Month: April 2022

How to Disagree Without Losing Your Mind (on the That’ll Preach Podcast)

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I was recently invited onto the That’ll Preach Podcast to discuss ways to reform our discourse. Take a listen!

Replay: Cultivating a Sound Mind in Anxious Times with Rev. Ben Miller – That’ll Preach

Anxiety fills our social media and creeps into our lives. How do we cultivate a sound mind in the midst of the chaos and polarization? Rev. Ben Miller joins us with practical insights on cultivating a sound mind in a chaotic world. Original Episode Published: December 13, 2022 Show Notes Conversations in Crisis Series with Alastair Roberts and Ben Miller
  1. Replay: Cultivating a Sound Mind in Anxious Times with Rev. Ben Miller
  2. Weird Theology | Do Demons Hear Your Thoughts? Rethinking Spiritual Warfare
  3. Weird Theology | Will We Know Each Other in Heaven?
  4. Reforming Without Radicalism (Replay) — with Brad Littlejohn
  5. The Thinker Who Changed Christian Theology Forever — with Gerald Bray

Conversations in a Crisis: Part VI: Considering Resistance (with Rev Benjamin Miller)

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Part I: The Good and the Right
Part II: Improving Our Deliberation
Part III. Reforming Our Political Imaginaries
Part IV: On Submission to Government
Part V: Trust, Suspicion, and Authority
Part VI: Considering Resistance
Part VII: Models for Resistance
Part VIII: Disagreement in the Body of Christ
Part IX: The Experts and the Rulers
Part X: Living Within Our Limits

Faced with our challenge of remaining faithful within and addressing our various contemporary societal crises with wisdom, Christians and churches are fracturing over our differing approaches and postures. My friend Ben Miller suggested that we have a series of conversations, to help us to pursue greater clarity on the principles, virtues, duties, and practices that can equip Christians to meet such difficult times with prudence, insight, and courage.

Colossians 3:1-17—Part 1 (The Epistle of Colossians)

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Peter Leithart, James Bejon, and I continue our exploration of the epistle of Colossians, starting our treatment of chapter 3.

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