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Berkana Radio2x3:Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - Hailey TuckEn esta nueva entrega de dos intérpretes y tres canciones, les traemos hoy los aires post-modernos de dos grandes figuras del jazz actual: Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox y Hailey Tuck. ¡Que los disfruten!
1.Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox con Joey Cook - Say my name
2.Hailey Tuck - Close to You
3.Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - Halo - con LaVance Colley
4.Hailey Tuck - Polkadots & Moonbeams
5.Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox con Puddles Pity Party - Viva la Vida
6.Hailey Tuck - When It's Sleepytime Down South
https://berkanaradio.com/jazz/2x3scott-bradlees-postmodern-jukebox-hailey-tuck/
2023-04-0327 min
Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 296 The End of Roe V. WadeNow that Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, what’s next for the pro-life movement? This episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast is a very deep dive into issues now being raised in a post-Roe climate with Journal author Jay Watts. More will also be discussed in an article in the future 45:02/03 edition of the Christian Research Journal to be released later this year. To subscribe and make sure you get this issue when released, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/For a special limited-time offer (Spring-Summer 2022) on gift subscriptions please click here. https://www.equip.or...
2022-07-131h 28
Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 294 The Evangelical Debate over Adam and EveFor the past decade, proponents of theistic evolution have convinced many evangelicals that modern-day human genetic diversity has refuted a historical Adam and Eve. But recent analyses have shown these arguments to be wrong. An important lesson is that one should never rush to abandon important biblical doctrines based upon unclear evidence.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Casey Luskin about his article, “Lessons Learned (and Not Learned) from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve” in the 45:1/2 edition https://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/the-battle-for-the-historical-adam-and-eve-contents-back-issue/To subscribe and make sure you get this...
2022-06-2959 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 293 Sexual Identity and the Biblical Philosophy of GenderDoes the phenomenon of intersex justify “gender fluidity,” the rejection of fixed and God-given categories of gender identity and the decoupling of gender from biological sex? Supposedly, sex is “assigned” at birth based on sexual organs and chromosomes but need not define one’s gender identity. Why are people abandoning the biblical basis and norms of gender and sexuality?This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Doug Groothuis about his article, “Sexual Identity and the Biblical Philosophy of Gender” in the 45:1/2 edition https://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/the-battle-for-the-historical-adam-and-eve-contents-back-issue/To subscribe and make sure you get this i...
2022-06-2247 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 290 Just So ScienceThe inventive and memorable tales in Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories explain how the elephant got his trunk, the leopard his spots, and the camel his hump. Evolutionary naturalists tell their own "Just So" stories to explain why humans think and desire, behave and interact the way they do. But with one major difference. Evolutionists, who ground their cause/effect explanations in a Darwinian worldview, believe their tales are true. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Louis Markos about his article, “Just So Science” in the 45:1/2 edition https://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/the-battle-for-the-historical-adam-and-eve-contents-back-issue/
2022-06-0141 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 285 The Age of Opportunity: How the Bible Gives Hope for AgingAgelessness appeals in a culture which will do anything to disguise or deny the fact that we’re all, minute by minute, day by day, getting older. Agelessness appeals in a culture in which the elderly are often mocked and marginalized. And yet, as Christians, we must ask, is agelessness really God’s plan for us? To answer that question, we must recapture a biblical theology of aging. As we explore what the Bible says about aging, we discover that God has written purpose and meaning into the life of the aged. When we embrace aging with the confidence that Chri...
2022-04-2756 min
Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 282 Scientific Materialism and the Origin of Life ProblemScientific materialists recognize that an intellectually satisfying worldview must account for the entirety of human experience. A previous article explored how various contemporary authors attempt to explain the quintessentially human intuition that our existence has meaning, purpose, and value, and argued that their efforts inevitably fail. In addition to providing a foundation for the indispensable intangibles that make life worth living, a viable worldview must include plausible explanations for major origin events — the origin of the universe, the origin of life, and the origin of consciousness. The latest popular level scientific materialist manifestos written by prominent public figures who specialize in...
2022-04-0640 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 278 The Batman and the Banality of VengeanceTo say that director Matt Reeves’s approach to the Batman character is scaled back would be an understatement, but this doesn’t come at the expense of audience expectations. The whole affair plays out across its walloping three-hour runtime like an acoustic cover of some of Batman’s greatest hits. The clever gadgets are present, but they’re not gimmicks; they are practical, accessible tools that make sense not only in the context of the narrative, but also in the context of the dirty, grimy version of Gotham City that Reeves has created, one rife with corruption and rotting from the...
2022-03-091h 03
The Living PhilosophyPostmodern Neo-Marxism — Jordan Peterson’s ShadowJordan Peterson’s idea of Postmodern Neo-Marxism is a conspiracy theory. It is also the Shadow in the Jungian sense of Jordan Peterson. Nothing whips Peterson into a more passionate frenzy than the Postmodern Neo-Marxist idea. And to hear the way he talks about the “main villains” of the Postmodern Neo-Marxist movement — Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida — this diagnosis becomes all the more obvious. Peterson goes beyond the bounds of reason and strays into the possession of his Shadow. Little wonder then that Peterson’s discourse has captivated all sides of the political spectrum. It constellates the Shadows both of his suppo...
2022-02-0725 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 270 The Divine Hiddenness of GodFor us to have a robust free will, there must be an amount of divine hiddenness, or what John Hick called “epistemic distance.” Divine hiddenness is the teaching that for humans to act out of free will, God’s existence (or presence) can’t be too obvious. Not surprisingly, this is a doctrine that many Christians misunderstand and over which skeptics howl. Many Christians ask, and even sometimes complain, that God should make His presence more apparent. Skeptics complain that if God really loved us (in other words, if God were really a good God), He would make His existence unmistak...
2022-01-1234 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 267 Is it Time To Change Ministry to LGBTQ People? Book Review of Still Time to Care by Greg JohnsonFor more than four decades, organizations like Exodus International, Courage, and Homosexuals Anonymous have provided counsel and support to people who realized they were attracted to the same sex, considered homosexuality a sin, and wanted help dealing with their desires. These groups and the people they served made up what’s often called the “Ex-Gay Movement,” a phenomenon which has always gotten its share of supporters and critics.Its critics have tended to be pro-gay, some producing books and documentaries hoping to persuade others that their accusations against the ex-gay movement validated their gay-affirming position.But Greg J...
