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142 Wait, What? (5) Is Beauty Truly Real?

Feb 19

Feb 19 142 Wait, What? (5) Is Beauty Truly Real?

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Is beauty only in the eye of the beholder or does beauty factually exist? Lord Zeitgeist the uglifier teaches us to block out the existence of beauty, and I give some examples of how IT does this. What does graffiti do to people's experience of reality? How does graffiti mirror the diseased nature of society's soul? Why does beauty require a sensitive soul, a patient soul? What is a mere aesthetic? And how is beauty inextricably woven with goodness? Take some time to consider this critical Christian topic with me!

141 Wait, What? (4) Do I Have Enough Faith?

Feb 12

Feb 12 141 Wait, What? (4) Do I Have Enough Faith?

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Part 4 in my hard questions series. Is my faith pure enough? Good enough? Sincere enough? These are common questions in our confusing era. But what does the Bible have to say to us about faith in God? How should we process the Bible's warnings? Also in this episode I speak personally about the soaring cost of higher education. To whom and where has all that moolah gone?

140 Frozen 2 Philosophy Spoof Movie Review

Feb 6

Feb 6 140 Frozen 2 Philosophy Spoof Movie Review

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Last week I watched Frozen 2 with my grandaughter. How did she and I react? What was funny? What was insightful? How did the "cast" of actors do? What went wrong? What was stereotypical? What philosophical messages did Disney jamb down? Listen and laugh with me. (Originally a Premium listeners' episode.)

139 Wait, What? (3) Women Fighting for Christian Truth?

Feb 5

Feb 5 139 Wait, What? (3) Women Fighting for Christian Truth?

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How can you get your kids to think critically about Christianity? What are apologetics? How might believers go about standing for truth in our emotion-driven society? What are compassionate compromisers and terrifying truth tellers? What's it like to be a woman doing apologetics from a conservative wing in the church? This is my delightful interview of Hillary Morgan Ferrer, general editor and author of Mama Bear Apologetics.

138 Wait, What? (2) All Religions Are the Same?

Jan 29

Jan 29 138 Wait, What? (2) All Religions Are the Same?

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We are meme-barded with the following, "all religions are just different paths to the same mountain top," "all religions want salvation," and "all religions are mystical at heart." But when we look carefully do those hold up? What two facets of western life drive all those memes? What is the de-facto western religion? Let's laugh together even while we process carefully. This is part two of my series on questions that can wreck faith.

137 Wait, What? (1) Does Science Disprove Christianity?

Jan 22

Jan 22 137 Wait, What? (1) Does Science Disprove Christianity?

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We are meme-barded, "Science has disproved Christianity!" Is that true? Can science disprove something it has no capacity to measure? How might we think about science and religion as different disciplines to benefit humanity? What are the limitations of science? Truth is truth, but there are different ways to get at, and realize, truth.

136 The Christian Graces (11) Preparing for Death

Jan 15

Jan 15 136 The Christian Graces (11) Preparing for Death

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The Christian Graces

Most Christians do death just like unbelievers: avoidance, aversion, escape, pretending as though it's just not that real. But Jesus is Lord of everything, even death. What if we gave our death—now—to God as a gift? How might we go about that? What would that look like? What would the effect of that be like?

135 The Christian Graces (10) The Glory and Vanity of Guilt

Jan 8

Jan 8 135 The Christian Graces (10) The Glory and Vanity of Guilt

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The Christian Graces

Our normal default is to consider guilt a bad thing. In Christ, however, it can be a glorious thing. Why is that? And what should we do about collective guilt? Are we supposed to feel guilty for the past sins of our forebears? Specifically, I consider the nation of Germany and whether it should continue to feel guilty for the Holocaust. What does prolonged guilt do to an entire nation?

134 2019 Year in U.U. Review

Dec 31

Dec 31 134 2019 Year in U.U. Review

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What was the best movie of 2019? Worst? My favorite reads of 2019? Worst? What were the biggest international stories from 2019? What was the U.U.’s most and least listened to episodes of 2019? What do I think about the impeachment of Donald Trump? What was the highest grossing musical tour of the year? And then, what about college life in 2019? Why are college students so depressed? Let’s look back together.

