problem of contemptuousness in our culture. ","date_published":"2019-03-16T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/1a89749e-66ea-499e-80c6-96aecccd54a8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24620976,"duration_in_seconds":2051}]},{"id":"e59b5973-f1b4-4d6d-91d1-2591124db50f","title":"Episode 255: The Methodist Church Controversy ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/255","content_text":"In this episode, after a few minutes talking news, we turn to the recent controversy about sexuality and LGBT inclusion in the United Methodist Church. ","content_html":"In this episode, after a few minutes talking news, we turn to the recent controversy about sexuality and LGBT inclusion in the United Methodist Church.
","summary":"In this episode, after a few minutes talking news, we turn to the recent controversy about sexuality and LGBT inclusion in the United Methodist Church. ","date_published":"2019-03-04T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e59b5973-f1b4-4d6d-91d1-2591124db50f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30884976,"duration_in_seconds":2573}]},{"id":"295e391b-fcc4-447f-889c-a96f68cdfabb","title":"Episode 254: The Visible and the Invisible","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/254","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the visible and invisible church, and our ideals and the church's realities. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the visible and invisible church, and our ideals and the church's realities.
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\n\nYou can find the article we reference here.
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\n\nYou can find Valerie Tarico's piece here: http://new.exchristian.net/2019/02/the-righteousness-and-woke-why.html.
","summary":"In this episode, inspired by a piece written by Valerie Tarico, we talk about the strange similarities between some types of conservative evangelicals and woke activists. Most people wouldn't see these groups having much in common. But does their particular sort of tribalism make their similarities greater than their differences?","date_published":"2019-02-09T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/133f756c-5458-4252-b5b8-d1a5942a6797.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30485376,"duration_in_seconds":2540}]},{"id":"14c46ad3-d621-4870-9c4b-da14672d26ed","title":"Episode 251: Talking Theology, Culture and Counter-Culture with Dave Fitch","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/251","content_text":"In this episode we talk with friend and always interesting interlocutor David Fitch. Dave is a theologian, pastor and church planter. He's also a self-described \"Neo-Anabaptist.\" He also identifies as an evangelical Christian. We ask him about his Neo-Anabaptist theological vision and how it relates to the evangelical tradition in North America. Special Guest: David Fitch.","content_html":"In this episode we talk with friend and always interesting interlocutor David Fitch. Dave is a theologian, pastor and church planter. He's also a self-described "Neo-Anabaptist." He also identifies as an evangelical Christian. We ask him about his Neo-Anabaptist theological vision and how it relates to the evangelical tradition in North America.
Special Guest: David Fitch.
","summary":"In this episode we talk with friend and always interesting interlocutor David Fitch. Dave is a theologian, pastor and church planter. He's also a self-described \"Neo-Anabaptist.\" He also identifies as an evangelical Christian. We ask him about his Neo-Anabaptist theological vision and how it relates to the evangelical tradition in North America. ","date_published":"2019-02-05T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/14c46ad3-d621-4870-9c4b-da14672d26ed.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47117376,"duration_in_seconds":3926}]},{"id":"f9d1a209-3921-4308-a9be-8611d250a8e4","title":"Episode 250: 250!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/250","content_text":"In this our 250th episode, we are joined by our friend Matt Milliner. We discuss a host of issues and ideas and do a lot of laughing along the way. Special Guest: Matt Milliner.","content_html":"In this our 250th episode, we are joined by our friend Matt Milliner. We discuss a host of issues and ideas and do a lot of laughing along the way.
Special Guest: Matt Milliner.
","summary":"In this our 250th episode, we are joined by our friend Matt Milliner. We discuss a host of issues and ideas and do a lot of laughing along the way. ","date_published":"2019-01-28T21:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/f9d1a209-3921-4308-a9be-8611d250a8e4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47504448,"duration_in_seconds":3958}]},{"id":"3f98b6a0-94d9-4a0d-87fb-9346a8624b44","title":"Episode 249: Grace is Grace","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/249","content_text":"In this episode we talk about grace. Specifically, we talk about the term common grace, and how to us grace always seems particular and special. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about grace. Specifically, we talk about the term common grace, and how to us grace always seems particular and special.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about grace. Specifically, we talk about the term common grace, and how to us grace always seems particular and special. ","date_published":"2019-01-16T21:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/3f98b6a0-94d9-4a0d-87fb-9346a8624b44.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20341152,"duration_in_seconds":1695}]},{"id":"ff49f244-4d48-4415-9b62-5fb400b61cfe","title":"Episode 248: What We Worry About","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/248","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the things that keep us up at night, and the things that don't.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the things that keep us up at night, and the things that don't.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the things that keep us up at night, and the things that don't.","date_published":"2019-01-06T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ff49f244-4d48-4415-9b62-5fb400b61cfe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23324544,"duration_in_seconds":1943}]},{"id":"6e4dd39a-187b-42c6-a54a-9ccc938190b8","title":"Episode 247: Origen, Irenaeus, and The Meaning of Christmas","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/247","content_text":"In this episode we consider two different ancient approaches to the meaning of redemption and the role of Jesus in it, and how it shapes our understanding of Christmas. ","content_html":"In this episode we consider two different ancient approaches to the meaning of redemption and the role of Jesus in it, and how it shapes our understanding of Christmas.
","summary":"In this episode we consider two different ancient approaches to the meaning of redemption and the role of Jesus in it, and how it shapes our understanding of Christmas. ","date_published":"2018-12-24T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/6e4dd39a-187b-42c6-a54a-9ccc938190b8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19753200,"duration_in_seconds":1646}]},{"id":"1e845f5d-36cc-4afa-9c70-d5e10ca89acb","title":"Episode 246: Keep the Christendom in Christmas","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/246","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the blessing of Advent and Christmas traditions and the benefits of living in a culture even superficially shaped by the Christian story. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the blessing of Advent and Christmas traditions and the benefits of living in a culture even superficially shaped by the Christian story.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the blessing of Advent and Christmas traditions and the benefits of living in a culture even superficially shaped by the Christian story. ","date_published":"2018-12-10T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/1e845f5d-36cc-4afa-9c70-d5e10ca89acb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19560960,"duration_in_seconds":1630}]},{"id":"00c34440-c839-462a-95a7-14b73734cb08","title":"Episode 245: Keeping The Faith","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/245","content_text":"In this episode we interact with a recent piece that appeared on the Gospel Coalition website. The author claims that there is slippery slope (or natural progression?) from progressive evangelical Christianity to atheism. We're less than convinced. \n\nYou can find the piece, written by Alisa Childers, here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-beliefs-progressive-christians-atheists-share/.","content_html":"In this episode we interact with a recent piece that appeared on the Gospel Coalition website. The author claims that there is slippery slope (or natural progression?) from progressive evangelical Christianity to atheism. We're less than convinced.
\n\nYou can find the piece, written by Alisa Childers, here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-beliefs-progressive-christians-atheists-share/.
","summary":"In this episode we interact with a recent piece that appeared on the Gospel Coalition website. The author claims that there is slippery slope (or natural progression?) from progressive evangelical Christianity to atheism. We're less than convinced. ","date_published":"2018-11-23T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/00c34440-c839-462a-95a7-14b73734cb08.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29222640,"duration_in_seconds":2435}]},{"id":"315849e1-ae4c-48ce-9da0-46c4a96d828e","title":"Episode 244: Talking Politics at Thanksgiving","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/244","content_text":"In this episode we talk about how to deal with contentious hot button issues at the holiday dinner table. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about how to deal with contentious hot button issues at the holiday dinner table.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about how to deal with contentious hot button issues at the holiday dinner table. ","date_published":"2018-11-21T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/315849e1-ae4c-48ce-9da0-46c4a96d828e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22814784,"duration_in_seconds":1901}]},{"id":"55cf0d9d-0160-4b67-8347-c06adc6f071d","title":"Episode 243: Why We Need Evil","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/243","content_text":"In this episode we talk about what happens in the wake of horrific things when we lose the capacity to call them evil in a meaningful way. \n\nWe referenced two books on the episode: People of the Lie and Evil in Modern Thought. You can find the links below:\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/People-Lie-Hope-Healing-Human/dp/0684848597\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Evil-Modern-Thought-Alternative-Philosophy/dp/0691168504","content_html":"In this episode we talk about what happens in the wake of horrific things when we lose the capacity to call them evil in a meaningful way.
\n\nWe referenced two books on the episode: People of the Lie and Evil in Modern Thought. You can find the links below:
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\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Evil-Modern-Thought-Alternative-Philosophy/dp/0691168504
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","summary":"This past week we saw 16 people killed in hate crimes in 2 states, one of which was the biggest killing of Jews in American history. We also saw a crazed man send bombs to some of the Democratic party's leadership and key supporters. We try to think about where we go next. ","date_published":"2018-10-29T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/704f5845-2b03-4a0f-8e58-23c1c25dcbb2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24516864,"duration_in_seconds":2043}]},{"id":"836da6bb-8be1-4aa0-89e8-0d5b83b434a0","title":"Episode 241: The Rich White Civil War","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/241","content_text":"In this episode we talk about a new study of the American electorate, inspired by a recent op-ed in the NY Times by David Brooks. New research shows that the political tribalism that characterizes American political culture is actually fueled by the elites on the right and the left. \n\nYou can find the David Brooks piece here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/opinion/politics-race-white-tribalism.html.\n\nYou can find the research he cites here: https://hiddentribes.us.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about a new study of the American electorate, inspired by a recent op-ed in the NY Times by David Brooks. New research shows that the political tribalism that characterizes American political culture is actually fueled by the elites on the right and the left.
\n\nYou can find the David Brooks piece here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/opinion/politics-race-white-tribalism.html.
\n\nYou can find the research he cites here: https://hiddentribes.us.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about a new study of the American electorate, inspired by a recent op-ed in the NY Times by David Brooks. New research shows that the political tribalism that characterizes American political culture is actually fueled by the elites on the right and the left. \r\n","date_published":"2018-10-22T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/836da6bb-8be1-4aa0-89e8-0d5b83b434a0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19892736,"duration_in_seconds":1657}]},{"id":"921d9e07-7321-47f9-9eae-de663d413501","title":"Episode 240: The Politics of the Cross","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/240","content_text":"In this episode we reflect on America's deep political divisions and tribalism in light of the theology of the cross. ","content_html":"In this episode we reflect on America's deep political divisions and tribalism in light of the theology of the cross.
","summary":"In this episode we reflect on America's deep political divisions and tribalism in light of the theology of the cross. ","date_published":"2018-10-08T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/921d9e07-7321-47f9-9eae-de663d413501.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28603185,"duration_in_seconds":2212}]},{"id":"8ee54cc6-5f41-4537-af04-954b222a7601","title":"Episode 239: Politics after Kavanaugh","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/239","content_text":"In this episode, recorded as the Senate was voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, we discuss the events that led up to his confirmation and what they might mean for the future of American politics and culture. \n\nWe reference two articles during our discussion. They can be found below.\n\nhttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/02/brett-kavanaugh-lying-politics-220812\n\nhttp://mbird.com/2018/10/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-lost-doctrine-of-sin/","content_html":"In this episode, recorded as the Senate was voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, we discuss the events that led up to his confirmation and what they might mean for the future of American politics and culture.
\n\nWe reference two articles during our discussion. They can be found below.
\n\nhttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/02/brett-kavanaugh-lying-politics-220812
\n\nhttp://mbird.com/2018/10/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-lost-doctrine-of-sin/
","summary":"In this episode, recorded as the Senate was voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, we discuss the events that led up to his confirmation and what they might mean for the future of American politics and culture. ","date_published":"2018-10-06T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/8ee54cc6-5f41-4537-af04-954b222a7601.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24553185,"duration_in_seconds":1875}]},{"id":"70689690-8ab1-4f9c-a121-5756febca108","title":"Episode 238: Is There a Philosophy of the Cross?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/238","content_text":"In this episode, inspired by an essay that appeared in the Expository Times, we talk about the relationship between Christianity and philosophy. Specifically we consider what Christ crucified, \"the foolishness of God,\" has to do with the philosophical enterprise. \n\nYou can find the essay we discuss here: \n\nThis is the Von Balthasar quote referenced: \n\n\nNeither religious philosophy nor existence can provide the criterion for the genuineness of Christianity. In philosophy, man discovers what is humanly knowable about the depths of being; in existence, man lives out what is humanly livable. But Christianity disappears the moment it allows itself to be dissolved into a transcendental precondition of human self-understanding in thinking or living, knowledge or deed. It thus seems at first that the extrinsicist and historical approach of the newer apologetics is the only way forward. This approach does not altogether collapse before philosophy and existence, but only because they both serve to justify the approach in a secondary and subsequent sense. Once the act of faith has been carried out as faith in the historical kerygma, it fulfills metaphysics and ethics even as it elevates them.\n\n\n-Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Love Alone is Credible (Kindle Locations 418-424). Ignatius Press. Kindle Edition. ","content_html":"In this episode, inspired by an essay that appeared in the Expository Times, we talk about the relationship between Christianity and philosophy. Specifically we consider what Christ crucified, "the foolishness of God," has to do with the philosophical enterprise.
\n\nYou can find the essay we discuss here:
\n\nThis is the Von Balthasar quote referenced:
\n\n\n\n\nNeither religious philosophy nor existence can provide the criterion for the genuineness of Christianity. In philosophy, man discovers what is humanly knowable about the depths of being; in existence, man lives out what is humanly livable. But Christianity disappears the moment it allows itself to be dissolved into a transcendental precondition of human self-understanding in thinking or living, knowledge or deed. It thus seems at first that the extrinsicist and historical approach of the newer apologetics is the only way forward. This approach does not altogether collapse before philosophy and existence, but only because they both serve to justify the approach in a secondary and subsequent sense. Once the act of faith has been carried out as faith in the historical kerygma, it fulfills metaphysics and ethics even as it elevates them.
\n
-Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Love Alone is Credible (Kindle Locations 418-424). Ignatius Press. Kindle Edition.
","summary":"In this episode, inspired by an essay that appeared in the Expository Times, we talk about the relationship between Christianity and philosophy. Specifically we consider what Christ crucified, \"the foolishness of God,\" has to do with the philosophical enterprise. \r\n","date_published":"2018-10-01T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/70689690-8ab1-4f9c-a121-5756febca108.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25331616,"duration_in_seconds":2110}]},{"id":"00ffaa1a-6270-408d-ad28-5cd05fcede66","title":"Episode 237: Death","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/237","content_text":"In this episode we talk about life's most universal experience: death. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about life's most universal experience: death.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about life's most universal experience: death. ","date_published":"2018-09-25T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/00ffaa1a-6270-408d-ad28-5cd05fcede66.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24722496,"duration_in_seconds":2060}]},{"id":"f3862ac8-5c03-469b-bf3e-f67114a8b2db","title":"Episode 236: A Post-Christian Conservatism?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/236","content_text":"In this episode we discuss the results of a recent study that show that there is an increasing number of secular and irreligious people forming Trump's GOP base. These less religious Republicans tend to share more of Trump's views that their religious counterparts. What does this mean for the future of the Republican party and the conservative movement?\n\nWe found out about the study in a recent New York Times piece by Ross Douthat. ","content_html":"In this episode we discuss the results of a recent study that show that there is an increasing number of secular and irreligious people forming Trump's GOP base. These less religious Republicans tend to share more of Trump's views that their religious counterparts. What does this mean for the future of the Republican party and the conservative movement?
\n\nWe found out about the study in a recent New York Times piece by Ross Douthat.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss the results of a recent study that show that there is an increasing number of secular and irreligious people forming Trump's GOP base. These less religious Republicans tend to share more of Trump's views that their religious counterparts. What does this mean for the future of the Republican party and the conservative movement?","date_published":"2018-09-18T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/f3862ac8-5c03-469b-bf3e-f67114a8b2db.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20714400,"duration_in_seconds":1726}]},{"id":"28edfa44-e0ba-466f-9eeb-a64ebf29e3ae","title":"Episode 235: What Was Paul's Problem Anyway?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/235","content_text":"In this episode, drawing inspiration from a book by Stephen Westerholm, we discuss the Old and New Perspective on Paul and whether Paul's \"problem\" was a Gentile issue or a problem facing the entire human race. \n\nWesterholm's book is entitled Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking A Pauline Theme. You can find a conversation with Westerholm about the book here.","content_html":"In this episode, drawing inspiration from a book by Stephen Westerholm, we discuss the Old and New Perspective on Paul and whether Paul's "problem" was a Gentile issue or a problem facing the entire human race.
\n\nWesterholm's book is entitled Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking A Pauline Theme. You can find a conversation with Westerholm about the book here.
","summary":"In this episode, drawing inspiration from a book by Stephen Westerholm, we discuss the Old and New Perspective on Paul and whether Paul's \"problem\" was a Gentile issue or a problem facing the entire human race. ","date_published":"2018-09-15T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/28edfa44-e0ba-466f-9eeb-a64ebf29e3ae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24370449,"duration_in_seconds":1860}]},{"id":"8a8e7d63-a83d-49d1-a358-eea88a29d374","title":"Episode 234: Does The Media Get The Church?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/234","content_text":"In this episode, inspired by a piece in Commentary Magazine about the current crisis in the Catholic Church and the controversy surrounding President Trump's recent dinner with prominent evangelical leaders, we talk about how the media covers and sometimes misunderstands the church and church controversies. ","content_html":"In this episode, inspired by a piece in Commentary Magazine about the current crisis in the Catholic Church and the controversy surrounding President Trump's recent dinner with prominent evangelical leaders, we talk about how the media covers and sometimes misunderstands the church and church controversies.
","summary":"In this episode, inspired by a piece in Commentary Magazine about the current crisis in the Catholic Church and the controversy surrounding President Trump's recent dinner with prominent evangelical leaders, we talk about how the media covers and sometimes misunderstands the church and church controversies. ","date_published":"2018-08-30T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/8a8e7d63-a83d-49d1-a358-eea88a29d374.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27274381,"duration_in_seconds":2102}]},{"id":"84389145-d956-4b19-9bae-d2b1b8bd833d","title":"Episode 233: Socialism on the Rise? ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/233","content_text":"In this episode, inspired by a discussion on the Commentary Magazine podcast, we discuss the rising popularity of socialism in America today.","content_html":"In this episode, inspired by a discussion on the Commentary Magazine podcast, we discuss the rising popularity of socialism in America today.
","summary":"In this episode, inspired by a discussion on the Commentary Magazine podcast, we discuss the rising popularity of socialism in America today.","date_published":"2018-08-20T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/84389145-d956-4b19-9bae-d2b1b8bd833d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19226592,"duration_in_seconds":1602}]},{"id":"481a8789-a5b4-4cfd-a231-a37a6c046a77","title":"Episode 232: Infrastructure and Tradition","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/232","content_text":"In this episode we talk about Roman roads, the importance of infrastructure and the nature of preservation and innovation in traditions. \n\nYou can find the story about the study of Roman roads and current economic activity here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5673247/Roman-roads-contributing-spread-prosperity-scientists-claim.html.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about Roman roads, the importance of infrastructure and the nature of preservation and innovation in traditions.
\n\nYou can find the story about the study of Roman roads and current economic activity here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5673247/Roman-roads-contributing-spread-prosperity-scientists-claim.html.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about Roman roads, the importance of infrastructure and the nature of preservation and innovation in traditions. ","date_published":"2018-08-16T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/481a8789-a5b4-4cfd-a231-a37a6c046a77.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25154496,"duration_in_seconds":2096}]},{"id":"7fbf2f69-1d62-4cb1-8fde-2a7130ef11ca","title":"Episode 231: Patriotism and Nationalism ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/231","content_text":"William F. Buckley once said: \"I’m as patriotic as anyone from sea to shining sea, but there’s not a molecule of nationalism in me.” Inspired by this quote, we consider whether one can be an American patriot and a nationalist at the same time. ","content_html":"William F. Buckley once said: "I’m as patriotic as anyone from sea to shining sea, but there’s not a molecule of nationalism in me.” Inspired by this quote, we consider whether one can be an American patriot and a nationalist at the same time.
","summary":"William F. Buckley once said: \"I’m as patriotic as anyone from sea to shining sea, but there’s not a molecule of nationalism in me.” Inspired by this quote, we consider whether one can be an American patriot and a nationalist at the same time. ","date_published":"2018-08-07T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/7fbf2f69-1d62-4cb1-8fde-2a7130ef11ca.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20183472,"duration_in_seconds":1681}]},{"id":"d0ccb4e2-4f1a-40ce-9ec8-c89c1cf3c859","title":"Episode 230: Nature and Grace","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/230","content_text":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we discuss the relationship of nature and grace.","content_html":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we discuss the relationship of nature and grace.
","summary":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we discuss the relationship of nature and grace.","date_published":"2018-08-02T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d0ccb4e2-4f1a-40ce-9ec8-c89c1cf3c859.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22369761,"duration_in_seconds":1693}]},{"id":"8fe04c3f-a8a3-4c90-b724-d6eb8434b14e","title":"Episode 229: The Show About Nothing","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/229","content_text":"We welcomed friend of the show Geoff Holsclaw into the bunker for the first time. We went into this episode without a topic. It was a show about nothing that became something. This goes down as one of our favorite Bullgeschicte episodes. Can't wait to have Geoff back. ","content_html":"We welcomed friend of the show Geoff Holsclaw into the bunker for the first time. We went into this episode without a topic. It was a show about nothing that became something. This goes down as one of our favorite Bullgeschicte episodes. Can't wait to have Geoff back.
","summary":"We welcomed friend of the show Geoff Holsclaw into the bunker for the first time. We went into this episode without a topic. It was a show about nothing that became something. This goes down as one of our favorite Bullgeschicte episodes. Can't wait to have Geoff back. ","date_published":"2018-07-15T22:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/8fe04c3f-a8a3-4c90-b724-d6eb8434b14e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":38935901,"duration_in_seconds":3073}]},{"id":"1996d269-31f7-4669-9af8-71d334ee127e","title":"Episode 228: When Politics Shapes Religion ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/228","content_text":"Inspired by a recent piece in the New York Times, we discuss new research that shows how political affiliations and commitments are shaping religious one, not the other way around.\n\nYou can find the New York Times piece, written by Michele Margolis, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/opinion/religion-republican-democrat.html.","content_html":"Inspired by a recent piece in the New York Times, we discuss new research that shows how political affiliations and commitments are shaping religious one, not the other way around.
\n\nYou can find the New York Times piece, written by Michele Margolis, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/opinion/religion-republican-democrat.html.
","summary":"Inspired by a recent piece in the New York Times, we discuss new research that shows how political affiliations and commitments are shaping religious one, not the other way around.\r\n","date_published":"2018-07-13T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/1996d269-31f7-4669-9af8-71d334ee127e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17727133,"duration_in_seconds":1306}]},{"id":"0a3920ff-483f-42cf-b9f0-e3c7c8f3a8d7","title":"Episode 227: God, Predestination and Evil ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/227","content_text":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we offer a postscript to our previous episode on Calvin and predestination. We grapple with questions about providence, predestination and evil. ","content_html":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we offer a postscript to our previous episode on Calvin and predestination. We grapple with questions about providence, predestination and evil.
","summary":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we offer a postscript to our previous episode on Calvin and predestination. We grapple with questions about providence, predestination and evil. ","date_published":"2018-07-09T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0a3920ff-483f-42cf-b9f0-e3c7c8f3a8d7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20103277,"duration_in_seconds":1504}]},{"id":"47d7e827-2bbd-4b12-84f5-60860a708805","title":"Episode 226: Calvin and Predestination","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/226","content_text":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we talk about Calvin and predestination. ","content_html":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we talk about Calvin and predestination.
","summary":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we talk about Calvin and predestination. ","date_published":"2018-07-06T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/47d7e827-2bbd-4b12-84f5-60860a708805.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21952449,"duration_in_seconds":1658}]},{"id":"9b400839-8ccd-4426-8edc-1834f4939eb8","title":"Episode 225: The Little Luther","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/225","content_text":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we talk about Luther and the Reformation reception of Augustine, in conversation with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, popularly know as \"The Little Flower of Jesus.\" ","content_html":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we talk about Luther and the Reformation reception of Augustine, in conversation with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, popularly know as "The Little Flower of Jesus."
","summary":"In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, we talk about Luther and the Reformation reception of Augustine, in conversation with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, popularly know as \"The Little Flower of Jesus.\" ","date_published":"2018-06-27T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/9b400839-8ccd-4426-8edc-1834f4939eb8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21399283,"duration_in_seconds":1612}]},{"id":"75913796-3bd5-4946-b5da-96e605523592","title":"Episode 224: The Laodicean Augustine","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/224","content_text":"La·od·i·ce·an\n\nadjective\nadjective: Laodicean\n\n\nlukewarm or halfhearted, especially with respect to religion or politics.\n\n\nnoun\nnoun: Laodicean; plural noun: Laodiceans\n\n\na person with a halfhearted attitude toward religion or politics.\n\n\nIn this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, Bill argues for a \"Laodicean\" Augustinian understanding of human nature. ","content_html":"La·od·i·ce·an
\n\nadjective
\nadjective: Laodicean
noun
\nnoun: Laodicean; plural noun: Laodiceans
In this episode, continuing a series on law, grace, the Christian life and the nature of the human condition, Bill argues for a "Laodicean" Augustinian understanding of human nature.
