The Pastor Theologians Podcast

On this episode the CPT staff discusses a new grant initiative from the CPT in partnership with the Lilly Foundation. We discuss the evangelical theology of preaching, the place of the sermon in ecclesial theology, and a preview of what we'll be up to at the CPT for the next three years. Living Church - Awe and Presence

Joel Lawrence and Felicia Wu Song discuss the sociological, cultural, and theological issues around technology and spiritual formation in the 21st century. What fractures in our society were revealed by Covid? How has the pandemic shifted our thinking around community and embodiment? How does the pervasive presence of technology re-arranged our pastoral and discipleship priorities?This conversation is occasioned by the release of the CPT's new edited volume Techne: Christian Visions of Technology and Song's Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age. Living Church - Awe and Presence

CPT Executive Director Joel Lawrence interviews Dr. Justin Bailey, Professor of Theology at Dordt University. They discuss Dr. Bailey's story of faith, education, and ministry. They also discuss his new book Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture. How do we define culture? What are shortcomings of existing book-treatments? What does non-anxious cultural engagement look like? All this and more on this episode. Living Church - Awe and Presence

On this week's episode, Zach Wagner is joined by Gerald Hiestand and Eric Redmond to discuss their contributions to a newly published volume of essays on racial injustice. These chapters were adapted from the presentations at the CPT's 2021 theology conference.The book can be purchased here:https://wipfandstock.com/9781666737349/confronting-racial-injustice/And here:https://www.amazon.com/Confronting-Racial-Injustice-Theory-Theologians/dp/1666737348 Living Church - Awe and Presence

On our final episode of 2022 the CPT staff has an extended conversation about some of our top books from our reading in the past year.  Living Church - Awe and Presence

For this Advent/Christmas episode, we are featuring a sermon given by CPT fellow Cory Wilson at the beginning of the season of Advent. Merry Christmas, everyone! Living Church - Awe and Presence

CPT fellow Cory Wilson joins the podcast to share a bit about his life and ministry. At City Church, a diverse and eclectic congregation on the east side of Cleveland, he and his ministry team have sought to use liturgical and church calendar rhythms in service of congregants' formation into Christlikeness for the sake of others. How can Christian traditions learn from one another? What is the significance of liturgical practices during the season of Advent? All this and more in this episode. Living Church - Awe and Presence

CPT Fellow Neil Martin rejoins the podcast to discuss his newly release book Galatians Reconsidered: Jews, Gentiles, and Justification in the First and Twenty-First Centuries. This conversation also includes an overview survey of trends in Pauline scholarship over the past 50-plus years. What was the key insight Luther offered about Paul's gospel? What things might have been skewed in Luther's perspective? How does understanding Paul's 1st-century pagan context help pastors minister in the 21st century? Living Church - Awe and Presence

We are joined on this episode by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa, who is a member of the CPT's St. Augustine Fellowship. We hear from Neal about his life of faith, education, and how he discerned a call to ministry as he grew and matured. Neal also shares about his ministry experiences and his current work with the World Council of Churches, including how the evangelical church can engage in and learn from ecumenical movements for the good of the world. Living Church - Awe and Presence

How does the incarnation relate to our theology of gender? What does it mean that we describe God as "Father" and "Son"? What significance, if any, do we assign to Jesus' maleness? How should orthodox Christians engage with critical and post-Christian feminist scholarship? What can we learn about masculinity and femininity from the biblical narrative?Amy Peeler joins the podcast again, this time with Gerald Hiestand, to discuss her new book Women and the Gender of God. Living Church - Awe and Presence