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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Jul 16, 2024 • 3min
Ep. 226: Go Back to Galilee by Nichole Torbitzky
In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with Nichole Torbitzky's sermon, Go Back to Galilee, one of more than 70 contributions compiled in the book, Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God: Sermons, Essays and Worship Elements from the Perspective of Open, Relational, and Process Theology.
Jul 10, 2024 • 3min
Ep. 225: Christian Nationalism
In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with a chapter in the book, God After Deconstruction which focuses on Christian Nationalism, a major reason many walk away from the church and/or faith.The theme of Christian Nationalism is one of many highlighted in the accessible book God After Deconstruction, co-written by Thomas Jay Oord and Tripp Fuller.
Jul 3, 2024 • 4min
Ep. 224: Redeeming Violent Verses in the Bible
In this episode, Dr. Oord interacts with Eric Seibert, a leading expert on biblical passages portraying God as violent. Seibert's latest book, Redeeming Violent Verses: A Guide for Using Troublesome Texts in Church and Ministry is an excellent, practical resource for those wrestling with troublesome texts in the Bible.
Jun 26, 2024 • 3min
Ep. 223: Future Needs a Big Kiss by Lukas Targosz
In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with a sermon by Lukas Targosz entitled "Future Needs a Big Kiss". This is one of many Open and Relational sermons, essays and worship elements contained in the book, Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God: Sermons, Essays, and Worship Elements from the Perspective of Open, Relational, and Process Theology
Jun 18, 2024 • 2min
Ep. 222: To Be Emptied, by Vikki Randall
In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with a sermon by Vikki Randall entitled To Be Emptied. This is one of many sermons, essays and worship elements contained in the book, Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God: Sermons, Essays, and Worship Elements from the Perspective of Open, Relational, and Process Theology
Jun 11, 2024 • 3min
Ep. 221: Saida Mirsadri and a Process Relational Worldview
In this episode Dr. Oord engages with Saida Mirsadri's essay in the book Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives as she discusses a Process Relational worldview.
Jun 4, 2024 • 3min
Ep. 220: Saida Mirsadri on Muhammad Iqbal
In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the work of Saida Mirsadri. Misadri is one of the contributors to the new book Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives.In her contribution, Misadri engages with the work of Muhammad Iqbal, an important Muslim open and relational thinker.
May 28, 2024 • 4min
Ep. 219: Overcoming Christian Nationalism
In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the chapter in the book God After Deconstruction (co-authored by Thomas Jay Oord and Tripp Fuller) focusing on politics and Christian Nationalism, one of many reasons people undergo spiritual deconstruction.
May 21, 2024 • 3min
Ep. 218: Opting out of Politics?
In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the new book from T.C. Moore entitled, Forged: Following Jesus Into a New Kind of Family.Oord reads a section of the book where Moore discusses the Politics of Jesus and the responsibility to leverage privileges in the pursuit of justice and shalom.
May 14, 2024 • 3min
Ep. 217: Open Theism
Alan Rhoda, a leading openness philosopher, discusses Open Theism, emphasizing the rejection of exhaustive foreknowledge for a dynamic God-human relationship with branching possibilities.
