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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.© 2026 ORT Shorts Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Spirituality
Episodes
  • Ep. 291: Becoming Spirit

    Ep. 291: Becoming Spirit
    Mar 27 2026

    After a hiatus, ORTShorts has returned with a series of episodes engaging with Dr. Oord's new book, A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation

    In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the chapter 5 of the book as he discusses how to understand how God relates to creation as a universal, relational loving Spirit. Rather than understanding God as a being with a localized body or being itself, Dr. Oord proposes a God whose essence is love as a being a dynamic Spirit who is always becoming in experiential relationship with creation.

    A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
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    5 mins
  • Ep. 290: Universal, Incorporeal Spirit

    Ep. 290: Universal, Incorporeal Spirit
    Mar 24 2026

    After a hiatus, ORTShorts has returned with a series of episodes engaging with Dr. Oord's new book, A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation

    In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the chapter 4 of the book as he discusses the implications of a God who is a universal, bodiless, active Spirit with both material and mental dimensions.

    A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
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    3 mins
  • Ep. 289: A Loving God

    Ep. 289: A Loving God
    Mar 20 2026

    After a hiatus, ORTShorts has returned with a series of episodes engaging with Dr. Oord's new book, A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God & Creation

    In this episode, Dr. Oord engages with the chapter 3 of the book as he discusses his definition of love and identifying love as the orienting concern of this systematic theology.

    A Systematic Theology of Love - Volume 1: God and Creation is now available for purchase in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats.
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    4 mins
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