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  • S3E16 - Psalms for Lent

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    Macon and Marsh discuss the Psalms they (and Alex) are reading during Lent: Psalm 13, 22, 73, 10, 137.

    Show Notes:

    Blurb Your Enthusiasm

    Miss Belinda Blurb

    Whip it Good

    but with more rock

    Whip my hair

    the overlap is obvious

    The Word In The Wilderness

    S1E13 is one of the earlier places we talk about Practices

    S1E12 we talk about Good Friday

    Monday, 2025-03-17, we will be reading Psalm 13. Tuesday 22. Wednesday 73. Thursday 10. Friday 137. Saturday 13. Monday, 2025-03-24, Psalm 22.



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    47 min
  • S3E15 -Touching Reality

    Alex and Macon discuss Paul’s observation that “you have died” and what that means about reality and whether we even have access to such a reality.

    Show Notes:

    The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity

    Fruitfulness on the Frontline

    Weekend at Bernie’s

    Encountering Reality

    Polanyi, Kuhn, Feyerabend

    Bernoulli’s principle

    “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” - Richard Feynman

    Further reading in Scientific Realism

    How TFT’s approach relates with and to Scientific Theories.



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    56 min
  • S3E14 - Only Tradeoffs

    Marsh and Macon hear how Alex’s weekend speaking gig went after all the work we put into that for him. Then we discuss Marshall’s ministry to the homeless in Greensboro, and the tensions between showing mercy and enabling behavior.

    Show Notes

    On The Way Podcast

    Episode 1: How to get the most out of a sermon.

    How to open a candy wrapper.

    EVA Conference 2025

    Baby Shark

    Make Good Choices

    Austin’s homeless explosion

    When Helping Hurts

    Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

    Community First - Mobile Loaves & Fishes

    Thomas Sowell: “There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.” From the book A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

    Econtalk - on perfection vs imperfection



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    59 min
  • S3E13 - baptizing: early and often

    Alex, Marshall, and Macon talk about when, who, why people should get baptized, and the underlying theories of what-happens-in-baptism behind the various views.

    Show Notes:

    * people fading out of church like this.

    * the tshirt cannon for Alex and Marshall.

    * Elevation

    * this

    * not this

    * Picture Pages - asking questions and taking answers from the viewers before Dora did.

    * Theme Song

    * Mortimer Ichabod

    * No, the other one.

    * related to this joke.

    * it’s not a beachball, it’s a spinning pinwheel

    * you may know this better

    * or maybe this



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    1 hr 2 min
  • S3E12 - Anxiety Talks part 3 - Looking for Rest

    Alex, Marshall, and Macon come back to the book of Hebrews and Anxiety, this time exploring what it might mean for us to find the rest that Jesus offers to us.

    Show Notes:

    A Complete Unknown

    How to pronounce Biopic

    The Greatest Night in Pop

    Have you heard The Power of Love?

    More “vocalist” for Alex: The Power of Love

    More “vocalist” than Alex can actually handle: The Power of Love

    Duets

    Nina Simone

    The Essential Nina Simone

    What Happened, Miss Simone?

    On CD Clubs

    Snoop on a Stoop

    Pocket Like it’s Hot

    Vanilla Ice is ready to help you

    Marlin meets Crush and rides the Current

    Surface Pressure

    Loki



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    59 min
  • S3E11 - Murray and Torrance

    Marshall and Macon discuss the overlapping messages of their favorite writers Andrew Murray for Marsh and TF Torrance for Macon. They’re both Scottish Ministers who are convinced of God’s unconditional and unconditioned love for humanity. Murray approaches it from the spiritual development side and Torrance from the theological side, though both are deeply concerned about both sides. Prepare for an episode of fan-boy fun, because these two writers don’t let you get away from the Good News of God’s love for you, for real for real.

    Show Notes:

    Pole Position

    Atonement

    Incarnation reading assigned to my children

    The War of the Rohirrim

    The Grinch

    Andrew Murray

    * Abide in Christ

    * With Christ in the School of Prayer

    * Humility

    * Waiting on God

    * there are more than 40 more

    It’s actually pronounced: Pericope

    The Torrance Advent Reading

    The Christian Doctrine of God

    The Trinitarian Faith



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    50 min
  • An Advent Reading - Poetry Corner

    Marshall reads and reflects on poems from his Advent readings.

    Waiting On The Word edited by Malcom Guite

    * 2:18 - The Glance, by George Herbert

    * 4:02 - Annunciation, by Scott Cairns

    * 5:22 - Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden

    * 6:57 - Christmas and Common Birth, by Anne Ridler

    Holy Luck by Eugene Peterson

    * 10:30 - Cradle

    * 11:48 - Tree

    * 13:32 - Kiss

    * 15:03 - Offertory

    * 16:40 - War

    * 17:52 - Greetings



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    20 min
  • S3E10 - Anxiety Talks part 2 - Don't you care?

    Marshall, Macon, and Alex get up to speed on Marshall’s movie watching and Macon’s Advent practice. Then we return to Alex’s project of preparing for a 4 talk weekend bringing together Hebrews and Anxiety. This week we consider how to connect the High Theology of Hebrews with the so-what-ness of day-to-day life, and which of the roles of Jesus, Prophet, Priest, and King, do we resonate with the most.

    Show Notes:

    Illuminated Script

    Waiting On The Word

    Holy Luck

    there are actually nine categories of Alignment

    Make Good Choices

    Wicked

    Moana 2

    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    The War of the Rohirrim

    Hamilton

    My Shot

    List of Oz books

    Sexual Chocolate

    Anxiety Talks part 1

    Hebrews Overview, in an 8 min video

    Incarnation

    Dallas Willard

    David Bathsheba Overview, in an 18 min video

    When the storm is more than a storm

    Ok, maybe it IS a praise song: You Raise Me Up



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    1 hr
  • An Advent Reading - The Word Made Flesh

    We will return to talking about Anxiety & Hebrews next week. In the meantime, here’s an excerpt from Chapter 3 of T.F. Torrance’s Incarnation, pp 60-67, where he explores St. John’s phrase, “The Word made flesh.”



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    22 min
  • S3E09 - Anxiety Part 1

    Alex is keynoting a college student retreat weekend in 2025. Marshall and Macon are here to help him write his talks which are out of Hebrews and which need to apply to the practical issue of anxiety. This is part one.

    Show Notes

    Crazy Train

    Walking on the Sun

    All Star

    I’m a Believer

    Incarnation

    My Buddy

    2024 Advent Incarnation Reading Plan

    Sweeping The Nation

    Jesus and the Victory of God

    No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Released March 1, 1987.

    Previous Episode re Church

    You done messed up Aaron

    Unikitty Bad Feelings Approach

    Are you not entertained?



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    56 min

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Three long-time friends, two Pastors and one CEO, explore the spaces between Ministry and Business, Professional and Amateur Christianity, and Faith and Disbelief, with joy, love, and a grain of salt.…