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Outpost Theology
by Josh McNall
At the frontier of theology, culture, and the church. Hosted by Dr. Josh McNall, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Episodes
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Kelly Kapic: How your limits reflect God's design
Kelly M. Kapic (PhD) is professor of theological studies at Covenant College. In this episode, Josh interviews Kelly about You're Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God's Design and Why That's Good News. Rather than sharing better time-management tips to squeeze more hours out of the day, Kelly...
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Paul Miller: What's wrong with Christian Nationalism?
From America's beginning, Christians have often merged their religious faith with national identity. But what is Christian nationalism? How is it different from patriotism? Paul D. Miller, a Christian scholar, political theorist, veteran, and former White House staffer, provides a detailed…
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Andy Abernethy: A Six-Step Guide to Studying the Bible
Andrew Abernethy (PhD TEDs) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. In this episode, Josh talks to Andy about his unexpected route to becoming a Bible professor, and about Andy's new book, Savoring Scripture: A Six-Step Guide to Studying the Bible. Andy's primary research area has been…
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Thomas Kidd on Thomas Jefferson
Thomas S. Kidd is a prolific scholar of American history and he now serves as research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Kidd completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked with historian of religion George Marsden. He also…
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Once in a sycamore I was glad: Ben Myers on Poetic Orthodoxy
Dr. Ben Myers is a poet, a professor, and the director of the Honors Program at Oklahoma Baptist University. Josh and Ben discuss why poetry matters; they read some favorite poems (including the John Berryman poem that forms the title of this episode), and they discuss how the Christian story...
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Ken Schenck: The future of Christian higher ed
Ken Schenck (PhD Durham) is Vice President for University Partnerships at CampusEdu. Ken is a New Testament scholar who has worked for years in Christian education, serving at Indiana Wesleyan University, Wesley Seminary, and Houghton College. Given Ken's writings on the subject, Josh asks Ken...
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Aimee Byrd: Song of Songs and The Sexual Reformation
Aimee Byrd is an author, speaker, podcaster, and old school blogger. In this episode, Josh interviews Aimee about her latest book, The Sexual Reformation: Restoring the Dignity and Personhood of Man and Woman (Zondervan). The book explores how the Song of Songs should shape our view of God, the...
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Alan Noble: You are Not Your Own
O. Alan Noble (PhD Baylor) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and author of numerous publications. Alan's books include, Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age, and You are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in…
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Brandon Smith: Twitter and Christian maturity
Brandon Smith (PhD, Ridley) is assistant professor of theology and New Testament at Cedarville University. He cofounded the Center for Baptist Renewal, helped lead the Christian Standard Bible translation, and he hosts the Church Grammar podcast. Brandon's research interests include the Trinity,...
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Dalene Fisher: Resisting the Marriage Plot
In this episode, Josh McNall interviews Dalene Fisher about fiction, faith, and female agency. Dalene Fisher (PhD, Kent) is Assistant Provost and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Her new book (Resisting the Marriage Plot) explores the work of four beloved female…
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Gavin Ortlund: Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn't
Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Seminary) is Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai, in California. He is also the founder of Truth Unites, which seeks to provide an irenic voice on theology, apologetics, and the Christian life. In this interview, Josh and Gavin discuss Gavin's latest book, Why...
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Mike Tapper and Marc Jolicoeur: The worship music life cycle
Mike Tapper (PhD, Saint Paul University) is Chair of of the Religion Division and Associate Professor at Southern Wesleyan University. Marc Jolicoeur is Worship & Creative Arts Pastor at Moncton Wesleyan Church in New Brunswick, Canada. Together, Mike and Mark have contributed to articles in...
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Amy Peeler: Scary passages in Hebrews
Rev. Amy Peeler (PhD Princeton) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. Amy's primary research centers in the Epistle to the Hebrews, which is why we took this chance to ask her about the famous "warning passages" which have raised both anxiety and questions for some readers...
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Joshua McNall: Between Doubt and Dogmatism
Roles reverse as editor David McNutt of IVP Academic interviews Josh McNall about Josh's new book, Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space between Doubt and Dogmatism. Topics include: Why Perhaps fuses theology, fiction, and cultural critique. Being spiritually caught between warring, partisan extremes....
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A. J. Swoboda: After Doubt
Is it possible to question your faith without losing it? In this episode, Josh interviews A. J. Swoboda about A. J.'s new book, After Doubt. Topics include: causes of religious deconstruction amongst younger Christians, how to walk through seasons of doubt, and the kind of churches that can...
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Aaron Perry: Kairos Care
Aaron Perry is associate professor of pastoral theology and leadership at Wesley Seminary. We discuss Aaron's new book on pastoral counseling, Kairos Care: A Process for Pastoral Counseling in the Office and in Everyday Encounters.
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Drew Anderson: No Longer Self Evident
Are we more American than Christian? That's the question asked by Drew Anderson in his book, No Longer Self Evident. Drew is lead pastor of Sumter Chapel, a Wesleyan church in Americus, Georgia. Without vilifying or baptizing American identity, Drew asks us to untangle those aspects of our...
