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(90) S5E12 SOTM: Jade
Continuing the Sermon on the Mount working through Mt. 6:25-34, 7:7-11.
(91) S5E13 SOTM: Pearl
Continuing the Sermon on the Mount working through Mt. 7:6.
(92) S1E27 The Fourth Way
I discuss the meaning behind the name of "Fourth Way," the symbolism in the image, the change of the image, and I announce the new and improved sound.
(93) S6E1 Means and Ends: The Politics of Jesus [Part 1]
We begin our discussion of means and ends by laying some groundwork using John Howard Yoder's "The Politics of Jesus." It was a revolutionary book for me and one I thi...
(94) S6E2 Means and Ends: The Politics of Jesus [Part 2]
We begin our discussion of means and ends by laying some groundwork using John Howard Yoder's "The Politics of Jesus." It was a revolutionary book for me and one I thi...
(95) S6E3 Means and Ends: The Politics of Jesus [Part 3]
We begin our discussion of means and ends by laying some groundwork using John Howard Yoder's "The Politics of Jesus." It was a revolutionary book for me and one I thi...
(96) S6E4 Means and Ends: Purposing
This episode builds a bridge from Yoder's "The Politics of Jesus" to an argument for nonviolence related to that foundation. This episode identifies where purpose come...
(97) S6E5 Means and Ends: A Church Father, a Progressive Minority, and a Conservative Calvinist Walk into a Bar...
"Means are the ends in the process of becoming." We explore in this episode the idea that the ends are concomitant with the means. You can't grow apples on a pear tree...
(98) S6E6 Means and Ends: Fire with Fire
We begin looking at applying the idea of means and ends to real world actions. In this episode we discuss a shooting in a Texas church where an active shooter was kill...
(99) S6E7 Means and Ends: Spanking [PART 1]
I take a look at another specific application of our means and ends discussion by addressing the issue of spanking. This is a two part series. In the first episode I l...
(100) S6E8 Means and Ends: Spanking [PART 2]
In the second episode on spanking I lay out a case against the use of spanking by using the book "Corporal Punishment in the Bible."
(101) S6E9 Means and Ends: Riots and Civil Disobedience
A huge thanks to Joseph McDade for his generous permission to use his music: https://josephmcdade.com/Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.inst...
(102) S6E10 Means and Ends: The Vacuous Facade of Legislation
We finish up our "Means and Ends" series by looking at government and politics. What might these means tell us about the ends they are able to procure?
(103) S6E11 John Howard Yoder's Sexual Assaults
Today we are ending our series by discussing John Howard Yoder's sexual assaults. I discuss why I find value in his work despite atrocious actions, and how we can and ...
(104) S7E1 Nonviolent Action: The Role of Fear in Violence
We begin our season on nonviolent action. This episode starts to lay the groundwork by looking at the four ways of response: fight, flight, freeze, and sacrifice. We e...
(105) S7E2 Nonviolent Action: Reasons Why Civil Resistance Works
This episode digs into the book, "Why Civil Resistance Works." We discuss research comparing nonviolent action with violent action, and how we should make sense of the...
(106) S7E3 Nonviolent Action: Antiquity
We continue our series on nonviolence by looking at three examples of nonviolence in history, discussing what they can teach us about nonviolence, as well as how we sh...
(107) S7E4 Nonviolent Action: The American Revolution
We take a look at the unexplored/underexplored nonviolent foundation of the American Revolution, and how a violent turn impacted the huge gains made by nonviolent acti...
(108) S7E5 Nonviolent Action: Gahndi's Salt March
Gandhi is perhaps the most famous implementer of nonviolence in history. In this episode we look at his five principles of "soul force" and their importance to nonviol...
(109) S7E6 Guns would have stopped the Holocaust
This episode marks the 76th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's execution in Nazi Germany. I take a break from looking at how positive non-violent movements work to a...
(110) S7E7 Nonviolent Action: WWII
World War 2 is probably the most cited counter example for nonviolence. The Nazi threat was so clear and so powerful, only violence could have prevailed. In this episo...
(111) S7E8 Nonviolent Action: Civil Rights
In this episode we look at how the Civil Right's Movement utilized (knowingly or unknowingly) the power of innocence. We also discuss our perception of history and the...
(112) S7E9 His Stripes and Our Stripes
We take a slight rabbit trail on Easter (May 2, 2021 for the Eastern Orthodox) from discussing nonviolent action. I look at the Bible's call for the Christian to suffe...
(113) S7E10 {Interview ~ Kingdom Women} Submission, Oppression, and Freedom
In light of our last two episodes, I thought it would be good to have some women come on and help me understand how to work through I Peter's call for the oppressed to...
(114) S7E11 Pastor Wang Yi's "My Declaration of Faithful Disobedience"
After two difficult episodes which ask us as Christians to consider what it means to love and submit, we go for round 3. This episode looks at Pastor Wang Yi's article...
(115) S7E12 Nonviolent Action: Iranian Revolution
We look at the Iranian Revolution and discuss how nonviolent movements can be used by violent opportunists, and how we often create our own enemies.
(116) S7E13 Nonviolent Action: The People Power Revolution
This episode explores the 1986 revolution in the Philippines known as the "People Power Revolution."
(117) S7E14 Nonviolent Action: The Baltic Way
We explore a lesser known nonviolent action which took place in the former Soviet Union, known as "The Baltic Way." We particularly note how momentum is an important a...
(118) S7E15 {Interview - Hanna Nation} Learning from Wang Yi and the Chinese House Church
I talk with Hannah Nation of China Partnership about Wang Yi and the Chinese house church. We discuss various issues related to nonviolence, government, and suffering....
(119) S7E16 Memorial Day and the Sacrifices of the Nonviolent
This Memorial Day we commemorate those who have laid down their lives in nonviolent action in order to make the world a better place.
