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Genesis 28.10-19a, Isaiah 44.6-8, Romans 8.12-25, Matthew 13.24-30, 36-43; Should the altar call come before or after the sermon? Is it better to be like the stars in the sky or the dust of the earth? These and more questions on this episode of Strangely Warmed.

"Most of us who go by the name of “Christians” ought to give up the pretense of wanting to be Christian—at least, if by that word one means not simply someone who is baptized or who adheres to a particular set of religious observances and beliefs, but more or less what Nietzsche meant when he said that there has been only one Christian in human history and that he had died on the cross. In that sense, I think it reasonable to ask not whether we are Christians (by that standard, all fall short), but whether in our wildest imaginings we could ever desire to be the kind of persons that the New Testament describes as fitting the pattern of life in Christ. And I think the fairly obvious answer is that we could not...
Most of us would find Christians truly cast in the New Testament mold fairly obnoxious: civically reprobate, ideologically unsound, economically destructive, politically irresponsible, socially discreditable, and really just a bit indecent."

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Genesis 25.19-34, Isaiah 55.10-13, Romans 8.1-11, Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23; What if we're stuck with the soil we've got? What if our entire lives are about wrestling with God? These questions and more in this episode of Strangely Warmed.

Dr. Doug Powe recently stepped into a new role as the director of the Lewis Center at Wesley Theological Seminary. In this episode, Teer & Morgan catch up with Dr. Powe to talk about urban theology and ways churches can rally together in times where most UM churches are trying to brace for what is to come.

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Get ready for all the freedom, liberty, and patriotic stuff you can handle!

In this episode the Hauerwasian Mafia sent Jason and Teer to talk with Tripp Fuller of HBC about the predicament of faith, freedom, and the conflicting calls to allegiance that color the American landscape.

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Genesis 24, Zechariah 9.9-12, Romans 7.15-25a, Matthew 11.16-19, 25-30

Taylor recorded the episode by himself as he and Teer moved to new appointments last week and the team couldn't get it all together. Have mercy.

Jason's man-crush and former teacher, David Bentley Hart, returns to the podcast to dish on Donald Trump, conservatives who complain about Pope Francis, and Christian charity in the public square.

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Genesis 22:1-14, Jeremiah 28:5-9, Romans 6:12-23, and Matthew 10:40-42

The only consistent thing on this podcast has been the soulful voice of Clay Mottley. Clay is a worship leader, singer/songwriter, and an all-around good guy.

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Genesis 21:8-21 and Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17; Jeremiah 20:7-13 and Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18; Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39