Crackers and Grape Juice

I met Dr. Rolf Jacobson at the Festival of Homiletics where, eavesdropping on me preaching, he said I sounded more Protestant than any of his students at Luther Seminary. You can check out his sermon here.

Dr. Jacobson is the author of Crazy Talk and hosts his own lectionary-based podcast as well. In this episode, he and I talk about the distinction between the Law and the Gospel as a particular emphasis of the Protestant Reformation as well as the role of the Psalms in shaping prayer and giving voice to our emotions before God. In particular, we talk about suffering, his own journey with cancer that’s left him withouth his legs, and the church as a community of care.

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Dr. Johanna Hartelius, host of the (Her)Men*You*Tics podcast, offers her 3 do's and don'ts of preaching.

Johanna has a Ph.D. in communication/rhetoric from the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in digital rhetoric, public discourse analysis/criticism, political communication, professional communication skills.

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“Protest that precedes prayer is theologically disordered.
“It’s pastorally cruel to exhort unbelievers who do not have the gift of the Holy Spirit to live up to the standards of our baptismal covenant.”
”There’s no urgency in either Testament for God’s People to get involved in the politics of the Principalities and Powers.”
John Nugent is professor of Old Testament at Great Lake Christian College and the author of Endangered Gospel: How Fixing the World is Killing the Church.

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A conversation between Teer & Taylor about Taylor's sermon, "The Elephant in the Room" which can be found in the #1 New Release, 'I Like Big Buts.'

https://www.amazon.com/Like-Big-Buts-Reflections-Letter/dp/1983368830/

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During our recent live podcast event in Hampton, Virginia we were able to open the space up for questions to our guests Dr. Johanna Hartelius and Dr. Kendall Soulen. In their responses they address kinship language, the fullness of God, proper names, true freedom, and what it means to be the church.

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The team hosted a live podcast in Hampton, Virginia and invited Dr. Kendall Soulen and Dr. Johanna Hartelius to join us for a conversation about what we talk about when we talk about God. During the first part of the evening we covered a range of topics including the Doxology, the 10 Questions from Inside The Actor's Studio, theological grammar, the power of words, gendered pronouns, the challenge of active listening, and co-opted speech. Our next next episode will include the Q&A portion of the live event.

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Mark Galli is the editor in chief at Christianity Today and he recently published a book entitled Karl Barth: An Introductory Biography for Evangelicals. Jason was able to sit down with Mark to talk about the book and in particular the effects of Barth's Romans, the errancy of scripture, moving from the pulpit to the classroom, and weakness in American preaching.

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In this episode Taylor talks with 2/3 of the writers of The Prayer Wheel (Patton Dodd and Jana Riess). In 2015 a group of rare manuscripts went on display in New York and inside the front cover was a very well worn prayer wheel. Their book unpacks the discovery of the medieval prayer wheel and how it can speak prayerful disciplines into our lives today.

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What happens when an entire denomination struggles with language regarding human sexuality and three pastors try to ask questions?

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Taylor talks with Teer about a sermon Teer contributed to the newly released book from Crackers and Grape Juice. 'I Like Big Buts' is a collection of reflections and sermon from the C&GJ team on Paul's letter to Rome.

In this episode Taylor and Teer discussion Teer's sermon "Words Are Always Necessary"

From the back cover:
It is in Romans that Paul reveals that he is convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor demons nor the present or future—really not anything or any power in all of creation—can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus ([8:38]). And even pithier—I love this one especially—Paul assures us in Romans that if God is for us, who could be against us? ([8:31]).

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