1. To continue our conversation of legalism that becomes cultish, we brought on Rachel Joy Welcher who wrote a book on the purity culture movement.
  2. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson joins Kelsi to talk about her new novel, A Tumblin' Down, the good and bad of church community, and how the Christian belief isn't always best defined by our own self-reflection.
  3. For our June book club bonus episode, we are discussing Robert Farrar Capon's "Supper of the Lamb."
  4. We are excited to discuss David Zahl's book "Low Anthropology." Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin heard him speak last fall.
  5. In the first episode of season 5 of The Soul of Christianity, Debi Winrich introduces the theme for this season- “the Christian life” and interviews church historian (and shows producer) Dr. Dan van Voorhis of the Christian History Almanac.
  6. On this episode Debi talks to her old friend, and 1517 Scholar-in-residence Chad Bird.
  7. In this episode, Debi talks to Dan Price of “30 Minutes in the New Testament,” among other things- they talk about the idea of the “Christian life” in the New Testament.”
  8. In this episode, Debi talks with Luther scholar and 1517 Scholar-in-Residence Steven Paulson.
  9. Of course, "I'm offended" is shouted out on every corner of the internet, and we become immune to that claim. But what happens when there is genuine offense?
  10. What responsibilities do individual Christians and their churches possess to fight against an antagonistic culture?
  11. This is our monthly book club episode, where we discuss "Giants in the Earth" by O.E. Rölvaag. This novel was originally written in Norwegian, and translated to English in the 1920s.
  12. Everyone, everywhere seems to be offended. What's worse, it seems that the first person to claim "I'm offended!" is the one who gets to win the argument.