The Bad Calvinists

On this episode, we complete our Bad Calvinists Pulpit Tour with a LIVE podcast with an audience made up of our congregation members and friends. We discuss our lingering questions concerning this story of Abraham and Isaac and then take Q & A from the audience. We recommend that you listen to the Pulpit Tour sermons in our feed before you listen to this podcast.  

The Bad Calvinists Pulpit Tour sermon "Here I Am" preached by Rev. Dr. Jason Link at First Presbyterian Church Washington Court House, Ohio. In preparation for our podcast on the almost sacrifice of Isaac, Jason, Joel and Gray switched pulpits and all preaching on the same text, Genesis 22.  

The Bad Calvinists Pulpit Tour sermon "The God who Bleeds" preached by Rev. Joel Esala at First Presbyterian Church Chillicothe, Ohio. In preparation for our podcast on the almost sacrifice of Isaac, Jason, Joel and Gray switched pulpits and all preaching on the same text, Genesis 22.  

On this week's podcast, the Bad Calvinists explore the Book of Job with licensed counselor Andy Solovey. We tackle the heavy subjects of lament, why we suffer, and does God repent at the end of the book.  

This week on the Bad Calvinists, Jason, Joel and Gray discuss what it means to live a costly faith. Too often we live a comfortable faith that asks very little from us. How might we challenge ourselves to sacrifice for the oppressed and marginalized in our communities? 

In this episode, Jason, Joel and Gray discuss the Wedding at Cana found in John 2:1-12 and how this story helps us stay in the present moment in our lives.   

This week on the Bad Calvinists, Joel, Jason and Gray discuss an alternative reading of Matthew 18:21-35, usually called the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant. We dig into whether the King is a stand-in for God, the downside of the debt collecting business, and what to do with the violence at the end of the parable. Recorded just after Christmas of 2018. 

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The Bad Calvinists take on a weighty topic this week: What happens when God doesn't answer your prayers? Going down this theological minefield, we discuss how feeling separated from God is a necessary part of our faith lives, how we should define prayer, and how suffering may be a great teacher. 

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The three Bad Calvinists in this podcast discuss of the joy of being wrong. How might we be more willing to sit in uncertainty in our lives and in our faith? What value do you place on your need to be right all the time? We examine Matthew 16:21-23 where Peter rebukes Jesus about what a Messiah should look like.