Was It Something I Read?
Everyday theology about important issues facing the church. Join us as we discuss excellent books that examine the issues and scriptures that make so many of us uncomfortable and leave us with a lot of questions. We want to break down troubling texts and hard concepts and make them useful in our life and faith.
Podcasting since 2023 • 20 episodes
Was It Something I Read?
Latest Episodes
The Ballot and the Bible Ep. 5 -- Chapters 8-9 -- Pondering the Faith of Presidents -- Part 1
SummaryPart 1 of 2. In chapters 8 and 9, we think about the faith of 3 out of 4 of the most recent presidents of the United States: George W. Bush, Barak Obama, and Donald Trump. We talk about American Civil Religion, and how it ...
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Episode 5
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The Ballot and the Bible Ep. 4 -- Chapters 6-7 -- Of Small Governments and Big End Times
SummaryJoin us for a conversation that takes a surprising but enjoyable turn into church history, as we discuss Chapter 6 "The Magic of the Market: the hermeneutics of small government" and Chapter 7 "The Late Great United States...
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Episode 4
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The Ballot and the Bible Ep. 3 -- "A Stick of Dynamite": Civil Rights and Scripture
SummaryWe look in this episode at Schiess' chapter on the civil rights movement, and discuss in particular the use of the Christian message in social issues, and the death of Christendom. We also discuss whether the career of "pa...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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The Ballot and the Bible Ep. 2 -- The Use of Scripture in Slavery and in Social Gospel
SummaryIn this episode, we look at chapters 3 and 4, in which Schiess looks at the use of scripture in both the defense of American slavery and in the social gospel. We look at how we use the stories of scripture to form our iden...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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The Ballot and the Bible Ep. 1 -- The City on a Hill and the Puritan Legacy
SummaryIn this first episode of Season 2, new host Gabe Magnus joins Ashley to talk about the introduction and first two chapters of The Ballot and the Bible: how scripture has been used and abused in American politics, and w...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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