2021-12-221h 03Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 265 Searching for God’s Grace in Squid Game’s Bloody ViolenceSquid Game (Netflix, 2021–) is a Netflix mega hit, as Kevin Schut writes “within the first month of its release, Netflix subscribers had logged more than one billion hours watching Squid Game and it quickly became the number one series Netflix had ever released.” It’s “another entry in the gory, dystopian genre of forced human death games, like Guns Akimbo (2019), The Hunger Games (2012), The Running Man (1987), The Most Dangerous Game (2020–), all the way back to the ancient Roman arenas, at least.” It’s content is “full of graphically depicted violence and is occasionally sexually explicit.” Should Christians engage and watch this type of content...
2021-12-081h 02Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 257: Witnessing to a Wayward ChildThere are few things more heartbreaking than watching a beloved son or daughter raised in the Christian community wander or walk away from the faith their parents faithfully demonstrated in the home as that child grew up. Wayward literally means “turned away from,” and this outward-facing posture can wreak havoc on family relationships. Parents of wayward children often struggle with feelings of helplessness, guilt, fear, worry, anger, and depression. Wayward children often feel misunderstood and isolated as they battle for independence and autonomy. The unique and tender nature of these parent/child dynamics creates challenges that are distinct from other evan...
2021-10-1446 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 251 Growing Up and Letting Go in CODAThe film CODA (2021) is a coming-of-age story about a hearing girl and her deaf family. While the arc of the story has the stereotypical beats of a teenage coming-of-age drama, it also explores the dynamics of growing up and letting go. Many Christians might resonate with the main protagonist Ruby’s parents that she must do “her part,” as a loving daughter to forsake pursuing her college dreams and remain home to be the interpreter for deaf parents and brother who need to run their fishing business. At the end of the day, somebody in her family is going to have t...
2021-09-0249 min
The Postmodern FamilyPostmod Pod Episode 10: Listen to This
This episode of the Postmodern Family Podcast is about the latest Covid news, Dr. Dre, and The American Draft. Felipe and Lillian, Americans living in the UK, chat about current affairs and try to make sense of current events. Email us at thepostmodernfamily@gmail.com or support us at patreon.com/thepostmodernfamily!
2021-07-3154 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 246 Martyr of Science? A Reflection on the Anime Dr. StoneHarrison Dulin writes, “The second season of the anime television series Dr. Stone wrapped up in March, and as someone entrenched in the worlds of science and anime, I loved watching a show that brings the two together (especially after watching Cells at Work). Dr. Stone has all the traditional components of a good anime combined with insights into the natural world, which makes it a delight for both anime fans and science lovers. But as a scientist, I was presented with a question after watching a scene from the show: Is science worth dying for?”This Postmodern Real...
2021-07-2943 min
The Postmodern FamilyPostmod Pod Episode 9: Rumours of Wars
This episode of the Postmodern Family Podcast is about current events of global unrest! Felipe and Lillian, Americans living in the UK, chat about current affairs and try to make sense of current events. Email us at thepostmodernfamily@gmail.com or support us at patreon.com/thepostmodernfamily!
2021-07-2454 min
The Postmodern FamilyPostmod Pod Episode 8: Cures & Statues
This episode of the Postmodern Family Podcast is about the “cure” for Covid and the tearing down/erecting of statues. Felipe and Lillian, Americans living in the UK, chat about current affairs and try to make sense of current events. Email us at thepostmodernfamily@gmail.com or support us at patreon.com/thepostmodernfamily!
2021-07-0552 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 239 No Us Without Him: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Zack Snyder’s Justice LeagueZack Snyder’s approach to the DC material is to skin the heroes as modern mythological figures. And he does so by using blatantly obvious parallels. Superman? That’s Jesus. He literally dies sacrificially, he literally resurrects. Batman? That’s Hades. He’s grim and glum and sulks around in an underworld called Gotham. His is a Divisive approach but he has something to say. Because Zack Snyder’s Justice League pays off on all that deconstructionism. It actually takes all the little broken pieces of classic characters and rearranges them to build them anew. This Postmodern Realities episode is...
2021-06-1044 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 233 You Probably Aren’t Saved If…(This Is about Sex)Some people proclaim that they are Christians, that “my faith is very important to me,” and talk openly about Jesus, but they say these things while they are living in overt, unrepentant sexual sin. Hopefully, that’s not you. But if it is, then you probably aren’t saved, and, unless you repent, you will be lost forever. The idea that someone is probably not saved if they are living in overt, unrepentant sexual sin — is one that will baffle and/or upset many people. But the Bible is clear about this. Consider Ephesians 5:3, 5–6: “But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousnes...
2021-04-2944 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 231 G. K. Chesterton and The Genius Of JobAn irrepressible note of joy rings throughout the literary corpus of the magnificent English writer G. K. Chesterton. It is surprising, then, that Job, the book that plunges headlong into the problem of unjust suffering, was Chesterton’s favorite book of the Bible. He found “the riddles of God…more comforting than the solutions of man.”This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Rebekah Valerius about her 44:1 article, “G. K. Chesterton on the Book of Job“, https://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/the-genius-of-job-contents/ which you receive as your first issue for new subscribers (April 2021). To subscribe to the Journ...
2021-04-1543 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 227 Catharsis and the Power of Release in WandaVisonWandaVision is a weird television series (Disney Plus). Even by modern television standards, where hardly any project can get a greenlight from a studio unless it is “high concept” or experimental, WandaVision seems like the kind of series that would look mighty dubious even on paper. The story here could easily have been told in the usual straightforward manner—and, in some ways, this might have been the wiser decision to make—yet the show’s creators have chosen to spin their yarn in a unique way. Viewers who don’t mind taking a trip through television history and manage to slog thro...
2021-03-1839 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 221 Tennyson on Theodicy: How a Victorian Poet Can Help Modern Christians Deal with the Problem of PainWhen struggling with the loss of a loved one, it is sometimes more helpful to turn to poetry than to philosophy for answers and for consolation. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the greatest and most representative poet of the British Victorian Age, struggled mightily with the problem of pain in an epic poem that he wrote as a way of dealing with his grief over the sudden death of his closest friend, Arthur Hallam. But his poem, In Memoriam, does more than wrestle with the loss of a friend; it wrestles with the societal loss of a traditional Christian worldview. Twenty years...
2021-02-0452 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 220 God and Our IgnoranceContrary to popular thinking, Christianity is a “knowledge tradition” and calls people to knowledge of God, themselves, and the gospel. This also means, paradoxically, that we ought to know what it is that we cannot possibly know and how we should orient ourselves to our not-knowing under God. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Douglas Groothuis about his article in the 43:3 Issue of the Journal entitled “God and Our Ignorance”. https://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/if-your-child-were-gay-would-you-change-your-view-on-homosexuality/We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, p...
