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Theology on Mission — 219 episodes
S11:E13 Faith Over Breakfast: Community, Calling, and Staying When It Gets Hard (Bonus Episode)
S11:E12 Contextual Theological Interpretation: An Integrated Model for Reading the Bible with Dr. Bo H. Lim
S11:E11 Joining Creation's Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness with Dr. Brian Brock
S11:E10 Whataboutism, Power, and the Church’s Witness in Politics
S11:E9 Why I’m Not Reformed: The Contextual Nature of All Theologies
S11:E8 Will 2026 Be Defined by Uncertainty?
S11:E7 The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Shapes (and Misshapes) American Politics with Kaitlyn Schiess
S11:E6 The Anti-Greed Gospel with Dr. Malcolm Foley
S11:E5 The Rise of Influencer Christianity
S11:E4 The Political War Beneath the Surface
S11:E3 Charlie Kirk and the Missing Church
S11:E2 Why Studying Culture Maters
S11:E1 Losing Our Religion: Russell Moore on the Crisis and Hope of Evangelicalism
S10:E14 Church Planting Post-COVID with Dr. Eun K. Strawser
S10:E13 Preaching in a New Key with Mark Glanville
S10: E12 Bonhoeffer, Resistance, and the Role of the Church with Michael DeJonge
S10: E11 Nothing More Evangelical Than a Post-Evangelical
S10: E10 Beyond The Salvation Wars: Rethinking Salvation with Matthew Bates
S10: E9 Bridging the Divide: How to Have Transformative Conversations with Dan White Jr.
S10: E8 The Violent Take It by Force with Matthew Taylor
S10: E7 Prophets Beyond Activism with Julia O’Brien
S10: E6 Reflecting on Election Results and the Next Four Years (Live Podcast)
S10: E5 Prodigal Gospel: Getting Lost and Found Again in the Good News with Jonny Morrison
S10: E3 Does God's Power Redefine Leadership? Fitch & Crouch Discus Power Dynamics (Part 2 of 2)
S10: E2 Andy Crouch & David Fitch Talk Culture Making or Power Grabbing? ( Part 1 of 2)
S9: E17 Reckoning with Power in Leadership | Pastor’s Table Podcast Crossover
S9: E16 Navigating Conflict, Antagonism & Power as Pastors | The Pastor’s Table | Rev. Tara Beth Leach & Mark Quanstrom
S9: E15 Theology & Discipleship in Conflict Zones: 1st Hand Perspective of Christians in Gaza | Dr. Jack Sara
S9: E14 Trauma - Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers | Charles Kiser
S9: E13 Finding Freedom in Constraint: Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life | Jared Patrick Boyd
S9: E12 On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living | Dr. Alan Noble
S9: E10 Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire | Dr. Preston Sprinkle
S9: E9 Where Do Christians Start with Power - Genesis 1-3?
S9: E8 Christ Among the Classes with Al Tizon
S9: E7 Demystifying Evil with Dr. Ingrid Faro (Part 2)
S9: E5 Debating Bivocational Ministry: Fitch v Moore
S9: E4 Centering Discipleship with Eun Strawser
S9: E3 Women and the Gender of God with Amy Peeler
S9: E1 The Spiritual Formation Movement Needs Correction
Theology, Methods, and the Church with Sarah Coakley
Discerning Sexuality and Attraction
S8:E11 Ethics, Orthodoxy and the Church with Brandan Robertson
S8:E10 When Power Goes Rogue
S8: E6 Communal Narcissism
S8: Theology & Mission Lectures with Sarah Coakley
S8: E4 Evangelicals, Gender, and Power with Lisa Weaver Swartz
S8: E3 The Church in a Secular Age with Andrew Root
S8: E2 This Present Moment with Stanley Hauerwas
S8:E1 House Gatherings Will Renew the Church (or not)
S7: E16 Church Planting with JR Woodward
S7: E15 (Summer Bonus) Gathering, Not Landing
S7: E14: Christ & The Common Life with Luke Bretherton
S7: E13 Racial Capitalism with Jonathan Tran (Part Two)
S7: E12 Racial Capitalism with Jonathan Tran (Part One)
S7: E12 The Rise of the 'Umms'
S7: E11 Children and the Post Christendom Reaction
S7: E10 What is a Jesus Centered Response to the War?
S7: E9 Capitalism and Kingdom Economy
S7 E8: Don't Censor Us! Spotify, Neil Young, and the Church.
S7: E7 The Rise & Fall Mars Hill: Context. Power. Misogyny.