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\n\nThe article we mention by Professor Crispin Sartwell can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/opinion/original-sin-ethics.html.
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Special Guest: Doug Pagitt.
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Special Guest: Matt Milliner.
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","summary":"In this episode we consider what Kierkegaard's philosophy can tell us about James Comey and Donald Trump. ","date_published":"2018-04-21T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/24101a5d-7e03-4a5f-a665-db29e42c281c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23324819,"duration_in_seconds":1773}]},{"id":"d180a2b6-230b-4a7c-ac77-fe86a7255c54","title":"Episode 210: The Humor of Christ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/210","content_text":"In this episode we reflect on and riff off of Bill's most recent contribution to \"The Mockingbird\", the magazine of Mockingbird Ministries (www.mbird.com). The issue's theme was humor and Bill's essay argues that Jesus really did have a sense of humor. ","content_html":"In this episode we reflect on and riff off of Bill's most recent contribution to "The Mockingbird", the magazine of Mockingbird Ministries (www.mbird.com). The issue's theme was humor and Bill's essay argues that Jesus really did have a sense of humor.
","summary":"In this episode we reflect on and riff off of Bill's most recent contribution to \"The Mockingbird\", the magazine of Mockingbird Ministries (www.mbird.com). The issue's theme was humor and Bill's essay argues that Jesus really did have a sense of humor. ","date_published":"2018-04-13T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d180a2b6-230b-4a7c-ac77-fe86a7255c54.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25327861,"duration_in_seconds":1939}]},{"id":"bfb771c5-af31-475d-b3f6-1a2421f9ed89","title":"Episode 209: The Future of the Politics of Freedom","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/209","content_text":"In this episode of the podcast, inspired by a conversation between Bill Kristol and Peter Berkowitz II, we consider the future of classical liberalism in light of contemporary challenges to it that come from both the Left and the Right. \n\nYou can find the conversation between Kristol and Berkowitz here:\n\nhttp://conversationswithbillkristol.org/video/peter-berkowitz-ii/?start=15&end=2375.","content_html":"In this episode of the podcast, inspired by a conversation between Bill Kristol and Peter Berkowitz II, we consider the future of classical liberalism in light of contemporary challenges to it that come from both the Left and the Right.
\n\nYou can find the conversation between Kristol and Berkowitz here:
\n\nhttp://conversationswithbillkristol.org/video/peter-berkowitz-ii/?start=15&end=2375.
","summary":"In this episode of the podcast, inspired by a conversation between Bill Kristol and Peter Berkowitz II, we consider the future of classical liberalism in light of contemporary challenges to it that come from both the Left and the Right. ","date_published":"2018-04-12T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/bfb771c5-af31-475d-b3f6-1a2421f9ed89.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22556585,"duration_in_seconds":1709}]},{"id":"5ca673ce-2650-4af4-90c3-0bb7114380bb","title":"Episode 208: Jordan Peterson on the Significance of Easter ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/208","content_text":"In this episode we discuss a piece Jordan Peterson wrote for the London Times which appeared in the newspaper on Easter Sunday.\n\nThe article can be found here: \n\nhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/the-sunday-times-magazine/jordan-peterson-the-bestselling-author-and-clinical-psychologist-on-why-theres-still-power-in-the-easter-story-rx5njr0zl. ","content_html":"In this episode we discuss a piece Jordan Peterson wrote for the London Times which appeared in the newspaper on Easter Sunday.
\n\nThe article can be found here:
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","summary":"In this episode, recorded on Good Friday 2018, Bill and I talk about the events that preceded Easter and their meaning for us today. ","date_published":"2018-03-31T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/eff881cb-d3ed-42d5-9fa0-c128f8b57f29.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28352057,"duration_in_seconds":2192}]},{"id":"8baa8504-4091-4e3e-bd5b-522405e228f6","title":"Episode 206: Bullgeschichte Session, with Todd Littleton","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/206","content_text":"Occasionally we invite someone on to talk with us about a host of things, or whatever comes to mind. We call it a \"Bullgeschicte\" Session. Our guest for this episode is Todd Littleton. He's a pastor, writer, consultant, professor, blogger and podcaster. We talk love, death, necrophobia and food. Special Guest: Todd Littleton.","content_html":"Occasionally we invite someone on to talk with us about a host of things, or whatever comes to mind. We call it a "Bullgeschicte" Session. Our guest for this episode is Todd Littleton. He's a pastor, writer, consultant, professor, blogger and podcaster. We talk love, death, necrophobia and food.
Special Guest: Todd Littleton.
","summary":"Occasionally we invite someone on to talk with us about a host of things, or whatever comes to mind. We call it a \"Bullgeschicte\" Session. Our guest for this episode is Todd Littleton. He's a pastor, writer, consultant, professor, blogger and podcaster. We talk love, death, necrophobia and food. ","date_published":"2018-03-28T20:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/8baa8504-4091-4e3e-bd5b-522405e228f6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24199613,"duration_in_seconds":1845}]},{"id":"fb28da59-b712-4de8-aa2a-b0505b2b770b","title":"Episode 205: More on the Essence of Christianity","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/205","content_text":"From time to time on the podcast we reflect on the essence of Christianity. We return to this theme, with a little help from Hans Urs von Balthasar. ","content_html":"From time to time on the podcast we reflect on the essence of Christianity. We return to this theme, with a little help from Hans Urs von Balthasar.
","summary":"From time to time on the podcast we reflect on the essence of Christianity. We return to this theme, with a little help from Hans Urs von Balthasar. ","date_published":"2018-03-28T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/fb28da59-b712-4de8-aa2a-b0505b2b770b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20215829,"duration_in_seconds":1513}]},{"id":"907e072c-00a9-4656-a807-bbbc18a3f14e","title":"Episode 204: Self-Deception","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/204","content_text":"In this episode of the podcast we talk about self-deception and how hard it is to know when you're deceiving yourself. ","content_html":"In this episode of the podcast we talk about self-deception and how hard it is to know when you're deceiving yourself.
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\n\nBelow are the links to both pieces:
\n\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/
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Special Guest: Mark Oppenheimer.
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","summary":"In this episode we consider the dark side of Martin Luther's personality, how it shaped the Reformation and how we should consider it today. ","date_published":"2018-02-03T07:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/96f3935f-bab8-4a63-91d2-311b4a91876b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26684981,"duration_in_seconds":2053}]},{"id":"9f288834-7f0f-4115-b33e-89037bcd817b","title":"Episode 195: Why Do Evangelicals Still Support Trump?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/195","content_text":"In this episode we consider why prominent evangelical leaders still support President Trump, even amidst recent revelations of an affair with an adult film star. \n\nIn the intro we mentioned Glen Scrivener's podcast. You can find it here: http://speaklife.org.uk/tep/.","content_html":"In this episode we consider why prominent evangelical leaders still support President Trump, even amidst recent revelations of an affair with an adult film star.
\n\nIn the intro we mentioned Glen Scrivener's podcast. You can find it here: http://speaklife.org.uk/tep/.
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","summary":"In this episode we consider the late medieval philosophical movement called Nominalism. Many think it's the movement that gave birth to the modern world. ","date_published":"2018-01-22T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b1ee2997-025d-443c-82b5-2ea07b6fa4e7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25892717,"duration_in_seconds":1987}]},{"id":"1308555c-8f0a-4d20-a15f-acaf71f9833f","title":"Episode 193: Is It Getting Better?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/193","content_text":"In our second episode of 2018 we ask if the world is getting better. We reflect on Time Magazine's interview with Bill Gates and Rowan Williams' review of John Millbank's newest book, The Politics of Virtue, co-authored with Adrian Pabst. \n\nYou can find the Bill Gates interview here: http://time.com/5086907/bill-gates-nancy-gibbs-interview/.\n\nThe Rowan Williams review is here: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/10/liberalism-and-capitalism-have-hollowed-out-society-so-where-do-we-turn-now.","content_html":"In our second episode of 2018 we ask if the world is getting better. We reflect on Time Magazine's interview with Bill Gates and Rowan Williams' review of John Millbank's newest book, The Politics of Virtue, co-authored with Adrian Pabst.
\n\nYou can find the Bill Gates interview here: http://time.com/5086907/bill-gates-nancy-gibbs-interview/.
\n\nThe Rowan Williams review is here: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/10/liberalism-and-capitalism-have-hollowed-out-society-so-where-do-we-turn-now.
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","summary":"In this episode we think about whether or not the Virgin Birth still makes sense for modern Christians. We initially wanted to tackle three issues: (1) the biblical witness, (2) the theological truth and (3) the existential significance. We only got to part 1. Our endeavor is parts 2 and 3 before Christmas Eve. ","date_published":"2017-12-19T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a2b59175-7325-41cb-be38-d89b48e266a4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34217287,"duration_in_seconds":2680}]},{"id":"0b1e5d38-a7eb-4497-b859-bdbb435a169d","title":"Episode 188: Reflecting on The Legacy of R.C. Sproul ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/188","content_text":"We are joined on a \"Friday Night Lights\" episode by Greg Strawbridge. The Rev. Dr. Greg Strawbridge is the pastor of All Saints Church in Lancaster, Pa. He's authored and edited several books and is the founder of Wordmp3.com.Special Guest: Gregg Strawbridge.","content_html":"We are joined on a "Friday Night Lights" episode by Greg Strawbridge. The Rev. Dr. Greg Strawbridge is the pastor of All Saints Church in Lancaster, Pa. He's authored and edited several books and is the founder of Wordmp3.com.
Special Guest: Gregg Strawbridge.
","summary":"We are joined on a \"Friday Night Lights\" episode by Greg Strawbridge. Greg is the pastor of All Saints Church in Lancaster, PA. ","date_published":"2017-12-16T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0b1e5d38-a7eb-4497-b859-bdbb435a169d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25107333,"duration_in_seconds":1921}]},{"id":"9c5a1437-c505-4c73-8770-91c6f85ee225","title":"Episode 187: What Does Roy Moore's Defeat Mean For America and Its Christians?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/187","content_text":"In this episode, recorded the day after the special Senate election in Alabama to fill Jeff Sessions' seat, we talk about the signficance of Roy Moore's defeat for American public life.","content_html":"In this episode, recorded the day after the special Senate election in Alabama to fill Jeff Sessions' seat, we talk about the signficance of Roy Moore's defeat for American public life.
","summary":"In this episode, recorded the day after the special Senate election in Alabama to fill Jeff Sessions' seat, we talk about the signficance of Roy Moore's defeat for American public life.","date_published":"2017-12-13T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/9c5a1437-c505-4c73-8770-91c6f85ee225.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":97845449,"duration_in_seconds":2993}]},{"id":"9f6de770-4045-45d6-9dc2-6bf28c992856","title":"Episode 186: From Ideology To Tribalism?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/186","content_text":"In this episode we consider whether tribalism is a more decisive force in our culture than ideology.\n\nWe mention a new book written by Alan Jacobs called _How To Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. _ You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Survival-Guide-World/dp/0451499603.","content_html":"In this episode we consider whether tribalism is a more decisive force in our culture than ideology.
\n\nWe mention a new book written by Alan Jacobs called _How To Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. _ You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Survival-Guide-World/dp/0451499603.
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\n\nLinks to Gerrish and Jenson can be found below:
\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Christian-Faith-Dogmatics-B-Gerrish/dp/0664256988
\n\n","summary":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In this episode, recorded during the beginning of Advent, we talk about the end of all things and Christian hope. ","date_published":"2017-12-08T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5e63eacd-d288-4630-a307-e88db22e885e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26730233,"duration_in_seconds":2056}]},{"id":"c9d3ecc5-596b-4189-a023-7893173dbb5f","title":"Episode 184: Friday Night Lights...Robin Hood, Taxes, Kickers and Punters","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/184","content_text":"In this episode, a Friday Night Lights edition, we talk about current events. We hit on taxes, field listener questions from Facebook live and even talk about football. ","content_html":"In this episode, a Friday Night Lights edition, we talk about current events. We hit on taxes, field listener questions from Facebook live and even talk about football.
","summary":"In this episode, a Friday Night Lights edition, we talk about current events. We hit on taxes, field listener questions from Facebook live and even talk about football. ","date_published":"2017-12-02T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/c9d3ecc5-596b-4189-a023-7893173dbb5f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30447407,"duration_in_seconds":2366}]},{"id":"677d2bd2-e6f8-4d70-b5ed-29e42437feb2","title":"Episode 183: Revolution and Reform","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/183","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the 13th century, a century G.K. Chesterton claimed was great because it was one of reform without revolution. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the 13th century, a century G.K. Chesterton claimed was great because it was one of reform without revolution.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the 13th century, a century G.K. Chesterton claimed was great because it was one of reform without revolution. ","date_published":"2017-12-02T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/677d2bd2-e6f8-4d70-b5ed-29e42437feb2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24182409,"duration_in_seconds":1844}]},{"id":"dbee349b-247e-45ef-a33c-e16a2e81629f","title":"Episode 182: Escaping Roy Moore's Evangelicalism","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/182","content_text":"In this episode of the podcast we discuss a recent New York Times piece by UNC historian Molly Worthen. You can find the article here:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/opinion/sunday/escape-roy-moores-evangelicalism.html.","content_html":"In this episode of the podcast we discuss a recent New York Times piece by UNC historian Molly Worthen. You can find the article here:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/opinion/sunday/escape-roy-moores-evangelicalism.html.
","summary":"In this episode of the podcast we discuss a recent New York Times piece by UNC historian Molly Worthen.","date_published":"2017-11-22T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/dbee349b-247e-45ef-a33c-e16a2e81629f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29611737,"duration_in_seconds":2296}]},{"id":"21657b5d-6b3e-437a-9cd2-ff5a53f93e7b","title":"Episode 181: Sober Faith","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/181","content_text":"In this episode we consider what it means to have a faith that does not simply react to the turbulent and sometimes outrageous times in which we live, but actually serves as a kind of calming reality in the eye of the storm. \n\nThe episode was inspired by this quote from one of Bill's recent sermons:\n\n\nI think one of the pressing needs for Christians in this current time is to develop spiritual sobriety. A sober faith is one that is not in crisis because Christians behave badly and think poorly; a sober hope is not influenced by the 24-hour news cycle or declining church attendance; a sober love is one that both channels and models the disinterested and unconditional love of God in Christ for both sinners, saints and everyone in between.\n","content_html":"In this episode we consider what it means to have a faith that does not simply react to the turbulent and sometimes outrageous times in which we live, but actually serves as a kind of calming reality in the eye of the storm.
\n\nThe episode was inspired by this quote from one of Bill's recent sermons:
\n\n\n","summary":"In this episode we consider what it means to have a faith that does not simply react to the turbulent and sometimes outrageous times in which we live, but actually serves as a kind of calming reality in the eye of the storm. ","date_published":"2017-11-21T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/21657b5d-6b3e-437a-9cd2-ff5a53f93e7b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24916957,"duration_in_seconds":1905}]},{"id":"fadbc015-b06f-4763-810c-5bc30d14df3f","title":"Episode 180: Where Does Creativity Come From?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/180","content_text":"In this episode we reflect on the nature of creativity. Where does it come from? What makes it flow? What kills it?","content_html":"I think one of the pressing needs for Christians in this current time is to develop spiritual sobriety. A sober faith is one that is not in crisis because Christians behave badly and think poorly; a sober hope is not influenced by the 24-hour news cycle or declining church attendance; a sober love is one that both channels and models the disinterested and unconditional love of God in Christ for both sinners, saints and everyone in between.
\n
In this episode we reflect on the nature of creativity. Where does it come from? What makes it flow? What kills it?
","summary":"In this episode we reflect on the nature of creativity. Where does it come from? What makes it flow? What kills it?","date_published":"2017-11-18T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/fadbc015-b06f-4763-810c-5bc30d14df3f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21818907,"duration_in_seconds":1647}]},{"id":"b7bfe151-5584-44a9-a986-ac98db2e6524","title":"Episode 179: Manners, Motives and Public Discourse","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/179","content_text":"Inspired by a recent Atlantic piece by Peter Beinart, we talk about what it might take to have more understanding public discourse today.\n\nYou can find the essay we mention here:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/conservatism-without-bigotry/544128/.","content_html":"Inspired by a recent Atlantic piece by Peter Beinart, we talk about what it might take to have more understanding public discourse today.
\n\nYou can find the essay we mention here:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/conservatism-without-bigotry/544128/.
","summary":"Inspired by a recent Atlantic piece by Peter Beinart, we talk about what it might take to have more understanding public discourse today.","date_published":"2017-11-10T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b7bfe151-5584-44a9-a986-ac98db2e6524.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22743873,"duration_in_seconds":1724}]},{"id":"a433afff-e6b2-4560-8f5e-6a612c552e0c","title":"Episode 178: The Euthyphro Problem?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/178","content_text":"In this episode of the podcast we discuss a Platonic dialogue entitled \"Euthyphro.\" It poses timeless questions about the relationship between justice, piety and the nature of truth.\n\nWe were inspired by a blog post comparing C.S. Lewis and Cornelius Van Til on the so called \"Euthyphro dilemma.\"","content_html":"In this episode of the podcast we discuss a Platonic dialogue entitled "Euthyphro." It poses timeless questions about the relationship between justice, piety and the nature of truth.
\n\nWe were inspired by a blog post comparing C.S. Lewis and Cornelius Van Til on the so called "Euthyphro dilemma."
","summary":"In this episode of the podcast we discuss a Platonic dialogue entitled \"Euthyphro.\" It poses timeless questions about the relationship between justice, piety and the nature of truth.","date_published":"2017-11-05T06:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a433afff-e6b2-4560-8f5e-6a612c552e0c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28735341,"duration_in_seconds":2223}]},{"id":"38edd132-5725-4931-b5f2-dc8f3b24547f","title":"Episode 177: Glorious Things Of...?...A Reformation Reflection","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/177","content_text":"In this episode we have a conversation with Geoff Holsclaw and David Fitch about the legacy of the Reformation and what it means today.","content_html":"In this episode we have a conversation with Geoff Holsclaw and David Fitch about the legacy of the Reformation and what it means today.
","summary":"In this episode we have a conversation with Geoff Holsclaw and David Fitch about the legacy of the Reformation and what it means today.","date_published":"2017-11-01T22:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/38edd132-5725-4931-b5f2-dc8f3b24547f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42451733,"duration_in_seconds":3366}]},{"id":"a34e3dcd-9c53-45cd-9b76-f93829c9bc05","title":"Episode 176: Gods, Gopniks and Godlessness ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/176","content_text":"We were recently inspired by something David Bentley Hart wrote about atheism in First Things in 2014. For this we thank Facebook. \n\nYou can find the article here:https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/05/gods-and-gopniks.","content_html":"We were recently inspired by something David Bentley Hart wrote about atheism in First Things in 2014. For this we thank Facebook.
\n\nYou can find the article here:https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/05/gods-and-gopniks.
","summary":"We were recently inspired by something David Bentley Hart wrote about atheism in First Things in 2014. For this we thank Facebook. ","date_published":"2017-10-29T22:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a34e3dcd-9c53-45cd-9b76-f93829c9bc05.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21748519,"duration_in_seconds":1641}]},{"id":"3d4ab03a-6401-44f1-af4e-0aa56748b07a","title":"Episode 175: Is Liberalism Conservative?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/175","content_text":"In this episode we talk about a recent Wall Street Journal piece by Yoram Hazony entitled \"Is 'Classical Liberalism' Conservative?\".\n\nOur current political and cultural moment should invite self-reflection on every level. We probably wouldn't agree with him on a host of political issues, but Mr. Hazony does it well. ","content_html":"In this episode we talk about a recent Wall Street Journal piece by Yoram Hazony entitled "Is 'Classical Liberalism' Conservative?".
\n\nOur current political and cultural moment should invite self-reflection on every level. We probably wouldn't agree with him on a host of political issues, but Mr. Hazony does it well.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about a recent Wall Street Journal piece by \"Yoram Hazony\" entitled \"Is 'Classical Liberalism' Conservative?\" ","date_published":"2017-10-21T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/3d4ab03a-6401-44f1-af4e-0aa56748b07a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26621047,"duration_in_seconds":2047}]},{"id":"dfc2c420-ccc9-42f7-abbf-2c18374b7df9","title":"Episode 174: What Is Sacred?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/174","content_text":"This week there was a controversy involving President Trump and a phone call he made to the family of a fallen Special Forces soldier who was one of four that died this month in Niger. After much back and forth between the President, a Congresswoman, the press and staffers of former presidents, Trump's Chief of Staff weighed in during a press conference, at one point asking if anything is sacred anymore. We ponder that question.\n\nThis article from the Atlantic summarizes the exchange that began the controversy. ","content_html":"This week there was a controversy involving President Trump and a phone call he made to the family of a fallen Special Forces soldier who was one of four that died this month in Niger. After much back and forth between the President, a Congresswoman, the press and staffers of former presidents, Trump's Chief of Staff weighed in during a press conference, at one point asking if anything is sacred anymore. We ponder that question.
\n\nThis article from the Atlantic summarizes the exchange that began the controversy.
","summary":"This week there was a controversy involving President Trump and a phone call he made to the family of a fallen Special Forces soldier who was one of four that died this month in Niger. Trump's Chief of Staff weighed in during a press conference, at one point asking if anything is sacred anymore. We ponder that question.","date_published":"2017-10-20T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/dfc2c420-ccc9-42f7-abbf-2c18374b7df9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28015029,"duration_in_seconds":2163}]},{"id":"30449a44-9b3c-4107-9c30-0e8c984b5c46","title":"Episode 173: The Eight Hour Sermon?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/173","content_text":"In this episode we discuss a recent book entitled 8 Hours or Less: Writing faithful sermons faster, by Ryan Huguley. We also consider the nature of preaching and the life and calling of preachers. ","content_html":"In this episode we discuss a recent book entitled 8 Hours or Less: Writing faithful sermons faster, by Ryan Huguley. We also consider the nature of preaching and the life and calling of preachers.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss a recent book entitled \"8 Hours or Less: Writing faithful sermons faster\", by Ryan Huguley. We also consider the nature of preaching and the life and calling of preachers. ","date_published":"2017-10-17T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/30449a44-9b3c-4107-9c30-0e8c984b5c46.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25864735,"duration_in_seconds":1984}]},{"id":"53713e04-ba5c-402b-b8b9-722ca6c12695","title":"Episode 172: Theology In Outline, Part 6: Where Does One Begin? ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/172","content_text":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In this episode we discuss whether theology should begin with the universal and move to the particular or do it the other way around.","content_html":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In this episode we discuss whether theology should begin with the universal and move to the particular or do it the other way around.
","summary":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In this episode we discuss whether theology should begin with the universal and move to the particular or do it the other way around.","date_published":"2017-10-14T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/53713e04-ba5c-402b-b8b9-722ca6c12695.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23686397,"duration_in_seconds":1803}]},{"id":"b62fb4bf-cfc4-4b70-9dbe-0edaf310b207","title":"Episode 171: Guns","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/171","content_text":"In this episode we talk about guns. It wasn't our first choice for today, but reality impinges like that. We also attempt to do justice to the memory of Tom Petty (probably impossible, but it hasn't stopped us yet). May he rest in peace, alongside the countless victims of senseless violence.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about guns. It wasn't our first choice for today, but reality impinges like that. We also attempt to do justice to the memory of Tom Petty (probably impossible, but it hasn't stopped us yet). May he rest in peace, alongside the countless victims of senseless violence.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about guns. It wasn't our first choice for today, but reality impinges like that. We also attempt to do justice to the memory of Tom Petty (probably impossible, but it hasn't stopped us yet). May he rest in peace, alongside the countless victims of senseless violence.","date_published":"2017-10-06T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b62fb4bf-cfc4-4b70-9dbe-0edaf310b207.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26325397,"duration_in_seconds":2023}]},{"id":"d0afd93e-435f-4c74-ad47-2a19e7ef25b0","title":"Episode 170: The Lost Art Of Disagreement ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/170","content_text":"In this episode, recorded on International Podcast Day, we talk about the virtues of real disagreement, built not on misunderstanding but serious attentiveness and comprehension. \n\nWe were inspired by a NY Times op-ed piece written by Brett Stephens earlier this week. You can find it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/opinion/dying-art-of-disagreement.html.\n\nScott also revealed his ignorance about the Canadian music scene. Penance to come in a future episode. ","content_html":"In this episode, recorded on International Podcast Day, we talk about the virtues of real disagreement, built not on misunderstanding but serious attentiveness and comprehension.
\n\nWe were inspired by a NY Times op-ed piece written by Brett Stephens earlier this week. You can find it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/opinion/dying-art-of-disagreement.html.
\n\nScott also revealed his ignorance about the Canadian music scene. Penance to come in a future episode.
