Smashing Idols: Stories & Reflections on Following Jesus
Jake Doberenz, Fr. Joash P. Thomas, Amar D. Peterman, Amy Fritz, Caleb E. Campbell, Jared Stacy, PhDThrough stories, humor, and honest reflection, theologian Jake Doberenz helps Christians break free from modern idols and culture-war religion to rediscover wholehearted allegiance to Jesus alone.
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I help Christians exit the Culture Wars and pledge allegiance to Jesus alone using humor and story. I'm a podcaster, theologian, writer, minister, and a bunch of other things. Podcast Producer for my company, Theophany Media.
\ud83d\udcd6 Public Theologian & Priest \ud83d\udce3 Teaching an ancient, Jesus-shaped faith that heals, unites & resists Empire at St. Stephen’s University \ud83d\udcd5 The Justice of Jesus — out now ↓ Views Mine \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6
\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 Theologian | \ud83d\udcd6 Author of "Becoming Neighbors: The Common Good Made Local" | \ud83c\udf93 PhD Student at the University of Chicago | \ud83c\udfd8️ Love thy neighbor, saints.
Host/Creator/Producer Untangled Faith Podcast | Writer | Sensemaker | I provide community and encouragement for people who are untangling their Christian faith from what does not reflect Jesus.
Missionary to American Christian Nationalists Author of Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbors More at DisarmingLeviathan.com https://linktr.ee/DisarmingL
Jared Stacy (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is the author of “Reality in Ruins: How Conspiracy Theory Became an American Evangelical Crisis” with HarperOne releasing March 2026.
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