2021-01-2843 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 219 Humanity’s Ascension: Assessing the History Channel’s New Age, Time Travel Guru David WilcockNew Age spiritual leader, New York Times bestselling author, and ancient alien expert on the History channel, David Wilcock subscribes to many conspiracies, from time travel to benevolent extraterrestrials on earth. Wilcock also believes he’s the reincarnation of Edgar Cayce and that he’s serving humankind by preparing us for a mass evolutionary event. How should Christians respond to his teaching?This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Lindsey Medenwaldt about her article in the 43:3 issue of the Journal entitled, “Humanity’s Ascension: Assessing the History Channel’s New Age, Time Travel Guru David Wilcock.”...
2021-01-2154 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 218 Wonder Woman 1984: The Truth Is Enough.Wonder Woman 1984 is a film about longing. A major temptation when adapting comic book material is to sacrifice characters and emotionally resonant narratives for action sequences driven primarily by special effects and computer-generated images. While WW84 is not short on action, and the special effects are top-notch, the movie does not turn upon these sequences. Instead, the narrative is carried primarily by four very capable actors who turn in strong performances in a film that is fundamentally about longing and the great patience that defines suffering.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Cole Burgett...
2021-01-1445 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 215 Making the Christian Story Plausible and Desirable to Generation ZGeneration Z,” or Gen Z, the generation born after 1995 has grown up as digital natives. What can we do to reach this younger generation, which is more likely to be spiritually and biblically illiterate than any previous, and to shepherd the faith of Gen Z within the church? While it is tempting to use generational research to develop highly contextual approaches to evangelism that meet young people exactly where they are, such attempts often function as poor imitations of the very fads our culture is selling. This is how we end up with the “youth group as pop concert” or “Christia...
2020-12-2356 min
The Catholic Culture PodcastUnderstanding Postmodern "Social Justice" - Darel PaulWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3Czyd0XSEso The alarmists were right: ideas that were only a few years ago complacently dismissed as the perennial agitation of a few campus loonies are now pervasive in the corporate world, mass media and pop culture. Critical race theory, transgender ideology, the obsessive search for oppressive power relations in every aspect of life and every feature of language, the demand for all to be activists, shutting down of dissenting speech as violence: common sense or the gift of a solid Catholic formation will suffice for most who reject...
2020-12-222h 10Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 214 Star Trek’s Christopher Pike: An Old Fashioned Hero For Our Cynical TimesChristopher Pike is the original captain of the famed starship Enterprise, played first by Jeffrey Hunter in an unaired 1965 pilot (“The Cage”) and now by Anson Mount in the forthcoming CBS All Access series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Mount’s portrayal first won over audiences and critics alike in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery (2017), which reimagined Pike as a grounded and unflappable leader, a singular and remarkably old-fashioned hero for our cynical and suspicious times. Pike understands that humanity is flawed but does not give in to despair. He does not condescend, and there is not a trace...
2020-12-1746 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 213 The Social Dilemma and What it Means for ChristiansThe recent Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” brings together a handful of past Silicon Valley executives to begin to question and consider how our social media practices — and even the algorithms and business models — actually detract from human freedom, connection, health, and social stability. The question for Christians is not only how has social media changed the landscape of civility and discussion, but also how it is forming us either Godward or selfward. Deeper than that, is how technology exposes the human heart. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Ashley Hales about her online-exclusive viewpoin...
2020-12-1036 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 210 Bespoke Religiosity and the Rise of the Nones: a review of Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless WorldToday, almost twenty-five percent of American adults self-identify as religiously unaffiliated, roughly the same numbers of Evangelicals and Catholics, respectively, making them one of the fastest-growing demographics, especially amongst the young. If asked why, bestselling author and Atheist Sam Harris might respond, “Because science!” However, there is always a story behind the statistics, a narrative buried in the numbers. Sociologists have long sought the face of this group of people who check the box “none” on surveys for religiosity (called Nones)—who they are and what they believe. What is the story behind the Nones? In her book Strange Rites: New Religi...
2020-11-1941 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode Episode 208: The Medieval Christians and EvangelismThe word evangelism can cause many images to form in the Christian mind. Some people may think of committed missionaries who travel to the ends of the earth. Others may think of Paul, Peter, Stephen, and other martyrs of the early church who lost their lives for the sake of the gospel. Still, others might imagine a man in a suit on a street corner with a bullhorn and a gospel tract. Probably few of us think of ourselves. However, all of us who bear the name of Christ are called to evangelize and spread the good news of the...
2020-11-0542 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 205 Time May Change Me, But I Can’t Change Time: Reversing Time to Understand Christopher Nolan’s TenetFilm director Christopher Nolan’s unwritten thoughts are like sculptures and aim less at recreating life as much as creating Escher-like puzzle boxes that are utterly unlike almost anything we experience in reality. Nolan is the consummate trickster, aiming to use the full power of cinema to beguile audiences with the cleverness of his construction projects. His newest film Tenet, now in some theaters nationwide, is perhaps the knottiest of his puzzle boxes.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Philip Tallon about his online-exclusive article, “Time May Change Me, But I Can’t Change Time...
2020-10-1547 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 203 Black Lives Matter Inside the Womb and OutWhile thoughtful Christians should have many places where they disagree with the Black Lives Matter organization; the simple statement “black lives matter” should be non-controversial for Christians for it is theologically certain. God’s Word tells us that “black lives matter” when it reveals to us that all human beings are made in the image/likeness of God (see Gen 1:26-27, 9:6, Jas 3:9). While it is good for our culture to wrestle with the question “are black lives really being valued when it comes to the use of deadly force by police against black citizens,” a far greater danger against black lives is going...
2020-10-0146 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 202 Symbolic Immortality Projects Can’t Save YouCultural anthropologist Ernest Becker writes that “the idea of death, the fear of it haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is the mainspring of human activity — activity designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny for man” Becker also says, “All culture, all man’s creative life-ways are in some basic part of them a fabricated protest against natural reality, a denial of the truth of the human condition, and an attempt to forget the pathetic creature that man is”. Today many philosophers, psychologists, anthropologi...
2020-09-2446 min
Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 202 Symbolic Immortality Projects Can’t Save YouCultural anthropologist Ernest Becker writes that “the idea of death, the fear of it haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is the mainspring of human activity — activity designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny for man” Becker also says, “All culture, all man’s creative life-ways are in some basic part of them a fabricated protest against natural reality, a denial of the truth of the human condition, and an attempt to forget the pathetic creature that man is”. Today many philosophers, psychologists, anthropologi...
