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Memes, Confirmation Bias, and Discernment (Podcast)
Read more: Memes, Confirmation Bias, and Discernment (Podcast)Our newsfeeds are inundated with memes and videos promoting all sorts of ideological perspectives, and much of that is curated by the networks that we choose to incorporate into the spheres of our respective social media accounts. As a result, it’s easy to create insular and isolated social bubbles that keep us from understanding where…
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Systemic Racism (Podcast)
Read more: Systemic Racism (Podcast)Following upon our conversation on “Racial Justice” in the previous episode, John Anthony Dunne and Grace Sangalang Ng are joined by Dr. Walter Augustine, Director of Intercultural Education and Research in the Division of Diversity and Inclusion at Biola University and an adjunct professor of theology and ethics at Talbot School of Theology. In this…
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Racial Justice (Podcast)
Read more: Racial Justice (Podcast)In the wake of horrific events from last week in Minneapolis with the murder of George Floyd on Memorial Day by a police officer and the subsequent series of protests and riots throughout the United States, we discuss the need to think theologically about racial justice. Rev. Daniel Parham joins John Anthony Dunne and Grace…
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Philosophy and the Good Life with J. Aaron Simmons (Podcast)
Read more: Philosophy and the Good Life with J. Aaron Simmons (Podcast)What value does Philosophy have in our lives? In a time of crisis like the present global pandemic in which we find ourselves, we might be particularly convinced that Philosophy is irrelevant or unhelpful. Broader societal trends seem to confirm this line of thought with the way that we privilege a certain kind of productivity…
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N.T. Wright Interview About His New Book, God and the Pandemic (Podcast)
Read more: N.T. Wright Interview About His New Book, God and the Pandemic (Podcast)N.T. Wright joins The Two Cities podcast for a special interview episode about his upcoming new book, God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and Its Aftermath (London: SPCK / Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2020). His new book is an expansion and development of a short article that he wrote for TIME magazine…
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Kierkegaard & “The Leap of Faith” (Podcast)
Read more: Kierkegaard & “The Leap of Faith” (Podcast)Building further upon our previous conversations on the podcast about the nature of the gospel and the nature of faith (“Talking About The Gospel” and “Believing in the Gospel”), in this episode Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne discuss the popular notion of Faith as it has become famously expressed in the phrase, “A Leap…
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Believing in the Gospel (Podcast)
Read more: Believing in the Gospel (Podcast)In this episode, we discuss what it means to believe the gospel, following up on our previous episode discussing recent debates on the blogosphere about what the gospel is and isn’t (“Talking about the Gospel”). Building upon that previous conversation, Amber Bowen, John Anthony Dunne, and Logan Williams discuss binary thinking that impairs how we…
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Talking About The Gospel (Podcast)
Read more: Talking About The Gospel (Podcast)How should we define the gospel? Recently, there have been some heated discussions about the nature of the gospel. What should the central identifying feature be? Should it be the legal declaration of Justification by Faith? Or should it be the regal proclamation that Jesus is King? In this episode, Amber Bowen, John Anthony Dunne,…
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PhDs & the Devotional Life (Podcast)
Read more: PhDs & the Devotional Life (Podcast)Getting a PhD is tough. What are the unique challenges that come with getting a PhD in theology? In particular, how can we maintain a vital devotional life in the midst of the stresses of a PhD program? In this episode John Anthony Dunne talks with The Two Cities team member Brandon Hurlbert to discuss…
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Tiger King and the Ethics of True Crime Documentaries
Read more: Tiger King and the Ethics of True Crime DocumentariesI recently gave a devotional for student success advisors at Bethel, and I wanted to share a portion of that reflection here. In the midst of this coronavirus situation we’re all obviously impacted in some way, maybe not necessarily physically or financially just yet, though that could come, but we have all experienced disruption to…