Theology on Mission

If you haven't read these books yet, pick them up! Mike highlights our top 3 episodes from the past year and gives a list of corresponding reading. If you haven't already read these fine books add them to your list for summer 2019. Check out the show notes here: https://www.missioalliance.org/series/theology-on-mission/

We are sitting down with our good friend C. Christopher Smith to talk about talking! Chris' new book, "How the Body of Christ Talks," explores how the church can recover the practice of conversation. Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Body-Christ-Talks-Conversation/dp/1587434113

What is the culture of the multicultural church? How does it include and neglect the black experience in America? Fitch and Moore sit down with Rev. Dr. Joe Mitchell to discuss critiques of the multicultural church. Joe Mitchell is Senior Pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist in Dekalb, IL. He received his Masters of Divinity from Northern Seminary and his Doctorate of Ministry from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University.

Welp, the title of this podcast isn't passive aggressive! Fitch and Moore talk about how modern individualism has tainted our soteriology. The tropes of guilt, legalism, and populist fundamentalism have led to a thin soteriology. Does anyone have a post-evangelical soteriology? Fitch and Moore suggest how repentance, confession, and forgiveness happen by God's Spirit in the church.

Does it matter when we worship corporately? Midweek service? Saturday night? What about corporate worship over Facebook Live and YouTube? Drawing from the work of Alexander Schmemann, Fitch and Moore discuss the cultural view of "flat" time that commodifies worship. They suggest, in light of the resurrection, Sunday worship is necessary for our discipleship and mission.

Dave and Mike sit down at Missio Alliance 2019 (thus the background noise) to talk with Karen Swallow Prior about her new book "On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books." Karen Swallow Prior is a Professor of English at Liberty University. She is also a Research Fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Senior Fellow with Liberty University's Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement, and a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Humane Society of the United States.

What do the public leadership failings of Harvest Bible Chapel and Willow Creek mean for the church? How should we respond and repent?Fitch and Moore talk about why it is hard for pastors to be vulnerable and how we can find guidance on this topic during the Lenten season.

This is part three of our three-part series on Fitch's upcoming book: The Church of Us vs. Them. We talk about Canada, the cold, and privilege. Oh yeah, and we also talk about the title of this episode! From the "Religious Right" to the evangelicals supporting Donald Trump to current debates around abortion, the church is caught in a swirl of argumentation and antagonisms. How do we move beyond this "enemy making machine" to be a people of God's kingdom politic?

This is part two of our three-part series on Fitch's upcoming book: The Church of Us vs. Them. We talk about our first concerts, "making a decision for Christ," and how to reimagine salvation in terms of witness and presence. The contemporary church has used markers like lifestyle practices (no drinking, no dancing, etc) or issues stances (human sexuality, women in ministry, etc) to be an indicator of salvation. How do we move beyond this "enemy making machine"? Also, find us at the Missio Alliance gathering in a few months: www.missioalliance.org/gatherings/aw…thering-2019/

We are back! This is the first of our three-part series on Fitch's upcoming book: The Church of Us vs. Them. We talk about whether a hotdog is a sandwich, the narrative arc of Scripture, and how the Bible gets turned into an "enemy making machine. Also, find us at the Missio Alliance gathering in a few months: www.missioalliance.org/gatherings/awakenings-gathering-2019/