26 episodes
Under God? Under God
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- Religion & Spirituality
This one is for the Sunday school dropouts. Public defender Jackie Newsome and writer Isaiah Lewis are two Christian outsiders who are questioning the Biblical text in search of hope and justice in today's America.
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The Shepherd's Revenge: Jeremiah 23:1-6
The Lord is our (good) shepherd, right? So how do we make sense of a God who both scatters and gathers God's people? In this episode, Jackie and Isaiah think through the meaning of "revenge" in Jeremiah 23:1-6 and scour their seminary notes for clues on how to read Jeremiah in good faith.
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#humblebrag: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10
Paul asked three times for God to take the thorn in his side away. God said no. And Paul still somehow managed to brag about it. Why?
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King Me: I Samuel 8
Who do we think God is when bad things happen? Jackie and Isaiah read I Samuel 8 through the lens of intergenerational trauma and talk through what faith looks like when we're not sure about God.
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Creation Itself Will Be Set Free: Romans 8
How do we pray when we don't know what to hope? Jackie and Isaiah talk through the good news of a God who groans with us as we reach for liberation. (We roamed all over Romans 8 on this one.)
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The Holy Spirit Poured Out: Acts 10
In this episode, Jackie and Isaiah talk through Biblical queerness, the life and death of DMX, and the radical inclusion of the Lord of All.
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Mercy: Psalm 23
In the wake of the police murders of Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo, and Ma'Khia Bryant and in the shadow of the Chauvin trial, what do we do with the Twenty-Third Psalm? Jackie and Isaiah talk through the connections between psalms 22 and 23, the footsteps of the ancestors, and the hymns of Chance the Rapper.