Postmodern Realities Podcast
Hosted by Melanie Cogdill the Managing Editor at the Christian Research Institute, Postmodern Realities is a podcast from the Christian Research Institute and the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL. Each podcast features in-depth conversations with our JOURNAL authors.
Episodes
Sarah McCammon's The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church uses relevant anecdotes from her evangelical childhood and skillfully weaves her story together with sociological data and interviews of former evangelicals. Her conclusion is definitive. American evangelicalism actually causes harm.
Tragically, McCammon ends the book not only having denied the existence of Hell, and the need for the gospel,...
Tragically, McCammon ends the book not only having denied the existence of Hell, and the need for the gospel,...
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April 17, 2024 • 61 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Derek Cooper about his online article, “Jainism: India’s other Religion.” https://www.equip.org/articles/jainism-indias-other-religion/
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From media to public education to social media campaigns, the American populace has been told from nearly every angle that the traditional distinction between male and female that is nearly universal in human cultural experience is mistaken. It did not take long for public conversation to move from a discussion of gender dysphoria, which refers to men experiencing confusion or distress about perceiving themselves as women and vice ...
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This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Anne Kennedy about her online article, “Can a Christian Attend a Gay Wedding? Alistair Begg and the Bad Pharisee”. https://www.equip.org/articles/can-a-christian-attend-a-gay-wedding-alistair-begg-and-the-bad-pharisee/
This is an online article from the Christian Research Journal. This is also part of an ongoing column entitled, “Theological Trends”.It also a...
This is an online article from the Christian Research Journal. This is also part of an ongoing column entitled, “Theological Trends”.It also a...
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This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Hillary Ferrer about her online article, “T.V. Review: Lessons in Anger: The Global Phenomenon of Bonnie Garmus’s ‘Lessons in Chemistry'” https://www.equip.org/articles/t-v-review-lessons-in-anger-the-global-phenomenon-of-bonnie-garmuss-lessons-in-chemistry/
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 364 The Most Over...
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 364 The Most Over...
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March 20, 2024 • 44 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Elizabeth Turnage about her online article, “An Eternal Perspective on the Losses of Aging” https://www.equip.org/articles/an-eternal-perspective-on-the-losses-of-aging/
Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this authorEpisode 354 Hope for the Suffering Caregiver—Union with ChristHope for the Suffering Caregiver—Union with ChristEpisode 28...
Other articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this authorEpisode 354 Hope for the Suffering Caregiver—Union with ChristHope for the Suffering Caregiver—Union with ChristEpisode 28...
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This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Cole Burgett about his online review article, “We’re All Mad Down Here: Religious Fundamentalism in Dune: Part Two” Note: This review contains spoilers for Dune: Part Two https://www.equip.org/articles/were-all-mad-down-here-religious-fundamentalism-in-dune-part-two/
Also see our podcast Episode 261 Dune and the Future of the Science Fiction Epic and article Du...
Also see our podcast Episode 261 Dune and the Future of the Science Fiction Epic and article Du...
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Please see this encore presentation of Episode 352: Fire from the Gods How ‘Oppenheimer’ Mythologizes Twentieth Century America that we did in August 2023. In March 2024, this film won the following Oscars. Best Picture, Best Director, Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role, Cinematography, Original Score, and Film Editing.
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Cole Burgett about his ...
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Cole Burgett about his ...
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March 6, 2024 • 18 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Clay Jones about his online Viewpoint article, “Is Divine Determinism Biblical?”. https://www.equip.org/articles/is-divine-determinism-biblical/
Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all Christians, with the intended result that Christians’ thinking on th...
Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all Christians, with the intended result that Christians’ thinking on th...
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February 28, 2024 • 72 mins
A common question on high school and university campuses to discuss issues like abortion is, “Why should we be forced to live by Christian beliefs?” Most college students reject the Bible as authoritative, reject the central tenets of the Christian faith, and even worse, associate Christianity with concepts like oppression of women, hatred of sexual freedom, and a history of crimes against marginalized people groups. They see any e...
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February 21, 2024 • 46 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL authors David and Marybeth Baggett about their article entitled, “Mere Simulation: A Review of ‘Freud’s Last Session’”. https://www.equip.org/articles/mere-simulation-a-review-of-freuds-last-session/
(Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for Freud’s Last Session.)
