The Pastor Theologians Podcast
A theology podcast for the church. The pastor theologians podcast consists of conversations and teaching resources at the intersection of theological scholarship and life and ministry in the local church. The vision for this show is to help equip pastors to be theologians for today’s complex world.
Episodes
266 episodes
To Gaze upon God | Samuel Parkison
Samuel Parkison joins the podcast today to talk about his recent book, To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice <...
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Season 7
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Episode 14
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53:02
What We're Reading — April 2025
For our April episode on books, we, the CPT staff, have been reading:CR Wiley, In the House of Tom Bombadil (2021)Ryan Holiday,
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32:16
Mothers, Dignity, and Utility | Nadya Williams
Nadya Williams joins the podcast to talk about her recent book, Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Di...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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49:28
Becoming a Pastor Theologian | Stephen Campbell
Stephen Campbell joins us today on the CPT podcast. Stephen tells us about witnessing his family's ministry through his childhood. He also shares how the Lord prepared him for his current context pastoring in Germany, and his research on the bo...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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51:26
What is Holiness? | Matt O'Reilly
Matt O'Reilly joins us today to talk about his recent book Free to Be Holy: A Biblical Theology of Sanctification. What does the Bible teach us...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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44:39
A Vision of Freedom | Brad Littlejohn
Brad Littlejohn joins the podcast today to talk about his new book, Called to Freedom: Retrieving Christian Liberty in an Age of License....
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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47:38
Becoming a Pastor Theologian | Steve Turnbull
Steve Turnbull joins the podcast to share his journey of becoming a pastor and Biblical scholar. As a pastor theologian, Steve has worked to develop a rich Biblical narrative imagination. Today, he serves as a senior pastor of Upper Arlington L...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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45:54
Critical Theory | Carl Trueman
We are excited to have Carl Trueman on the podcast today. Carl discusses his some of his recent books, including To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Ma...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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31:00
Becoming a Pastor Theologian | Aaron Friesen
Aaron Friesen joins the podcast today to share his story of becoming a pastor theologian. Aaron describes how, in part though his seminary education at Fuller, he developed a vision and sense of calling for integrating theological education and...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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46:14
The Fantastical Fiction of C.S. Lewis | Rhys Laverty
Today we are joined on the podcast by Rhys Laverty as we discuss Life on the Silent Planet: Essays on Christian Living from C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy &nbs...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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50:15
Sabbath Rest | Jon English Lee
Jon English Lee joins the podcast today to discuss his book, There Remains a Sabbath Rest for the People of God: A Biblical, Theological, & Historical Defe...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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46:28
Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles | Jennifer McNutt
Jennifer Powell McNutt joins the podcast once again to discuss her recent book, The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches the Church Today
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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44:38
Becoming a Pastor Theologian | Matthew LaPine
Matthew LaPine joins the podcast to share his journey of faith through mental health challenges in his family and more. How can "playing the long game" shape our perspective as we navigate life's challenges? This and more on today’s episode!
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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48:30
Augustine, Humility, and Preaching | Charles G. Kim
Charles (Chad) Kim joins the podcast to talk about his book, The Way of Humility: St. Augustine’s Theology of Preaching. How is Augustine’s theology and specifically the virtue of humility reflected in Augustine’s Sermon? Hear this and...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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45:13
Becoming a Pastor Theologian | Ryan Jackson
Ryan joins the podcast today to share his story, including his background in the Pentecostal tradition. Find out how that tradition has shaped him as a pastor theologian. Further, how can we learn from themes of doubt, deconstruction, and anti-...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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51:36
Year-End Reflections
As we wrap up 2024, in this episode the CPT staff reflects on the past year, and looks ahead to what the Lord might do through our ministry in 2025.
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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16:16
Peace | Jonathan Huggins
Jonathan Huggins joins us on the podcast today with a sermon for the season of Advent reflecting on peace. How does the Gospel redefine shalom—peace—with God, within ourselves, and with others? How can we maintain relational and psychological r...
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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40:11
What We're Reading — December 2024
For our December episode on books, we, the CPT staff, have been reading (and, on this occasion, watching):JRR Tolkien, Return of the King, (1955)Mark A. Noll,
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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41:34
Church and Caesar in Acts 17 | Chris Ganski
Today, Chris Ganski shares a sermon on Acts 17:1-9. In the wake of the 2024 election, the book of Acts can be an excellent resource to consider the relationship between church and politics. In the context of Acts 17, does Caesar have anything t...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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43:51
Pastoring Post-Election | Caleb Campbell
Pastor Caleb Campbell joins the podcast to discuss how pastors might guide their congregations through the results of the 2024 election, drawing from his experience pastoring in Phoenix, AZ. He also discusses his book "
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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55:47
On Tolkien and Theology | Part II | Douglas Estes
Douglas Estes joins the podcast once again to discuss the second volume of a collection of essays he edited on theology in the works and worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien. We talk about the role of narrative fiction in shaping pastoral theology and how ...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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46:54
Reading Scripture Faithfully | Kevin Vanhoozer
Kevin Vanhoozer joins us on the podcast this week to discuss his recent book, Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Rea...
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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45:23
What We're Reading — November 2024
For our November episode on books, we, the CPT staff, have been reading:
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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40:45
Becoming a Pastor Theologian | Justin Allison
We are joined on the podcast today by Justin Allison. Justin shares his story of faith and how the Lord has worked through different seasons in his life, from a bout with illness as a child, to serving as a hospital chaplain, and now in his cur...
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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45:33