In this episode, special guest Father Joe Mitchell joins us to talk about the wrestling personality Jim Cornette and his recent comments on televangelists. Joe is an Episcopal priest, a wrestling fan, and a theology nerd. We also talk about Joe's transplant journey, and he gives us a recommendation on his favorite non-alcoholic beer.

From this episdoe:

• Drew's Barrel Proof Larceny here. (He was reviewing Batch A123.)
• Joe's Partake non-alcoholic line here.
• Jim Cornette's conversation on televangelists here.

At long last, the band is back together!

Drew, Will, and Evan are together for the first time in over a year. The topic is the life and witness of Tim Keller, a high-profile Presbyterian pastor who died recently after a fight with cancer. He was a rare combination of intellectual, church planter, and cultural commentator whose work left a mark on the lives of these three (very Methodist/Arminian) pastors.

They also review three different whiskies: one Kentucky bourbon and two from that great Presbyterian homeland, Scotland.

From the show:

• Drew's Jura 10 here.
• Will's Pinhook bourbon here.
• Evan's Port Charlotte 10 here.
• Tim Keller's sermons available here.
• Keller on suffering, from the Veritas forum, here.
• Books by Tim Keller referenced include
  • Preaching
  • Center Church
  • Prodigal God
  • Prayer
  • The Reason for God

In this long-overdue episode, Drew reviews the hard-to-find Buffalo Trace Kosher Wheat Recipe, and talks about J.R.R. Tolkien's role in the converstion of C.S. Lewis. Thanks for joining us!

From the episode:

• Buffalo Trace Kosher Wheat Recipe here.
• More on Tolkien's role in Lewis' conversion to Christianity here.

Drew is solo on this New Year's themed episode, reviewing a delcious new offering from Lagavulin and discussing covenant. Covenant tends to be a more common category in Reformed traditions, but even Arminians (and other) can value this biblical and theological category. Drew discusses why it matters that we worship a God who operates by covenant and not contract, and discusses the Covenant Renewal Service in the Wesleyan tradition. He does so while sipping the latest in the 11 year old Offerman Edition single malt from the Islay peatmongers at Lagavulin.

From this episode:

• Charred Oak Offerman Edition
• The Wesley Covenant Renewal Service (UMC)
• Covenant Renewal Service (Seedbed)
• Epic of Eden by Sandra Richter

In this unique (daytime-recorded) whiskey-free episode, Drew interviews theology professor and author D. Glenn Butner about his new book Trinitarian Dogmatics. We touch on his previous work on the eternal subordination debate, and discuss how Glenn's book is not at all trendy, and why this is a compliment.

Dr. Butner. has advanced degrees from Duke Divinity School and Marquette University, and you can find his new book from Baker Academic here. (We appreciate Baker providing a copy of this book for the purposes of conducting this interview.)

You can find Glenn on twitter at @glennbutner, or via his faculty page at Sterling University here.

From this episode:

• You can read Drew's full review of Trinitarian Dogmatics in Firebrand Magazine here.

What does it mean to be a father?

On a special Father's Day episode, Drew reflects on Henri Nouwen's The Return of the Prodigal Son while finishing off his Guinness Cask Finish Offerman Edition Lagavulin (see episode 26 for more).

In this special St. Patrick's Day episode, Drew is flying solo and reviewing a unique sherry-finishd Irish whiskey. He also chats about the historic St. Patrick, and shares the famous prayer attributed to the evangelist and saint.

From this episode:

• Drew's Redbreast Lustau
• St. Patrick's Breastplate prayer
• St. Patrick's Bad Analogies by Lutheran Satire

In this episode, Drew, Evan, and Will all enjoy some smokey Islay scotches and talk about the Rise and Fall of the Mars Hill Podcast: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the ecclesiologically questionable.

Sorry for the long hiatus!

From this episode:

• The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast here.
• Evan's Caol Ila here.
• Drew and Will's Offerman Edition (Guiness) Lagavulin here.
• Whisky Advocate article about the Offerman Guinness here.

2020 was a wild year, and we need a powerhouse of a whiskey just to revisit it, so Episode 25 is a special one! This episode is a little less theology and a little more bourbonology. It's also unique because all three of us are tasting the same VERY hard to find bourbon: Weller Full Proof.

We reviewed two other Weller offerings in episodes 12 and 13, but this is a special one. In this episode, Will tells us how he came to possess a "unicorn" (a hard to find bourbon), and we discuss our changing tastes in whiskey and our feelings about the whiskey market. We also look back on the gifts of 2020, and Drew tells us why he hates Dickens.

Speaking of 2020, Weller Full Proof won these awards last year:

• 2020 Gold Medal - San Francisco World Spirits Competition
• 2020 Bronze Medal - World Whiskies Awards

A year full of low points deserves a high point of a bourbon!

From this episode:

• Weller Full Proof here.
• Overdrive app mentioned by Drew here.
• The Coddling of the American Mind mentioned by Drew here.

Happy New Year! Advent begins the new church year, and to kick off the new year we have two special guests back: Amanda (Evan's better half) and Will (our doctoral program friend).

This jam-packed episode features four pastors taking some time out of the busiest season of the year to talk about Advent and Christmas, favorite holiday movies, and of course whiskey!

From this episode:

• Evan's Black Grouse here.
• Amanda's Jameson Black Barrel here. Amanda's blog here.
• Will's Maker's Mark Wood Series here.
• Drew's whiskey [redacted].
• Advent video w/ Prof. Michael Pasquarello here.
• Bright Evening Star by L'Engle here.
• Advent by Fleming Rutledge here.
• Cloth for the Cradle from the Iona Community here.
• Doctors Diagnose Home Alone injuries here.