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Pub Theology LIVE
by Pub Theology
Beer, Conversation, and God. People have been gathering in pubs and public spaces for ages, talking about life, philosophy, faith, and deep questions of meaning. Now we're bringing the conversation to the interwebs. Visit pubtheology.com for more info and to start a gathering of your own. Visit patreon.com/ptlive for more content including pre and post show discussions and interviews with special guests.
Episodes
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Episode 347: Main Character Energy
Colleen Smith joins Bryan and Ogun to talk about prized possessions, the impact of technology on childhood, why people leave Christianity, and whether Jesus might return as an AI. Tune in!
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Episode 346: Maybe Just Sleep On It
The Bible famously says not to let the sun go down while you're still angry, but we wonder if that isn't some really bad advice. What do you think? We also address the Macklemore - Ed Sheeran situation, leaving church, and whether relationships or money will be more important in the future.
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Episode 345: Claude Loves You and Has a Wonderful Plan for Your Life
We're back! We tackle the AI question this week: how long until it's all over? Can it be contained? Are we doomed? Keisha McKenzie joins Ogun and Bryan to address this, plus what to do when your family loves their religious outlook more than they love you. Plus, what's better: summer or fall?
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Episode 344: Get Outta Here With That - Live in Lisbon!
Bryan and Ogun coming to you from a pub in Lisbon, Portugal! We discuss whether vegetarianism is biblical, which writers of the Bible were depressed, whether people should be able to live in whatever country they want to, and whether aliens are real. We were together for an episode for the first...
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Episode 343: Pressing Buttons
This week we explore a thought experiment in which everyone in the world has to press a red or blue button. If more than 50% choose blue, everyone survives. If less than 50% choose blue, only those who pressed red survive. What button do you press and why? Bryan and Ogun discuss this, plus long...
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Episode 342: Faith in a Box
This week we discuss our go-to snacks! What is yours? Tune in to hear Bryan and Ogun's. We also discuss 'national revival' and whether the US was founded as a Christian nation. We also why uninformed voters are dangerous, and we close by exploring some Hindu principles.
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Episode 341: A Monument to a Disaster
This week we discuss the golden statue of Trump that a pastor declares "is not a golden calf." But isn't it? We also discuss whether we'd rather be very short or very tall, whether there is any person who always does what is right, and what we'd say to a room of college graduates.
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Episode 340: In Praise of Dumb Despots
Bryan and Ogun discuss new holidays we'd like to create, whether God can read our minds, public Bible reading, the attempted violence at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and life as suffering. Tune in!
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Episode 339: Say What Again!
We discuss the Gospel according to Pulp Fiction, what makes for the perfect spring day, and why and how we live in bubbles, separated from each other, and what can be done about it, if anything. Tune in!
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Episode 338: A Bit of a Head Trip
Bryan and Ogun discuss whether we would fly to the moon, how the views Artemis shared should inspire us, Doubting Thomas and the role of doubt in one's spiritual journey, and whether it's OK to depict a politician as Jesus. Plus, should elected officials be able to threaten genocide with impunity?
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Episode 337: Let's Not Blame God
It's just Bryan and Ogun this week! We discuss whether one can say "God is tempting me," the difference between Christian and Christlike, why American "exceptionalism" leads to a dangerous mindset, and Palm Sunday. Grab a beverage and tune in!
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Episode 336: Tap that Peace
On our St. Patrick's Day episode, we discuss analogies for the Trinity while Bryan attempts to pour himself a Black and Tan. Is the 3-leaf clover, which St. Patrick used to teach the Trinity, a good example? What are better analogies? We also discuss whether peace can happen through strength, or…
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Episode 335: You're Still Wrong
Episode 335: You're Still Wrong by Pub Theology
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Episode 334: Taste and Suffer
This week we discuss what we would want on an ultimate sandwich. We also discuss whether the Apostle Paul believed in penal substitutionary atonement, whether current political policies might be considered 'Christian', and whether God really needs or wants to be praised all the time. Plus: what...
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Episode 333: A Regular-Ass Lake
We are BACK! After a brief hiatus, the gang returns to talk about the Winter Olympics, some recent events, and the all important question of whether Jesus actually walked on water or whether the disciples even knew how to swim. You are not going to want to miss this episode - the most fun we have...
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Episode 332: Disrupting Church
This week we pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr, discussing some of his work and actions. We ask: what is the civil rights issue of our day? Is protesting at worship or disrupting church an OK thing? Where do you draw the line? And how does one discern what laws are right and good, and which…
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Episode 331: This is Not OK and We're Not OK
We discuss the tragic shooting by ICE in Minneapolis of an unarmed mother, how to focus when the news is constant and bad, how to expose evil without participating in it, and more!
