Theology Mom || All The Things
Krista Bontrager
Bible teaching and theological commentary on social issues by theologian, Krista Bontrager. Podcast feeds for "Theology Mom," "All The Things" and "As Seen on X."
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Nov 9, 2024 • 1h 28min
Season Finale + Ask Us Anything | 11/9/24 | #194
Wow! What a year season 6 has been! (Who remembers our season kickoff with Katie Faust?) Don't miss our season finale. We are doing our annual Ask Us Anything show, along with some Walking in Unity related giveaways. It's going to be a lot of fun!

Nov 2, 2024 • 1h 22min
Practical Ideas to Advocate for Justice | 11/2/24 | #193
Recently, our friend Natasha Crain sent us a text message asking us for practical ideas for biblically-based justice ministries, besides opening a food pantry. We quickly bombarded her with an avalanche of ideas. We thought it would be fun to turn this text string into a podcast. Let's put on our sanctified imagination and think about some ways that Christians can speak prophetically and help to push back the darkness and bring in the light of the Gospel.

Oct 28, 2024 • 56min
4 Key Principles of God's Justice
Discussions about justice have become very confusing. On one side, some Christians think justice is simply a cover story for Marxism. Others want to fly all kinds of progressive policies under the banner of justice. In this teaching, I outline four critical standards of biblical justice, along with three practical examples of how to live it out in your everyday life.

Oct 16, 2024 • 59min
Starting Christian College, Leaving in Spiritual Deconstruction?
How can a Christian go to a Christian college or seminary... and end up actually leaving the faith? There is a sort of an elephant in the room when Christians go to look into seminaries: there are a lot of identity politics and cultural ideologies that are unbiblical. I recently talked with Melissa Dougherty about this phenomenon, what to look out for, and what to do about it.

Oct 5, 2024 • 59min
The Key to Cultural Renewal | 10/5/24 | #192
Our friend, Delano Squires (from the Heritage Foundation), thinks there is a very specific formula for cultural renewal. We are doing a deep dive on the root causes of our cultural collapse and the pathway out of the mess.
Resources mentioned:
ª Pro Child Politics: https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Child-Politics-Cultural-Economic-National/dp/B0D6LT3ZB3
ª God’s Vision for REAL Human Flourishing: https://youtube.com/live/hWun8BuxhjE
• Part 1 of our discussion about the 2019 Sparrow Conference: https://youtu.be/F8zH7ruT5hk

Sep 30, 2024 • 1h 7min
Fixing Our Distortions About Forgiveness, part 3
Forgiveness can be a very confusing idea. And bad teaching about it can inflict undue pain and trauma. If you've ever wondered about how to interpret Matthew 18 and the issue of "church discipline," then you won't want to miss this teaching. Part 3 of a 3-part teaching series.

Sep 28, 2024 • 1h 18min
The Remarkable Story of an Unlikely Friendship | 9/28/24 | ATT #191
One of the projects that fund-raised for back on Giving Tuesday 2022 was to produce a short mini-doc about our origins story. It's finally here! And we are so excited to share it with you! If you've ever wondered how we became friends, this is the story.

Sep 16, 2024 • 60min
Fixing Our Distortions About Forgiveness, part 2
Forgiveness can be a very confusing idea. And bad teaching about it can inflict undue pain and trauma. If you've ever wondered about how to interpret Matthew 18 and the issue of "church discipline," then you won't want to miss this teaching. Part 2 of a 3-part teaching series.

Sep 14, 2024 • 1h 34min
Mission Report + Reacting to "Am I Racist?" Movie | 9/14/24 | ATT #190
Monique just got home from her second trip to Africa in 2024. You won't want to miss her field report about the great needs for sound teaching and apologetics in Africa. Monique will also be sharing some of her thoughts about short term mission trips, when they can be genuinely helpful and when they aren't. Toward the end, Monique and Krista share their thoughts about the new movie, "Am I Racist?" You won't want to miss this!

Sep 9, 2024 • 1h 9min
Fixing Our Distortions About Forgiveness, part 1
Forgiveness can be a very confusing idea. And bad teaching about it can inflict undue pain and trauma. If you've ever wondered about how to interpret Matthew 18 and the issue of "church discipline," then you won't want to miss this teaching. Part 1 of a 3-part teaching series.


