DRIVING THEOLOGY

What lessons can we learn from John Denver and other famous idols?

A second try at capturing this podcast (micro SD fail...) about how different people take different approaches to prepare for life's calamities. But there are a few things that we can all do.

Not the first time I've explored the concept of Justice. Justice is a constant theme in the Bible and understanding it from God's perspective is an important step in understanding better the character of God. (This podcast was posted last night, but after listening to it, I discovered that two devices, independent of each other, failed nearly simultaneously. So, I had to go back and pull audio off...

Not the first time I've explored the concept of Justice. Justice is a constant theme in the Bible and understanding it from God's perspective is an important step in understanding better the character of God.

Is it possible that what you take from reading a passage in the Bible reveals more about you than what the Bible is actually trying to say?

BOOKS BY PETE ENNS: https://www.google.com/search?q=books+by+Peter+Enns&oq=books+by+Peter+Enns&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30.5610j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Podcast by Pete Enns: Pete Ruins Isaiah https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/the-bible-for-normal-people/id1215420422?i=1000535122486 Above, I have linked Books by Peter Enns, and also a link to the specific Podcast which I reference. Peter En...

The meanings of words can change over time. Many do. Still, we can't read words in the bible and interpret them with their modern meanings. If we don't understand their intended meanings, how can we hope to understand the message the Bible writers intended to pass down to us? Here, I explore the meaning on one particular word that I believe has become counter-productive in today's churches.

Shaking things up a bit, I start by reading from Ephesians and then talking about this specific passage.

*still working on the audio... sorry for the rain! We have not understood the parable of the "prodigal son", as witnessed to by the title we've given it. It's all about the Father and his love. Circumstances in my family with my brother's recent homecoming has brought this beautiful story to mind once again.

*Sorry for the poor audio. I'll work on getting it better. Why do all institutions seem to eventually succumb to corruption? How can we assure that the damage is minimal when they do?

It's a hard pill to swallow, admitting that the good ole USA is batting for the world and not for the Kingdom of God. Hard. Pill. Thoughts?

With the Sentence being handed down for the murderer of George Floyd, I reflect on the US prison system, and the direction it should go compared to the direction its been heading.

What is the Jesus way to conflict resolution? Self-help literature is full of conflict resolution techniques, and relation fixes of all kinds. Many of them good. But how did (does?) Jesus go about it?

Have you ever been faced with an impossible choice? If you haven't, you will, chances are. How are we to find our way through these dangerous waters? I don't know. I do explore it here, nonetheless!

Is this podcast, I first talk about star scape capturing, and then recap conversations I have had recently with atheists and Jesus-believers on various topics. The main topic is reconciling the OT God with the NT Jesus.

People have left cities, countries, and the comforts of home in order to pursue God in a less distracting environs. Listening to an Audible book, "The Wisdom Of The Desert" by Thomas Merton, prompted me to explore this theme in scripture.

Have you, like me, experienced dark nights, extended periods of time where you feel disconnected from Jesus? Well, we are not alone. Here's my take on these very disturbing, yet spiritually formative, dark experiences.

Poor decisions by our forebears are what is causing the current crisis in Evangelicalism, decisions to be unevenly yoked to empires, decisions to judge the church by the standards of the world, to do what is easy instead of what is right, decisions to conform and not be transformed.

Did God really regret making Man? Does he still regret it? When is it appropriate to call a controversial passage a literary device? Are there literary devices used in the Bible or is everything to be taken at face value? And what about genres?

Recorded the day after the guilty verdict was handed down for Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd in 2020. What will success, or victory, look like in this case? Is this guilty verdict a win? And what can we do now to assure that all Americans in the future receive justice, opportunity, and freedoms equally?

When the Gutenberg Revolution met Calvin's revolutionary theory of substitutionary atonement, let's just say that the results were revolutionary: and not in a good way! We're still suffering from it today.

On this St. Patrick's Day, I talk about the idea that the light we are given was made to light up the darkness. Enjoy!

On March 11, 2011, my friend Pat and I were mountain biking here in Japan. We had just reached our goal, a little hill next to a golf course, about one hour away from our car and civilization, including our families, when all hell broke loose and our lives changed in a moment. These are my memories and reflections on that day and the days after.

200! Kind of unbelievable that this is my 200th solo podcast recorded. Thank you all for listening! This, which has been par for the course, is a meandering speech which took a little while to get going. Despite that, I feel like I ended on a solid note. Contained are truths about the state of the church told me by a former friend/room mate who is done with the church. Just because he is done, doe...

Universal salvation and Kingdom theology: What more could you want? Sorry for the mic drop moment at 24:31. No really, I knocked the mic off the stand...