Does the UMC need a Donald Trump to emerge, willing to disrupt the status quo? Can the UMC move beyond the debate of human sexuality, which is really a debate over power and money, and live into is mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world?
Read MoreRev. Rob Lee announces his recently signed book deal exclusively with Crackers & Grape Juice. Rob opens up about the new role he finds himself in as a public theologian as well as what he has learned about race in America traveling and preaching at churches he once never dreamed of preaching in.
Read MoreOn Wesley Theological Seminary (and whether or not anything good can come from it...), the need for repetition, submissive liturgical postures, the rarity of the Word, sex and fornication, and the challenge of preaching on difficult passage
Read MoreIf Belinda Carlisle is right, and Heaven is place on earth, where is Hell? What is Hell?
Read MoreOn wild and wonderful West Virginia, creation as conversation, reclaiming the darkness, faith as disruption, elevating the Spirit, names with definite articles, the violence of baptism, and John as the first hipster
Read MoreIs Belinda Carlisle correct? Is Heaven a place on earth? Well according to St. Paul, Belinda might not be wrong.
Read MoreWhere is the promised peace? Should we preach political sermons on Christmas Eve? Why does the victory feel so fragile? When was the last time we trembled in church?
Read Moren this episode Tripp and Diana respond to questions from the live audience including: Why is the 2nd Advent necessary? Why is Advent important for white people in a world full of racial inequality? What's right with the church?
Read MoreDiana reflects on the announcement of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the importance of the 2nd Advent, Divine vs. Human Agency, and how to teach our kids about the already but not yet of God's Advent.
Read MoreOn experiencing Advent from the pews (rather than the pulpit), the inherent politics of the season, the virgin birth, and how to teach your children about Christmas with Tripp Fuller and Crackers&Grape Juice
Read MoreDid Jesus come to save us from our sin? Was the purpose of the incarnation to correct the economic, political, and social problems of the world?
Read MoreIn this episode, Teer and Jason interview French discussing trends in media and entertainment in the era of Trump, the evangelical dilemma, and the negative polarization of America.
Christian Piatt's new book 'Surviving the Bible: A Devotional for the Church Year 2018,' is a weekly devotional grounded in the Lectionary and he joins us to talk about reading the Bible in plain English and how we need to recapture the practice of hermeneutics.
Read MoreWhile we resign Gnosticism to the early church, as we find out in this episode of (Her)Men*You*Tics, this heresy is still alive in the Church today.
Read MoreDr. Johanna tells you what 'face' means and why you need to know it to speak Christian better.
Read MoreOn the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Fleming Rutledge joined Crackers & Grape Juice to talk about ongoing relevance of Protestantism’s primary message of grace and God’s agency.
Read MoreHow does God respond to our prayers? Why should we sing the good old hymns? Are we worshipping our country more than the living God? T
Read MoreWhen do we ever see things as they are? It can be hard to see the grace extended to us by Christ on the cross, opening the possiblity that we can be open about our junk.
Read MoreTaylor Mertins and I discuss Exodus 20.1-4, 7-9, 12-20, Isaiah 5.1-7, Philippians 3.4b-14, Matthew 21.33-46, and The West Wing.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be blessed or be a blessing? Does it involving praying for a new Benz or are blessings something else?
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