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ORT Shorts
Hosted by Thomas Jay Oord · EN
Open and Relational theology just makes sense... at least that's what most people say when they discover it. This podcast offers 3-minute short episodes -- "shorts" -- on this perspective on God. Episodes offer insights, inspiration, and information, and a few are posted each week. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord hosts this podcast. He's a best-selling author, world-renown speaker, and leading voice in this burgeoning field. Dr. Oord directs a Center and Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology too. Subscribe if you're tired of conventional theology and want a perspective that both makes sense and fits life as we live it.
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Ep. 301: The Problem of Good, Miracles, and God's Will
3w ago00:05:52Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the final chapter of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he discusses the problem of good, the challenge of how to understand miracles in relation to science and and the God of amipotent love, and ways of understanding God's will for creation.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 300: Solving the Problem of Evil
3w ago00:03:52Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 14 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as lays out his six-fold proposal for solving the problem of evil, the biggest challenge to belief in God for many atheists and agnostics.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 299: Amipotent Providence
4w ago00:04:52Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 13 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he unpacks his view of Amipotent Providence.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 298: Ever Creator
Apr 2100:03:46Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 12 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he follows his critique of the traditional belief that God created out of nothing (Creatio Ex Nihilo) by proposing his creation theory, God as Ever Creator.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 297: Creatio Ex Nihilo and Other Creation Theories
Apr 1700:04:23Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 11 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he discusses and critiques the traditional belief that God created out of nothing (Creatio Ex Nihilo) while exploring various alternative ways of understanding creation.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 296: The Proper Role of Mystery
Apr 1400:04:34Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 10 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he discusses the proper role of mystery.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 295: One, Everlasting, All-Knowing Spirit
Apr 1000:05:13Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 9 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he discusses a loving God who experiences time moment by moment, unchanging in God's essence but constantly changing in how God experiences creation.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 294: The Spirit is a Relational Person Who Feels
Apr 700:03:35Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 8 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he discusses the reasons for believing the Spirit is a Relational Person Who Feels.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 293: Amipotent Spirit
Apr 300:03:33Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 7 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he discusses God as a loving Spirit of uncontrolling love A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Transcribe →Ep. 292: God is Not Omnipotent
Mar 3100:03:04Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Dr. Oord engages with chapter 6 of his new book A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation as he discusses the challenges of reconciling a God of love with the ways in which God has traditionally been understood as omnipotent.A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
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