We discuss Oliver's recent trip to British Columbia, the kind of questions he was asked to address, how some people view the Bible as being fundamentally at odds with current ethical sensibilities, how the type of secularity he had experienced in Amsterdam some time ago differs from what he noticed Sasquatch, how he has strong reservations about methods when it comes to mission, why he feels that focusing on the biblical text might be an effective "methods" we can use, and why there is a need for existential-expository preaching. EPISODE MATERIALSmith, How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles TaylorKass, The Beginning of Wisdom: The Reading of GenesisCONNECT WITH USWebsiteFacebookEmail* * * * * NEW TO THE PODCAST?In this podcast, we engage in free-ranging conversations on life, faith, philosophy, ethics, relationships, culture, experience, and all matters existential. And as the title of the show points out, we approach these things "in the middle of things," that is, by grabbing hold of them unsystematically and provisionally. Concerning "about us," we are friends and verbal sparring partners who also happen to be colleagues at Andrews University. - Oliver Glanz and Ante JerončičSupport the show