DRIVING THEOLOGY

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...

A stream of consciousness roughly aimed at why I like to ride mountain bikes... and how it can be a good metaphor for life. Also, what is the difference between final salvation after death, and being saved now?

How old is too old to achieve greatness? Some people, Tom Brady, for instance, seem to be ever surrounded by success. Others, not so much. Some live near lifetimes before achieving success. Take Moses, for example...

Half of this podcast is dedicated to the new political situation in the US with the presidential changing of the guard. The other half is about the word "Knowledge", in relation to having knowledge of God.

What is the significance of naming? What part does bringing order to chaos bring play in the human experience?

Are you a follower of Jesus, or are you a follower of Christians? Is there a difference? In my opinion, many of the troubles in the history of the Christian church can be traced to this difference.

After an especially hard week, this is my first recording of the New Year. My challenges this week, led me to explore the idea of depression in men. Sometimes, things happen in threes, in this case more like sixes, and bring you to a low dark place. This is my experience.

In this episode, I start with Joy, which is a prevalent theme in the first two chapters of Luke, experienced by Mary, Elizabeth, and the shepherds, and ponder how JOY leads us to a place of PEACE.

In this episode, I meander around for 14 and a half minutes, talking about some stuff that is going on with me. So begin at 14:30 if you want to start right at the main course.

The second week of Advent celebrates the role of LOVE in Christmas. When you take into consideration that the birth of Jesus culminated in his death on the cross, what conclusion can we come to other than, "Jesus loves the world"? And how does LOVE operate in the world

As we enter the season of Advent (The Coming), we contemplate HOPE, the traditional first theme of the season. What does HOPE mean to you? Have you considered what life would be without hope? What or who have you put your hope in? What is the consequence of those choices?

This one took a while to get out. Even tried to re-record it, but had the recording level on 0. So, this is the original with a slight bit of editing where I zoned out for about 1 minute. In this episode, I explore some of the myths around Thanksgiving, trying to better understand why some native Americans may not feel the same way about the holiday as I do.

One man's chaos is another man's order. Right? The election 2020 as seen through the eyes of open theology, Jordan Peterson, mixed in with some of my own thoughts about current events.