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ORT Shorts

ORT Shorts

By: Thomas Jay Oord
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 Open and Relational theology just makes sense... at least that's what most people say when they discover it. This podcast offers 3-minute short episodes -- "shorts" -- on this perspective on God. Episodes offer insights, inspiration, and information, and a few are posted each week. Dr. Thomas Jay Oord hosts this podcast. He's a best-selling author, world-renown speaker, and leading voice in this burgeoning field. Dr. Oord directs a Center and Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology too. Subscribe if you're tired of conventional theology and want a perspective that both makes sense and fits life as we live it.© 2025 ORT Shorts Christianity Spirituality
Episodes
  • Ep. 274: Tripp Fuller and Divine Self Investment

    Ep. 274: Tripp Fuller and Divine Self Investment
    Jun 24 2025

    In this episode Dr. Oord engages with the book written by Tripp Fuller entitled, Divine Self Investment: An Open and Relational Constructive Christology.

    In the book, Fuller offers a robust constructive Christology that engages three theological registers - historical, existential, and metaphysical. Beginning Christology not from above or below but from within the Disciple’s confession of Jesus as the Christ, Fuller constructs a powerful Open and Relational Christology
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    4 mins
  • Ep. 273: A Beautiful Hope

    Ep. 273: A Beautiful Hope
    Jun 17 2025

    In this episode Dr. Oord discusses an essay from Michael Rose entitled, A Beautiful Hope. This essay is one of many compiled in volume 1 of a 2 volume work which interacts further with the ideas of amipotence in Dr. Oord's book, The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.
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    3 mins
  • Ep. 272: The Miraculous Nature of Our World

    Ep. 272: The Miraculous Nature of Our World
    Jun 10 2025

    In this episode, Dr. Oord discusses an essay from Andre Rabe entitled, The Miraculous Nature of Our World in which he discusses and nuances an Open and Relational understanding of miracles. This essay is one of many compiled in volume 2 of a 2 volume work interacting further with the ideas of amipotence in Dr. Oord's book, The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence.
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    3 mins
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