Speakeasy Theology

“The need of truth is more sacred than any other need.”—Simone Weil 

“Truth is the awakening of spirit in man, his communion with spirit.”—Nikolai Berdyaev

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David+ and I follow-up on last week’s theology of trauma lecture, considering the deadening effects of privilege and the deceitfulness of sin on those called by the Spirit into responsibility for intergenerational healing, restitution, and shared flourishing.

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Five reflections on the five holy wounds and what they reveal to us about suffering and healing of trauma.

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David+, Christopher+, and I talk with Jason Micheli about his new book (A Quid without Any Quo), pastoral responsibility and the purpose of preaching, the scandal of the cross, the doctrine of justification, and how/why to read Galatians.

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In this episode, Beth Felker Jones (Professor of Theology at Northern Seminary and a leading blogmatician) talks with me about what it means to think and practice Christian doctrine faithfully in our quasi-Christian contexts, and why and how to teach/learn theology in a spirit of truth and love. We also reflect together on bad doctrines of hell, the crisis of discipleship, and her work on gender, sexuality, and embodiment.

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In what is probably my favorite episode to date, my daughter, Zoë, joins the crew to discuss heaven and hell, time and eternity, dreams, angels, sin, grief, submission, Judas, and the hope of a final judgment.

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Fr Christopher, Fr Bill, and I discuss this Sunday’s readings, exploring the meaning of the struggle between Jacob and Esau, Isaac and Rebekah, the difference between living after the flesh and living in the Spirit, and why the parable of the sower does means something different from what we’ve assumed.

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