Podcast Overview

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That can't be true, but it's not false

07/28/23

3 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Pardoxeses? Pardoxi? Para . . . well, whatever the plural of "paradox" is, Craig and Troy cut to the quick and determine when a paradox of the Christian faith is good, when it must not be resolved, and when it should be just believed.
Vocation of Teaching

07/28/23

4 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

We are interviewing Austin Hanson, who teaches science to middle schoolers at West Central Public Schools. Picking up on our vocation series, we are wanting to talk with people in various vocations,(as we find them) to talk about how their faith impacts their work.
- The Christian Life
- Vocation
The Relationship Between Faith and Reason with David Andersen

07/18/23

5 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

Author David Andersen joins Kelsi to discuss his book, "What Can We Really Know? The Strengths and Limits of Human Understanding" and how the study of knowledge leads us to some inevitable truths about ourselves and the limits of knowledge, in general.
- Faith
- Reason
- Book Review
Episode 239: The Catechism and the Family Altar

07/17/23

8 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, Mike, Wade, Dan Berg, who may or many not be related to Michael, and Tom Jeske discuss Luther’s catechisms, catechesis, and the family altar.
- Catechesis
- Family
Talking to Kids about Purity and Modesty

07/13/23

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this last episode with guest Rachel Joy Welcher, we discuss the concept of modesty, and how we talk to our children about their sexuality and their bodies if not through "purity culture" or the secular culture.
- Family
- Book Review
Episode 238: Five Things Beauty Does

07/10/23

7 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, Mike, Wade, and Dan Berg, who may or many not be related to Michael, discuss beauty and five things it does.
The Struggle Between Church and Sports

07/10/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman

The Thinking Fellows weigh on one of the most tense issues that affect Churches.
Talking Back to Purity Culture

07/06/23

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

To continue our conversation of legalism that becomes cultish, we brought on Rachel Joy Welcher who wrote a book on the purity culture movement.
The Limits and Expanse of Christian Belief with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

07/04/23

6 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

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.
- Book Review
- Ministry of the Church
Supper of the Lamb BONUS episode

06/30/23

4 mins

By Gretchen Ronnevik

For our June book club bonus episode, we are discussing Robert Farrar Capon's "Supper of the Lamb."
- Book Review
Illusions of Safety-Shiny Happy People

06/27/23

4 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

How can we stay safe in our faith? In Part 2 of our discussion of the documentary "Shiny Happy People" we are discussing homeschooling and the umbrellas of protection.
Poetry with Tanner Olson

06/15/23

2 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik | Tanner Olson

Author, speaker, and poet Tanner Olson is with us for this episode to talk about the vocation of being a poet. We talk about sharing hope, the writing process, and understanding that our work is for someone.
- Art
- Performing Arts
- Hope
- Vocation