ORT Shorts
Thomas Jay Oord
Open and Relational theology just makes sense... at least that's what most people say when they discover it. This podcast offers 3-minute short episodes -- "shorts" -- on this perspective on God. Episodes offer insights, inspiration, and information, and a few are posted each week. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord hosts this podcast. He's a best-selling author, world-renown speaker, and leading voice in this burgeoning field. Dr. Oord directs a Center and Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology too. Subscribe if you're tired of conventional theology and want a perspective that both makes sense and fits life as we live it.
Episodes
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Apr 8, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 76: God Everlastingly Loves & Creates Out of Creation
Dr. Oord opposes the Classical proposal that God created out of nothing, responding with his own rationale that God creates out of creation.
Apr 5, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 75: Essential Hesed
Dr. Oord discusses his new phrase, Essential Hesed, as found in his latest book, "Pluriform Love."
Apr 1, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 74: A Flourishing Life
Dr. Oord shares a powerful quote from Patrick Mitchel's book, "The Message of Love."
Mar 29, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 73: Keith Ward's Open World
Dr. Oord shares Keith Ward's idea that what lies ahead is an open world/future, from Ward's book, "The Priority of Mind."
Mar 25, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 72: A Pet Rock
Dr. Oord contrasts the impassible God of Classical Theology with the passible God of Open and Relational Theology.
Mar 22, 2022 • 3min
Ep. 71: God as a Good Parent
Dr. Oord uses the analogy of parenting to describe how God loves us and works in our lives.
Mar 18, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 70: God Creates By Speaking
Dr. Oord discusses the implications of Terence E. Fretheim's ideas of God creating through speaking as it leader to God's partnership with creation.
Mar 15, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 69: Partnering Past a Pandemic
Dr. Oord talks about K. E. Carver's essay found in the book Partnering with God.
Mar 11, 2022 • 3min
Ep. 68: Why Is There Suffering?
Dr. Oord talks about Bethany Sollereder's book, Why Is There Suffering?
Mar 8, 2022 • 4min
Ep. 67: Amipotence 2.0
Is God omnipotent or amipotent, or impotent? Dr. Oord discusses the uncontrolling love of God.
