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309 The Cult of Culture, 212-0 Women's Softball Team

309 The Cult of Culture, 212-0 Women's Softball Team

Uncensored Unprofessor
Cult of the Now, Christian Worldview, Current Events, Beauty


From whence does culture come? Well, directly, from a cult. I explore and explain how cult and culture are related in this U.U. shotgun. Variously, I also work through the recent lingual faux pas of the Dali Lama, a very funny church-joke, Ukraine's president and his skimming money from the USA, a statue to honor a pedophile's dream, the United Nation's new policy on pedophilia, the significance of Tucker Carlson's recent firing at FOX, and the recent non-defense of Title 9 by House Democrats. I finish the show with a reflection on how humans are greater than angels.

281 Culture via History—The Rub and the Meat

281 Culture via History—The Rub and the Meat

Uncensored Unprofessor
Current Events, Christian Worldview, Bible

The Evangelical tendency? To personalize Jesus. And for the immediate that is all well and good. But the problem is that it minimizes the historic and cosmic impact of Christ's coming, person, and work. We need to marvel bigger, examine more sweepingly, because that historic cosmic coming reveals to us what God's telos is for the future. And still for all that? We see a proportionate polarization at work in our culture: it loathes freedom, beauty, and the Gospel.

257 The Spiritual World (11) Conquering Unholy Bashan

257 The Spiritual World (11) Conquering Unholy Bashan

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The Spiritual World, Who is Jesus?

Jesus, freshly baptized in the Spirit of God, was driven out into enemy territory: unholy Bashan. In a state of hungry privation he battled the Nachash who offered Jesus something that would've belonged to him as God's messiah: the nations. Jesus won those battles by quoting the Bible; we all know that. But what part of the Bible did he quote and why? I also discuss why I refer to the devil as ha Satan, using the article, "the." Let's think with nuance on these matters.

246 Me and My Churchly Experience

246 Me and My Churchly Experience

Uncensored Unprofessor
Spirituality

At the invitation of a friend I've been attending a liturgical church. What has me drawn there? What elements do I particularly love? How biblical are the services? At the show's start I also reflect on a double-crime that is ravaging society. Why would a Church, of all institutions, be motivated to do criminal things?

245 Eyes Wired for Meaning? Things Angels Long to See

245 Eyes Wired for Meaning? Things Angels Long to See

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Jordan Peterson, Spirituality

Why can humans see and perceive more efficiently, accurately, and beautifully than computers? Jordan Peterson wondered, then answered, that. I press his thoughts into a Christian worldview to brainstorm about both God's incarnation and how believers, indwelt by God Spirit, experience something that even angels do not. I also further unpack diakrino (discernment) in and for a 21st century context. Why do so many leading Evangelical pastors have radar that is spinning off the dial?

243 Suffering (11) Does Evil Outweigh God's Goodness?

243 Suffering (11) Does Evil Outweigh God's Goodness?

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Suffering

Discussions of evil and suffering usually focus on the horror and quantity of suffering. But life is, across the planet, about more than horror and anguish. Too often we neglect the wonders God daily rains upon us, we ignore the magic of life's fabric. In this episode I put evil into life's larger framework. We also explore the intentional policies of the current whitehouse. We're told poor ol' Joe can't catch a break. But is that really what's going on?

218 PoMo knowledge vs. Christian knowledge

218 PoMo knowledge vs. Christian knowledge

Uncensored Unprofessor
Knowledge

Why do Postmodernists focus so much on knowledge? How do PoMos construct their knowledge? Why is knowledge at the root of the collision between PoMo-ism and liberalism, Modernism, and Christianity? What is my philosophical camp of choice? I also reflect on Psalm 14, a John Mayer tune, and loneliness. Come laugh and think with me about knowledge!

215 Nancy Pearcey Conversation—Comparing Postmodernism and Christianity on Personhood

215 Nancy Pearcey Conversation—Comparing Postmodernism and Christianity on Personhood

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Knowledge

In this interview with best selling author-theologian Nancy Pearcey we explore what has resulted from Christians having accepted a Postmodern framework for truth. How does that bent truth-frame mangle the issues of parental rights, human rights, sexuality, and abortion? How does today's gnosticism compare with ancient gnosticism? How is our current cultural trajectory mirroring pre-Nazi Germany? Why does beauty matter in Christian truth claims?