2020-09-2446 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 202 Symbolic Immortality Projects Can’t Save YouCultural anthropologist Ernest Becker writes that “the idea of death, the fear of it haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is the mainspring of human activity — activity designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny for man” Becker also says, “All culture, all man’s creative life-ways are in some basic part of them a fabricated protest against natural reality, a denial of the truth of the human condition, and an attempt to forget the pathetic creature that man is”. Today many philosophers, psychologists, anthropologi...
2020-09-2446 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 201 Albert Camus and the Fight for Life“Why,” Camus asks, “should a human go on living if life has no meaning?” He concludes that life can be lived—even loved—despite the emptiness from which it arises and to which it returns. Such meaninglessness as Camus describes arises from his lack of religious faith. What he does accept are those things of which he feels sure: “This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge, and the rest is construction.”Unable to penetrate beyond these two certai...
2020-09-1752 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 200 Wisdom for College ZoomersMaturity in human beings is a kind of flourishing, becoming what you were made to be: socially, spiritually, and intellectually. The late theologian J. I. Packer wrote in his book A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life, “Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.” What does that mean for Christian college students in 2020 as they face online studies and other challenges during the COVID-19 global pandemic? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Philip Tallon on his online-exclusive article, “Wisdom for College Zoomers”. Coming Soon! Please check back her...
2020-09-1028 min
Wisdom, Leadership & SuccessHow Postmodern Critical Race Theory Will Destroy Your Organization and Our NationRecent events have put Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the headlines. Companies, government and organizations are engaging CRT without any idea of where it comes from, what it believes or why it is profoundly dangerous.
CRT is one of many theories—including Critical Legal Theory, Intersectionality, de-constructionism, Gender Theory, etc.—that have their roots deep in postmodern thinking that started in the mid 1900's. Postmodern thinking has become increasingly dominant in academia—especially the humanities.
At its core, postmodern thinking says that there are no facts, no objective truth, and no objective morality. It explicitly rejects logic, and the idea that t...
2020-09-0907 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 197 Was God at Sandy Hook Elementary that Day?To give a Christian apologetic response to school shootings, it is important to address the problem of evil. How is it possible that a perfectly good God who is in control over all things would allow such heinous acts of violence carried out against innocent children? Of first importance is the philosophical answer to this question. However, ministering to those affected by gun violence, we are also called to a ministry of patient listening and faithful presence. We simply should not try to present fully formed analytical answers to those who are lamenting the loss of a child. What we...
2020-08-2052 min
Postmodern Missionary Podcast15 - Disruptions in Church History 3 - The Bubonic PlagueWeek 3 of our 4-part series on Disruptions in Church History. This episode covers the Bubonic Plague. This one is probably the most comparable to what we’re going through right now with COVID-19. And the church’s response looks BLEAK. Find the audio below. But first, take a look at how the plague made its way across Europe to kill more than 30% of the population.
In case you missed it, here’s the description of what we’re doing…
Welcome to a new format for the Postmodern Missionary Podcast. Let me tell you about it!
Many have requested that I add a teach...
2020-08-1329 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 196 Thomas Aquinas’s Five Proofs for God RevisitedIn the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas revitalized Christian theology by applying principles of Greek philosophy to the explanation and defense of the Christian faith. Thomism, or the philosophical application of Aquinas’s thought, has a privileged place in the Roman Catholic Church and has been embraced by a growing number of Evangelical and Protestant Thomists. Among non-Christians, Aquinas is usually encountered in first-year philosophy textbooks via excerpts of his five ways of proving the existence of God from his Summa Theologica. In addition, many atheists seeking to refute these proofs, often get wrong what Aquinas was teaching. This conversation is a...
2020-08-1342 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 195 Seduced? The Crisis of Word and the Fragmentation of CivilizationWords have meaning, but culture can impact word meaning and connotation. In an increasingly post-truth and relativistic society, words can mean anything we feel like they should mean, with seemingly no consequence and virtual acceptance of whatever meaning we choose.Today, caution is needed concerning how hijacking a word’s definition can marginalize others, especially faith communities, recognizing that we, as Christians, play a significant role in how words are used and perceived. Christians should evaluate post-truth terms and compare them with what those words meant in a Judeo-Christian-influenced semantic universe; use discernment; accurately discuss distortions, faithfully working to...
2020-08-061h 08Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 194 Autobiography as ApologeticLong-time Christian Research Journal author Dr. Douglas Groothuis writes, “I am getting older, and I lament the recent loss of so many Christian leaders who have shaped my thinking. I also am disturbed by so many recent deconversions of well-known Christians. So, I need to write about what I have not written much. Autobiography can be an apologetic for what matters most—the Christian message and way of being. My narrative relates my conversion and intellectual development.” Join us for this conversation about Doug’s spiritual journey and accompanying article.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal...
2020-07-3047 minPostmodern Missionary PodcastDisruptions in Church History 2 - Fall Of Western RomeWeek 2 of our 4-part series on Disruptions in Church History. In case you missed it, here’s the description of what we’re doing…
Welcome to a new format for the Postmodern Missionary Podcast. Let me tell you about it!
Many have requested that I add a teaching component on here in addition to my interviews, which has been in the works for a while. I had teachings on how to do mission well. I had teachings on what Neo-colonialism looks like.
AAAAND then Corona happened. My life and your life and every church and the whole world has been disrup...
2020-07-2431 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 192 The Beauty of Worship: Aesthetics and TruthWhat is Christian worship? Does the substance, sufficiency, and effect of worship hinge upon the emotions of the participants? God’s presence in Christian worship does not hinge on subjective experience. God is the author of beauty and yet earthly beauty fades. The human soul yearns for eternal beauty. Ancient forms of worship, often eschewed as dead ceremonies by moderns, employ the beauty of earthly things to draw the soul to contemplate eternal verities. Scripture provides the model. The earthly temple was beautiful, and His heavenly temple is unspeakably and unfathomably so. In both instances, visible beauty bespeaks the majesty of...
2020-07-1640 min
Postmodern Missionary Podcast13 - Disruptions In Church History 1 - Church And EmpireWelcome to a new format for the Postmodern Missionary Podcast. Let me tell you about it!
Many have requested that I add a teaching component on here in addition to my interviews, which has been in the works for a while. I had teachings on how to do mission well. I had teachings on what Neo-colonialism looks like.
AAAAND then Corona happened. My life and your life and every church and the whole world has been disrupted by the ‘rona. So instead I decided to take the opportunity to see what certain episodes in history might teach us about how to hand...
