The Messiah vs. The Herods - A Christmas Conversation with Tripp Fuller

Whether you identify as a Christian or not, my hope is that Christmas conversations like this one will be encouraging for you. For a lot of people, this time of year is anything but easy. It can be really hard for a number of reasons. Especially this year. Likewise, for a lot of other people, it can be like Seinfeld, where the characters invent their own holiday—festivus for the rest of us —to fill in the blank spots in their calendars while everyone else is drinking coco, opening presents, and listening to Mariah Carey’s Christmas album.In this conversation, I speak with Tripp Fuller from Homebrewed Christianity. When I pitched to Tripp the idea of a Christmas episode, of sorts, he said “that sounds fun.” So we met up, hit record, and riffed on the real story of Christmas, with help from Jacques Ellul and Bernard Charbonneau, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, and of course… Lord of the Rings. Enjoy!Guest BioTripp Fuller is a podcaster, theologian, minister and competitive home brewer. Currently, he is visiting Professor of Theology at Luther Seminary. He received his PhD in Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Claremont Graduate University. For over 12 years Tripp has been doing the Homebrewed Christianity podcast where he interviews different scholars about their work so you can get nerdy in traffic, on the treadmill, or doing the dishes. Last year it had over 3 million downloads. It also inspired a book series with Fortress Press called the Homebrewed Christianity Guides to topics like God, Jesus, Spirit, Church History and so on. Follow Tripp FullerWebsite: https://www.homebrewedchristianty.com/Substack: https://processthis.substack.com/Bluesky: @trippfuller.bsky.socialPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/homebrewed-christianity/id276269040YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TrippFullerFollow Personalist ManifestosSubstack: https://personalistmanifestos.substack.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PersonalistManifestosApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/personalist-manifesto-s-podcast/id1779392257Additional NotesThe Galilean Boathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRHPZBar-B4Fellowship of the Ring is a Christmas Moviehttps://www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2023/12/02/have-yourself-a-lord-of-the-rings-christmas-movie-marathon/