","summary":"In this episode, recorded on International Podcast Day, we talk about the virtues of real disagreement, built not on misunderstanding but serious attentiveness and comprehension. \r\n","date_published":"2017-09-30T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d0afd93e-435f-4c74-ad47-2a19e7ef25b0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26537769,"duration_in_seconds":2040}]},{"id":"ee8322d0-4cab-44de-937f-8714163386ce","title":"Episode 169: Theology In Outline, Part 5: The Problem of Evil ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/169","content_text":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In this episode we're looking at the problem of evil. ","content_html":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In this episode we're looking at the problem of evil.
","summary":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In this episode we're looking at the problem of evil. ","date_published":"2017-09-27T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ee8322d0-4cab-44de-937f-8714163386ce.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22356971,"duration_in_seconds":1692}]},{"id":"2c8069f0-1846-47a4-908b-51b2e0045359","title":"Episode 168: Praying Angry?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/168","content_text":"In this Friday Night Lights/Bullgeschichte episode we welcome a new guest to the bunker. Brian Toews joins us to talk about imprecatory Psalms, the verses in the Bible that wish bad things on people that have wronged the ones praying. What do we do with these Psalms today?\n\nWe reference a lecture about Calvin and Julian of Norwich on divine anger. It can be found in this volume: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0075D1WE8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1.Special Guest: Brian Toews.","content_html":"In this Friday Night Lights/Bullgeschichte episode we welcome a new guest to the bunker. Brian Toews joins us to talk about imprecatory Psalms, the verses in the Bible that wish bad things on people that have wronged the ones praying. What do we do with these Psalms today?
\n\nWe reference a lecture about Calvin and Julian of Norwich on divine anger. It can be found in this volume: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0075D1WE8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1.
Special Guest: Brian Toews.
","summary":"In this Friday Night Lights/Bullgeschichte episode we welcome a new guest to the bunker. Brian Toews joins us to talk about imprecatory Psalms, the verses in the Bible that wish bad things on people that have wronged the ones praying. What do we do with these Psalms today?","date_published":"2017-09-23T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/2c8069f0-1846-47a4-908b-51b2e0045359.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31612627,"duration_in_seconds":2463}]},{"id":"b6419fb6-dcf1-4cb6-8fdf-2600ab20b315","title":"Episode 167: Theology In Outline, Part 4: The Nature of Sin","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/167","content_text":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish.\n\nIn this episode we focus on Brian Gerrish's understanding of sin. Below you'll find some key quotes from the chapter we discussed. \n\nThesis 7: Estrangement from the Creator may, as mistrust, be guiltless; but as defiance to the Creator it is sin, which arises from inborn egocentrism and the collective pressures of society, infects a person's entire existence with self-interest, and makes the self powerless to achieve the purpose of its creation without redemption.\n\nWhat is sin? can be fully answered only from the perspective of redemption. Hence, in harmony with his consistently christological approach, Karl Barth changed the traditional dogmatic order and dealt with sin in the context of the divine work of reconciliation in Jesus Christ, not as a separate dogmatic locus that comes before reconciliation (CD IV/ 1: 359). But there can be no objection to treating the sin of humanity, as well as the original perfection of humanity, before Christology if, with Calvin and Schleiermacher, we recognize that the measure of both is the person of the Redeemer. The conviction of sin, as Christian faith understands it, arises from confrontation with the Christ who is proclaimed in the gospel. But this experiential sequence need not determine dogmatic order. The christological reference may govern the account of sin either by the order adopted, as in Barth, or by conscious and explicit anticipation, as in Calvin (Institutes, 1: 189, 248; Comm. Gal. 2: 21) and Schleiermacher (CF 270, 279). We can more readily retain the link with our two principal guides if we take the second option. It is precisely the connection of sin with the words and work of Jesus Christ that raises doubts about the one-sided concept of sin in the Western theological tradition. The identification of sin with active resistance to the will of God is an unwarranted narrowing of all that comes between God and fallen humanity in Scripture generally, and particularly in the message of Jesus. There seem, then, to be two choices for dogmatic theology: either to enlarge the concept of sin or else, as in my thesis 7, to acknowledge\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 77). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition. \n\nAugustine's view of Adam's sin as an act of pride, and its transmission to others by natural procreation, has exercised a fateful influence on Christian theology in the West. (Eastern Orthodoxy has been more inclined to the opinion of Augustine's Pelagian adversaries that we can incur guilt only by imitation of Adam's sin.) But Augustine's view has also evoked dissent that goes well beyond Calvin's slender modifications, and dissent has been furthered by the recognition that “Adam” does not name an individual in prehistoric time but stands for humanity in every time. Schleiermacher approved of Augustine's view of sin as a turning away from the Creator, but on the transmission of sin he broke relatively new ground. And Søren Kierkegaard (1813– 55) gave the discussion another fresh direction by his searching psychological reflections on anxiety and the sickness of despair.\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 82). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition. \n\nPerhaps the commonest idea of sin in Christian literature is (3) the self-love that goes with the first humans' pride, ambition, and temptation to become like gods (Gen. 3: 5). But Christians infer the precise nature of sin not just from the story of the fall but also, and decisively, from the proclamation of redemption. The message of Jesus came as a summons to self-denial (Mark 8: 34), and Paul's gospel announced the crucifixion of the old self (Rom. 6: 6; Gal. 2: 19– 20; 5: 24). It follows from the remedy that those who have identified the sickness of sin with amor sui (love of self) are not mistaken: the root of sin is egocentrism. The source of this condition is in part the natural perception of early childhood that the entire environment is there to meet the child's needs. We might say that sin (rather than religion, as the Freudians say) is infantile regression. In this sense, we can agree with the traditional doctrine that we are born sinners. We need not dismiss even Calvin's gloomy observation that the entire nature of infants is a kind of “seed-bed of sin” (Institutes, 1: 217 [Beveridge]). But are not infants also seedbeds of grace?\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 86). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition. \n\nBut self-love is not simply innate: it is constantly fed by the interaction of one self with other selves, the other being perceived as both a threat to one's own ego and the material for its fulfillment. Sin is always (5) social sin. The collective pressures of society, open to daily observation, have encouraged modern attempts to reinterpret original sin precisely as solidarity in sin. Augustine's harsh verdict that humankind is a single damnable lump (a massa perditionis) can then be retrieved as the recognition that each of us is not merely an individual sinner but inextricably entangled in a network of sinful (that is, self-serving) relationships, to which we make ourselves captive and for which we share responsibility. In Emil Brunner's vivid simile, we are “like the individual strawberry plants which, underneath the surface, are tied up with one another in a texture of roots.” 13\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 87). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition. \n\nIt is no doubt true that in the Old Testament the emphasis falls on sin as rebellion. But due account must be taken of the historical context. In the story of Israel, sin is naturally viewed as a rebellious people's spurning the covenant. The gospel of Jesus, on the other hand, did not come only as judgment on the sin of going after other gods. It was also— and foremost— addressed as good news to persons who were burdened by hardship and pain. Jesus could certainly denounce the presumptuous sins of the self-righteous. But, according to the Gospels, he understood his ministry to be the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah: the Spirit had anointed him to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind (Luke 4: 16– 22; see Isa. 61: 1– 3). Matthew testifies that Jesus fulfilled another passage from Isaiah: “He will not wrangle or cry aloud. . . . He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory” (Matt. 12: 17– 21; Isa. 42: 1– 4; cf. Ps. 147: 3). Remarkably, this was not the angry messiah John the Baptist anticipated (Luke 3: 7– 9; in Matt. 3: 7– 12 the angry words are addressed to the Pharisees and the Sadducees, not to the crowd generally). Jesus' mission was to the lost (Matt. 10: 6; 15: 24; 18: 11; Luke 19: 10; but see Luke 12: 49), and the series of parables in Luke 15 suggests that there are more ways than one of being lost. The prodigal son was lost willfully, but the sheep wandered off aimlessly, and the coin went uselessly out of circulation. \n\nThe nature of estrangement is understood not simply from the sin of Adam, nor from Paul's controversy with the Pharisees, but mainly from the gospel: the malady is known in the cure, and what we need is disclosed in what we are given. In terms of our concept of faith, there are at least two kinds of faithlessness: mistrust as well as defiance. Alongside the word of judgment that shatters the defiant ego, there are the words of gentle rebuke to those of little faith (Mark 4: 40; Matt. 6: 30; 8: 26; 14: 31; 16: 8; Luke 8: 25; 12: 28; 17: 5) and words of compassion to the weary, who carry heavy burdens (Matt. 11: 28). The message comes as reassurance to the mistrustful, and it calls the defiant to account. As such, it stirs the two-sidedness of elemental faith in an intelligible world that makes moral sense to us. Elemental faith is seen on reflection to belong to the class of inevitable beliefs, but in actual experience it sometimes slips away. The gospel is a reaffirmation of something in the depths of every human being so that it is heard not as heteronomous, or imposed from without, but as corresponding to the law of our being: it resonates within. This, to be sure, is not all the gospel is and does! More belongs to the doctrines of redemption, to which the present chapter is only a prelude. \n\nFor now, thesis 7 sums up my critical comments on the vocabulary of sin and is structured by the recognition that there are more ways than one of lacking or losing faith. Estrangement from God may be grounded in willful rebellion, but it may also be a lack of trust that has more to do with depletion of the self than with self-assertion. Of course, this does not exhaust the varieties of estrangement, and there is no need to suppose that these two are wholly exclusive. Mistrust may be blameworthy if it refuses the reassurance of grace and reflects the pathological self-preoccupation of the victim. Defiance, when it comes to itself, discovers that not guilt but the Father's compassion has the last word (Luke 15: 17, 20). But mistrust and defiance will serve as ideal types for the dogmatic presentation of what it means to live by faith.\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (pp. 88-90). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition. ","content_html":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish.
\n\nIn this episode we focus on Brian Gerrish's understanding of sin. Below you'll find some key quotes from the chapter we discussed.
\n\nThesis 7: Estrangement from the Creator may, as mistrust, be guiltless; but as defiance to the Creator it is sin, which arises from inborn egocentrism and the collective pressures of society, infects a person's entire existence with self-interest, and makes the self powerless to achieve the purpose of its creation without redemption.
\n\nWhat is sin? can be fully answered only from the perspective of redemption. Hence, in harmony with his consistently christological approach, Karl Barth changed the traditional dogmatic order and dealt with sin in the context of the divine work of reconciliation in Jesus Christ, not as a separate dogmatic locus that comes before reconciliation (CD IV/ 1: 359). But there can be no objection to treating the sin of humanity, as well as the original perfection of humanity, before Christology if, with Calvin and Schleiermacher, we recognize that the measure of both is the person of the Redeemer. The conviction of sin, as Christian faith understands it, arises from confrontation with the Christ who is proclaimed in the gospel. But this experiential sequence need not determine dogmatic order. The christological reference may govern the account of sin either by the order adopted, as in Barth, or by conscious and explicit anticipation, as in Calvin (Institutes, 1: 189, 248; Comm. Gal. 2: 21) and Schleiermacher (CF 270, 279). We can more readily retain the link with our two principal guides if we take the second option. It is precisely the connection of sin with the words and work of Jesus Christ that raises doubts about the one-sided concept of sin in the Western theological tradition. The identification of sin with active resistance to the will of God is an unwarranted narrowing of all that comes between God and fallen humanity in Scripture generally, and particularly in the message of Jesus. There seem, then, to be two choices for dogmatic theology: either to enlarge the concept of sin or else, as in my thesis 7, to acknowledge
\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 77). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition.
\n\nAugustine's view of Adam's sin as an act of pride, and its transmission to others by natural procreation, has exercised a fateful influence on Christian theology in the West. (Eastern Orthodoxy has been more inclined to the opinion of Augustine's Pelagian adversaries that we can incur guilt only by imitation of Adam's sin.) But Augustine's view has also evoked dissent that goes well beyond Calvin's slender modifications, and dissent has been furthered by the recognition that “Adam” does not name an individual in prehistoric time but stands for humanity in every time. Schleiermacher approved of Augustine's view of sin as a turning away from the Creator, but on the transmission of sin he broke relatively new ground. And Søren Kierkegaard (1813– 55) gave the discussion another fresh direction by his searching psychological reflections on anxiety and the sickness of despair.
\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 82). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition.
\n\nPerhaps the commonest idea of sin in Christian literature is (3) the self-love that goes with the first humans' pride, ambition, and temptation to become like gods (Gen. 3: 5). But Christians infer the precise nature of sin not just from the story of the fall but also, and decisively, from the proclamation of redemption. The message of Jesus came as a summons to self-denial (Mark 8: 34), and Paul's gospel announced the crucifixion of the old self (Rom. 6: 6; Gal. 2: 19– 20; 5: 24). It follows from the remedy that those who have identified the sickness of sin with amor sui (love of self) are not mistaken: the root of sin is egocentrism. The source of this condition is in part the natural perception of early childhood that the entire environment is there to meet the child's needs. We might say that sin (rather than religion, as the Freudians say) is infantile regression. In this sense, we can agree with the traditional doctrine that we are born sinners. We need not dismiss even Calvin's gloomy observation that the entire nature of infants is a kind of “seed-bed of sin” (Institutes, 1: 217 [Beveridge]). But are not infants also seedbeds of grace?
\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 86). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition.
\n\nBut self-love is not simply innate: it is constantly fed by the interaction of one self with other selves, the other being perceived as both a threat to one's own ego and the material for its fulfillment. Sin is always (5) social sin. The collective pressures of society, open to daily observation, have encouraged modern attempts to reinterpret original sin precisely as solidarity in sin. Augustine's harsh verdict that humankind is a single damnable lump (a massa perditionis) can then be retrieved as the recognition that each of us is not merely an individual sinner but inextricably entangled in a network of sinful (that is, self-serving) relationships, to which we make ourselves captive and for which we share responsibility. In Emil Brunner's vivid simile, we are “like the individual strawberry plants which, underneath the surface, are tied up with one another in a texture of roots.” 13
\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (p. 87). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition.
\n\nIt is no doubt true that in the Old Testament the emphasis falls on sin as rebellion. But due account must be taken of the historical context. In the story of Israel, sin is naturally viewed as a rebellious people's spurning the covenant. The gospel of Jesus, on the other hand, did not come only as judgment on the sin of going after other gods. It was also— and foremost— addressed as good news to persons who were burdened by hardship and pain. Jesus could certainly denounce the presumptuous sins of the self-righteous. But, according to the Gospels, he understood his ministry to be the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah: the Spirit had anointed him to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind (Luke 4: 16– 22; see Isa. 61: 1– 3). Matthew testifies that Jesus fulfilled another passage from Isaiah: “He will not wrangle or cry aloud. . . . He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory” (Matt. 12: 17– 21; Isa. 42: 1– 4; cf. Ps. 147: 3). Remarkably, this was not the angry messiah John the Baptist anticipated (Luke 3: 7– 9; in Matt. 3: 7– 12 the angry words are addressed to the Pharisees and the Sadducees, not to the crowd generally). Jesus' mission was to the lost (Matt. 10: 6; 15: 24; 18: 11; Luke 19: 10; but see Luke 12: 49), and the series of parables in Luke 15 suggests that there are more ways than one of being lost. The prodigal son was lost willfully, but the sheep wandered off aimlessly, and the coin went uselessly out of circulation.
\n\nThe nature of estrangement is understood not simply from the sin of Adam, nor from Paul's controversy with the Pharisees, but mainly from the gospel: the malady is known in the cure, and what we need is disclosed in what we are given. In terms of our concept of faith, there are at least two kinds of faithlessness: mistrust as well as defiance. Alongside the word of judgment that shatters the defiant ego, there are the words of gentle rebuke to those of little faith (Mark 4: 40; Matt. 6: 30; 8: 26; 14: 31; 16: 8; Luke 8: 25; 12: 28; 17: 5) and words of compassion to the weary, who carry heavy burdens (Matt. 11: 28). The message comes as reassurance to the mistrustful, and it calls the defiant to account. As such, it stirs the two-sidedness of elemental faith in an intelligible world that makes moral sense to us. Elemental faith is seen on reflection to belong to the class of inevitable beliefs, but in actual experience it sometimes slips away. The gospel is a reaffirmation of something in the depths of every human being so that it is heard not as heteronomous, or imposed from without, but as corresponding to the law of our being: it resonates within. This, to be sure, is not all the gospel is and does! More belongs to the doctrines of redemption, to which the present chapter is only a prelude.
\n\nFor now, thesis 7 sums up my critical comments on the vocabulary of sin and is structured by the recognition that there are more ways than one of lacking or losing faith. Estrangement from God may be grounded in willful rebellion, but it may also be a lack of trust that has more to do with depletion of the self than with self-assertion. Of course, this does not exhaust the varieties of estrangement, and there is no need to suppose that these two are wholly exclusive. Mistrust may be blameworthy if it refuses the reassurance of grace and reflects the pathological self-preoccupation of the victim. Defiance, when it comes to itself, discovers that not guilt but the Father's compassion has the last word (Luke 15: 17, 20). But mistrust and defiance will serve as ideal types for the dogmatic presentation of what it means to live by faith.
\n\nGerrish, B. A.. Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (pp. 88-90). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition.
","summary":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish.","date_published":"2017-09-19T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b6419fb6-dcf1-4cb6-8fdf-2600ab20b315.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25488855,"duration_in_seconds":1953}]},{"id":"0aa92b22-8b74-4314-ba51-70bb7507804c","title":"Episode 166: The Challenge of Living in the Present","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/166","content_text":"We're taking a break from our \"Theology In Outline\" series to talk about midlife crises and the challenge of the living in the present. Our conversation was inspired by a NY Times piece and a forthcoming book, both by the philosopher Kieran Setiya. \n\nYou can find the NY Times piece here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opinion/the-problem-of-living-in-the-present.html?mcubz=1.\n\nYou can find out more about his forthcoming book here: http://www.ksetiya.net/midlife.html.","content_html":"We're taking a break from our "Theology In Outline" series to talk about midlife crises and the challenge of the living in the present. Our conversation was inspired by a NY Times piece and a forthcoming book, both by the philosopher Kieran Setiya.
\n\nYou can find the NY Times piece here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opinion/the-problem-of-living-in-the-present.html?mcubz=1.
\n\nYou can find out more about his forthcoming book here: http://www.ksetiya.net/midlife.html.
","summary":"We're taking a break from our \"Theology In Outline\" series to talk about midlife crises and the challenge of the living in the present. Our conversation was inspired by a NY Times piece and a forthcoming book, both by the philosopher Kieran Setiya. ","date_published":"2017-09-17T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0aa92b22-8b74-4314-ba51-70bb7507804c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22969603,"duration_in_seconds":1743}]},{"id":"5acbca77-413f-459a-bbaf-283978015881","title":"Episode 165: Theology In Outline, Part 3","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/165","content_text":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In light of Jenson's recent passing, we focus on his retelling of the story of Jesus, the Resurrection and the Trinity in \"Can These Bones Live?\"\n\nThe texts in question are brief, which is one of the reasons we chose them. Both authors also highly esteem the Reformation tradition. At the same time both have their feet firmly planted in the modern world. If you wish to read along with us you can find links to the books below. \n\nA Theology In Outline, by Robert Jenson: https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Outline-These-Bones-Live/dp/0190214597.\n\nChristian Faith: Dogmatics In Outline, by B.A. Gerrish: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Faith-Dogmatics-B-Gerrish/dp/0664256988/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504008132&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=gerrish+dogmatic+outine.","content_html":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In light of Jenson's recent passing, we focus on his retelling of the story of Jesus, the Resurrection and the Trinity in "Can These Bones Live?"
\n\nThe texts in question are brief, which is one of the reasons we chose them. Both authors also highly esteem the Reformation tradition. At the same time both have their feet firmly planted in the modern world. If you wish to read along with us you can find links to the books below.
\n\nA Theology In Outline, by Robert Jenson: https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Outline-These-Bones-Live/dp/0190214597.
\n\nChristian Faith: Dogmatics In Outline, by B.A. Gerrish: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Faith-Dogmatics-B-Gerrish/dp/0664256988/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504008132&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=gerrish+dogmatic+outine.
","summary":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation, commemorating its 500th anniversary, through a comparison of brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. In light of Jenson's recent passing, we focus on his retelling of the story of Jesus, the Resurrection and the Trinity in \"Can These Bones Live?\"","date_published":"2017-09-10T22:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5acbca77-413f-459a-bbaf-283978015881.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28247861,"duration_in_seconds":2183}]},{"id":"9da45e68-ce12-43ab-96c2-be070a5748e6","title":"Episode 164: Theology In Outline, Part 2","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/164","content_text":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation through brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. We consider why Jenson moves quickly to the story of Israel after his introduction, whereas Gerrish focuses on the experience of the world as creation. ","content_html":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation through brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. We consider why Jenson moves quickly to the story of Israel after his introduction, whereas Gerrish focuses on the experience of the world as creation.
","summary":"We continue our revisiting of the Reformation through brief works of Robert Jenson and Brian Gerrish. We consider why Jenson moves quickly to the story of Israel after his introduction, whereas Gerrish focuses on the experience of the world as creation. ","date_published":"2017-08-30T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/9da45e68-ce12-43ab-96c2-be070a5748e6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28670263,"duration_in_seconds":2218}]},{"id":"3e395024-4e24-460b-8243-6b80a66d091d","title":"Episode 163: Theology In Outline, Part 1 ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/163","content_text":"This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. To commemorate it we are considering what it would mean to be continually reforming our understanding of the Gospel and the theological enterprise. We'll be doing this through engaging two brief theological works, one by Robert Jenson and the other by Brian Gerrish. \n\nThe texts in question are brief, which is one of the reasons we chose them. Both authors also highly esteem the Reformation tradition. At the same time both have their feet firmly planted in the modern world. If you wish to read along with us you can find links to the books below. \n\nA Theology In Outline, by Robert Jenson: https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Outline-These-Bones-Live/dp/0190214597.\n\nChristian Faith: Dogmatics In Outline, by B.A. Gerrish: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Faith-Dogmatics-B-Gerrish/dp/0664256988/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504008132&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=gerrish+dogmatic+outine.","content_html":"This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. To commemorate it we are considering what it would mean to be continually reforming our understanding of the Gospel and the theological enterprise. We'll be doing this through engaging two brief theological works, one by Robert Jenson and the other by Brian Gerrish.
\n\nThe texts in question are brief, which is one of the reasons we chose them. Both authors also highly esteem the Reformation tradition. At the same time both have their feet firmly planted in the modern world. If you wish to read along with us you can find links to the books below.
\n\nA Theology In Outline, by Robert Jenson: https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Outline-These-Bones-Live/dp/0190214597.
\n\nChristian Faith: Dogmatics In Outline, by B.A. Gerrish: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Faith-Dogmatics-B-Gerrish/dp/0664256988/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504008132&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=gerrish+dogmatic+outine.