2020-07-0200 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 189 Second-Rate Musician:Vocation and Performance in T. S. Eliot’s The Confidential ClerkA meritocracy insists that a person’s sense of identity and value is grounded in his or her own performance or action. For Christians, however, being is a divine gift. Thus, identity and value are determined by divine action, not by personal effort. If we rest in this divine action, we can withdraw from competing identities and from the perpetual and exhausting demands of ambition. But meritocratic values And their attendant anxiety have spread, in part, because the notion of vocation has all but disappeared from public consciousness. How might we recapture a sense of vocation? T. S. Eliot offers a...
2020-06-2550 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 187 Five Ways to Disciple Your Family During the PandemicCOVID-19 has been incredibly costly — it has cost millions of people their jobs, thousands of people their lives, and has changed the shape of our lives in countless ways. In the midst of all the anxiety and uncertainty, it can be difficult to stay hopeful. However, if Christians really believe that God works all things together for good for those who love Him (Rom. 8:28), we should expect God to provide us opportunities to grow in our relationship to Him. One of the clearest good things that has arisen out of COVID-19 is the amount of time families spend together. Time, ho...
2020-06-1145 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 184 Unity in the Body of ChristIn this short podblast episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 shelter-in-place series, JOURNAL Author Matt Kennedy gives a word of encouragement to Christians about unity in the church when beliefs about how churches should handle worship during the pandemic are so varied and why Christians need to worship in person together. We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help pr...
2020-06-0215 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 183 Immortal: How the Fear of Death Drives Us and What We Can Do About ItIn Dr. Clay Jones’s new book, Immortal: How the Fear of Death Drives Us and What We Can Do About It (Harvest House, 2020), he writes about how all people cope with the fear of their own death. In the fourth chapter of Immortal, Jones examines what he calls atheist “mortality mitigation projects.” By that, he means the ways that atheists try to turn death into something good or, at least, not so bad. This episode’s conversation examines a mortality mitigation project that has seen quite a revival of late in atheist circles—“death is nothing to us.” It is a mortality...
2020-05-2852 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 182 Lament. Grief. Hope.In this short podblast episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 shelter-in-place series, JOURNAL Author Nicole Howe gives a word of encouragement to Christians about what it means to lament during the quarantine lockdown. We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as...
2020-05-2617 min
Postmodern Missionary Podcast12 - Living Racial Reconciliation Part 2 - Ally and Charles Currie“Racial reconciliation is a gospel issue.” Join the second half of our conversation with Charles and Ally Currie, who have been living purposeful and practical racial reconciliation for close to a decade now. Katie and the Curries jump right into the deep end as we pick up where we left off this week. In this conversation, they discuss why this work is still necessary, what reconciliation looks like from the perspective of people of color and from the perspective of white people, and how to incorporate this work no matter wherever you are. Don’t miss it!
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2020-05-2100 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 181 But What If It Is Me? The Work and Worldview of Brené Brown“Public Shame to the Rescue” blazed the headline of a prominent website barely a week into the American version of the worldwide coronavirus shutdown. “What could be more effective than a little public shaming?” the author asked in the first paragraph, going on to try to document the rise of shame on social media as a tool for curbing undesirable behavior. If there was an ever a moment to pause and consider the use of such a powerful phenomenon as shame, this is it. Into the breach steps self-styled shame expert Brené Brown, distinguished for her academic research of that fearsome...
2020-05-2144 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 180 Developing Spiritual DisciplinesIn this short podblast episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 shelter-in-place series, JOURNAL Author Michael W. Austin gives a word of encouragement to Christians about what it means to develop spiritual disciplines during the quarantine.We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free on...
2020-05-1915 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 179 Rick and Morty: Scientism, Self-Centeredness, and the Search for MeaningIn America, nothing seems to validate pop culture success and permeation more than a Super Bowl commercial. When the animated television program Rick and Morty accomplished this feat in February 2020 in a commercial for Pringles chips, it reached more than 100 million viewers. Currently, in its fourth season, Rick and Morty first aired on the Cartoon Network in 2013, and in 2019 it was renewed for 70 more episodes guaranteeing it will be on TV for years to come. It’s a fast-paced series that packs a lot of content into an average air time of 22 minutes. Although animation is often pigeonholed as entertainment fo...
2020-05-1432 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 178 Worshipping TogetherIn this short podblast episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 quarantine series, JOURNAL Author ANNE KENNEDY gives a word of encouragement to Christians about what it means to worship together in person as the body of Christ.We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as th...
2020-05-1216 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 176 Our Fallen WorldIn this short podblast episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 quarantine series, JOURNAL Author CLAY JONES gives a word of encouragement to Christians about what it means to live in a fallen world and how we are to have hope.We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These re...
2020-05-0516 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 175 Yeezy Comes to Jesus: Considering Kayne West’s Profession and Promotion of the Christian FaithKanye Omari West is an American rapper, business entrepreneur, fashion designer, and husband to reality television star, Kim Kardashian (a.k.a. Yeezy) has flirted with Christianity in the past, but in 2019 when he announced his faith in Jesus there was something different, something that at least on the surface seemed real and genuine to many in the watching world. As the months passed, the way that Kanye is publicly living out his Christian faith, has caused some Christians to celebrate and has caused others a fair bit of concern.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with...
2020-04-3047 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 174 Loving Your NeighborIn this short podblast episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 quarantine series, JOURNAL Author JAY WATTS gives practical encouragement to Christians about what it means to love our neighbors (Mark 12:30-31) while sheltering-in-place.We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as this review, as well as...
2020-04-2818 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 173 Jesus Wake Up!In this short podblast episode of the Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 quarantine series, JOURNAL Author Dr. Philip Tallon talks about Saint Augustine’s commentary on Jesus calming the storm in the gospels.We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as this...
2020-04-2313 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 172 Covid-19 Do Pro-life Principles Require A Sustained Shut Down of the Economy? Who Decides?COVID-19 is the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a particularly dangerous form of the coronavirus. Thus far, 30,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and it will get worse. Just how much worse remains to be seen. There are too many unknowns. Some medical experts predict millions of deaths worldwide unless we lockdown society and enforce strict social distancing for 12 to 18 months. Given these unknowns, how should pro-life Christians respond to COVID-19? Do doctors have a corner on how we structure society in light of a pandemic or do we need voices beyond the hard sciences? Are pro-life advocates who question a prolonged...
2020-04-2056 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 171 Why Christians Should Read the Pagan ClassicsTertullian, the toughest and most uncompromising of early church fathers, once asked a question that is still with us today: What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? That is to say, is there— indeed, should there be—a meeting ground between the Judeo-Christian strain that proceeds out of Jerusalem and the Greco-Roman (humanist) strain that proceeds out of Athens As far as Tertullian was concerned, the answer to his question was simple: nothing. Nevertheless, despite Tertullian’s rejection of the link between Athens and Jerusalem, Christian thinkers for the past two millennia have continued to ponder his question. Can the basic...
