Podcast Overview

Author

God Talk vs. Devil Talk (Matthew 16:21-23)

10/24/24

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In this episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price explore the complexities of faith as illustrated in Matthew 16:21-23.
Epic Unbelief (Mark 3:20-29)

09/12/24

5 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Scott Keith

In this episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price discuss Mark chapter 3, focusing on blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
The Authority of Scripture with Jacob Smith

07/09/24

11 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Jacob Smith

Kelsi chats with the Reverend Jacob Smith about the authority of Scripture - how we define it and what it means for us - both Christian and non-Christian.
Episode 279: Image of God

06/27/24

7 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, Mike, Wade, and Greg (should he just replace Jason longterm?) discuss the image of God.
- Image of God
- Creation
God help LazarUS? (Luke 16:19-31)

06/20/24

6 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In this episode of Tough Text, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price discuss the parable of the rich man and Lazarus from Luke 16, emphasizing the importance of understanding it as a parable rather than a literal account.
Episode 278: The Presence of God

06/20/24

7 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT, Mike, Jason, and Wade build on our previous two episodes on travel, books and language and time and space. Where is God present?
Christ the Hated God

05/13/24

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

Dr. Paulson is back to give commentary on his Luther's Outlaw God series of books.
345: Peterson - We Live in a World Filtered Through the Imagination

03/23/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Just My Imagination. In this episode, we read Eugene Peterson’s book, Under the Unpredictable Plant, and discuss theological imagination at length. What are the consequences when the church takes its cues from a culture with no imagination? Can Christians tell biblical stories without a theological imagination? What happens when the earthly and heavenly are divided by a lack of imagination into merely rationalized explanations?
- Art
- Literature
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Image of God
Story and Theology

02/29/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this episode, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin talk about the impact of story on our theological understanding, and the use of story in the life of Christians.
Reading the Bible in a Year with Chad Bird

01/09/24

4 mins

By Kelsi Klembara | Chad Bird

In the first episode of 2024, Kelsi chats with 1517 Scholar in Residence, Chad Bird, about the benefits to reading the Bible in a Year, some helpful and guiltless ways to approach this goal and reading Scripture in general.
- God's Word
- Scripture
Your pastor is a tool

01/05/24

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

How are we filled with the knowledge and spirtiual wisdom and understanding of God?
- Truth
- God's Word
- Wisdom
Psalm 10 , when God seems to disappear in times of struggle. Izzy Ray sings "Why"

12/08/23

4 mins

By Chad Bird

The wicked and arrogant think they can prey upon the poor with impunity. Not so. Chad meditates on God hiding himself, it seems especially in times of trouble. Lament, interrogation of God and David’s frustration help us to see that though the work dis full injustice, God is closer than we think, and God invites us to cry and complain to Him. Izzi Ray sings “Why”