The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin

Lent is not a demand for hungry people to go more hungry, or lonely people to become more isolated. It’s an invitation to make room, where we are a little too full. There are some things we cannot see, some things we cannot hear, some things we will not consider—until we are hungry. What would it mean for you to not live in denial of the hunger, but follow it wherever the hunger might lead you? That is the invitation of Lent.

With a title that descriptive, what more is there to know here?! 🤣 Prophecy, eschatology, politics, the end of days, and a really authentic talk of faith and spirituality from the inside...this is all of those things. It's a crazy time in the world, and thus a crazy time in ourselves.

Follow Cece Jones-Davis at www.cecejonesdavis.com and @cecejonesdavis on IG, FB and Twitter.Recommended reading by Cece:Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough by Candice Marie Benbow-https://www.amazon.com/dp/059323846X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZB90YNYJ5ZKZ6GWCTQ5MFortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All by Lisa Sharon Harper-https://www.amazon.com/dp/1587435276/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_dl_Q3J351FJWP4VFZPC0A81Find Seasons 1-2 of The Zeitcast on Apple, Spotify, or any of your favorite podcasts platforms.  The Zeitcast in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuadudley/2019/08/28/new-daily-podcast-the-zeitcast-explores-the-intersection-between-faith-and-culture/?sh=2703956e2a64We have no paid sponsors or affiliates and are so grateful to our supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sonofapreacherman/Website/blog- http://www.jonathanmartinwords.com/Instagram-https.//instagram.com/jonathanamartin The Zeitcast on Instagram- https.//instagram.com/thezeitcastTwitter- https://twitter.com/theboyonthebike Pre-order my new book, The Road Away From God: How Love Finds Us Even as We Walk Away  https://www.amazon.com/dp/1540902161/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZC4CPC0FG41DKHW13ETVI'll be in a city near you this spring for The Road Away from God book tour!  Contact me via email for bookings/signings, or visit my website.WHO AM I:I’m Jonathan, a son of a preacher man from the South now living in Oklahoma. My personality tends to match my frame, which is to say I feel everything big—which you hear in how I talk about spirituality, books, bourbon, basketball, or my not-so-big Havanese dog Stella. I currently share my life and loves through the Zeitcast, and with my community at The Table OKC. I’ve written a few books: The Road Away from God, How to Survive a Shipwreck, & Prototype. If you would like to help me carve out space for vulnerable, soulful conversations about how faith intersects with everything else…come along.GET IN TOUCH:I'd love to chat with you! The best way to get a response is to email me at jonathan@thezeticast.com. If you don't hear back, email nicole@thezeticast.com and she'll give me a friendly nudge. ***Please rate, review, subscribe, and share! It really helps us in the algorithms as we want to keep putting out regular content for you. I so appreciate you all!

In this episode with Will James, we talk about that one time I met Kobe Bryant at the White House (well, and Samuel L. Jackson!), our desire to see LeBron & the Lakers pull it together for one more chip—especially with Russ, trouble in Brooklyn with the Nets…and the very real possibility of a Ben Simmons/James Harden trade! Yes, Zeitcast hot takes, finally!!! Also, enjoying some delicious Barrell Seagrass.

Our friend Will James drops by to talk about the Joe Rogan/Spotify controversy, why black history isn' slavery, and have some Rossville Union Barrel Proof Rye!

According to Jeremiah, the prophetic task is to “pluck up & pull down, destroy & overthrow, to build & plant"--so there’s evidently a lot of destructive work that has to happen to make space for something new! “Tearing down & plucking up” isn’t just being “negative,” especially when you are creating space for new life to bloom. But how do we do this, without being swept up into the mob religion that is simply cynicism & suspicion?

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sonofapreacherman/Visit Jonathan's Website: http://www.jonathanmartinwords.com/Watch The Zeitcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHzTuNKhTK-AZjfmkxQiwwPlease rate, review, share, and subscribe!Edited and produced by Joel Everson

This episode of the Zeitcast features Matthew Paul Turner co-author of the recent book What is God Like. Here’s a note from Jonathan. “I can’t tell you what a soul-stirring, hope-building, heart-rending conversation I had with William Paul Turner focusing in on this was new book with the late @rachelheldevans is a gift that people of any & every age need, & I cannot recommend it highly enough. Thank you for this exquisite book and conversation—I am so much richer for them both. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sonofapreacherman/Visit Jonathan's Website: http://www.jonathanmartinwords.com/Watch The Zeitcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHzTuNKhTK-AZjfmkxQiwwPlease rate, review, share, and subscribe!Edited and produced by Joel Everson

This episode features Jonathan’s sermon, On blaspheming the Holy Spirit. This sober text haunted me much of my life. What would it mean to commit the unpardonable sin? What could I do that would be so bad that not even God would forgive it? Now I’m convinced that this text is even more haunting than ever, & it does even strike a kind of fear in me—but not in the way it used to. How can we keep from becoming the kinds of people who “saw off the very branch on which we are sitting?”When people are seen as being too inclusive and expansive in proclaiming God’s love, they are often accused of having it upside down—of calling evil good. But in this passage, it’s opposite of that: people see clear goodness, kindness, and beauty, and still label it evil. Why is it so dangerous to call good, evil? Who puts their own soul in danger—the ones who sees no limit to the mercy of God, or the one who denies the image of God in their neighbor? Controversially, we dare to claim that the truest and deepest danger is not in who we exclude. And that whatever harm we might do in keeping our people from the community of God (and attempt to do what cannot be done—keep them them from the One who inaugurated this new community), is not nearly as great as the harm we do to ourselves when we refuse to recognize the goodness in plain sight in front of us.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sonofapreacherman/Visit Jonathan's Website: http://www.jonathanmartinwords.com/Watch The Zeitcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHzTuNKhTK-AZjfmkxQiwwPlease rate, review, share, and subscribe!Edited and produced by Joel Everson