Thinking Christian: Clear Theology for a Confusing World
Hosted by James Spencer and Ashish Varma · James Spencer - Christian Theology Author and Speaker
4.6from 30 ratings
- 365
- Episodes
- 119
- Transcribed
- 30
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 319K
- YouTube views
About Thinking Christian: Clear Theology for a Confusing World
Unsettling convention. Cultivating conviction. Thinking Christian is a podcast about the Bible, theology, and culture for Christians who sense that something in today's church isn't working and want to understand why. Reading the Bible as the final authority for life and faith means questioning the assumptions of our culture, even our Christian culture, so that we don't settle for a narrower vision of reality than God's word offers. Each conversation goes past the headlines to the ideas and inconspicuous patterns underneath them: how we read Scripture, what shapes our politics, how technology shapes us, what faithful discipleship looks like, and where familiar Christian habits don’t fit the patterns emerging from the biblical text. Hosted by Dr. James Spencer, president of the D. L. Moody Center and author of Digital Discernment (InterVarsity Press), with co-host Dr. Ashish Varma. Episodes include guided series on Scripture, theology, and church history alongside conversations with scholars, pastors, and authors. Calm, careful, and theological conversations for uncompromising faith. Episodes, articles, and questions: thinkingchristian.org (http://thinkingchristian.org/)
- Publisher
- James Spencer - Christian Theology Author and Speaker
- Category
- religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 15 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 26 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
119 of 365 episodes have a transcript.
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Should Christians Engage Politics? (Vincent Bacote) | Faith & Politics #13
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Michael Rhodes on What the Bible Says About Politics | #12
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Who Pays for the Data Center? AI, Politics, and Faith: Politics and Faith #14
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Why Should Christians Engage Politics? (Vincent Bacote) | Faith & Politics #13
Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] and what informs how we ought to be going, going into the world, how we ought to be discerning what we're doing in the world, what orients us towards the issues that we care about, what makes us sensitive to issues we may not know about. But when somebody tells us that's an issue, we recognize that it is an issue we should care about. Those types of things. When it comes to that, my sense is that most people cannot give you a theological foundation for that. They can say, I'm a Christian. I should care. I should be like Jesus or whatever. It's like, okay, great. Can you tell me what it is about being Christian that makes you care, that orients you into the public? […]
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- Vincent Bacote
- Michael Rhodes
- Kutter Callaway
- Shane J Wood
- Michael McDuffee
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- 319,155
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
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- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 82
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