Armchair Theology

Putting on a bow on the one of the most difficult to read prophets. And it ends with a beautiful vision of a new temple and renewed Jerusalem. Join Clay and Ross as they wrap up Ezekiel.

If you have a problem. If no one else can help. And if you can find them. Maybe you can hire... The Armchair Theology Team.

Following a long criticism of Israel, Ezekiel turns the pen towards Israel's neighbors for allying with Babylon, for injustice, and for being Egypt. Join Clay and Ross as they breakdown Ezekiel 25-32.

Welcome back to the podcast friends. In this episode Ezekiel summons all of his vulgar artistic talent to write some of the most offensive metaphors in scripture describing Israel's infidelity. We kept it clean but this may be one you don't want to listen to with the kids.

100TH EPISODE!!! Ezekiel's visions continue as he's transported from Babylon to Jerusalem where he sees God leaving the Temple. Thanks for sticking with us friends.

Ezekiel comes out hot with an absolutely wild vision of God and it only gets better from here. Join Clay and Ross as they break down the first seven chapters of this most unique prophet.

Blessed are those who mourn. Mouring well is a holy discipline and we have an entire book in our Bible that models just that. Grab your tissues and join Ross and Clay as they dive into a book so sad they named it Lamentations. 

That's a wrap on Jeremiah friends! Join Ross and Clay as they put a bow on one of the most influential books in all of scripture. This episode is dedicated to Baruch, the unsung hero of Jeremiah. Baruch, if you're listening, nothing but love friend. We look forward to meeting you.

Jeremiah tried to tell them. They just wouldn't listen. Join Clay and Ross as they break down the destruction of the Temple, assassination of Gedaliah and Jeremiah's kidnapping to Egypt. Also this may be our favorite episode artwork to date.

For I know the plans I have for you declares the LORD, plans for you to get comfortable in Babylon and grow where you're planted. Jeremiah 30-36 offers hope but it's not the prosperity gospel some make it out to be. Join Ross and Clay this week as they turn the corner in Jeremiah.

Continuing his love of object lessons, Jeremiah introduces Jerusalem to the cup of God's wrath and his homemade wooden yoke (broken by a rival prophet). Join Ross and Clay as they walk with Jeremiah right up to the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah continues his unpopular prophecy against Jerusalem and you'd think he was asking them to change the color of their carpet. Join Clay and Ross and they realize just how timely the prophets are for us today.

Is there no balm in Gilead? Jeremiah continues pointing out Jerusalem's lack of faithfulness and  justice making him a pariah and this section of his book difficult to read... but we should.

Jeremiah saw some stuff. He lived through the restoration of the temple and the destruction of the temple. And the word he shared from God was direct and harsh. Join Clay and Ross as they breakdown this incredible prophet.

For those who hold Christian theology or study the New Testament, this may be one of our most important episodes today. Isaiah ends with so much great literature from which the New Testament writers drew inspiration and in some cases preached from or even plagiarized whole sections. Join Ross and Clay as they put a bow on the prophet Isaiah.

The Suffering Servant Songs in Isaiah paint a picture of willful humility to the point of death. No surprise, Christians saw (and still see) a lot of parallels with Jesus of Nazareth. Join Ross and Clay as they break down some of the most iconic passages of Isaiah.

Chapter 40 kicks off a whole new (and welcome) tone for the book of Isaiah. There are a lot of recognizable verses in this week's reading friends. Thanks for listening.

In this episode Ross and Clay discuss the third repeat of the Hezekiah story, the beauty of God's renewed creation and the difference between an envoy and a convoy.

In this episode Ross and Clay take a look at the Biblical genre of apocalypse: both the destruction of evil and the banquet prepared in God's restored creation. Then back to the woes... Hahaha.

Ross is back to join Clay in breaking down the woes in Isaiah 13-23.

In this episode Rabbi Mike Harvey joins Clay to discuss the different ways Jews and Christians read the  prophecies in Isaiah. Although for centuries Christians have read understood (and we believe) Jesus to be the fulfillment of several of these passages, it's important to realize such passages had meaning before and apart from Jesus. This is likely to be a challenging episode for Christians...

Long time friend and previous guest, Dave Barnhart comes on to help Clay introduce prophetic literature and breakdown the introduction to Isaiah. And we had a great time.  Huge Congratulations to Ross, who had to miss this week, on the birth of his first son. We love you and missed you this week friend. Blessings.

Clay's wife Leigh Ann Farrington joins the show to discuss the hottest book in the Bible, The Song of Songs, making Ross that awkward third wheel and making it very obvious that Clay out kicked his coverage

Ecclesiastes is one of the most difficult books in scripture. In this episode Ross and Clay wrestle with the text without jumping straight to the Jesus Juke to which Christians so often resort.

Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless... Could there be a more confusing way to open a book of scripture?  This week Ross and Clay take on one of their favorite books in the whole Bible and share why it has been so meaningful in their lives.