InkleDeux Podcast

This week, Brandon brings his daughter's question about where the soul is and things quickly balloon out to a broader conversation about the human person and body-soul unity.

This week, AJ and Brandon talk about the idea of general revelation. What is it? How much does it actually tell us about God? Once we have specific revelation, is there any reason to think about the general revelation anymore?

This week, AJ and Brandon take a look at the relationship between faith and logic, especially in some of the apparent paradoxes, like the Trinity and the dual natures of Christ. Does faith require us to be illogical?

This week, AJ and Brandon look at how confusion and identity work in the scriptures. Why do those who don't identify as God's end in confusion?

In this week's episode, AJ and Brandon get back to their discussion of freedom and agency. How do we balance seeking God's guidance and our own need to make use of the reason, will, and intellect God gave us? Is there anything in between dependence and independence?

I finish my two part lecture on historical theology at Copper Hills Church. It was an amazing experience that I hope won't be my last. I want to get better at this.

AJ and Brandon discuss how our freedom works as a steward in Christ's kingdom.

This is the recording of Brandon's lecture at his Church. We reviewed his outlines over the last couple of weeks and now we get to hear what he delivered. Please note there were some technical issues: 1. The mic kept rubbing on his shirt, so there is some noise 2. The mic died before the end 3. The mic couldn't pick up the comments from the crowd

AJ and Brandon continue to look at Brandon's theology lessons. Last week was about theology as a spiritual discipline, but this week, it's a look at why theology is important, and looking at how theology can be practiced in our daily lives. How and why does historical context keep coming up in this discussion? Why is there so much talk about our assumptions and presuppositions?

This week, the guys walk through Brandon's outline for the class he's going to teach at his church. It's an invitation to practice theology as a spiritual discipline.

In this week's episode, AJ and Brandon take a closer look at Jesus as the New Adam. Jesus Not only undoes the damage from Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, but offers to elevate all of humanity to a truly perfect paradise in Heaven.

With Easter right around the corner, AJ and Brandon touch base and look back at their Lenten practices and try to look forward to what they'll carry with them past Easter.

This week, AJ and Brandon talk about directing their work towards God. Our work should bring glory to God, but how do we make that happen?

This week, AJ and Brandon take a look at the book of Jonah to see another example of the way a disordered view of things gets us away from God and how God offers us opportunities to come back.

This week, AJ and Brandon finish their discussion of Christ's temptations in the desert by looking at Satan's offer of worldly power in exchange for Christ's worship.

This week, AJ and Brandon discuss Satan's attempt to get Jesus to cast himself down from the Temple. Why would that have even been tempting?

This week, AJ and Brandon take a closer look at the temptations of Christ in the desert, starting with the temptation to change stones to bread.

This week, Brandon and AJ want to talk through the balance between individual, contemplative faith experiences and the communal, shared faith experiences.

In this week's episode, Brandon fights on through illness to join AJ in a discussion about Lenten practices and the importance of the fast, prayer, and almsgiving.

Building on Brandon's blog post about liminal experiences, he and AJ have a discussion about risks of spiritual binging and purging through the idea of Fat Tuesday and Lent. How do we properly fast and feast?

This week, AJ talks to Brandon about his first paper from his masters degree program. What is the point of a creed? Does it matter what you believe? Isn't just what you do that matters?

This week, Brandon brings a conversation about Maslow and two different types of fear to the table, then he and AJ try to make sense of the idea and its limitations in the Christian life.

This week, AJ and Brandon wrap up their look at the permanence of salvation. How do we reconcile the confidence that none who belong to Christ will be lost with St. Paul saying to work out our salvation with fear and trembling?

In this week's episode, AJ and Brandon talk through recapitulation. What does it mean to take Christ as our head? And why doesn't it seem to stick when we do?

This week, AJ and Brandon talk about sanctification. When a person is set apart, dedicated to God, why doesn't it always stick? Why isn't everything different about them?