The Antioch Podcast

In today’s episode we continue our series “Radical Acts” the story of the birth of the multiethnic church.  Last episode we left off with the story of Stephen, the Hellenistic Jew.  Stephen was an “ethnic outsider” to the predominantly ethnically Jewish early church, and once in leadership, he went to share the story of Jesus … Continue reading Episode 140: Radical Acts – “The Lo...

In today’s episode we continue our series “Radical Acts” the story of the birth of the multiethnic church. In today’s installment, we look at the story of Stephen, one of the newly-appointed leaders of the early church. Stephen was a Hellenistic Jew, which in our previous episode we pointed out, meant that he was an … Continue reading Episode 139: Radical Acts – “The Story of Ste...

In today’s episode we return to our series “Radical Acts” the story of the multiethnic church. We will begin with a little-known story referred to as “the choosing of the seven.” This is a story about how the early church dealt with ethnic divisions, economic injustice, and the use of systemic power to address these … Continue reading Episode 138: Radical Acts – “The Choosing of...

Before we start today’s episode, on behalf of the Antioch Podcast team, I want to thank all of our listeners. The annual Stand Against Racism episode “White Work” has been downloaded and listened to hundreds of times more than any of our previous episodes. We have heard in comments from many of you that you … Continue reading Episode 137: An Antioch Encore – “Antiracist Inspirati...

In today’s episode, we resume our series “Radical Acts”, the story of how the church grew from a monoethnic Jewish sect to a multiethnic religion encompassing the known world.  Today, we have a conversation about the persecution of the early church by leaders of the powerful religious establishment of the day.  To provide a bit … Continue reading Episode 136: Radical Acts – “Gama...

We are stepping away from our regular series on the book of Acts to bring you the audio from our latest live event, White Work: A Conversation About the Antiracism Journeys of White People. This 90-minute live webinar was recorded on Friday, April 23rd in partnership between the Antioch Podcast and Calvin University, the Christian … Continue reading Episode 135: WHITE WORK – “Ant...

In today’s episode, we continue our series “Radical Acts”, the story of how the church grew from a monoethnic Jewish sect to a multiethnic religion encompassing the known world. We pick up this episode with a comparison of two stories. The first is a story of how a young follower of the Jesus Way named … Continue reading Episode 134: Radical Acts – “Transformational vs. Transacti...

In today’s episode, we return to our series Radical Acts, the story of how the church grew from a monoethnic Jewish sect to a multiethnic religion that encompassed the known world. We pick up the story in Acts chapter four … but not until we take our time talking about a few stories during our … Continue reading Episode 133: Radical Acts – “Fixed Mindset/Growth Mindset.”

Today’s episode of the Antioch Podcast is titled EMPIRE AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD: A Power Analysis of the Temple and the Contemporary Church, comparing the center and margins of power from the past to the present. Using a power analysis is a useful way to learn who serves and is served by systems and … Continue reading Episode 132: Empire and the Kingdom of God – “A Power Analysis...

Racial violence is, unfortunately, not a new phenomenon in the United States. But the media hasn’t always covered these incidents to the degree that they do now. With the advent of the cell-phone video cameras and social media, now everyday-citizens are able to record incidents of racial violence from their vantage point, and distribute the … Continue reading Episode 131: How Could Churches...

On Tuesday, March 16th, 2021, a white gunman went into 3 Asian Spas in Atlanta, Georgia, massacring a number of staff and patrons, almost all of whom were Asian women. Regular listers will note that we dedicated our last episode to the alarming rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. We had no idea that … Continue reading Episode 130: A Pandemic of Hate Part 2 – “After the A...

NOTE: This episode was recorded before the mass-shooting of Asian-American women in Atlanta had occurred.  We will respond to this incident in an upcoming episode. — A year ago in March, then President Donald Trump began describing the emerging COVID-19 pandemic using anti-Asian rhetoric, like “Kung Flu” and “the China virus.”  In the following days, … Continue reading Episode 129: A P...

