A journey of theological exploration with the tattooed theologian Dillon Naber Cruz
Author Dan Henderson sat down with The God Squad Pod to talk about his new book Reflections of a Recovered Evangelical. Dan really had some profound things to say about the importance of seeing the humanity of all people and loving them even when they choose to do things that are wrong - in other …
Continue reading Love is the key: Author Dan Henderson on the God Squad Pod
Dr. Kristin Du Mez set off a firestorm with her bestseller Jesus and John Wayne: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. In it, she meticulously shows how toxic patriarchal white evangelicalism in the U.S. paved the way for Trump. This was largely because of the support of 80% of white evangelicals and …
Yesterday, I had a rare opportunity to preach. My text was Matthew 14:13-21, the miracle of the loaves and fishes. https://youtu.be/vRi0Ogf81sY
Decolonizing faith and the liberating gospel of Jesus are the themes of Fr. Joash p. Thomas' wonderful book The Justice of Jesus. Fr. Thomas sat down with us on the God Squad Pod to talk about his book and how we can enact the justice of Jesus by decolonizing Christianity. His book is thought provoking …
We just recorded our 100th episode of the God Squad Pod last Thursday night. Topics include: Graham Platner, Trump's gaffes, Doug Wilson's NPR interview, Dale Partridge's vile racism, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and Nolan Wells. Full Episode https://youtu.be/XT1C1YvYLyY?si=FcOzvQxk7dGVl46O https://youtu.be/5l2x242aTP8?si=e0ug-kToUGAssWW3 https://youtu.be/ZjKy_THwUPs?si=Qgc1UtssZ4pKRMqz https://youtu.be/Ny5HME754iA?si=5ui89NT2gWqY_CpD https://youtu.be/gP4p_R2tjws?si=92QpQVOHPkrVjAFr
I always find it interesting when professional athletes who are also Christian start talking about their faith. Sometimes they dedicate a win or offer praise to God for a victory for their team as if God has a vested interest in the outcome. I’m pretty sure God has better things to do than rooting for …
Continue reading Major league irony and cognitive dissonance
Several years ago someone asked my how I was doing and without a beat I replied, “oh you, just surfing the apocalypse,” without really thinking about it. Since then, this phrase that came to me seemingly from thin air, has become part of my lexicon for when people ask me how things are going in …
People who know me know that I am a completely hopeless romantic. My favorite movie is Love Actually. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the Collin Firth - Jennifer Ehle version of Pride and Prejudice, but I cry every single time I watch it when Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett finally get together. …
I started following Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Twitter years ago and immediately became an enthusiastic reader of her tweets. Later, in an essay entitled “Crimes Against Humanity” in Theological Musings: Collected Essays of a Tattooed Theologian Volume 1, I quoted a piece Rabbi Ruttenberg wrote about reproductive freedom from a Jewish theological perspective in my …
Continue reading Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the God Squad Pod
It’s my birthday week and instead of celebrating so far, I’m reliving the GenX anxiety of an impending nuclear war because Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Years ago, Epstein made a prediction that Trump would bomb Iran if he “was cornered like a rat.” That prediction seems to be coming to fruition this week …
Continue reading Accountability and justice are what I want for my birthday
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