On The Phone With Josh
A Pentecostal and a Baptist walk into a seminary... the punchline? A podcast that bridges academic theology and everyday faith. Meet Josh and Josh, your hosts for a podcast that’s all about connecting the dots between theology and real life. Josh from Missouri has twenty years of pastoral experience, trains church leaders through AssociateLeadership.com, and teaches practical theology at Evangel University. Josh from Oregon is a biblical languages enthusiast who’s on his church’s sermon prep team and serves faithfully in his church. Both have their MDivs, a love for deep conversations, and a passion for making theology something you can actually use in your faith journey. Come join the conversation on social media. www.facebook.com/onthephonewithjosh // www.instagram.com/onthephonewithjosh
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Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
In his book Reversed Thunder, Eugene Peterson describes the author of revelation as being a poet, a theologian, and a pastor. In the process he describes what each of these three roles “takes seriously.” For this episode, we want to dive into what it would mean in our lives to take people seriously, to take God seriously, and to take seriously the power of words. Then we want to dive into the Psalms to see what stood out in this week’s reading. We hope you’ll join us!
Download our Summer in the Psalms Reading Plan HERE:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11tbpHE0VjE5CSU_C6Brhr708M1gs-j4b/view?usp=drive_link
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together (https://a.co/d/045mkbVH)
Eliot, T. S. Four Quartets: A Poem (https://a.co/d/7h7mahZ)
Peterson, Eugene H. Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination (https://a.co/d/4H8tI2s)
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Finding your spiritual gifts is not always as easy as taking a 15 minute survey. In fact, sometimes those very assessments can steer us down the wrong path. So how is one to find their spiritual gift? And once found, how are they to know when and how to use it? Come join the conversation and let us know your experience with finding and using your spiritual gifts. And what do you make of our solutions?
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Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
At times the Kingdom of God gets conflated with the local church. Are the two actually one in the same? If not, how should we distinguish between the two? And what role does the local church play once we’ve made the distinction? We invite you to join in the conversation and join in reading the Psalms with us all throughout this Summer!
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Dillard, Annie. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061233323/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_WXGADQEZPFN110P3MQT2)
Thomas, Gary. Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (https://a.co/d/iH9WUz1)
Wilson, Gerald H. Psalms Volume 1 (https://a.co/d/2Fkj0F0)
Other Episodes of our Podcast Mentioned on the Podcast
E48 – Beauty (https://pod.fo/e/17ac0e)
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
The Rich Young Ruler might be one of the most challenging passages for 21st century Western Christians. It brings up so many uncomfortable questions about wealth and to what degree we should identify ourselves with the rich young ruler. In this episode we wrestle with the relationship between wealth and following Jesus. And then we end on a few thoughts from this week’s reading in the book of Psalms.
Download our Summer in the Psalms Reading Plan HERE:
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Robertson O. Palmer. The Flow of the Psalms: Discovering Their Structure and Theology (https://a.co/d/7iUdmrg)
Other Resources Mentioned on the Podcast
https://www.theologyofwork.org/key-topics/provision-wealth/
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Just like a resting heart rate tells us a lot about our health, what can we learn from our resting stress rate? How can we measure it and make sense of the data? And what benefit might it have to living in the Kingdom of God? Come join us for this conversation and for our thoughts from this week’s Psalms reading.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Kolber, Aundi. Try Softer (https://a.co/d/75C4Z67)
Walker, Matthew. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (https://a.co/d/fdWhiPG)
Monday May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
Psalms 1 and 2 are said to be a general introduction to the Psalms as a whole. But with very different themes in each, how are we to understand these Psalms? How can we hold together these themes? And supposing we get that far, how might it help us read the entire psalter? Welcome to the very first week of the Summer in the Psalms!
