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Faith, hops and love. Beer Christianity blends interviews with thinkers, artists and theologians with good old fashioned pub talk. Because important conversations deserve lubrication. Join host and political/religious op ed writer Jonty Langley as he interviews fascinating people, gets the opinions of reasonable Christians on real issues and drinks an interesting range of unpretentious beers. Pour a pint or crack open a cold one. Put your feet up and listen your way into a different kind of ...
Join co-hosts Jacque' Nowak and Jonathan Langley as they remind the people in DC that they work for us.
It's happened to all of us: you watch a documentary and you want to wow your friends with your new knowledge. Then you try to describe it and you just sound like you're describing some kind of incoherent fever dream? We're here to help! Luke Jensen and Monika Scott are comedians that love watching documentaries ALMOST as much as they love not sounding crazy. What Did You Learn is a discussion about a documentary that is concluded with a 3 sentence description of it that you are welcome to us ...
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Episode 64: Christian vs Muslim - battle of the podcast hosts (lol jk we love each other)
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It's the clash of cultures! It's a battle royale between two podcast hosts of different faiths! It's a competition to see which religion is better! (It's none of these things.) It IS a joint episode, published in slightly different forms, by both Beer Christianity and the Amreekies podcast, hosted by the lovely Ehab who you have heard on our show b…
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Episode 63 - SHO(R)T - Ukraine crisis: Love during wartime (the propaganda episode)
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Is anyone else a little alarmed by how quickly so many people have begun singing off the same jingoistic and bellicose hymn sheet? Is anyone a little freaked out by how the rhetoric around the evil happening in Ukraine right now seems to ignore very similar things 'our side' has done? Is Jonty the only one who worries about critical thinking when e…
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Episode 62: Partygate scandal: politicians' perfidy and listeners' letters
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All Boris do is eat hot chip and lie. So we talk about that. As well as following up on listeners' letters, including more thoughts on what defines a Christian; slapping compassion into Tories; Boris Johnson's general awfulness and what we look for in a leader. We also cover Geordie Kieffer (peace be on his house), whether it's better for some chur…
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Episode 61: SHO(R)T: Law (uhuh UH), what/who is it good for?
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Who is the law for? Why do the police get called for some wrongdoing and not other, usually 'white-collar' crimes? Can I call the police if my boss doesn't pay me on time? And if not, why can they call the cops when I take my salary out of petty cash? In this short episode, Jonty asks if we are conformed to the thinking of this world in accepting w…
Solo decides that elections are boring. Until he gets to vote!By Voice Of The Radical Center
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Episode 60: Sad prayer, patriotism and theodicy - listeners' letters and Laura's TIYAHD
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Patriotism, prayer for the Big Sad and a port-flavoured man-toe.By Beer Christianity
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Episode 59: SHO(R)T - What makes a 'real Christian'?
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What do you consider to be the definition of a Christian? Jonty talks ponders the dangers in making statements about what 'Christians believe' and the foolishness of pretending that there is only one type of Christian (or one way of being a Christian). He also ponders the orb. But if there are many ways to follow Jesus, where are the boundaries? Wh…
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Episode 58: SHO(R)T: Happy Halloween from Beer Christianity
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Happy Halloween! Can Christians like Halloween legitimately? Is there something wrong with the 'glorification of darkness' that is inherent in dressing up as a fictional Transylvanian? Or are Christians who hate Halloween actually being kind of insulting and damaging their witness? Jonty discusses with a spooky Goth voice in this special Beer Chris…
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Episode 57: Horror and the Bible with Brandon Grafius
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It's spooky season! Aka Goth Christmas. Aka The (real) Most Wonderful Time of the Year. In honour of that, we're talking monsters, horror and,, the Bible? Horror movies are deeper than you think - and more Christian! Dr Brandon Grafius, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, joins Malky, Jonty and Laura…
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Episode 56: SHO(R)T - Baptism, sin and loving sinners
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If baptism means dying to sin, what does sin mean for progressives? And how is our treatment of people we deem sinful any different from the judgemental Christians we don't want to be? Jonty meditates on this as well as the TV dramas The North Water and Midnight Mass. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-adjacent…
IS it irresponsible to confidently promise God's healing from the pulpit? Is it unfaithful not to? Is there a better way than damaging optimism or modern day Sadduceeism? Jonty and Laura chat on the way to go bowling. Beer Christianity SHO(R)TS are shorter episdoes of Beer Christianity sharing thoughts on issues of religious, political or social in…
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Episode 54: SHO(R)T - Toilet paper, petrol and judging our neighbours
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A short sharp shot of an episode, talking about the petrol crisis in the UK and judging panic buyers. Jonty drives his car around to talk about petrol shortages. Never knowingly not on brand. Here's a more chill explanation. With less road rage. About Beer Christianity Beer Christianity is a left-leaning, evangelical-adjacent Christian discussion p…
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Episode 53: Arab, Muslim and American - Ehab Jalal of The Amreekies podcast
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Three Christians and a Muslim walk into a bar... They get along famously. The end. Ehab Jalal is the producer, director, host and editor of The Amreekies podcast - a show about being Arab, Muslim and American. It has a very similar vibe to Beer Christianity (but with significantly less swearing and a LOT less drinking). Ehab talks to us (over a kom…
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The Delta Variant. What’s Next, Southwest or United Variants?
