patheological: The Podcast for the Pastor Theologian

Every day we are being watched by the ghosts of history past. The hosts of Ryan and Philip’s Conversation Rules have a segment on their podcast; History Has Its Eyes On You. No matter the subject of each episode, they point up the value of knowing how it relates … Continue reading

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1. Don’t Blame Musburger


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


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

If you are a pastor or on a church staff, there is no shortage of suggestions for what to do during the current novel coronavirus pandemic. Many pastors find themselves forced to think about live-streaming services, using Zoom or Google Meet to offer Bible Study, and Youth Pastors are … Continue reading

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1. Christians Don’t Have an Answer to Suffering But . . . : An Interview with Jason Micheli


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


3. Pastors Fail? A Conversation with Taylor Mertins

Over time Dietrich Bonhoeffer has become something of a Rorschach Test for Christians. That is, everyone finds something in Bonhoeffer’s corpus to claim for their theological project. Jeffrey C. Pugh says not so fast. Instead of thinking that Bonhoeffer passed through phases, like early and late, one might better … Continue reading

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


2. A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts


3. Disruptor(s) Needed: A Conversation with The Alan Noble

Maps. More maps. The summer term of my last year of my M.Div. in Seminary included the course, Biblical Backgrounds. Looking back it may have been better to take that course over a normal fall or spring semester. Compressing all the material covered into a few short weeks … Continue reading

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


2. Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III


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

Don’t blame Scott Coley. Though Scott was my last podcast guest, he had nothing to do with the long hiatus. I hope to have Scott back. He is working on a new book and if nothing else, we will hop back on the Zoom and discuss his work..

So … Continue reading

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1. Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah


2. Bringing Back the Podcast


3. Listening to the Nones and Dones: An Interview with Rob Davis

I am more near retirement than Scott. I have grandchildren older than his newborn. He has more hair. And, fortunately for me, he did not turn the old guy away when he reached out for a conversation on the Twitter platform.

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1. No Better Time for Public Theology: An Interview with Kyle A. Roberts


2. Preaching As Resistance


3. A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts

How many times have you read a Facebook/Blog post that insists, “If your pastor didn’t say anything about [most recent social injustice], you need to find a new church?” Maybe you have used this lede in an attempt to raise attention to the latest illustration of failed immigration policy, … Continue reading

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1. Disruptor(s) Needed: A Conversation with The Alan Noble


2. Reading the Bible: A Conversation with Peter Enns


3. Pastors Fail? A Conversation with Taylor Mertins

“I forgive you.” We generally think those words follow, “I’m sorry.” The Good News of the Gospel is that God’s, “I forgive you,” comes first. That is how Jason Micheli describes Grace. God’s one-way

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


2. Counterfeit Forgiveness? A Conversation with Scott Curry


3. Resident Exile: A Conversation with Bill Borror

Just two days after Stan Grenz died, David Dockery began his concluding paragraph warning Baptists, specifically Southern Baptists, that Grenz might lead his readers into orthodox inconsistency.

Unfortunately, his pietism didn’t translate into evangelical coherene or orthodox consistency.

That was fourteen year ago.

Reading some of the responses to

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1. A Complicated Pregnancy: A Conversation with Kyle Roberts


2. Sheer Silence – Thoughts from the Edge


3. Don’t Scratch the Devil: An Interview with Richard Beck

We are all addicts. Amidst a culture bent on positivity, Karsten’s maxim could not be considered good news. He did not back down.

Let’s give Karsten his conclusion. When we do we admit that we are all at the same time captive. At some point, these circumstances, addicted and

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


2. Pledging Allegiance to People: An (Almost) Interview with George E Young Sr


3. Why Makes Justice So Controversial?