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EPISODE · Oct 10, 2024

can you see those fighter planes, when you ride on private planes (or, stuck in the middle with you)

from The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin · host Jonathan Martin

Who told you the middle was the right place to be? Was it God? Does it feel holy to be a little above the fray, a little detached? It is one thing to see the world from an aerial point of view (like say, we saw in our reflections on Revelation), but another thing to see the world from out the window from a private plane. Today we challenge the notion of "middle ground," advocating instead for a deeper understanding of grace and truth. This is an invitation to recognize one's position of power and shatter the illusion of powerlessness, urging listeners to embrace vulnerability and take action in the prophetic in-between space. Along the way, we talk U2's Bullet the Blue Sky, racially charged rhetoric in the Trump era, faithful politics, the prophet Elisha, and Jonathan's theological mentor, Stanley Hauerwas

Who told you the middle was the right place to be? Was it God? Does it feel holy to be a little above the fray, a little detached? It is one thing to see the world from an aerial point of view (like say, we saw in our reflections on Revelation), but another thing to see the world from out the window from a private plane. Today we challenge the notion of "middle ground," advocating instead for a deeper understanding of grace and truth. This is an invitation to recognize one's position of power and shatter the illusion of powerlessness, urging listeners to embrace vulnerability and take action in the prophetic in-between space. Along the way, we talk U2's Bullet the Blue Sky, racially charged rhetoric in the Trump era, faithful politics, the prophet Elisha, and Jonathan's theological mentor, Stanley Hauerwas

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