So Obama got a ton of flack for asking Rick Warren to pray at his inauguration.  The firestorm from it led Rick Warren to end up in the news, discussing how his presence does not mean their beliefs are completely the same and other nice level-headed moderate religious and political statements.  Now the public hears [...]

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Chris Seay, Chief Conspirator for Advent, brain behind the Voice Project, Emergent Villager, and founding pastor of Ecclesia in Houston, comes to the HBC podcast to inspire us to conspire this Advent.
On top of an awesome conversation with Chris, Ryan Parker discusses the proleptic themes in the TV series ‘Life on Mars.’  We hope [...]

 

 The Avent Conspiracy with Chris Seay: Homebrewed Christianity ep.35 [34:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This is prophetic in many ways. The problem is “too much consumption and borrowing” and not enough “production and saving.” We actually have a “disease” and the cure is we “stop consuming.” I am going to avoid a diatribe about Theo-Capitalism and just suggest that we try to avoid the disease this [...]

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What is it that Hans Kung, world renown theologian, and Steve Knight, Kingdom Journalist and Emergent Leader have in common?  I will tell you, a vision for real change.  Hans Kung was a recent guest blogger at the On Faith blog where he discusses how there can be no real change without ethics.  Outside of [...]

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After much contemplation Elgin has decided to endorse Barack Obama for president. He told me that it was the 18 million uninsured children in America and Obama’s plan to change that which pushed him over the edge in his endorsement. Of course he does enjoy prestigious company like Colin Powell, but it was [...]

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Brain McLaren joins us again.  Last time he brought us some Easter fire and this time instead of focusing on God’s New Creation that broke into being through Jesus’ resurrected life he tackled some other topics of smaller consequence.
He will discuss the bail out package, his new book “Finding our way again,” the “Everything Must [...]

 

 Brian McLaren joins us for Faith and Politics part 3: Homebrewed Christianity ep.29 [46:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Part Two of the HBC Faith and Politics series features Bill Leonard, Church Historian and Dean of Wake Forest University’s School of Divinity.  In a single hour you will be taken through the relationship of faith and politics in church history with a master historian.  As you will see, there are a number of ongoing [...]

 

 Faith and Politics Through Church History with Bill Leonard: Homebrewed Christianity ep.28 [65:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This is week one of the Faith & Politics series here at Homebrewed Christianity.  We hope this series does a little bit to contribute to a broadening of the political conversation within the church.  Dr. Brueggemann begins by walking through his famous book “The Prophetic Imagination,” zeros in on the Prophet Jeremiah, and then explores [...]

 

 Walter Brueggemann on the 'Prophetic Imagination' for our Political: Homebrewed Christianity ep.27 [48:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Preaching the Sermon on the Mount: The World It Imagines is not only a great book and help at preaching the texts you can loose your job over, but an appropriate read in the middle of the political party platforming.  Listening to both parties each night has made me confident that the church really needs [...]

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