patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor Theologian

Martin Luther King Jr. is something of a Rorschach Test for Southern Baptists. Enter the recent MLK50 event co-sponsored by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the SBC as evidence.

On the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Ethics and Religious Liberty co-sponsored … Continue reading

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1. Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross


2. Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy


3. Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark

Recently a young friend mused in a text message, “Where are our (SBC) theologians?” His angst was palpable even if the question appeared on my phone.

My friend Alan, who will be on my next podcast episode, expressed genuine concern. From his vantage point, working for the Evangelical … Continue reading

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1. Imprisoned Souls, They Don’t Know It: Cross-podcast featuring Jeffrey C. Pugh


2. Love Can’t: An Interview with Thomas J Oord


3. When In Romans: A Conversation with Beverly Gaventa and Jason Micheli

No matter what else goes on during a week in the life of a preacher, a pastor, Sunday always comes on time. For many, likely most, Sunday anxiety does not come with wondering who will fuel the jet, maintain the vacation house, or gas up the boat at the … Continue reading

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1. The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh


2. Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry


3. Pride and Prejudice – Thoughts from the Edge

Just two weeks after the Parkland School Shooting my friend Mary Duren invited four people to contribute to a discussion on the right to bear arms. The traffic on his posts was poor. It seems the news cycle had passed. 

If you don’t seize the moment within 24-hours, or … Continue reading

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1. Punishment Does Not Equate to Justice or, Jesus’ Weak Move in Mark 8


2. Treyvon, a Legal System, and the Justice To Come


3. Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross

Rick Saccone sensed a closer than expected 18th Congressional District race in Pennsylvania’s Special Election. “They hate America. They hate God.” 

Reactionary.

Rather than touting his vision, goals and plans the moment he realized he might lose where President Trump won by more than 20 percentage points, Rick Saccone … Continue reading

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1. The Value of Religion, Choosing Ignorance, and Identifying Arguments: An Interview with Greg Horton


2. “Don’t Be Like Jesus” – Inverting WWJD (Pt. 2)


3. Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah

Maybe pastors still haven’t found what they are looking for.

Even if LifeWay is no longer strictly a resource for Southern Baptist Churches, one wonders how it is, after the dust has settled for most in the SBC on the matter of inerrancy, what does it mean a that … Continue reading

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1. Pariah, Corporatist News, and Literacy, An Interview with Marty Duren


2. Pastors Search For . . . : A Conversation with Marty Duren


3. Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns

Who needs me? That may be a more helpful question today than, Who is my neighbor? 

Familiarity may breed contempt. It also may create indifference.

The Good Samaritan became the means for one of Jesus’ conversation partners to consider, “Who is my neighbor?” We hear Good … Continue reading

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1. Anger Can’t Live Alone: A Conversation with Scott Curry


2. This Is Uz: A Conversation with Scott Curry


3. Love Can’t: An Interview with Thomas J Oord

Just four years ago it was reported,  “that 1500 pastors leave the ministry for good each month due to burnout or contention in their churches.” What is a pastor to do just five years in when he or she realizes there already exists lessons from failure?

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1. Pastors Search For . . . : A Conversation with Marty Duren


2. Still Making Sense of Church: An Interview with Spencer Burke


3. The Circles of Faithful Presence: An(other) Interview with David E. Fitch

Some time ago a friend discovered I had been reading Jurgen Moltmann’s, The Crucified God. He suggested I leave Moltmann alone. If you know anything about me, that is like pouring gas on a fire.

It called to mind moments in college and seminary where friends, even professors, … Continue reading

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1. Walk 150 Miles In My Shoes: An Interview with Blake Oakley


2. The Rapture Betrays the Incarnation: An Interview with Jeffrey C. Pugh


3. Community Witness

Most lands us in trouble. The word most gets us in trouble, not most people. When we want to lay claim to the popular position or opinion we use most; even if we know it runs into the wall of fallacies.

Sweeping generalization or not, Jimmy Doyle’s conversation … Continue reading

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1. Goliath, David, and South Carolina


2. Whose History? Whose Independence? An Interview with Alan Cross


3. Andrew, You Can’t Do That!