2020-04-1652 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 170 Biblically Faithful SexualityThis is the first short podblast episode in a special new Postmodern Realities Podcast 2020 COVID-19 quarantine series. On this episode, JOURNAL Author Ellen Mary Dykas talks about biblically faithful sexuality during the pandemic.We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as...
2020-04-1417 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 169 The Jesus of Mormonism: Differences That Make a DifferenceIt is sometimes thought that while Mormonism and Christianity differ significantly, they both are Christ-centered. After all, the Mormon Church is named The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But appearances can be deceiving. Mormon leaders and teachers add to the confusion of Mormon theology with statements made in both their public dialogue and written commentary. While there may be many similarities between Christianity and Mormonism, such similarities are miniscule when analyzing the religions overall. For example, there are many theological terms in Mormonism that will be familiar to the Christian. Those terms, however, denote different meanings. The biblical...
2020-04-0943 minWisdom, Leadership & Success9 – Wisdom vs. Power: Postmodern Paradigm Part 2Welcome back to our series, Wisdom and Love vs. Postmodern Power. We’ve been talking about why we have so much conflict in our society and unhappiness in our lives.
In this session, we’ll discuss postmodern ideas about relationships, power, rules, freedom and how we develop the young.
Remember the three keys to understanding the Postmodern Paradigm:
There is no Truth or Morality or facts. Everything in life is In-the-Eye-of-the-Beholder.
There is no purpose or meaning in Life.
All that matters is Power. All relationships are power relationships.
Communities, Leaders and Power
In postmodern thinking, since there is no righ...
2020-04-0712 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 168 Best Selling Author and Astrologer Chani Nicholas Brings New Age Teaching to the Social Media GeneratioThe New Age Movement has made a resurgence in 2020. Particularly popular for those claiming to be spiritual and not religious, we cannot write off New Age spirituality as something of the past. It is in the here and now, and even Christians are enticed by it. Astrologer Chani Nicholas is popular among the social media generation seeking spiritual enlightenment.Nicholas, who just released her first book, You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance, has one million monthly visitors to her website and recently appeared on the Netflix show Explained: Astrology. She is not only a voice for...
2020-04-0232 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 167 Faithful Living Through the Coronavirus“These are the times that try men’s souls,” wrote Thomas Paine in his rousing call to Americans to fight for independence. “The Crisis” was the title of Paine’s work from 1776; and now we face another crisis — not a war of man against man, but of a virus warring against all of humanity. Previous scares about Ebola, swine flu, and other viruses seem — to Americans, at least — small compared to the threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which is currently terrifying the globe in March 2020. How might Christians keep a warm heart and a cool head during this crisis, when what we thoug...
2020-03-2648 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 166 Controversial Guru Teal Swan Brings New Age Teachings to the Social Media GenerationThe New Age Movement has made a resurgence in 2020. Particularly popular for those claiming to be spiritual and not religious, we cannot write off New Age spirituality as something of the past. It is in the here and now, and even Christians are enticed by it. Teal Swan is popular among those in the social media generation who are seeking spiritual enlightenment.Swan claims to have endured horrific sexual abuse at the hands of a satanic cult as a child and she uses her platform to help others overcome their own personal trauma. Recently, Swan was immersed in...
2020-03-1949 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 165 History’s Bloody Mess: Why Marxism (& Socialism) Always FailsMarxism, rebranded as socialism or democratic socialism today, is making a comeback. And now the makeover is complete. But Karl Marx’s theory suffers the same malady as every materialistic theory: it contradicts the existence of the theorist. How should Christians apply a Christian ethic and world view to civic government? If Christians agree that the government cannot save people or fundamentally change human hearts, how is this an apologetic issue and not a political one? Topics covered in this episode include: Why does it matter that Christians need to have a biblical world view about government? How is socialism de...
2020-03-1242 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 162 You Say You Want A RevolutionJust War Theory (JWT) has been criticized for being so flexible that it can be used to rationalize almost any motivation for initiating war and is therefore of little use in actually preventing war. Because it was originally developed as a means of evaluating the moral considerations of war between nation-states, the applicability of JWT becomes more complicated and difficult to assess when potential combatants reside within the same borders. In this special case, even what would seem to be a straightforward application of the principles used to evaluate state versus nonstate combatants is inadequate because Scripture has more to...
2020-02-2038 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 161 What Do You Mean by God? Pullman’s “Straw-Man God” in His Dark MaterialsIn apologetics, a crucial question to ask a critic of religion is, “What do you mean by God?” Author Philip Pullman gives an imaginative answer to that question in His Dark Materials, a fantasy trilogy for young adults turned television series now airing on HBO. The books originally generated backlash from Christians because of Pullman’s anti-religious bent and his negative characterization of God and the Church. However, a closer look at Pullman’s “god” reveals him to be merely a straw-man, a false god Christians would likely reject as well. Therefore, rather than rushing to defend against Pullman’s attacks on rel...
2020-02-1350 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 160 Naming Names: Why It’s OK (and Necessary) to Call Out False Teachers and Fugitives from Church JusticeThe internet gives Christians a virtual platform from which to survey the theological landscape and spot from a long way off the horrifying wrongness of others, and then it is a tool by which we can to correct them, by name, in a tweet, Facebook or Instagram post, or long-form blog post. But what does the Bible say? Should Christians critique others and call each other out by name for theological error or sin? Under what circumstances? In what manner? And how often?This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Anne Kennedy about her online-exclusive article, “Na...
2020-02-0641 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 159 A Cinematic Call to Change: Postmodern Reform in The Two PopesThis film review examines the artfulness and cinematographic symbolism that makes The Two Popes spiritually uplifting, while also providing philosophical tools to assess its core message of postmodern change for the Roman Catholic Church. The 2020 Oscar nominated film portrays a friendship between Cardinals Joseph Ratzinger and Jorge Bergoglio who became the modern-day two popes–Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Jason Monroe about his online-exclusive article, “A Cinematic Call to Change: Postmodern Reform in The Two Popes.” Coming Soon! https://www.equip.org/article/a-cinematic-call-to-change-postmodern-reform-in-the-two-popes/ We’d a...
2020-01-3034 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 158 The Light Of The World Or A World Of Darkness? An Examination of Three Teachings and Practices of The LightThe Light of the World Church (TLOW), with over 15,000 temples in 58 countries, claims to be the restoration of the early church of Christ. Although official doctrinal documents are rare, we can trace their central doctrines from its hymnology and other sources. When we analyze three critical doctrines held by TLOW, comparing them to early Christian orthodoxy and early heresies, TLOW aligns more with ancient heresies condemned by the early church. However, rather than being discouraged by the apparent success of TLOW, we should be encouraged to train ourselves so that we may be ready to present a rational defense of...