194 Science-Y Stuff (7) The Form of Life and Primus Humus

194 Science-Y Stuff (7) The Form of Life and Primus Humus

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Sciency-Y Stuff

All artists design based on an idea, a pattern—however unformed—in their minds. If that holds, what blueprint did God use when he created? To what end did he create? Or more narrowly, how did the END shape the beginning? Building from that I think with you about what it means to be human, at the most basic level. Come and relish with me the beauty of the Christian way. Only Christianity promotes caritas with practical applications.

189 Science-Y Stuff (2) Wisdom and DNA

189 Science-Y Stuff (2) Wisdom and DNA

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Sciency-Y Stuff

What elements comprise a cell? How many human cells are there? What does the complexity of a cell suggest about the origins of life on earth? How many scientific articles explain life's beginnings from a bio-molecular level? What does Scripture say about wisdom and creation? Is God an artistic show off? In this episode I weave together biblical wisdom and scientific evidence to help explore the wonders of life itself. Come laugh and pray with me!

182 Beauty in Theology—A Conversation w/Pastor Mitchell

182 Beauty in Theology—A Conversation w/Pastor Mitchell

Uncensored Unprofessor
Spirituality

Beauty is not in a fight with reason, but transcends reason. Beauty flows from the character and being of God himself. So why do Protestants so miss out on God's beauty? How might we recover a sense of beauty? How might beauty be used as a conversation starter in our relationships? All those topics and questions are addressed in my conversation with PhD student, pastor Michael David Mitchell. Come laugh and think with us!

178 Is God Nice? (2) Just What IS Nice?

178 Is God Nice? (2) Just What IS Nice?

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Is God Nice?

Words have contexts. So what is the context for the word "nice" here in the early 21st century? How do insecurity and self-hatred drive our understandings of niceness? Still further, how does a market-place mentality play into our understandings of God? I also share how I occasionally try to bargain with God. Let's go deeper.

177 Is God Nice? (1) The Book of Nature

177 Is God Nice? (1) The Book of Nature

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Is God Nice?

The common human tendency is to fashion God or the gods in our own image. The Bible calls that tendency idolatry. How did the ancients work idolatry? How do we today? But if we study nature, the circle of life, what does it show us about God? What, for instance, might we learn from observing bees? Or, what might we learn by studying Michelangelo's David?

162 The Cult of the Now (2) Human Hunger: Christianity vs. Marx

162 The Cult of the Now (2) Human Hunger: Christianity vs. Marx

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Cult of the Now

What is the anthropology (doctrine of human nature) that lies beneath Marxism? It's important to understand that because that doctrine both undergirds and reveals what is going on in our woke-scolding era today. Herein I argue that while a Marxist can convert and come to know the living Christ, Marxism itself is beyond redemption: at its core it is atheist. Trying to transform Marxism into Christianity is like a human being trying to live among grizzly bears.

159 Trinity (6) The Trinitarian Basis of Reality

159 Trinity (6) The Trinitarian Basis of Reality

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Trinity

Creation echoes and mirrors God's own self. How is that so? I work through dynamics like finding meaning, reality versus thin copies, community, patterns, ecology, unity, diversity, and beauty. Building from the theological concept of panentheism I show what a mystery, a beautiful mystery, everything in life is. Nothing is eliminated by virtue of its group or species. So amazing!

157 Trinity (4) Incarnation and the Temple of God

157 Trinity (4) Incarnation and the Temple of God

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Trinity

Temple is a biblical category much overlooked by Evangelicals and Charismatics. How does Temple play into the New Testament's portrayal of Jesus, or of Jesus as God's Son, or of what God's new and fresh covenant is about? Still more, what does Temple suggest about our own selves? Come, let us worshipfully turn our brains on for the glory of the living God!

147 Wait, What? (9) I'm Not Feelin It!

147 Wait, What? (9) I'm Not Feelin It!

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Wait What?

Our emotional experiences are memorable, formative. So we naturally think they are foundational to our own story. On top of that? Culture prods us to embrace and emphasize emotions. What does all that do to our Christian walk? What are some practical steps for being bigger than, and less influenced by, our emotions? Join me for a bit of thinking, some laughter, and some ways out of being mere sock puppets!

142 Wait, What? (5) Is Beauty Truly Real?

142 Wait, What? (5) Is Beauty Truly Real?

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Wait What?

Is beauty only in the eye of the beholder or does beauty factually exist? Lord Zeitgeist the uglifier teaches us to block out the existence of beauty, and I give some examples of how IT does this. What does graffiti do to people's experience of reality? How does graffiti mirror the diseased nature of society's soul? Why does beauty require a sensitive soul, a patient soul? What is a mere aesthetic? And how is beauty inextricably woven with goodness? Take some time to consider this critical Christian topic with me!

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