","summary":"This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. To commemorate it we are considering what it would mean to be continually reforming our understanding of the Gospel and the theological enterprise. We'll be doing this through engaging two brief theological works, one by Robert Jenson and the other by Brian Gerrish. ","date_published":"2017-08-29T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/3e395024-4e24-460b-8243-6b80a66d091d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27825415,"duration_in_seconds":2148}]},{"id":"baebd49d-01a6-48e2-8cf2-2a9b7907b26f","title":"Episode 162: Luther Versus Augustine","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/162","content_text":"In this episode we consider the difference between the traditional Augustinian conception of the spiritual life and Martin Luther's conception of it.\n\nWe were inspired by a post on the Rev. Dr. Matthew Richard's blog: http://www.pastormattrichard.com/2015/08/augustinian-influenced-sanctification.html?m=1.\n\nIn the post he quotes from a book written by Steven Hein. See below for the full quotations.\n\nExcerpt from: Steven A. Hein, The Christian Life: Cross or Glory (Irvine, CA: NRP Books, 2015), 64, 74-82.\n\nMuch of western Christian thought from post-Apostolic times to Luther was absorbed by a quest for personal holiness. This was certainly true for St. Augustine [354-430 AD]. Even though Augustine championed salvation by grace apart from works, he understood the grace of God primarily as a divine power that progressively transforms the sinner. In other words, God requires a holy and righteous life, and by grace He continually produces what He demands. He infuses divine grace into the baptized Christian which gradually reforms the sinful character of the believer, eventually making him righteous and fit for the coming Kingdom. Augustine worked with a moral model of sin and grace. The dominant element of God's salvationing the sinner was understood to progressively reform the sinner's character and produce an increasingly virtuous life. \n\nAugustine's moral model of grace as an infused, reforming power dominated the thinking of the western Church for the next 1200 years. . . . \n\n[In the 1500s though, Luther] repudiated any kind of reform in God's salvationing of the sinner. God's justification does not make his sinful character progressively more righteous. [But rather,] the righteousness of Christ that brings the sinner favor with God covers the sinner with Christ's righteousness as completely as the metaphor of the robe of righteousness; it does not infuse and then reform the human soul, contrary to the doctrines of Rome. . . . [Indeed, Luther's] understanding repudiated Augustine's moral model of grace as a divine power that progressively heals the sin-sick soul unto righteous spiritual health. \n\n. . . \n\nSince Luther's rediscovery of the Gospel of Christ's free pardon, many thinkers within the Protestant world (and even some that bear the name Lutheran) returned to Augustine's understanding of grace, but now under the banner of sanctification. . . . [Otherwise stated,] Augustine's moral model of grace has dominated Rome's understanding of justification and, ironically, was appropriated by John Wesley to become Protestantism's standard understanding of a second work of grace called sanctification. In both instances, the grace of Christ is understood as a reforming power that makes the sinner's character progressively more righteous when coupled with the efforts and works of the believer. . . . They have depicted sanctification as a program that gradually reforms the inner character of the sinner - an additional work of grace that follows after the justification. This second grace involves a special working of the Holy Spirit that enables the Christian to experience a progressive victory over sinful habits and achieve a growing holiness in life and works. Jesus saves the sinner in conversion by bestowing his free pardon. Then, the Spirit and the committed Christian join forces to put away sinful living and bring forth a growing Christ-like life of obedience. The former work is understood as justification, the latter as sanctification. Two different works of grace are involved. We are justified by the grace of Christ's pardon, and then we are sanctified by the grace of the Spirit's power that progressively reforms the Christian's sinful character, and energizes a holy obedience to the precepts of the Law. The focus of justification is conversion, and the focus of sanctification is the Christian life that follows. As reflected in the Wesleyan take on the old revivalist hymn, Rock of Ages: Be of sin the double cure, save from wrath and make me pure. The Son saves us from the wrath of God in conversion (justification), and then the Spirit progressively makes us pure (sanctification). \n\nWith this understanding, justification becomes simply a prelude to the dominate focus of Christian life, sanctification. The believer's quest for holiness and obedience in daily living takes center stage after conversion. The astonishing reality that Christ pardons wretched sinners like me fades into the background of daily Christian concern. The attention is now on greater obedience to the Law and acquiring the Holy Spirit's resources to energize the task. The Savior from sin and death vanishes, and the Holy Spirit takes over to help us in the service of holiness through the works of Moses.\n\nWhen the sanctifying work of the Spirit is believed to be progressing appropriately, according to this model, a significant victory over sinful behavior takes place. Moreover, greater levels of obedience to the Law are being achieved, and the blessings of God are increasing in one's life. If these results are not unfolding successfully, the problem is understood to lie with the believer. The Christian is somehow failing to do his part. The problem may be a lack of trust in the Holy Spirit, a failure to yield to the Spirit, insincere repentance, or a weak commitment to a life of obedience - any or all of the above. In any event, the Christian has failed to do his part. Here sanctification is depicted as a cooperative affair where the believer's role is critical for success. Often the believer is told that his role is important to appreciate for a true God-honoring faith, lest one become lackadaisical and lapse into a dangerous attitude of cheap grace.\n\n. . . \n\n[The Lutheran view of sanctification differs from this drastically. In other words,] we miserable unholy sinners are apprehended by Christ and recreated back into the image of God in our baptism. The water and the Word where we are splashed with grace is the beginning of God's work of sanctification. We may think of Baptism as a portal through which God has His way with us, remaking us anew, and dragging us into His Kingdom. It is where God enters our space and time, sinks down into the mud of this fallen world, and makes what He desires us to be. Baptism is where God first nailed and killed us in the cross of Christ and then raised us up in faith as a new creation. We may think of Baptism as the gate to God is where He descends to us; where He deals with us according to His pleasure; and where the Savior makes himself and His saving gifts manifest. . . . He comes to kill and bring us into a spiritual death, drowning us in a word-joined watery grave. From such a watery bath, we are brought forth as a New Creation fashioned in the image of God.\n\n. . . \n\n[This Lutheran emphasis of] Baptism marks how God carries the Christian from the beginning of life in Christ to the fullness of salvation. Christians can actually say: I was baptized, and I will be baptized. Baptism is simultaneously a dying and rising work that is accomplished at the beginning (as the gateway to God); it is a work that God continually accomplishes in the Christian's life; and, it is what He promises to accomplish in the end. The Christian lives and grows by a dying to sin and a living and growing in Christ that returns him to his baptism again and again. Notice the radical difference here. This does not involve human choice and commitment to get more spiritual goodies from God - as if Christianity provides us with an edge for better spiritual living - life goes better with God! Rather God is the whole show. We are apprehended by Christ. He moves in on us and crucifies us to die with Him to sin - and then gives us His righteousness and life itself. \n\nWe make progress in Christian life by starting over again by God's baptismal work. We are always beginning anew - dying to sin and being made alive by His saving Word. Dying to live is Baptism's signature on the whole character of Christian life. God slays and makes alive again. He does not stop at the baptismal font, but His baptismal covenant is renewed in us continually through His ministry of Law and Gospel. Dying to sin by the Law and rising again by the Gospel constitute the present-tense of Baptism for all of God's children. These words kill and make alive, rendering us sinners and saints at the same time. \n\n. . . \n\nWe do not have to look else where for a second plan or word from God. The pardon of Christ's righteousness is the power that renews and matures us into the stature of Christ. Sanctification happens when we are grasped ever anew by the unconditional grace of God's pardon in Christ. It happens when we are transformed by the reality that living under grace is the end of all striving to fulfill what He demands in His Law. True sanctification is the hidden secret of God that continually happens when we are captivated again and again by the free grace of Christ. . . . \n\nThis does not imply that sanctification is not the business of the Holy Spirit or the result of of His power in our lives. This is certainly true and important. A problem arises, however, if we identify the work of the Spirit in sanctification apart from the power of the Gospel which bestows the righteousness of Christ. Here is where God has chosen to do everything for our salvation. When we look for the Spirit's power separated from the saving Word of Christ, or conditioned by anything we must do or not do, we have vacated both the work of the Spirit and the Gospel's power unto salvation. Sanctification is not related to a supplemental power of God separate from, but then added to the pardoning grace of by which we are justified. Rather, sanctification results from the powerful impact that God's justifying pardon has on our faith and life in Christ. From our new life in Baptism, the Gospel pardon matures us as a new creation, frees from the slavery of sin, and empowers us to walk in the Spirit. It strengthens and develops faith. The Holy Spirit's power in sanctification and the Gospel's power that saves sinners (justification and sanctification) are the same power!","content_html":"In this episode we consider the difference between the traditional Augustinian conception of the spiritual life and Martin Luther's conception of it.
\n\nWe were inspired by a post on the Rev. Dr. Matthew Richard's blog: http://www.pastormattrichard.com/2015/08/augustinian-influenced-sanctification.html?m=1.
\n\nIn the post he quotes from a book written by Steven Hein. See below for the full quotations.
\n\nExcerpt from: Steven A. Hein, The Christian Life: Cross or Glory (Irvine, CA: NRP Books, 2015), 64, 74-82.
\n\nMuch of western Christian thought from post-Apostolic times to Luther was absorbed by a quest for personal holiness. This was certainly true for St. Augustine [354-430 AD]. Even though Augustine championed salvation by grace apart from works, he understood the grace of God primarily as a divine power that progressively transforms the sinner. In other words, God requires a holy and righteous life, and by grace He continually produces what He demands. He infuses divine grace into the baptized Christian which gradually reforms the sinful character of the believer, eventually making him righteous and fit for the coming Kingdom. Augustine worked with a moral model of sin and grace. The dominant element of God's salvationing the sinner was understood to progressively reform the sinner's character and produce an increasingly virtuous life.
\n\nAugustine's moral model of grace as an infused, reforming power dominated the thinking of the western Church for the next 1200 years. . . .
\n\n[In the 1500s though, Luther] repudiated any kind of reform in God's salvationing of the sinner. God's justification does not make his sinful character progressively more righteous. [But rather,] the righteousness of Christ that brings the sinner favor with God covers the sinner with Christ's righteousness as completely as the metaphor of the robe of righteousness; it does not infuse and then reform the human soul, contrary to the doctrines of Rome. . . . [Indeed, Luther's] understanding repudiated Augustine's moral model of grace as a divine power that progressively heals the sin-sick soul unto righteous spiritual health.
\n\n. . .
\n\nSince Luther's rediscovery of the Gospel of Christ's free pardon, many thinkers within the Protestant world (and even some that bear the name Lutheran) returned to Augustine's understanding of grace, but now under the banner of sanctification. . . . [Otherwise stated,] Augustine's moral model of grace has dominated Rome's understanding of justification and, ironically, was appropriated by John Wesley to become Protestantism's standard understanding of a second work of grace called sanctification. In both instances, the grace of Christ is understood as a reforming power that makes the sinner's character progressively more righteous when coupled with the efforts and works of the believer. . . . They have depicted sanctification as a program that gradually reforms the inner character of the sinner - an additional work of grace that follows after the justification. This second grace involves a special working of the Holy Spirit that enables the Christian to experience a progressive victory over sinful habits and achieve a growing holiness in life and works. Jesus saves the sinner in conversion by bestowing his free pardon. Then, the Spirit and the committed Christian join forces to put away sinful living and bring forth a growing Christ-like life of obedience. The former work is understood as justification, the latter as sanctification. Two different works of grace are involved. We are justified by the grace of Christ's pardon, and then we are sanctified by the grace of the Spirit's power that progressively reforms the Christian's sinful character, and energizes a holy obedience to the precepts of the Law. The focus of justification is conversion, and the focus of sanctification is the Christian life that follows. As reflected in the Wesleyan take on the old revivalist hymn, Rock of Ages: Be of sin the double cure, save from wrath and make me pure. The Son saves us from the wrath of God in conversion (justification), and then the Spirit progressively makes us pure (sanctification).
\n\nWith this understanding, justification becomes simply a prelude to the dominate focus of Christian life, sanctification. The believer's quest for holiness and obedience in daily living takes center stage after conversion. The astonishing reality that Christ pardons wretched sinners like me fades into the background of daily Christian concern. The attention is now on greater obedience to the Law and acquiring the Holy Spirit's resources to energize the task. The Savior from sin and death vanishes, and the Holy Spirit takes over to help us in the service of holiness through the works of Moses.
\n\nWhen the sanctifying work of the Spirit is believed to be progressing appropriately, according to this model, a significant victory over sinful behavior takes place. Moreover, greater levels of obedience to the Law are being achieved, and the blessings of God are increasing in one's life. If these results are not unfolding successfully, the problem is understood to lie with the believer. The Christian is somehow failing to do his part. The problem may be a lack of trust in the Holy Spirit, a failure to yield to the Spirit, insincere repentance, or a weak commitment to a life of obedience - any or all of the above. In any event, the Christian has failed to do his part. Here sanctification is depicted as a cooperative affair where the believer's role is critical for success. Often the believer is told that his role is important to appreciate for a true God-honoring faith, lest one become lackadaisical and lapse into a dangerous attitude of cheap grace.
\n\n. . .
\n\n[The Lutheran view of sanctification differs from this drastically. In other words,] we miserable unholy sinners are apprehended by Christ and recreated back into the image of God in our baptism. The water and the Word where we are splashed with grace is the beginning of God's work of sanctification. We may think of Baptism as a portal through which God has His way with us, remaking us anew, and dragging us into His Kingdom. It is where God enters our space and time, sinks down into the mud of this fallen world, and makes what He desires us to be. Baptism is where God first nailed and killed us in the cross of Christ and then raised us up in faith as a new creation. We may think of Baptism as the gate to God is where He descends to us; where He deals with us according to His pleasure; and where the Savior makes himself and His saving gifts manifest. . . . He comes to kill and bring us into a spiritual death, drowning us in a word-joined watery grave. From such a watery bath, we are brought forth as a New Creation fashioned in the image of God.
\n\n. . .
\n\n[This Lutheran emphasis of] Baptism marks how God carries the Christian from the beginning of life in Christ to the fullness of salvation. Christians can actually say: I was baptized, and I will be baptized. Baptism is simultaneously a dying and rising work that is accomplished at the beginning (as the gateway to God); it is a work that God continually accomplishes in the Christian's life; and, it is what He promises to accomplish in the end. The Christian lives and grows by a dying to sin and a living and growing in Christ that returns him to his baptism again and again. Notice the radical difference here. This does not involve human choice and commitment to get more spiritual goodies from God - as if Christianity provides us with an edge for better spiritual living - life goes better with God! Rather God is the whole show. We are apprehended by Christ. He moves in on us and crucifies us to die with Him to sin - and then gives us His righteousness and life itself.
\n\nWe make progress in Christian life by starting over again by God's baptismal work. We are always beginning anew - dying to sin and being made alive by His saving Word. Dying to live is Baptism's signature on the whole character of Christian life. God slays and makes alive again. He does not stop at the baptismal font, but His baptismal covenant is renewed in us continually through His ministry of Law and Gospel. Dying to sin by the Law and rising again by the Gospel constitute the present-tense of Baptism for all of God's children. These words kill and make alive, rendering us sinners and saints at the same time.
\n\n. . .
\n\nWe do not have to look else where for a second plan or word from God. The pardon of Christ's righteousness is the power that renews and matures us into the stature of Christ. Sanctification happens when we are grasped ever anew by the unconditional grace of God's pardon in Christ. It happens when we are transformed by the reality that living under grace is the end of all striving to fulfill what He demands in His Law. True sanctification is the hidden secret of God that continually happens when we are captivated again and again by the free grace of Christ. . . .
\n\nThis does not imply that sanctification is not the business of the Holy Spirit or the result of of His power in our lives. This is certainly true and important. A problem arises, however, if we identify the work of the Spirit in sanctification apart from the power of the Gospel which bestows the righteousness of Christ. Here is where God has chosen to do everything for our salvation. When we look for the Spirit's power separated from the saving Word of Christ, or conditioned by anything we must do or not do, we have vacated both the work of the Spirit and the Gospel's power unto salvation. Sanctification is not related to a supplemental power of God separate from, but then added to the pardoning grace of by which we are justified. Rather, sanctification results from the powerful impact that God's justifying pardon has on our faith and life in Christ. From our new life in Baptism, the Gospel pardon matures us as a new creation, frees from the slavery of sin, and empowers us to walk in the Spirit. It strengthens and develops faith. The Holy Spirit's power in sanctification and the Gospel's power that saves sinners (justification and sanctification) are the same power!
","summary":"In this episode we consider the difference between the traditional Augustinian conception of the spiritual life and Martin Luther's conception of it.","date_published":"2017-08-26T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/baebd49d-01a6-48e2-8cf2-2a9b7907b26f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30284429,"duration_in_seconds":2353}]},{"id":"3b851554-38e3-4361-a2c0-6ee1e05554fa","title":"Episode 161: Bullgeschichte: Nietzsche and the Neo-Nazis, with Ben Maddison","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/161","content_text":"On this Bullgeschichte episode we welcome Ben Maddison to the bunker. Ben is an Episcopal priest serving in Southern New Jersey. He joins us to talk about the way the Alt-Right (as well as many others) completely misread the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. Special Guest: Ben Maddison.","content_html":"On this Bullgeschichte episode we welcome Ben Maddison to the bunker. Ben is an Episcopal priest serving in Southern New Jersey. He joins us to talk about the way the Alt-Right (as well as many others) completely misread the work of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Special Guest: Ben Maddison.
","summary":"On this Bullgeschichte episode we welcome Ben Maddison to the bunker. Ben is an Episcopal priest serving in Southern New Jersey. He joins us to talk about the way the Alt-Right (as well as many others) completely misread the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. ","date_published":"2017-08-21T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/3b851554-38e3-4361-a2c0-6ee1e05554fa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31671437,"duration_in_seconds":2468}]},{"id":"d96c62f5-591a-4ff1-aae8-4a7cb77bc827","title":"Episode 160: A Lasting Hope","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/160","content_text":"In this episode we consider where to find hope at a time that seems for many so dark in our country right now.","content_html":"In this episode we consider where to find hope at a time that seems for many so dark in our country right now.
","summary":"In this episode we consider where to find hope at a time that seems for many so dark in our country right now.","date_published":"2017-08-18T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d96c62f5-591a-4ff1-aae8-4a7cb77bc827.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27176957,"duration_in_seconds":2094}]},{"id":"a3f3b6eb-c7c2-4e26-8038-a6b61a7ab77e","title":"Episode 159: Anxiety and Hope ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/159","content_text":"Where do we go from here? That seems to be the question of the moment. We live in a tribal, angry, isolated culture. New York Times columnist David Brooks has some ideas that we like in his most recent column. So we decided to do a little riffing off of him. We even go from the 21st century to the 16th at the end. \n\nYou can find David Brooks' column here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/opinion/fanaticism-white-nationalists-charlottesville.html.","content_html":"Where do we go from here? That seems to be the question of the moment. We live in a tribal, angry, isolated culture. New York Times columnist David Brooks has some ideas that we like in his most recent column. So we decided to do a little riffing off of him. We even go from the 21st century to the 16th at the end.
\n\nYou can find David Brooks' column here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/opinion/fanaticism-white-nationalists-charlottesville.html.
","summary":"Where do we go from here? That seems to be the question of the moment. We live in a tribal, angry, isolated culture. New York Times columnist David Brooks has some ideas that we like in his most recent column. So we decided to do a little riffing off of him. We even go from the 21st century to the 16th at the end. \r\n","date_published":"2017-08-15T23:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a3f3b6eb-c7c2-4e26-8038-a6b61a7ab77e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24872227,"duration_in_seconds":1901}]},{"id":"976536c9-5432-4e1d-945c-87239efbeca7","title":"Episode 158: Bullgeschichte: Horton hears a...?, with Nikki Kelley Kleinberg","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/158","content_text":"Our guest for this bullgeschichte episode is Nikki Kelley Kleinberg. She's a United Methodist pastor and a hospital chaplain. We talk about a wide range of things, including the theology of Dr. Seuss. ","content_html":"Our guest for this bullgeschichte episode is Nikki Kelley Kleinberg. She's a United Methodist pastor and a hospital chaplain. We talk about a wide range of things, including the theology of Dr. Seuss.
","summary":"Our guest for this bullgeschichte episode is Nikki Kelley Kleinberg. She's a United Methodist pastor and a hospital chaplain. We talk about a wide range of things, including the theology of Dr. Seuss. ","date_published":"2017-08-15T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/976536c9-5432-4e1d-945c-87239efbeca7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36130433,"duration_in_seconds":2840}]},{"id":"b1257f5b-21d2-4b44-91aa-6242f181b9b1","title":"Episode 157: Charlottesville Reflection Roundtable, hosted by the Crackers and Grape Juice Podcast","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/157","content_text":"We were grateful to be invited to participate in a roundtable discussion about the recent events in Charlottesville and what they mean for our country and the church. It was hosted by our friends at the Crackers and Grape Juice podcast. ","content_html":"We were grateful to be invited to participate in a roundtable discussion about the recent events in Charlottesville and what they mean for our country and the church. It was hosted by our friends at the Crackers and Grape Juice podcast.
","summary":"We were grateful to be invited to participate in a roundtable discussion about the recent events in Charlottesville and what they mean for our country and the church. It was hosted by our friends at the Crackers and Grape Juice podcast. ","date_published":"2017-08-14T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b1257f5b-21d2-4b44-91aa-6242f181b9b1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":53541013,"duration_in_seconds":4291}]},{"id":"a6f94895-fe62-4533-a00c-b341dc9d4bca","title":"Episode 156: The Death of Ambition","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/156","content_text":"In this episode we discuss ambition, mortality and everything in between. Our conversation was inspired by Bill's recent article in The Mockingbird print magazine. \n\nYou can get a copy of the most recent issue of the magazine at www.mbird.com.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss ambition, mortality and everything in between. Our conversation was inspired by Bill's recent article in The Mockingbird print magazine.
\n\nYou can get a copy of the most recent issue of the magazine at www.mbird.com.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss ambition, mortality and everything in between. Our conversation was inspired by Bill's recent article in The Mockingbird print magazine. ","date_published":"2017-08-09T18:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a6f94895-fe62-4533-a00c-b341dc9d4bca.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22443223,"duration_in_seconds":1699}]},{"id":"61a8adac-da80-4414-9d93-2e42bb473e2e","title":"Episode 155: Bullgeschichte, Friday Night Lights & Law/Gospel, with Adam Morton","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/155","content_text":"|n this Bullgeschichte/Friday Night Lights episode we talk with the Prince of Lutherans (according to us), Adam Morton. He and Bill argue the finer points of Luther and Lutheranism. Scott cracks bad jokes. Special Guest: Adam Morton.","content_html":"|n this Bullgeschichte/Friday Night Lights episode we talk with the Prince of Lutherans (according to us), Adam Morton. He and Bill argue the finer points of Luther and Lutheranism. Scott cracks bad jokes.
Special Guest: Adam Morton.
","summary":"|n this Bullgeschichte/Friday Night Lights episode we talk with the Prince of Lutherans (according to us), Adam Morton. He and Bill argue the finer points of Luther and Lutheranism. Scott cracks bad jokes. ","date_published":"2017-08-04T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/61a8adac-da80-4414-9d93-2e42bb473e2e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31155109,"duration_in_seconds":2425}]},{"id":"59838360-bfc1-47f4-b754-838959f333e1","title":"Episode 154: T.S. Eliot on Revelation","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/154","content_text":"In this episode we consider an essay T.S. Eliot wrote as an introduction on the topic of revelation in the modern world in a volume that listed among its contributors renowned theologians like Karl Barth and Gustav Aulen. \n\nShow Notes:\nYou can find the essay we reference here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7p24zxr9v7k5uy/eliot_essay.pdf?dl=0.","content_html":"In this episode we consider an essay T.S. Eliot wrote as an introduction on the topic of revelation in the modern world in a volume that listed among its contributors renowned theologians like Karl Barth and Gustav Aulen.
\n\nShow Notes:
\nYou can find the essay we reference here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7p24zxr9v7k5uy/eliot_essay.pdf?dl=0.
We read a weird article. It looks like the atheist left is getting as crazy as the evangelical right. We're nervous.
","summary":"We read a weird article. It looks like the atheist left is getting as crazy as the evangelical right. We're nervous.","date_published":"2017-07-31T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/63da910b-840f-41ef-aa69-3ec60fe5bfde.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25850297,"duration_in_seconds":1983}]},{"id":"6c1576e9-528e-45ef-82ba-31a0134ac116","title":"Episode 152: The Hermeneutics Episode?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/152","content_text":"We don't talk hermeneutics very often on this podcast. At least explicitly. But Jace Broadhurst got us talking about it. It's Bullgeschichte and Friday Night Lights rolled into one! God help us all. Special Guest: Jace Broadhurst.","content_html":"We don't talk hermeneutics very often on this podcast. At least explicitly. But Jace Broadhurst got us talking about it. It's Bullgeschichte and Friday Night Lights rolled into one! God help us all.
Special Guest: Jace Broadhurst.
","summary":"We don't talk hermeneutics very often on this podcast. At least explicitly. But Jace Broadhurst got us talking about it. It's Bullgeschichte and Friday Night Lights rolled into one! God help us all. ","date_published":"2017-07-28T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/6c1576e9-528e-45ef-82ba-31a0134ac116.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30909205,"duration_in_seconds":2405}]},{"id":"100c6f50-e342-469c-ba27-551ceb90e53e","title":"Episode 151: The Lost Prophecy of Father Joseph Ratzinger","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/151","content_text":"In this episode we discuss a 1969 radio address about the future of the church in a secular age. It was delivered by a young priest known as Joseph Ratzinger, the man who would become Pope Benedict XVI. His insights are certainly provocative and worth pondering. \n\nThe piece comes to via www.ucatholic.com. You can find the post which contains the entirety of Ratzinger's address here: http://www.ucatholic.com/blog/the-lost-prophecy-of-father-joseph-ratzinger-on-the-future-of-the-church/.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss a 1969 radio address about the future of the church in a secular age. It was delivered by a young priest known as Joseph Ratzinger, the man who would become Pope Benedict XVI. His insights are certainly provocative and worth pondering.
\n\nThe piece comes to via www.ucatholic.com. You can find the post which contains the entirety of Ratzinger's address here: http://www.ucatholic.com/blog/the-lost-prophecy-of-father-joseph-ratzinger-on-the-future-of-the-church/.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss a 1969 radio address about the future of the church in a secular age. It was delivered by a young priest known as Joseph Ratzinger, the man who would become Pope Benedict XVI. ","date_published":"2017-07-26T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/100c6f50-e342-469c-ba27-551ceb90e53e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26001299,"duration_in_seconds":1996}]},{"id":"5f47327e-9fe6-406a-afc2-fe3dd9a5ed54","title":"Episode 150: Happy Anniversary To Us!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/150","content_text":"We celebrate the milestone of our 150th episode with listener and friend Josh Retterer. We reflect on where we've been and where we're going. Special Guest: Josh Retterer.","content_html":"We celebrate the milestone of our 150th episode with listener and friend Josh Retterer. We reflect on where we've been and where we're going.
Special Guest: Josh Retterer.
","summary":"We celebrate the milestone of our 150th episode with listener and friend Josh Retterer. We reflect on where we've been and where we're going. ","date_published":"2017-07-20T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5f47327e-9fe6-406a-afc2-fe3dd9a5ed54.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26948945,"duration_in_seconds":2075}]},{"id":"55ca8ea7-220a-409e-afa5-8e81bab2d5d8","title":"Episode 149: Friendship Revisited","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/149","content_text":"We revisit one of the themes of our earliest podcasts, friendship. ","content_html":"We revisit one of the themes of our earliest podcasts, friendship.