2020-01-2342 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 157 The Reincarnation of ReincarnationA 2015 Pew study found that 25 percent of those identifying as Christians believe in reincarnation. For some, the idea of reincarnation offers comfort and guidance. And many times, the pop-culture view of reincarnation, while popular in American circles, does not fit the Hindu and Buddhist religions where the doctrine originated. According to these religions, you do not choose your next lifetime. Karma determines it. That is, the combination of your good and bad actions produces good or bad results (or karma) in this and every lifetime—until you escape the cycle and dissolve into nirvana. Any religious belief may be held on...
2020-01-1647 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 156 The Prayers Rose Like Incense: Anglican Worship and the Normative PrincipleFirst time visitors to an Anglican Church, especially a parish of the high church tradition, are often bewildered. Worship abounds in written prayers, vestments, acolytes, a robed choir, candles, hymns accompanied by an organ. People cross themselves, kneel for certain prayers, stand for others. Communion wine is just that, wine served from a common cup. If it happens to be a feast day, there may be incense. To the uninitiated all these elements may feel positively arcane and certainly alien. People from non-liturgical traditions often find it difficult to categorize Anglican worship. The liturgy looks Roman Catholic, but the preaching...
2020-01-0938 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 155 The Marathon of Martyrdom: A Review of A Hidden Life[This review contains SPOILERS for the film that tells the story of the Austrian hero Franz Jägerstätter who died during World War II.]A Hidden Life, the three-hour film by acclaimed director Terrence Malick is based on the true life story of an Austrian farmer living in the final years of World War II. In it we see the main character, Franz Jägerstätter, a farmer and family man living a modest life in the mountains of Austria, knock again and again at the door of martyrdom. Malick’s latest film shows us the steep price...
2020-01-0232 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 153 If I Feel It, It’s True: Combating the Rise of EmotionalismThe path to emotionalism has been a process of elimination, striking down various authorities along the history of ideas.The history of ideas can be roughly summed up by three main epochs: pre-modernism, modernism, and postmodernism in the mid-late 20th Century. While postmodern ideas may have been commonplace in academia, they still represented a fringe-group of thought experiments. The average person still mostly acted as if there were absolute truths and knowable facts about the world and morality. Fast forward to 2016 when the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” word of the year. The seeds that were sown from ivory towe...
2019-12-1951 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 152 The Romantic Rationalism of BBC’s Doctor Who“Have you ever thought what it’s like to be wanderers in the Fourth Dimension? Have you? To be exiles?” So asked William Hartnell’s mysterious Doctor back in An Unearthly Child (1963), the very first episode of the long-running British, BBC produced science-fiction TV series, Doctor Who. He is a Time Lord travelling the universe in the TARDIS, a bigger-on-the-inside time machine disguised as a Police Box, fighting monsters with the help of his human companions. Complete with its own convention (the Feb. 2020 convention in Los Angeles is sold out) and other events, Doctor Who has inspired devoted fans worldwide who pour...
2019-12-1243 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 151 Am I a Bad Christian for Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies?More than 85 million people in the U.S. are avid watchers of the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas films. Complete with its own mobile App, Hallmark Christmas film fans can partake year-round in the romantic, true-love plots. Not just on the Hallmark Channel, but other on-demand viewing channels like Netflix have also gotten into the Christmas film game. All the films have the same plot, the same kiss, the same quaint small town, the same fake snow falling gently onto the shiny hair of the protagonist, the same easy “trouble” resolved in less than one scene, the cookie baking that magically cleans...
2019-12-0536 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 149 What Joker Gets Right About Human Depravityis Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Correy Latta forthcoming online-exclusive movie review article, “What Joker Gets Right About Human Depravity”. https://www.equip.org/article/getting-what-we-deserve-what-joker-gets-right-about-human-depravity-a-film-review-of-joker-2019-starring-joaquin-phoenix/We’d also like to invite you to subscribe to the Journal. To subscribe to the Journal, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/crj-subscription/When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our free online-exclusive articles, such as this review...
2019-11-1447 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 148-In Defense of Pop CultureSeveral Christian voices have recently been questioning the value of engaging with pop culture, and particularly the kind of entertainment gluttony encouraged by the convenience of services like Netflix or Amazon Prime. They posit that excessive consumption of pop culture by Christians is worse for our souls, minds, and hearts. So are those Christians who believe that engaging popular culture is valuable mistaken? Are Christians who engage with pop culture distracting themselves from more spiritually important things, and from forms of rest and recreation that are qualitatively better than streaming a television series or watching a movie? In the age...
2019-11-0747 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 146 Recognizing and Responding to Occultism in Your Church and A Film review of Hail Satan?The new Magnolia Pictures documentary Hail Satan?, directed by avant-garde documentarian Penny Lane, is a thought-provoking darkly comedic study of an upstart faction of Satanists known as The Satanic Temple (TST). Cofounded by Lucien Greaves and Malcom Jarry in 2013, TST has been a growing, mischievous, and yet whimsical presence in public life. The group has earned a reputation as diehard political activists, that takes the art of trolling to a whole new level. The discussion covers what Satanists believe, how Satanists are misunderstood, and how TST differs from other branches of Satanism. In addition to an deep dive...
2019-10-311h 09Postmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 145 On Being an Old Apologist: Reflections on Ciceros on Old AgeThe stereotype of old people as crusty, cantankerous complainers who have nothing better to do than remind young whippersnappers of how much better things used to be, tends to be supported by experiences we have with many of the elderly we meet. So its surprising when an old man or woman who does not fit this stereotype. As we age, how can we can be the kind of people who bear the burdens of old age well and continue to be productive people well into his or her later years? Ciceros On Old Age is a short book with reflections...
2019-10-2855 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 143 Seeking Spiritual Solace in a Daze of Digital DistractionTodays world is a laboratory for experimenting with all types of new media, and we are all creating our own ways of adopting technologies as they develop. It is not dramatic to say that these digital technologies and especially the ones we use on our computers, smartphones, and tablets we use every day, summed in the simple word app, are changing what it means to function as humans. Apps on our electronic devices have certainly made communication faster and access to information easier but we are bombarded by this information and notifications about more information almost every waking moment or...
