Ideology Podcast

Surprised by the Trinity — Dr. Jamey Miller

Dr. Jamey Miller unpacks the relational nature of the Triune God — Father, Son, and Spirit — and how the Trinity reshapes worship, community, and mission.

Diving Deep Into Trinitarian Theology

Patristic roots, historical trajectory, and key distinctions in trinitarian theology — and how these ideas intersect with the everyday life of the believer.

Tensions in Trinitarian Theology

The main tensions that emerge when contemplating God as both three and one — traditional divine attributes and how to think about them across the persons of the Trinity.

Why Should I Care About Theology?

An intro session making the case for rigorous theology — why diligent study of God matters for ordinary believers and not just academics.

Knowing the Father's Heart as the Key to Right Thinking

Drew interviews Mick on his book The Father's Heart — how knowing God as Father serves as the baseline for making sense of the world.

Is Science Incompatible with Faith?

Examining one of the most persistent myths of modernity — the supposed war between scientific inquiry and Christian belief, and how to think about it clearly.

Drew's Ambivalence to Apologetics

From cosmological proofs to Plantinga's "warranted Christian belief" — an honest look at the limits of rational argument and the role of personal encounter.

Epistemology and the Church's Truth Claims

Four epistemological frameworks — Rationalism, Empiricism, Foundationalism, Coherentism — and why all are under sustained attack as reliable ways to discern truth.

What's Wrong with the World? Genesis and the Human Condition

Mick evaluates the ancient question — "what's wrong with the world?" — using Genesis 1–3 as the seedbed for understanding sin and the human condition.

Room for Doubt — Dr. Ben Young

Dr. Ben Young shares nearly a decade of personal doubt and a slow rebuilding of faith rooted in grace — how doubt can actually strengthen belief, and how the Church makes space for hard questions.

Advent, Mary, and the Coming of Christ

The rich history of the Advent season in church history — and the profound implications of Mary's humility and trust as the vessel for the Incarnation.

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk, and Where We Go from Here

Drew and Mick respond to cultural violence and polarization, calling the church toward kingdom perspective: enemy-love, anchored hope, and resisting cycles of outrage.

Hidden Factors Affecting Our Cultural Engagement, Part 2

How manners, grammar, and competing epistemologies quietly shape the believer's witness in contemporary society.

Hidden Factors Affecting Our Cultural Engagement, Part 1

How corporate underlying beliefs — about justice, the poor, and social mobility — shape how Christians show up in the public square.

The Age of Psychological Man — Rise & Triumph (Series)

A four-episode deep dive into Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self — expressive individualism, psychological man, and what it means when society abandons transcendent justification.

How (Not) to Be Secular — James K.A. Smith (Series)

A four-part review of Smith's landmark book, tracing the "malaise of immanence," the age of authenticity, and how to inhabit a secular world as followers of Christ.

Church History — Constantine to the Reformation

Continuing the exploration of church history from the mid-4th century through the European Reformation — how the institutional church shaped and was shaped by culture.

Liturgy and the Shaping of Spiritual Formation

Four historical ecclesiological approaches to church expression — high liturgy, scripture, evangelism, and embodied worship — and what each contributes to formation.

The Missio Dei — God's Mission and Ours (Series)

What is the mission of God? How has it been distorted by colonial narratives? Drew and Mick trace the Missio Dei through Scripture and into the modern church's calling.

Hope in a Meaningless World

Transcendence vs. immanence — why people reach for astrology and alternative spirituality, and what the Church offers instead: a worldview that holds both together in Jesus.

A Message of Hope for an Anxious and Hungry Generation

Why Gen Z is quietly turning toward Jesus — and how the church can be a winsome life raft rather than a culture warrior, drawing from Augustine, Athanasius, and C.S. Lewis.

Transformation of Society, Part 1

How does the Gospel transform culture without being captured by it? Drew and Mick reject escapism and triumphalism alike, laying groundwork for a discipleship-driven vision.

The Church, Vocation, and Cultural Transformation

Work as worship — from Genesis to Revelation, a biblical case for vocation as sacred calling and how everyday believers participate in the Kingdom through their sphere of influence.

The Mission of God — Biblical Story Arc & Personal Calling

How the Missio Dei is developed throughout Scripture, and what it means practically — how believers discern calling and what role the broader body of Christ plays.

Pentecostalism — What It Is and Where It's Headed (Series)

A four-part exploration of Pentecostal and charismatic theology — defining the movement, its global reach, theological debates about gifts, cessationism, and its future.

A Beautiful Vision — God's Design for Our Bodies, Desires, & Sexuality

Mick and Lauren Allbritton explore biblical themes of human sexuality against the cultural distortions of our moment, tied to Mick's book A Beautiful Vision.

A Beautiful Vision — Recovering God's Design for Singleness

Lauren Allbritton returns to unpack singleness — not as a waiting room, but as a calling with its own beauty, dignity, and purpose in God's design.