This is part 1 of my conversation with Dr. Justin Phillips about his important book Know Your Place: Helping White, Southern Evangelicals Cope with the End of The(ir) World. You can find out more about Dr. Phillips here.Book Links:US Amazon LinkCanadian Amazon LinkIf you like the Theomagination podcast, consider subscribing to my substack page where you'll receive writing and podcasts delivered directly to your email.

What a delight it was to have Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns with us last night at All Souls Knoxville to lecture on her recently released book, “Re-Enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious.” I read this book as soon as it came out and so look forward to interviewing Dr. Johns about it in the near future. In the meantime, I hope you are inspired by her lecture. We sure were!If you like the Theomagination, consider subscribing to my substack page where you'll receive writing and podcasts delivered directly to your email.

This lecture was recorded on July 26th, at All Souls Knoxville. Chris and I will have a follow-up conversation on this lecture which will be posted here in the near future. If you are interested in this lecture series you can learn more here.Chris's Substack pageChris's WebsitePhil's Substack page

I have recently interviewed Dr. Phillips about his important book, Know Your Place: Helping White, Southern Evangelicals Cope With the End of The(ir) World. Here, Justin lectures about his book as a kick-off to our summer lecture series. In the days to come I'll be releasing my interview with Justin.If you are interested in our lecture series, all lectures are hosted at All Souls Knoxville (Tennessee) and are open and free to all. Here are the remaining lectures for 2023:Dr. Chris Green, The Fire and the Cloud: A Biblical Christology (July 26th, 7pm)Dr. Cheryl Bridges-Johns, Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious (August 9th, 7pm)Eric Minton, It's Not You, It's Everything: What Our Pain Reveals about the Anxious Pursuit of the Good Life (August 23rd, 7pm)Click here for more information about these lectures. They will be streamed lived at www.facebook.com/allsoulsknoxville.

This sermon was preached at All Souls Knoxville on April 16th, 2023. To check out the All Souls Podcast go to this page which provides the links to various listening platforms.

This is part two of my conversation with Andrew Arndt about his recently released book, Stream in the Wasteland: Finding Spiritual Renewal with the Desert Fathers and Mothers. Andrew is the author of several books including All Flame. He is the Lead Pastor at New Life East in Colorado Springs, and a fun guy to follow on Twitter.If you enjoy this podcast, I'd love it if you'd subscribe to the Theomagination writings over at Substack: philaud.substack.com/

Andrew Arndt offers a fresh book on the ever fascinating wisdom of the Desert Fathers and Mothers in his new book called Streams in the Wasteland (releases September 3rd). In this conversation we talk about his journey towards writing this book, why the desert way is accessible to us here and now, and how these monastics were able to be at one and the same time harsh and gentle and why, in the end, it was all grace. If you enjoy the Theomagination podcast, you should check out the writings (and sometimes recordings) here: https://philaud.substack.com

This is part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Mark Chironna on the need for prophetic reform.Dr. Chironna's Article: "Elijah - Depression - and the Prophetic Community"Mark is the pastor of Church On The Living Edge in the Orlando area. He is a Theo-Semiotician holding a Doctorate of Ministry in Future Studies as well as an MA in Psych, and he is currently seeking a Ph.D. as Post Grad Researcher at the University Of Birmingham, UK. Mark has a new book which was released on July 19th called On the Edge of Hope: No Matter How Dark the Night, The Redeemed Soul Still Sings. Canadian LinkAmerican Link

Dr. Mark Chironna believes that we are in desperate need of prophetic reform in our time. In this conversation we talk about the nature of prophecy and how the prophetic tradition needs to shape (and confront) our understanding of the prophetic task in our times.Mark is the pastor of Church On The Living Edge in the Orlando area. He is a Theo-Semiotician holding a Doctorate of Ministry in Future Studies as well as an MA in Psych, and he is currently seeking a Ph.D. as Post Grad Researcher at the University Of Birmingham, UK. Mark has a new book coming out on July 19th called On the Edge of Hope: No Matter How Dark the Night, The Redeemed Soul Still Sings. Canadian LinkAmerican Link

This is the second half of my conversation with Dr. Domenic Ruso where we talk about what it is like to think about the church from beautiful and complex location of Montrèal, Quebec. Here we move beyond the scope of what secularism is and delve more deeply into the question, 'What is the Church?'Check out Theomagination on SubstackMost recent post: Tongues & Power IICheck out Dom's books (sorry to listeners outside of Canada and the US for not providing links).Canadian Amazon Links:Making Sense of The Church: An IntroductionChristmas: Because We All Struggle To Believe US Amazon Links:Making Sense of the Church: An IntroductionChristmas: Because We All Struggle To Believe