Homebrewed Christianity

You've never experienced a VBS quite like this! Listen as Walter Brueggemann talks politics, Kester Brewin gets high, Kristen Howerton makes Tripp choke on his laughter, and Barry Taylor discusses love songs. You can check out Kester's newest book here, Reality, Grief, Hope by Walter here, and Kristen's website here. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of...

"Who is God?" or "What is God?" Living legend Dr. Elizabeth Johnson is on the podcast (for the third time) to help us understand what we are talking about when we talk about God. This tag team interview with Tripp and Scott MacDougall is a Trinitarian treat of Catholic theological brilliance. In this episode, Beth talks about: How Pannenberg and Barth have influenced her work Experience as a sourc...

What does the piety of a Liberal Christian look like? How can a more liberal theology be embodied in personal and communal existence? We tackle these questions and more on this episode. Professor Ottati is the Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry at Davidson College in North Carolina.  He is one of the best communicators I know.  Not only is he a top-notch...

This episode is like rolling a theological Yahtzee. Tripp is joined by co-host Trevor Malkinson and two titans of theology - Sallie McFague and John Cobb. What you are about to hear is so zesty, so drenched in wisdom, you might just wreck you car or walk into a pole. To kick things off, John Cobb gives us some process hot takes on: retrieving Paul for progressive Christians science doesn't really...

Be prepared, Bart is a real evangelist. Bart Campolo, the Humanist Chaplain at the Univsersity of Southern California, talks with Tripp about: His story from Evangelical Christian to Evangelical Secular Humanist What happens when the Bible is no longer believed to be inerrent Why his dad named him Bart Communities and the narratives they use to convey meaning Plus, Bart tries to evangelize Tripp t...

God has left the building Alan Roxburgh, pastor, nerd, and founder of the Missional Network, is on the podcast talking about two of his books, Structured for Mission and Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World. This is a great conversation especially for those of you who are ministers, because Alan and Tripp talk about the challenges to changing cultures, visions, missions, etc. Where is...

This episode is a dream come true. I have long been a fan of Kevin Kelly - THE Senior Maverick at Wired magazine and the sherpa of the technium.  He is here to talk about his new book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. -How does technology shape what it means to be human? -How does the nature of authority change as we move from texts to screens? -...

Mickey ScottBey Jones and Tripp interview Emilie Townes and Joerg Rieger for the Theology Happy Hour at the Wild Goose Festival. And just like those who joined live, you can play along at home. Every time they say a word you haven't heard in the last 60 days, take a drink! Joerg and Tripp are up first, talking about Joerg's new book, Unified We Are A Force. Plus, Joerg gives an intro to liberation...

This is the (edited) live podcast from the Wild Goose Festival! Christian Piatt talks to Tripp about his new book Leaving A-Holiness Behind: From Pious Jerk to Not-So-Pious Jerk Amy Piatt tells us Christian's lack of skills when they started dating Tripp, Christian, and Amy answer questions sent in on the speak pipe... Quakers during the apocalypse the gnostic redeemer myth's best hymn how much st...

We're getting hermeneutical with Dan Stiver and Paul Ricoeur. Dan Stiver is an accomplished Ricoeur scholar and a Baptist theologian. This rare combination means that we have a treat of an episode! He is also the Cook-Derrick Professor of Theology in the Logsdon School of Theology. In this episode Tripp and Dan will tackle the relationship between philosophy and theology in the free church traditi...

Do you like nerdy theological conversations that will blow your mind? You are in luck. Rev. Dr. Jay E. Johnson, from the Pacific School of Religion, is on the podcast talking about queer theology, embodiment, sexuality, Eucharistic dance parties, and what the church needs to learn about sex and sexuality. Plus, Jay gives us some tips to be better allies. He also discusses he last two books, Peculi...

It is time to talk Rudolf Bultmann and his mission to demythologize the gospel. We shall get zesty! David W. Congdon earned a PhD in theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and is associate editor at IVP Academic. You can check out his blog here. If you want to impress your friends with a giant Bultmann text check out The Mission of Demythologizing. You can check out David's more introductory t...

