Today, Ravi and Jaymes are diving into the murky quagmire of mushiness that is romance-with-intent-of-marriage (or not, as the case may be). This is a complicated topic that has a ton of pitfalls and rabbit trails, which we... mostly tried to dodge. There are soapboxes and rants galore, though, so strap in and have fun! Let us know how wrong we are in Discord or on FB! ;)

Following up in our series on relations between the sexes, we dive into what is femininity? This is a hotly contested and debated topic, and there's so much more that could be said than what we could cover. But to help us out, we brought in a guest expert, Cora Jongeward, who is definitively more female than either Jaymes or Ravi. Together, we explore the origin of females in Eve and the various facets of womanhood, elevating it back up to its place of glory. We also talk briefly about some of the attacks on femininity and false understandings of it, teasing our next episode, which will focus entirely on feminism and how we should interact with it as Orthopraxically minded Christians.

Beginning a series on relations between the sexes, we dive right in with "What is Masculinity?" and the accompanying complexities. We lay some foundations about equality and hierarchy, how the roles God designed fit together, and the challenges to those ideas from our culture. We really want to hear what you all think about this episode, and what you see as true masculinity, so make sure to join the conversation on Facebook and our Discord server!

Today we bring Daniel Hede with us as a guest to discuss the experience of the Banquet & Ball. This is slightly challenging, since, by its very nature, it is transcendent, ineffable, and nears the numinous. But we do our best, and along the way discuss the significance of honor, intentionality, dancing, dueling, sacraments, and worshipping God with all of our life. This is our longest episode yet, but if you only listened to one, I'd recommend this one.

And join us next year for the next Banquet & Ball.

And as an extra special Christmas present, here is a bonus episode with Jaymes doing a reading of Tolkien's Christmas poem: Noel!

Here we are again with an episode talking about music, and how we approach it from an Orthopraxis perspective, but this time... * drum roll * it's about Christmas music!!

Here are the links to what we cover in this episode:

Martin Luther Yells About Inferior Anglican Christmas Hymns -- by LutheranSatire

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel -- Peter Hollens

God Made Low -- Sovereign Grace Music

We Three Kings -- Clamavi De Profundis

Mary, Did You Know? -- Pentatonix

I Wonder As I Wander -- Simon Khorolskiy

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day -- Casting Crowns

Let us know what your favorite Christmas songs are, or what your favorite pet peeves are about them!

We are so thankful for all of you who have stuck with us on this crazy experiment of a podcast, and so for this month's episode, in honor of Thanksgiving, we did a Q&A, where we asked you all to supply the Qs. And boy did you ever! There are some brain benders in here, haha. There's also quite a few sneak peeks into what episodes are coming up down the road, so have a listen and let us know what you think! Happy Thanksgiving!

So many things to do, so little time, how can we justify spending any of it on video games at all? Don't those rot your brain? What about the occasional demonic possession... aren't video games just as bad as rock music? Let's explore what value there is in video games, and how to enjoy them while avoiding their inherent pitfalls. Game on!

P.S. This is our one year anniversary of starting this podcast! Wow!!

Yep, we did it. We've been trampling on the toes of some sacred cows on both sides of the aisle (and mixing metaphors while we're at it) for a while now, but this one might actually be one of the most challenging we've faced. We're tackling what we believe the Bible actually says about the standards for our speech, rather than what our culture says the Bible says. Honest, we're not trying to be click-baity here, but this is likely going to surprise at least a few of you. And a lot of you are likely not going to agree with us!

So we're actually releasing two versions of this episode. One (the one here) is censored for those of you who are of sensitive ears. The other, uncensored version, will be released on our Discord server and our Facebook page. Let us know what you think! We'd love to engage in discussion on this topic.

Bonus episode where Ravi reads out loud one of his favorite works of poetry by Rudyard Kipling!