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28: LGBTQ+ and Evangelicalism
28: LGBTQ+ and Evangelicalism
LGBTQ+. John & the panel discuss the relationship between women & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jia... Read more
1 Mar 2018
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1hr 20mins
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15: The Way, the Truth and the Life
15: The Way, the Truth and the Life
Is Jesus the only way? John reads an article from Brian McLaren and discusses John 14:6, the Christian "shut the door" p... Read more
22 Nov 2017
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #3
11: Universalism
11: Universalism
This EpisodeWhat is (and isn't) Universalism? Universalism is a much-maligned and much-misunderstood concept, especially... Read more
26 Oct 2017
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #4
12: The Mystic Gospel, part 1
12: The Mystic Gospel, part 1
Christian Mysticism. John explores the Gospel that bears his namesake through the lens of mysticism, via Bishop John Sh... Read more
2 Nov 2017
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1hr 5mins
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22: Hell No!
22: Hell No!
Hell. What is it? What isn't it? What did Jesus say? What didn't Jesus say? And how did we get here? John and the panel ... Read more
14 Jan 2018
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #6
5: Love Wins
5: Love Wins
God Language. John talks about how words fail us when it comes to God while reading from Rob Bell's book Love Wins: A bo... Read more
14 Sep 2017
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #7
3: The Crowd, the Critic & the Muse
3: The Crowd, the Critic & the Muse
Fundamentalism and creativity. John discusses criticism and the Nashville statement, then reads and reviews Michael Gung... Read more
31 Aug 2017
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #8
6: Church Refugees
6: Church Refugees
How Church hurts people. John discusses why people leave church and what happens next. We start out with a post on peopl... Read more
21 Sep 2017
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #9
27: Women and Evangelicalism
27: Women and Evangelicalism
Women. John & the panel discuss the relationship between women & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jian... Read more
22 Feb 2018
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #10
4: Speaking Christian, Part 1 - The Death of Jesus
4: Speaking Christian, Part 1 - The Death of Jesus
The death of Jesus. In part one of Speaking Christian by Marcus Borg, John discusses penal substitutionary atonement and... Read more
7 Sep 2017
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #11
19: God and the American Empire
19: God and the American Empire
What is the Bible? by Rob Bell, part 2. John and the panel discuss how we interpret the Bible through the American lens.... Read more
21 Dec 2017
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #12
7: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
7: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Myths and Empire. We begin with a conversation on the topic of the day: the NFL protests, and in particular why is it so... Read more
28 Sep 2017
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #13
21: Bhagavad Gita for Dummies
21: Bhagavad Gita for Dummies
Hindu sacred text. After spending three weeks discussing what the Bible is and is not, John invites Indu Vasudevan from ... Read more
3 Jan 2018
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #14
8: Speaking Christian, Part 2 - Sin
8: Speaking Christian, Part 2 - Sin
Church evolution. John talks about a major change happening at Grace Point Community Church in Houston, TX (www.churchis... Read more
5 Oct 2017
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #15
30: Axioms of Faith
30: Axioms of Faith
A broader faith. John and the panel discuss "Science" Mike McHargue's Axioms of Faith as presented in his book Finding G... Read more
15 Mar 2018
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #16
18: Anakephalaiossathai
18: Anakephalaiossathai
What is the Bible? by Rob Bell, part 1. John and the panel discuss how God is bringing all things into unity. What does ... Read more
14 Dec 2017
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #17
23: Calvinism
23: Calvinism
Is God an asshole? Does he set some people up to fail eternally? Are we all born into a diseased race? Is there an elect... Read more
25 Jan 2018
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #18
13: The Mystic Gospel, part 2
13: The Mystic Gospel, part 2
Christian Mysticism. A very different kind of episode, John reads the 4th gospel in its entirety in one setting with no... Read more
9 Nov 2017
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1hr 29mins
Ranked #19
14: The Mystic Gospel, part 3
14: The Mystic Gospel, part 3
Christian Mysticism and Nonliteralism. John closes out a trilogy on the 4th gospel by discussing Nonliteralism in John'... Read more
16 Nov 2017
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #20
17: Polytheism in the Bible
17: Polytheism in the Bible
Is polytheism biblical? We know that the ancient Israelites lived among people who believed in other gods, but did they ... Read more
6 Dec 2017
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1hr 15mins
