Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

If you are a Lutheran, love Luther, or are on the fence about Luther, Robert Kolb is here to help. Robert is on and talking with me about his newest book, Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God. Robert is professor emeritus at Concordia Seminary and is also the author of Luther and the Stories of God.  Hear what made Robert first fall in love with Luther, how we can read Luther in his context and our own, how the distinction between law and gospel strikes at the heart of the human existential experience, and Luther's theological love affair with passages in scripture that shaped his thinking. In this interview, I ask Robert: Does Luther's message concerning the anxiety of being a sinner having any relevance for us today? How can we reclaim an un-Enlightenmentized our understanding of the Gospel 500 years later? What can Luther teach us about the function and nature of preaching today? Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn mor

Life is arbitrary but God is not. The doctrine of Providence is one of the most important doctrines for shaping Christian piety and what it means to be Christian. It creates the framework for how you understand and interpret existence in, with, and before God. But most of the answers in the Church are just plain bad.  Enter Tripp's theology professor, friend, and mentor from the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University, E. Frank Tupper. Frank wrote one of the most influential books in Tripp's life, with all the coolest parts of open thesim, process, Moltmann, Pannenberg, all wrapped up with plenty of extra bible bits. When God is supposed to be at work in the world: how do i understand what is happening to me, my family, or friends? how do I interpret what is happening in the world? A Scandalous Providence is framed in a type of narrative theology, but not just the narrative of Jesus, or his own personal narrative, but the narratives of other people. It was born out of a desire to develop an un

Today is your lucky day! After this podcast episode you will be prepared for the world after you've been left behind. Dr. Jeffrey Pugh is back on the podcast and spitting some theological game about his book in the Homebrewed Christianity Guide Series on THE END. That's right we are going to talk dispensationalism, millennialism, rapture, charts, zionism, Trump, Revelation, the Apocalypse, and other eschatological goodies. When you get done you are gonna want to get his book.  Dr. Pugh is the professor of religious studies at Elon University and he has been on the podcast two other times. Once we discussed Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity and the Devil's blogging efforts.  People still believe that Jesus is returning to earth . . . and soon! Like Jesus' the first followers, millions of Christians hold fast to the idea that we are living in the last days, yet here we are, two thousand years later, still waiting. In The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the End Times Jeffrey C. Pugh recounts his own brie

Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen is a Finnish Pentecostal theologian and Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is on the podcast discussing his on-going multi-volume systematic theology. In this episode we discuss his theological method, the nature of divine revelation, and the role our pluralistic context plays in constructive theology. Then we look at a number of themes in his most recently released volume, Spirit and Salvation: A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World. In this volume he develops doctrines of pneumatology and soteriology in dialogue with the diverse global Christian tradition and with other major living faiths — Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. I anticipate the theology nerds enjoying this conversation and looking forward to a return visit when volume 5 comes out! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this single episode you are going to hear from three different feminist theologians, so buckle your theological safety belt and get ready to ferment some serious wisdom bombs! This theological extravaganza was recorded live at Blue Star Brewing Company in San Antonio during the American Academy of Religion. We had a packed house of eager theology nerds ready to here the one and only Elizabeth Johnson! Scott MacDougall joined me for a powerful interview about Dr. Johnson's illustrious career.  Then we were joined by two distinguished scholars, Monica Coleman and Cindy Rigby, for a discussion about the different trajectories of feminist theology and what it looks like when put in to practice within the church and the classroom. HERE's the live LectioCast from the evening. The entire evening was a complete treat and I am extremely grateful for everyone who came, who participated, and our amazing sponsors - Presence, Theology for the People, and the Common Pilgrim. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send 

