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 Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
We discuss Christmas movies!! Also titled – “Two Middle-Aged Men Complain about Christmas Movies.” Listen in and you be the judge. Merry Christmas!
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Erikson, Thomas. Surrounded by Idiots (https://a.co/d/9J5eeBA)
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
Other Resources Mentioned on the Podcast
Oswalt, John. Lectures on Isaiah https://youtu.be/Y3n4g9M5K8g?si=qUycWQ-bvsP8HHmS
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
After a long (but excellent) series on Exclusion and Embrace, we finally have a little bit of time to catch up on a few of our other thoughts from the past two months. So we thought we’d gather them all together in a little stew we are calling thought soup. Bon Appétit!
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Hopkins, Gerard Manley. The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (https://a.co/d/7ml9jXv)
Peterson, Eugene H. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology (https://a.co/d/54UQQt4)
Peterson, Eugene H. Practicing Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ (https://a.co/d/6Zjiego)
Staton, Tyler. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools (https://a.co/d/7Y4EbEx)
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
Wright, Christopher J. H. Hearing the Message of Ecclesiastes: Questioning Faith in a Baffling World (https://a.co/d/gK5JEmB)
Wright, Christopher J. H. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative (https://a.co/d/hEkwV9d)
Other Podcasts Mentioned on the Podcast:
https://www.beingknownpodcast.com/
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Yes, we did an entire episode on the appendix. Well, sort of. We also threw in one of our favorite bunny trails and an extended application section where we pull out our main takeaways from the book. If you’ve journeyed this far with us, you may as well see it through! Come join the conversation!
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Crabb, Larry. The Safest Place on Earth (https://a.co/d/6mwT8Tf)
Zizioulas, John. Being as Communion (https://a.co/d/8PekGtC)
Songs Mentioned on the Podcast
A New Law by Dereck Webb (https://youtu.be/gzvV2O6T8ug?si=Ugbb32oGhdTKk45a)
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Jesus the crucified Messiah is also Jesus the rider on the white horse. How do these two images of Jesus fit together? As we imitate Christ, should it be as self-giving love or as conquering warrior? And while were are it, are the images of Jesus as warrior even appropriate for an all-loving God? Come dive into these questions and so much more as we wrestle with this incredible book.
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Other Episodes of Our Podcast Referenced in this Episode
E31 - Is God’s Glory His Primary Motivation? (https://pod.fo/e/1679cf)
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
What is truth? Is there just one single truth or is truth dependent upon us as individuals to determine it? In this episode, we dive into Volf’s reflections on what is truth and how we should respond in light of our limited capacity to comprehend it. So come on in and join the conversation!
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich The Cost of Discipleship (https://a.co/d/8UsuVSj)
Smith, James K.A. How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor (https://a.co/d/6BJafgT)
Other Podcasts Mentioned on the Podcast
https://theologyintheraw.com/podcasts/
https://influencemagazine.com/en/podcast
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
There is so much chaos in our world right now. Everyone seems to violently oppose everyone else – each with their own sense of what true justice is. How can we see our way out of this ideological mess? Is there any hope for true justice or will oppression and violence be our only answer? Join us as we work through Volf’s thoughts on this all-important issue.
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Other Podcasts Mentioned on the Podcast
https://theologyintheraw.com/podcasts/
https://influencemagazine.com/en/podcast
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
In this, the pinnacle chapter of the book, Volf lays out his grand vision for the act of embrace. He begins by addressing the inadequacy of an emphasis on freedom alone and then proceeds to argue for the additional act of embrace. Using the act of giving a hug as his guiding metaphor, he also takes a penetrating look at the story of the Prodigal Son in order to understand further how God himself views the central act of restoration. You won’t want to miss this conversation!
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Deep down, what are the real reasons that we exclude the “other”? Can the crucified Messiah give us a new identity that also removes this tendency? Join us as we take a deep dive into Volf’s thoughts in chapter 3 and a deep dive into our own self-examination to reveal why we behave as we do.
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Richter, Sandra L. The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (https://a.co/d/i3Lj07z)
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
What does it mean to distance ourselves from our culture? Does it mean that we have to leave our culture or be somehow ashamed to be from our native country? How might we create room for the other and yet remain rooted and established in our own cultural space? Let’s dive in to this complex chapter together and see if we can make some sense out of these questions.
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Peterson, Eugene H. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology (https://a.co/d/54UQQt4)
Richards, E. Randolph and Brandon J. O'Brien. Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible (https://a.co/d/flDsJC3)
Other Resources Mentioned on the Podcast
Oswalt, John. Lectures on Isaiah https://youtu.be/Y3n4g9M5K8g?si=qUycWQ-bvsP8HHmS
www.biblicaltraining.org
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Miroslav Volf argues that the cross should be at the center of Christian identity. He believes that the self-giving love of God made so apparent in the crucifixion of Jesus is the model by which all Christians should live. If this is true, how to do we live this out? What does it mean to give of ourselves like Jesus did? How do we balance that with self-care and preventing burnout? Or should we? Come join the conversation!
Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Brueggemann, Walter. Sabbath as Resistance (New Edition): Saying No to the Culture of Now (https://a.co/d/bTlDCbh)
Cone, James H. The Cross and the Lynching Tree (https://a.co/d/ejXHLsa)
Fujimura, Makoto. Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life (https://a.co/d/5qRVKke)
Gorman, Michael. Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross (https://a.co/d/8ekbu45)
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