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Episode 330: Money Does Buy Happiness
We are back! We discuss plans and hopes for the new year, wrestle with the question of evil, and the political nature of Epiphany. We also touch on events in Venezuela as well as religious beliefs that it is best to unlearn. Grab a favorite beverage and tune in!
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Episode 329: It's the Goddamn Story—Christmas Episode
Episode 329: It's the Goddamn Story—Christmas Episode by Pub Theology
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Episode 328: No Pie for You!
This week we discuss what we are thankful for, as well as our favorite pie to eat at Thanksgiving. We also discuss John 3:17 and what it means to say God sent God's on into the world to save it and not condemn. We also discuss other ways of thinking, peaceful protest, and some wisdom from the...
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Episode 327: Nothing Makes You Happier
On a scale of 1-10, one being "no worries" and 10 being "totally stressed out" — what level of anxiety do you generally feel on a given day? We discuss our responses, plus what lowers that stress and makes us happy! We also discuss Jesus' admonition not to worry about tomorrow: good advice, or...
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Episode 326: I Love You and I Don't Care
Have you ever engaged with a random tester, someone possibly trying to phish you? How did that go? What is the difference between judging and discerning? Why are more women than men leaving evangelicalism? And how would you respond in an awkward social situation? We discuss it all!
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Episode 325: Stamping Jesus on It
We wax nostalgic about favorite Halloween costumes of times past, as well as favorite candy - right now! What is your favorite? We also discuss the wisdom of ancestors, the evolving story of Christianity, harmful theology, and whether God has a religion. Tune in!
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Episode 324: Reclaim the Slur
The word 'Christian' was originally used as a slur against early Jesus followers. Today that term is problematic for different reasons. What is your own relationship to that moniker, and how has that changed over time? Bryan, Shannon and Ogun discuss, plus much more!
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Episode 323: Mmmmm...
On this episode we discuss favorite books, the importance of reading (is listening to an audio book 'reading'?), and truth. Plus, why do Anne Frank's words from long ago resonate so strongly today, and why do immigrants get such a bad rap, considering the numerous biblical calls to welcome the...
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Episode 322: My Forgiveness has a Price
Would you cash a check from someone who has seriously hurt you? How much would it take for you to take the money from someone like that? Shannon sets a low bar, Ogun needs more zeroes. We discuss that, plus the theology of "seed faith," the call for the church to be prophetic in these times, and...
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Episode 321: Not My First Rapture
Shannon, Bryan and Ogun survive the rapture to discuss their own end-times experiences, reactions to the Charlie Kirk Memorial, James Baldwin on disagreement, and staying calm. Tune in! It's not Shannon's first rodeo, ahem, rapture.
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Episode 320: Driving on Spite
Bryan, Shannon and Ogun are back! We kick off our fall season discussing fall, the Charlie Kirk tragedy, spite, and peacemaking.
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Episode 319: Pork Butt
We discuss our favorite things to enjoy off the grill or smoker on a holiday weekend, whereby Ogun learns about pork butt. We also discuss the fusion of patriotism and Christianity, the comfort or terror one received as a child from the concept that "God sees all," and whether there is an...
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Episode 318: The Tricycle of Faith
We discuss the metaphor of the "tricycle of faith": Scripture, tradition, and personal experience. Which of these three wheels is most important to you? Does it matter which of these serves as the front wheel, thereby steering the whole operation? Ogun and Bryan press this metaphor as far as it...
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Episode 317: We Need Better
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Episode 316: Divine Dairy
Bryan and Ogun discuss a dairy farm run on Hindu principles: does their approach of free-range, non-violent farming approaches actually make the milk taste better and of higher quality? We discuss that, plus the death and funeral of Pope Francis, the role of doubt, and Pascal's wager.
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Episode 315: The Sacrifice of Judas
Our Holy Week episode! Bryan and Ogun are back to discuss everything from Palm Sunday to Easter: why did the people move so quickly from cheering Jesus on Sunday to calling for his execution on Friday? Was Judas a necessary cog in the plan for Jesus to die on the cross? If so, shouldn't he also…
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Episode 314: That's What the Alcohol Is For
Can you successfully pretend that any day is a Friday or Saturday? Shannon, Ogun and Bryan discuss whether time is just a construct, and what it means that "for the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." We also discuss how to manage worry in these challenging...
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Episode 313: Building Bridges
Shannon, Ogun and Bryan discuss which three apps on our phones we couldn't do without. A tough exercise! We also discuss whether Ash Wednesday is a counter-cultural observance. And given that Ramadan and Lent overlap a bit this year - what can Muslims and Christians learn from each other's...
