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Whose ready for some mystical, mutant, comic book, and science fiction fun? I know I am! Prof. Jeffery Kripal joins the podcast this week to philosophize about his love for the paranormal and mystical part of human experience. In doing so he turns to the wonderful world of comic books and science fiction but not [...]

In this special episode Deacon Jeremy Fackenthal & Tripp Fuller talk Marx and Whitehead at the 2012 Emergent Village Theological Conversation for 2012. The “Inverse Theology” that is referenced is from Walter Benjamin and Theodore Adorno. Also referenced is the popular blog from last month “Undercover Boss” by Stephen Keating

What does coming to Jesus look like today? We may not have the answer but we do have a seriously fun and enlightening conversation. During the American Academy of Religion a herd of theology nerds gathered in the home of Mark Scandrette – Jesus Dojo extraordinaire – for some live Homebrewed Christianity podcast fun. Daniel [...]

In this half-hour, Tripp and Bo chat about last week’s: podcast with Dr. John Cobb Calvin blog with Rachel Held Evans Granny blog with Kurt Willems Paul Capetz on Calvin Tony Jones blog on Prayer It is a wild and woolly 30 minutes as they prepare for the 2012 Emergent Village Theological Conversation. You have two week [...]

John Cobb answers your questions about Prayer and Process – in prep for for the Emergent Village Theological Conversation for 2012 that kicks off Jan 31. In the past week people over at Tony Jones, Rachel Held Evans, and Kurt Willems have been asking prayer and the relationship between Process theology and Openness theology. Well John Cobb is here for you! Of course y’all [...]

Jack is Back and God Insists you Listen! This is the good Doctor Caputo’s first talk at the Soularize event this past October. Coming up soon will be his appearance on the main stage as part of the HBC-3D event! Most exciting and essential for every SoCal Deacon’s calendar is a very special John Caputo [...]

February 14, 2012 By Bo Sanders 7 Comments
I spent this past week explaining that saying God has given Christianity a masculine feel is like saying ‘God has given America a Capitalist feel’. It was the point of my post “Bananas, Bullies and the Bible – you can’t start in the middle.” I never struggle to believe in God. I believe in the [...]

February 9, 2012 By Bo Sanders 18 Comments
It is clear that there are 3 predominant Christianities in place in Canada & America. Prophetic Christianity – critiquing the empire Therapeutic Christianity – chaplains to the empire Messianic Christianity – escaping everything (including the empire) through utopian visions Nowhere are these three more evident than in the realm of preaching. I found this flowchart [...]

February 6, 2012 By Bo Sanders 20 Comments
by Bo Sanders Let me say upfront what I’m going to end with and then build from there: You can’t verbalize the way things are – which is a result of the way things have been – as proof that this is how it should always be. Creation ‘expert’ Ray Comfort famously made a fool [...]

February 5, 2012 By Bo Sanders 4 Comments
The John Piper controversy from last week was too much for me to deal with. I don’t even have the energy to attempt to respond to that level of simplistic, inane thinking. Two things: #1 If you want to read an amazing response to Piper (via Rachel Held Evans) then check out HBC Deacon Austin Roberts’ response [...]
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