Theology Nerd Throwdown

Podcast favorite LeRon Shults sits down with Barry Taylor and Tripp in the HBC HQ to chat.  LeRon has made the infamous migration from Emergent to agnostic. His new books can be found here. Get his new book Theology After the Birth of God on discount until Feb.  Then Feb. 1 the paperback version of Iconoclastic Theology comes out in paperback! You can hear his first visit to the podcast here where...

Tripp sits down with Jay Baker and Peter Rollins for a nice conversation.  It starts off with some levity before getting into more serious matters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tripp sits down with Tony Jones to chat about the new series with Fortress Press: ‘Theology for the People”.  They chat about everything from the publishing industry to the emergent church – from theological education to the death of God. If you have not heard part 1 of the AAR live event featuring Catherine Keller and John Cobb, make sure to subscribe to the HBC stream on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjo...

J. Ryan Parker sits down with Bo to talk about the movie Exodus: Gods and Men. Bo had blogged about the footage that he had seen and Ryan came over to chat about it. You can read Parker’s article in Relevant Magazine about Ridley Scott’s portrayal of God in the movie.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for Advent and we have prepared a weekly exploration of the Biblical texts offered in the lectionary.  Due to Thanksgiving, we pre-recorded this episode and wanted to offer it for some fun and conversation. If you are interested in the next 4 please sign up for the class and plan to join us each Thursday night in Advent. You can sign up here if you are interested.   in the final segment...

Last year in Baltimore the Open and Relational Theologies session took a look at the Emerging Church.  This session involves three conversations, with three participants in each. These conversations pertain to papers written by participants, but there will be no formal reading of the papers. The conversations explore issues in the emergent church as they relate to open and relational theologies. P...

The Elder of Hops joins Bo and Tripp to chat about the empty tomb, Biblical scholarship and church planting.  The book that Bo references is The Shaping Of Things To Come. Heads UP: Advent is coming so Tripp & Bo are inviting you to a High Gravity Advent.  Register of the course and join the conversation! [Link] Every Thursday evening (starting Nov. 28) we will talk about the Biblical passages for...

Christian Piatt of the Homebrewed CultureCast was recently in SoCal to hang with Tripp Fuller and talk about his new book PostChristian: What’s left? Can we fix? Do we care?   They were joined by Bart Campolo, Peter Rollins and Benjamin Cory to talk about the implications of moving on. Imagine this as an a living room conversation in an auditorium.  It was a ruckus affair but we wanted you to hear...

March 2014 in San Diego TransFORM provided Homebrewed with three firsts: The debut of a new gameshow “En Fuego!“ Joerg Rieger says nice things about capitalism Tripp lost a preach-off (to Peter Matthews pictured right) We had a blast catching up with old friends and meeting tons of new folks. Rebekah Berndnt and Micky Jones were great contestants for En Fuego! and Joerg Rieger was a good sport for...

Two Friars and a Fool come by to explain why they think you should stop praying. It’s an interesting conversation about their concept of prayer and action. We want to thank Chalice Press for sponsoring the show. Check out the book on Amazon (Kindle is $7) Make sure to check out Phillips Theological Seminary ahead of our AAR event! We have a new ‘Support the Pod’ page Learn more about your ad choic...

We sit down with Pete Rollins and Phil Harrison in the backyard to chat about everything from art and justice to Jesus and religious authority. Phil was in town to promote his new movie The Good Man. Make sure to check it out and look for our upcoming interview with him! See the trailer here [link]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Incarnation, the Biblical conquest and worship for your benefit are our topics this week. We start with Victoria Osteen’s viral video. Joshua’s Canaanite genocide is up next. Then we flesh out the incarnation via an interesting thought experiment. We end with a little game to see what Tripp learned during his comprehensive exams. Outro music: Full Circle by Ben Kweller Learn more about your ad cho...

