What is the purpose of borders? What gives nations the right to determine who can enter, and when and where? Aren't all humans citizens of Planet Earth? We'll also discuss Hebrews 13:2's injunction to show hospitality to strangers, as we may in fact be entertaining angels without realizing it. What are the moral and ethical grounds for showing hospitality and who should we offer it to? We discuss!

What is the difference between patriotism and nationalism? Can you be critical of your country and still be patriotic? Is nationalism always wrong? And is your favorite Marvel character? Guest Hugh Hollowell joins us and we discuss!

In these contentious times, is finding common ground a way to move beyond political division? How does common ground differ from compromise, or “meeting in the middle”? Also, what is the best Halloween candy, and do people who love candy corn also love hoppy beer? We discuss!

Is God male or female? Both? Other? Today we discuss the shifting landscape of gender identity, what science can tell us and how people of faith are responding. This is particularly pertinent as the Trump administration aims to narrowly redefine gender as a biological, immutable condition determined at birth. Tune in!

Are you more comfortable with the familiar and the known, or do you have a proclivity to explore the unknown? Some say that the greatest people in history were ones who were able to venture out into new areas, and brave the unknown. How does this apply to your life, to your beliefs, to society? We explore! Plus: Bryan's 10th anniversary of doing Pub Theology.

A group of Christians is traveling the country by bus on a national tour seeking to encourage evangelicals to consider voting for the common good. What is the common good? According to one common contemporary usage, rooted in Aristotle's philosophy, common good refers to "a good proper to, and attainable only by, the community, yet individually shared by its members." All members? Historically marginalized members of the community? What about people in other countries? We discuss! Plus, what is invisible that you wish you could see?

How do you talk with people who hold a different perspective than you do? Have you found helpful ways to engage? Unhelpful? We discuss that, plus life-giving practices and whether or not October is the best month! Tune in!

This week we talk truth and lies in the #metoo era. How can we go beyond 'he said, she said' to something more substantive? What will it take to believe women? Is there room for nuance on this polarizing issue?

Guest host Layton E. Williams joins the conversation as we attempt to sort it all out. Tune in! It's Episode 103 of #PTLive.

If you remember a story different from a friend or sibling - who is right? Where does the truth lie? How do we do the hard work of history when there are multiple and/or limited perspectives, especially when those perspectives disagree? What about the history in the Bible? Is it exempt from the challenges normal history faces? Plus: Coconut Jesus makes an appearance. Tune in!

We're back! We talk about the Nike/Colin Kaepernick ad and what we think of this fusion of social justice and a major athletic brand, plus responses to it. We also discuss whether social justice is "heretical" and distracting from the Gospel, or rather essential to the Gospel. Tune in!