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This show is an invitation to build bridges between the first century world of the earliest Christ-followers into the twenty-first century reality we now inhabit. The Jesus we excavate from the rubble of tradition might just surprise us all.

Echoing Hope with Kurt Willems Kurt Willems

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.8 • 173 Ratings

This show is an invitation to build bridges between the first century world of the earliest Christ-followers into the twenty-first century reality we now inhabit. The Jesus we excavate from the rubble of tradition might just surprise us all.

    Jonathan Puddle: You are Enough

    Jonathan Puddle: You are Enough

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    Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain is available right now. It is a manifesto about how the life of Jesus offers hope as it intersects with the real pain of the world and in our lives. Email Kurt feedback as well!
    In this episode, Kurt discusses spiritual formation and the love of God with Jonathan Puddle. This was personally a powerful experience. I felt the touch of the Spirit at several moments of our conversation. Get Jonathan's book, You Are Enough: Learning to Love Yourself the Way God Loves You!
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    • 52 min
    Kurt Willems

    Kurt Willems

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    Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain is available right now. It is a manifesto about how the life of Jesus offers hope as it intersects with the real pain of the world and in our lives. Email Kurt feedback as well!
    In this episode, Kurt discusses death and formation with Christiana Peterson. She is the author of Awakened by Death: Life Giving Lessons from the Mystics.
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    1) If you would be so kind to hop on iTunes (or your feed of choice) and leave Theology Curator a review there, that would be amazing. The more reviews we can get will lead to greater visibility in iTunes. And I (Kurt) LOVE reading your comments!
    2) Also, please consider hitting up Theology Curator’s online tip-jar through Patreon (think Kickstarter for ongoing content creators). For $5 per month, or more, you can make a direct impact on this show. Financial partners like you really do make this all possible! Through Patreon, you make a tangible difference in this show’s sustainability and quality!

    • 52 min
    Favorite Spiritual Formation Bible! - The Abide Bible with Phil Collins

    Favorite Spiritual Formation Bible! - The Abide Bible with Phil Collins

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    Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain is available right now. It is a manifesto about how the life of Jesus offers hope as it intersects with the real pain of the world and in our lives. Email Kurt feedback as well!
    In this episode, Kurt chats with Phil Collins, the director of Taylor University's Center for Scripture Engagement and the editor of the Abide Bible.
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    1) If you would be so kind to hop on iTunes (or your feed of choice) and leave Theology Curator a review there, that would be amazing. The more reviews we can get will lead to greater visibility in iTunes. And I (Kurt) LOVE reading your comments!
    2) Also, please consider hitting up Theology Curator’s online tip-jar through Patreon (think Kickstarter for ongoing content creators). For $5 per month, or more, you can make a direct impact on this show. Financial partners like you really do make this all possible! Through Patreon, you make a tangible difference in this show’s sustainability and quality!

    • 43 min
    Jesus' Humanity: Hope for our Hurts [EP-130]

    Jesus' Humanity: Hope for our Hurts [EP-130]

    SUBSCRIBE VIA ITUNES | SPOTIFY | GOOGLE | STITCHER | AUDIBLE Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain launched into the world today. In this episode, Kurt reflects on the big ideas of the book and offers a few brief audio samples from the book.
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    1) If you would be so kind to hop on iTunes (or your feed of choice) and leave Theology Curator a review there, that would be amazing. The more reviews we can get will lead to greater visibility in iTunes. And I (Kurt) LOVE reading your comments!
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    • 16 min
    Enneagram & 40 Days on Being a 3 with Sean Palmer [EP-129]

    Enneagram & 40 Days on Being a 3 with Sean Palmer [EP-129]

    SUBSCRIBE VIA ITUNES | SPOTIFY | GOOGLE | STITCHER | AUDIBLE In this conversation, Kurt chats with Sean Palmer about his book, Forty Days on Being a 3. It is a series of formation books based on the numbering system of the Enneagram. He discusses the Enneagram as a whole and his particular number, enneagram 3.
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    • 51 min
    Becoming a Radiant Church with Tara Beth Leach [EP-128]

    Becoming a Radiant Church with Tara Beth Leach [EP-128]

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    iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Audible Kurt Willems has a conversation with Tara Beth Leach about her important new book, Radiant Church: Restoring the Credibility of Our Witness. Here's what Kurt said in his endorsement:
    "No doubt about it, Christianity has a bad reputation problem in the USA. But that is not how it is supposed to be. The Scriptures offer us a vocation: to be people who bear the loving light of God. In Radiant Church, Tara Beth Leach does something radical: she looks to Jesus first, the light of the world in human flesh. Jesus calls us to know him and live like him in such a way that radical love should be what we are known for, not bigotry, hypocrisy, patriarchy, polarization, racism, political ideology, or any other negatively loaded label. Rather than watering down the Bible to make Christianity more palatable for our culture, she invites us to drink deeply of its story, to become people known for radiating God's beauty and goodness to our world. Read this prophetic book, and let's take up the abundant resources of Jesus together so we can put his vision of a Radiant Church on full display."
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    1) If you would be so kind to hop on iTunes (or your feed of choice) and leave The Paulcast a review there, that would be amazing. The more reviews we can get will lead to greater visibility in iTunes. And I (Kurt) LOVE reading your comments!
    2) Also, please consider hitting up Theology Curator’s online tip-jar through Patreon (think Kickstarter for ongoing content creators). For $5 per month, or more, you can make a direct impact on this show. Financial partners like you really do make this all possible! Through Patreon, you make a tangible difference in this show’s sustainability and quality!

    • 42 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
173 Ratings

173 Ratings

HeatherYarz ,

My go-to Christian podcast, for lack of better title

Love this podcast. My go-to for learning about Jesus and staying connected. Has truly helped me the past few years. I must have started listening when it was new, somehow stumbled upon it but was immediately hooked! Does great book reviews with authors, but I really like the solo episodes on biblical study topics. Thank you and please don’t stop the podcast. This kind of content is much needed and appreciated.

NodyBidness ,

The Real Deal

Kurt is the real deal. He prioritizes the Christ-like Way, and handles scripture with nuance and complexity without giving into the binary world of “progressive” or “conservative” theology. He’s just following Jesus and teaching others to do the same regardless of the label we might be tempted to through at him.

ArmChair Theologian ,

Bummer

I have learned so much from this podcast but I feel this last episode promoted using government to bring YHWH‘s Kingdom. I’m out

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