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Episode 312: Baby Steps
Derrick Weston joins Ogun and Bryan to discuss what is making us happy lately, how a gratitude practice can create resilience in these times, and what helping or not helping the vulnerable says about our spirituality. Also on the show: Ogun continues his alcohol-free stretch, Derrick gets his...
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Episode 311: Putting God to the Test
In light of the kayaker swallowed by a whale, Bryan, Ogun and Shannon discuss their own scary moments on or in the water. We also discuss the spiritual concept of water, the power of mantras, common sense, and testing God.
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Episode 310: Flip the Maps!
Bryan and Ogun discuss our current news consumption, how we feel about the state of the nation, and how some folks are just "insulated with privilege." We also discuss cuts to certain programs like Lutheran Services, and whether, amid the chaos and disappearing funding, there is an opportunity…
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Episode 309: Just Stop
This week we discuss what should be included if God were to again come down and write something in stone. Would people listen? Would they even agree on what it said? We also discuss hopes and fears around the incoming administration, why we are quick to quote MLK but slow to follow what he said,...
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Episode 308: Just a Little Salty
Ogun, Shannon and Bryan discuss our favorite winter activities. Hint: they are not outdoor activities. We also discuss the wildfires in California and whether they could be seen or experienced as a test of faith. We also ponder whether love or hate creates a stronger bonding mechanism.
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Episode 307: With Apologies to Poets
Bryan, Shannon and Ogun are back with their first episode of the year! We talk about new practices or ways of being we'd like to lean into in the year ahead. We also discuss Epiphany, and whether this date on the church calendar deserves more attention. Also, why isn't there more religious...
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Episode 306: Spirit-Led Theology
In our final episode of the year, Shannon, Bryan and Ogun discuss the holidays, Holy Spirit-led theology, love of neighbor, and human-supremacist theology. We also each attempt to describe our theology in five words, once we understand the question. Tune in!
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Episode 305: Christmas Tree Down
Can Ogun's Christmas tree survive a gust of wind? Ogun, Shannon and Bryan discuss Christmas trees, Black Friday, Advent and the incarnation. We also discuss having an AI device pray on your behalf - is this truly prayer?
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Episode 304: Uncle Frank at Thanksgiving
The holidays are around the corner, so we discuss tips for having a conversation around the Thanksgiving table with differing viewpoints. If Uncle Frank insists on contributing inflammatory comments, what do you do? When should you engage, when should you not engage? We also discuss how knowledge...
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Episode 303: This is America
And Then Came Wednesday: Ogun joins the show from the stormy Caribbean, and he and Bryan discuss life after the election results. We share how we are doing, what happened, and how to go forward. Actually we mostly just commiserate, and discuss why Trump is no King David. We also address the…
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Episode 302: An Existential Day
On this election-day episode, Bryan and Shannon are day-drinking, and are yet preciously unaware of the disaster still to unfold. Tune in as we discuss our voting experiences, whether the Bible encourages people to vote, and imagining leaders who are brave, calm, and open toward others. We can...
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Episode 301: Are You Gonna Eat That?
Derrick Weston joins Shannon and Bryan for our Halloween episode. Did people really used to pray for neighbors' deceased loved ones in exchange for food? Do kids in Iowa tell jokes, recite poems or dance for candy? And why are there so many phrases that sound biblical but aren't actually in the...
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Episode 300: The Weight of a Soul
It's our 300th Episode! This week we discuss experiencing fall and October, whether an earlier discovery of coffee would have impacted the formation of major world religions, and what it is like leaving one's denomination or religious tradition. We also talk about how to deal with information...
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Episode 299: Dazzling but Arrogant
We discuss various American folk sayings as well as a saying from the Talmud: what wisdom is contained in such sayings that persist in a given culture? We also explore the Mayan creation story: what did such stories convey to the culture they arose in? What can they teach us today? We also…
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Episode 298: The Hill Jesus Died On
We discuss the human propensity for nostalgia: why do we so often assume it was better "back then"? We also discuss going beyond the idea of nations, borders and ideologies, and whether it really is that simple. We also look at Oklahoma's pursuit of Bibles in schools—what could go wrong?—and...
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Beer, Conversation, and God. People have been gathering in pubs and public spaces for ages, talking about life, philosophy, faith, and deep questions of meaning. Now we're bringing the conversation to the interwebs. Visit pubtheology.com for more info and to start a gathering of your own. Visit patreon.com/ptlive for more content including pre and post show discussions and interviews with special guests.
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Beer, Conversation, and God. People have been gathering in pubs and public spaces for ages, talking about life, philosophy, faith, and deep questions of meaning. Now we're bringing the conversation to the interwebs. Visit pubtheology.com for more info and to start a gathering of your own. Visit...
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