131 episodes
Like Trees Walking David Berge & Michael J Nelson
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.9 • 296 Ratings
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David Berge and Michael J Nelson take on the big questions of philosophy, theology, and culture in the 21st century from a Christian perspective with a touch (well maybe more than a touch) of humor. We talk about serious topics without taking ourselves seriously.
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Episode 612 — TYTK (We Didn't Start the Fire Edition)
Tim Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC in 1989. Over the course of his quarter century as its pastor the church and Keller - unapologetically classical in its theology - rose to a place of influence in the midst of Manhattan. Dave reflects on his engagement with Keller and why he was so influential. In the second half the tables are turned from an learner episode where Mike quizzed Dave on Billy Joel's original "We Didn't Start the Fire" and now it is Mike being quizzed on Fall Out Boy's updated version. Warning, the song is terrible and this part of the show is far too long.
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Episode 611 — Rushmore
Augustine? Anselm? Aquinas? Aquaman? Who is the GOAT? Who is in the top five theologians of all-time according to this highly objective and scientific ranking process? Also, the real story behind the lost live podcast is finally told.
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Episode 610 — Hair I See
As the early church wrestled with questions regarding the relationship of God and Jesus and the subsequent implications for the relationship between God and humanity some answers were deemed heretical. We discuss the differences between heresy and orthodoxy. Plus, the guys discuss the interesting phenomena of what it is socially acceptable to comment upon regarding your appearance.
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Bad Polls
The polls are in and things are not looking up for Christianity in America. Why? Is this good? Bad? Where are we? Dave offers his theories and then Mike quizzes Dave on real or fanfic related to the Screwtape Letters.
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Episode 608 — Fine Tune(d/s)
Ok, stuff sure looks like it was designed, but is it really? Richard Dawkins or Sir William Paley? Goldilocks universe or a simulation? Who knows? We do! Plus we share some of our favorite "tunes" that are just so fine.
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Episode 607 — Duff-Man
The year was 2008 (or 2009?) Pastor Dave turned in a paper defending the compatibility of Christianity with the death penalty in certain limited circumstances contra his professor the esteemed Christian ethicist Nancy Duff. Dave explains why he was right and then he and Mike sharpen Dave's knives that were even duller than his arguments.
Customer Reviews
Top notch podcast
I like it a lot. Great, deep content
Whispering
Interesting podcast though both Mike and Dave have this bad habit of starting a sentence at normal volume but finishing off with a whisper leaving half their sentence unheard. What makes it worse is the podcast is recorded at a very low volume and the compression on their voice (if there is any) isn’t strong enough to bring up the volume of their voice when they go into whisper mode.
Solid podcast about Christianity with a lighthearted touch
I really enjoy this podcast and recommend it to those who want to hear to fun people engaging in discussions from the perspective of Christianity while still keeping things lighthearted. It’s a refreshing perspective and even when I disagree with them I still value gaining a deeper understanding of their views and takes on things.
My only criticism is that Episode 612 introduced me to the Fall Out Boy version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” which may indeed be the worst cover of any song I have ever heard… but they did include a warning…