Postmodern Realities Podcast

Please see this encore presentation of Episode 352: Fire from the Gods How ‘Oppenheimer’ Mythologizes Twentieth Century America that we did in August 2023. In March 2024, this film won the following Oscars. Best Picture, Best Director, Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role, Cinematography, Original Score, and Film Editing.   This Postmodern Realities  episode is a conversation with J...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Clay Jones about his online Viewpoint article, “Is Divine Determinism Biblical?”. https://www.equip.org/articles/is-divine-determinism-biblical/ Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all Christians, with the intended re...

A common question on high school and university campuses to discuss issues like abortion is, “Why should we be forced to live by Christian beliefs?” Most college students reject the Bible as authoritative, reject the central tenets of the Christian faith, and even worse, associate Christianity with concepts like oppression of women, hatred of sexual freedom, and a history of crimes against margina...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL authors David and Marybeth Baggett about their article entitled, “Mere Simulation: A Review of ‘Freud’s Last Session’”. https://www.equip.org/articles/mere-simulation-a-review-of-freuds-last-session/ (Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for Freud’s Last Session.) Other podcasts and articles featuring these authors: Moral Val...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Anne Kennedy her article “Enough For What? A Review of Scot McKnight’s The Bible is Not Enough” which is part of the ongoing column entitled, “Theological Trends”. https://www.equip.org/articles/enough-for-what-a-review-of-scot-mcknights-the-bible-is-not-enough/ Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Doug Groothius about the first two articles in a new and ongoing column from him entitled, “Cultural Critique”. The first article covers, “The Christian Self for Troubled Times: From Random to Redeemed”.https://www.equip.org/articles/the-christian-self-for-troubled-times-from-random-to-redeemed/ The second article covers, “Mea...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL authors Cole Burgett and C.L. Mitchell about Mitchell's online article, "The Danger of Rewriting Jesus: A Review of The Book of Clarence". https://www.equip.org/articles/the-danger-of-rewriting-jesus-a-review-of-the-book-of-clarence/ [Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for The Book of Clarence.]

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Lindsey Medenwaldt about her online article, “Escaping Twin Flames: Why People are Falling for the Love Cult”. https://www.equip.org/articles/escaping-twin-flames-why-people-are-falling-for-the-love-cult/ Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author: Episode 362: Edgar Cayce: The Would-Be Sleep...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author John D. Ferrer about his online article, “The Satanic Temple Abortion Clinic: A Critical Assessment https://www.equip.org/articles/the-satanic-temple-abortion-clinic-a-critical-review/ Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author: Episode 361 What’s Your Sign? Horoscopes, Astrology, and the Zod...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Anne Kennedy about the first in a new and ongoing column entitled, “Theological Trends”. Covered in this first column is “Did Pope Francis Authorize Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples?”. https://www.equip.org/articles/did-pope-francis-authorize-priests-to-bless-same-sex-couples/ Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities po...

With the ever-multiplying options for social media platforms to engage with, influencers to follow, social trends to capitalize on, and stratifying social issues to research and form opinions about, getting away from our electronic devices can be harder than ever. And with those devices comes rampant temptation to engage with any and all kinds of information — good and bad, true and false, positiv...

Please see this encore presentation of Episode 268 ENCORE I’ll Start My Diet Tomorrow: A Christian Makes a New Year’s Resolution that we did in December 2021 as the content itself is still applicable around this time of year. Should Christians make New Year’s resolutions? And if so, what kind? Are there any guiding biblical principles that might inform and shape such a task? This Postmodern Realit...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Cole Burgett about his online article, ” Movie Review of ‘The Iron Claw’ ”Coming Soon! Note: This review contains spoilers for The Iron Claw. https://www.equip.org/articles/painkiller-a-movie-review-of-the-iron-claw/ Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author: Episode 371 Grief, Guilt, and Go...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Cole Burgett about his online article, “Grief, Guilt, and Godzilla: A Review of Godzilla Minus One“. ***Note: This review contains spoilers for Godzilla Minus One. https://www.equip.org/articles/grief-guilt-and-godzilla-a-review-of-godzilla-minus-one/ ***When you support the Journal , you join the team of to help provide the r...

Please see this encore presentation of Episode 151: Am I a Bad Christian for Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies? that we did in December 2019 as the content itself is still applicable around this time of year. More than 85 million people in the U.S. are avid watchers of the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas films. Complete with its own mobile App, Hallmark Christmas film fans can partake year-round in...

This conversation is an evaluation of the work of Sheila Wray Gregoire, host of the Bare Marriage Podcast , and author of many popular books including The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You’ve Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended , She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self & Speaking Up , and, most recently, Fixed It For You: Rescuing and Reframing Commo...

This is an audio version of the Cʜʀɪsᴛɪᴀɴ Rᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ Jᴏᴜʀɴᴀʟ article “ Carlton Pearson’s Gospel of Inclusion ” by Bob Hunter This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, print issue volume 30, number 04 (2007). https://www.equip.org/articles/carlton-pearsons-gospel-of-inclusion/

Please see this encore presentation of Episode 316: Take Joy: Santa, St. Nicholas, and Jesus that we did in November 2022 as the content itself is still applicable around this time of year. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Anne Kennedy about her online-exclusive Viewpoint article, “Take Joy: Santa, St. Nicholas, and Jesus”. https://www.equip.org/articles/take...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Jay Watts about his online article, “The Roots of Planned Parenthood”. https://www.equip.org/articles/the-roots-of-planned-parenthood/ From the timestamp 00:34:18-00:40:18 during the discussion of people being experimented on, regarding the reference of prisoners being experimented on for acne medication please see Eschner, Ka...

Many Christians today read Scripture through a theological paradigm that was unknown prior to the nineteenth century. This view, called dispensationalism, introduced such concepts as the pre-tribulation rapture and third-temple Judaism in the millennium. However, eschatological novelties are not the most important differences between dispensationalism and historic Christian theology, many of which...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Matt Kennedy about his Viewpoint article, “ Christian Parenting and the Peril of Public School Education ”.https://www.equip.org/articles/christian-parenting-and-the-peril-of-public-school-education/ For more great articles click here to see the “Special Issue of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL titled “The War on Western Civili...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Bob Perry about his online article, “Just War 5.0 On the Evolution and Application of Just War Doctrine in the Modern World.” https://www.equip.org/articles/just-war-5-0-on-the-evolution-and-application-of-just-war-doctrine-in-the-modern-world/ When you support the Journal , you join the team of to help provide the resources a...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Douglas Groothuis about his online article, “ Mockery in Apologetics “.https://www.equip.org/articles/mockery-in-apologetics/ When you support the Journal , you join the team of to help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our ever growing database of over 1,500 articles...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a Point/Counterpoint Viewpoint Debate on Should Parents Allow Unmarried Adult Children to Stay with Their Partner in the Parent’s Home?. One Viewpoint is by JOURNAL author Michael W. Austin entitled “Open Our Homes and Our Hearts”. The other Viewpoint is by JOURNAL author Matthew M. Kennedy entitled, “Christian Love and Upholding God’s Law in the Home”. https:/...

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Hillary Ferrer about her online article, ” The Most Overlooked Aspect of the ‘Barbie’ Movie”. **Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Barbie**https://www.equip.org/articles/the-most-overlooked-aspect-of-the-barbie-movie/ When you support the Journal , you join the team of to help provide the resources at equip.org...