In episode 71 of the In All Things podcast, guest host Sarah Moss invites In All Things blog contributors Donald Roth and Dr. Michael Kearney to discuss what it means to live with discernment in a world marked by complexity and tension.

Together, they reflect on how to challenge our blind spots and confront the idolatry that often grows out of our assumptions. Drawing from their recent essays for the In All Things blog, Roth and Kearney invite us to pay closer attention to the contradictions we carry and to pursue a faithful life in the midst of them.

Read their full essays from the In All Things blog "Modern Idols" series at the following links:

• https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/making-sense-of-modernity
• https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/on-the-other-hand-the-unity-of-contraries-in-a-world-of-conflict

On this 70th episode of the podcast, I sit down with two friends to talk about the podcast itself - because this is my final episode as the host! Some of the topics we discuss:

• How the podcast started and how it kept going
• Statistics, highlights (top moment!), and most downloaded episodes
• The logic behind the books and authors chosen
• All that goes into producing and hosting a podcast
• How hosting a podcast has formed me as a host
• What I've learned about asking better questions
• What surprised me along the way

Thanks for tuning in over these 70 episodes!

Why I'm hanging up the headphones: https://www.dordt.edu/news/justin-bailey-dean-of-chapel

On this episode of the podcast, we interview one of my most trusted teachers, Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer (who also happens to be a world class theologian!) It’s a conversation about what it means to read the Bible “transfigurally”: to take seriously the literal meaning of the text but also to make sure we follow the text as it leads us to see and savor Jesus Christ. Among the questions we discuss:

• How do we take each passage of Scripture on its own terms while also being attentive to the way it points us to Jesus?
• Is there value in a "step-by-step" method for reading the Bible?
• What does it mean (and not mean) to take the bible "literally"?
• What are some of the bad reading habits we've picked up and what are some better ones?
• What does it mean to be "biblical"?

Get the book: https://zondervanacademic.com/products/mere-christian-hermeneutics

More from Dr. Vanhoozer: https://www.kevinjvanhoozer.com/about