Enjoy as they mostly talk about Rob Bell and his interview on MSNBC

As always we enjoy any support from comments, feedback, buying the book, The Hopeful Skeptic, or following us on twitter @nicholasfiedler and @nieuprovoker.

Also check out our in page player in the top left.

[Direct download for ep 177 - Nick and Josh Ramblecast, About Rob Bell]

If you are interested in screening 17 Degrees, please contact Josh at: case [dot] joshua [at] gmail [dot] com

[Direct Link to ep 173 - Carlton Mackey and 17 Degrees Ain't Nothing]

You may find it interesting that on Amazon right now, customers who bought his book also bought, “Avatar”. So there’s that.

No but seriously, this is a great conversation about Inspiration, Inerrancy, and what the Bible tells us about Humanity and God. I think you will enjoy the conversation. Be sure to check Thom out online and pick up a copy of his book. But don’t take my word for it, check out the endorsements.

Also, as we mentioned in the intro, check out Michael Dowd’s new Online Teleseminars Evolutionary Christianity. It starts this weekend, and we think it will be stellar, and it’s free.

Quick Links
Evolutionary Christianty
Thom Stark
The Human Faces of God

[Direct link to ep 171 - Thom Stark and The Human Faces of God]

We also talk about his latest book, The Greatest Prayer, which is a look into the Lords Prayer and what it says about Jesus’ core teachings.

We recommend that all of our listeners declare October to be the official Jesus Seminar Reading month, and to pick up a book written by someone from the seminar.

Books We Mention:

The Five Gospels
The Last Week
The Historical Jesus. The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant

[Direct link to ep 163 - John Dominic Crossan, The Jesus Seminar]

Nick also interviews Becky Garrison about her book, Jesus Died for This?

We talk about christian writing and marketing a good bit.

Becky has started podcasting here, and she is tweeting @JesusDied4This.

[Direct link to ep 159 - Becky Garrison, Jesus Died for This]

And while you are buying books, don’t forget to pick up Nick’s book, The Hopeful Skeptic. Every time he sells a copy, his bones grow back together a little more.

Oh and listening on to the podcast, my favorite part is at the end when Josh says, “so you can get the book at rachel held evans. . . or somewhere.” Or somewhere? That’s classic.

[Direct link to ep 157 - Rachel Held Evans, Evolving in Monkey Town]

For more on the three guests click below: Julie Clawson, Everyday Justice
Ben Lowe, Green Revolution Tom Sine, The New Conspirators and Mustard Seed Associates (also, see Christine Sine’s blog)

You can also read Josh’s blog on the oil spill here. 

If you wish to volunteer to help in the clean up efforts, please click here.

Finally, there is a first in this podcast. Drop us a line if you think you know what it is!

Nick & Josh

[Direct link to ep 151 - Oil Spill Roundtable with Ben Lowe, Tom Sine, and Julie Clawson]

Dwight is a teacher practical theology at Mars Hill Graduate School, is active with Emergent Village, a social network of missional Christians around the world (www.EmergentVillage.com) and is also an author, professional speaker and facilitator of learning. Dwight earned a Doctor of Ministry with an emphasis in Leadership in an Emerging Culture at George Fox University under the mentorship of Leonard Sweet, with Kent Yinger as my dissertation adviser. His dissertation explored a relational hermeneutic toward connective church structures and leadership.

Also, here is a link to Josh’s blog post on Health Care Reform.

Stay tuned later in the week for a dramatic reading of Rick Bennett’s Imagined Oscar Roundtable including the voices of Tony Jones, Philip Clayton, Josh Case, Chad Crawford, and others!!!

Enjoy the podcast!

[Direct Link to ep 144 - Dwight Friesen, Thy Kingdom Connected]

As always it was a great interview with a great intro. This is definitely one of his ‘great works’, I would recommend picking up a copy. But don’t take my word for it, listen to the interview and here some links:

My review, Scot McKnights interesting review for Christianity Today

Purchase A New Kind of Christianity here

Purchase The Hopeful Skeptic here

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Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is the author or editor of a dozen books and professor at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, relational theology, science and religion, Wesleyan/Holiness/Church of the Nazarene thought, Evangelical theology, and postmodernism. [From the Bio Page on his site]

Thanks to Megan Glenn for the suggestion on getting Thomas for the podcast, its a great interview. Hope you enjoyed the sound byte in the intro, it was a fun Christmas Dinner.

Here is the YouTube clip I was mentioning

Thomas’ Website

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