Context Matters
Dr. Cyndi Parker
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This podcast is for people who are curious about the ancient context that influenced the final shape of the Bible…AND ALSO…how our modern context influences the way we understand the Bible and God and all things spiritual.
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MAR 19, 2026
Healing our Imagination
Reverend Dr. Justin Ariel Bailey is here to talk about his new book Disciplining the Diseased Imagination: Spiritual Formation and the Healing of Our Hearts, a book about the "eyes of the heart" and the "cries of the heart."
22 MIN
MAR 12, 2026
Undragoning our Imaginations
What does it mean to Undragon our Hearts and our Imaginations? Reverend Dr. Justin Ariel Bailey is here to talk about his new book Disciplining the Diseased Imagination: Spiritual Formation and the Healing of Our Hearts...and he starts by naming all the dragons in Middle Earth.
27 MIN
MAR 5, 2026
No Discipleship without Justice
Dr. Michael Rhodes. He is a professor in Old Testament at Carey Baptist College in Aukland, New Zealand. He is the author of Formative Feasting and Practicing the King's Economy. This week we talk about the motivation for his most recent book called Just Discipleship.
36 MIN
FEB 26, 2026
The Soul as Wax
Dr. Lanta Davis is a professor of humanities and literature in the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University. You could call her an author, speaker, and wisdom seeker. She is here today to talk about her book Becoming by Beholding.
22 MIN
FEB 19, 2026
The Winding Road
David Bailey is the founder and chief vision officer of Arrabon, which is a spiritual formation ministry that equips Christ-followers to actively and creatively pursue healing and reconciliation in their communities... and that engagement in reconciliation is a reflection of love of God while also creating a foretaste here and now of the kingdom of God.
26 MIN
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