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Hosted by Randy Knie & Kyle Whitaker · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 152 episodes
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Mixing a cocktail of philosophy, theology, and spirituality. We're a pastor and a philosopher who have discovered that sometimes pastors need philosophy, and sometimes philosophers need pastors. We tackle topics and interview guests that straddle the divide between our interests. Who we are: Randy Knie (Co-Host) - Randy is the founding and Lead Pastor of Brew City Church in Milwaukee, WI. Randy loves his family, the Church, cooking, and the sound of his own voice. He drinks boring pilsners. Kyle Whitaker (Co-Host) - Kyle is a philosophy PhD and an expert in disagreement and philosophy of religion. Kyle loves his wife, sarcasm, kindness, and making fun of pop psychology. He drinks childish slushy beers. Elliot Lund (Producer) - Elliot is a recovering fundamentalist. His favorite people are his wife and three boys, and his favorite things are computers and hamburgers. Elliot loves mixing with a variety of ingredients,
Randy Knie & Kyle Whitaker hosts A Pastor and a Philosopher Walk into a Bar, a religion show with 152 episodes published.
Text us your questions! We wanted something different from our usual fare, so we invited musician David Gungor to help us see spirituality through an artist’s eyes: beauty, story, woundedness, and play. What starts as a
Text us your questions! Democrats can pass huge bills and still lose the argument with the people those bills are meant to help. That’s the tension we dig into with Chuck Rocha, a longtime Democratic strategist, Bernie S
Text us your questions! We continue our conversation with pastor and author Matt Erickson of Eastbrook Church in Milwaukee. The job of many pastors feels like that of a CEO, with a focus on leadership strategy and the "t
Text us your questions! Randy and Kyle sit down with Milwaukee pastor and author Matt Erickson to explore a different vision of pastoral ministry: not the pastor as CEO, brand manager, or religious expert, but the pastor
Text us your questions! We talk with Preston Sprinkle about his book From Genesis to Junia and the long road from a John MacArthur shaped complementarian framework to an egalitarian view that affirms women teaching, prea
Text us your questions! The news cycle is moving so fast it’s training us to forget. We invited Mike Madrid, a longtime classical conservative political strategist, commentator, and Lincoln Project cofounder, back on the
Text us your questions! Prayer doesn’t always happen in a church. Sometimes it happens under streetlights or beside old trees. We open with Randy’s simple practice of late night walks and how nature has slowly become the
Text us your questions! Bart Ehrman, an atheist New Testament scholar with a penchant for annoying evangelicals, now claims that the teachings of Jesus determined the moral instincts of the West. Bart joins us to talk ab
Text us your questions! AI can now generate essays, photos, songs, and video that look real enough to fool experts. This impacts how and whether humans can trust one another, and it’s already reshaping how we learn, crea
Text us your questions! We recorded this live gathering in Chicago with the Post Evangelical Collective, and it still feels uncomfortably current. Alongside Dr. David Gushee and Keri Ladouceur (director of the PEC), we s
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Text us your questions! What kind of God is worth trusting when life falls apart? We pull up a chair with Thomas Jay Oord and guest Chris Lilley for a spirited, vulnerable conversation about omnipotence, evil, and why lo
Text us your questions! Our friend Jeff Cook—writer, podcaster, and Enneagram systems thinker—is back with us to discuss his recent book (volume 1 of a series because of course it is): about the Enneagram. (See our first
Text us your questions! Is the drive to be better than others making us worse? We talk with theologian Miroslav Volf about his book The Cost of Ambition and explore why comparison-based striving saturates our schools, ch
Text us your questions! We talk with political strategist, author, and Lincoln Project member Mike Madrid about data, culture, and why both parties keep getting the Latino vote wrong. Mike takes us inside the Lincoln Pro
Text us your questions! Dawne Moon and Theresa Tobin are back to discuss their book Choosing Love , which represents the culmination of their research over the last several years into the community of conservative LGBTQ+
Text us your questions! What happens when political labels lose their meaning? Dr. Laurie Johnson, political philosopher and president of the Maurin Academy , joins us to unpack the tangled roots of America's culture war
Text us your questions! Ready to transform your relationship with the Bible? Zach Lambert, pastor of Restore Church in Austin and author of Better Ways to Read the Bible , offers a healing pathway for those wounded by sc
Text us your questions! What happens to prayer after you rethink religion and spirituality? Does it feel empty, confusing, or even impossible? If so, you're not alone. In this episode, the three of us discuss our journey
Text us your questions! What happens when a successful religious leader transitions genders and loses everything? Reverend Dr. Paula Stone Williams takes us on her extraordinary journey from privilege to authenticity. Pa
Preston Sprinkle
bestselling author and founder of the Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender · Center for Faith, Gender, and Sexuality
1 appearance on this show
Miroslav Volf
theology professor and director of the Center for Faith and Culture · Yale University
1 appearance on this show
Mike Madrid
author of The Latino Century: How America’s Largest Minority Is Transforming Democracy · Lincoln Project
1 appearance on this show
Laurie Johnson
author of "The Gap in God's Country", professor of Political Philosophy at Kansas State University, co-founder of the Maurin Institute · Springdale Public Schools
1 appearance on this show
C. Thi Nguyen
philosopher
1 appearance on this show
C. Thi Nguyen
philosophy professor
1 appearance on this show
Scott Coley
author of Ministers of Propaganda: Truth, Power and the Ideology of the Religious Right · Vermeer Southeast
1 appearance on this show
Brian Zahnd
pastor and author of "The Wood Between the Worlds" · Word of Life Church
2 appearances on this show
Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion
1 appearance on this show
Scot McKnight
author of Invisible Jesus
3 appearances on this show
Kelley Nikondeha
author of "The First Advent in Palestine"
1 appearance on this show
Stanley Hauerwas
PhD
1 appearance on this show
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