The Christian Humanist

Note: This is our first transcontinental podcast, and there’s some noise and feedback we couldn’t get rid of. Thanks for sticking with us! Introductions Congratulations Shelah and Shawn! A little…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 23 February 2014 (7th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18  • Psalm 119:33-40  • 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23  • Matthew 5:38-48 This will be another Sunday where I…

General Introduction – Listener feedback – Tarantino and meaning – Harper Lee, the great American novelist? – More fake papers for us – The mascot of the CHU – The…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 16 February 2014 (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20  • Psalm 119:1-8  • 1 Corinthians 3:1-9  • Matthew 5:21-37 I enjoy preaching the Old Testament.  I’ve certainly…

Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge I honestly don’t know how often I had heard the term “postmodern” before 1996, but it was on a visit back…

If you don’t listen to the Theology Nerd Throwdown from Homebrewed Christianity, you’re missing out on a fun podcast.  The main Homebrewed Christianity podcast, an interview program, remains the flagship…

Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy   God-Verbs The Gospel of Plurality Theological Dialectics My Creatio ex Nihilo Copout First to the Jews, then to the Nations Mediation and Dispute and Authority It’s All…

General Introduction – Keeping the seat warm – Danny gets it right! – Listener feedback – Christian Humanist University Personal Definitions – Exemplifying American-ness – The changing representation of Huckleberry…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 February 2014 (Fifth Sunday of Epiphany, Year A) Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12)  • Psalm 112:1-9 (10)  • 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)  • Matthew 5:13-20 N.T. Wright has taught…

Author’s Note: Marie’s microphone was being a bit spotty. We’re sorry! Introductions KNOWING A review of the Bechdel Test :http://www.dw.de/sex-violenceand-gender-bias-swedish-cinemas-test-the-bechdel/a-17299348  http://www.slashfilm.com/infographic-movies-that-passed-the-bechdel-test-made-more-money-in-2013/ It’s about representation. Objections to the test More representation…

Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy   God-Verbs The Gospel of Plurality Theological Dialectics My Creatio ex Nihilo Copout First to the Jews, then to the Nations Mediation and Dispute and Authority It’s All…

Resurrection City: A Theology of Improvisation. by Mark Goodwin Heltzel 200 pp. Eerdmans. 25.00. I was never a great saxophone player, but I was about as good as one could…

…Oh, I’m sorry. Did I break your concentration? General Introduction – We’re all here! – The Polar Vortex – Listener feedback and a caveat Pulp Autobiography – Encountering the parody…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 February 2014 (Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A) Micah 6:1-8  • Psalm 15  • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31  • Matthew 5:1-12 Language can certainly be a strange phenomenon sometimes.  In…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 26 January 2014 (Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C) Isaiah 9:1-4  • Psalm 27:1, 4-9  • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18  • Matthew 4:12-23 I’ll go ahead and lead with a confession:…