Firebrand Podcast

It's been a while! We're back with a new episode featuring Dr. Peter Bellini, who joins us to talk about his new book, The X-Manual: Exousia--A Comprehensive Handbook on Deliverance and Exorcism.

In this one we talk about the tension that exists between the Christian faith and the surrounding culture. How should we engage culture? Should we withdraw? Should we attempt to move society in a more Christian direction through media, government, etc.? Also, Maggie nerds out about the ontological argument.

The 2020 UMC General Conference has been postponed until 2024. In this episode we talk about the dynamics and implications of this decision and discuss how traditionalist churches might move ahead.

We sit down with Pastor Kevin Hall to talk about the work of the Holy Spirit he's seeing in his life and the life of the congregation he leads. Lots of Holy Ghost Power in this one!

Aaron Renn recently wrote a piece in First Things called "The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism." The bottom line: today, traditional Christians are part of a "status negative" religion. We talk about the article, and David gets louder.

In this episode, we take on one of the biggies: predestination (or, "individual double predestination"). What do Wesleyans believe about it? Why do we believe it? Where do we differ from Calvinists on this doctrine? We also talk briefly about Squid Game and Babette's Feast.

This one's a doozy, folks. Did Jesus have Mary's DNA? Did OT prophecy foretell the birth of Jesus? Why are CGI humans so weird? And Justus Hunter makes a surprise cameo appearance!

Maggie couldn't make this one, but David and Scott have the opportunity to talk with Dr. Scott Kelso about his provocative new book, Theological Violence in the 21st Century: The Eclipse of Ethics and Morality in Today's World.

The Notorious KSP (aka Karen Swallow Prior) joins us to talk about faith, literature, the state of the church, and how to survive on social media. And we don't talk about the Wesleyan Quadrilateral at all!