The eighth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Has the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:7-15 become old hat? What if we were meant to know God's will as we pray through it daily, but understanding God's will is far more straightforward and right in front of our faces than we realized? And finally, how might we see parallels between Jesus's temptation in the desert with Satan and the structure of the Prayer? Listen in for a reimagining of this most familiar prayer.

The Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas joins the Tent in conversation with Dr Selina Stone and Revd. Natasha Beckles. Brown Douglas is a ground-breaking womanist theologian and Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. Stone is the lecturer of social and political theology at St Mellitus College. Beckles is a priest and co-host of Tent Talks. Join us as these three women engage in a rare, rich transatlantic conversation exploring eschatology, church and the scars of Christ.

The seventh of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. The call to perfection in Matthew 5:48-6:9 and 6:16-18 is often taught as impossible, thus giving licence to Christians to ignore and even despise the Way of Jesus as irrelevant to their gleeful embrace of power, violence and nationalism. We take a closer look...

Stephen hosts the launch event for "Rotten Institutions", the new YoHo Journal written by Dr Linda Woodhead. Join Linda and Dr Eve Poole as they discuss the matter, and listen in on the excellent wider conversation which ensued!

Stephanie Drury is the founder of stuffchristianculturelikes, the go-to site for anyone who if they did not laugh would rage. Underneath the wicked humour and sharp insight is the deeper work of binding up the broken hearted and setting the captives free, especially women harmed by evangelical culture. Stephanie joins the Tent to talk about being too vulgar for Christianity Today, fighting with theobros and her role in the "fall" part of the rise and fall of Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill.

The sixth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Stephen discusses how turning the other cheek is not "doing nothing," but is instead a way of resisting violence and giving the violent a new way to see reality. Matthew 5:33-37.

Sara Billups is a breath of fresh air. She is smart, funny and kind, and has lived a varied and interesting life. She is a Seattle-based writer seeking a deeper faith in our complicated world. She's been the only Christian in the room in creative spaces in the city, but of late has also found herself increasingly alienated from culturally dominant American Christianity. Sara has written about these experiences in multiple places, including the New York Times. Her upcoming book is Orphaned Believers.

The fifth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Should followers of Jesus swear oaths and pledges of allegiance? What if it is to the Queen or to the bishop as an act of obedience? Stephen weighs in on what Jesus has to say on the matter as we focus on Matthew 5:33-37.

We celebrate episode 100 with Chris Marchand, musician, priest, author, teacher and podcast producer! Because he works on the frontlines of religion, culture and education, Chris brings a much-needed perspective to the show. Amongst other things, Chris has just released an album of songs inspired by - and appearing in - Tent Talks.

The fourth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we focus on Matthew 5:27-32 and Jesus's teachings on lust and adultery. In this passage we see that the heart of Jesus's message was a concern about broken relationships, that sin is always a communal event, and that seemingly harsh teachings like this one were about protecting our own souls as well as the vulnerable among us.