","summary":"We revisit one of the themes of our earliest podcasts, friendship. ","date_published":"2017-07-14T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/55ca8ea7-220a-409e-afa5-8e81bab2d5d8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35154486,"duration_in_seconds":2549}]},{"id":"2fd59b71-34f0-48f3-b9b4-17bd39248172","title":"Episode 148: Judge Not...","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/148","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the powerful temptation to judge other people, which most of us give in to all the time. \n\nOur launching point was one of Bill's blog posts: https://www.residentexile.com/single-post/2017/07/08/As-You-Judge.\n\nWe also quote Jason Micheli: http://tamedcynic.org/the-worm-at-the-core-of-the-apple/.\n\nThis is the full context for the Karl Barth quote we reference:\n\nThis fact that God has here come amongst us in the person of His Son, and that as a man with us He exercises judgment, reveals the full seriousness of the human situation. In this judgment God obviously has something to say to man which apart from this direct confrontation with God he is unwilling to say to himself, and caught in this unwillingness he cannot say to himself. Man has obviously given himself quite a different account of himself than that which he is now given by God. It obviously was and is something strange to him that he, for his part, can be in the right and do right only in subjection to the judgment of God. Obviously the righteousness of God is something strange to him as the measure of all righteousness, and therefore God Himself is a stranger. Obviously he for his part is estranged from God; although as the creature, the human creature of God, he is V 4, p 220 p 220 appointed to know God, although he is as near, no, nearer to God, than he is to himself, and therefore can and must be truly acquainted with Him. Obviously he does that which in the knowledge of God he could never do: he sets up his own right against God; he measures himself by this right; he thinks that measuring himself by this right he can pronounce himself free and righteous. He wants to be his own judge, and he makes himself his own judge. All sin has its being and origin in the fact that man wants to be his own judge. And in wanting to be that, and thinking and acting accordingly, he and his whole world is in conflict with God. It is an unreconciled world, and therefore a suffering world, a world given up to destruction.\n\nIt is for this reason—the fault and evil are evidently great and deep enough to make it necessary—it is for this reason that God Himself encounters man in the flesh and therefore face to face in the person of His Son, in order that He may pass on the one who feels and accepts himself as his own judge the real judgment which he has merited. This judgment sets him in the wrong as the one who maintains his own right against God instead of bowing to God’s right. We will have to explain this when we come to speak of sin as such. For the moment it is enough to maintain that because it is a matter of the appearance and work of the true Judge amongst those who think they can and should judge and therefore exalt themselves, therefore the abasement of the Son to our status, the obedience which He rendered in humility as our Brother, is the divine accusation against every man and the divine condemnation of every man. The whole world finds its supreme unity and determination against God in looking for justification from itself and not from God. And as a world hostile to God it is distinguished by the fact that in this way it repeats the very sin of which it acquits itself. In this way that which is flesh is flesh. And for this reason the incarnation of the Word means the judgment, the judgment of rejection and condemnation, which is passed on all flesh. Not all men commit all sins, but all men commit this sin which is the essence and root of all other sins. There is not one who can boast that he does not commit it. And this is what is revealed and rejected and condemned as an act of wrong-doing by the coming of the Son of God. This is what makes His coming a coming to judgment, and His office as Saviour His office as our Judge.\n\nBarth, K., Bromiley, G. W., & Torrance, T. F. (2004). Church dogmatics: The doctrine of God, Part 1 (Vol. 4, pp. 219–220). London; New York: T&T Clark.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the powerful temptation to judge other people, which most of us give in to all the time.
\n\nOur launching point was one of Bill's blog posts: https://www.residentexile.com/single-post/2017/07/08/As-You-Judge.
\n\nWe also quote Jason Micheli: http://tamedcynic.org/the-worm-at-the-core-of-the-apple/.
\n\nThis is the full context for the Karl Barth quote we reference:
\n\nThis fact that God has here come amongst us in the person of His Son, and that as a man with us He exercises judgment, reveals the full seriousness of the human situation. In this judgment God obviously has something to say to man which apart from this direct confrontation with God he is unwilling to say to himself, and caught in this unwillingness he cannot say to himself. Man has obviously given himself quite a different account of himself than that which he is now given by God. It obviously was and is something strange to him that he, for his part, can be in the right and do right only in subjection to the judgment of God. Obviously the righteousness of God is something strange to him as the measure of all righteousness, and therefore God Himself is a stranger. Obviously he for his part is estranged from God; although as the creature, the human creature of God, he is V 4, p 220 p 220 appointed to know God, although he is as near, no, nearer to God, than he is to himself, and therefore can and must be truly acquainted with Him. Obviously he does that which in the knowledge of God he could never do: he sets up his own right against God; he measures himself by this right; he thinks that measuring himself by this right he can pronounce himself free and righteous. He wants to be his own judge, and he makes himself his own judge. All sin has its being and origin in the fact that man wants to be his own judge. And in wanting to be that, and thinking and acting accordingly, he and his whole world is in conflict with God. It is an unreconciled world, and therefore a suffering world, a world given up to destruction.
\n\nIt is for this reason—the fault and evil are evidently great and deep enough to make it necessary—it is for this reason that God Himself encounters man in the flesh and therefore face to face in the person of His Son, in order that He may pass on the one who feels and accepts himself as his own judge the real judgment which he has merited. This judgment sets him in the wrong as the one who maintains his own right against God instead of bowing to God’s right. We will have to explain this when we come to speak of sin as such. For the moment it is enough to maintain that because it is a matter of the appearance and work of the true Judge amongst those who think they can and should judge and therefore exalt themselves, therefore the abasement of the Son to our status, the obedience which He rendered in humility as our Brother, is the divine accusation against every man and the divine condemnation of every man. The whole world finds its supreme unity and determination against God in looking for justification from itself and not from God. And as a world hostile to God it is distinguished by the fact that in this way it repeats the very sin of which it acquits itself. In this way that which is flesh is flesh. And for this reason the incarnation of the Word means the judgment, the judgment of rejection and condemnation, which is passed on all flesh. Not all men commit all sins, but all men commit this sin which is the essence and root of all other sins. There is not one who can boast that he does not commit it. And this is what is revealed and rejected and condemned as an act of wrong-doing by the coming of the Son of God. This is what makes His coming a coming to judgment, and His office as Saviour His office as our Judge.
\n\nBarth, K., Bromiley, G. W., & Torrance, T. F. (2004). Church dogmatics: The doctrine of God, Part 1 (Vol. 4, pp. 219–220). London; New York: T&T Clark.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the powerful temptation to judge other people, which most of us give in to all the time. ","date_published":"2017-07-10T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/2fd59b71-34f0-48f3-b9b4-17bd39248172.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26677438,"duration_in_seconds":1843}]},{"id":"5de623ce-4a69-4a9a-89d9-fab2b7b7ed5f","title":"Episode 147: Fight or Flight Revisited","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/147","content_text":"As we approach our 150th episode, we're revisiting some topics we did early on at the beginning of the podcast. This episode is about the human tendency to go into fight or flight mode in response to anxiety provoking realities. \n\nWe quote from the book \"Failure of Nerve\" by Edwin Friedman a few times. Below are the excerpts cited:\n\nthe possible exception of the first half of the twentieth century, since. While there have been other half-centuries of extraordinary progress, few have involved such fundamental change of direction all across the board. A person born in 1492 could have witnessed in their lifetime: an extraordinary flowering of artistic imagination concerning form and perspective in painting, sculpture, literature, architecture; the Reformation led by Luther and Calvin, ramifying out into almost every subculture and presaging the way religious differences would be formulated for centuries thereafter; the invention of the watch, enabling an unheralded fine-tuning in the measurement and coordination of daily time periods; observations of space and experimentation with lenses that would lead to the creation of the telescope; and the dissemination of the first newspaper, initiating the effects of widespread information-sharing within a community. Underlying all of this artistic, philosophical, and scientific upheaval was an even more basic, all-embracing change: the two worldviews by which European civilization had oriented itself for almost fifteen hundred years (based largely on the scholarship of the second-century Greek thinker and mapmaker, Ptolemy) were turned on their heads. One misperception was the view that the land mass on our planet was situated entirely above the equator, extending contiguously from western Europe to eastern Asia, with the Indian Ocean a land-locked lake. The other was the notion that our planet’s relationship to the rest of the planets and other heavenly bodies was “geocentric”— that is, the other planets and stars revolved around the Earth, which according to this orientation was situated at the center of the universe.\n\nFriedman, Edwin H.. A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (Kindle Locations 596-613). Church Publishing Inc.. Kindle Edition. \n\nAnyone who has ever been part of an imaginatively gridlocked relationship system knows that more learning will not, on its own, automatically change the way people see things or think. There must first be a shift in the emotional processes of that institution. Imagination and indeed even curiosity are at root emotional, not cognitive, phenomena. In order to imagine the unimaginable, people must be able to separate themselves from surrounding emotional processes before they can even begin to see (or hear) things differently. Without this understanding, it becomes impossible to realize how our learning can prevent us from learning more. After all, when Galileo, a century later, tried to reorient the cosmic perspective of his world, he offered in rebuttal to those who were unwilling to learn what he had learned a look for themselves through his telescope. And there were people who not only disagreed with his views but, when offered the opportunity, even refused to peek.\n\nFriedman, Edwin H.. A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (Kindle Locations 617-624). Church Publishing Inc.. Kindle Edition. ","content_html":"As we approach our 150th episode, we're revisiting some topics we did early on at the beginning of the podcast. This episode is about the human tendency to go into fight or flight mode in response to anxiety provoking realities.
\n\nWe quote from the book "Failure of Nerve" by Edwin Friedman a few times. Below are the excerpts cited:
\n\nthe possible exception of the first half of the twentieth century, since. While there have been other half-centuries of extraordinary progress, few have involved such fundamental change of direction all across the board. A person born in 1492 could have witnessed in their lifetime: an extraordinary flowering of artistic imagination concerning form and perspective in painting, sculpture, literature, architecture; the Reformation led by Luther and Calvin, ramifying out into almost every subculture and presaging the way religious differences would be formulated for centuries thereafter; the invention of the watch, enabling an unheralded fine-tuning in the measurement and coordination of daily time periods; observations of space and experimentation with lenses that would lead to the creation of the telescope; and the dissemination of the first newspaper, initiating the effects of widespread information-sharing within a community. Underlying all of this artistic, philosophical, and scientific upheaval was an even more basic, all-embracing change: the two worldviews by which European civilization had oriented itself for almost fifteen hundred years (based largely on the scholarship of the second-century Greek thinker and mapmaker, Ptolemy) were turned on their heads. One misperception was the view that the land mass on our planet was situated entirely above the equator, extending contiguously from western Europe to eastern Asia, with the Indian Ocean a land-locked lake. The other was the notion that our planet’s relationship to the rest of the planets and other heavenly bodies was “geocentric”— that is, the other planets and stars revolved around the Earth, which according to this orientation was situated at the center of the universe.
\n\nFriedman, Edwin H.. A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (Kindle Locations 596-613). Church Publishing Inc.. Kindle Edition.
\n\nAnyone who has ever been part of an imaginatively gridlocked relationship system knows that more learning will not, on its own, automatically change the way people see things or think. There must first be a shift in the emotional processes of that institution. Imagination and indeed even curiosity are at root emotional, not cognitive, phenomena. In order to imagine the unimaginable, people must be able to separate themselves from surrounding emotional processes before they can even begin to see (or hear) things differently. Without this understanding, it becomes impossible to realize how our learning can prevent us from learning more. After all, when Galileo, a century later, tried to reorient the cosmic perspective of his world, he offered in rebuttal to those who were unwilling to learn what he had learned a look for themselves through his telescope. And there were people who not only disagreed with his views but, when offered the opportunity, even refused to peek.
\n\nFriedman, Edwin H.. A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (Kindle Locations 617-624). Church Publishing Inc.. Kindle Edition.
","summary":"As we approach our 150th episode, we're revisiting some topics we did early on at the beginning of the podcast. This episode is about the human tendency to go into fight or flight mode in response to anxiety provoking realities. ","date_published":"2017-07-08T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5de623ce-4a69-4a9a-89d9-fab2b7b7ed5f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28891684,"duration_in_seconds":2027}]},{"id":"13a1c23a-5057-41a8-baac-b19fe14c71af","title":"Episode 146: Secular Modern Life?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/146","content_text":"In this episode we reflect on a 2008 article by the recently deceased Peter Berger which originally appeared in First Things. In it Berger argues that while modernity pluralizes it doesn't really secularize or make culture anti-religious, whether it tries to or not. \n\nThe Berger article can be found here: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/02/secularization-falsified.\n\nThe article from Sean Kelly can be found here: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/navigating-past-nihilism/.\n\nHere's the Halik quote we reference: \n\"Were Christianity to turn its back on modernity it would sink into bigotry and fundamentalist religion; and conversely, were modernity to turnaway completely from Christianity it would itself become an intolerant pseudoreligion.\"\nHalík, Tomáš. I Want You to Be: On the God of Love (p. 150). University of Notre Dame Press. Kindle Edition.","content_html":"In this episode we reflect on a 2008 article by the recently deceased Peter Berger which originally appeared in First Things. In it Berger argues that while modernity pluralizes it doesn't really secularize or make culture anti-religious, whether it tries to or not.
\n\nThe Berger article can be found here: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/02/secularization-falsified.
\n\nThe article from Sean Kelly can be found here: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/navigating-past-nihilism/.
\n\nHere's the Halik quote we reference:
\n"Were Christianity to turn its back on modernity it would sink into bigotry and fundamentalist religion; and conversely, were modernity to turnaway completely from Christianity it would itself become an intolerant pseudoreligion."
\nHalík, Tomáš. I Want You to Be: On the God of Love (p. 150). University of Notre Dame Press. Kindle Edition.
In this episode, in light of the upcoming Fourth of July celebration, we reflect on the nature of freedom and life together in the United States.
","summary":"In this episode, in light of the upcoming Fourth of July celebration, we reflect on the nature of freedom and life together in the United States. ","date_published":"2017-06-30T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a72c5886-cbe1-439e-9557-468f5c905733.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28619350,"duration_in_seconds":2004}]},{"id":"e896d6a1-a5ea-48c6-aaaf-d34f89ba077a","title":"Episode 144: Why The Saved Need Saving","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/144","content_text":"Do you think you're right and they're wrong? Who's on your heretic list? Liberals? Conservatives? Calvinists? Vegans? Valentians? We continue our musings on truth, heresy and learning the art of life together. ","content_html":"Do you think you're right and they're wrong? Who's on your heretic list? Liberals? Conservatives? Calvinists? Vegans? Valentians? We continue our musings on truth, heresy and learning the art of life together.
","summary":"Do you think you're right and they're wrong? Who's on your heretic list? Liberals? Conservatives? Calvinists? Vegans? Valentians? We continue our musings on truth, heresy and learning the art of life together. ","date_published":"2017-06-28T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e896d6a1-a5ea-48c6-aaaf-d34f89ba077a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30807998,"duration_in_seconds":2187}]},{"id":"18973b40-be14-4c59-b0b9-bc78ea107dbb","title":"Episode 143: Truth, Heresy...can you know the Difference?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/143","content_text":"In this podcast we talk about a recent statement by Pope Francis, an article about Rob Bell, and the nature of disagreement in communities that care about their convictions.\n\nShow notes:\n\n-You can find the article about Pope Francis' homily here: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/05/19/pope_francis_doctrine_unites,_ideology_divides/1313444\n\n-You can find the article about Rob Bell here:\nhttp://archives.relevantmagazine.com/god/what-continued-crucifying-rob-bell-says-about-modern-christianity\n\nThanks for listening!","content_html":"In this podcast we talk about a recent statement by Pope Francis, an article about Rob Bell, and the nature of disagreement in communities that care about their convictions.
\n\nShow notes:
\n\n-You can find the article about Pope Francis' homily here: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/05/19/pope_francis_doctrine_unites,_ideology_divides/1313444
\n\n-You can find the article about Rob Bell here:
\nhttp://archives.relevantmagazine.com/god/what-continued-crucifying-rob-bell-says-about-modern-christianity
Thanks for listening!
","summary":"In this podcast we talk about a recent statement by Pope Francis, an article about Rob Bell, and the nature of disagreement in communities that care about their convictions.","date_published":"2017-06-26T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/18973b40-be14-4c59-b0b9-bc78ea107dbb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28271258,"duration_in_seconds":1975}]},{"id":"4f966f9f-8b45-4548-b4b9-885b18365b31","title":"Episode 142: Love The World?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/142","content_text":"We go back to Tomas Halik's work \"I Want You To Be: On The God Of Love\", considering how Christians can really love the world. ","content_html":"We go back to Tomas Halik's work "I Want You To Be: On The God Of Love", considering how Christians can really love the world.
","summary":"We go back to Tomas Halik's work \"I Want You To Be: On The God Of Love\", considering how Christians can really love the world. ","date_published":"2017-06-23T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4f966f9f-8b45-4548-b4b9-885b18365b31.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28125092,"duration_in_seconds":1963}]},{"id":"2284b91a-17ce-4107-8518-36023150a1e0","title":"Episode 141: Narcissism and the Love of Self","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/141","content_text":"We go back to our teacher Tomas Halik to consider narcissism and the possibility of really loving and being loved. ","content_html":"We go back to our teacher Tomas Halik to consider narcissism and the possibility of really loving and being loved.
","summary":"We go back to our teacher Tomas Halik to consider narcissism and the possibility of really loving and being loved. ","date_published":"2017-06-19T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/2284b91a-17ce-4107-8518-36023150a1e0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25278652,"duration_in_seconds":1726}]},{"id":"c640370b-3e44-4a89-a33c-a17195c5063c","title":"Episode 140: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/140","content_text":"In light of the recent shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise and the combative political and cultural rhetoric of the day, we consider what it means to be in the American project together. ","content_html":"In light of the recent shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise and the combative political and cultural rhetoric of the day, we consider what it means to be in the American project together.
","summary":"In light of the recent shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise and the combative political and cultural rhetoric of the day, we consider what it means to be in the American project together. ","date_published":"2017-06-17T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/c640370b-3e44-4a89-a33c-a17195c5063c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32044786,"duration_in_seconds":2290}]},{"id":"77571a69-6b0a-4e21-8633-f73f3414e46b","title":"Episode 139: Highway to...Hell?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/139","content_text":"Our guest for this midweek Bullgeschichte episode is Jason Micheli. He's an author, pastor and podcaster and he's not sure he believes in hell, which is the topic for our conversation.Special Guest: Jason Micheli.","content_html":"Our guest for this midweek Bullgeschichte episode is Jason Micheli. He's an author, pastor and podcaster and he's not sure he believes in hell, which is the topic for our conversation.
Special Guest: Jason Micheli.
","summary":"Our guest for this midweek Bullgeschichte episode is Jason Micheli. He's an author, pastor and podcaster and he's not sure he believes in hell, which is the topic for our conversation.","date_published":"2017-06-15T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/77571a69-6b0a-4e21-8633-f73f3414e46b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29967262,"duration_in_seconds":2117}]},{"id":"4ce8dbce-7066-48ec-af43-9a237f7997ac","title":"Episode 138: Can God Be God Without Us?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/138","content_text":"In this episode we talk about Pope Francis' recent statement, \"God Cannot Be God Without Man.\"\n\nShow Notes...\nYou can read an account of the Papal audience and find a link to the text of Francis' statement here: http://www.christianpost.com/news/god-cannot-be-god-without-man-pope-francis-says-187045/.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about Pope Francis' recent statement, "God Cannot Be God Without Man."
\n\nShow Notes...
\nYou can read an account of the Papal audience and find a link to the text of Francis' statement here: http://www.christianpost.com/news/god-cannot-be-god-without-man-pope-francis-says-187045/.
In this Friday Night lights episode, recorded on Bill's birthday, we continue reflecting on the Holy Spirit and spirituality.
","summary":"In this Friday Night lights episode, recorded on Bill's birthday, we continue reflecting on the Holy Spirit and spirituality. ","date_published":"2017-06-09T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/1ed2a948-b803-4798-a3e3-aaff843cde4d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25634226,"duration_in_seconds":1756}]},{"id":"4b72300d-4c12-4615-b4dd-6e6266d79c7a","title":"Episode 136: The Holy Spirit","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/136","content_text":"In this episode, the day after Pentecost, we talk about the Holy Spirit. ","content_html":"In this episode, the day after Pentecost, we talk about the Holy Spirit.
","summary":"In this episode, the day after Pentecost, we talk about the Holy Spirit. ","date_published":"2017-06-05T18:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4b72300d-4c12-4615-b4dd-6e6266d79c7a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29698324,"duration_in_seconds":2094}]},{"id":"d9355deb-2940-40f4-90a3-9af1e0209941","title":"Episode 135: Friday Night Lights: Gods Old & New","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/135","content_text":"We talk about an article in the Aeon journal on the Frankfurt School entitled \"Theory from the ruins\", among other things. \n\nShow Notes:\n\nThe article we reference is here: https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-frankfurt-school-diagnosed-the-ills-of-western-civilisation.","content_html":"We talk about an article in the Aeon journal on the Frankfurt School entitled "Theory from the ruins", among other things.
\n\nShow Notes:
\n\nThe article we reference is here: https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-frankfurt-school-diagnosed-the-ills-of-western-civilisation.
","summary":"We talk about an article in the Aeon journal on the Frankfurt School entitled \"Theory from the ruins\", among other things. ","date_published":"2017-06-02T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d9355deb-2940-40f4-90a3-9af1e0209941.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28076308,"duration_in_seconds":1959}]},{"id":"d6b3e4c3-9a10-4f32-9d2f-fd76ad0520a5","title":"Episode 134: Monuments and Memory","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/134","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the recent removal of Confederate Civil War monuments in New Orleans and the nature of historical memory.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the recent removal of Confederate Civil War monuments in New Orleans and the nature of historical memory.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the recent removal of Confederate Civil War monuments in New Orleans and the nature of historical memory.","date_published":"2017-05-30T17:15:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d6b3e4c3-9a10-4f32-9d2f-fd76ad0520a5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31210026,"duration_in_seconds":2220}]},{"id":"a47dce8e-f783-4a43-ac01-a3bff0436612","title":"Episode 133: Ascension Matters","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/133","content_text":"Today is Ascension day 2017, the most overlooked day on the Christian religious calendar. We think that's a shame. It's an important doctrine that offers real hope to real people living a complex, messy world. ","content_html":"Today is Ascension day 2017, the most overlooked day on the Christian religious calendar. We think that's a shame. It's an important doctrine that offers real hope to real people living a complex, messy world.
","summary":"Today is Ascension day 2017, the most overlooked day on the Christian religious calendar. We think that's a shame. It's an important doctrine that offers real hope to real people living a complex, messy world. ","date_published":"2017-05-25T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a47dce8e-f783-4a43-ac01-a3bff0436612.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24883966,"duration_in_seconds":1693}]},{"id":"d80fadf0-b476-4da5-93d3-994faf2958b5","title":"Episode 132: The Alienated Mind","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/132","content_text":"This is a bullgeschichte episode where we're joined by Jace Broadhurst to talk about a recent David Brooks column in the NY Times entitled \"The Alienated Mind\".\n\nShow Notes:\n-You can find the Brooks article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/opinion/alienated-mind-trump-supporters.html?_r=0.Special Guest: Jace Broadhurst.","content_html":"This is a bullgeschichte episode where we're joined by Jace Broadhurst to talk about a recent David Brooks column in the NY Times entitled "The Alienated Mind".
\n\nShow Notes:
\n-You can find the Brooks article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/opinion/alienated-mind-trump-supporters.html?_r=0.
Special Guest: Jace Broadhurst.
","summary":"This is a bullgeschichte episode where we're joined by our friend Jace Broadhurst to talk about a recent David Brooks column in the NY Times entitled \"The Alienated Mind\".","date_published":"2017-05-23T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d80fadf0-b476-4da5-93d3-994faf2958b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32160066,"duration_in_seconds":2299}]},{"id":"813d8781-1f76-4db1-9713-b2dfc0e44ad6","title":"Episode 131: Where Do Words Come From?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/131","content_text":"In this episode, inspired by a short essay written by the renowned novelist Cormac McCarthy. It deals with the origins of human language, and whether evolutionary explanations do it justice.\n\nShow Notes:\nThe essay that inspired the podcast can be found here: http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/the-kekul-problem?utm_campaign=5.11+Bill+Ringa+%28PVZrqH%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Official+-+The+Newsletter+%28US+-+East+Coast%29+.","content_html":"In this episode, inspired by a short essay written by the renowned novelist Cormac McCarthy. It deals with the origins of human language, and whether evolutionary explanations do it justice.
\n\nShow Notes:
\nThe essay that inspired the podcast can be found here: http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/the-kekul-problem?utm_campaign=5.11+Bill+Ringa+%28PVZrqH%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Official+-+The+Newsletter+%28US+-+East+Coast%29+.
