Welcome to the Martin Luther King Jr Day episode of Seminary Dropout.
To start off the show I say thank you to those who have given me feedback in the last weeks. It really does mean a lot to me.
My interview this week is with Grace Biskie. Grace is a blogger and speaker, and is working on her first memoir.
In the interview we talk about the concept of privilege and racial reconciliation in light of the Gospel.
The Epilogue:
After this interview, Grace and I were talking and she asked when this episode would be published. I told her I would publish one the next Monday and then publish hers two weeks after that. I didn’t realize when I said that, that it would be Martin Luther King Jr day. So I didn’t plan this, but I think it’s pretty cool that it panned out that way.
Two years ago when Kate and I had just moved to Austin, we were looking for a church home. On the Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr day we visited two different churches, one in the morning and one at night that would eventually become our church home. We caught two of the best sermons I’ve ever heard that day, they were both about the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.
On that day I listened to the words of his “I Have a Dream” speech with new ears, and the word that kept coming to mind when I heard it was “Christ-like.” You see Jesus didn’t come and say “here are a set of rules you need to follow, I don’t care if you like them or if you like me, but you need to follow through with them.” No, he came for the hearts of men & women, not just demanding that we go through the motions of morality.
When I listened to the I have a dream speech that day, I noticed something. Although he rightly spoke about equality on a governmental level, he didn’t stop there. If he had he wouldn’t have said things like:
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
“…one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
When I heard those words again for the first time, I realized, he didn’t just want laws to force us to treat each other fairly, he wanted us to love each other.
I’m honored to have Shane Claiborne on the show this week. Shane talks about his new book he co-wrote with previous SD guest Tony Campolo, Red Letter Revolution.
Discussed in the interview:
What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?
Christians aren’t known for the fruits of the spirit.
Bad theology gets people killed.
Beginning with a posture of humility.
Our obsession with safety.
Selling what we have and giving it to the poor.
War & violence.
Be sure to pick up Red Letter Revolution wherever books are sold. You can also find out more about Shane at thesimpleway.org.
On this episode I’m joined with Katelyn Beaty. Katelyn is the managing editor of Christianity Today magazine, and co-founder of Her.meneutics, the Christianity Today site for women.
Amongst other things, we talk about:
Her.meneutics- the impetus for the blog and the followers it’s attracted.
Katelyn’s role at CT.
the This Is Our City project.
The article we discussed about sex trafficking in Portland can be found here, and the article about the Chick-fil-A manager here.
On this episode of Seminary Dropout I’m joined with Dr. Roger Olson. Dr. Olson is a professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has written several books on theology and specifically Arminianism. Theology nerds are going to love this episode (this is the ‘Seminary’ part of the show), but if you’re not a theology nerd, don’t let this scare you, Dr. Olson is entertaining and speaks in a way that is easily understood by us regular Joes (the ‘Dropout’ pharmacy part).
You can (and should) read Dr. Olson’s blog at rogereolson.com. His books can be found wherever books are sold.
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In the 3rd installment of Seminary Dropout I interview a hero of mine – Tony Campolo. Listen to me babble through the intro while trying to tell Tony what his work has meant to me and then hear him eloquently talk about the election, current events, and most of all his new book “Red Letter Revolution,” that he wrote with Shane Claiborne, who will be on the show in the near future.
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Mary Demuth is an Author and speaker who loves to help people lived uncaged, freedom-infused lives. She’s the author of fourteen books, and has been a church planter along with her family in Southern France.
Mary joins me on SD to talk about her new book “Everything,” as well as raising kids, money and her life as a missionary in France with her family.
Welcome to the first ever episode of Seminary Dropout.
In the first episode you’ll hear a short intro to the podcast and then it’s on to the interview.
My guest is Tony Kriz. Some of you may know Tony from Donald Miller’s “Blue Like Jazz” as Tony “The Beat Poet.” Now Tony has his own insightful, fun, and enlightening book and he joins me on the show to talk about it.
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If you have any comments or questions, for me or Tony, leave them in the comments section. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tony stops by the address the comments.