Facebook & Ferguson  Bo is back and publishing some of his conversations recorded over the past months.  Tripp and Bo intro the episode then Micky Jones (starting at 7:50) and Bo chat for a half-hour. The second half is the Theology Nerds fielding phone calls about different types of  Christianity.   The 2nd half of this episode will come out in 2 days.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

We finish with a BANG! Callid and Bo conclude the ABC’s of Theology series with:  V is for Vatican II (ecclesiology) W is for the Word of God (scripture) X is for X-ray (technology) Y is for Y2K (apocalyptic) Z is for Zebra (evolution) Thank you for all of your feedback and encouragement. A special thanks goes to Jesse Turri for the artwork for this series!!!! You can find the Unfolded narrative p...

Micky and Callid join Bo to discuss Salvation, Theopoetics and Universalism for the ABC’s of Theology.  You can read the original posts here: S is for Salvation (Micky) T is for Theopoetics (Callid) U is for Universalism (Bo)   You can follow the rest of series here [link]  Artwork for the series by Jesse Turri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Callid and Bo return for the next 3 letters in the ABC’s of Theology series. Up today are: P is for Perichoresis Q is for the Quest for the Historical Jesus R is for Revelation (and the book of Revelation)  You can find the original posts with the links above.   Artwork for the series by the incomparable Jesse Turri Listen to his  Unfolded Podcast here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Callid and Kristina Keefe-Perry chat about the letters M N and O for the ABC’s of Theology series.  You can read the original posts below: M is for Metaphor (and Metaphysics) N is for NeoPlatonism O is for Open & Relational    We are about to hit the 7th inning stretch of the ABC’s series. Enjoy this conversation before we make the final turn toward Z.   Artwork for the series by Jesse Turri Learn...

Bo and Tripp work through some social media problems – then turn to theology before handling some eschatology. Go ahead and leave your thoughts on the SpeakPipe (the microphone on the right hand side of the homepage) for a future TNT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Callid and Bo are back for the 4th installment of the ABC’s of Theology.   5 minutes on the clock for each of the following: J is for Justification K is for Kenosis (and the Kingdom) L is for Liberation (and Logos)    artwork for the series by Jesse Turri Episode 1: ABC Episode 2: DEF Episode 3: GHI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Callid and Bo chat about genre, hermeneutics and inerrancy on the 3rd episode of the ABC’s of theology series.  You can read the original posts here: G is for Genre  H is for Hermeneutics  I is for Inerrancy & Infallibility   Thanks to Jesse Turri for providing the artwork of the series. You can here the Unfolded podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Callid has been at the lake all week – and thus off the inter webs. He returns to a phone call from Bo to get his thoughts on the next 3 letters in the ABC’s series.  Today we talk through D, E, and F. You can read the initial posts here: D is for Deconstruction E is from Empire  F is for Fideism    You can also catch episode 1 from earlier this week (ABC)    We want to thank Jesse Turri for provi...

Tripp and Bo field phone calls from the SpeakPipe about Missions (Russia), the gospel of Matthew, Jesus being at least as nice as God and a theology of Stryper.  We love your calls and thoughts on the SpeakPipe !!! Tell us what you want to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want a Quaker perspective on atonement, baptism and Christology?  Callid gives Bo a call to talk through the first three installments of the  A B C’s of Theology series. 5 minutes per letter means they cover a lot of ground in little time. You can find the original posts here:  Atonement, Baptism, Christology.   ALSO – Elder of Graphical Sweetness Jesse Turri is providing icon sketches for  the se...

The Nerds return after an unplanned break.  The field calls from Brekke, Tyler and Richard.  One of the calls has to do with the topic of ‘authority’. Here is a link to Bo’s blog on the topic of authority.  Check out details for the upcoming live show “Letting Sleeping Gods Die” with Kester Brewin and Peter Rollins over at the FaceBook page.         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Subscribe on iTunes Here! The TNT Publishing Sponsor This is a very special edition of the Theology Nerd Throwdown.  Not only does the BoDaddy try to provoke me (theologically speaking) toward a rowdy defense of the resurrection but we have a very special guest – Todd Littleton.  Todd is the greatest Southern Baptist Minister on planet earth.  He is also the technical brains behind our High Gravit...