Skeptical Preacher: Recent Episodes
Skeptical Preacher
This is a podcast about hosing off the Bible from what's gotten caked onto it: predictable platitudes, right-wing politics, pastoral demagoguery, and theologically-correct boredom. This is a podcast about cracking open that book again to find out what's in it — what's not in it — and how embracing its weirdness might help us build a better world for everyone.
The Magic Box starts to crack open: inside is a little compassion, a little cooperation, and a lot of bodies.
We start a new 12-part series about the Gospel of Mark by looking at its first few sentences with the help of an idea from J.J. Abrams.
What is the point of Good Friday? Why mourn when we know how the rest of the story goes? Why spend this day confronting death when we so quickly move on to the Resurrection?
The crowds betray Jesus. The Kingdom hasn't arrived. Does that mean Palm Sunday is ironic?
"Have you tried unplugging the world and plugging it back in again?" Jesus goes to the wilderness to push the cosmic reset button. But does it work?
Why does Jesus razzle-dazzle his disciples on top of a mountain? Solar eclipses, Mardis Gras, and tall tales on today's episode.
Let's exorcise some Christian fallacies about Jesus' miracles and who deserves to be helped.
Water is a symbol that leaks. Come plumb the theological depths of chaos, monstrosity, and femininity in creation stories and fish tales.
Why is this podcast called "Skeptical Preacher"? How do skepticism and preaching go together?
Today we talk about the 13th chapter of the gospel of Mark, the so-called little apocalypse of Mark. Why did Jesus talk about the end of the world? Was he really talking about the end of the the world? Why should we care if he was talking about the end of the world? And what does all of this have to do with Christmas?