A Church Dismantled | A Kingdom Restored
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Welcome friends! In May of 2020 an email to our congregation where my wife Heidi and I have served in ministry for fifteen years. This podcast has allowed me to draw upon nearly three decades of teaching sociology, thirty-five years of sociological research, fifteen years of church and denominational consulting, twenty years of ministry, my childhood and coming of age in a conservative..
A Church Dismantled | A Kingdom Restored
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This insightful and stirring interview with two of the last half-century's most biblically-based prophetic voices. Pre-order Jim's new book The False White Gospel and receive an invitation to a Zoom book-talk with Jim, hosted by Conrad Kanagy. Pre-order and email kanagycl@etown.edu for the Zoom event link, scheduled for March 18 at 7 p.m. EST. If you cannot join us live you can still receive event recording if you pre-order! Below is a description of the book and a link to pre-order.
My new book, The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refound ..read more
A Church Dismantled | A Kingdom Restored
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I am delighted to interview my editor from Fortress Press about his new book on writing. No one has done more to call out my inner voice as a writer. He will be part of a free webinar this week, February 7 with well-known reporter David Wingfield . An excerpt from the book is below and a podcast link to our interview.
This book seeks to awaken the inner poet. Whether it can remains to be seen. The odds certainly stacked against it, as such stirring proves a tall order. Books rarely make poets of people. Life does that. But roused, the fantastic beckons, and the ordinary never ..read more
A Church Dismantled | A Kingdom Restored
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This episode begins a "reboot" of this podcast as I have published Walter Brueggemann's biography and have been named Editor of three current or forthcoming books by Brueggemann. The biography is on sale at Amazon for 15.47 and The Emancipation of God for 28.00. Study guides for both are free at http://www.achurchdismantle.org
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Tune in for regular readings of the Brueggemann biography and the forthcoming series ..read more
A Church Dismantled | A Kingdom Restored
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Despite my efforts, the Spirit just continues to keep this podcast going!
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A Church Dismantled | A Kingdom Restored
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The fourth episode in the Lenten series "When Night Falls."
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A Church Dismantled | A Kingdom Restored
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And excerpt from the third episode in this Lenten series: "But faced with Parkinson’s Disease for years ago, I began to give myself a break finally. And why not—I began in a deeper way than ever to accept that I was weak, fragile, mortal, and my life such a fleeting thing. And in the days I have left I want to grab all of the joy that I can, the peace that I can, and the love that I can. And while those things were so foreign to me most days, I had seen just enough of that Smile to know that He had not gone anywhere, and that he was waiting for me to understand that I was loved “'j ..read more