Category: Practical Theology
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The End of Apologetics with Dr. Myron Bradley Penner (Podcast)
Read more: The End of Apologetics with Dr. Myron Bradley Penner (Podcast)Kicking off our brand-new series on apologetics we begin with the end! Our first guest is Dr. Myron Bradley Penner, the author of The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context (published by Baker), and the Rector at the Anglican Parish of Saint Paul in the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton, Alberta. Dr. Penner…
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Ecological Grief with Hannah Malcolm (Podcast)
Read more: Ecological Grief with Hannah Malcolm (Podcast)On today’s episode we begin the season of Lent with a discussion on ecological grief with our guest, Hannah Malcolm, who is PhD Candidate in Theology at Durham University studying ecological grief as a form of theological knowledge. She is also the editor of Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from…
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Neither Complementarian Nor Egalitarian with Dr. Michelle Lee-Barnewall (Podcast)
Read more: Neither Complementarian Nor Egalitarian with Dr. Michelle Lee-Barnewall (Podcast)Continuing our conversation on gender dynamics in Scripture and the Church, in this podcast episode we talk about the binary of Complementarianism and Egalitarianism regarding how to conceive of the relationship of men and women in marriage and in the church. Has the entrenchment of the binary led us to miss aspects of the text?…
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Recovering From Biblical Manhood & Womanhood with Aimee Byrd (Podcast)
Read more: Recovering From Biblical Manhood & Womanhood with Aimee Byrd (Podcast)Carrying on with our series on gender and the Bible, Amber Bowen and Dr. John Anthony Dunne are joined by Aimee Byrd, who is the author of several books, including Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Zondervan Academic, 2020). In this episode Aimee explains that, despite what one might suspect from her outspoken detractors, her…
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Preaching & Gender (Podcast)
Read more: Preaching & Gender (Podcast)Continuing our discussion on gender from last week with Grace Emmett (“Paul & Masculinity”), we turn to look at the relationship between preaching and gender. In this episode, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Grace Sangalang Ng, Rev. Daniel Parham, and Dr. Chris Porter reflect on this topic from the vantage point of our different cultural and…
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The Deeply Formed Life
Read more: The Deeply Formed LifeRecently, my wife and I had the opportunity to stay at an Airbnb cabin for a little romantic getaway. It was an amazing opportunity for the two of us to focus on just us and the presence of our relationship. If there was one unique feature of the trip, it was this: we were so…
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Enneagram & Stress in 2020 (Podcast)
Read more: Enneagram & Stress in 2020 (Podcast)In this episode we carry on our conversation on the Enneagram from last week (“The Enneagram—What Is It?”) by diving more deeply into how we have all responded to the unique challenges of 2020. Engaging this topic is our largest panel of team members to date on The Two Cities podcast: Amber Bowen (Type 4),…
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The Enneagram—What Is It? (Podcast)
Read more: The Enneagram—What Is It? (Podcast)The Enneagram is a well-known “personality test.” For many, it is used as a simple means of compartmentalizing people. For others, it is a helpful tool to raise personal awareness and promote healthy growth. In this initial episode on the Enneagram, Dr. Josh Carroll, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Brandon Hurlbert, and Rev. Daniel Parham promote…
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PhDs & The Preaching Life (Podcast)
Read more: PhDs & The Preaching Life (Podcast)Following up on an earlier episode, “PhDs & The Devotional Life,” from April 22nd, 2020, John Anthony Dunne and Brandon Hurlbert discuss the dynamics of preaching in the local church with PhD level education. How does a PhD help one prepare for preaching? In what ways does it hinder preaching? How can we ensure that…
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‘Rejoice’ in Quarantine
Read more: ‘Rejoice’ in QuarantineI can’t remember exactly when I first heard the song, but it was likely on a Sunday morning at Mars Hill Church in Orange County. Co-written by Dustin Kensrue and Stuart Townend, ‘Rejoice’ has been a song with a near-constant presence in the recent years of my life.