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Aimee Byrd: What is biblical manhood and womanhood?
Aimee Byrd is an author, speaker, and Christian thinker. Her latest book is Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover her Purpose (Zondervan, 2020). Far from challenging Scripture, Byrd calls Christians back to the Bible and away from views of of…
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Tim Muehlhoff and Rick Langer: Winsome Conviction
Drs. Tim Muehlhoff and Rick Langer teach at Biola University. They are the authors of Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing without Dividing the Church. The Winsome Conviction Project was launched from a heartfelt concern for the toxic, polarized and simply unloving communication climate that is...
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Matthew Emerson: He Descended to the Dead
Matthew Y. Emerson (PhD) is Dean of Hobbs College of Theology and Ministry at Oklahoma Baptist University. His book, He Descended to the Dead: An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday, was winner of the 2020 CT book of the year in theology. In this episode, we talk about: What the Apostles' Creed...
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Timothy Tennent: For the Body
Dr. Timothy C. Tennent is president and professor of world Christianity at Asbury Theological Seminary. In his new book, For the Body: Recovering a Theology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Human Body, Dr. Tennent looks at what it means to be created in the image of God and how our bodies serve as...
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Michael Bird: What is Evangelical Theology?
Michael F. Bird is Lecturer in Theology and Academic Dean at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. Mike grew up in Brisbane before joining the Army and serving as a paratrooper and intelligence operator. During his time in the military he came to faith from a non-Christian background, and soon...
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Matthew Thiessen: Jesus and the Forces of Death
Matthew Thiessen (PhD, Duke) is associate professor in the department of Religious Studies at McMaster University. His latest book is Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels' Portrayal of Ritual Impurity in First-Century Judaism (Baker Academic, 2020). In this episode, we discuss how the…
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Jeremy Treat: Seek First the Kingdom
Jeremy Treat (PhD, Wheaton) is pastor for preaching and vision at Reality LA in Los Angeles. He is the author of Seek First: How the Kingdom of God Changes Everything (Zondervan, 2019) and The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology (Zondervan, 2014). He and his...
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The (&) Campaign: Faithful Civic Engagement with Michael Wear
The AND CAMPAIGN seeks to equip Christians for faithful civic engagement, beyond false choices and toxic partisanship. In this episode, I talk with Michael Wear about the (&) Campaign's new book, Compassion (&) Conviction (IVP, 2020), which he coauthored with Justin Giboney and Chris Butler....
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Esau McCaulley: Reading While Black
Esau McCaulley (PhD) is a New Testament scholar and an Anglican Priest. His new book is Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope. It looks at the tradition of African American biblical interpretation and argues that the Bible can speak a word of hope to...
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Glenn Packiam: Worship and the World to Come
Glenn Packiam is one of the associate senior pastors at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the lead pastor of New Life Downtown, a congregation of New Life Church. Check out all his content at glennpackiam.com. In this episode, we discuss his new book, Worship and the World to…
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Karen Swallow Prior: On Reading Well
Karen Swallow Prior, PhD, is Research Professor of English and Christianity and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is the author of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me (T. S. Poetry Press, 2012), Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer,...
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Carmen Imes: Why Sinai Matters
Carmen Imes (PhD, Wheaton) is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Prairie College in Alberta, Canada. We talk about her new book, Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters (IVP Academic, 2019). This work focuses on why the Old Testament (and specifically the Torah) still matters for...
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Steve McVey: Why rural ministry matters
Steve McVey is founder of the Dirt Roads Network, which focuses on transforming rural America by planting and revitalizing life-giving churches in small towns and communities. For twenty years, Steve served as Lead Pastor of Lamont Wesleyan Church, a thriving church of 400 people in a town of 28...
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Jemar Tisby: Racial Justice and The Color of Compromise
Jemar Tisby is a historian, writer, and speaker. His first book is The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism (Zondervan, 2019). The episode was recorded just after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. In that light, Jemar speaks...
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David Kinnan: How God transformed a struggling church
David Kinnan is Lead Pastor of Fountain Springs Church in Rapid City, South Dakota. In this episode, we talk about how God works to revitalize the church, even in overlooked places. David's story is one surprising renewal and revival in a church that had been dying. Topics include: How new life...
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Joanna Leidenhag: COVID-19 and the Problem of Evil
How does COVID-19 challenge Christians to think about the problem of evil? Today's guest is Dr. Joanna Leidenhag, Lecturer in Science-Engaged Theology at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Previously, Joanna was a graduate student at Princeton Theological Seminary and the University of...
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Matthew Bates: Gospel Allegiance
Have evangelicals misunderstood the gospel? “Yes,” says New Testament scholar Matthew Bates. In this episode, Josh interviews Matthew about his new book, Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ. Matthew W. Bates (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame) is Associate…
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Lucy Peppiatt on Scripture's Vision for Women
In the inaugural episode of Outpost Theology, Josh talks with Dr. Lucy Peppiatt on what the Bible really teaches about women. Lucy Peppiatt is Principal of Westminster Theological Centre (UK). And she earned a PhD in Theology from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her latest book…
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