In this episode we discuss President Trump's recent sharing of code-word clearance intelligence information with the Russian Foreign Minister and the Russian Ambassador to the United States.
\n\nShow Notes:
\nThe Washington Post article that first broke the story can be found here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.45503c59605f.
In this episode we consider the meaning of a poem often quoted during commencement season, Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken".
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Special Guest: Matt Milliner.
","summary":"In this episode, which is a combo of our Friday Night Lights and Bullgeschichte episodes, we talk with Matt Milliner.","date_published":"2017-05-12T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/83aec1ad-75e7-4aaf-a430-8782db576d3e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31414352,"duration_in_seconds":2237}]},{"id":"6f9afbf4-3481-49a3-823d-dc4d0f9468d5","title":"Episode 127: What Is Sophistry?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/127","content_text":"In this episode we talk about Sophistry and its role in contemporary public life. \n\nShow Notes:\nWe reference a NY Times Op-Ed piece by Bret Stephens. It can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/climate-of-complete-certainty.html?_r=0.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about Sophistry and its role in contemporary public life.
\n\nShow Notes:
\nWe reference a NY Times Op-Ed piece by Bret Stephens. It can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/climate-of-complete-certainty.html?_r=0.
In this episode we talk about break ups. It happens to friends, families, lovers, churches, even countries. Break ups and loss are a part of life, but can you come out of them ever feeling alive again?
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\n\nShow Notes
\n-You can find the Dan Carlin podcast here: http://www.dancarlin.com/product/common-sense-315-war-on-a-whim.
\n-You can find the NY Times piece here:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/opinion/the-collapse-of-american-identity.html.
In this episode of the podcast we talk about wisdom and its connection to a life well lived.
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\n\nShow Notes:
\nThe podcast interview with Molly Worthen can be found here:https://giveandtake.fireside.fm/7.
Her NY Times piece can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/opinion/sunday/the-evangelical-roots-of-our-post-truth-society.html?_r=0.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about \"the myth of the Christian worldview\" inspired by a recent podcast interview with Molly Worthen and an op-ed piece she wrote for the NY Times. ","date_published":"2017-04-23T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5f75eedc-7c27-41ba-9296-eec18c623eec.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62177384,"duration_in_seconds":1800}]},{"id":"cbeb629f-2a38-418d-9d39-b83db3798079","title":"Episode 122: Bullgeschichte...Thoughts On Things \"Constantinian\"","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/122","content_text":"This is our first \"Bullgeschichte\" where we invite a friend or colleague to chat with us about something on our minds. Our first guest is Josh Retterer. We talk with him about Christendom, Constantinianism and how these terms are used today, and whether they're helpful.Special Guest: Josh Retterer.","content_html":"This is our first "Bullgeschichte" where we invite a friend or colleague to chat with us about something on our minds. Our first guest is Josh Retterer. We talk with him about Christendom, Constantinianism and how these terms are used today, and whether they're helpful.
Special Guest: Josh Retterer.
","summary":"This is our first \"Bullgeschichte\" where we invite a friend or colleague to chat with us about something on our minds. Our first guest is Josh Retterer. We talk with him about Christendom, Constantinianism and how these terms are used today, and whether they're helpful.","date_published":"2017-04-21T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/cbeb629f-2a38-418d-9d39-b83db3798079.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33005754,"duration_in_seconds":2370}]},{"id":"c66b05fa-9926-4f40-93ec-4b4a0a06580d","title":"Episode 121: Humility ","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/121","content_text":"In a recent NY Times Op-ed piece Peter Wehner writes: \"Over breakfast with a social psychologist I know, I asked him what constructive contribution Christians could make to public life. An atheist who finds much to admire in religion, he answered simply: 'Humility.'\" We reflect on that exchange a bit in the podcast. \n\nShow Notes:\nThe article in the NY Times can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/the-quiet-power-of-humility.html?_r=0","content_html":"In a recent NY Times Op-ed piece Peter Wehner writes: "Over breakfast with a social psychologist I know, I asked him what constructive contribution Christians could make to public life. An atheist who finds much to admire in religion, he answered simply: 'Humility.'" We reflect on that exchange a bit in the podcast.
\n\nShow Notes:
\nThe article in the NY Times can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/the-quiet-power-of-humility.html?_r=0
In this podcast we reflect on Holy Saturday, the day between Christ's death and Resurrection, and what it means for Christian existence and identity.
","summary":"In this podcast we reflect on Holy Saturday, the day between Christ's death and Resurrection, and what it means for Christian existence and identity. ","date_published":"2017-04-14T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ab5702a0-8075-4ba8-81bf-8c3db0c4a528.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22237418,"duration_in_seconds":1473}]},{"id":"4a71f474-c17d-4b55-8345-fdb1243ec839","title":"Episode 119: The Hysterical Quest For The Historical Jesus","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/119","content_text":"In this episode we tackle the thorny questions about the historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith. ","content_html":"In this episode we tackle the thorny questions about the historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith.
","summary":"In this episode we tackle the thorny questions about the historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith. ","date_published":"2017-04-10T22:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4a71f474-c17d-4b55-8345-fdb1243ec839.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29449172,"duration_in_seconds":2074}]},{"id":"ba7c1d6e-ef79-4b94-afd2-d66eb11afe4a","title":"Episode 118: Friday Night Lights...Proper Confidence & The Copa Cabana","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/118","content_text":"In this Friday Night Lights episode we talk about Leslie Newbigin, epistemology, Syria, Don Rickles and Barry Manilow. Enjoy!","content_html":"In this Friday Night Lights episode we talk about Leslie Newbigin, epistemology, Syria, Don Rickles and Barry Manilow. Enjoy!
","summary":"In this Friday Night Lights episode we talk about Leslie Newbigin, epistemology, Syria, Don Rickles and Barry Manilow. Enjoy!","date_published":"2017-04-07T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ba7c1d6e-ef79-4b94-afd2-d66eb11afe4a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31117636,"duration_in_seconds":2213}]},{"id":"190fbb7e-876b-47be-9826-601689a6656a","title":"Episode 117: Law and Gospel or Gospel is Law?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/117","content_text":"In this episode we talk about Karl Barth's understanding of the relationship of Law and Gospel, inspired by this piece: http://postbarthian.com/2017/03/31/gospel-law-karl-barth-relationship-law-gospel/#KarlBarth.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about Karl Barth's understanding of the relationship of Law and Gospel, inspired by this piece: http://postbarthian.com/2017/03/31/gospel-law-karl-barth-relationship-law-gospel/#KarlBarth.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about Karl Barth's understanding of the relationship of Law and Gospel, inspired by this piece: http://postbarthian.com/2017/03/31/gospel-law-karl-barth-relationship-law-gospel/#KarlBarth.","date_published":"2017-04-03T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/190fbb7e-876b-47be-9826-601689a6656a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25771760,"duration_in_seconds":1767}]},{"id":"209e8cdd-5a36-4c90-9d56-992aa8186e60","title":"Episode 116: Friday Night Lights...Kung Fu Fighting","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/116","content_text":"In our weekly Friday Night Lights show we answer a question that the one and only Benson Shelton posed to us via Facebook. He's an Episcopal priest and a certified ninja. ","content_html":"In our weekly Friday Night Lights show we answer a question that the one and only Benson Shelton posed to us via Facebook. He's an Episcopal priest and a certified ninja.
","summary":"In our weekly Friday Night Lights show we answer a question that the one and only Benson Shelton posed to us via Facebook. He's an Episcopal priest and a certified ninja. ","date_published":"2017-03-31T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/209e8cdd-5a36-4c90-9d56-992aa8186e60.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28487242,"duration_in_seconds":1993}]},{"id":"9347d720-6228-4b89-a6b0-18ce9571b6be","title":"Episode 115: The Death of Truth?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/115","content_text":"In this episode we discuss the recent Time Magazine cover story \"The Death of Truth?\" \n\nShow Notes:\nThe article we discuss can be found here: http://time.com/4710614/donald-trump-fbi-surveillance-house-intelligence-committee/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss the recent Time Magazine cover story "The Death of Truth?"
\n\nShow Notes:
\nThe article we discuss can be found here: http://time.com/4710614/donald-trump-fbi-surveillance-house-intelligence-committee/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod.
In this episode we talk about the increasing intolerance that seems to be arising on the cultural left today. As a specific example we consider a recent controversy involving Princeton Seminary and Tim Keller.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the increasing intolerance that seems to be arising on the cultural left today. As a specific example we consider a recent controversy involving Princeton Seminary and Tim Keller.","date_published":"2017-03-25T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/6bf6488b-bd18-4be7-8840-b28be6b957b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25745816,"duration_in_seconds":1765}]},{"id":"9cff2100-1806-4985-b0e3-d22035f06234","title":"Episode 113: Love Wants You To Be","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/113","content_text":"We continue talking about the work of Tomas Halik and what loving God looks like in a today's day and age. ","content_html":"We continue talking about the work of Tomas Halik and what loving God looks like in a today's day and age.
","summary":"We continue talking about the work of Tomas Halik and what loving God looks like in a today's day and age. ","date_published":"2017-03-20T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/9cff2100-1806-4985-b0e3-d22035f06234.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27611846,"duration_in_seconds":1920}]},{"id":"fca8be55-d590-4ec9-8527-b81b5e92dd0e","title":"Episode 112: Peace, Love and Understanding","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/112","content_text":"We continue to talk about Tomas Halik, love, and what love looks like in what seems like tumultuous times.","content_html":"We continue to talk about Tomas Halik, love, and what love looks like in what seems like tumultuous times.
","summary":"We continue to talk about Tomas Halik, love, and what love looks like in what seems like tumultuous times.","date_published":"2017-03-18T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/fca8be55-d590-4ec9-8527-b81b5e92dd0e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24431478,"duration_in_seconds":1655}]},{"id":"a73b3666-0429-4ddc-9e56-fcd58d6489ec","title":"Episode 111: Love and The Remoteness of God","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/111","content_text":"We continue talking about love, inspired by Tomas Halik.","content_html":"We continue talking about love, inspired by Tomas Halik.
","summary":"We continue talking about love, inspired by Tomas Halik.","date_published":"2017-03-15T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a73b3666-0429-4ddc-9e56-fcd58d6489ec.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27860164,"duration_in_seconds":1941}]},{"id":"95b97c58-91b9-44d1-8ecc-97bd2e92b8f8","title":"Episode 110: Love & The Zacchaeus Option","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/110","content_text":"In this episode we give a response to Rod Dreher's \"Benedict Option\", inspired by Tomas Halik.\n\nShow Notes:\nThe article we reference can be found here: http://www.mbird.com/2017/03/the-zacchaeus-option/.","content_html":"In this episode we give a response to Rod Dreher's "Benedict Option", inspired by Tomas Halik.
\n\nShow Notes:
\nThe article we reference can be found here: http://www.mbird.com/2017/03/the-zacchaeus-option/.
We continue to reflect on the nature of love, inspired by the work of Tomas Halik.
","summary":"We continue to reflect on the nature of love, inspired by the work of Tomas Halik. ","date_published":"2017-03-11T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4fe8185c-c530-469f-abef-e0ef14e80105.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25367578,"duration_in_seconds":1733}]},{"id":"b2a5c8f2-7b60-4c27-aba9-4684b6b86a40","title":"Episode 108: To Know Is To Love","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/108","content_text":"In this episode we keep talking about love. And we recorded it on Scott's birthday. ","content_html":"In this episode we keep talking about love. And we recorded it on Scott's birthday.
","summary":"In this episode we keep talking about love. And we recorded it on Scott's birthday. ","date_published":"2017-03-09T22:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b2a5c8f2-7b60-4c27-aba9-4684b6b86a40.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24036132,"duration_in_seconds":1622}]},{"id":"5bf691ea-fbf3-4cad-ba1f-9643429ca0dd","title":"Episode 107: All You Need Is Love?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/107","content_text":"In this episode we talk about what may be the most important reality in human existence: love. Our conversation is inspired by Tomas Halik's newest book.\n\nShow Notes:\n\nYou can find Halik's new book here: https://www.amazon.com/Want-You-Be-God-Love/dp/0268100721.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about what may be the most important reality in human existence: love. Our conversation is inspired by Tomas Halik's newest book.
\n\nShow Notes:
\n\nYou can find Halik's new book here: https://www.amazon.com/Want-You-Be-God-Love/dp/0268100721.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about what may be the most important thing in human existence: love. Our conversation is inspired by Tomas Halik's newest book.","date_published":"2017-03-06T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5bf691ea-fbf3-4cad-ba1f-9643429ca0dd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27643472,"duration_in_seconds":1923}]},{"id":"7d5f5542-6079-480b-bb35-3d85ce2a50df","title":"Episode 106: Science Versus Faith?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/106","content_text":"In this episode we look at the relationship between science and faith.\n\nShow Notes:\n\nWe mention an article from relevant magazine: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/science-and-faith-shouldnt-be-odds.\n\nWe also mention a piece from Peter Leithart: https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2017/02/when-science-went-modern.\n\nOur opening song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-tZ1gbc2pQ.","content_html":"In this episode we look at the relationship between science and faith.
\n\nShow Notes:
\n\nWe mention an article from relevant magazine: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/science-and-faith-shouldnt-be-odds.
\n\nWe also mention a piece from Peter Leithart: https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2017/02/when-science-went-modern.
\n\nOur opening song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-tZ1gbc2pQ.
","summary":"In this episode we look at the relationship between science and faith.","date_published":"2017-02-21T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/7d5f5542-6079-480b-bb35-3d85ce2a50df.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32056847,"duration_in_seconds":1964}]},{"id":"28a8bc36-6459-42bb-8e67-a6a309490af7","title":"Episode 105: The Age of Rudeness?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/105","content_text":"In this episode we talk about the role of rudeness and manners in contemporary life, inspired by a piece in the NY Times magazine.\n\nShow Notes:\n\nYou can find the NY Times magazine piece by Rachel Cusk here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/magazine/the-age-of-rudeness.html.\n\nYou can find David Zahl's thoughts on the piece here: http://www.mbird.com/2017/02/another-week-ends-rude-saviors-happy-students-married-valentines-fifty-shades-christo-singularity-and-crashing/.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about the role of rudeness and manners in contemporary life, inspired by a piece in the NY Times magazine.
\n\nShow Notes:
\n\nYou can find the NY Times magazine piece by Rachel Cusk here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/magazine/the-age-of-rudeness.html.
\n\nYou can find David Zahl's thoughts on the piece here: http://www.mbird.com/2017/02/another-week-ends-rude-saviors-happy-students-married-valentines-fifty-shades-christo-singularity-and-crashing/.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about the role of rudeness and manners in contemporary life, inspired by a piece in the NY Times magazine.","date_published":"2017-02-19T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/28a8bc36-6459-42bb-8e67-a6a309490af7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28837175,"duration_in_seconds":1734}]},{"id":"e8c78a7b-e857-4841-8d79-68d1944c3fb0","title":"Episode 104: Trump Around","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/104","content_text":"We were going to talk about the history and philosophy of science. Then the press conferences happened! ","content_html":"We were going to talk about the history and philosophy of science. Then the press conferences happened!
","summary":"We were going to talk about the history and philosophy of science. Then the press conferences happened! ","date_published":"2017-02-16T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e8c78a7b-e857-4841-8d79-68d1944c3fb0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30398341,"duration_in_seconds":1845}]},{"id":"1e82d3be-5278-4d93-acc6-277ed2b4d1bb","title":"Episode 103: A New Relativism?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/103","content_text":"Traditionally relativism has been something that conservatives blamed on liberals. But in a new world of alternative facts is there a new relativism on the rise? We talk about this, and Bill's frustrations after doing a google search. ","content_html":"Traditionally relativism has been something that conservatives blamed on liberals. But in a new world of alternative facts is there a new relativism on the rise? We talk about this, and Bill's frustrations after doing a google search.
","summary":"Traditionally relativism has been something that conservatives blamed on liberals. But in a new world of alternative facts is there a new relativism on the rise? We talk about this, and Bill's frustrations after doing a google search. ","date_published":"2017-02-10T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/1e82d3be-5278-4d93-acc6-277ed2b4d1bb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33497937,"duration_in_seconds":1808}]},{"id":"c91ef9d1-9c12-46cb-8071-bce3b279d9d1","title":"Episode 102: American Exceptionalism","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/102","content_text":"In this episode we discuss the concept of American Exceptionalism, in addition to rehashing Bill's recent chastisement by a Facebook Group administrator. \n\nShow Notes:\n\nWe reference this article by Kevin Baker which appeared in the New York Times on January 21, 2017:\nhttps://goo.gl/nMPckO.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss the concept of American Exceptionalism, in addition to rehashing Bill's recent chastisement by a Facebook Group administrator.
\n\nShow Notes:
\n\nWe reference this article by Kevin Baker which appeared in the New York Times on January 21, 2017:
\nhttps://goo.gl/nMPckO.
The most recent Supreme Court Nominee is Neil Gorsuch. Mr. Gorsuch is a respected legal scholar and intellectual whose work has focused on, among other things, natural law. He wrote a monograph on the topic which served as his doctoral thesis at Oxford. We talk a little about natural law and its role in public life.
","summary":"The most recent Supreme Court Nominee is Neil Gorsuch. Mr. Gorsuch is a respected legal scholar and intellectual whose work has focused on, among other things, natural law. He wrote a monograph on the topic which served as his doctoral thesis at Oxford. We talk a little about natural law and its role in public life. ","date_published":"2017-02-04T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e98a086f-4a02-45d3-ae9e-d26b031202b8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35585693,"duration_in_seconds":2216}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41225","title":"Episode 100: More On The Truth","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/100","content_text":"In this episode we continue thinking about the nature of truth in a world of alternative facts.","content_html":"In this episode we continue thinking about the nature of truth in a world of alternative facts.
","summary":"In this episode we continue thinking about the nature of truth in a world of alternative facts.","date_published":"2017-01-27T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/690b4587-39a0-43e4-acbd-fa9147d72a8c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34445689,"duration_in_seconds":2134}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41223","title":"Episode 99: Truth and Bull@#!$","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/99","content_text":"In this episode we continue to reflect on the nature of truth, specifically the relationship between truth, lies and bull@#!$. We reference the following pieces in the podcast:\n\n\nHarry Frankfurt’s On Bull@#!$ and On Truth.\nWe also discuss C.J. Green’s “The Only Thing You’ve Got Is What You Can Sell”: Making Peace with the Stories We Tell Ourselves.\n\n\nThe post Truth and Bull@#!$ appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we continue to reflect on the nature of truth, specifically the relationship between truth, lies and bull@#!$. We reference the following pieces in the podcast:
\n\nThe post Truth and Bull@#!$ appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we continue to reflect on the nature of truth, specifically the relationship between truth, lies and bull@#!$. We reference the following pieces in the podcast: Harry Frankfurt’s On Bull@#!$ and On Truth. We also discuss C.J.","date_published":"2017-01-23T17:47:58.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e1ae249a-5bc2-4aac-b3ee-45de31c7883e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30336081,"duration_in_seconds":1841}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41217","title":"Episode 98: The Myth Of Objectivity?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/98","content_text":"In this episode we talk about a recent NY Times exchange about objectivity in a post-fact world. You can find the piece here.\n\nThe post The Myth Of Objectivity? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about a recent NY Times exchange about objectivity in a post-fact world. You can find the piece here.
\n\nThe post The Myth Of Objectivity? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about a recent NY Times exchange about objectivity in a post-fact world. You can find the piece here.","date_published":"2017-01-18T20:13:56.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/abb7bb7a-7272-41f9-ad8a-edd709627641.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34302398,"duration_in_seconds":2124}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41200","title":"Episode 97: Conversation and Criticism","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/97","content_text":"We talk about conversation and criticism and the importance in our culture, inspired by Richard Rohr and A.O. Scott.\n\nThe post Conversation and Criticism appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We talk about conversation and criticism and the importance in our culture, inspired by Richard Rohr and A.O. Scott.
\n\nThe post Conversation and Criticism appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We talk about conversation and criticism and the importance in our culture, inspired by Richard Rohr and A.O. Scott.","date_published":"2017-01-10T08:32:05.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/3a339400-999c-4c90-93b1-90e927a4cda4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29432898,"duration_in_seconds":1776}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41196","title":"Episode 96: Love Is What We Need","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/96","content_text":"In this episode we take inspiration from a passage from Tomas Halik’s new book I Want You To Be. \n\nThe post Love Is What We Need appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we take inspiration from a passage from Tomas Halik’s new book I Want You To Be.
\n\nThe post Love Is What We Need appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we take inspiration from a passage from Tomas Halik’s new book I Want You To Be. ","date_published":"2017-01-03T18:05:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d23cfe95-e626-4409-b78f-017caa8ccd4d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30905580,"duration_in_seconds":1881}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41192","title":"Episode 95: Lights Old And New","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/95","content_text":"In our last podcast of 2016 we discuss what may be the most important theological conflict in American religious history: the Old/New Light controversy.\n\nWe reference a previous podcast we did in this episode. You can find it here: https://www.blubrry.com/npw/19068505/do-i-have-to-believe-in-my-belief/.\n\n \n\n \n\nThe post Lights Old And New appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In our last podcast of 2016 we discuss what may be the most important theological conflict in American religious history: the Old/New Light controversy.
We reference a previous podcast we did in this episode. You can find it here: https://www.blubrry.com/npw/19068505/do-i-have-to-believe-in-my-belief/.
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The post Lights Old And New appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In our last podcast of 2016 we discuss what may be the most important theological conflict in American religious history: the Old/New Light controversy. We reference a previous podcast we did in this episode. You can find it here: https://www.blubrry.","date_published":"2016-12-31T09:58:53.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0fe69dd6-3090-4f03-91b8-7a66e6e0ccc7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34732352,"duration_in_seconds":2155}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41189","title":"Episode 94: The Variety of Religious Experience","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/94","content_text":"We talk about religious experience in a secular age inspired in part by a recent article in the NY Times by Ross Douthat. You can find the piece here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/24/opinion/sunday/varieties-of-religious-experience.html.\n\nThe post The Variety of Religious Experience appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"![\"\"](\"http://newpersuasivewords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Faith.jpg\")
We talk about religious experience in a secular age inspired in part by a recent article in the NY Times by Ross Douthat. You can find the piece here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/24/opinion/sunday/varieties-of-religious-experience.html.
The post The Variety of Religious Experience appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We talk about religious experience in a secular age inspired in part by a recent article in the NY Times by Ross Douthat. You can find the piece here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/24/opinion/sunday/varieties-of-religious-experience.html.","date_published":"2016-12-29T10:56:24.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/5790f661-7c2b-4049-adb2-842aaad1ed7a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33998008,"duration_in_seconds":2102}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41180","title":"Episode 93: Patience","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/93","content_text":"We dedicate this most recent podcast about the work of the Czech theologian and philosopher Tomáš Halík to our beloved friend, of blessed memory, Dr. Howard Baker. We continue to miss him and wish we could have listened in on a conversation between Drs. Halík and Baker. Someday….\n\nThe post Patience appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"![\"\"](\"http://newpersuasivewords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_0678.jpg\")
We dedicate this most recent podcast about the work of the Czech theologian and philosopher Tomáš Halík to our beloved friend, of blessed memory, Dr. Howard Baker. We continue to miss him and wish we could have listened in on a conversation between Drs. Halík and Baker. Someday….
The post Patience appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We dedicate this most recent podcast about the work of the Czech theologian and philosopher Tomáš Halík to our beloved friend, of blessed memory, Dr. Howard Baker. We continue to miss him and wish we could have listened in on a conversation between Drs...","date_published":"2016-12-20T12:09:37.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/056d003b-6226-4a00-87ea-c00e6829f53f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29101803,"duration_in_seconds":1752}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41172","title":"Episode 92: Born of a Woman","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/92","content_text":"In this episode we consider the birth of Jesus and what it means for us today.\n\n \n\nThe post Born of a Woman appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"![\"mary-comforts-eve\"](\"http://newpersuasivewords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mary-comforts-eve.jpg\")
In this episode we consider the birth of Jesus and what it means for us today.
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The post Born of a Woman appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we consider the birth of Jesus and what it means for us today. ","date_published":"2016-12-13T17:13:32.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/84303ce0-6912-4606-9aac-f0dc95a7fdac.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29348690,"duration_in_seconds":1770}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41163","title":"Episode 91: The Electoral College","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/91","content_text":"\n\nIn this episode we share our thoughts about the venerable electoral college, among other things.\nShow Notes:\n\n\nWe reference a Freakonomics episode on public trust. You can find it here: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/trust-me/\n\n\nThe post The Electoral College appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"![\"belushi-college-e1459352542148\"](\"http://newpersuasivewords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/belushi-college-e1459352542148.jpg\")
In this episode we share our thoughts about the venerable electoral college, among other things.