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Jacque’ and Jonathan ponder about what comes after the Delta variant. Why conservative talk show hosts seem willing to die to prove their point. Jonathan also announces; sign him up, for a boosterBy Voice Of The Radical Center
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Medicare Expansion Will Now Cover Your Feet
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Jacque’ and Jonathan wonder why healthcare requires separate coverage for dental care. They also find time to discuss the TV show Ted Lasso, and British actors teeth.By Voice Of The Radical Center
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Episode 52: God is not a White Man, redeeming evangelicalism with Chine McDonald
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White supremacy, the assumption of white superiority and white normalcy, as well as patriarchy and what the hell might be wrong with evangelicalism. We tackle these and other thorny topics with writer, broadcaster, Greenbelt Trustee and Christian Aid Head of Public Engagement, Chine McDonald. We also talk: 'Pretty Jesus' and the othering of God Why…
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Woodstock '99 - Peace, Love, and Rage with Rivers Langley
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Give us something to break!!We watched the HBO Max documentary (and covert Coachella advertisement) Woodstock 99' Peace, Love and Rage and boy oh boy did we have some thoughts. Listen to your three favorite idiots get backed into a corner and defend Fred Durst with all of their hearts.Listen to The Goods from the Woods Woodstock 99 episode youtube.…
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Episode 51: Resisting injustice, breaking the law and violence, with Wale Hudson Roberts and Symon Hill
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Is it ever okay for Christians to break the law? Many Christians believe it's fine in the fight against injustice. But how far can we legitimately take that resistance? And what about the Bible verses that tell us to submit to authorities? Wale Hudson-Roberts is a justice enabler for the Baptist Union of Great Britain and minister of a Church of En…
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The Wall Street Journal Does Not Like Freeloading Children
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The new entitlement programs from Biden has the Wall Street Journal freaking out!By Voice Of The Radical Center
Trump makes many claims. He's a; "Very stable genius." And, "I know all about tariffs." Well we know at least one of these claims is incorrect. Or is it both?By Voice Of The Radical Center
Did Trumps tariffs actually work? Ummm.....Lets find outBy Voice Of The Radical Center
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Wealth in America. Those Darn Rich People
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Who owns more of American wealth. The bottom 50% or the top 1%?By Voice Of The Radical Center
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Which are Better Run? Red States or Blue States?
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How many trimes have we been told the GOP led states are less of a burden on the country? We delve into the facts.By Voice Of The Radical Center
It's not simply at a national level that the GOP wants to change democracy. Everything is up for grabsBy Voice Of The Radical Center
Solo meets some old friends, and then solves a crimeBy Voice Of The Radical Center
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Episode 50! HArry and Chris (Plus: Reunion, Retrospective and Reasonable Religion)
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Holy crap! 50 episodes! Whodathunk?! In celebration, we got back with our first proper guests on the show, the amazing Harry and Chris! Harry and Chris talk about their favourite episodes of Beer Christianity*, as well as sharing some incidents of animal cruelty, nudity and beer-based Narnia puns. This bumper episode also features a retrospective o…
Jonathan decides to remind the Wall Street Journal that facts matter, even when Phil Graham is writing. Which means of course Mr. Graham is writing mostly nonsenese.By Voice Of The Radical Center
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Episode 49: Martin Accad - Christian-Muslim relations and kerygma in Lebanon
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Lebanese thinker and Theologian Martin Accad joins Laura, Malky and Jonty for a light conversation about heavy topics. We cover Palestine, Muslim-Christian relations, an alternative to both syncretism and apologetics, and whether Jesus calls us to be supra-religious. Martin Accad was a senior leader in the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beiru…
