This week, (I know…we always say this) is a very special Homebrewed Christianity Podcast. It’s one of those moments where we visit that rummage sale that happens every 500 years and find some pearls of great price. It’s John Calvin’s 500th birthda

Robert Wright joins us this week for a conversation on his new book ‘The Evolution of God.’ Blogger and Deacon Serious joins me for the interview and (if you are smart enough to read his blog) in soliciting questions from our listeners leading up to

Len Sweet joins us this week for another outstanding podcast. The first half of the podcast focuses on his new book ‘So Beautiful’ in which you get Len being Sweet as he discusses the DNA of the church. In doing so you get some refined and focused r

This week we are joined by OSU philosopher, progressive Christian blogger, and author of ‘Is God a Delusion? A Reply to Religion’s Cultured Despisers’, Eric Reitan. In the book you get two things for the price of one. 1- An intro to the philosophy

The hermeneutics train keeps rolling this week with Tim Conder, founding pastor of Emmaus Way in Durham, North Carolina. Tim talks about his new book, Free for All, about approaching biblical interpretation as a community of faith. Here’s a taste: The B

Our guest this week, as we take a ride on the hermeneutics train, is Dr. Ron Farmer, religious studies professor at Chapman University and dean of Wallace All Faiths Chapel in Orange, California. Farmer discusses five approaches to scripture that he foun

Homebrewed Christianity celebrates its 50th episode, and there’s no better way to do it than with Tony Jones, author of The New Christians, interviewing Dr. Bart Ehrman. Dr. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North

Dr. Jeffrey C. Pugh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Elon University. His new book is called Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer In Troubled Times. Dr. Pugh talks with Tripp about the life of Bonhoeffer, shares s

From our guest interviewer, Zach Roberts: Scholar and writer Diana Butler Bass‘s new book, A People’s History of Christianity, is a fascinating look at church history form the ground-up. Diana will be a featured speaker at the Alliance of Baptist Conv

This week Homebrewed Christianity gets lovey dovey. Tripp interviews Thomas J. Oord, a Nazarene philosopher-theologian out of the Wesleyan and Holiness traditions. Thomas Oord’s work spans science, philosophy, and theology as he explores love’s role i