Speakeasy Theology

Christopher and I launch what promises/threatens to be a lengthy series on Colossians, considering first how the letter ends, the tone and craft of Paul’s words, the politics of early Christian communities, and the need for sacred times and spaces, liturgies, and ecclesial as well as civic institutions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Bill and I talk with Jeremy Sims (Professor of Practical Theology at Southeastern and director of SEU’s Center for Sustainable Ministry) about the need for and purpose of spiritual direction. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

The guys and I discuss the texts for Good Friday, especially Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, and consider how to speak of God’s wounds in the hearing of those who have been wounded. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this podcast, they discuss the difference between the demonic and the satanic, identifying devil's tricks, and why evil is never necessary. They explore the battle against demonic forces, inner struggles, navigating good and evil with wisdom, financial prayers' spiritual dynamics, and the church's role in embodying God's wisdom and reconciliation.

Christopher+ and I talk with Kenneth+ about paradoxical understandings of death in the light of his experiences as a priest caring for the dying and the bereaved. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David and I reflect together on the recent run of conversations with VMK, Frank Macchia, and Kimberly Alexander, which leads us to muse at length on the need for long-form conversations, the drastic changes our churches have suffered in the last few decades, due in no small part to new technologies, and what we stand to learn about ourselves and our current situation from close readings of John’s Gospel. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

David and I talk with Kimberly Ervin Alexander about the place of women as healers, shepherds, and prophets in the Pentecostal movement, and the irreplaceable contributions women make to the church’s global mission. We also discuss the need for reform in training of our ministers in light of Mary’s role as exemplar of the Spirit-filled life. Here are the first, second, and third lectures Dr Alexander delivered recently at Northwest. And here’s the talk she gave at Fuller on healing in the history of Christianity. You can catch Dr Harvey’s podcast here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this conversation, David and I talk with Frank Macchia about Christological totalitarianism and Evangelicals’ attraction to Christian nationalism, American pragmatism and the dangers of church growth ideology, and the need for a renewal of Christ-focused preaching and liturgies of hospitality. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, David Harvey and I talk with the inimitable Dr K about his work as a minister and ecumenical theologian, his four conversions, the meaning of comparative and contextual theologies, and, finally, the Babylonian captivity of Pentecostalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Bill+, Christopher+, and I discuss the meaning of Lent for folks who’re leery of the liturgical, the need for religious “forms” to hold the water of the Spirit, and the way-making power of good grief. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe