Faith Improvised

By Tim Gombis

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Exploring what it means to be faithfully Christian in our always-changing world with its challenges and opportunities. I like to think out loud and talk with friends about biblical texts, books, politics, sports, music, films, and basically anything that interests me. This is all an attempt to be fully alive in God’s good world and to enjoy the liberating reality of the Christian gospel.

Episode Date
Reason, Passion, Ignorance, and Expertise in Politics
Feb 27, 2024
What We've Learned About Teaching
Feb 20, 2024
You Are Not Your Job, Pt. 2
Feb 13, 2024
You Are Not Your Job
Feb 06, 2024
Chosen Family
Jan 23, 2024
Adventures in Public Education
Jan 16, 2024
Tim Gets Some Perspective
Dec 12, 2023
Gaining Perspective on Our Suffering
Nov 28, 2023
Doing What You Love & Maintaining Perspective
Nov 21, 2023
Long Walks & Laughter
Nov 14, 2023
The Challenges of Our Intellectual Journeys
Nov 07, 2023
The Place of Pain and Suffering in the Pursuit of Happiness and Wholeness
Oct 31, 2023
The Quest for Certainty in an Uncertain World
Oct 24, 2023
Tragic Violence in the Middle East & The Importance of Memory
Oct 17, 2023
The Origins and Expressions of Individualism in American Protestantism
Oct 10, 2023
Conspiracies, Intellectual Humility, and Arrogance
Oct 03, 2023
True Grit: Navigating a Cold, Indifferent Universe
Sep 26, 2023
Pursuing Happiness, Wholeness, and Healing, Pt. 2
Sep 19, 2023
Pursuing Happiness, Wholeness, and Healing: Introducing Season 5
Sep 12, 2023
Evangelism Is Not the Task of the Church
Aug 29, 2023
Concluding Season 4
Aug 22, 2023
Reading New Testament Letters, Pt. 3
Aug 01, 2023
Reading New Testament Letters, Pt. 2
Jul 25, 2023
Reading New Testament Letters, Pt. 1
Jul 18, 2023
Reading Biblical Narratives, Pt. 3
Jul 11, 2023
Reading Biblical Narratives, Pt. 2
May 16, 2023
Reading Biblical Narratives
Apr 25, 2023
The Bible Is a Library, Pt. 2
Mar 21, 2023
The Bible Is a Library
Mar 14, 2023
The Questions the Bible Asks of Us
Feb 21, 2023
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 15
Feb 14, 2023
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 14
Feb 07, 2023
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 13
Jan 31, 2023
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 12
Jan 24, 2023
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 11
Jan 17, 2023
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 10
Jan 10, 2023
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 9
Nov 29, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 8
Nov 15, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 7
Nov 08, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 6
Nov 01, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 5
Oct 25, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 4
Oct 18, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 3
Oct 04, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 2
Sep 27, 2022
The Big Story of the Bible, Pt. 1
Sep 20, 2022
Putting the Testaments Together
Aug 16, 2022
Thinking with Scripture
Jul 26, 2022
Introducing Season 4
Jul 19, 2022
Wrapping Up Romans
Mar 29, 2022
The Closing of Paul's Letter to the Romans
Mar 22, 2022
The Rhetorical Climax of Romans
Mar 15, 2022
Submission to Worldly Powers in Romans 13
Feb 22, 2022
Being God's New Creation Community (Romans 12)
Feb 15, 2022
How to Be Christian and Stay Christian (Even When LGBTQ+ People Exist)
Feb 08, 2022
God's Commitment to Save Israel (Romans 11)
Feb 01, 2022
How the Church Harms LGBTQ Christians
Jan 25, 2022
Israel and the Gentiles in Rome
Jan 18, 2022
Election and God's Prerogative in Romans 9
Dec 14, 2021
The Climax of Paul's Argument in Romans 8
Dec 07, 2021
Questions about Romans and Mark
Nov 30, 2021
The Mosaic Law and the Cosmic Power of Sin (Romans 7)
Nov 16, 2021
The Cosmic Scope of Paul's Exhortations in Romans 6
Nov 10, 2021
The Roman Conflict in Cosmic Perspective
Nov 02, 2021
A Brief Hiatus
Sep 21, 2021
The Roman Christians' Transformed Identity
Sep 14, 2021
Paul Sends Abraham to Rome
Sep 07, 2021
Paul Unites the Romans in Justification
Aug 31, 2021
Paul Unites the Romans in Cosmic Enslavement
Aug 24, 2021
Paul Confronts the Judging Group in Rome (Romans 2)
Aug 17, 2021
Paul's Rhetorical Trap (Romans 1:18-32)
Aug 10, 2021
The Narrative Sub-Structure of Romans
Aug 03, 2021
Paul Greets The Romans
Jul 27, 2021
An Overview of Romans
Jul 20, 2021
Wandering Through Romans
Jul 13, 2021
The Church Is God's Social Justice
Jun 08, 2021
Death of God, Etc.
Jun 01, 2021
The Grammar of the Gospel
May 25, 2021
The Problem of Men in Ministry
May 18, 2021
Love the Evangelical, Hate the Evangelicalism
May 11, 2021
Thinking Again, Again
May 04, 2021
What Did Jesus Know & When Did He Know It?
Apr 27, 2021
The Joy of Being Wrong
Apr 20, 2021
Baseball & Golf, Science & Faith
Apr 13, 2021
Reconnecting with a Friend
Apr 06, 2021
Exvangelicals & Deconstruction
Mar 30, 2021
The Church as God's Public Justice
Mar 23, 2021
The Conversion of Paul's Ministry Imagination
Mar 16, 2021
White Evangelicals & Abortion Politics
Mar 09, 2021
Just Briefly
Mar 02, 2021
Sovereignty, Suffering, Sports, Etc.
Feb 23, 2021
More on Sovereignty and Suffering
Feb 16, 2021
God's Sovereignty and Human Suffering
Feb 09, 2021
Pappy O'Daniel Power Hour
Feb 02, 2021
The Importance of Listening to *Others*
Jan 26, 2021
It's a Putsch!
Jan 19, 2021
Paul's Apparently "Clear" Teaching About Christian Families
Dec 22, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 8
Dec 15, 2020
Race, Patriarchy, the SBC, and Lessons We Don't Learn
Dec 08, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 7
Dec 01, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 6
Nov 24, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 5
Nov 17, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 4
Nov 10, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 3
Nov 03, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 2
Oct 27, 2020
The (un)Gospel of Mark, Pt. 1
Oct 20, 2020
How Christian Identity Works, Pt. 3
Oct 13, 2020
How Christian Identity Works, Pt. 2
Oct 06, 2020
How Christian Identity Works, Pt. 1
Sep 29, 2020
The Powers and Authorities and Christian Discernment of Culture
Sep 22, 2020
Critical Race Theory and Evangelical Fear
Sep 15, 2020
“Make America Great Again” is a Call to Turn Our Backs to the Gospel
Sep 08, 2020
How To Be Humble
Sep 01, 2020
Alpha Male Myths & Violence in Our World
Aug 25, 2020
Is the “Great Commission” Even a Thing!?
Aug 18, 2020
Jesus and John Wayne, with Kristin Du Mez
Aug 11, 2020
Christian Nationalism is Idolatry
Aug 04, 2020
BLM, the Kingdom of God, and White Evangelicalism's Gospel Problem
Jul 28, 2020
Christian Identity & Race
Jul 21, 2020
Here Goes Nothin'
Jul 14, 2020