The Roman Christians are play cousins. They just don't know it yet. Jackie breaks down Paul's use of the call of Abraham to bring together the Jewish and Gentile Christians in the church in Rome. 

What would you do if your undead ancestors showed up to meet your teacher? Invite them to hang out, right? In this episode, Jackie and Isaiah unpack the symbolism of the Transfiguration using Drake analogies and talk through what to do when you're happy and terrified at the same time.

Jackie outlines Christian witness within empire and Isaiah reflects on the complexity--and comedy--of mercy in Jonah.

Hello, friends! It's been a minute, but we're getting back in the biblical saddle with Matthew 25. It's got sheep, goats, the devil and his angels, and Jesus in disguise. What better place to start? 

In this episode, we're putting the cross in crossover with CG and DJ, friends and co-hosts of the Holy as Hell podcast. Together we'll tackle church responses to COVID-19 and retell the story of Lazarus in light of a pandemic.

What kind of savior rides a (possibly) stolen donkey? And what do we do with a God who doesn't save us the way we want?

How do we talk about God when the threat of death feels so close? Jackie muses on the ways we make sense of suffering. Isaiah waxes poetic about losers.  

In late February, millions of Christians around the world were reminded of their mortality with a cross marked in ash on their foreheads. Today, in the midst of COVID-19, most of us are feeling that mortality much more acutely. So what can the practices of Lent teach us during a pandemic? (Disclaimer: our episode was recorded a few weeks ago.)

"Jesus died so that I might live. What kind of life is this?" Jackie and Isaiah grapple with one of the Bible's most famous passages in light of lynching and other forms of white supremacist violence. 

Ever wondered why Moses stayed up on the mountain for forty days? Turns out God had strong opinions about interior decorating.