\nShow Notes:
The post The Electoral College appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we share our thoughts about the venerable electoral college, among other things. Show Notes: We reference a Freakonomics episode on public trust. You can find it here: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/trust-me/","date_published":"2016-12-09T16:53:03.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/55d65925-4890-4fe4-860e-d486f13df0a7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27171895,"duration_in_seconds":1615}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41159","title":"Episode 90: West World Wrap Up","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/90","content_text":"QWe’re joined by a special guest to unpack the Season Finale of West World!\n\nThe post West World Wrap Up appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"QWe’re joined by a special guest to unpack the Season Finale of West World!
\n\nThe post West World Wrap Up appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"QWe’re joined by a special guest to unpack the Season Finale of West World!","date_published":"2016-12-05T00:46:52.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0235aab0-4764-4624-8163-3bf06d97e94c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18776983,"duration_in_seconds":1015}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41154","title":"Episode 89: Do I Have To Believe In My Belief?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/89","content_text":"In this episode we do a little Luther vs. Calvin on the question of faith in the spiritual life. We ask if our faith is something in which we should in any sense believe. Our thinking was originally stimulated by Philip Cary’s extremely helpful essay, Why Luther is not Quite Protestant: The Logic of Faith in...\n\nThe post Do I Have To Believe In My Belief? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we do a little Luther vs. Calvin on the question of faith in the spiritual life. We ask if our faith is something in which we should in any sense believe. Our thinking was originally stimulated by Philip Cary’s extremely helpful essay, Why Luther is not Quite Protestant: The Logic of Faith in...
\n\nThe post Do I Have To Believe In My Belief? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we do a little Luther vs. Calvin on the question of faith in the spiritual life. We ask if our faith is something in which we should in any sense believe. Our thinking was originally stimulated by Philip Cary’s extremely helpful essay,","date_published":"2016-12-01T14:20:01.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/c5899fa5-9428-400a-ae0a-f7f0d5158bae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28902533,"duration_in_seconds":1738}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41150","title":"Episode 88: Let’s Get (Meta)Physical!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/88","content_text":"In this episode we get metaphysical…BIGLY! We consider the relationship between philosophy and theology, inspired by the work of one of, if not the greatest, living theologians, Robert Jenson.\n\nThe post Let’s Get (Meta)Physical! appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we get metaphysical…BIGLY! We consider the relationship between philosophy and theology, inspired by the work of one of, if not the greatest, living theologians, Robert Jenson.
\n\nThe post Let’s Get (Meta)Physical! appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we get metaphysical…BIGLY! We consider the relationship between philosophy and theology, inspired by the work of one of, if not the greatest, living theologians, Robert Jenson.","date_published":"2016-11-26T17:14:09.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/6f3ce11b-3cd2-4363-84a9-33342ebf660e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46506054,"duration_in_seconds":2996}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41141","title":"Episode 87: Are The Times Changing?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/87","content_text":"Bill and Scott emerge from the bunker. We offer our post-election thoughts one week out…BIGLY!\n\nThe post Are The Times Changing? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Bill and Scott emerge from the bunker. We offer our post-election thoughts one week out…BIGLY!
\n\nThe post Are The Times Changing? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"Bill and Scott emerge from the bunker. We offer our post-election thoughts one week out…BIGLY!","date_published":"2016-11-16T20:05:56.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/7d1188c3-7ffe-4a9a-93c3-9ae76568975a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48061237,"duration_in_seconds":3107}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41132","title":"Episode 86: Election Matters","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/86","content_text":"In this podcast Bill and I continue to talk about the legacy of the Reformation. This time we consider a subject where we both agree the Reformation didn’t go far enough….the doctrine of election.\n\nThe post Election Matters appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this podcast Bill and I continue to talk about the legacy of the Reformation. This time we consider a subject where we both agree the Reformation didn’t go far enough….the doctrine of election.
\n\nThe post Election Matters appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this podcast Bill and I continue to talk about the legacy of the Reformation. This time we consider a subject where we both agree the Reformation didn’t go far enough….the doctrine of election.","date_published":"2016-11-07T20:15:56.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/f5b3db0e-7083-4fd3-8d76-5ef0f61eaf20.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31316471,"duration_in_seconds":2304}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41129","title":"Episode 85: Law V Grace…Part 2?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/85","content_text":"We answer a listener question: can grace really be abused? Are there really “antinomians?”! Keep the questions coming.\n\nThe post Law V Grace…Part 2? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We answer a listener question: can grace really be abused? Are there really “antinomians?”! Keep the questions coming.
\n\nThe post Law V Grace…Part 2? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We answer a listener question: can grace really be abused? Are there really “antinomians?”! Keep the questions coming.","date_published":"2016-11-04T18:07:35.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/faaa8f4a-e444-4b7f-9b07-061e4bd060c8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41796957,"duration_in_seconds":2659}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41124","title":"Episode 84: The Reformation…Was Anything Lost?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/84","content_text":"In this episode we have a friendly debate about the legacy of the Reformation today.\n\nThe post The Reformation…Was Anything Lost? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we have a friendly debate about the legacy of the Reformation today.
\n\nThe post The Reformation…Was Anything Lost? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we have a friendly debate about the legacy of the Reformation today.","date_published":"2016-11-02T20:50:09.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/6839e54d-ead7-4ccc-8e7d-0fb9dabf0703.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40756096,"duration_in_seconds":2585}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41113","title":"Episode 83: Prayer For A Nation?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/83","content_text":"The 2016 election is almost upon us and many people in the United States are unsettled, anxious or angry. We talk about the days ahead.\n\nThe post Prayer For A Nation? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"The 2016 election is almost upon us and many people in the United States are unsettled, anxious or angry. We talk about the days ahead.
\n\nThe post Prayer For A Nation? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"The 2016 election is almost upon us and many people in the United States are unsettled, anxious or angry. We talk about the days ahead.","date_published":"2016-10-23T18:07:40.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/77e78c68-3e60-4572-9a4f-a099786cca33.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":77948234,"duration_in_seconds":1834}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41103","title":"Episode 82: The True, The Good, And The Beautiful","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/82","content_text":"We take a break from the daily grind and turn to the things that matter yesterday, today and tomorrow. The true, the good and the beautiful.\n\nThe post The True, The Good, And The Beautiful appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We take a break from the daily grind and turn to the things that matter yesterday, today and tomorrow. The true, the good and the beautiful.
\n\nThe post The True, The Good, And The Beautiful appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We take a break from the daily grind and turn to the things that matter yesterday, today and tomorrow. The true, the good and the beautiful.","date_published":"2016-10-10T20:01:10.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4d1abe54-df1c-4176-aa01-2a4941013e5e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":77138482,"duration_in_seconds":1814}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41100","title":"Episode 81: Debate Wrap Up #2, Once More Into The Breach My Friends!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/81","content_text":"No one asked, but we offered it up, with guests! Our own focus group!\n\nThe post Debate Wrap Up #2, Once More Into The Breach My Friends! appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"No one asked, but we offered it up, with guests! Our own focus group!
\n\nThe post Debate Wrap Up #2, Once More Into The Breach My Friends! appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"No one asked, but we offered it up, with guests! Our own focus group!","date_published":"2016-10-10T00:51:31.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/faedb182-8cec-4651-9119-6b85f1873046.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":81588598,"duration_in_seconds":1925}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41091","title":"Episode 80: The Nature Of Freedom, Part 2","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/80","content_text":"We continue our conversation about freedom, inspired in part by the new HBO drama Westworld. We also define deviant Calvinism.\n\nThe post The Nature Of Freedom, Part 2 appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We continue our conversation about freedom, inspired in part by the new HBO drama Westworld. We also define deviant Calvinism.
\n\nThe post The Nature Of Freedom, Part 2 appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We continue our conversation about freedom, inspired in part by the new HBO drama Westworld. We also define deviant Calvinism.","date_published":"2016-10-06T12:10:18.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/84efd90a-8301-4be1-8ca6-75c41c48b449.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87509050,"duration_in_seconds":2073}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41087","title":"Episode 79: Libertarianism And The Nature Of Freedom","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/79","content_text":"This looked like the year for the Libertarians. But it seems like their moment came and went. We ask why, and consider the nature of true freedom.\n\nThe post Libertarianism And The Nature Of Freedom appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"This looked like the year for the Libertarians. But it seems like their moment came and went. We ask why, and consider the nature of true freedom.
\n\nThe post Libertarianism And The Nature Of Freedom appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"This looked like the year for the Libertarians. But it seems like their moment came and went. We ask why, and consider the nature of true freedom.","date_published":"2016-10-03T16:25:09.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/c7d495f5-819f-48be-8dec-31927d2e71f1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89942680,"duration_in_seconds":2134}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41084","title":"Episode 78: One Toke Over The Line","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/78","content_text":"We continue our 2016 occasional series ranking the greatest pop songs about or featuring Jesus.\n\nThe post One Toke Over The Line appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We continue our 2016 occasional series ranking the greatest pop songs about or featuring Jesus.
\n\nThe post One Toke Over The Line appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We continue our 2016 occasional series ranking the greatest pop songs about or featuring Jesus.","date_published":"2016-10-01T13:57:42.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/1299bd9f-3007-4f83-8d79-2ca02e3a6f3f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60626884,"duration_in_seconds":1401}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41077","title":"Episode 77: Trump V Hillary","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/77","content_text":"You didn’t really ask for it. But we gave it to you! Hear’s our first Presidential debate post-game podcast. Enjoy!\n\nThe post Trump V Hillary appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"You didn’t really ask for it. But we gave it to you! Hear’s our first Presidential debate post-game podcast. Enjoy!
\n\nThe post Trump V Hillary appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"You didn’t really ask for it. But we gave it to you! Hear’s our first Presidential debate post-game podcast. Enjoy!","date_published":"2016-09-27T00:32:31.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/e6f97b01-fa13-4847-b3cb-8a05f863f292.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63496988,"duration_in_seconds":1473}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41069","title":"Episode 76: Thank You For Being Our Friends","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/76","content_text":"Bill and Scott are both coming from vacations and hitting the Fall in full effect, reflecting on some recent events and happenings in our culture. We also wanted to thank our listeners. We’ve been at this for a year now and it’s been a great ride. \n\nThe post Thank You For Being Our Friends appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Bill and Scott are both coming from vacations and hitting the Fall in full effect, reflecting on some recent events and happenings in our culture. We also wanted to thank our listeners. We’ve been at this for a year now and it’s been a great ride.
\n\nThe post Thank You For Being Our Friends appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"Bill and Scott are both coming from vacations and hitting the Fall in full effect, reflecting on some recent events and happenings in our culture. We also wanted to thank our listeners. We’ve been at this for a year now and it’s been a great ride. ","date_published":"2016-09-19T09:47:54.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/00277ee0-31e7-4f62-baac-07474ad1804a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":78497843,"duration_in_seconds":1848}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41040","title":"Episode 75: Not All Atheism Is Created Equal","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/75","content_text":"On this episode the guys talk atheism, reflecting on Scott’s recent conversation with evangelist turned humanist Bart Campolo. Show Notes: We reference an article Scott wrote: http://www.mbird.com/2016/08/the-justification-of-faith/. You can find the original conversation with Bart Campolo here: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mockingcast/e/46071969?autoplay=true. \n\nThe post Not All Atheism Is Created Equal appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"On this episode the guys talk atheism, reflecting on Scott’s recent conversation with evangelist turned humanist Bart Campolo. Show Notes: We reference an article Scott wrote: http://www.mbird.com/2016/08/the-justification-of-faith/. You can find the original conversation with Bart Campolo here: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mockingcast/e/46071969?autoplay=true.
\n\nThe post Not All Atheism Is Created Equal appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"On this episode the guys talk atheism, reflecting on Scott’s recent conversation with evangelist turned humanist Bart Campolo. Show Notes: We reference an article Scott wrote: http://www.mbird.com/2016/08/the-justification-of-faith/.","date_published":"2016-09-02T12:19:57.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4b76e270-9739-42f2-a44e-1265d98260ae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":81216638,"duration_in_seconds":1916}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41037","title":"Episode 74: The Anger Index","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/74","content_text":"In this episode we discuss whether or not the anger in our culture is at a boiling point and what implications that might have for our future as a society. Show notes: Our inspiration for this podcast came from a podcast by Dan Carlin, which you can find here. We reference an article by Andrew...\n\nThe post The Anger Index appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss whether or not the anger in our culture is at a boiling point and what implications that might have for our future as a society. Show notes: Our inspiration for this podcast came from a podcast by Dan Carlin, which you can find here. We reference an article by Andrew...
\n\nThe post The Anger Index appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss whether or not the anger in our culture is at a boiling point and what implications that might have for our future as a society. Show notes: Our inspiration for this podcast came from a podcast by Dan Carlin,","date_published":"2016-08-30T15:12:53.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/116548f9-ea3c-4bb4-af71-0afbd7437aaa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":75256510,"duration_in_seconds":1767}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41029","title":"Episode 73: Have You Been To Canaan…And Do You Want To Go Back Again?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/73","content_text":"We plunge again into some deep questions about where our culture is going and why. Fasten your seatbelts…. ","content_html":"We plunge again into some deep questions about where our culture is going and why. Fasten your seatbelts….
","summary":"We plunge again into some deep questions about where our culture is going and why. Fasten your seatbelts…. ","date_published":"2016-08-16T04:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/36d0b755-6c54-4dd0-80f6-fb051962f65f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29013598,"duration_in_seconds":1528}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41020","title":"Episode 72: Wasteland?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/72","content_text":"Despite many listener pleas to get back to Bill’s sweetspot, the 5th century, we continue to be mesmerized by current events (current events for Bill are anything after the Reformation). In this episode we talk about where our culture is going, with one eye on November, and another to the near distant future. We’re going...\n\nThe post Wasteland? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Despite many listener pleas to get back to Bill’s sweetspot, the 5th century, we continue to be mesmerized by current events (current events for Bill are anything after the Reformation). In this episode we talk about where our culture is going, with one eye on November, and another to the near distant future. We’re going...
\n\nThe post Wasteland? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"Despite many listener pleas to get back to Bill’s sweetspot, the 5th century, we continue to be mesmerized by current events (current events for Bill are anything after the Reformation). In this episode we talk about where our culture is going,","date_published":"2016-08-04T04:47:41.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/c41d9b89-a43e-4a8d-807f-bc09015f8cc9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":81888485,"duration_in_seconds":1933}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41017","title":"Episode 71: Evangelicals Politicizing The Trinity?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/71","content_text":"In this episode, which is a crossover with the Theology On Mission podcast, we discuss the current debates in the evangelical world over the Trinity and gender roles in church and society, joined by Geoff Holsclaw.","content_html":"In this episode, which is a crossover with the Theology On Mission podcast, we discuss the current debates in the evangelical world over the Trinity and gender roles in church and society, joined by Geoff Holsclaw.
","summary":"In this episode, which is a crossover with the Theology On Mission podcast, we discuss the current debates in the evangelical world over the Trinity and gender roles in church and society, joined by Geoff Holsclaw.","date_published":"2016-08-02T23:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/45c1e0f1-ea0b-4d97-b729-c617dcfb19a1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57106472,"duration_in_seconds":3284}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=41008","title":"Episode 70: Another Week In Review","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/70","content_text":"There’s a lot going on in the world right now, from the ridiculous to the sublime. Bill and Scott take a little time to reflect on the week’s events. \n\nThe post Another Week In Review appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"There’s a lot going on in the world right now, from the ridiculous to the sublime. Bill and Scott take a little time to reflect on the week’s events.
\n\nThe post Another Week In Review appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"There’s a lot going on in the world right now, from the ridiculous to the sublime. Bill and Scott take a little time to reflect on the week’s events. ","date_published":"2016-07-17T12:57:50.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/1db24e2f-099e-4cd9-88c3-21dcc94109f1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88497303,"duration_in_seconds":2098}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40998","title":"Episode 69: World On Fire…?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/69","content_text":"Six days into the history of the show on August 12th of last year we wondered if the possibility of a seismic event in the Pacific Northwest was signaling the end of the world as we know it. We’re coming up on the first anniversary of the show.","content_html":"Six days into the history of the show on August 12th of last year we wondered if the possibility of a seismic event in the Pacific Northwest was signaling the end of the world as we know it. We’re coming up on the first anniversary of the show.
","summary":"Six days into the history of the show on August 12th of last year we wondered if the possibility of a seismic event in the Pacific Northwest was signaling the end of the world as we know it. We’re coming up on the first anniversary of the show.","date_published":"2016-07-07T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/fdbe81a5-35c4-46e9-9d92-e0b9a823e313.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33427844,"duration_in_seconds":1804}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40994","title":"Episode 68: Was 1776 A Mistake?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/68","content_text":"In this episode we consider the virtues of the Revolutionary War. Would the world be a better place if we didn’t fight it? \n\nThe post Was 1776 A Mistake? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we consider the virtues of the Revolutionary War. Would the world be a better place if we didn’t fight it?
\n\nThe post Was 1776 A Mistake? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we consider the virtues of the Revolutionary War. Would the world be a better place if we didn’t fight it? ","date_published":"2016-07-03T15:53:51.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/96442924-16b0-47de-88da-f0dfe7ee0f74.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80728426,"duration_in_seconds":1904}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40989","title":"Episode 67: Donald Trump Is Born Again (?)","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/67","content_text":"On this episode Bill and Scott cover what could be the religious news story of the year: Donald Trumps born again evangelical experience.","content_html":"On this episode Bill and Scott cover what could be the religious news story of the year: Donald Trumps born again evangelical experience.
","summary":"On this episode Bill and Scott cover what could be the religious news story of the year: Donald Trumps born again evangelical experience.","date_published":"2016-06-28T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/58cafd49-e22f-48a5-9437-b53226786b51.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35509933,"duration_in_seconds":1934}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40978","title":"Episode 66: Should Tragedies Change Our Thinking?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/66","content_text":"In this episode Bill and Scott spend some time trying to find words to understand the Orlando mass shooting and what it means for thinking about modern life.","content_html":"In this episode Bill and Scott spend some time trying to find words to understand the Orlando mass shooting and what it means for thinking about modern life.
","summary":"In this episode Bill and Scott spend some time trying to find words to understand the Orlando mass shooting and what it means for thinking about modern life.","date_published":"2016-06-18T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/caba0132-523d-480c-bb24-abe920a536fe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35184815,"duration_in_seconds":1914}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40971","title":"Episode 65: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/65","content_text":"In this episode we consider some events in the news recently and wonder whether there is precedent for them or not. We then ask whether or not there is anything new under the sun. \n\nThe post The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we consider some events in the news recently and wonder whether there is precedent for them or not. We then ask whether or not there is anything new under the sun.
\n\nThe post The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we consider some events in the news recently and wonder whether there is precedent for them or not. We then ask whether or not there is anything new under the sun. ","date_published":"2016-06-11T09:26:09.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0884d9a8-d674-4835-8774-d0d1b82376b1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79937619,"duration_in_seconds":1884}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40961","title":"Episode 64: The Eve Of Destruction?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/64","content_text":"Why are we so interested in post-apocalyptic fiction and film these days? Is it because we sense something about our world is ending? What is it that’s passing away, and why does it matter? Show Notes: We reference a book in this episode: How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the...\n\nThe post The Eve Of Destruction? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Why are we so interested in post-apocalyptic fiction and film these days? Is it because we sense something about our world is ending? What is it that’s passing away, and why does it matter? Show Notes: We reference a book in this episode: How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the...
\n\nThe post The Eve Of Destruction? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"Why are we so interested in post-apocalyptic fiction and film these days? Is it because we sense something about our world is ending? What is it that’s passing away, and why does it matter? Show Notes: We reference a book in this episode: How to Surviv...","date_published":"2016-06-05T17:44:44.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/fa3635c4-5916-4b59-acb1-e5b6862ca776.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45684741,"duration_in_seconds":2056}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40956","title":"Episode 63: Looking For Love In All The (Wrong?) Virtual Places","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/63","content_text":"In this episode we consider the funny and frightful world of online dating and what it tells us about modern culture and ourselves. Show Notes: This podcast grew out of a piece Scott wrote for Mockingbird. You can find it here: http://www.mbird..com/2016/05/faith-the-future-the-frightening-reality-of-online-dating.","content_html":"In this episode we consider the funny and frightful world of online dating and what it tells us about modern culture and ourselves. Show Notes: This podcast grew out of a piece Scott wrote for Mockingbird. You can find it here: http://www.mbird..com/2016/05/faith-the-future-the-frightening-reality-of-online-dating.
","summary":"In this episode we consider the funny and frightful world of online dating and what it tells us about modern culture and ourselves. Show Notes: This podcast grew out of a piece Scott wrote for Mockingbird. You can find it here: http://www.mbird..com/2016/05/faith-the-future-the-frightening-reality-of-online-dating.","date_published":"2016-05-31T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/9966c9bb-606d-43d5-883c-c65406a7e146.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35785768,"duration_in_seconds":1951}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40937","title":"Episode 61: Hell","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/61","content_text":"In this episode we take some time to talk about Hell. Who believes in it and why and does it still matter? Show Notes: We reference an essay by George Hunsinger which is found in his book Disruptive Grace. We also reference a book by David Powys, ‘Hell’: A Hard Look at a Hard Question: The...\n\nThe post Hell appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we take some time to talk about Hell. Who believes in it and why and does it still matter? Show Notes: We reference an essay by George Hunsinger which is found in his book Disruptive Grace. We also reference a book by David Powys, ‘Hell’: A Hard Look at a Hard Question: The...
\n\nThe post Hell appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we take some time to talk about Hell. Who believes in it and why and does it still matter? Show Notes: We reference an essay by George Hunsinger which is found in his book Disruptive Grace. We also reference a book by David Powys,","date_published":"2016-05-17T07:14:47.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0f294b08-4f19-4fe8-a05f-cfadbcdf9785.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46503363,"duration_in_seconds":2097}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40932","title":"Episode 60: A Church Of Thrones?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/60","content_text":"In this episode we talk about Game of Thrones. Enough said?\n\nThe post A Church Of Thrones? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about Game of Thrones. Enough said?
\n\nThe post A Church Of Thrones? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about Game of Thrones. Enough said?","date_published":"2016-05-11T11:37:44.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/417de3e2-c154-41e8-80d4-ebe57ceb2431.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55057453,"duration_in_seconds":2104}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40924","title":"Episode 59: What’s Scarier Than Us Talking About Science?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/59","content_text":"The answer to the question that serves as the title to this podcast is…Bill Nye, “the science guy”, talking philosophy. He answers a question from a fan on YouTube about whether to study philosophy in college. And what an answer it is! Show Notes: An article that discusses the video and links to it: http://qz.com/627989/why-are-so-many-smart-people-such-idiots-about-philosophy/. \n\nThe post What’s Scarier Than Us Talking About Science? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"The answer to the question that serves as the title to this podcast is…Bill Nye, “the science guy”, talking philosophy. He answers a question from a fan on YouTube about whether to study philosophy in college. And what an answer it is! Show Notes: An article that discusses the video and links to it: http://qz.com/627989/why-are-so-many-smart-people-such-idiots-about-philosophy/.
\n\nThe post What’s Scarier Than Us Talking About Science? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"The answer to the question that serves as the title to this podcast is…Bill Nye, “the science guy”, talking philosophy. He answers a question from a fan on YouTube about whether to study philosophy in college. And what an answer it is!","date_published":"2016-05-02T17:05:19.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/df175ca0-b984-4785-ac01-e1ff32183d35.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35001186,"duration_in_seconds":1522}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40440","title":"Episode 58: Solid Gold Jesus: Jesus, By The Velvet Underground","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/58","content_text":"We begin the official Top Ten list of the greatest songs about Jesus with a discussion of “Jesus”, by The Velvet Underground.\n\nThe post Solid Gold Jesus: Jesus, By The Velvet Underground appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We begin the official Top Ten list of the greatest songs about Jesus with a discussion of “Jesus”, by The Velvet Underground.
\n\nThe post Solid Gold Jesus: Jesus, By The Velvet Underground appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We begin the official Top Ten list of the greatest songs about Jesus with a discussion of “Jesus”, by The Velvet Underground.","date_published":"2016-04-20T21:50:37.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/85d0390a-fcbb-4928-938e-a35c126241c2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36895376,"duration_in_seconds":1616}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40432","title":"Episode 57: Fighting Fair","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/57","content_text":"In this episode we talk about conflict. It’s inevitable in life. The question isn’t whether or not we’ll find ourselves involved in conflict in public and private life. It’s what we will do in the midst of it. Show Notes: We reference two articles on polemics. The piece by Tim Keller can be found here,...\n\nThe post Fighting Fair appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we talk about conflict. It’s inevitable in life. The question isn’t whether or not we’ll find ourselves involved in conflict in public and private life. It’s what we will do in the midst of it. Show Notes: We reference two articles on polemics. The piece by Tim Keller can be found here,...
\n\nThe post Fighting Fair appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we talk about conflict. It’s inevitable in life. The question isn’t whether or not we’ll find ourselves involved in conflict in public and private life. It’s what we will do in the midst of it.","date_published":"2016-04-17T12:47:02.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/0d325acb-6bf4-4aea-9bf9-08250de4f068.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47289592,"duration_in_seconds":2136}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40418","title":"Episode 56: Bare Necessities","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/56","content_text":"In this podcast, inspired by Dan Carlin, we reflect on the essential commitments and values that we wouldn’t (or at least shouldn’t) compromise. What are they? How are they formed? When is it OK to change them and why?\n\nThe post Bare Necessities appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this podcast, inspired by Dan Carlin, we reflect on the essential commitments and values that we wouldn’t (or at least shouldn’t) compromise. What are they? How are they formed? When is it OK to change them and why?
