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Joshua Porter – How to Die

Joshua Porter – How to Die

Update: 2025-11-14
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Are you disenchanted with institutionalized religion? Are you desperate for something real?


Brent talks with Joshua Porter, the author of a new book from David C. Cook called ‘How to Die: Chaos, Mortality, and the Scandal of Christian Discipleship’.


Joshua is pastor of teaching and creative vision at Van City Church in Vancouver, Washington.  He’s also a former member of the experimental art-punk band, Showbread, and the author of the novel Punk Rock vs the Lizard People.   



  • (0:45 ) Living as a series of deaths;

  • (2:50 ) The religious imagination;

  • (7:20 ) The history of life and death;

  • (10:15 ) Stories;

  • (11:40 ) How do we find God?

  • (15:30 ) Christian discipleship;

  • (20:15 ) Relationships;

  • (22:20 ) Prayer.


Links mentioned in this episode:


www.joshuasporter.com


www.amazon.com/How-Die-Mortality-Christian-Discipleship/dp/0830787895


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Joshua Porter – How to Die

Joshua Porter – How to Die

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