The Orthodoxical Podcast

Y'ALL. We had a legit legend on the podcast. Kyle chops it up with Dr. Vince Bantu, a key scholar in early African Christianity (and one of Kyle's favorite theological scholars!). Dr. Bantu's work on early African Christianity is nothing short of paradigm shifting; it challenges both Christian and secular narratives about the genesis, proliferation, and praxis of the Christian faith in the ancient Near East and beyond. You won't want to miss this episode, check it out ASAP!

If you started the year with a resolution to "read the Bible more", how is it going? Are you stuck in Leviticus? Reading Jeremiah 29:11 and Philippians 4:13 to yourself every day? Memorizing the original Hebrew? The Bible is a lifeline for Christians, but far too often it becomes a difficult and frustrating chore for believers. Luckily, we have boss Bible teacher and writer Yana Conner, host of the Living Single with Yana Jenay podcast, to help us out. In addition to being seminary trained, Yana has a practical and down-to-earth style to help us dive into the word in refreshing and life-giving ways. Check this episode now!

2022 feels like it's already been a whole year in just one month. The pandemic continues to march on, and we lost many notable and well-loved celebrities over the last few weeks. Death, suffering, and misery just seem to be our roommates at this point. As Christians, what does it mean for us to grieve? Is it possible to grieve "well", or is all grief necessarily difficult? What do we make of grief in light of the gospel? Amanda Held Opelt has wrestled with these questions on a very personal level. After losing her sister (beloved and well-respected Christian author Rachel Held Evans) unexpectedly, Amanda has been probing the nature of grief in Christian life, and is even writing a book about various grieving rituals from various cultures. She joins Kyle to talk about all this and more, so jump in and listen now!

There's been a reckoning over the last decade of what it means to be a "man". How do men relate to God? How do men live out their faith in a culture that consistently sabotages healthy masculinity? What do we do about patriarchy? What even is healthy masculinity? Mr. Jeff Tyler, teacher, minister, speaker, and founder of Good Men Do Exist [https://www.jefftylerspeaks.com/gmde], comes on the podcast to chat with Kyle about how we should think about these questions. Grab your headphones and listen in!

In the United States, Christianity has largely been divided into those who value orthodoxy (right belief) vs. orthopraxy (right action). However, Christians in Latin America have a rich and storied history of proclaiming both of these elements as inseparable parts of Christian faith. Dr. Robert Chao Romero, author of Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity, stops by the podcast to chat with Kyle about the history and legacy of the the Brown church in Latin America and what Christians can learn from our siblings in this movement. Listen in now!