Archive - Tamed Cynic

What Does It Mean for the Church to be Faithful?

To be faithful is to give the benefit of the doubt to the past.

12 hrs ago •

“There is a risk for any religion that looks to accomplished events as its foundation."

a conversation on Rowan William' Open to Judgment

Nov 5 •

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Josh Munnikhuysen

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1:01:39

Apolitical Christianity is Pure Delusion

Private religion produces political dehumanization

Nov 4 •

The LORD been Working in the Dark Since Before There was Light

Those who notice what God is doing will see that he has never stopped.

Nov 2 •

32:38

The Dead Don't Disappear

a homily for All Saints

Nov 1 •

24:22

October 2025

What is the Sermon?

Part Two on Bonhoeffer's "Lecture on Homiletics"

Oct 31 •

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The Undomesticated Preacher

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Crackers & Grape Juice

1:11:20

Embodied Holiness: A Defense of the Veneration of Relics

If the saints live in Christ, what do their bodies say about our own?

Oct 29 •

"To Be Saved is to be Made Holy"

a conversation on Stanley Hauerwas' "Reformation is Sin"

Oct 28 •

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Josh Munnikhuysen

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1:10:03

"When we make Reformation a success, it only ends up killing us."

(Saint) Stanley Hauerwas and his sermon "Reformation is Sin"

Oct 27 •

God is the Perfect Man for You

The miracle of the meet cute at the well

Oct 26 •

31:59

"The Call to Preach is Irrevocable; We Cannot Get Out from Under God's Command."

Bonhoeffer’s Lecture on Homiletics: Session 1

Oct 23 •

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The Undomesticated Preacher

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Crackers & Grape Juice

45:36

The Preacher, the Text, and Certain Dogmas

The sermon “says the same thing” as the scripture not by repeating its words but by sharing its motion of death and resurrection.

Oct 22 •

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