

Speakeasy Theology
Chris EW Green
theological and pastoral reflections on biblical texts and current events cewgreen.substack.com
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Nov 10, 2022 • 1h 4min
Let Go and Let God
Rickie joins me to discuss his life post-retirement and his new writing project, which, surprise, surprise, is about Malachi 4. 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

Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 5min
Maximus the Confessor on the Whole Mystery of Christ
Jordan Wood joins me to discuss speculative Christology and maximalist theological method. 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

Oct 26, 2022 • 2h 2min
Beyond Deconstruction
Oliver Brewer, Salem Bill, and I do a deep dive on Bradley’s new book, which you can (and indeed must!) pre-order 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

Sep 30, 2022 • 1h 10min
How to Increase Your Faith
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

Sep 22, 2022 • 1h 16min
We Can Have It All
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

Sep 21, 2022 • 1h 11min
The Seven Fires of the Spirit, Pt 2
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

Sep 15, 2022 • 1h 24min
Joy Comes in the Mourning
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

Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 22min
The Seven Fires of the Spirit
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

Sep 6, 2022 • 55min
He Judged Me Faithful
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

Sep 1, 2022 • 46min
Vessels of Wrath, Vessels of Mercy
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