\n\nThe post Bare Necessities appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this podcast, inspired by Dan Carlin, we reflect on the essential commitments and values that we wouldn’t (or at least shouldn’t) compromise. What are they? How are they formed? When is it OK to change them and why?","date_published":"2016-04-08T06:49:52.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/bf34e55b-86bd-4df2-b542-9f4f37622450.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22859641,"duration_in_seconds":1829}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40415","title":"Episode 55: The Death Of Moral Relativism?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/55","content_text":"In this episode we discuss an article by Jonathan Merrit that appeared in The Atlantic announcing the death of moral relativism and the rise of the new shame based moralism. Show Notes: You can find Jonathan Merritt’s article here. We discuss another article, “Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral Facts”, by Justin P....\n\nThe post The Death Of Moral Relativism? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode we discuss an article by Jonathan Merrit that appeared in The Atlantic announcing the death of moral relativism and the rise of the new shame based moralism. Show Notes: You can find Jonathan Merritt’s article here. We discuss another article, “Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral Facts”, by Justin P....
\n\nThe post The Death Of Moral Relativism? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode we discuss an article by Jonathan Merrit that appeared in The Atlantic announcing the death of moral relativism and the rise of the new shame based moralism. Show Notes: You can find Jonathan Merritt’s article here.","date_published":"2016-04-06T09:23:46.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/55eb353e-5e24-4dc2-89d3-090060502cfb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43620511,"duration_in_seconds":1952}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40392","title":"Episode 51: Guilt","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/51","content_text":"In this episode of the show we discuss about guilt. We talk about how it feels and what to do with it when it’s weighing you down.\n\nThe post Guilt appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In this episode of the show we discuss about guilt. We talk about how it feels and what to do with it when it’s weighing you down.
\n\nThe post Guilt appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"In this episode of the show we discuss about guilt. We talk about how it feels and what to do with it when it’s weighing you down.","date_published":"2016-03-16T08:34:19.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/2ef71368-fc62-48ec-8460-984fa709f7d8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46002106,"duration_in_seconds":2072}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40377","title":"Episode 49: Loss","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/49","content_text":"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross In this episode we deal with loss. It’s an experience that shapes and affects every human life. How we deal with it is often a...\n\nThe post Loss appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross In this episode we deal with loss. It’s an experience that shapes and affects every human life. How we deal with it is often a...
\n\nThe post Loss appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross In this episode we deal with loss.","date_published":"2016-03-06T14:58:53.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/f8f5c8a4-3988-45ee-9bae-3e5a58480d52.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50264945,"duration_in_seconds":2285}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40372","title":"Episode 48: This American Religious Life: Greg Strawbridge","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/48","content_text":"We’re going to do a non-scientific profile of different religious communities and personolaties and how they shape the American religious landscape. We’re not sociologists, but that’s never stopped us before. This is the first edition of the series, which we’ll we do whenever the spirit moves us. We’re privileged to kick it of with the...\n\nThe post This American Religious Life: Greg Strawbridge appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We’re going to do a non-scientific profile of different religious communities and personolaties and how they shape the American religious landscape. We’re not sociologists, but that’s never stopped us before. This is the first edition of the series, which we’ll we do whenever the spirit moves us. We’re privileged to kick it of with the...
\n\nThe post This American Religious Life: Greg Strawbridge appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We’re going to do a non-scientific profile of different religious communities and personolaties and how they shape the American religious landscape. We’re not sociologists, but that’s never stopped us before. This is the first edition of the series,","date_published":"2016-03-03T08:19:29.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d04c816f-b0c0-468e-baa7-ed22324af4cb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57976432,"duration_in_seconds":2670}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40361","title":"Episode 46: Trump Vs. Francis","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/46","content_text":"Pope Francis alluded to the fact that Donald Trump might not be a Christian in a recent press conference on his flight back from Mexico. Is he wrong or right? Is it even his place to make these kind of judgments. We consider all this and more in this episode of New Persuasive Words.\n\nThe post Trump Vs. Francis appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Pope Francis alluded to the fact that Donald Trump might not be a Christian in a recent press conference on his flight back from Mexico. Is he wrong or right? Is it even his place to make these kind of judgments. We consider all this and more in this episode of New Persuasive Words.
\n\nThe post Trump Vs. Francis appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"Pope Francis alluded to the fact that Donald Trump might not be a Christian in a recent press conference on his flight back from Mexico. Is he wrong or right? Is it even his place to make these kind of judgments.","date_published":"2016-02-20T08:44:39.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/842f0e84-bed9-41f6-9274-61c57e5eeeb5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49980741,"duration_in_seconds":2271}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40291","title":"Episode 39: The Faces of Jesus","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/39","content_text":"This [pop culture] Jesus may be our champion and friend, but he is no one’s mediator. The news he brings may be pleasant, or it may be harsh, but it is not urgent or particularly new—not for those who are perishing. In sum, there is much to emulate in the Jesus we find in pop...\n\nThe post The Faces of Jesus appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"This [pop culture] Jesus may be our champion and friend, but he is no one’s mediator. The news he brings may be pleasant, or it may be harsh, but it is not urgent or particularly new—not for those who are perishing. In sum, there is much to emulate in the Jesus we find in pop...
\n\nThe post The Faces of Jesus appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"This [pop culture] Jesus may be our champion and friend, but he is no one’s mediator. The news he brings may be pleasant, or it may be harsh, but it is not urgent or particularly new—not for those who are perishing. In sum,","date_published":"2016-01-12T16:43:34.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/b573b8d0-0229-41a1-875c-d6f30a6963a1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35684464,"duration_in_seconds":1945}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40268","title":"Episode 36: Is The God Of Muhammad The Father Of Jesus Christ?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/36","content_text":"There’s been some recent controversy at Wheaton College involving a professor who was put on administrative leave for statements she made about the relationship of Christianity and Islam. In response to the controversy Miroslav Volf wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post addressing the question: do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? We...\n\nThe post Is The God Of Muhammad The Father Of Jesus Christ? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"There’s been some recent controversy at Wheaton College involving a professor who was put on administrative leave for statements she made about the relationship of Christianity and Islam. In response to the controversy Miroslav Volf wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post addressing the question: do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? We...
\n\nThe post Is The God Of Muhammad The Father Of Jesus Christ? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"There’s been some recent controversy at Wheaton College involving a professor who was put on administrative leave for statements she made about the relationship of Christianity and Islam. In response to the controversy Miroslav Volf wrote an op-ed piec...","date_published":"2016-01-01T12:01:56.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/fdb29f6d-991c-4253-ae5b-adc5712615bf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39046558,"duration_in_seconds":1724}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40259","title":"Episode 35: Is This A Wonderful Life?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/35","content_text":" won·der·ful adjective 1. inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvelous. Is this a wonderful life? It’s the question behind one the great Christmas films of all time. It’s also a question people find themselves asking in a world that increasingly feels more lonely, chaotic and cold. What makes a wonderful and meaningful life?...\n\nThe post Is This A Wonderful Life? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"won·der·ful adjective 1. inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvelous. Is this a wonderful life? It’s the question behind one the great Christmas films of all time. It’s also a question people find themselves asking in a world that increasingly feels more lonely, chaotic and cold. What makes a wonderful and meaningful life?...
\n\nThe post Is This A Wonderful Life? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":" won·der·ful adjective 1. inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvelous. Is this a wonderful life? It’s the question behind one the great Christmas films of all time. It’s also a question people find themselves asking in a worl...","date_published":"2015-12-22T15:39:28.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/fed61cea-533b-42e1-9fab-ed1d3fbb6ae7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43114818,"duration_in_seconds":1927}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40248","title":"Episode 34: There’s Something About Mary","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/34","content_text":"There is a reason Mary is everywhere. I’ve seen her image all over the world, in cafés in Istanbul, on students’ backpacks in Scotland, in a market stall in Jakarta, but I don’t think her image is everywhere because she is a reminder to be obedient, and I don’t think it has to do with...\n\nThe post There’s Something About Mary appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"There is a reason Mary is everywhere. I’ve seen her image all over the world, in cafés in Istanbul, on students’ backpacks in Scotland, in a market stall in Jakarta, but I don’t think her image is everywhere because she is a reminder to be obedient, and I don’t think it has to do with...
\n\nThe post There’s Something About Mary appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"There is a reason Mary is everywhere. I’ve seen her image all over the world, in cafés in Istanbul, on students’ backpacks in Scotland, in a market stall in Jakarta, but I don’t think her image is everywhere because she is a reminder to be obedient,","date_published":"2015-12-15T07:42:15.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/ac7a1085-9c17-476c-89e4-1e34b8be72cb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51080070,"duration_in_seconds":2325}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40243","title":"Episode 33: Mirror Mirror On The Wall…A Demographic Reflection Of American Values","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/33","content_text":"Donald Trump made headlines yet again with a proposed plan to ban all Islamic entry to the United States. Almost every candidate and public political figure rushed to condemn Trump’s proposal. But a recent comprehensive study of American values and attitudes by the Public Religion Research Institute reveals that most Americans seem to agree with...\n\nThe post Mirror Mirror On The Wall…A Demographic Reflection Of American Values appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Donald Trump made headlines yet again with a proposed plan to ban all Islamic entry to the United States. Almost every candidate and public political figure rushed to condemn Trump’s proposal. But a recent comprehensive study of American values and attitudes by the Public Religion Research Institute reveals that most Americans seem to agree with...
\n\nThe post Mirror Mirror On The Wall…A Demographic Reflection Of American Values appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"Donald Trump made headlines yet again with a proposed plan to ban all Islamic entry to the United States. Almost every candidate and public political figure rushed to condemn Trump’s proposal. But a recent comprehensive study of American values and att...","date_published":"2015-12-11T10:17:42.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/db6bab54-8d5b-4053-bae8-bee2097d1469.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45170743,"duration_in_seconds":2030}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40239","title":"Episode 32: The Official Guide To Surviving Political Arguments With Family and Friends During The Holidays","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/32","content_text":"We're living in one of the most divided times in our country's history since the period that preceded the Civil War. It seems that more and more we have less and less in common as a country. We're divided into red states and blue states and increasingly we shop, eat and play in different places depending on our political and moral values. Then comes the holidays! \n\nThe post The Official Guide To Surviving Political Arguments With Family and Friends During The Holidays appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We're living in one of the most divided times in our country's history since the period that preceded the Civil War. It seems that more and more we have less and less in common as a country. We're divided into red states and blue states and increasingly we shop, eat and play in different places depending on our political and moral values. Then comes the holidays!
\n\nThe post The Official Guide To Surviving Political Arguments With Family and Friends During The Holidays appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We're living in one of the most divided times in our country's history since the period that preceded the Civil War. It seems that more and more we have less and less in common as a country. We're divided into red states and blue states and increasingl...","date_published":"2015-12-08T11:04:31.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/9354074b-8cee-4470-b80f-8080176db95f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23779122,"duration_in_seconds":1921}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40235","title":"Episode 31: Where Do We Sleep When Our Beds Are Burning?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/31","content_text":"The “Benedict Option” refers to Christians in the contemporary West who cease to identify the continuation of civility and moral community with the maintenance of American empire, and who therefore are keen to construct local forms of community as loci of Christian resistance against what the empire represents. Put less grandly, the Benedict Option —...\n\nThe post Where Do We Sleep When Our Beds Are Burning? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"The “Benedict Option” refers to Christians in the contemporary West who cease to identify the continuation of civility and moral community with the maintenance of American empire, and who therefore are keen to construct local forms of community as loci of Christian resistance against what the empire represents. Put less grandly, the Benedict Option —...
\n\nThe post Where Do We Sleep When Our Beds Are Burning? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"The “Benedict Option” refers to Christians in the contemporary West who cease to identify the continuation of civility and moral community with the maintenance of American empire, and who therefore are keen to construct local forms of community as loci...","date_published":"2015-12-04T19:42:49.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/bef63a2d-6aae-4a05-b173-0e94a10c3eb5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40975428,"duration_in_seconds":1820}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40188","title":"Episode 24: How Do People Change?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/24","content_text":"We have the capacity to imagine changing into something different than we are. This can be the blessing and the curse of the human condition.\n\nThe post How Do People Change? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We have the capacity to imagine changing into something different than we are. This can be the blessing and the curse of the human condition.
\n\nThe post How Do People Change? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"We have the capacity to imagine changing into something different than we are. This can be the blessing and the curse of the human condition.","date_published":"2015-11-06T08:27:38.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/354ddf6b-eed3-4f14-b09d-19a1622a4222.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39973097,"duration_in_seconds":1770}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40167","title":"Episode 21: Fight or Flight?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/21","content_text":"What do you do when your back is against the wall? Most of us either run in hope that we're faster than whatever frightens us, or we fight thinking that we're stronger than it.\n\nThe post Fight or Flight? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"What do you do when your back is against the wall? Most of us either run in hope that we're faster than whatever frightens us, or we fight thinking that we're stronger than it.
\n\nThe post Fight or Flight? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"What do you do when your back is against the wall? Most of us either run in hope that we're faster than whatever frightens us, or we fight thinking that we're stronger than it.","date_published":"2015-10-20T03:03:49.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/88025856-bf52-42a8-9228-575ce9edd072.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39042675,"duration_in_seconds":1724}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40163","title":"Episode 20: I Think Therefore…?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/20","content_text":"...how much do we know about our thought process? And how important is what we know? Is it is important as being known? \n\nThe post I Think Therefore…? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"...how much do we know about our thought process? And how important is what we know? Is it is important as being known?
\n\nThe post I Think Therefore…? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"...how much do we know about our thought process? And how important is what we know? Is it is important as being known?","date_published":"2015-10-17T17:18:17.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/7cd725d1-a514-43d4-84e7-bd601a045658.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36585490,"duration_in_seconds":1601}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40130","title":"Episode 18: Friends","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/18","content_text":" We need not view a friendship with another human being either as having no other end but itself or as being solely a means to friendship with God. God is known in communion, but of course communion, the eucharist, is not passed between God and the individual alone, but shared among the community of...\n\nThe post Friends appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We need not view a friendship with another human being either as having no other end but itself or as being solely a means to friendship with God. God is known in communion, but of course communion, the eucharist, is not passed between God and the individual alone, but shared among the community of...
\n\nThe post Friends appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":" We need not view a friendship with another human being either as having no other end but itself or as being solely a means to friendship with God. God is known in communion, but of course communion, the eucharist,","date_published":"2015-10-06T00:13:04.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/4bdc2256-b92c-4157-b363-8a42940516ed.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44601592,"duration_in_seconds":2002}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40100","title":"Episode 17: Don’t Worry, Be…Happy?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/17","content_text":"JOY IN NONSENSE. How can men take joy in nonsense? They do so, wherever there is laughter-in fact, one can almost say that wherever there is happiness there is joy in nonsense. It gives us pleasure to turn experience into its opposite, to turn purposefulness into purposelessness, necessity into arbitrariness, in such a way that...\n\nThe post Don’t Worry, Be…Happy? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"JOY IN NONSENSE. How can men take joy in nonsense? They do so, wherever there is laughter-in fact, one can almost say that wherever there is happiness there is joy in nonsense. It gives us pleasure to turn experience into its opposite, to turn purposefulness into purposelessness, necessity into arbitrariness, in such a way that...
\n\nThe post Don’t Worry, Be…Happy? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"JOY IN NONSENSE. How can men take joy in nonsense? They do so, wherever there is laughter-in fact, one can almost say that wherever there is happiness there is joy in nonsense. It gives us pleasure to turn experience into its opposite,","date_published":"2015-10-01T09:50:47.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a6fca14d-f68b-4820-8afd-dcad3c1329af.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36655213,"duration_in_seconds":1604}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40038","title":"Episode 13: Know Thy Selfie","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/13","content_text":" We can probably all agree that smartphones are now an inseparable part of ourselves (if you can afford one, that is), and so is the Internet. Whether that’s a good thing is still undergoing intense philosophical scrutiny. What is not up for debate is that a lot of our socializing occurs online, and as...\n\nThe post Know Thy Selfie appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We can probably all agree that smartphones are now an inseparable part of ourselves (if you can afford one, that is), and so is the Internet. Whether that’s a good thing is still undergoing intense philosophical scrutiny. What is not up for debate is that a lot of our socializing occurs online, and as...
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","summary":" We can probably all agree that smartphones are now an inseparable part of ourselves (if you can afford one, that is), and so is the Internet. Whether that’s a good thing is still undergoing intense philosophical scrutiny.","date_published":"2015-09-11T13:33:38.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/40932596-315a-4252-b82f-d0fca40d6338.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32736808,"duration_in_seconds":1408}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=40018","title":"Episode 12: Beware The Maelstrom","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"MAELSTROMS — THOSE POWERFUL SWIRLING whirlpools in the open seas — have been known to pull hapless fishing boats, crew, and cargo down into a deadly vortex to the ocean’s dark depths. Maelstroms take on epic proportions in the world of fiction. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “A Descent into the Maelstrom,” the lone...\n\nThe post Beware The Maelstrom appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"MAELSTROMS — THOSE POWERFUL SWIRLING whirlpools in the open seas — have been known to pull hapless fishing boats, crew, and cargo down into a deadly vortex to the ocean’s dark depths. Maelstroms take on epic proportions in the world of fiction. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “A Descent into the Maelstrom,” the lone...
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","summary":"MAELSTROMS — THOSE POWERFUL SWIRLING whirlpools in the open seas — have been known to pull hapless fishing boats, crew, and cargo down into a deadly vortex to the ocean’s dark depths. Maelstroms take on epic proportions in the world of fiction.","date_published":"2015-09-08T20:24:24.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/a600cc81-8d7b-43cc-8ad5-30eeb021f38b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52500060,"duration_in_seconds":2396}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=39946","title":"Episode 10: I Fought The Law","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"Contemporary American culture, however, holds a much more optimistic view of human moral capabilities than does the Bible, and this has unfortunately crept into churches. How else to explain the fact that a religion based on acknowledging our own faults and shortcomings has become widely associated with extraordinary judgmentalism and self-righteousness?…American Christianity now is in...\n\nThe post I Fought The Law appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Contemporary American culture, however, holds a much more optimistic view of human moral capabilities than does the Bible, and this has unfortunately crept into churches. How else to explain the fact that a religion based on acknowledging our own faults and shortcomings has become widely associated with extraordinary judgmentalism and self-righteousness?…American Christianity now is in...
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","summary":"Contemporary American culture, however, holds a much more optimistic view of human moral capabilities than does the Bible, and this has unfortunately crept into churches. How else to explain the fact that a religion based on acknowledging our own fault...","date_published":"2015-09-02T09:13:13.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/3e9fde03-d5e3-48a3-95d3-b2f1a1c7bec5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51784319,"duration_in_seconds":2361}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=39922","title":"Episode 9: Blessed Are The Vulnerable","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/9","content_text":"Some things you make. Some you recover. Some you discover. This podcast is a combination of all three. Often times after people see, hear or read something they connect with want to know where it came from. This came from our interaction with the work of Brene Brown, specifically around our need for relational connections,...\n\nThe post Blessed Are The Vulnerable appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"Some things you make. Some you recover. Some you discover. This podcast is a combination of all three. Often times after people see, hear or read something they connect with want to know where it came from. This came from our interaction with the work of Brene Brown, specifically around our need for relational connections,...
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","summary":"Some things you make. Some you recover. Some you discover. This podcast is a combination of all three. Often times after people see, hear or read something they connect with want to know where it came from.","date_published":"2015-08-29T14:22:48.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/22510d0c-5223-4990-ad83-c5d23f6a065b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40579273,"duration_in_seconds":1800}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=39893","title":"Episode 8: Did God Kill Jesus?","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"We recently had the privilege of talking with pastor, professor and author Tony Jones. You can find out more about Tony and his most recent Did God Kill Jesus? at his website: tonyj.net. Enjoy the conversation and grab a copy of Tony’s book!\n\nThe post Did God Kill Jesus? appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We recently had the privilege of talking with pastor, professor and author Tony Jones. You can find out more about Tony and his most recent Did God Kill Jesus? at his website: tonyj.net. Enjoy the conversation and grab a copy of Tony’s book!
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","summary":"We recently had the privilege of talking with pastor, professor and author Tony Jones. You can find out more about Tony and his most recent Did God Kill Jesus? at his website: tonyj.net. Enjoy the conversation and grab a copy of Tony’s book!","date_published":"2015-08-25T12:05:05.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/d83edebb-5faa-4517-b60f-b5a259b94f1b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49053973,"duration_in_seconds":2224}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=39812","title":"Episode 4: The End Of The Word As We Know It…But Please Not In Winter!!!","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"This converastion was inspired by an article in the New Yorker by Katherine Schultz. She describes a massive earthquake heading for the Pacific Northwest. It’s not if but when will this monster hit. Despite the certainty that this awful monstrous event will happen, there has been little or no preparations made for it. What does...\n\nThe post The End Of The Word As We Know It…But Please Not In Winter!!! appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"This converastion was inspired by an article in the New Yorker by Katherine Schultz. She describes a massive earthquake heading for the Pacific Northwest. It’s not if but when will this monster hit. Despite the certainty that this awful monstrous event will happen, there has been little or no preparations made for it. What does...
\n\nThe post The End Of The Word As We Know It…But Please Not In Winter!!! appeared first on New Persuasive Words.
","summary":"This converastion was inspired by an article in the New Yorker by Katherine Schultz. She describes a massive earthquake heading for the Pacific Northwest. It’s not if but when will this monster hit. Despite the certainty that this awful monstrous event...","date_published":"2015-08-12T17:55:46.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/46b1a002-f3c0-4bb9-ad26-9b392bf35830.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45150710,"duration_in_seconds":1691}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=39756","title":"Episode 3: Lost In Translation, Part 2","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"We continue reflecting on the complexities of translating ideas from an ancient sacred text into contemporary concepts and language. The conversation was partly inspired by N.T. Wright’s review of Wesley Hill’s new book Paul and the Trinity. Click here for a copy of the review. WARNING: This conversation will have special appeal to theological nerds.\n\nThe post Lost In Translation, Part 2 appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"We continue reflecting on the complexities of translating ideas from an ancient sacred text into contemporary concepts and language. The conversation was partly inspired by N.T. Wright’s review of Wesley Hill’s new book Paul and the Trinity. Click here for a copy of the review. WARNING: This conversation will have special appeal to theological nerds.
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","summary":"We continue reflecting on the complexities of translating ideas from an ancient sacred text into contemporary concepts and language. The conversation was partly inspired by N.T. Wright’s review of Wesley Hill’s new book Paul and the Trinity.","date_published":"2015-08-08T11:22:30.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/c1840bca-42e1-4ac4-969e-aa7e0620226d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40905572,"duration_in_seconds":1514}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=39689","title":"Episode 2: Lost In Translation, Part 1.","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"This podcast was inspired by some questions asked by an old friend of Bill Borrer’s. Bill and I attempt to wrestle with how you hold onto faith amidst confusion about things like biblical interpretation and frustration with the church using the Bible like a weapon. We mention the following quote by Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI....\n\nThe post Lost In Translation, Part 1. appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"This podcast was inspired by some questions asked by an old friend of Bill Borrer’s. Bill and I attempt to wrestle with how you hold onto faith amidst confusion about things like biblical interpretation and frustration with the church using the Bible like a weapon. We mention the following quote by Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI....
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","summary":"This podcast was inspired by some questions asked by an old friend of Bill Borrer’s. Bill and I attempt to wrestle with how you hold onto faith amidst confusion about things like biblical interpretation and frustration with the church using the Bible l...","date_published":"2015-08-07T10:09:26.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/db4847e8-0432-489f-b689-279de2537ca7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49251415,"duration_in_seconds":1862}]},{"id":"http://newpersuasivewords.com/?p=39686","title":"Episode 1: Summer Super Hero Movie Extravaganza","url":"https://npw.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"In the next four years there are 30, YES 30, comic book super hero movies or sequels scheduled to hit theaters near you. Why are there so many films being made about comic book heroes and why do we keep going to see them again and again?\n\nThe post Summer Super Hero Movie Extravaganza appeared first on New Persuasive Words.","content_html":"In the next four years there are 30, YES 30, comic book super hero movies or sequels scheduled to hit theaters near you. Why are there so many films being made about comic book heroes and why do we keep going to see them again and again?
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","summary":"In the next four years there are 30, YES 30, comic book super hero movies or sequels scheduled to hit theaters near you. Why are there so many films being made about comic book heroes and why do we keep going to see them again and again?","date_published":"2015-08-07T09:51:32.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/c605a8e1-7cee-4513-8899-bd9b519c6a50/baf4aeec-6583-457f-9c59-2421c0d17973.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36839892,"duration_in_seconds":1344}]}]}