In today’s episode we return to our series Radical Acts, a story of how the early church transformed from a monoethnic religious sect to a multiethnic and multicultural religious movement. In today’s episode, we look at the story in the third chapter of Acts, which opens up with two of Jesus’ disciples, Peter and John … Continue reading Episode 128: Radical Acts – “Look At Us.&#8...

Anti-racism is at times emotionally and physically exhausting work, and the causes of this toll are different depending on the person. This week, the members of our team talked about a few of the things that can be wearying about passionately pursuing the work of justice, as well as a few things that we have … Continue reading Episode 127: “Tired.”

Beginning this episode, we are starting a new series on the Antioch Podcast looking at the book of Acts. It is the story of how the Holy Spirit took a mono-ethnic group of followers of Jesus (who could all fit into a second-floor apartment) to a multi-ethnic religious community capable of withstanding the centuries-long persecution … Continue reading Episode 126: Radical Acts – “...

This week the women of the Antioch Podcast team lead us in a conversation about women’s leadership in the church.  Usually on the Antioch Podcast we have conversations about “Biblical” antiracism.  For those of you new to the podcast, we talk about anti-racism, because racism is a form of oppression. An aspect of God’s desire … Continue reading Episode 125: “We’re No Jezebels!&#8...

On February 1st, 2021 Christ the King Reformed Church in Charlotte, Michigan was formally classified as a white nationalist group in an annual report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center. This church was formerly a part of the Christian Reformed Church of North America, the denominational home for most of the members of the … Continue reading Episode 124: “Kinism and Church Cult...

A recent Lifeway Research study on the American church was released this past week. The study revealed that more pastors believe that they would receive pushback if they spoke on the topic of racial reconciliation than they would have the year before the Trump presidency. While it is true that white Evangelical Christians voted for … Continue reading Episode 123: “Racial Reconciliation...

Over the past few episodes, our team has been discussing the article by Dr. Kelly Hamren called “Social Justice, Critical Race Theory, Marxism, and Biblical Ethics.” This episode, sadly, is our last conversation based on this article where we talk about one final argument some people give for rejecting the Black Lives Matter movement. This … Continue reading Episode 122: Christianity &...

Over the past few episodes, our team has been discussing the article by Dr. Kelly Hamren called “Social Justice, Critical Race Theory, Marxism, and Biblical Ethics.”  So it is with pleasure that we welcomed the author herself to join us on the podcast to talk about this article.  For a little background, Kelly Hamren serves as … Continue reading Episode 121: Dr. Kelly Hamren – “S...

This past week, the nation watched as a group of protesters, some of which are self-avowed white nationalists, lay siege to the US Capitol Building carrying with them Confederate flags, Trump Flags and Christian flags and crosses.  It is not a stretch to say that most Americans never thought they would see a day when … Continue reading Episode 120: An Antioch Special Episode – “B...

This is the fourth episode in our five-part miniseries on Christianity and Critical Race Theory or CRT for short. If you missed our opening episode, go back to episode 115 to begin the series before returning to this one. In today’s episode, our team gathered around the mics to talk about Dr. Kelly Harmen’s article … Continue reading Episode 119: Christianity & Critical Race Theory: &#8...

Today’s podcast is an intermission between the episodes of our five-part miniseries on Christianity and Critical Race Theory or CRT.  Don’t worry, we will be back with the remaining episodes very soon.  We wanted as many of our contributors as possible to be present as we tackled the remaining two episodes in our CRT series. … Continue reading Episode 118: “Searching for Hope” &#...

This is the second episode in our five-part miniseries on Christianity and Critical Race Theory or CRT for short.  If you missed our opening episode, go back to episode 115 to begin the series before returning to this one. In today’s episode, our team gathered around the mics to talk about Dr. Kelly Harmen’s article … Continue reading Episode 117: Christianity & Critical Race Theory &#8...

This is the second episode in our five-part miniseries on Christianity and Critical Race Theory or CRT for short. If you missed our opening episode, go back to episode 115 to begin the series before returning to this one. In today’s episode, our team gathered around the mics to talk about Dr. Kelly Harmen’s article … Continue reading Episode 116: Christianity & Critical Race Theory &#82...