Speakeasy Theology

I couldn’t record this week, but Christopher and Bill D stepped up to deal with these not-at-all challenging texts. But as the Gospel says, they have done only what they ought to have done! 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

Kenneth Tanner, Bill, and I discuss this week’s texts, reflecting on Jeremiah’s patience, Paul’s good confession, Abraham's mistake, and the rich man’s Scrooge-like salvation. (Note: any background noise you hear, any crackling or buzzing in the mics, belongs to the message!) 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

Cherith Nordling Fee, Bradley Jersak and I discuss how the judgment of God exposes, purifies, illuminates, and transfigures so we come to know as we are known. 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 D, Christopher, and I discuss this week’s texts, asking why Jesus urges us to holy shrewdness, what it means to be faithful with dishonest wealth, and how the God who creates from nothing and resurrects the dead frees us both from the magical thinking of radicalism and the pseudo-realism of compromise. 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

After discussing the Sermon on the Mount as a seven-fold fire that purifies our understandings of prophecy, Bradley and I reflect together on the need for an even larger furnace in which the lies that are eating us up can be truly burned away. 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

Christopher wasn’t feeling well, so Bill D agreed to jump on and record some rough-and-ready reflections with me on this week’s texts, discussing how we are to think of our sins and God’s work that somehow saves us from them. 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

Christopher+ and I reflect on these apparently troubling texts, which at first glance seem to suggest God uses evil, breaks the family, and condones (or at least tolerates) slavery and oppression. In fact, however, they bear witness to the goodness of God that overshadows the darkness, curses the curse, and tramples down death by death. 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

Christopher+ and I discuss this week’s readings, focusing on how it is that Jesus makes it possible for us to live life-giving lives, lives of mutual love and radical hospitality, rather than lives of sacrifice. We also explore some of what these convictions mean for honoring our leaders and dealing with abuse. 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

I wasn’t able to record reflections this week, but earlier today, as several of us were discussing tomorrow’s Gospel, Christopher+ suggested we all jump on and record the conversation so others could listen in. P.S. If you’re a preacher, be sure to check out Preston’s weekly reflections on the lectionary texts: 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

Christopher+ and I discuss this week’s texts, which are—difficult, to say the least. 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