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My bestie theology pal is on today! Kevin Taylor!!

Back to our annual theme of cosmologies in our fandoms, Christian Ashley and TJ Blackwell discuss the story behind the Dragon Ball franchise! They discuss the gods, angels, and other super beings of the Dragon Ball world in this one! . What is the cosmology of Dragon Ball? How big is the DBS cosmology? What is the Dragon Ball universe? Does Jaco say there are countless galaxies? Who is the God in...

Dr Thomas Oord, author of "The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence", joins us again to discuss the omniscience of God. Joshua Noel asks Dr Oord about the differences of omnipotence and omniscience. They discuss their views of what God can and cannot know, then get into the nature of time and practical takeaways of this doctrine. . What does the Bible mean by omnipotence? What is the probl...

Studying a few of the theories of how to understand the age of the earth from a Christian or Biblical perspective, Joshua Noel asks how these debated have shown the fruit of the Spirit to the outside world. We explore how these debates were active in the early Church, how they led to the Scope's Trial in the United States, and how they inspired the New Evangelical movement of the 1940's. . How did...

It's time for another What's New episode and we're covering Invincible, the Inheritance Cycle, and Spider-Man 2 today! Come join Christian Ashley and James Demmel for a fun time discussing some of our favorite new releases at this time! . Is the book Murtagh out yet? Is Murtagh related to Eragon? What is the Inheritance Cycle about? Why is Invincible season 2 split? How old is Mark Grayson in the...

Why was Noah's righteousness so important to the story of the Flood? Was the Flood local or global in nature? Did the animals need to eat on the Ark? Did carnivores exist before the Flood? Is the Flood allegorical or actual history? Why does Christian really not like Ken Ham and Kent Hovind while kinda being close to their side of the debate for the historicity of early Genesis? Why were the anima...

What is the Gospel? That is the big question my wife Claire and I dialogue over in the finale to this series. We discuss the tiered system approach to theology and how it is possible that the Gospel should be the only item in that category. We dialogue about how the Gospel is simple and yet a very big reality, what heaven will be like, and the importance of pronouns! Claire also runs down her thre...

To kickoff the 2023 SG Christmas Drive-In, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas"! This year's Christmas Drive-In theme is animated Christmas films! We had our followers to the "Priests to the Geeks" Facebook group vote on their top 4 animated Christmas features and are going to review "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Dr Suess' The Grinch", "Rudolph the Re...

Mulled wine means it’s the damn season

Every so often we have our followers on Facebook vote on a "what if" scenario for us to discuss and we got a great one this time! "What if Peter Parker went to Hogwarts?" Keno Cannady and Christian Ashley discuss this scenario at length with all the many possibilities on this episode! . What if Peter Parker never got bit? Who is Spider-Man's biggest enemy? Who is Peter Parker? Is there an American...

Elizabeth Donnelly and Russ Petrus, from "Catholic Women Preach", join us again! This time we discuss how women have been systemically disadvantaged in Church environments. Hosts Joshua Noel and TJ Blackwell ask about the ways the Bible has been translated, deaconesses have been overlooked, and jobs have been given away in Church history. . What the Bible says about women's role in the church? Wha...

*This episode explores explicit themes in the Bible and discusses highly sensitive scenes and topics in the Biblical narrative. . The Church above claims that God both doesn't want you be involved in politics and that He desires all Christians in America to vote as a Republican. Many people live in fear in the United States due to political agendas that are against the LGBTQ+ community, against im...

Continuing our series on the different eras of Disney's animation studios - Elizabeth (Pang) Clyde, Keno Cannady, and Christian Ashley are joined by guest, John Erdely, to discuss THE LION KING! We will talk about its place in Disney's legacy of films and why we all love this film so much! We also discuss how we can learn about our own callings as Christians, from Simba answering the call to be ki...

Who are the sons of God and the daughters of men? Why was God upset at humanity's actions? Who and what are the Nephilim? Did humanity need to be wiped out? Why was Noah so special to be considered by God as His chosen instrument to save humanity? How big was the ark? What was the covenant God made with Noah about?

As humans, our understanding of God and life eventually runs out. We cannot fathom God completely and every possible reason for why life is going the way that it is. In this episode, I sit down with Joshua Noel of The Whole Church Podcast to dialogue over hard questions that every human wrestles with and may never arrive at a conclusion. Why God does allow suffering? Why does God seem so severe in...

One of the best ongoing gags in "How I Met Your Mother?" is the Slap Bet! For our Thanksgiving special, Joshua Noel and Brandon Knight discuss the Slapsgiving specials in the HIMYM sitcom series! . Why does Barney get slapped by Marshall? Where did the slap bet come from? How many slaps in the slap bet? How does the slap bet work? What episode of How I Met Your Mother is Robin Sparkles? Who sings...

Pastor Jay Y Kim joins us today to discuss his study guide on Colossians! Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell ask him about the need for this book in our time, religious syncretism, and what it's like to pastor a church in Silicon Valley! . What is the main message in Colossians? What is the main issue in Colossians? What is an example of a religious syncretism? What does syncretism mean...

Examining the debate of Martyn Lloyd-Jones and John Stott from 1966, we think through the implications and costs of church unity and sound doctrine! Joshua Noel hosts as he explores the history of Church splits and whether or not they were worth the cost. . What Bible did Martyn Lloyd-Jones use? What does God say about unity? What is the message of unity in the church? What did John Stott believe?...

Catching up on what's new in the geek world, Joshua Noel and Willi Rose discuss the Loki series, "The Marvels", and the character of the Toymaker from Doctor Who! . What happened at end of Loki? Why does Mobius not remember Loki? Who are the 3 Marvels in the Marvels? Who is the Toymaker in Doctor Who? Is Neil Patrick Harris the celestial toymaker? We discuss it all in this one! We discuss it all i...

Pastor Chill Will delivers the Homily this week discussing the gospel of Matthew. . Pastor Will Rose discusses the parables of Jesus and asks the questions of how we are welcomed home through sacraments, community, and our Churches. What does the Parable of the Bridegroom teach us? What does the bridegroom in the parable represent? What is the meaning of church home? What does it mean that home is...

Pastor Chill Will delivers the Homily this week discussing the gospel of Matthew. . Pastor Will Rose discusses the opportunities we have with our blessing to invest boldly for the kingdom! What is the lesson of the Parable of talents? What does the Parable of the Talents reflect? In what Bible verse can you read the Parable of the Talents? What does the Bible say about investing? What are faith ba...

In honor of the season of Thanksgiving, we offer a special extra bonus episode reviewing the anime, "Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma". Hosts, Elizabeth (Pang) Clyde and TJ Blackwell, discuss what they love about the series and the culinary world! . Is Food Wars inappropriate? Has Food Wars anime ended? Does Soma marry Erina? Where can I watch Food Wars 2023? Why does Erina hate Soma? Who is number 1...

How is it possible or is it possible that the patriarchs lived for hundreds of years? What was Adam able to leave to his descendants? Is there a gap between the patriarchs mentioned, is the account meant to be figurative, or is the Earth only 6000 years old? Is there a hidden message in the names given by the patriarchs to the sons? If so, does it point to Jesus? What happened to Enoch? What can w...

In this episode, Dialogues continues as I sit down with Pastor Will Rose of Holy Trinity Chapel Hill to answer questions about the Bible. We dialogue about which Bible translation is best, and whether or not the Bible is God's Word. Website: https://myseminarylife983333216.wordpress.com/?preview_id=3&preview_nonce=2d22b29479 Shop: https://my-seminary-life-store.creator-spring.com/ Buy Me a Cof...

Continuing our series of reviews of the One Piece anime and manga, Joshua Noel and Elizabeth (Pangalangan) Clyde discuss the Drum Island arc! We discuss how Luffy chooses his crew and defends them, and we explore the power of friendship, a good medical system, and inclusion for all! . Why is Chopper called Tony Tony? What is Tony Tony Chopper mistaken for? Did Tony Tony Chopper eat a devil fruit?...