In this week's episode, AJ and Brandon discuss Tolkien's depictions of good wizards and bad as a parallel to the messianic office of the prophet. What do Gandalf and Saruman show us about the right and wrong ways to live the prophetic call?
Episode 275 – Fallen Middle Earth
This week, Brandon and AJ resume their conversation about Tolkien's Middle Earth. What starts as a conversation about how change in perfection must be a loss becomes a conversation about how we experience our fall and God's salvation of us as ongoing stories rather than single historical events.
Episode 273 – Wise Men From Outside
After their week off for Christmas, Brandon and AJ talk about the magi and what they can teach us about wisdom outside of the Covenant.
Episode 272 – Gifting Season
As Christmas draws ever nearer, Brandon shares his frustrations and misgivings about adult gift exchanges and AJ wants to broaden the definition of what a gift is. We talk Red One, love languages, projecting preferences, all in the name Christmas!
Episode 266 – God’s Just Mercy
This week, AJ and Brandon build on last week's talk about justice and pharaoh by looking at God's mercy with Israel in the desert.
Episode 264 – For the Good of the Order
This week, AJ and Brandon continue their discussions about how marriage mirrors our relationship with Christ by taking a look at the family and what it means for us to join to something new.
Episode 263 – Intimacy
As they continue talking about marriage and relationship, both human and divine, Brandon and AJ talk about the importance and difficulty in being vulnerable and establishing intimacy.