133 What Christmas Suggusts for Our Mission

Dec 25

Dec 25 133 What Christmas Suggusts for Our Mission

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We sentimentalize baby Jesus' birth. But what if his coming actually suggested important values, approaches, and attitudes for our own Christian mission? What might we learn from how he entered space and time? (This is a 6 minute quick hitter.)

132 Advent (4) Angels, Peace, and Repentance

Dec 18

Dec 18 132 Advent (4) Angels, Peace, and Repentance

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There were two angel songs to the Shepherds outside Bethlehem. One announced great joy to all people, the other announced peace to all upon whom God's favor rests. The first, we will see, goes toward inclusivity. The second goes toward exclusivity. How should we make sense of these two songs?

131 Advent (3) Joy, Wonder, Shepherds

Dec 11

Dec 11 131 Advent (3) Joy, Wonder, Shepherds

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The Shepherds heard an angel, saw a heavenly angelic host, and they were afraid! Is fear of God healthy? For how long? Moreover, Jesus is a man of wonder. His coming is wondrous! So how can we practice wonder? And why does wonder transcend our intellect? Come, and like human tea-bags let us steep our identities in the peace-filled identity of Christ!

130 Advent (2) Bethlehem and Mary

Dec 4

Dec 4 130 Advent (2) Bethlehem and Mary

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Advent celebrates Jesus' coming to earth and his incarnation. There are specific themes that spill out of the Bethlehem portion of the story: lowliness, kingship, motherhood, flesh, beauty, prophecy, and just plain old weirdness! Let's go deeper into the Christmas mystery.

129 Advent (1) Prophets and Hope (and Kanye)

Nov 27

Nov 27 129 Advent (1) Prophets and Hope (and Kanye)

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Advent celebrates the varied ways that Christ comes to us: past, present, and future. This week of Advent focuses on anticipation and yearning. To unpack that I address the power of symbolism, what it is like to yearn, a weird dream I just had, and prayer. Also spend a few minutes sharing my reflections and concerns about Kanye West's turn to Christ.

128 The Christian Graces (9) Peace, Really?

Nov 20

Nov 20 128 The Christian Graces (9) Peace, Really?

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The Christian Graces

Is the peace of Christ merely a religious selling point, something to help people choose Christianity? I tell two of my friends' stories to develop the reality that peace can be in the Christian life. But across the Bible peace is even greater than an inward experience. What is that? Also, what is the most overlooked gift in the universe?

127 The Christian Graces (8) Kingdom Work vs. Gospel Work

Nov 13

Nov 13 127 The Christian Graces (8) Kingdom Work vs. Gospel Work

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The Christian Graces

In the West there are two churches and they are growing apart. Significantly, this has to do with their understanding of work. One side embraces Gospel work, the other side embraces Kingdom work. What characterizes these two kinds of work? What are their goals? How might we address the growing bifurcation of these two emphases?

126 The Christian Graces (7) Transgender Collateral Damage: Waggoner part 2

Nov 6

Nov 6 126 The Christian Graces (7) Transgender Collateral Damage: Waggoner part 2

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The Christian Graces

What are some (unintended?) consequences, some collateral damage, of the transgender movement? Given recent SCOTUS rulings is there hope for the future of freedom? Can God call someone to a vocation that supports his Kingdom even if they are not a pastor or a missionary?

Oct 30
Oct 30 125 The Christian Graces (6) Societal Law as Grace, Interview with Kristen Waggoner

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The Christian Graces

How can the Law actually be God's grace? In part 1 of a 2 part interview I ask Kristen Waggoner, Senior Vice President at Alliance Defending Freedom, questions along that line. How is it loving to use the law to defend one's neighbor? Isn't a use of the law always coercive and thus against Jesus' methods? And, shouldn't Christians just live and let live and not try to bring our faith into the legal arena?

Oct 23
Oct 23 124 The Christian Graces (5) Does Work Matter in the Christian Life?

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The Christian Graces

The 16th century Reformation was explosive about the topic of works and salvation. So what should we think and believe and embrace about both work and works today? Do they matter? If so, why? If not, why? I also do some Halloween reflecting!

Oct 17
Oct 17 123 The Christian Graces (4) Driven By Hope

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The Christian Graces

The Christian worldview is a future-directed way of life. Significantly then that involves hope. But what is hope? How is it different from wishing or generally being positive? How is it that hope can function as a guide or strategy for our lives? Is the Christian hope a disembodied existence in heaven? I also deal with the question, what does it mean to be a successful Christian?