[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6822503/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Protestantism brought much needed reform to the 16th century church, not least its call to return to the Bible as the primary source of authority. But it wasn’t long before debates raged about the interpretation of the Bible. And rather than resolve their differences,...
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unORTHODOX, Part 08: Health, Wealth and Happiness, Guaranteed (The Prosperity Gospel)
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6779618/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] While some (distorted!) strains of Christianity seek to escape this age (cf., Gnosticism, Docetism, etc.), others dream of a comfortable life within it. Divine blessing takes the form of safety and secular – from protection against disease to owning luxury jets. This is “the...
Lords, Loyalties and the Command to Compassion
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6749016/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] We seem to be experiencing a shift in contemporary western politics away from a competition of ideas in pursuit of the best solution to our problems and towards a tribalism that seeks power for its own sake and is more and more willing to...