The Whole Church Podcast

Fr Jonathan Resmini joins us to discuss his history with icons and film, how the Orthodox Christian tradition uses art in worship, and where they draw the line for second commandment violations! Hosts Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell ask Father Jonathan about the power of beauty, the language of icons, and more! . What do the icons mean in Orthodox? Who are the icons of the Orthodox Ch...

Rev Kelly O'Sullivan, of the Anglican Church, joins Joshua Noel to discuss how art is used in his tradition! They discuss why Kelly was drawn to a more high liturgical tradition, why some think of art as idol worship, and how it can be instructive without being distracting! . How is Anglican different from Catholic? What is the Anglican symbol? What are Anglican beliefs? What is a compass rose? Wh...

Dr Peter Beck and Dr Peter Link join us again to discuss how their churches use art, their experiences and thoughts on what is "beautiful", and how / whether the Church should reclaim the arts! Hosts, Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell, ask the Peters about beauty in nature and art; then, we all discuss the power of beauty and how it reflects the character of God! . What does Socrates be...

Rev Keno Cannady of the AME Zion Church and Pastor Will Rose of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) join us again to discuss their favorite icons in the Church! Hosts Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell ask Keno and Will about icons from their own traditions and of other traditions that we all admire! . What are the icons of Christianity? What are icons in the Catholic Churc...

In this episode of Dummy for Theology, we discuss the third person of the Holy Trinity - the Spirit. Our host Joshua Noel discusses the doctrine of the trinity from the perspectives of practical, systematic, Biblical, aesthetic, and Historical theology! Presenting some of the many different ideas about the Trinity and the splits that have occurred in the Church over the doctrine in the past - we h...

Dr Nathan Gilmour of the Christian Humanist Project joins our hosts, Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell, to discuss the history of Iconoclasm in the Church! We ask Dr Gilmour about his experience with art, how the Church has historically thought about religious imagery, and how his humanist perspective influences his view of the arts. . What is an example of iconoclasm? What is iconoclas...

Hosts, Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell, are joined by guests Taylor and Elizabeth Pangalangan Clyde! For our first full episode in our "Ecumenical Aesthetics" series, we ask Pang and Taylor about their experiences with the arts, with worship painting, and with leading worship in song at Church. We discuss why some people paint during worship services, and why people seem to rarely thi...

To kick off our new series, Ecumenical Aesthetics, our hosts, Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell, answer some of the questions we plan to ask all of our guests for themselves. We plan to show the diversity in worship through art in various Church traditions throughout this series and to show how art can help bring us all closer together in Christian Unity. . What sense of beauty have we...

TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell is joined by the hosts of "Let's Unpack That with Alex and Grace", Alex and Grace Tran! We discuss what it's like to do ministry together as a married couple, what the inspiration for their podcast was, and where they have seen the Church come together in their own communities! . What is the relationship between Priscilla and Aquila? What is the teaching of Aquila and...

Dr Thomas Jay Oord is back to discuss differing ideas about Hell and the afterlife with Christian Ashley and our hosts, Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell! We debate the existence of hell as a literal place, the meaning of salvation, and the nature of God. Christian represents the classic view of eternal punishment; Joshua maintains that either an annihilationist view or a universalist v...

Joshua Noel interviews the host of another Church unity podcast, the "1619 & 1776" show, Sørina Higgins! We discuss the biggest challenges we see for ecumenical work today as well as our own experiences with the Church. Sorina also speaks with us about how she named her own podcast, the inklings and the occult, and her concerns with the polarization we face today. . What is a simple defin...

Hosts Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell host another ROUND TABLE! This time we are discussing the biggest and most dangerous traps the Church might fall for today. We look at times and situations where we have seen churches fall before, as well as symptoms of a toxic church. We discuss what might lead a local church away from its true mission and how we can prevent ourselves from fallin...

Have you noticed how polarized our culture has become both in and out of the church? Joshua Noel interviews Fr Aaron Wessman, author of "The Church's Mission in a Polarized World" and vicar general and director of formation for the Glenmary Home Missioners (glenmary.org). He has a PhD from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium in systematic theology, and is a guest lecturer at St. Meinrad...

