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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…
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Are We Living In A Black Mirror Episode? (Podcast)
Read more: Are We Living In A Black Mirror Episode? (Podcast)With the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continuing to spread throughout the world, all around the world we are turning to technology like never before to facilitate our regular lives—our work, our church life, our interpersonal relationships, etc. For some of us, the majority of the people that we typically interact with are now confined to…
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Twin Peaks: The Theme of Dreams – Part Two (Podcast)
Read more: Twin Peaks: The Theme of Dreams – Part Two (Podcast)Today (April 8, 2020) marks the 30th anniversary of when the classic TV show Twin Peaks first aired. In our previous episode (“Twin Peaks: Why We Love It – Part One”), John Anthony Dunne and Kris Song discussed the cultural phenomenon that is Twin Peaks. In this episode, we discuss further how dreams function within…
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Twin Peaks: Why We Love It – Part One (Podcast)
Read more: Twin Peaks: Why We Love It – Part One (Podcast)Today (April 8, 2020) marks the 30th anniversary of when the hit TV show Twin Peaks first hit our television sets. Twin Peaks was a major cultural phenomenon in the early 1990s. As an innovative TV show, it was a victim of its own success, being canceled after its second season. TV viewers coming out…