Speakeasy Theology

Christopher, Bill, David, and I talk about the texts for this week, exploring what it means to be people who wait on the Spirit. 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

Bill, Christopher, David, and I discuss the opening verses of Colossians, considering how the apostle’s pastoral concerns and sensitivities shaped and were shaped by his theology. We also discuss what it means to be good shepherds of sheep who’ve always been treated as prey. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgre...

Christopher and I launch what promises/threatens to be a lengthy series on Colossians, considering first how the letter ends, the tone and craft of Paul’s words, the politics of early Christian communities, and the need for sacred times and spaces, liturgies, and ecclesial as well as civic institutions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

Bill and I talk with Jeremy Sims (Professor of Practical Theology at Southeastern and director of SEU’s Center for Sustainable Ministry) about the need for and purpose of spiritual direction. 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 guys and I discuss the texts for Good Friday, especially Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, and consider how to speak of God’s wounds in the hearing of those who have been wounded. 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+, Bill+, and I talk about the difference between the demonic and the satanic, how to identify the devils’ tricks and devices, and why evil is never necessary. 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 Kenneth+ about paradoxical understandings of death in the light of his experiences as a priest caring for the dying and the bereaved. 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

David and I reflect together on the recent run of conversations with VMK, Frank Macchia, and Kimberly Alexander, which leads us to muse at length on the need for long-form conversations, the drastic changes our churches have suffered in the last few decades, due in no small part to new technologies, and what we stand to learn about ourselves and our current situation from close readings of John’s...

David and I talk with Kimberly Ervin Alexander about the place of women as healers, shepherds, and prophets in the Pentecostal movement, and the irreplaceable contributions women make to the church’s global mission. We also discuss the need for reform in training of our ministers in light of Mary’s role as exemplar of the Spirit-filled life. Here are the first , second , and third lectures Dr Alex...

In this conversation, David and I talk with Frank Macchia about Christological totalitarianism and Evangelicals’ attraction to Christian nationalism, American pragmatism and the dangers of church growth ideology, and the need for a renewal of Christ-focused preaching and liturgies of hospitality. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

In this episode, David Harvey and I talk with the inimitable Dr K about his work as a minister and ecumenical theologian, his four conversions, the meaning of comparative and contextual theologies, and, finally, the Babylonian captivity of Pentecostalism. 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/subs...

Bill+, Christopher+, and I discuss the meaning of Lent for folks who’re leery of the liturgical, the need for religious “forms” to hold the water of the Spirit, and the way-making power of good grief. 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

Jonathan is a pastor and a lecturer in theology at Regents Theological College in the UK. You can read more about him and his work 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

In this unapologetically freewheeling conversation, which basically picks up where we left off last time, Jordan and I discuss (among other things) Eriugena’s use of Maximus’ Christology (to correct Augustine), Maximus’ development of Origen’s reading of Hebrews 10:1, and Meister Eckhart’s mysticism of indistinction. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

Skip McKinstry and I discuss the need for sanctifying work at the intersections of faith, art, digital technology, and social media 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 conversation, Kenneth+ shares the beginnings of his call to the priesthood, his gratitude for his sweaty Pentecostal upbringing, and his sense of God’s identification with the poorest among us—especially children. At the end, after he preaches and sings (!), we reflect together on MLK’s timely witness to/against popular American Christianity. You can read more of Fr Kenneth’s work here and...

Fr Brent and Rev Janis are long-time friends and collaborators. You can hear more of them here and 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

If you don’t already know Andy’s work, which I sincerely hope you do, start here and 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

Christopher, Bill, and I discuss the texts for Epiphany, considering what it is that Matthew’s story of the magi has to say to us here and now about how we are to live. 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 Brewer and I explore the relationship of poetry to theology and ministry, focusing primarily on a few of my own (Christmas and Epiphany) poems. 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 final episode, Christopher, Bill, and I discuss the threat/promise of hell and the texts for the Fourth Sunday in Advent. Danielle and JP do a stunning version of “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” 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

Bill, Christopher, and I discuss the meaning of Advent and the texts for the Third Sunday in Advent—and at the end we have a knock-down, drag-out argument about whether or not NT Wright gets heaven wrong, which is why this episode is so long. Most importantly, Danielle Larson and JP Robles once again do the song for the week. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subsc...

Frank Macchia is Professor of Christian Theology at Vanguard University in California and Associate Director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at Bangor University (Wales). 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

Bill, Christopher, and I discuss the meaning of Advent and the texts for the Second Sunday in Advent. Music by Danielle Larson and JP Robles. 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

Bill, Christopher, and I discuss the meaning of Advent and the texts for Sunday. Music by JP and Diana Robles. 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