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Shaffer, Mark D. HOLY ROLLER: POEMS ON KEEPING THE FAITH WHILE BEING IN ON THE JOKE.. (https://a.co/d/cYiJklG)
Other Resources Mentioned on the Podcast
Richter, Sandra. Psalms Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: An Ancient Challenge to Get Serious About Your Prayer and Worship (Epic of Eden) (https://a.co/d/bA5qsdh)
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
The Summer in the Psalms begins next week!! We take this episode to look back on last year’s Psalms reading and look forward to this year’s reading. As we do, we hope you will make plans to join us as we set our mind on the church’s prayer book throughout the ages.
Download our Summer in the Psalms Reading Plan HERE:
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Guite, Malcolm. David's Crown: Sounding the Psalms (https://a.co/d/0IxKAXv)
Robertson O. Palmer. The Flow of the Psalms: Discovering Their Structure and Theology (https://a.co/d/7iUdmrg)
Other Episodes of Our Podcast Referenced in this Episode
E37 - What is the Grand Narrative of Scripture? (https://pod.fo/e/1676f3)
E65 - Summer in the Psalms Wrap (https://pod.fo/e/1eabb4)
Other Resources Mentioned on the Podcast
Poor Bishop Hooper - www.everypsalm.com/
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
We often talk about spiritual formation as if it is something that we do. But what about God? Doesn’t God play a role as well? What exactly is that role? Come join us for this conversation and for our upcoming Summer in the Psalms series that you can follow along with through the link below.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Eliot, T. S. Four Quartets: A Poem (https://a.co/d/7h7mahZ)
Walker, Matthew. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (https://a.co/d/fdWhiPG)
Other Episodes of Our Podcast Referenced in this Episode
E60 - Consolation and Desolation (https://pod.fo/e/191c2b)
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
Our desire is that this podcast be a formative experience for us as hosts and for you as listeners. As we celebrate the nice, round number of 100 episodes, we take a moment to look over the experience so far and see how it has formed us. If you are one of our faithful listeners, we would love to hear from you to know how this podcast has affected you as well!
Download our Summer in the Psalms Reading Plan HERE:
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Cost of Discipleship (https://a.co/d/8UsuVSj)
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
Other Episodes of Our Podcast Referenced in this Episode
E9 – Book Talk – Managing Leadership Anxiety (https://pod.fo/e/188595)
E33 – Coming to Terms with Midlife (https://pod.fo/e/1676f7)
E70 - The Cross, the Self, and the Other (Exclusion and Embrace, part 1) (https://pod.fo/e/1f629c)
E81 – The West Wing (https://pod.fo/e/20e647)
Other Podcasts mentioned on the Podcast:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/podcasts/rise-and-fall-of-mars-hill/
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Scholarship is one of many facets of the church. But how do we fit these pieces together? Do scholars just help the rest of us become more learned or is there more to it than that? Come join the conversation about the role of scholarship in the church. And then make plans to join us for our upcoming Summer in the Psalms series beginning this Memorial Day. We can’t wait to dive in with all of you!
Download our Summer in the Psalms Reading Plan HERE:
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Bauckham, Richard. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony (https://a.co/d/cwPdfLL)
Other Episodes of Our Podcast Referenced in this Episode
E89 – 3 Types of Churches (https://pod.fo/e/21f1f5)
Josh and Josh(ua)
Let us begin by saying that we have very few pictures of us together since most of our friendship after college has been on opposite sides of the country. We couldn't be more proud that this is one of the few that we have.
So what do you do when you live on opposite coasts? You talk - a lot. For 20 years we've been talking life, history, theology, Christian living, marriage, and parenting. At the heart of it, we believe friendship is a vehicle for soul formation. So we take it all seriously even if we don't always take ourselves so seriously. Check out Episode 0 for a brief introduction to us and to our show.
Our podcast is an invitation for you to join the conversation. Every week we'll delve into a new topic and then open the floor for listeners to join the conversation on social media. www.facebook.com/onthephonewithjosh // www.instagram.com/onthephonewithjosh // www.twitter.com/joshes_t