Cocktail Theology

Music Credits "The Chains Of Maybe" Words & music by Benton Stokes. Available on Turn Off The Moon. (CD on BentonStokes.com; digitally on Amazon and iTunes) Our theme music: “Moving On (Feels Pretty Good)”. Words & music by Benton Stokes. Available on Grace & Gravity  (CD on BentonStokes.com; digitally on Amazon and iTunes) Copyright 2018 Songs From the Basement (BMI).  All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Become a Big Tipper, Regular, or Executive Producer (and receive our thanks & swag) on Patreon.    Timestamp Info 0-1:30 In the dark. With candles. Without coffee, but with Lionel Richie. 1:30-2:50  What is the role of politics in the pulpit, when one is concerned with the kind of person one is becoming? 2:50-10:00  Should pastors use their pulpits to speak to issues of the day? The (often-earned) power of the pastor in the congregation. Churches and denominations take public positions; must the pastor toe that line? What about when the pastor’s core convictions shift, and diverge from t