Lunch on The Way
Kia Ora Koutou, and welcome to Lunch on The Way! We're three guys doing theology over lunch, and sometimes we'll do that with others. We talk about church, culture, theology, philosophy, and more, always wanting to be as practical as possible. This is a thinking podcast more than a teaching podcast. We want to warn you, that what's said here is not yet complete, because, like any good conversation, you never want it to end.
Episodes
49 episodes
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Joey), What's the purpose of church? Critiquing the formation movement
In this episode Jonathan, Graeme, and Joey announce something big, critique the current formation movement as a potentially falling into legalism, how to live with wisdom on the formation journey, catching the "wind" of the Spirit, and the impo...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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55:04
The Endlessly Toxic Pursuit of MORE! Adjusting Our Assumptions of Church, the Mission of God, the goal of growth, and more
In this episode, Jonathan, Graeme, Joey break open a controversial topic relating to church growth and the pursuit of more. They undercover insights only someone who cares not for the consequences of thinking and questioning can unearth. Theref...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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56:37
Rev. Dr. Clint Ussher | Current difficulties and opportunities for the church, Church planting in NZ, Overcoming "success" identity,
In this conversation, Graeme and Joey sit down with Rev. Dr. Clint Ussher who leads The Well in Christchurch, NZ and the Centre for Church Leadership. It was an open and honest conversation about church planting, identity in Christ, what pastor...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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58:34
Horrible Tensions in Ministry and Life ... or are they good?
In this conversation, Jonathan and Joey tease out the tensions we manage within the church and as we follow Jesus.00:00 Introduction00:42 Tensions are not problems to be solved6:11 Theological tensions to manage10:05 Slackli...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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49:45
How to Hear God's Voice, Discerning Big Decisions, Problems with Being Certain
In this episode the guys talk about their experience of listening to God's voice and what that means for them, some of the problematic aspects of claiming you've heard from God, and a way forward to better discern God's voice during big decisio...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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50:23
A Complex Conversation on Power, Christian Leadership, and Jesus's Example of Power
In this episode, Graeme, Jonathan, and Joey discuss the cultural obsession with power and attempt to rebalance the conversation, pointing to Jesus as the example of what to do with the power you have.
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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53:38
Critical Incidents & How to Think Theologically & Reflectively for Positive Change
In this episode, Joey and Graeme discuss the importance of theological reflection in moments of crisis. They cover how to think well during critical incidents, what is critical thinking and theological reflection, the importance of crisis, why ...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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53:18
Will AI Make Us Dumb? Theology and What it Means to Be Human, Meaning in a Automated Future
In this conversation, the guys talk about Graeme trip to the US as a delivered a paper at the Media Ecology Conference.00:00 Introduction02:30 Graeme at the Media Ecology Conference07:58 Graeme's Experience of AMERICA14:30 I...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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54:22
Sam Burrows | The Meta-crisis in Education, with our youth, and what can be done about it
Lunch on The Way is a podcast that deeply discusses Christianity, Church, Culture, and Jesus.Available on ALL podcast platforms https://lunchontheway.buzzsprout.com/shareIn this episode the guys bring back Sam Burrows to talk more a...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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47:43
Metaphors are Reality-Shaping, our BEST Conversation Yet | Horrible, Good, and Intriguing Metaphors for Humans
In this conversation, Jonathan, Graeme, and Joey discuss the good, bad, and intriguing metaphors that shape our understanding of the world, church, and our humanity. They discuss how metaphors create realities (03:30), what a metaphor is (06:10...
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56:27
Dr Clare Knowles | Bible Translations that shouldn't be read, Bible Society NZ's work
In this conversation, Graeme and Joey sit down with Dr. Clare Knowles who is a translation coordinator at Bible Society NZ. We discuss what Bible Society NZ is (12:42), the work Clare is currently doing with the Tokelauan Bible (14:18), cultura...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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59:56
Frameworks for Evangelism, Habit Forming vs Spirit Forming, is Evangelism for Everyone?
Lunch on The Way is a podcast that deeply discusses Christianity, Church, Culture, and Jesus.Available on ALL podcast platforms https://lunchontheway.buzzsprout.com/shareIn this conversation, Jonathan and Joey weave between two main...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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58:54
A "Dialogue" with Carey Nieuwhof, Church Shifts and Necessary Moves
In this conversation, Graeme and Joey discuss Carey Nieuwhof's latest Auckland, NZ church leadership and trends discussion but add their own thoughts to his "shifts" and "moves." They discuss how NZ church is 10yrs ahead of North America (3:08)...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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55:54
Problems with Business-Church, Believing yet Not Believing, the Existential Mirror We Can't See
Lunch on The Way is a podcast that deeply discusses Christianity, Church, Culture, and Jesus.Available on ALL podcast platforms https://lunchontheway.buzzsprout.com/shareIn this conversation the guys get honest and discuss last week...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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45:16
LIVE SHOW, Reinventing Church, Reforming for Authenticity, John Mark Comer again ...
Welcome to our very first LIVE RECORDING of Lunch on The Way held at Laidlaw College's Orientation Week. In this live conversation we discussed what's on Jonathan's mind (05:32), the church's need for reform (or not) (08:55), what true and fals...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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42:58
Professional Christians, Spiritual Comparison, Real Holiness, Entire Sanctification
In this episode, Joey and Graeme discuss the Waitangi Day (00:37), tease future podcast topics (03:37), what a "Professional Christian" is (05:01), critique Rick Warren's baseball diamond discipleship pathway (08:35), expose spiritual compariso...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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48:35
"Real Christianity," John Mark Comer's Critique of Church, and the New Martyrdom
In this episode, the guys begin 2024 talking about what "Real Christianity" is all about. They look at John Mark Comer's take on contemporary church service and Christian formation, and Jonathan discusses what the "new martyrdom" is for the mod...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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1:01:45
2024 Trends for the World, the Church, and You
In this episode, the guys look forward with the help of Sam Burrows to what 2024 will bring for the world and church. They also bring their sense of hope into an otherwise uncertain 2024.Email us at lunchontheway@gmail.com
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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56:21
Answering the most Googled questions about Christianity
In this episode, the guys answer some of the most asked questions relating to Christianity searched on Google. Email us at lunchontheway@gmail.com
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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56:09
What is spiritual and what is reality?
In this episode, the guys discuss land and place as a spiritual reality and how some cultures (Western??) have a difficult time seeing the spiritual in the material world.Email us at lunchontheway@gmail.com
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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47:32
The Competing Narratives You Feel Within, and Code Switching
In this episode, the guys how people live in competing and inconsistent narratives about the world and they escape to video games or films to find coherence. While this can seem like a bad thing, for the Christian, it can be good through the id...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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54:25
Stop Having Children to Fight Climate Change? WHAT??
In this episode, the guys discuss a controversial article advocating for people to stop having children as a form of protest for climate action, the immoral presuppositions at play disguised as moral, and what we should do in the face of diffic...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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56:00
People Need Meaning, and our 1 Year Anniversary
In this episode, the guys celebrate the 1 Year Anniversary of the podcast and why they began in the first place. They also pivot and discuss meaning and evangelism.Email us at lunchontheway@gmail.comPodcast hosts are Greame Flett...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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54:45