Coming to you live from the Every Tribe, Denomination, and Tongues Convention, it's My Seminary Life! In this special live recording episode of the show, I am joined by a whole host of people to discuss things that are often assumed about denominations from people outside of that particular group. Instead of FAQs, we're talking about FATs, Frequently Assumed Things. Do Pentecostals really believe...

Kaitlyn Schiess joins our hosts, Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell, to discuss her newest book, "The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here"! . If you're feeling frustrated and discouraged because your efforts to foster Church unity and navigate political divisions seem to be causing more division and polarization, the...

This week your hosts, Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell, ask Pastor Will Rose all about the Lord's Supper! Will is the pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chapel Hill, NC, and we discuss the uniqueness of their communion services compared to Catholic, Orthodox, and other Protestant churches. What is the meaning of the Eucharist? Is the Eucharist only Catholic? Why do Catholics tak...

TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell asks Christian Ashley about his show, "Let Nothing Move You", and the curse of Jeconiah! What Scripture talks about Jeconiah? What is the significance of Jehoiachin? What happens to Jehoiachin? Was Jesus Biologically related to David? Did Jeconiah repent of his sins? Does Bible ever claim inerrancy? Why is the Bible inerrancy important? What is the error of inerrancy?...

We are interviewing our other show! Your host, Joshua Noel, asks Christian Ashley about the other podcast we do together, Systematic Geekology ! How can a group of diverse Christians get together for a single project? Is it helpful for us to talk more about our fandoms? Can Christians read Harry Potter? How do we disagree well about issues like transgender and pride events? What do progressive and...

Back again, Christian Ashley and Joshua Noel continue their discussion on God and salvation with Thomas J. Oord. This time they are joined by Dr Oord's daughter, Alexa Oord, to discuss how Christians should love the LGBTQ+ community? Can you love queer people without being affirming? Can correction be loving? What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to question "womanhood" or "manhood"? Is...

We are back with another round table discussion - this time we are talking about cults ! Joshua Noel and TJ Blackwell are joined by Christian Ashley of " Let Nothing Move You ", Nathan Gilmore of the " Christian Humanist Profiles ", and Joe Dea of " BuddyWalk with Jesus "! How do I know if my church is a cult? How is the occult different from a cult? What is an example of a cult in religion? How t...

Hosts Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell are joined by two representatives of "Catholic Women Preach" in this episode. Russ Petrus, co-director of "FutureChurch" and co-founder of "Catholic Women Preach", and Elizabeth Donnelly ("B-A"), co-founder of "Catholic Women Preach", join us to discuss their ministry and the role of Catholic Women concerning preaching, the deaconate, and homilies...

TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell hosts Steve Copland in this special interview about his book, "Practical Systematic Theology"! Steve Copland joins us from Ukraine to discuss important topics of Christian unity and practical love in our dark times. How practical is our theology? Was the early Church more pragmatic than the modern Church? How important is it to write theologically sound children books?...

In this very special episode, Dan Koch of "You Have Permission" joins Joshua and TJ to discuss how we define Church unity and what that implies with our understanding of the words "Church", "unity", "God", "salvation", and "good". Is the Church more than a building? Is it more than just those who call themselves "Christian"? If unity does not just mean we all agree with each other, what is unity?...

As part of our EVERY TRIBE, (denomi)NATION, & TONGUE convention, our hosts discussed what they geek out on that we don't think other hosts care enough about to do a whole episode on! Get to know your hosts better and our more unique interests in this special live episode! Why does Pastor Will love surfing so much? Are comicbooks like stained glass? How cool is Brandon's interest in Kung FU fil...

As part of our EVERY TRIBE, (denomi)NATION, & TONIGUE convention, we discussed whether we experience God more in our private prayer ties or in group settings! This conversation took a turn and ended up focusing more on how we can be better disciplined in our communal worship through fellowship, song, sacraments, foot washing, accountability, fasting, fund raising, silence &solitude, and mo...