True Magic
by Bnonn & Smokey Tennant
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Talky Bnonnsense #16: Re-whimsifying the Bible (part 1)
Talky Bnonnsense #16: Re-whimsifying the Bible (part 1)
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On earth as it is in heaven—working to embody Christ’s reign by finding the spiritual patterns expressed in physical things. Reformed & postmil. www.truemagic.nz
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- Talky Bnonnsense #16: Re-whimsifying the Bible (part 1) · 41 minGod’s words should transform us; we should not transform God’s words. But Bible translators disagree. In this episode, we begin a new series investigating the vast swath of…
- [S1E13] Beautifying the body directly · 41 minIf clothes are an extension of our bodies, to add glory to them, what should we think about beautifying ourselves more directly? Is there a principled difference between clothes…
- [S1E12] Questions & answers about the clothing of the future · 35 minIn this episode we develop the symbolism of clothing into some specific applications for reforming our dress in the future, and answer some questions from listeners around how to…
- [S1E11] Stages of life & liturgical clothing · 1 h 2 minIf reforming our clothing means returning to the patterns of scripture, does that mean we should be wearing sackcloth when fasting, and that ministers should wear robes? Also, if…
- A recursive sanity test for just about any idea worth questioning · 27 minBnonn hilariously misunderestimates how many keystone episodes we’ve already produced, and Smokey reflects on how fractals are the key to understanding reality. This is a public…
- Talky Bnonnsense #15: Things we recommend (no paid promotions) · 39 minA grab-bag of advice on things worth knowing and doing that for some reason many people don’t know or do. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
- [S1E10] What it means for clothes to be beautiful (or not) · 41 minNow that we understand the symbolic nature of clothing, how should we begin reforming it? What does God want our clothes to look like, compared to what we have now? To begin…
- Talky Bnonnsense #14: Tallish tales of St. David of Wales · 25 minSmokey regales us with the legendary embellishments around the patron saint of Wales — and makes a rather interesting point about how he reframed the dreaded pagan corpse lights…
- [S1E9] Answering questions & objections to head coverings · 1 h 5 minFollowing up our explanation of why head coverings matter in the new covenant age, we consider several objections — and even more questions — to flesh out the exegetical case…
- Talky Bnonnsense #13: Rhythms of eternity · 30 minBnonn and Smokey discuss the natural and cyclical rhythms built into the human psyche, which somehow involves the French Revolution, Hadestown, Joss Whedon, WD-40, and the heat…
- [S1E8] The cosmological significance of head coverings · 47 minIn the new cosmological order inaugurated by Christ, where all believers now serve inside the veil of the most-holy place, men should no longer cover their heads, but women…
- Talky Bnonnsense #12: Smokey’s review of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale · 35 minHaving just seen the Lord of the Rings musical on stage, Smokey pontificates on the good, the bad and the ugly, giving it 4 stars for sheer audaciousness, and recommending you…
- Talky Bnonnsense #11: the specious stereotype of cooking (art) vs baking (science) · 23 minIn which Smokey, driven mad by her great learning, rants with considerable erudition about how cooking is just as much a science as baking, baking is as much an art as cooking —…
- Talky Bnonnsense #10: divorcing Superman · 26 minSuperhuman machines have made us unprecedentedly wealthy…and the blessings of our forebears are now luxuries we cannot afford. When it becomes pointless to do anything yourself…
- [S1E7.5] Hair, trees, crowns, angels & glory-clouds · 36 minIn this tweener episode, Bnonn lays some groundwork for episode 8 (head coverings) with a didactic overview of the biblical symbolism that unifies hair, trees, crowns, angels…
- Talky Bnonnsense #9: is disability an impediment to marriage? · 49 minWhat is the heart of marriage? What are its duties and obligations — and does being disabled prevent you meeting them? We look at historic practice and scriptural data to…
- Talky Bnonnsense #8: wives with jobs aren’t (necessarily) betraying their husbands · 24 minWhile it’s true that a wife should be oriented toward her husband, her household, and especially her children, it is false that simply having a job ipso facto divides her…
- Talky Bnonnsense #7: how Jane Austen (kinda) predicted feminism · 21 minSmokey, in lieu of doing research for the next episode, instead regales us with wisdomous thoughts about how the character motifs in Jane Austen’s novels paint a bleak picture of…
- [S1E7] Glory, shame & pixie cuts · 33 minIf long hair is a woman’s glory, what does that mean for pixie cuts and bobs? We discuss the surprisingly recent history of short hair on women, the infamous Felicity chop, and…
- [S1E6] How should we dress for church? · 42 minIs the idea of a Sunday best biblical? If so, why is history replete with theologians telling people to stop dressing so fancy? How do we navigate between the ditches of…