What a wonderful evening we had at Marshall Brewing Company in Tulsa! This is the live podcast featuring our friends from Phillips Theological Seminary. It was a podcast full of laughter, nerdiness, and friends. On the podcast we have two featured guests - Dr. Peter Mena and Dr. Lisa Davison. The good doctor Mena is a church history professor and a pretty awesome person. Dr. Davison is "Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible" and a seriously quick witted, insightful, and hilarious thinker. Having them on the podcast was a real treat and I hope you enjoy listening as much I did talking to them. If you are looking for a place to pursue theological education then be wise and check out our friends at Phillips Theological Seminary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready for a discussion of Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the birth of publishing, on the eve of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary? I hope so because this episode is AWESOME. Plus I tell you about a really amazing opportunity this summer. Andrew Pettegree is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews, where he was the founding director of the St. Andrews Reformation Studies Institute. After you hear this interview go get his book, Brand Luther: How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a post-election podcast. It is very fresh. Christian and I talk about our feelings, thoughts, anger, and hopes after the election. We discuss it in three parts: as a Citizen, as a Husband-Parent, and as a Christian.  At the conclusion we decided to have a future (more reflective) episode and invited listeners of both podcasts to join it via the SpeakPipe. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After you hear this interview you are gonna want to get Hurtado's new book Destroyer of gods. In the conversation we discuss just what made Christianity a distinctive religion in the Roman empire and what came to distinguish Christianity from Judaism. What Hurtado does a great job explaining is just how what we call "religion" is a product of Christianity's emergence in the Roman world. Dr. Larry Hurtado was born in Kansas City, but spent much of his career in Scotland until retiring as Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He is known for his research into the origins and development of “devotion to Jesus” in earliest Christianity, and also on textual criticism and the study of earliest Christian manuscripts as informative artifacts of ancient Christianity. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I can't wait for you to hear this special podcast episode of the podcast! Last week Barry Taylor and I shared a conversation we had about The Birth of a Nation. This week you will hear a follow-up with two zesty theologians - Eboni Marshall Turman and Adam Clark! Eboni Marshall Turman is Assistant Professor of Theology and African American Religion at Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, CT. Follow Dr. Turman on Twitter and Instagram @ebonithoughts. Check out her book Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon for some excellent pages of theology. Dr. Adam Clark is Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University and  co-chair of Black Theology Group at the American Academy of Religion. He actively publishes in the area of black theology and black religion and participates in social justice groups at Xavier and in the Cincinnati area.  Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Le

The Birth of a Nation is both a powerful movie that tackles the deepest nightmares of America and a cultural event that brings to the surface a number of challenging questions around art, the artist, and our digital histories. In this podcast Barry Taylor joins the conversation. The first 30 minutes is a discussion of the film as a cultural event. The we get into the film with tons of spoilers. This episode is weighty and just the first of two episodes on the film. The second will appear next week with Adam Clark and Eboni Marshall Turman. Check out this episode of Decode DC where historian Dr. Carl Bogus describes the role preservation of slavery and protection from slave revolts played in getting this amendment into the Bill of Rights. Khalia joined the Hombrewed screening and blogged about it here at Kingdom Crowned. Nathan discussed birth of a nation, Moltmann, and disability here: Rebirth of a Nation: Baptism and Disability. Here is Gabrielle Union, who had a phenomenal performance in the movie, dis

How does embodiment and culture shape the way we think? That is a good question and in this episode Dr. John Sanders joins the podcast to talk about it. He has a new book out with Fortress titled Theology in the Flesh. After listening in you are gonna want to get a copy. John Sanders is professor of religious studies at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas. He is author of The God Who Risks (2007) and No Other Name(1992) and coauthor of The Openness of God (1994). Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we are gonna talk about Mary. I doubt you are prepared for this conversation with Sharon Jacob unless you have read her recent stellar book Reading Mary Alongside Indian Surrogate Mothers: Violent Love, Oppressive Liberation, and Infancy Narratives. In this book and our conversation looks to read the character of Mary in the infancy narratives of Luke and Matthew alongside the lives of experiences of the Indian surrogate mother living a postcolonial India. Reading Mary through these lenses helps to see this mother and her actions in a more ambivalent light, as a mother whose love is both violent and altruistic. Dr. Sharon Jacob is a New Testament Professor at our podcast partner - Phillips Theological Seminary. She is also  a native of India, studied at Bangalore University, received a Master of Divinity from Lancaster Theological Seminary in 2003, and a Master of Sacred Theology from Yale Divinity School in 2005. In 2013, she earned her PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity from Drew