2019-10-0333 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 142 Why Do 1 West Hebrew Israelites Call Whites Edomites And Chinese Moabites ?Those familiar with the street preaching type of Hebrew Israelites have usually seen their 12 Tribes of Israel Chart. Hebrew Israelites are usually black, Hispanic, and Native Americans who claim they are the true biological descendants of Jacob from their paternal line. Hebrew Israelites of the street proselytizing variety usually trace their theological roots back to a small, New York City based school, initially called the Israelite School of Torah. The school, launched in 1969, was at one time located at 1 West 125th Street in Harlem. Christian urban apologists have dubbed adherents to this vein of Hebrew Israelism as 1 Westers. The 1 West...
2019-09-2637 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 141 The Firm Foundations of the House of David: A Defense of King Davids HistoricityDespite certain elements of the accounts of King David in the Hebrew Bible appearing to be legendary, there are several intriguing sources that strongly suggest that David existed and founded a dynasty and that Davids kingdom was more than a myth. Textual sources written from the perspective of the enemies of Israel and Judah mention the house of David, a clear reference to David as a dynastic founder. While direct, physical evidence ie David was here is lacking, archaeological data from key sites points towards the activity of a king or strong central authority. Additionally, David established his kingdom precisely...
2019-09-1931 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 140 The Theological Mess in the Moxie of Jen HatmakerOf all the public conversions from conservative evangelical too progressive, Jen Hatmakers is one of the most culturally appealing. Her trademark breezy, well timed humor penetrates to the heart of the overwhelmed American woman she gathers into her tribe and admonishes to keep up the hard work, which will, by her gritty love, save the world. This is Hatmakers gospel as you model your life on Jesus and love as inclusively as He did, you will heal yourself, your family, and the world. This gospel is delivered in a package of can do, no nonsense American pragmatism. Hatmaker rose to...
2019-09-1231 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 139 - ClearSkies, Hurt Hearts, Cannot Lose: Why Spielbergs Aliens Help Make us More HumanSteven Spielbergs made five movies featuring aliens: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., A.I., The War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But the really important alien movies are Spielbergs first two: Close Encounters and E.T. Like Spielbergs other early films, Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark, these movies refined a B movie genre into critically acclaimed gourmet popcorn. Close Encounters and E.T. raised the bar for cinematic science fiction. They also did something unusual, which few alien movies that followed, including Spielbergs own, have attempted: the...
2019-09-0540 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 138 - Using NBCs The Good Place in Conversational ApologeticsNBCs The Good Place television series has had three hilarious yet thought provoking seasons its final and fourth season begins Sept 26 2019 which tell a riveting story while examining crucial philosophical questions such as what it means to live a good life and whether we have any moral obligations to our fellow man. Along the way, viewers have been exposed to the ideas of several major figures of Western philosophy such as Aristotle, Kant, Kierkegaard, Hume, Mill, and Sartre, as well as a few contemporary thinkers such as Todd May, the Clemson University philosopher who serves as one of the shows...
2019-08-2957 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 137 - How We Lost the Universities and How to Reclaim the Voice of ChristLosing the American universities is truly one of the greatest tragedies of world history. But first, why does it matter? It matters because the university is the most influential institution of western civilization. From it come our journalists, artists, doctors, lawyers, businessmen, political leaders, K 12 educators, and even future professors. As goes the university so goes the culture. Indeed, as goes the U S university, so goes the world. Ideas have consequences. This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Corey Miller about his online exclusive feature article How We Lost the Universities And How to Reclaim the...
2019-08-2250 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 136 - Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel HollisIn the world of Self Help, a genre to which Americans are peculiarly addicted, Rachel Hollis is suddenly ascendant her diminutive figure bolstered in 6 inch heels, her flawlessly high lighted hair extensions framing her bright, inviting smile. She is the with it cream at the very top of an already fulsome pitcher. Her enthusiastic Girl, You Can Do It inspires millions of women to reach deep into their pockets and plunk down their money with a restless hope. Whether they wash their faces and take their lives unapologetically into their own hands or not, her message of self actualization and...
2019-08-1540 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 135 - Questing for Divine Love Cormac McCarthys The RoadAre humans alone in the cosmos, or does some Divine Being watch over our lives? Is there a God who loves us, or are we left to ourselves? And how might human evil affect our ability to give an answer? Such questions arise from Cormac McCarthys 2006 Pulizter Prize winning, postapocalyptic novel The Road, a story in which the evil that has ruined the world is entirely the fault of humans. By juxtaposing moments of faith and despair, McCarthy reveals just how potent is the human capacity to affect human faith. A world in which humans have mostly wiped each other...
2019-08-0856 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 134 - Are Laws Restricting Abortion Forced Organ Donation? A Review of Beyond RoeDavid Boonins new book Beyond Roe Why Abortion Should Be Legal Even if the Fetus Is a Person hits the shelves as the world ramps up the political wars over abortion. The Supreme Courts ideological make up may have shifted for the first time in decades as a result of President Trumps appointments of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Abortion rights supporters fear that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision responsible for protecting the right to an abortion in all fifty states, may be in jeopardy. New York, Illinois, and other state legislatures rushed to amend their laws to...
2019-08-0142 min
Postmodern Missionary PodcastEpisode 00A - What I Mean by PostmodernKatie opens her podcast with an introductory episode about who she is, her aim in starting a podcast, and what she means by the word "postmodern".
2019-07-3100 min
Postmodern Missionary PodcastPostmodern Missionary Podcast PreviewPreview for Postmodern Missionary Podcast. Dropping July 31, 2019
2019-07-2800 minPostmodern Realities PodcastPostmodern Realities Episode 129 - Gods Directive or Political Adjustment? Change Made to Controversial LDS Policy for LGBTQ MembersThe leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS, or Mormon have reversed a Church policy that was implemented just three and a half years earlier. The original policy made on November 3, 2015, stated how a natural or adopted child of a parent living in a same gender relationship, whether the couple is married or cohabiting, may not receive a name and a blessing. In addition, the baptism of a child of a parent who has lived or is living in a same gender relationship was allowed only if the child was legally an adult 18 and committed...
2019-06-2736 min
The Tikvah PodcastDaniel Mark on Judaism and Our Postmodern AgeAre we living at the end of modernity? Is the liberation of the individual that has characterized the modern age giving way to identity politics, ethno-nationalism, and other forces that call into question liberalism's optimism about the individual? According to the late Professor Peter Lawler, it is this realization of individualism's limits that characterizes our "postmodern" age. His "Conservative Postmodernism, Postmodern Conservatism," published in the 2008 in the Intercollegiate Review, puts forward a conservative, postmodern vision that stands in stark contrast to the relativistic and liberationist philosophy that typically travels under the postmodern banner. In this...
2017-11-2841 min