S7: E6 Social Location Meets Biblical Exegesis
Limited Invitation: Lectures with Dr. Willie Jennings
S7: E5 The Leader Who Submits
S7: E4 Jesus, the Justice of God
S7: E3 The Practice of Conversation
S7: E2 Part 2 Participation & Mission with Michael Gorman
S7: E1 Participation & Mission with Michael Gorman
S6: E16 Pastoral Care According to Hauerwas: Fitch & Jones Debate ;)
S6: E15 State of Theology with Beth Felker Jones
Throwback Thursday with Michael Gorman
S6: E14 Who Will Lead What's Left of Evangelicalism?
S6: E13 What is the Church? Why Does it Exist?
S6: E12 Top 5 Issues for Church Leaders Post-COVID
S6: E11 A Theology of Race & Place with Andrew Draper
S6: E10 Church Planting. Money. Mutuality. Mission.
S6: E9 Who Will Be My Witness? A Conversation with Drew Hart
S6:E8 Discerning Through Theological Disagreements
S7: E7 Increase Density. Decrease Numbers.
S6: E6 Church Planting Webinar with Hugh Halter
S6: E5 What to do with the 74 Million?
S6: E4 Advent for "the Rest of Us"
S6: E3 Third Way Politics
S6: E2 Critical Theory & Tim Keller: Part 2
S6: E1 Foundations: Tim Keller & Justice: Part 1
S5: E21 Top 5 Fundy Backlashes (As Seen in Progressive Evangelicals)
S5: E20 White Male Speaking
S5: E19 The Parsing of Racism
S5: E18 A Theology of Protest
S5 E17: What Difference Does Soteriology Make?
S5 E16: Video Killed the Embodied Church
S5: E15 Suffering During the Pandemic
S5: E14 Faithful Presence During the Pandemic
S5: E13 Depression. The Challenge of Ministry.
S5: E12 Are You Lonely? Angry? Lost?
S5: E11 To Volunteer or Not?
S5: E10 Non-Violent Atonement with J. Denny Weaver
S5: E9 Divine Violence & The Warrior God: Greg Boyd & Claude Marriottini
S5: E8 Universal Salvation: w/Geoff Hosclaw
S5: E7 The Shape of Liturgy
S5: E6 The "Third Way" of the Church w/Gary Sittser
S5: E5 The Evangelism Pendulum
S5: E4 When Theologians Fail Morally
S5: E3 Understanding Joshua Harris: Doubt & Belief
S5: E2 Eschatology For Mission
S5: E1 Big Problems. Are There Solutions?
S4: E17 Antagonisms vs Conflict
S4: E16 Summer Reading Recommendations
S4 E15: INTERVIEW: C. Christopher Smith.
S4 E14: Multicultural Church? From a Black Church Perspective
S4: E13 Reformed Soteriology is Passive Aggressive
S4: E12 Resurrection. Time. Worship.
S4: E11 INTERVIEW: Karen Swallow Prior
Post Willow Creek Era: Vulnerability & Repentance
S4: E11 Us vs Them: Politics
S4: E10 Us vs Them: Salvation
S4: E9 Us vs. Them: The Inerrant Bible
S4: E8 INTERVIEW with Michael Gorman
S4: E7 ReAdvent
S4:E6 Caught in the Middle: Human Sexuality
S4:E5 Conservatives become Progressives become Atheists?
S4: E4 Should Christians Vote?
S4: E3 INTERVIEW with Pastah J
S4: E2 Elitism in the Church
S4: E1 Bible Battle
Season 3 Summer Show: Willowcreek & Leadership—Now What?
S3:E23 Is Culture Causing Us Brain Damage? On Depression and Anxiety (Season 3 Finale)
S3:E22 Does Pentecost Obliterate Differences?
S3:E21 Is the Church Being Feminized?
S3:E20 Can I Get a Witness? or, the weakness of God
S3:E19 6 Ways to Ruin Easter
S3:E18 Feeling down about the 10 Commandments?
S3:E17 The 7 Ps of Cultural Engagement (boring title, but good episode)
S3:E16 No Home Like Place; On loving where you are
S3:E15 Can you find yourself in Lent?
S3:E15 Why We Listen to Jesus; on the Transfiguration
S4:E14 You Don't Know What the Church Is!
S3:E13 Why Tim Keller is right and wrong about Jesus.
S3:E12 Safe Sex? On "Grace", Aziz Ansari, and #MeToo
S3:E11 For Sinners & Sufferers: The Baptism of Jesus
S3:E10 Should we be Hero-Makers?
S3:E9 Advent: For Death or Life?
S3:E8 Are Sacraments for Mission?
