Speakeasy Theology

Christopher and I talk with Frank about his new systematics, the possibilities and promise of theology, and the heart of Pentecostal spirituality. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

After a Lenten break, I’m back to talk with Marc about his story, his artistic process, and his view of the graces and glories of music. More about Hammock here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Smith joins me to discuss the peculiar glories of pastoral ministry, vulnerability in preaching, and figuring out the devil’s parlor tricks. Here’s link to the emptying prayer exercise she mentions: Here too is the holding page for her new book, Confessions of an Amateur Saint, as well as her other books, including The Vulnerable Pastor . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...

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In this four-part series, I explore the meaning of Advent in the light of what Jenson’s “revisionary metaphysics” has to say to us about Jesus’ body and his embodied relation to space and time. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

“The need of truth is more sacred than any other need.”—Simone Weil  “Truth is the awakening of spirit in man, his communion with spirit.”—Nikolai Berdyaev This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

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David+ and I follow-up on last week’s theology of trauma lecture, considering the deadening effects of privilege and the deceitfulness of sin on those called by the Spirit into responsibility for intergenerational healing, restitution, and shared flourishing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/...

Five reflections on the five holy wounds and what they reveal to us about suffering and healing of trauma. If you’re interested in the video of the lecture, you can find it here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

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David+, Christopher+, and I talk with Jason Micheli about his new book ( A Quid without Any Quo ), pastoral responsibility and the purpose of preaching, the scandal of the cross, the doctrine of justification, and how/why to read Galatians. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Beth Felker Jones (Professor of Theology at Northern Seminary and a leading blogmatician) talks with me about what it means to think and practice Christian doctrine faithfully in our quasi-Christian contexts, and why and how to teach/learn theology in a spirit of truth and love. We also reflect together on bad doctrines of hell, the crisis of discipleship, and her work on gender,...

In what is probably my favorite episode to date, my daughter, Zoë, joins the crew to discuss heaven and hell, time and eternity, dreams, angels, sin, grief, submission, Judas, and the hope of a final judgment. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Fr Christopher, Fr Bill, and I discuss this Sunday’s readings, exploring the meaning of the struggle between Jacob and Esau, Isaac and Rebekah, the difference between living after the flesh and living in the Spirit, and why the parable of the sower does means something different from what we’ve assumed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

In this episode, I talk with Dale Allison, Professor of New Testament at Princeton University, about angels and demons, the mysterious and the paranormal, the wild complexity of human awareness and knowledge, prayer, the experience of God—and Chuck E Cheese. You can order Dr Allison’s Encountering Mystery here . You can read more about him and his work here . This is a public episode. If you'd lik...

Scott Yarbrough, Professor of English at Charleston Southern University, is a leading “Cormackian.” In this episode, he talks with me about the theological woundedness of McCarthy’s characters and readers, compares McCarthy to Flannery O’Connor, and considers why and how pastors and theologians should read fiction. Scott hosts two podcasts: Reading McCarthy and Great American Novel . You can follo...

In this episode, Bill Buker, Senior Professor of Counseling at Oral Roberts University, talks with me about the meaning of trauma, the bonding power of shared weakness, the difference between transparency and vulnerability, and the crucial role imagination plays in resilience, recovery, and renewal. You can read more about Bill and his work here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

Bill+, Christopher+, and I discuss Sunday’s texts , considering what it means for God to hide from us and why it is that God desires mercy, not sacrifice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Christopher and I talk with Cherith Fee Nordling about what Paul’s hymn to Christ teaches us about the need for “sound doctrine” and lively and life-giving theology—especially in our singing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In spite of some technical difficulties, Jordan Daniel Wood and I discuss Maximus’ reading of Colossians, especially 1:15-20, 24, 27 and 3:1-11. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe