With civil rights advocacy in his DNA, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III built his ministry on community advancement and social justice activism. As Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Moss spent the last two decades practicing and preaching a Black theology that unapologetically calls attention to the problems of mass incarcerati ... Show More
Jan 7
Pass The Mic's Top 10 Cultural Artifacts From 2025 (PART 2)
Cultural Artifacts is our version of a Top Ten list for the year. G. Tyler Burns and Jemar Tisby are back for part two. This time we’ve got a few albums, some books, and a variety of movies and television shows you’ll want to check out right away! As always, the rules remain the ... Show More
1h 34m
Dec 24
Pass The Mic's Top 10 Cultural Artifacts From 2025 (PART 1)
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No. I’m not talking about Christmas (that’s wonderful, too). Cultural Artifacts!!! For longtime PTM listeners, this will feel like slipping into a familiar groove. As always, the rules remain the same: these artifacts don’t have to be new ... Show More
1h 28m
Jun 2020
Finding unity, through our difference, by Pastor Otis Moss
<p>As Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Otis Moss carries the torch for generations of church and civil rights leaders, including his own father, a regional director in the SCLC, and a friend of Dr. Martin Luther King. But it is his late sister Daphne w ... Show More
38m 55s
Jun 2021
Boomers, The Big Sort, and Really, Really Big Churches
In the mid-1950s, Rev. Robert Schuller began preaching in a drive-in movie theater in Southern California. He melded traditions like vestments with a theology of post-war optimism and self-esteem. As his ministry grew, guest preaching in his pulpit became a mark of celebrity achi ... Show More
55m 59s
Nov 2020
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III: Otis’ Dream
<p>Pastor and author, Reverend Dr. Otis Moss III shares his short film, <em>Otis’ Dream</em>, which details the legacy of his grandfather, Otis Moss, Sr. The beautifully crafted film retells the story of Otis Moss, Sr., a black man who was denied the right to vote in 1946. He die ... Show More
35m 30s
Nov 2023
#29 Josh Bauder: How to Recover a Reformed Theology of Beauty, Music in the Church as Symptomatic of Christian Culture, Church Architecture as a Conduit to Worship
Dr. Josh Bauder is a Minneapolis-based composer, arranger, typesetter, and professor. His choral music has been performed by church, university, and community choirs across the United States and abroad. Josh holds a B.A. in music and philosophy from the University of St. Thomas, ... Show More
1h 38m
Nov 2023
#27 Brooks Buser: Thirteen Years Transcribing an Unreached Language Group in Papua New Guinea, The Forgotten Great Commission, Training the Next Generation of Linguistics Missionaries
Brooks Buser is the president of Radius International and helps lead their campuses in Mexico and Taiwan. Brooks worked for 13 years among the YembiYembi people in Papua New Guinea. After developing an alphabet in the YembiYembi language, completing a translation of the New Testa ... Show More
2h 19m
Oct 2021
Bonus Episode: Boca Raton's Church Planting O.G.
Contrary to Mars Hill lore, Mark Driscoll didn’t plant his church alone. Though he prized the image of a solo, entrepreneurial pastor, Driscoll found early success thanks to two co-planters, a sending church, and a network of support. And three thousand miles away in Boca Raton, ... Show More
46m 45s
May 2023
Destiny: Rev. Jim Willis, American Cults, Cabal, Corruptions and Charismatic Leaders
America has spawned hundreds of cults. Charismatic leaders periodically burst into the news for the most awful of reasons. We are awash with stories of brainwashed members’ struggles to leave. Meet the messianic leaders, see the indoctrination and manipulation, look at their beli ... Show More
1h 8m
Apr 2024
A Journey of Love: Andrew LeCompte on A Course in Miracles
<p>This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. </p> <p>For Andrew LeCompte, his study of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) started off like the proverbial ‘good thing’ of so many cult survivor stories. He eventually taught ACIM in Mexico, Spain, Hawaii, and Canada–working as something lik ... Show More
49m 59s