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Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

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May 9, 2022 • 51min

8. Sermon on the Mount : The Lord's Prayer and Knowing God's Will, Matthew 6:7-15

The eighth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Has the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:7-15 become old hat? What if we were meant to know God's will as we pray through it daily, but understanding God's will is far more straightforward and right in front of our faces than we realized? And finally, how might we see parallels between Jesus's temptation in the desert with Satan and the structure of the Prayer? Listen in for a reimagining of this most familiar prayer.Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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May 3, 2022 • 56min

Kelly Brown Douglas, wonderful womanist hope and the renewed imagination

A Tent Talks first. Listen and lean in, as we are joined by the ground-breaking womanist theologian - the Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. She is in conversation with our previous tent talk guest and theologian, Dr Selina Stone, and our host Reverend Natasha Beckles. They engage in a rare, rich transatlantic conversation exploring eschatology, church and the scars of Christ.The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas serves as the Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary (https://utsnyc.edu/eds) and the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union.  She also is Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street. Dean Kelly's latest book is Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter (November 2021, Orbis Books), She is the author of many articles and books, including Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, and Sexuality and the Black Church:A Womanist Perspective. You can find her on social media at: @DeanKBD  on Twitter and @EDSatUnion on Facebook.Dr Selina Stone is Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College in London and a research consultant. Her PhD completed in 2021 at the University of Birmingham focussed on Pneumatology, Pentecostalism and Social Justice. Revd Natasha Beckles is an Anglican priest in the Church of England, who has a background in educational leadership, safeguarding and inclusion. Natasha is curate at St Martin's Gospel Oak, London who has been commissioned to work part-time for London Diocese' Compassionate Communities team, developing and resourcing the mission, partnership working and outreach specifically on the issue of Serious Youth Violence & Contextual Safeguarding. Find her on Instagram at: @natashabelovedHas anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Apr 26, 2022 • 35min

7. Sermon on the Mount : Be perfect? Matthew 5:48-6:9, 16-18

The seventh of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. The call to perfection in Matthew 5:48-6:9 and 6:16-18 is often taught as impossible, thus giving licence to Christians to ignore and even despise the Way of Jesus as irrelevant to their gleeful embrace of power, violence and nationalism. We take a closer look...Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Apr 21, 2022 • 1h 11min

Rotten Institutions, A YoHo Journal Symposium

You can find out more about the YoHo journals and purchase a copy of Rotten Institutions HERE. Use promo code TENT10 for a ten percent discount.More about Linda Woodhead HERE. More about Eve Poole HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Apr 19, 2022 • 1h 7min

Stephanie Drury, shadowbanned by theobros

Stephanie Drury is the founder of stuffchristianculturelikes, the go-to site for anyone who if they did not laugh would rage. Underneath the wicked humour and sharp insight is the deeper work of binding up the broken hearted and setting the captives free, especially women harmed by evangelical culture. Stephanie joins the Tent to talk about being too vulgar for Christianity Today, fighting with theobros and her role in the "fall" part of the rise and fall of Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill.Follow Stephanie and SCCL on Twitter. Follow Stephanie and SCCL on Instagram.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.Remember to check out Gentle Spacemakers, the album soundtrack for the podcast. Patreon supporters can download their copy or you can also listen wherever you stream music or from Chris's music page at chrismarchand.bandcamp.com.
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Apr 12, 2022 • 45min

6. Sermon on the Mount : Turning the Other Cheek and Loving Our Enemies. Matthew 5:38-48

The sixth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. From Matthew 5:38-48, Stephen discusses how turning the other cheek is not "doing nothing," but is instead a way of resisting violence and giving the violent a new way to see reality. The way of Jesus does not allow us to take a human life to solve a problem, no matter how logical that solution may seem. Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.Remember to check out Gentle Spacemakers, the album soundtrack for the podcast. Patreon supporters can download their copy or you can also listen wherever you stream music or from Chris's music page at chrismarchand.bandcamp.com.
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Apr 5, 2022 • 53min

Sara Billups, courage for orphaned believers

Sara Billups is a breath of fresh air. She is smart, funny and kind, and has lived a varied and interesting life. She is a Seattle-based writer seeking a deeper faith in our complicated world. She's been the only Christian in the room in creative spaces in the city, but of late has also found herself increasingly alienated from culturally dominant American Christianity. Sara has written about these experiences in multiple places, including the New York Times. Her upcoming book is Orphaned Believers.You can find out more about Sara's writing and her own podcast HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Mar 29, 2022 • 54min

5. Sermon on the Mount : Swearing Oaths, Telling Truths, Killing Kids and Flying Flags. Matthew 5:33-37

The fifth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. Should followers of Jesus swear oaths and pledges of allegiance? What if it is to the Queen or to the bishop as an act of obedience? Stephen weighs in on what Jesus has to say on the matter as we focus on Matthew 5:33-37.Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.Remember to check out Gentle Spacemakers, the album soundtrack for the podcast. Patreon supporters can download their copy or you can also listen wherever you stream music or from Chris's music page at chrismarchand.bandcamp.com.
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Mar 22, 2022 • 50min

Chris Marchand, guest of the century

Chris Marchand is an Anglican priest and church music leader from Peoria, Illinois in the USA. He also teaches history and literature classes at Schole Academy, an online Classical Christian school. He has just released Gentle Spacemakers an album of the music he's written for the Tent Talks podcast (which also includes the theme song for The Hyphen, Stephen's other podcast). You can stream or download the album on Bandcamp or wherever you stream music. Chris has two other podcasts, Postconsumer Reports about art and faith, and Between the Songs about the music of Rich Mullins. Finally, if you want to go back to where it all started, here is Chris's original interview with Stephen about his biography of Soren Kierkegaard.Chris has written the book Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas, which you can find here, or wherever you buy books.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.
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Mar 15, 2022 • 42min

4. Sermon on the Mount : Lust, Adultery, and Divorce Matthew 5:27-32

The fourth of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we focus on Matthew 5:27-32 and Jesus's teachings on lust and adultery. In this passage we see that the heart of Jesus's message was a concern about broken relationships, that sin is always a communal event, and that seemingly harsh teachings like this one were about protecting our own souls as well as the vulnerable among us.Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

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