Rapture

No Zealot Like A Convert

In part two of our three part series on Bob Dylan's gospel period, we look at the zealous faith of a convert.

Bob Dylan's Desperate Faith

In the Fall of 1978, in an Arizona hotel room, Bob Dylan had a divine encounter. What came next surprised the world. In this week's episode, the first of three on Bob Dylan's gospel period, we look at the desperate personal circumstances that coincided with this conversion experience.

Rapture

I'd like to tell you a story about a coming moment in time when a certain number of people will vanish from the Earth. Though it may sound like the beginning of a classic sci-fi movie, it is actually a story at the center of much of American Evangelicalism. You may know this story as "the rapture." What you might not know is that this story was created in the 1830's and it is common in only one place, America.

Kudzu: A Case Study of Weeds and Faith

In this week's episode of Generous Orthodoxy, we examine faith entanglements through the lens of Kudzu. For anyone in the Bible Belt, this we remind you of every highway you've driven.

The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In this week's episode, we take a look at the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran Pastor who was executed for his attempt at assassinating Adolf Hitler. We ask the question, "What do we do when our faith meets our circumstance? When our idealism meets our pragmatism?"