It's Holy Week, and the CultureCast is here to help you survive Easter. John 20:1-18 | Amy shares the Easter message she would preach, the calling out of Mary's name and the importance of the act of naming, the significance of Jesus the gardener, opening ourselves to truth, being broken open by … Read more about The Process of Resurrection (#SurvivingTheBible for Lent)
Ignorance Parties, Jackie Robinson, and Military Parades (#SurvivingTheBible for Lent)
This week on the CultureCast: the Triumphal Entry versus the Annunciation. Christian tries to convince Amy and Tripp that they should preach on the Annunciation texts, and not the triumphal entry, by showing how they're connected. In Isaiah 7:10-14, Christian tells us about the scandal of … Read more about Ignorance Parties, Jackie Robinson, and Military Parades (#SurvivingTheBible for Lent)
Mandy Moore, Harvey Weinstein and the Democratization of God (#SurvivingTheBible for Lent)
This week on the CultureCast we continue with highlights from the Surviving the Bible for Lent course. Tripp gives you your Bible-nerd fact of the day, you'll hear about why David is like the Harvey Weinstein of the Hebrew Bible, what Mandy Moore has to do with the Psalms, and our avoidance of … Read more about Mandy Moore, Harvey Weinstein and the Democratization of God (#SurvivingTheBible for Lent)
Snake on a Stick! (#SurvivingTheBible for Lent)
This week on the CultureCast, you’ll hear about snakes on a stick (Numbers 21:4-9), Eddie Izzard, and Princess Leia. Christian and Amy are joined once again by Tripp Fuller to talk about some of the problems of reading this passage literally, the role this text plays in the relationship between God … Read more about Snake on a Stick! (#SurvivingTheBible for Lent)
#SurvivingTheBible for Lent: Cleansing Our Temples
This edition of the CultureCast is from the second live session of Surviving the Bible for Lent, with Tripp Fuller and Christian and Amy. They take a look at the texts for the second Sunday in Lent (Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22). Tripp gives you 3 different sermons … Read more about #SurvivingTheBible for Lent: Cleansing Our Temples
#SurvivingTheBible for Lent: Super-Duper Pooper-Scooper Messiah
We just passed 15% of our monthly goal! Thanks to everyone who helps to support the CultureCast. You can help us reach our goal, support the podcast, and get some sweet perks by donating at patreon.com/culturecast This special edition of the CultureCast is from the first live session of Surviving … Read more about #SurvivingTheBible for Lent: Super-Duper Pooper-Scooper Messiah
The Christian Obsession with Sex and Fear, with Benjamin Corey
In this episode, all the way from Hawaii, Christian and Amy talk about the Christian obsession with sex and fear. Are we too focused on sex and sexuality too much? Are we sometimes focusing on things like inclusion of LGBTQ to the exclusion of other things like poverty, homelessness, ecology? … Read more about The Christian Obsession with Sex and Fear, with Benjamin Corey
Surviving the Bible for Lent with Tripp Fuller
Tripp Fuller, from the Homebrewed Christianity podcast, join Amy and Christian to extend a warm invitation to join the Surviving the Bible for Lent community. For a lot of us these texts have been used as weapons, experienced as burdens, so let's acknowledge that together and discover what it looks … Read more about Surviving the Bible for Lent with Tripp Fuller
What is an Evangelical Today?
What is an Evangelical today? In this episode, Christian, Amy, and friends talk about evangelicals and evangelicalism. White Evangelicals were largely responsible for getting Trump elected. This seems very strange (to some of us), considering he is considered neither a Christian nor a moral person. … Read more about What is an Evangelical Today?
Homebrewed SabbathCast
Welcome to Homebrewed SabbathCast! Amy and Christian are not talking about anything serious on this week's episode. Well, they try not to. Christian talk to Dana Trent, author of For Sabbath's Sake: Embracing Your Need For Rest, Worship, and Community. Is the Sabbath just something we're supposed … Read more about Homebrewed SabbathCast
Matthew 25’s Acts of Mercy: A National Report Card with John Burnett
Christian and Amy go through the Acts of Mercy (Matt. 25) and give the country a grade for our efforts in food and nutrition, clean water access, affordable housing, homelessness, health care, prison reform, and immigration. How would Jesus say we're doing? Are we living into the things Jesus calls … Read more about Matthew 25’s Acts of Mercy: A National Report Card with John Burnett
Our Connections Can Save (and Destroy) Us
Will our connections be our salvation? Or our destruction? In this Homebrewed CultureCast episode, Christian and Amy explore: how we are bound together by trauma, silence, and genetics the connection between neutron stars, gravitational waves, and Christian's wedding ring difference … Read more about Our Connections Can Save (and Destroy) Us