Ranked #1
Episode 5: Will Willimon
Episode 5: Will Willimon
Matt talks to the Duke professor and former UMC bishop about resisting the temptation to close the gap between the Bible... Read more
12 Oct 2015
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47mins
Ranked #2
Episode 34: Highlights from season 2
Episode 34: Highlights from season 2
This episode consists of some of our favorite moments from episodes 14-33, which aired during our second season in the w... Read more
25 Jun 2016
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57mins
Ranked #3
Episode 35: Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Episode 35: Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Matt talks with Cornelius Plantinga Jr., the former president of Calvin Theological Seminary, about miracles, the collap... Read more
24 Oct 2016
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45mins
Ranked #4
Episode 26: Tony Robinson
Episode 26: Tony Robinson
Matt talks to Tony Robinson, pastor and consultant, about the myth of the “perfect church,” preaching through fallow per... Read more
30 Apr 2016
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45mins
Ranked #5
Episode 16: Zack Eswine
Episode 16: Zack Eswine
Matt talks to the pastor of Riverside Church in Webster Groves, Missouri, about liberal-conservative distinctions, using... Read more
19 Feb 2016
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42mins
Ranked #6
Episode 17: Jan Rippentrop
Episode 17: Jan Rippentrop
Matt talks to the chair of homiletics at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago about homiletical theory, teaching p... Read more
27 Feb 2016
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45mins
Ranked #7
Episode 27: Paul Scott Wilson
Episode 27: Paul Scott Wilson
Matt talks to Paul Scott Wilson, who teaches homiletics at the University of Toronto, about the importance of doctrinal ... Read more
6 May 2016
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44mins
Ranked #8
Episode 37: Vince Amlin
Episode 37: Vince Amlin
Matt talks with Vince Amlin, copastor of Bethany United Church of Christ and the new church-start Gilead (both in Chicag... Read more
4 Nov 2016
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44mins
Ranked #9
Episode 7: Christian Wiman
Episode 7: Christian Wiman
Matt talks to the writer and Yale Divinity School faculty member about poetry in preaching, whether scripture has unique... Read more
24 Oct 2015
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48mins
Ranked #10
Episode 21: Bill Borden
Episode 21: Bill Borden
Matt talks to Bill Borden, who teaches psychiatry at the University of Chicago, about transference, unintentional provoc... Read more
27 Mar 2016
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43mins
Ranked #11
Episode 24: Shawn Anglim
Episode 24: Shawn Anglim
Matt talks to the pastor of First Grace UMC in New Orleans about merging a black church and a white church together, pre... Read more
16 Apr 2016
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38mins
Ranked #12
Episode 31: Emily McGinley
Episode 31: Emily McGinley
Matt talks to Emily McGinley, site pastor at Urban Village Church Hyde Park-Woodlawn in Chicago, about planting a church... Read more
4 Jun 2016
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44mins
Ranked #13
Episode 3: J. Mary Luti
Episode 3: J. Mary Luti
Matt talks to the retired pastor and professor about Catholic perspectives in Protestant pulpits, moralistic preaching f... Read more
27 Sep 2015
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55mins
Ranked #14
Episode 12: Leslie Callahan
Episode 12: Leslie Callahan
Matt talks to the senior pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist in Philadelphia about being the first female pastor there, the cla... Read more
27 Nov 2015
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46mins
Ranked #15
Episode 10: Jim Wallis
Episode 10: Jim Wallis
Matt talks to the president of Sojourners about radical student politics, preaching at Davos, and activism as a form of ... Read more
16 Nov 2015
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46mins
Ranked #16
Episode 28: Jennifer Morrow and Timothy Ross
Episode 28: Jennifer Morrow and Timothy Ross
Matt talks to Jennifer Morrow, pastor of Rowayton United Methodist Church in Rowayton, Connecticut, and Timothy Ross, pa... Read more
14 May 2016
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40mins
Ranked #17
Episode 9: Cláudio Carvalhaes
Episode 9: Cláudio Carvalhaes
Matt talks to the McCormick Theological Seminary professor about liberationist preaching, being a missionary in the U.S.... Read more
7 Nov 2015
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43mins
Ranked #18
Episode 8: Lizzi Heydemann
Episode 8: Lizzi Heydemann
Matt talks to the founder of Mishkan Chicago about Protestant vs. Jewish preaching, how to avoid a cult of personality, ... Read more
31 Oct 2015
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43mins
Ranked #19
Episode 25: Nadia Bolz-Weber
Episode 25: Nadia Bolz-Weber
Matt talks to Nadia Bolz-Weber, pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, about preaching to oneself to benefit others... Read more
23 Apr 2016
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39mins
Ranked #20
Episode 6: Donna Schaper
Episode 6: Donna Schaper
Matt talks to the Judson Memorial Church pastor about her childhood in the LCMS, the unique challenges of preaching in N... Read more
19 Oct 2015
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44mins