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  • Episode 335: What would Capon have said to President Trump?
    2025/01/24
    In this episode we talk about Bishop Mariann Budde's recent sermon, in which she personally addressed and exhorted President Trump. We wonder what the Gospel is for President Trump, and the great Robert Farrar Capon would have done in Bishop Budde's shoes. You can find Bishop Budde's sermon here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8&t=890s) You can find a host of Capon quotes for your reading pleasure here. (https://www.azquotes.com/author/2434-Robert_Farrar_Capon)
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    24 分
  • Episode 334: Shall We Overcome?
    2025/01/22
    In this episode we talk about what it means to walk by faith and not by sight in public life.
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    31 分
  • Episode 333: Has Democracy's Expiration Date Passed?
    2025/01/19
    In this episode we consider whether our democracy can adequately respond to the concerns and crises that face the American citizenry. We were inspired in part by a conversation Jon Stewart just had with American historian Jon Meacham. You can watch the conversation here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_42VZ-Bdpc), or listen to it wherever you get your podcasts.
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    41 分
  • Episode 332: Monday Monday!
    2025/01/13
    It's Monday and we have a few things to say with the Inauguration just a week away!
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    35 分
  • Episode 331: The Philosophical Roots of "Wokeism"
    2025/01/09
    In this episode we engage with a talk given by Bishop Robert Barron at the Acton institute. The topic of the address is the philosophical roots of "wokeism." You can listen to the talk here, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNP3kdBx-Oo) or read a transcript of it here. (https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-34-number-1/philosophical-roots-wokeism)
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    42 分
  • Episode 330: The Quest for the Historical Adam
    2025/01/04
    In this episode we talk about Original Sin and human origins, inspired in part by an essay on the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that appeared in a recent issue of the Christian Century. You can find the article we reference here.. (https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/pierre-teilhard-de-chardins-theological-trouble)
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    42 分
  • Episode 329: A Shocking Faith
    2024/12/28
    In this episode we talk about a recent piece by New York Times columnist David Brooks Entitled "The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be." We also consider some of the response it's generated in public discourse by people of many faiths and no faith at all. You can find the original David Brooks piece here. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html) You can find Mark Oppenheimer's responses here (https://arcmag.org/david-brooks-please-stop-saying-you-are-jewish/) and here. (https://markoppenheimer.substack.com/p/apparently-lots-of-people-dislike) You can listen to Scott's conversation with Mark here. (https://giveandtake.fireside.fm/272) To see what states received campaign visits during the 2024 Presidential election click here. (https://fairvote.org/presidential-campaign-events-in-2024/) If you're curious about the Dead Poet's Society poetry scale reference, you can watch the clip here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x0COtH4Vrw) You can go here (patreon.com/scottkentjones) to become a Patreon sponsor of the show. If you want to make a one time gift to contribute to the work of the show you can do so here. (https://venmo.com/u/scottkentjones1974) Lastly here's Scott's Amazon podcast production wishlist. (https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2IM64WWH0QU3V/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1)
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    48 分
  • Episode 328: The Jewishness of Jesus
    2024/12/23
    In this episode we talk about the Jewishness of Jesus and what it means in the context of contemporary antisemitism.
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    39 分