Discipleship for the Present Podcast

A Christian discipleship podcast offering thoughtful, practical reflections on following Jesus in the present age. discipleshipforthepresent.substack.com

Discipleship for the Present Podcast is a religion podcast hosted by Kanu Emeruwa, with 84 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kanu Emeruwa hosts Discipleship for the Present Podcast, a religion show with 84 episodes published.

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  Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - 03 - Part 3

  Jun 30, 202639 minS0

  <p>Most of us know what it is to be deeply moved by beauty. But for the 19th-century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, the physical world was not just beautiful—it was an intoxicating, almost violent obsession. From the "blood-gush" of a field poppy to the microscopic phonetic details of a bird's song, his nerve endings were completely exposed to the sensory reality of the earth.</p><p></p><p>The episode opens by placing that hyper-sensitive artist on a direct collision course with a radical spiritual demand. How does a man so staggered by the physical world obey a savior wh...

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  Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - 02 - Part 2

  Jun 30, 202635 minS0

  <p>Most of us value a life characterized by upward mobility—using our natural talents to secure influence, build a platform, and engineer a comfortable existence. But when we look closely at the path of true discipleship, we discover a standard that actively, almost violently, rejects that trajectory.</p><p></p><p>The episode opens by stripping away the romanticism often attached to the creative life, focusing instead on the radical disruptions demanded by the Gospels. We explore the life of Gerard Manley Hopkins, a brilliant 19th-century Oxford graduate who possessed an immense family fortune and had the Victorian literary wo...

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  Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - 01 - Part 1

  Jun 30, 202637 minS0

  <p>Before he became one of the most brilliant and agonizing poets in the English language, a young Gerard Manley Hopkins stood in front of a fireplace and dropped his entire life’s work into the flames. He called it the "slaughter of the innocents." Driven by a conviction that his art was too self-indulgent for a man entering the priesthood, he embraced a seven-year vow of silence. When he finally began to write again, he produced work in total obscurity—poetry that rejected the safe, predictable cadence of his era for something wild, flexible, and intensely demanding.</p><p></p><p...

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  The Everlasting Man - 02 - Part 2

  Jun 30, 202635 minS0

  <p>Most of us remember the nativity as a peaceful, snowy holiday scene—a quiet night centered around a manger, surrounded by gentle animals and starlight. But G.K. Chesterton begins his analysis of the Christian story in a much darker, far more dangerous place.</p><p></p><p>The episode opens by stripping away the sentimental gloss and looking carefully at the radical reality of the Incarnation. Before the stained glass windows and the domesticated theology, we are introduced to the maker of the universe acting as a subversive insurgent. He does not arrive on a cosmic throne. He in...

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  The Everlasting Man - 01 - Part 1

  Jun 30, 202633 minS0

  <p>If you walk into a world-class art museum and stand with your nose touching a massive Impressionist painting, you do not see a masterpiece. You see chaotic, messy blobs of gray and brown. You see the erratic brush strokes and the stray bristles caught in the paint. To understand what you are actually looking at, you have to take a massive step backward.</p><p></p><p>The episode opens by applying this exact image to modern faith. We spend our lives so close to the architecture of our own beliefs that we often only see the administrative frustrations...

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