Theology Nerd Throwdown

Who doesn’t like the House of Cards on netflix? Probably the people who are gonna skip this episode because it is a serious conversation about the most recently dropped and binged through season. There shall be discussion of politics, power, sex, violence, and the double tap of a desk. Long time HBC Deacon from Georgia, professor of English from Emmanuel college, and co-host of the Christian Humanist podcast Nathan Gilmour joins Tripp for a spoiler filled discussion of the House of Cards. If you haven’t seen the new season don’t cry if we ruin it. If you have enjoy or message the Speakpipe about all the cool stuff we missed or got wrong. Live in the Twin Cities? Get your free ticket for the live podcast and seminary launch May 1st at 7pm with Philip Clayton. Holla at Tripp and tell you are coming. He wants to connect w/ Deacons. Check out the Pando Populous Event June 4-7 and join Brian McLaren and I for our track and a live podcast saturday night. Come join the HBC Community and support this podcast. Sign up for the Living Option in Christian Theology SUMMER School class this June and July. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo and Tripp are responding to SpeakPipe calls in this episode. Cindy asks about the Great Debacle podcast. Doug likes the Flipped episode with HeatherLyn. Micky invites everyone to the TransFORMed conference. Omar wants to talk about inclusion and systemic issues from High Gravity. Brekke calls in about forgiveness. Nathanael has questions about Process. We are creating a page of links and resources about Process stuff.   Sign up for the Summer School High Gravity class on Living Options in Christian Theology We are thrilled to have the Wesley Theological Seminary’s DMin program sponsoring the podcast. Head on over to this Washington DC institution of theological learning to hear more about getting your learn on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buckle your theological safety belts for it is time for a debacle. It is neither a conversation nor a debate but a debacle… a Great Debacle! Over 1300 people tuned in to the stream from all over the globe to wrestle with the meaning of the cross. Now you get to enjoy this gem of a nerdy kerfuffle. Tony Jones comes to the debacle dropping wisdom bombs from his new book Did God Kill Jesus? Peter Rollins is rocking his Gandalf hat spitting rhymes from The Divine Magician. Old Town Roastingbrought us coffee & COOP Ale Works delivered the malted excitement. Below are links to Tony and Pete’s books. You should buy them through these links so we can see who sells more via HBC. It’s #teampete v #teamjones. You can also become a member of the Homebrewed Christianity Community, support the podcast and get extra perks as we take the podcast to a new level. Don’t forget to sign up for the Homebrewed Summer School High Gravity class here or by becoming an Elder or Bishop. Snoochie Boochies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Pagitt has FLIPPED his view of God and thinks that you should too! In this episode, Doug and Heatherlyn join Tripp and Bo at the Loft LA for conversation and presentation about turning our notion of God on its head. Check out Heatherlyn’s FaceBook page and Website for more of her music. Around the 40′ mark Chris Spearman chats with her about artistry and church music. You can catch their traveling book tour in these upcoming cities: Phoenix Albuquerque Colorado Springs Denver Boulder Omaha Portland Seattle Philadelphia Carolina Beach Grand Rapids We are thrilled to have the Wesley Theological Seminary’s DMin program sponsoring the podcast. Head on over to this Washington DC institution of theological learning to hear more about getting your learn on. Make sure you check out our sponsor Deidox Films. They create short films take show how different disciples in different walks of life embody their faith. If you like using films in your teaching, preaching or learning then get wise and click on over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Callid recently released his book, Way to Water: A Theopoetics Primer with Cascade Books and we threw an online book party. That celebratory and streaming endeavor has been edited for your listening enjoyment. The book itself is chock full of goodness with chapters on process theopoetics (including Catherine Keller), the intersection of biblical and literary studies, Rubem Alves‘ liberation theology, and the sweet Continental philosophy of John Caputo, Richard Kearney, and Karmen MacKendrick. For more info on Callid’s book check out the blog tour. We are thrilled to have the Wesley Theological Seminary’s DMin program sponsoring the podcast. Head on over to this Washington DC institution of theological learning to hear more about getting your learn on. Make sure you check out our sponsor Deidox Films. They create short films take show how different disciples in different walks of life embody their faith. If you like using films in your teaching, preaching or learning then get wise and click on over. You can also check out the downloadable package of three High Gravity classes Tripp and Peter Rollins taught together. It includes all the audio from Atheism for Lent, Radical Theology, and Christology classes totally over 27 hours of material for 50 bucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Level Ground LIVE show at Jones Coffee in Pasadena, CA was a blast. What it lacked in theology it made up for in throw down. Enjoy the highlights of our conversation with Samantha Curley and Barry Taylor about film, faith and sexuality. Monkish Beer was a generous sponsor! We want to wish Brian White a speedy recovery. Enjoy the closing song – or as someone said “Open all the kegs and let Tripp out into the world!”   March has Tripp at 2 live shows: one in Chicago and one in Philadelphia… make sure to check those out if you live nearby.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture-Cast and TNT team up for a rowdy LIVE 3D event at C21 in Phoenix, AZ  We want to thank everyone who came out and made this evening so memorable. Philips Theological Seminary was our sponsor this evening – and rocked the swag! The episode starts on a negative note but has a trajectory toward awesomeness … hope you enjoy the brew!    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2015 starts with a deep discussion of Hume and the much contested definition of miracles.  This is partially in response to the last TNT with Shultz and Taylor and the subsequent blog by Bill Walker that naturalism is not enough.  Book suggestions from this show: For the Bible Tells Me So  Gangnam Style  Ecstatic Naturalism  The Secret Message of Jesus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast favorite LeRon Shults sits down with Barry Taylor and Tripp in the HBC HQ to chat.  LeRon has made the infamous migration from Emergent to agnostic. His new books can be found here. Get his new book Theology After the Birth of God on discount until Feb.  Then Feb. 1 the paperback version of Iconoclastic Theology comes out in paperback! You can hear his first visit to the podcast here where we discuss Christology.  Then his second HBC podcast here on the Church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tripp sits down with Jay Baker and Peter Rollins for a nice conversation.  It starts off with some levity before getting into more serious matters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices