013. Good God Talk - Is God at Work?

alAndar w/ Marcos & Jim

Jim & Marcos discuss cosmic ideas and personal feelings from the recent Marcos de la Guagua album Early Études, vol 9: Good God Talk.

Rev. Dean Nelson has described the Good God Talk EP as: “…the idiom of today with the wisdom of the eternal.”

Rev. Reginald Hansome, Jr. has called it: “Musically, aesthetically, theologically and culturally superb!”

This praise for his work, from the mentors of his youth, means the world to Marcos.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Claims to our hearts (cold intro)

0:54 - Intro Song

2:00 - Jim writes & teaches

3:30 - Marcos raps on disparate sources

5:10 - Jim’s song picks from Good God Talk ep

6:10 - Introducing “God at Work”

7:30 - Song: “God at Work”

14:08 - Jim reflects on “God at Work”: Faith vs. scientism

20:00 - Jim: Don’t start with a claim.

21:40 - Marcos: Living through the questions

25:00 - Heaven from earth

31:05 - Jim appreciates Marcos’ doubt, what faith is

34:00 - Science perspectives for gratitude

38:00 - Marcos on Jesus faith & doubt, finding heaven in reality

41:09 - A God of Consent

42:38 - Song: “Walk with Jesus”

46:11 - Jim on “Walk with Jesus”, “I was lifted up!”

48:27 - Listening as a secular person

51:19 - Jim asks Marcos: “What is Jesus?”

52:26 - Marcos: Jesus as relationship, how to walk with Jesus

56:14 - Dying as well as Jesus

58:20 - Jim on gratitude: “I would sign up for that message.”

1:00:01 - Loving life & needing Jesus

1:04:26 - Marcos: seeing God’s grace in reality

1:06:40 - “God Talk”, learned the term from Rev. Ruby Sales

1:09:17 - Engaging Word as action

1:10:00 - Socrates & Religion as Dialectic

1:13:00 - Marcos: Do no harm, choosing what to believe, not whether to

1:15:48 - Introducing “Good Theology”

1:16:38 - Song “Good Theology”

1:19:23 - Marcos: “Good theology!” catchphrase

1:20:00 - Jim on Good Theology: “A Banger!”

1:22:12 - Meaning: Good theology vs. idolatry

1:23:48 - Jim to Marcos: “What does good theology meant to you?”

1:25:12 - Marcos on “bad theology”

1:26:35 - Navigating claims to our hearts

1:27 - Roots music is right now music

1:30:17 - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)-good theology project

1:32:00 - Wrap up, outro

1:33:48 - Button

45:44 - Outro theme

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MARCOS' LINKS

- Instagram: @marcos_de_la_guagua

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marcosdelaguagua

- Twitter: @delaguagua

- Website: MarcosdelaGuagua.com

JIM'S LINKS

- Instagram: @jimnog

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jimnog27

- Twitter: @jimnog

- Website: JamesNoguera.com

CREDITS:

- Art: James Noguera

- Music: Marcos de la Guagua & Jim Nog

- Episode edit: Marcos de Jesús

- Description: Marcos de Jesús

DISCLAIMER:

Silence or absence of opinion from Jim or Marcos doesn't imply agreement or endorsement of a particular ideology or point of view.