A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar

16/10/2024

After more than three years, Kristin Kobes DuMez is back on the show to discuss her new film For Our Daughters. We chat with Kristin about this important film as well as what she's been up to with the explosion of Jesus and John Wayne since our last conversation. Don't miss this movie!

01/10/2024

How does evolution impact Christian belief? Should science and religion stay in their lanes? Does evolution complicate the problem of suffering?

Both parts of our interview with Jim Stump from BioLogos are now live! Check them out here or wherever you get podcasts:

Part I: https://buff.ly/3Y4wn4T

Part II: https://buff.ly/3Y59DSb

30/09/2024

Part II with Dr. Jim Stump and his book, "The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith"!

In this episode, we chat a bit more about AI, the problem of evil aaaaaand.....aliens. Seriously.

Cheers!

More Jim Stump!We hope you loved Part I of our conversation with Dr. Jim Stump as much we did. Here's Part II! In this one, we talk about the problem of evil and more about AI. Also...aliens! Seriously.Cheers!

18/09/2024

We're baaaaack!!!!

Are the theory of evolution and the Bible compatible?

Can you trust in God and trust science at the same time?

Could the evolutionary process have anything to do with the human soul?

We tackle these questions and much more in this fun conversation with Dr. Jim Stump - a philosopher of science from our friends at Biologos. Stay tuned for Part II soon...

Cheers!

Are Christianity and evolution compatible? Can a person trust God and trust science at the same time? Jim Stump wrote a book called, "The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith", and we are very much here for it.In this in...

15/08/2024

Wondering where in the world we've been?

We're taking a bit of a summer break! Look for a new episode on 8/23.

We've got some fun stuff cooking for season 5...

05/07/2024

ANNOUNCEMENT: We are attending Theology Beer Camp 2024! And YOU can join us. Use our code PASTPHIL2024 to get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/theology-camp-the-return-of-the-god-pods-tickets-824208298207

Hope to see you in Denver in October!

22/03/2024

This was fun. Check out Colin's podcast!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Ecclesiastes series to bring you this bulletin: A pastor and a philosopher have walked into our podcast! This week, Colin nerds out on theology, philosophy, and whiskey with Randy Knie & Kyle Whitaker, hosts of the A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar podcast. Be sure to listen in as they debate the tone of Ecclesiastes, determine its application for today, and answer once and for all the meaning of life (maybe). This is gonna be a fun one!

03/02/2024

Are you becoming the person you want to be?

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/14377547

01/02/2024

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13/01/2024

Where do we engage when we're done with Evangelicalism, but we're not ready to be done with the church? Thanks be to God, there are new signs of life springing up in the post Evangelical wasteland, and we're so here for it.

Keri Ladouceur leads one of those hopeful spaces called the Post Evangelical Collective. Keri is the Executive Director of the PEC, has been leading in influential church spaces for years, and Keri has some incredible stories to share...stories marked by pain, patriarchy and abuse, but also more stories marked by healing, beauty and so much redemption.

Cheers!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/14293229

01/01/2024

For New Year's, we typically re-release an old favorite episode. This year it's "Judgment, Wrath, Hell, and the God Who Is Love" with William Paul Young and Brad Jersak from Season 1. Enjoy!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/14230928

15/12/2023

01/12/2023

This was a rich conversation.

Dr. Willie James Jennings is one of the most important American theologians alive, and he's brilliant and hilarious. In this episode, we talk about theology, race, the book of Acts, LGBTQ+ inclusion, Israel and Palestine and much more. Cheers!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/14070528

22/11/2023

Are you headed to a gathering with friends or family you know you disagree with about important things?

Here's our annual Thanksgiving gift for your travels: our episode about how to disagree well.

Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

‎Show A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar, Ep How To Disagree - Aug 26, 2020

17/11/2023

How do you process your identity and theology if you feel invisible as a person? What if your story, history and experience are largely rejected and excluded from the culture you're a part of? How does that shape the way you see God and the world?

Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim is a Korean American Theologian who works in Liberation and Feminist Theology and wrote the book, "Invisible", asking those questions from her perspective as an Asian American woman. In this conversation, we talk about identity, whiteness, White supremacy and how the Holy Spirit and the Asian concept of Chi might be interwoven.

Cheers!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/13988194

22/09/2023

Will Artificial Intelligence: A. Cure horrific diseases, B. Replicate humans, C. Takeover the world, or, D. All of the above?

Dr. Derek Schuurman is a computer science professor at Calvin University and has written quite extensively on AI, and we asked him all the questions.

Cheers!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/13640329

11/08/2023

To round out our 3rd season, we're joined by Bradley Onishi for an informative and somewhat alarming conversation about the religious roots of the January 6th insurrection, the mindset of Christian nationalist extremists, and where we might be headed.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/13387191

29/07/2023

Why does Vatican II matter? We speak with our friend Shaun Blanchard about the stunning achievement that council was, its main themes and continuing relevance, and where he thinks the Catholic church is headed from here.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/13308718

22/07/2023

New segment! Our friend Jeff will be joining us for occasional Q&A decompression sessions about some of our episodes. The first one about LGBTQ affirmation is a freebie at our Patreon. Future installments will drop as bonus content in our main feed.

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14/07/2023

Are you into the Enneagram? If so, we just had a lovely chat/argument about it with our pals at the Around the Circle podcast over some really nice scotch. Check out their show(s) wherever you get podcasts.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/13215013

30/06/2023

Dr. Thomas Jay Oord is back! In this episode, we chat with Tom and his daughter Alexa about why the church should be fully LGBTQ+ affirming. We had some fun together in this conversation, but conversations around LGBTQ+ inclusion and affirmation are so important, and we're grateful to be able to have such crucial conversations that will hopefully help move the church forward.

Cheers!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/13139671

17/06/2023

Our conversation with Thomas Jay Oord is live! We discuss his take on omnipotence (he's against it) and its implications. It's a bit wonky, but that's just evidence that we think it's important. Enjoy!

https://buzzsprout.com/967219/13053092

12/05/2023

Have you listened to our episode with brilliant cognitive philosopher Andy Clark yet?

Andy wrote a book called, "The Experience Machine" where he calls our brains prediction machines. What we're learning about how our brains process and predict reality is extremely important and might affect our lives in some major ways. Andy is also fun, thoughtful and quite humble.

Cheers!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/12787910

26/04/2023

We dare you to listen to this soundbite and not listen to the episode and read this book.

Scot McKnight is the best, and he's a great friend of the show. Scot wrote "Revelation for the Rest of Us", and it turns what you've been told about the book of Revelation on it's head...in the best way possible.

We also fist bump Kristin Kobes DuMez and Beth Allison Barr for being dissidents in the Empire.

Cheers!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/12693689

09/04/2023

In this special Easter episode, Kyle and Randy discuss all their questions about resurrection. They cover its significance to them, its coherence, whether it makes any sense to hope for it, apologetic approaches to it, how much it matters, and why Randy finds conversations about it kind of frustrating.

Happy Easter!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/967219/12605998