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Resources for Every Stage

Thinking Christian is more than a podcast. It is an ecosystem of resources designed to meet you wherever you are: on your commute, at your kitchen table, on a college campus, or in a classroom in Wittenberg.

Whatever your starting point, there is something here to help you think more clearly and live more faithfully under the authority of the Triune God.

Where to start

New to Thinking Christian?

Three steps for finding your way in.

Read the framework.

The platform's intellectual program in audience-facing form. The four-part theological method that grounds everything else.

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Download the guide.

Thinking Christian: The Diagnosis and the Framework. The expanded treatment.

Listen to a starter series.

The long-form podcast in thematic series arcs. The natural entry point for working a question slowly.

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The Ecosystem

Resources for the Church

Articles

Theological Depth for Real Questions

Op-eds and longer essays from James Spencer in venues including First Things, Sojourners, and Christianity.com. The longer-form record of work the show explores.

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Study Guides

Theology That Doesn't Stay on the Page

Designed for individuals and small groups. Each guide ties to a specific series arc or set of episodes, with structured questions and frameworks for moving from content to conversation to formation.

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Series

Turn Your Commute Into a Classroom

Sequenced series of five to ten episodes on topics in Scripture, theology, church history, and Christian living. Available in audio or video, with downloadable study guides for individual or small-group use. Designed for the time you already have on your commute, your workout, or your lunch break.

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Prepped for College

Faith Meets the Academy

Equipping students with theological foundation and discernment skills before they encounter the kinds of questions a secular campus tends to pose. For students, parents, and the youth pastors helping both.

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Live Conversations

The Conversation the Podcast Can't Have

Once or twice a month, James Spencer sits down with a scholar for a two-hour live conversation on Zoom. Unscripted, unhurried, and open to wherever the topic leads. Available to Supporters.

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Study Tours

Christian Tours

Thinking Christian collaborates with Quotelos Travel Service on guided study tours to England, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, and other locations significant for Christian history and the Bible.

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Support the Work

Membership

Supporters get binge access to the full archive, ad-free episodes, and access to Live Conversations. Membership is how supporters keep the work going without changing what the work is.

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Where to go from here

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