So many people are talking about The DaVinci Code, that even we are willing to crawl out from under a rock for this one. Hear our thoughts on how to respond to the movie, along with exactly no explanation for why we haven’t recorded a show in the last three months.

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Show Notes:
Writing Our Way to God - interview with NT Wright and Anne Rice

Brian McLaren on The DaVinci Code

Theology as Fiction - John’s thoughts on Anne Rice’s book

How Could You Boycott this Face? - Zach introduces “Christians Not Against Fiction” on his blog

The Promise Ring - “Suffer Never” - intro music

Okay, so we’ve gotten a number of not so subtle hints through email, comments, voice mails, and molotov cocktails that you want us to continue TheoHacks. Don’t panic! Please! We are not done with this not so grand experiment. Things just seem to be getting in the way of us recording. It is either the devil’s fault, or Zach’s. (Come to think of it, I’ve never seen the devil and Zach in the same place…kind of get’s me wondering…)

This is part two of a series of shows on the Bible. We briefly explore the question of whether or not we can trust the Bible to be reliable in the facts or the truth it presents.

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Show Notes:
How Can the Bible Be Authoritative? - article by NT Wright

Pedro the Lion - “Indian Summer” - intro music

This is the first in what might maybe possibly be a series of shows on the Bible. We begin the series by looking at the history of the Bible itself, and how it was put together.

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Show Notes:
PagittCast - Doug Pagitt podcast
Mosaic - the teaching podcast of Erwin McManus’ church
Dirty Little Secrets - XXXChurch podcast
Cinecast - movie podcast
How Can the Bible Be Authoritative? - article by NT Wright

Pedro the Lion - “Indian Summer” - intro music

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For our first interview, we dialogue with JJ Peterson, a friend of ours who is trying to explore what it means to be one who follows Jesus in Hollywood.

Special Note: This episode was recorded last week. JJ mentions that he was an extra on West Wing, which has since been announced that it will be cancelled after this season. This week, JJ is up to be an extra on The Office. Here’s hoping he doesn’t take that show down to.

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Show Notes:
Don’t Squeeze the JJ - JJ’s blog
321 Improv - the improv team JJ is part of

Pedro the Lion - “Indian Summer” - intro music

This week, we dive into a discussion in which we might be even more hack worthy than theology — politics. If religion and politics are two of the most polarizing topics, how can we try to navigate through regions where they intersect?

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Show Notes:
Apple - some new goodies announced…Mr. Jobs, this podcast is open to some sponsorship opportunities
People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn - Zach’s actually read this entire book!
Sojo.net - Jim Wallis
Apolitically Political - John’s blog entry (includes the quote I paraphrased from Mere Discipleship)

Pedro the Lion - “Indian Summer” - intro music

Hear what happens when Rhino and the Madman stop in to spice up the show as we review some of our favorite reads from 2005.

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Show Notes:
The Shaping of Things to Come, by Frost and Hirsch
A Brief History of Everything, by Ken Wilber
Mere Discipleship, by Lee Camp
Abraham, by Bruce Feiler
Walking the Bible - PBS special
Everything Belongs, by Richard Rohr

Pedro the Lion - “Indian Summer” - intro music

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John and Zach reflect on their wealth of ignorant knowledge about the historical setting of Jesus’ birth.

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Show Notes:
The Nativity Story’s True Message - John Dominic Crossan article
Messiah That, Josephus! - an old blog post by John talking about the Caesar language of Luke 2
The Character Matrix - Erwin McManus message from Veritas
Invisible Children
Dirty Little Secrets podcast - not mentioned in this episode but listen to their interview with Bobby from Invisible Children in their 12th episode

Pedro the Lion - “Indian Summer” - intro music