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What if loving your Christian nationalist neighbor is the most political thing you’ll do this year?

Can a stadium memorial where “forgive your enemies” and “hate your enemies” share the same stage?"

Today we invited pastor and author Caleb Campbell (Disarming Leviathan) to help us name the powers discipling our age—and offer a way back to love with a spine.

We trace Caleb’s decade pastoring in Phoenix as culture-war catechisms flood the church, Turning Point rallies fill calendars, and neighbors learn to see each other as threats. Caleb names Leviathan—the biblical image of predatory, chaos power that dresses itself in righteousness—and shows how anxiety, not policy alone, is the engine of Christian nationalism.

We also talk about grief and honesty around public tragedy, why militarizing the Lord’s Prayer profanes God’s name, and how to practice discernment without getting trapped in bad‑faith quarrels.

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Dr. Mika Edmondson, pastor of Koinonia Church in Nashville, joins us for a profound conversation about redemptive suffering and denominational identity. What can Job, MLK, and the african spirituals teach us about redemption and hope amidst incredibly dark times?

"It's not the suffering in and of itself that is redemptive, it is actually our engagement with it," Mika explains. Instead of fight-or-flight as a response to evil—there's a 3rd way, a way exemplified by Jesus himself.

Then, the 3 debated the benefits and costs of denominations. There has been no declared winner, so we need you dear listener to write in and make your case or let us know who won! (hello@theologyinpieces.com)

Also go read James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree.

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What if becoming like Christ means something far more profound than we've imagined? In this week's episode Malcolm and Slim dive into one of Christianity's most transformative yet often overlooked doctrines.

The ancient Christian understanding of salvation extends beyond forgiveness to actual participation in divine life. "What Christ is by nature, we become by grace."

Before that, you'll want to hear about the CIA's Operation Acoustic Kitty & why Christians are done turning the other cheek as a Texas Congressional Candidate burns the Quran inviting christians to support her political aims.

Want to go deeper on this topic and learn more about these crazy Eastern Church Fathers? Check out:

The Doctrine of Deification - Norman Russell

Theosis. The True Purpose of Human Life - Archimandrite George

The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church - Vladimir Lossky

Union With Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church - J. Todd Billings

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Slim Thompson on twitter @wacoslim

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