S3:E7 Going Deeper in APEST?
S3:E6 Beware the Language Police
S3:E5 Glorious Things Of...? A Reformation Reflection
S3:E4 How Clear Should the Church Be?
S3:E3 Why is your church here? 3 Streams of Cultural Accommodation
S3:E2 Are You a Tool? (a tool of God's glory)
S3:E1 If God is Everywhere, Why Does God Draw Near
Second Summer #1: Church Discipline or Restoration?
S2:E24 To Tell the Truth: Stanley Hauerwas on Life and Ministry
S2:E23 5 Challenges Before the Church
S2:E22 Who's Rules the Blogosphere?
S2:E21 Jesus' Death: What Kind of Substitution?
S2:E20 What is the Benedict Option?
S2:E19 Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus
S2:E18 Against Antagonisms?
S2:E17 Returning to Joy in a Troubled World
S2:E16 Reclaiming Hope, with Michael Wear
S2:E15 Subject to Government? Protesting Romans 13
S2:E14 Aliens and Exiles (with Dennis Edwards)
A Lot Has Been Going On
S2:E12 A Thanksgiving Survival Guide
S2:E11 Horror, Relief, Hope: Post-Election Debrief
S2:E10 Is it Christian to Vote? (A Short Voter Guider)
S2:E9 The Church as Movement
S2:E8 Faithful Presence and Kingdom Roots
S2:E7 The End is Here! Or is it? Does Eschatology Matter?
S2:E6 Locker Room Talk, the Power of Words, Hope for Revival
S2:E5 Converts Or Proselytes? The Change Jesus Makes
S2:E4 Advice to a Mega-Church (or Any) Pastor
S2:E3 World Evangelicalism - A Future for the West?
S2:E2 3 Ways (Not) to Start Your Theology
S2:E1 3 Evangelical Off-Ramps; or, We've Never Been Evangelical
Summer Episode 06: Gender Differences: 3 Views
Summer Episode 05: Policing the Facts = Failure
Summer Episode 04: Science and Scripture, a Search for Purity
Summer Episode 03: 3 Kinds of Jesus, and Why it Matters
Summer Episode 02: Theological Jenga: The Word Blocks of Mission
Summer Episode 01: Evangelicals Discover the Trinity, On Recent Debates
S1:E33 The Pursuing God (with Joshua Ryan Butler)
S1:E32 The Aftermath Of Revival (with Mandy Smith & Cyd Holsclaw)
S1:E31 A Future For Reformed Theology? (Roundtable)
S1:E30 Joining God & Changing The World (with Alan Roxburgh)
S1:E29 The Spirit of Leadership: Beyond Mere Decisions or Discussions
S1:E28 Does God Really Love You? And Have A Plan For You?
S1:E27 Reformation, We Have A Problem!
S1:E26 The Art Of Bi - Vocational
S1:E25 Jesus and the Other Bridge Illustration
S1:E24 Planting A Church Without Women = Disaster
S1:E23 What Should The Church Do About T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶ Politics?
S1:E22 "Enjoy The Show": Worship And Church Planting
S1:E21 Lent: Punishment or Preparation?
S1:E20 Seeing Another Story = Discipleship
S1:E19 The De - Radicalization Of MLK
S1:E18 What Do You Gather Around? Practices Or Ideas.
Special Episode #8: "Preaching To And Through Vulnerability" with Mandy Smith
Special Episode #7: "Resurrection Imagination" with Matt Tebbe
Special Episode #6: "Pour Over Sermons, Brewing In The Spirit" with Tara Beth Leach
S1:E17 Should the Church Protest?
Special Episode #5 - "Proclamation Or Teaching" with David Fitch
S1:E16 Mission or Institution: Our Denominations?
Special Episode #4: "Weakness In Ministry" with Mandy Smith
S1:E15 What You're NOT Thinking About: Ideology
Special Episode #3, Man Enough?
Special Episode #2: Local Church Going…Local (Live Audience)
S1:E14 Ashley Madison and Sanctification
S1:E13 Why Gather for Worship?
S1:E12 The Spirit of Leadership: Beyond Hierarchy and Democracy in the Church
S1:E11 What is Preaching and Why Bother?
Special Episode #1: Carolyn Custis James
S1:E10 Our Place in Cultures Of Power?
S1:E9 The Word Became Fallible?
S1:E8 On NOT just adding JUSTICE
S1:E7 Not Sharing That Gospel
S1:E6 Get Off The Train, Fundy, Progressive And Beyond
S1:E5 Slackivism And Mission
S1:E4 Mutual Submission
S1:E3 The Art of Bi-Vocational