Matt and Josh check out Old Testament passages that paint God as wholly other than any created being. They explore Classical Theism and whether God is capable of doing evil.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
02:08 Fun Facts
07:08 Did Moses Write the Torah?
10:58 Movie and Book Recs
13:59 Classical Theism Emerging from Scripture
27:39 Is God Being Love a Cop-Out?
33:59 Does God Ever Do Evil if He Is Good?
58:42 Outro

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Matt and Josh examine some of the immanent pictures of God in the Old Testament, and how the Bible often uses imagery of Yahweh as a chief warrior God in charge of a divine council of other gods. How does this picture fit with the omniscient, omnipotent God of love Christians believe in today?

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:10 Does Flourishing Always Come at the Expense of Someone Else?
14:22 Book and Movie Recs
21:59 God Recap
32:38 Inhabiting Ancient Cosmology
37:10 Yahweh as a Tribal God
45:01 Wrestling with Ancient Depictions of God
53:11 Outro

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Matt and Josh look at two seemingly conflicting portraits of God. One that is an omnipresent source of Being, and one that is a tribal, local, personal God.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:10 Does Josh have ADHD?
13:32 Movie and Book Recs
18:31 Genesis 1 and the “Capital G” God
32:23 The Danger of Omnipresence
33:14 Simply, Divine Simplicity
35:26 God’s Spirit Is God
37:07 Genesis 2 and the Personal God
45:00 Why God Doesn’t Exist and Is in Everything
55:47 Outro

Books or references:
Desiring the Kingdom by James KA Smith

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Season 2! Matt and Josh start off a series on God by talking about the ancient conceptions of the “gods,” and how they often make Bible-readers uncomfortable and don’t fit neatly into any modern conceptions of the world.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:10 Summer Blockbusters
05:04 Book and Movie Recs
10:01 God Is Not an Old Man in the Sky
12:15 Why We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About
14:09 Lowercase g gods
25:19 Multiple gods
27:10 Tangent
29:50 Gods as Cosmic, Personal Forces
38:45 The Divine Council in the Scriptures
49:16 Outro

Books or references:
Desiring the Kingdom by James KA Smith
How to Be a Sinner by Peter Bouteneff

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Did you know that God commands us to meditate on horror? That there are horror stories in the Bible? This week’s guest, assistant professor of theology and culture at Fuller Seminary with a PhD in Theology and a PhD in psychological science, Kutter Callaway, explores the theology of horror movies. He makes a compelling case that horror might be one of the most Christian movie genres and that they can help Christians become aware of disordered fears. Pre-order his new book Be Afraid: What Horror Reveals About Facing the Darkness!

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:11 Welcome to Season 2!
01:49 Interview with Kutter Callaway
02:37 Should Christians Watch Horror Movies?
05:23 Disordered Fears
12:49 Why Do People Like Horror?
20:45 Engaging Culture and Knowing Personal Limits
27:21 The Fears of Gen Z and Obsession (2026)
38:57 Favorite Horror Movies
42:07 God Commands Us to Meditate on Horror
44:06 Horror in the Bible
46:31 Encouragement for Christian Artists
55:01 Christian Art Should Be Good and True, Not Safe
01:02:51 Outro

Books or references: ⁠Be Afraid: What Horror Reveals About Facing the Darkness! by Kutter Callaway⁠

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