Theology Made Podcast

The Man Who Chose to Own Nothing

Theology Made is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. What if security isn’t safety? What if accumulation isn’t freedom? What he found on the other side of that question became one of the most disruptive spiritual movements in church history. And it still has something to say to anyone building a life they’re not entirely sure they want. This episode is about Francis—but it’s really about what we hold onto, and why. Get full access to Theology Made at theologymade.substack.com/subscribe [https://theologymade.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Jesus Didn’t Write Anything. So Why Do We Trust the Gospels?

Jesus never wrote a single word. No letters. No books. No firsthand account. And yet, billions of people trust what was written about Him. So why? In this episode, we explore one of the most overlooked questions in Christianity—and why the answer challenges how modern people think about truth, history, and credibility. Because the real issue isn’t that Jesus didn’t write anything. It’s why no one thought He needed to. Theology Made is a listener/reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. At 18 I decided I wanted to be a pastor. There was one problem. While I grew up in church, I didn’t have a clear understanding of how I thought about God. So, I spent 20 years pursuing that. This framework is the result of those 20 years.  You can get it in 40 minutes. The Theology Made Workshop: https://theologymade.mykajabi.com/offers/RqeAzfaY [https://theologymade.mykajabi.com/offers/RqeAzfaY] Get full access to Theology Made at theologymade.substack.com/subscribe [https://theologymade.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

You Think You’re Thinking for Yourself. You’re Not.

You probably think your beliefs are your own. That you’ve weighed the evidence, thought it through, and arrived at your conclusions honestly. But what if most of what you believe… was installed? In this piece, we explore the unsettling reality that your worldview may be less independent than you think—and why your brain is wired to defend beliefs you never actually chose. Drawing from psychology, culture, and theology, this isn’t just about how beliefs form. It’s about how they control you. Theology Made is a listener/reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. At 18 I decided I wanted to be a pastor. There was one problem. While I grew up in church, I didn’t have a clear understanding of how I thought about God. So, I spent 20 years pursuing that. This framework is the result of those 20 years.  You can get it in 40 minutes. The Theology Made Workshop: https://theologymade.mykajabi.com/offers/RqeAzfaY [https://theologymade.mykajabi.com/offers/RqeAzfaY] Get full access to Theology Made at theologymade.substack.com/subscribe [https://theologymade.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Man Who Explained Everything and Then Stopped

Thomas Aquinas spent forty years building the most ambitious intellectual project in Western history, a single unified framework to explain God, creation, evil, the soul, and everything in between. Thousands of pages. Hundreds of arguments. A system so rigorous that the Catholic Church made it their official theology for seven centuries. Then, on December 6th, 1273, he stopped writing. Mid-sentence. Mid-project. And when his secretary begged him to continue, he said: “Everything I have written seems like straw compared to what I have seen.” Not incomplete. Not a rough draft. Straw. In this episode of Theology Made, we trace what Aquinas was actually attempting and what it means that the most disciplined theological mind in history reached the edge of what reason could hold, and found that the edge wasn’t the end. For anyone who has ever understood a great deal about God and still felt like something essential remained just out of reach. Theology Made is a listener/reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. If this episode left you wanting more than information about God, the Faith Without Fear workshop gives you a theological framework for actually interpreting your life, your doubt, and the world around you. It’s not more content to consume, it’s a lens that changes how you read everything. Workshop [https://theologymade.mykajabi.com/offers/RqeAzfaY] Get full access to Theology Made at theologymade.substack.com/subscribe [https://theologymade.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Devil’s Pitchfork: When the Church Put the Fork on Trial

In 1004 AD, a Byzantine princess arrived in Venice with a scandalous piece of gold luggage: a two-pronged fork. To the local clergy, this wasn’t high fashion—it was a theological rebellion. How did a simple tool for eating become “The Devil’s Pitchfork”? This week, we explore the “Trial of the Fork,” a forgotten war between human innovation and Divine design. We’ll follow the fork from the scathing rebukes of Saint Peter Damian to the pasta-fueled revolution of the Renaissance, finally uncovering how a “satanic” luxury became a mandatory standard of Christian “cleanliness.” It turns out, the history of how we eat is actually a history of how we view God. Theology Made is a listener/reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. If this episode left you wanting more than information about God, the Faith Without Fear workshop gives you a theological framework for actually interpreting your life, your doubt, and the world around you. It’s not more content to consume, it’s a lens that changes how you read everything. Workshop [https://theologymade.mykajabi.com/offers/RqeAzfaY] Get full access to Theology Made at theologymade.substack.com/subscribe [https://theologymade.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]