• < 1 Minute Read Check out my new book! Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher Rich Villodas joins the show to discuss his new book, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus. This is one of Kurt’s favorite books this year and this conversation doesn’t disappoint! Get the book, here: https://amzn.to/37oFFxc GIVE …
Bruxy Cavey: End of Religion [EP-122]
• < 1 Minute Read Check out my new book! Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher Bruxy Cavey chats with Kurt Willems about the re-release of his book, The End of Religion. They talk about how this book is really a whole new book and say some words about what we talk about when we talk about “religion.” Get …
Shane Claiborne: Jesus for President 2020 [EP-119]
• < 1 Minute Read Check out my new book! Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher Shane Claiborne chats with Kurt Willems about a bit of his story and his work as an author, speaker, activist, and overall human. They chat about the election, and the ongoing work of Jesus-followers no matter the outcome. They also wrestle with the …
N.T. Wright: Christianity Makes Sense of the World [EP-118]
• < 1 Minute Read Check out my new book! Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher In this episode of Theology Curator podcast, Kurt Willems interviews N.T. Wright about his latest book, Broken Signposts: How Christianity Makes Sense of the World. Order Broken Signposts, here: https://amzn.to/3eLMSdK This episode is available as a video as well… GIVE THE SHOW SOME …
Scot McKnight on Toxic Churches and Goodness Cultures [EP-110]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher Scot McKnight joins Kurt Willems to discuss a book he co-authored with his daughter, Laura Barringer, called: A Church Called Tov – Forming a Goodness Culture that Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing. This book comes as a response to the abuses that came to light about Willow …
Every Book by Brian Zahnd Ever … During a Pandemic [EP-109]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher You should read Brian Zahnd’s books. All of them. Kurt chats with Brian Zahnd about every single book he has written to date … and the new book he’s “secretly” working on. They talk about pandemics, race, and politics through each of his books. Check out BZ at BrianZand.com. …
Love Matters More than “Truth” with Jared Byas [EP-108]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher Kurt chats with Jared Byas about his new book, Love Matters More. Love, not “truth” is what matters as we seek to follow Jesus, Jared persuasively argues. Listen along! Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3duPU5D GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so kind to hop on …
Christians and July 4th: Celebrate with Kingdom Lenses (Not Americanized Ones)
• 4 Minute Read For the past several years I have publicly discussed why I tend to avoid associating myself with Independence Day. For a few years in a row I posted what was called my “annual unpopular post.” It all began in 2009 (when I hardly blogged), with a post titled: An “unpopular” …
Shame Disrupts Shalom: Voices that Pull Us Away from God and Others
• 4 Minute Read The Bible has this grand story it tells, a grand narrative that proclaims a Creator God that loves creation. Humans, whom this God deems as bearing the image of the Divine, are the pinnacle of God’s creative process. They are designed to be God’s representatives on the earth. This is …
What Does God’s Glory Look Like? (Isaiah and Jesus)
• 4 Minute Read God is Holy. God is Glorious. God is robed in Splendour. All facts. All true. All hard for me to wrap my finite human mind around. And maybe that’s the point. Maybe we simply aren’t supposed to understand this aspect of God. At the same time. Our knowledge and understanding …