You've never experienced a VBS quite like this! Listen as Walter Brueggemann talks politics, Kester Brewin gets high, Kristen Howerton makes Tripp choke on his laughter, and Barry Taylor discusses love songs. You can check out Kester's newest book here, Reality, Grief, Hope by Walter here, and Kristen's website here. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Who is God?" or "What is God?" Living legend Dr. Elizabeth Johnson is on the podcast (for the third time) to help us understand what we are talking about when we talk about God. This tag team interview with Tripp and Scott MacDougall is a Trinitarian treat of Catholic theological brilliance. In this episode, Beth talks about: How Pannenberg and Barth have influenced her work Experience as a source of Theology Does the term "prophetic" apply to theologians? The risks of theology Divine action Science and religion And much, much more Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does the piety of a Liberal Christian look like? How can a more liberal theology be embodied in personal and communal existence? We tackle these questions and more on this episode. Professor Ottati is the Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry at Davidson College in North Carolina.  He is one of the best communicators I know.  Not only is he a top-notch nerd but he has a strong love for the church and bringing theological goodness into local congregations. Previous Ottati visits to the podcast include: Why Write a Liberal Theology? The Genealogy of Liberal Theology A Liberal Christian Christology On top of the most awesome first volume of Theology for Liberal Protestants you can check out Theology for Liberal Presbyterians and Other Endangered Species, Reforming Protestantism: Christian Commitment in Today’s World, and Hopeful Realism: Recovering the Poetry of Theology. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a membe

This episode is like rolling a theological Yahtzee. Tripp is joined by co-host Trevor Malkinson and two titans of theology - Sallie McFague and John Cobb. What you are about to hear is so zesty, so drenched in wisdom, you might just wreck you car or walk into a pole. To kick things off, John Cobb gives us some process hot takes on: retrieving Paul for progressive Christians science doesn't really hate God the problem of evil God's power and inter-religious relationality Then, Sallie joins the group to share and reflect on a section from her book. To conclude, Trevor asks Sallie, John, and Tripp about where the find hope in a process worldview. The Centre for (r)Evolutionary Theology was the sponsor for this event (here's the centre's twitter) and Canadian Memorial Church and the Centre for Peace was the host for the evening. Here's Tripp's sermon from the weekend.  Books mentioned: Super, Natural Christians and For the Common Good Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or be

Be prepared, Bart is a real evangelist. Bart Campolo, the Humanist Chaplain at the Univsersity of Southern California, talks with Tripp about: His story from Evangelical Christian to Evangelical Secular Humanist What happens when the Bible is no longer believed to be inerrent Why his dad named him Bart Communities and the narratives they use to convey meaning Plus, Bart tries to evangelize Tripp to be a secular humanist. Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

God has left the building Alan Roxburgh, pastor, nerd, and founder of the Missional Network, is on the podcast talking about two of his books, Structured for Mission and Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World. This is a great conversation especially for those of you who are ministers, because Alan and Tripp talk about the challenges to changing cultures, visions, missions, etc. Where is God ahead of us, and where do we join God? How do you begin to understand the narratives that are shaping you in these institutions? How do we live a grounded life that listens to the stories of the other, without needing to categorize them? Someone you want to hear on the podcast? Tell us! Just one of the many perks of being a part of the Homebrewed Community, including the Intro to Theology Class with live, interactive video sessions. And don't forget to pick up a copy of the Homebrewed Christianity Guide To: The End Times! Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of

This episode is a dream come true. I have long been a fan of Kevin Kelly - THE Senior Maverick at Wired magazine and the sherpa of the technium.  He is here to talk about his new book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. -How does technology shape what it means to be human? -How does the nature of authority change as we move from texts to screens? -What class would Kevin Kelly add to a minister's theological education? -What can we learn from the Amish about adopting technology? -Is Big Brother a necessary evil? -"The price of absolute personalization is absolute transparency." -What would Kevin Kelly do if he was made Czar of Technology? -What would a democratic world-wide government look like? Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices