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Our guests this week are Joshua Chatraw and Mark Allen, coauthors of the new book, The Augustine Way: Retrieving a Vision for the Church’s Apologetic Witness. Chatraw and Allen are the authors as well of the award-winning Apologetics at the Cross (an Outreach magazine and Gospel Coalition Resource of the Year). In this new book, they recover Augustine's mature apologetic voice to address the chall...

Our guest this week is fellow Mockingbird writer Duo Dickinson. Duo is an American architect who has built over 500 projects in 10 states over 30 years. His work has received more than 30 awards. His design work has appeared in over 70 publications including The New York Times , Architectural Record and House Beautiful . He has written six books, including Small Houses for the Next Century and Exp...

Our guest today is Sarah Hinlicky Wilson. Sarah is the Founder of Thornbush Press , launched in 2020, and author of a number of books under its imprint: I Am a Brave Bridge , Sermon on the Mount: A Poetic Paraphrase , Small Catechism: Memorizing Edition , Pearly Gates: Parables from the Final Threshold , To Baptize or Not to Baptize: A Practical Guide for Clergy , and A-Tumblin’ Down .Since August...

For our episdoe today, we have a panel discussion that Jason moderated at St. Louis University for Dr. Ruben Rosario Rodriguez’s new book, Theological Fragments: Confessing What We Know and Cannot Know about an Infinite God . The interlocutors were: Nichole Flores, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and author of The Aesthetics of Solidarity: Our Lady of Guadalu...

Our guest today is Trevin Wax. Trevin is vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board and a visiting professor at Cedarville University. A former missionary to Romania, Trevin is a regular columnist at The Gospel Coalition and has contributed to The Washington Post, Religion News Service, World, and Christianity Today, which named him one of 33 millennial...

This week we are talking with Zac Hics. He is the pastor of Church of the Cross in Birmingham, Alambama, adjunct lecturer in musc and worship at Samford University, and author of The Worship Pastor: A Call to Ministry for Worship Leaders and Teams. Zac in on to talk about his book Worship by Faith Alone: Thomas Cranmer, The Book of Common Prayer and the Reformation of Liturgy.

Cornelius Plantinga is an American theologian and most recently a seminary president. His new book Under the Wings of God shows us how to read scripture devotionally. About the book: Longing. Hope. Love. Fear. These are just some of the experiences embodied in the infinitely rich Christian life. In Under the Wings of God, seasoned author Cornelius Plantinga explores these facets and more, reflecti...

Our friend, Dr. Ken Jones, the Gerharde Forde Professor of Theology at Grandview University, joins Jason, Johanna, and Teer to reflect on the crucifixion.

Our guest this week is my friend Sarah S. Scherschligt, pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia. She comes on the pod to talk about climate change, despair and hope, and her new book chronicling her work to pastor during the pandemic. In March 2020, when COVID-19 changed our world, Washington D.C.-based pastor and writer Sarah Scherschligt posted a brief, thoughtful reflection on s...

Here is the latest session of our online study of Chris Green’s new book, Being Transfigured, in which we talked about doubt. Here are some of the quotes from the chapter that we cited and discussed: • Grace cannot save us without first losing us, which means grace always makes things awkward. • Not all questions are faithless. And sometimes, in fact, the only faithful response to truth is confusi...

What happens at the end of our lives and of the course of history? Will God bring about a just and peaceful world? What lies beyond this realm, and what can we know of the beings who dwell there? In Death, the End of History, and Beyond, our guest Greg Carey offers resources for understanding multiple, even conflicting, ways that the Bible imagines these ultimate realities. Carey opens the Scriptu...

Our guest this week is Dr. Desmond Alexander, author of the new book, Face to Face with God: A Biblical Theology of Christ as Priest and Mediator. “Desi” is senior lecturer in Biblical Studies and director of postgraduate studies at Union Theological College, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The author of many books and articles, Desi is a former chair of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theologi...

Session 3 with Chris Green on his new book, Being Transfigured .

Our guest today is Marty Folsom. Marty lives in the state of Washington. He completed his PhD at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has taught in New Zealand and in several Seattle area schools for 20 years. He has maintained a counseling practice for over a decade. He is an academic who believes that learning needs to be made accessible and practical. His new book is “Karl Barth’s Church Do...

Here is session two with Chris Green from our Monday night online sessions on Chris's new book, Being Transfigured .

Our guest today is Liel Leibovitz, a writer for Tablet magazine and host of the popular podcast, Unorthodox. Liel is an Israeli journalist, author, media critic and video game scholar. Leibovitz was born in Tel Aviv, immigrated to the United States in 1999, and earned a Ph. D. from Columbia University in 2007. In 2014, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New...

Check out session 1 of our online Lenten class with Chris EW Green on his new book, Being Transfigured.

Next up on the podcast is Dr. Jonathan Foster to discuss his book, Theology of Consent: Mimetic Theory in an Open and Relational Universe . Theology of Consent: Mimetic Theory in an Open and Relational Universe is something of a map for those at new trailheads, interested in insightful paths, but also for those already deep in the forest of theopoetics, life, love, the church, and theology. Jonath...

Our guest today is Katherine Stewart. Katherine is an American journalist and author who often writes about issues related to the separation of church and state, the rise of religious nationalism, and global movements against liberal democracy. Her books include The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (2012) and The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Ri...

Chris Green is back on the podcast to (once again) talk about Robert Jenson and Stanley Hauerwas, but— really— he’s here to talk about a new book he has for your journey this year through the season of light, Lent. That's right. Chris wants to help you understand Lent as an enlightening time. His great book is entitled, Being Transfigured. Chris Green is Professor of Public Theology at Southeaster...

Jonathan Tran joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. About the book: ny serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism. There are two contemporary approaches to antiracist theory and practice. The first emphasizes racial identity to the exclusion of political economy, makin...

Three friends, students, and colleagues of Jim Nestingen, who recently died, join us for today's episode. Jim was a well-known Reformation scholar at Luther Seminary with the heart of a preacher and pastor. Our (return) guests are Rolf Jacobson, of Luther Seminary, Ken Jones, of Grand View Univerity, and Mockingbird friend, Adam Morton of the University of Nottingham. They share memories of Jim, w...

Our guest today is Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, Professor of New Testament at Campbell University. Her new book is Scapegoats: The Gospel through the Eyes of Victims. About the book: Scapegoats are innocent victims who have experienced blame and violence at the hands of society. René Girard proposes that the Gospels present Jesus as a scapegoat whose innocent death exposes how humans have always create...

Our guest today is Chris E.W. Green, author of The End is Music: A Companion to Robert W. Jenson’s Theology. Christ is Professor of Public Theology at Southeastern University (Lakeland, FL), Teaching Pastor at Sanctuary Church (Tulsa, OK) and Director of the St Anthony Institute of Theology & Philosophy. Robert Jenson has been praised by Stanley Hauerwas, David Bentley Hart, Wolfhart Pannenber...