Speakeasy Theology

Rickie joins me to discuss his life post-retirement and his new writing project, which, surprise, surprise, is about Malachi 4. 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

Jordan Wood joins me to discuss speculative Christology and maximalist theological method. 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

Oliver Brewer, Salem Bill, and I do a deep dive on Bradley’s new book, which you can (and indeed must!) pre-order 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

I couldn’t record this week, but Christopher and Bill D stepped up to deal with these not-at-all challenging texts . But as the Gospel says, they have done only what they ought to have done! 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

Kenneth Tanner, Bill, and I discuss this week’s texts , reflecting on Jeremiah’s patience, Paul’s good confession, Abraham's mistake, and the rich man’s Scrooge-like salvation. (Note: any background noise you hear, any crackling or buzzing in the mics, belongs to the message!) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

Cherith Nordling Fee, Bradley Jersak and I discuss how the judgment of God exposes, purifies, illuminates, and transfigures so we come to know as we are known. 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 D, Christopher, and I discuss this week’s texts , asking why Jesus urges us to holy shrewdness, what it means to be faithful with dishonest wealth, and how the God who creates from nothing and resurrects the dead frees us both from the magical thinking of radicalism and the pseudo-realism of compromise. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...

After discussing the Sermon on the Mount as a seven-fold fire that purifies our understandings of prophecy, Bradley and I reflect together on the need for an even larger furnace in which the lies that are eating us up can be truly burned away. 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 wasn’t feeling well, so Bill D agreed to jump on and record some rough-and-ready reflections with me on this week’s texts , discussing how we are to think of our sins and God’s work that somehow saves us from them. 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 reflect on these apparently troubling texts, which at first glance seem to suggest God uses evil, breaks the family, and condones (or at least tolerates) slavery and oppression. In fact, however, they bear witness to the goodness of God that overshadows the darkness, curses the curse, and tramples down death by death. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

Christopher+ and I discuss this week’s readings , focusing on how it is that Jesus makes it possible for us to live life-giving lives, lives of mutual love and radical hospitality, rather than lives of sacrifice. We also explore some of what these convictions mean for honoring our leaders and dealing with abuse. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

I wasn’t able to record reflections this week, but earlier today, as several of us were discussing tomorrow’s Gospel, Christopher+ suggested we all jump on and record the conversation so others could listen in. P.S. If you’re a preacher, be sure to check out Preston’s weekly reflections on the lectionary texts: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...

Christopher+ and I discuss this week’s texts , which are— difficult , to say the least. 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

This week, Christopher+ and I discuss these texts, considering what they have to say to us about what it means to fear the God who does not want us to be afraid, what it means to dwell in the promises as if they were not fulfilled, and what it means to remain alert for the God who comes always only in “the unexpected hour.” We eventually risk a few thoughts on “nationalism,” as well, which is rele...

Reflecting on this week’s texts , I consider the wisdom of the Teacher, which tells us to look not at the things that can be seen “under the sun” but at what cannot be seen because it happens “within the Son” in whom our life is hidden. 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

Engaging this week’s readings , Christopher+ and I discuss what it means to be whole-heartedly devoted to Christ alone in the midst of the many gods of this world who are vying for our allegiance, trying to co-opt us into fighting their wars for them. 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/subscrib...

A month later, Christopher Brewer rejoins me for a conversation on the readings for this Sunday’s texts . This time, we re-consider the story of Martha and Mary, asking why we’ve misread it and how Jesus makes it possible for us to read it more carefully, more charitably, more gracefully. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

I’m still trying to find the best way to do these weekly reflections, the way that’s most helpful and beneficial to the most people (and not only those who have to preach on Sundays). So, this week, I asked Christopher Brewer to talk with me through the texts and to help me consider what it means for us to hinder and frustrate the work of God as Judas did—and what Jesus does about our hindering. T...

Reflections on the Readings for Good Shepherd Sunday. We begin with the Gospel (John 10:22-30) in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I want to focus on the final lines of the reading: My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else,...

NOTE: Trying something new this week, including text as well as audio for the reflections and a piece of original artwork. Let’s begin with the first lesson — Acts 5:27-32: When the temple police had brought the apostles, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with you...

Reflections on the texts for Sunday, seeking (and not necessarily finding) healthier ways of talking about what it means to say Christ is “risen”—and why it matters that he is. 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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A couple of clarifying remarks on yesterday’s reflections —plus a prayer request. 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

Unscripted reflections on the texts for Sunday + a quick health update. 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

Unscripted (and relatively brief) reflections on the texts for Sunday. 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