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The Gospel of Peace: A Conversation on Violence and the Christian Faith with Prof. Craig Hovey

Prof. Craig Hovey returns to talk about the very difficult set of questions that arise when Christians face, and participate in, a world of violence. Let’s pod.

Hold On To What Is Good: A Sermon Preached at Generation Church in South Oceanside

This week we’re changing it up a bit, sharing a sermon I preached at Generation Church in South Oceanside earlier this year. Generation Church is pastored by Tim Parlier–friend and

Morality Made Strange: A Conversation on Christian Ethics with Prof. Craig Hovey

You are riding in a trolley without functioning brakes, headed toward a switch in the tracks. On the current track stand five people who will be killed if the trolley

Church Politics: Life Together for the Sake of the World (w/ Dr. Joel Looper)

How does the contemporary Christian church recover its witness in a post-Christian society? How does the church resist falling prey to a futile and misguided culture war as well as

The Suburban Survivalist, Part 2: A Conversation with Daniel Leetch

This is the second part of my convo with the man himself, Daniel Leetch, wherein we head to Afghanistan, think through fatherhood, and grapple with living a faithful, ordinary life

The Suburban Survivalist, Part 1: A Conversation with Daniel Leetch

How does a soldier and survivalist stomach suburbia?  To find out, dive into this two-part conversation with human swiss army knife, Daniel Leetch, as we talk discipleship from Christianland to

Christ and the Prisoner: A Conversation w/ Maurice Woods on Identity, the Street Life, and the Hope of Jesus in Jail

On the newest episode of the pod, I am honored to talk with my friend, Maurice Woods, Field Director for Prison Fellowship in Southern California. This is Maurice’s story. But

Dead Men Waking: On Humility, Masculinity, and Leadership w/ Pastor Tim Parlier

Recently, we have begun to experience the cultural and ecclesial reckoning of a certain kind of masculinity and the fallout of a spiritually fatherless generation. A fatherless generation is many

The Four Loves, Part 4: A Conversation on Agape w/ Rev. Hayden Butler

On this episode we conclude our four-part series on C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves with a discussion of agape, the love that moves the sun and other stars. Agape is

The Four Loves, Part 3: A Conversation on Eros w/ Rev. Hayden Butler

“Eros ceases to be a demon only when it ceases to be a god.”  Join resident Anglican Priest of the Pod, Rev. Butler, and myself as we continue our series

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