Other podcasts and articles featuring these authors: Moral Values and the Idea of God: The Apologet...
(Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for Freud’s Last Session.)
Other podcasts and articles featuring these authors: Moral Values and the Idea of God: The Apologet...
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February 14, 2024 • 46 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Anne Kennedy her article “Enough For What? A Review of Scot McKnight’s The Bible is Not Enough” which is part of the ongoing column entitled, “Theological Trends”. https://www.equip.org/articles/enough-for-what-a-review-of-scot-mcknights-the-bible-is-not-enough/
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 374 Did Pope F...
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 374 Did Pope F...
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This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Doug Groothius about the first two articles in a new and ongoing column from him entitled, “Cultural Critique”. The first article covers, “The Christian Self for Troubled Times: From Random to Redeemed”.https://www.equip.org/articles/the-christian-self-for-troubled-times-from-random-to-redeemed/
The second article covers, “Meaning, Work, and the Value of Person...
The second article covers, “Meaning, Work, and the Value of Person...
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January 31, 2024 • 54 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL authors Cole Burgett and C.L. Mitchell about Mitchell's online article, "The Danger of Rewriting Jesus: A Review of The Book of Clarence". https://www.equip.org/articles/the-danger-of-rewriting-jesus-a-review-of-the-book-of-clarence/
[Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for The Book of Clarence.]
[Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for The Book of Clarence.]
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January 24, 2024 • 80 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Lindsey Medenwaldt about her online article, “Escaping Twin Flames: Why People are Falling for the Love Cult”. https://www.equip.org/articles/escaping-twin-flames-why-people-are-falling-for-the-love-cult/
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 362: Edgar Cayce: The Would-Be Sleeping ProphetEdgar Cayce: The Would-Be ...
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 362: Edgar Cayce: The Would-Be Sleeping ProphetEdgar Cayce: The Would-Be ...
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January 17, 2024 • 54 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author John D. Ferrer about his online article, “The Satanic Temple Abortion Clinic: A Critical Assessment
https://www.equip.org/articles/the-satanic-temple-abortion-clinic-a-critical-review/
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 361 What’s Your Sign? Horoscopes, Astrology, and the Zodiac“What’s Your Sign? Horoscopes, Ast...
https://www.equip.org/articles/the-satanic-temple-abortion-clinic-a-critical-review/
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 361 What’s Your Sign? Horoscopes, Astrology, and the Zodiac“What’s Your Sign? Horoscopes, Ast...
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January 10, 2024 • 52 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Anne Kennedy about the first in a new and ongoing column entitled, “Theological Trends”. Covered in this first column is “Did Pope Francis Authorize Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples?”. https://www.equip.org/articles/did-pope-francis-authorize-priests-to-bless-same-sex-couples/
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode...
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode...
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January 3, 2024 • 64 mins
With the ever-multiplying options for social media platforms to engage with, influencers to follow, social trends to capitalize on, and stratifying social issues to research and form opinions about, getting away from our electronic devices can be harder than ever. And with those devices comes rampant temptation to engage with any and all kinds of information — good and bad, true and false, positive and negative. We may get caught u...
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Please see this encore presentation of Episode 268 ENCORE I’ll Start My Diet Tomorrow: A Christian Makes a New Year’s Resolution that we did in December 2021 as the content itself is still applicable around this time of year.
Should Christians make New Year’s resolutions? And if so, what kind? Are there any guiding biblical principles that might inform and shape such a task? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with J...
Should Christians make New Year’s resolutions? And if so, what kind? Are there any guiding biblical principles that might inform and shape such a task? This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with J...
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December 27, 2023 • 83 mins
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Cole Burgett about his online article, ” Movie Review of ‘The Iron Claw’ ”Coming Soon! Note: This review contains spoilers for The Iron Claw. https://www.equip.org/articles/painkiller-a-movie-review-of-the-iron-claw/
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 371 Grief, Guilt, and Godzilla: A Review of ‘Godzilla Minus O...
Other recent articles and Postmodern Realities podcasts featuring this author:Episode 371 Grief, Guilt, and Godzilla: A Review of ‘Godzilla Minus O...
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