PT Podcast 1 - Intro to the Podcast
Here we are starting up Prodigal Thought Podcast. Connect and listen each week. We start with episode 1… (enter in the Star Wars theme song). Just sharing some intro ideas for the podcast. [...]
View ArticlePT Podcast 2 - Individualism & Collectivism
Today we launched the second episode of our podcast. In particular, I discussed an idea coming from the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes - the difference between individualism and...
View ArticlePT Podcast 3 - Experience Shapes Theology
In episode 3 of the Prodigal Thought Podcast, I look at the topic of how experience shapes our theology, our understanding of God, and this is not a bad thing. [...]
View ArticlePT Podcast 4 - Division, Listening, Speaking
This past week, a major decision was handed down by the Supreme Court of the US, keeping the door open for same-sex marriage. Within minutes, the division was very evident over this issue……within the...
View ArticlePT Podcast 5 - Forming a Healthy Understanding of the Holy Spirit
As a charismatic, I long for us to have a healthy and holistic understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit. So I take up that topic in this episode, particularly encouraging us to allow the book of...
View ArticlePT Podcast 6 - The Need for Apostolic Ministry Today
This podcast episode is a topic dear to my heart - the need for apostles, or apostolic ministry, today. I not only discuss some passages of Scripture, but the central reason why apostolic ministry is...
View ArticlePT Podcast 7: The Gospel Is Political - But Not In the Way We Normally Think
The title of this episode is very odd: The Gospel Is Political. However, I don’t mean this in the normal way we think of “politics”. In this podcast, I share 2 brief points of why I believe the gospel...
View ArticlePT Podcast 8 - The Tangibles of Heaven
After a few months of lying dormant, today we officially re-launched the Prodigal Thought Podcast. And this time, I have a partner in crime: colleague and friend, David Nakano. In this episode, we...
View ArticlePT Podcast 9 - Different Perspectives on Studying Scripture
In this episode, we particularly look at some larger perspectives on studying Scripture, particularly 3 points you might not have thought about before. Special guest N.T. Wright joins us.
View ArticlePT Podcast 10 - Issues the Church Faces Today (Part 1)
Today we launched into a series on issues that the church faces today. We framed a few of the issues but spent most of our time talking about one in particular: the cultural divide in the church today.
View ArticlePT Podcast 11: Issues the Church Faces Today (Part 2)
David and I continue our series on “issues the church faces today.” We summarized last week’s show on the “cultural divide” that can easily exist in the church. This week we take up the matter of...
View ArticlePT Podcast 12: Issues the Church Faces Today: Same-Sex Relationships
After a 3-week hiatus, we are back on track with the Prodigal Thought Podcast. We continue our short series on issues the church faces today, picking up a very pertinent matter: same-sex relationships...
View ArticlePT Podcast 13: Issues the Church Faces Today - Same-Sex Relationships, Part 2
With today’s episode on the Prodigal Thought Podcast, we finished our short series on issues that the church faces today. We continued with part 2 on the topic of same-sex relationships and marriage.
View ArticlePT Podcast 14 - Setting the Scene
With today’s episode on the Prodigal Thought Podcast, we launched a short episode, mainly setting the scene for 2 or 3 topics we want to approach in the coming episodes. We touched in on those issues...
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