In this special podcast you will get answers to the questions the audience sent in. Luke joined me for the fun. After the #Devilpalooza we asked for questions and oh did we get questions. A bunch of questions. Excellent questions. It took Luke and I just over 2 hours to answer them all and this episode is just the second half of the questions. To listen to the first half you just need to head over...

Sallie McFague is on the podcast reminding us that we can indeed be in love with God and the world. She is one of the most important living theologians and a pioneer of Christian feminist theology. Currently she is the Distinguished Theologian in Residence at the Vancouver School of Theology in British Columbia, Canada. Prior she taught for thirty years at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.  S...

This is the second in a trinity of podcasts exploring the intersection of Jesus, faith, and film. Think of these as companion podcasts to help you unpack all of the cinematic and theological nuggets. Round two: Ryan Parker, Barry Taylor, and Tripp talk about the *best* Jesus movie of all time: Jesus of Montreal spoiler alert: if you haven't see seen it, listen to this, watch the movie, and then li...

Trey Pearson from the band Everday Sunday is back on the podcast to talk with Tripp about faith, doubt, sexuality, and what it's like to come out publicly. You can watch the video of their interview here. You can read the 614 article with excerpts from the letter to his fans here. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about y...

The questions of Christianity are perennial. Today we are gonna talk about them with church historian Derek Cooper. How are Judaism and Christianity related? Are Jesus and the Holy Spirit God? Is the end of the world imminent? How should we relate faith and reason? In this episode and the book Derek tells the story of Christian history by presenting the twenty questions (one for each century!) tha...

This is the first in a trinity of podcasts exploring the intersection of Jesus and film. Think of these as companion podcasts to help you unpack all of the cinematic and theological nuggets. Round one is Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ. Before diving into the movie, Tripp, Ryan, and Barry talk about Jesus films in general, what it means to interpret a film (especially about Jesus),...

Peter Enns is back on the podcast talking about mystery, doubt, and his latest book, The Sin of Certainty. He is currently on the faculty at Eastern University and teaches courses in Old and New Testaments. Peter is a regular Homebrewed guest, and you can check out some previous interviews here and here. Don't forget to check out his website: the Bible for normal people. Also, in this episode we p...

Here's a little mid-week podcast treat. The live podcast from Raleigh was a bit long for one episode so here's the conclusion of the podcast with Dr. Jonas. He is a professor of church history at Campbell University. In our conversation you will hear some history of the church and my own memories of history from my time at Campbell. If you missed the first episode from Raleigh go check it out here...

This episode was recorded live in Charlotte, North Carolina, at Birdsong Brewing. Anthony Smith and Ben Boswell join on the mic. Anthony Smith is a minister at Mission House in Salisbury, NC. We became friends in 2006 at the Emergent Village Cohort in Charlotte and ever since I have loved getting a chance to talk and be challenged by Anthony. Ben Boswell is a friend from undergrad who mistakingly...

It is time for the DEVILPALOOZA! This is a zesty episode of the podcast. Even the Duke of not-so-intersteing media coverage couldn't ruin it. Heads up, our intro lasts a full twenty minute introduction. Then at the  21:00 mark the actual Devilapalooza begins with Tripp, Tony Jones and Luke.  At 31:30 Richard Beck comes on the stage talking Reviving Old Scratch , N.T. Wright joins at 55:20,  and at...

Ewan McGregor is on the podcast. Tripp got to chat with Ewan and director Rodrigo Garcia about the movie Last Days in the Desert. Then he got to talk it up with producer and Texan Bonnie Curtis about her own spiritual experience of making a Jesus film. She is #AwesomeSauce. The official film description is: Last Days in the Desert follows Jesus (Ewan McGregor) in an imagined chapter from his forty...

In this episode you will head down south to Raleigh, North Carolina, for a live podcast with two of my favorite Camels - Glenn Jonas and Adam English. Both of these former professors of mine made the ride up from Campbell University in Buies Creek to the Flying Saucer in downtown Raleigh for the live theological excitement. The room was packed full of friends new and old. Flying Saucer had arrange...

Who doesn't want to know the story of the story of God with Morgan Freeman? It is super meta and fascinating. In this episode Barry Taylor and I talk to the show' producer James Younger. We cover all sorts of topics and get some fascinating insights about the process of creating the National Geographic Channel series. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of...