After a delicious Christmas dinner and dessert, Aimee, Carl, and Todd relax around the fireplace and answer some Christmas ‘letters’ from listeners. For example: Are nativity scenes with baby Jesus in the manger a second commandment violation? Some attribute the origin of Christmas to a pagan tradition, and the Christmas church service as an infringement of ... Show More
Sep 23
Post Woke with Neil Shenvi and Patrick Sawyer
In this episode of Mortification of Spin, Todd and Carl welcome back Neil Shenvi and Patrick Sawyer to discuss their new book, Post Woke: Asserting a Biblical Vision of Race, Gender, and Sexuality. A follow up to their earlier book, Critical Dilemma, Neil and Pat wrote Post Woke ... Show More
29m 11s
Sep 9
Growth in the Catholic Church with Chris Castaldo
Carl and Todd welcome Chris Castaldo back to the podcast to shed some light on the apparent trend of young evangelicals converting to Roman Catholicism. Chris, lead pastor of New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, and author of Why Do Protestants Convert?, has some excellen ... Show More
28m 4s
Aug 26
No Contact with Noelle Mering
A new form of relationship estrangement is afoot. Whereas, in the past, relationships tended to rupture over issues like abuse, today, people are increasingly estranged because of politics. On today’s episode of Mortification of Spin, Carl and Todd engage in a thought-provoking d ... Show More
32m 41s
Dec 2020
Let’s Nerd Out on Christmas
Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries. Believe it or not, Christmas is this week. Yup, even in a year that felt like it was always winter and that there could not ever be Christmas. And we need a little Christmas, right this very minute. Candles ... Show More
51m 56s
Dec 2020
The Real Meaning of C(h)ristmas - SimplyPodLogical #42
On this episode of SimplyPodLogical, Cristine and Ben discuss C(h)ristmas, why Cristine drops the "H", religion, holiday shopping, gift giving, Christmas movies, cookie recipes, and some tea on Santa.
57m 7s
Dec 2023
31: A Very Merry Christmas
Mitch and Isi discuss the differences between a German and a British Christmas in their festive cabin. What do you eat? Who delivers your presents... and on what day? They discuss Mrs Claus, raclette, Zulu, zuzhing and of course... booze, booze, booze. Interactive Transcript Supp ... Show More
16m 47s
Dec 2018
Theologians Who Love Christmas
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