Rethinking Faith

This conversation almost didn't happen... This week, Hip-Hop artist Propaganda joins us to discuss an important topic. Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality are two important concepts that we need to understand if we are going to move forward with racial reconciliation. By why have they been demonized? Join us as we discuss these things with Prop as he shines a light on a very real issue both...

This week, Brian McLaren joins the podcast once again to help us (re)think what it means to have faith following our deep doubts. Sixty-five million adults in the U.S. have dropped out of active church attendance and about 2.7 million more are leaving every year. Faith After Doubt is for the millions of people around the world who feel that their faith is falling apart. Enjoy! RESOURCES: Faith Aft...

This week, we were joined By Rod Tucker to help us (re)think our ideas around Church. Rod says there is a better way, and it's time to start questions and rethinking our ideas. This turned out to be a great conversation, and we are excited to share it with you. Enjoy! RESOURCES: RodTuckerSays. Com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you are anything like we are, you know what it's like to feel overlooked, disconnected, and ashamed. Sure we might believe in God's love in the abstract, but we often live our lives without experiencing it in any deep or lasting way. This week Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw join the conversation asking the question "Does God Really Like Me?"  The Holsclaws apply the good news of the gospel to the shame...

This week we had the opportunity to hang out with Matt Carter and Toby Morrell of Emery and The BadChristian Podcast. We reached out to them and asked if they would be willing to trace their faith journey with us, from growing up to where they are today.  We cover all sorts of stuff from childhood to the starts of Emery; from Mars Hill to BadChristian. We even get down to ask the question, "where...

It is no secret that the Church has done a very bad job loving the LGBTQ+ community. Churches in America are experiencing massive splits and mass exoduses due to their belief and attitude towards the LGBTQ+ community.  This week, Colby Martin joins us once again to help others (re)think their stance on the LGBTQ+ community. Colby wrote a book called "Unclobber" where he reexamines what the Bible s...

A building crescendo of developments, culminating in evangelical support for the Trump presidency, has led many evangelicals to question the faith they inherited. If being Christian means rejecting LGBTQ persons and supporting systemic racism, perhaps their Christian journey is over. This week, David Gushee joins us to help us (re)thinking Evangelicalism. Gushee offers a new way forward for disill...

Have you ever wondered why some people you know hold theological and political views that blow your mind but they find quite reasonable? This week John Sanders joins us to discuss two social science models, Nurturant and Authoritative, to explain this divide. Values are at the heart of our disagreements. Dr. Sanders explains the divide and makes the case that Jesus embodied the Nurturant way of li...

If we were to ask you to name some of the things you love the most... how long would it take you to say yourself? If you’re anything like us, you’ve tried to love God and love others without thinking too much about yourself. Wanting to avoid self-centeredness, perhaps you have doubted yourself and condemned yourself— maybe even hated yourself.  This week, Jonathan Puddle joins the conversation to...

This week Tripp Fuller joins the show to help us (re)think our Christology. Tripp offers a robust constructive open and relational Christology. He offers us a three-pronged constructive Christology that engages historical Jesus studies and seeks to speak in both an existential and metaphysical register. Ultimately, Tripp offers a centering Christological metaphor for an open and relational vision:...

This week we were joined by Scott Erickson to help us (re)think Advent this year. "For too many of us, Christmas has lost its wonder. Maybe for you, the joy of the season is painfully dissonant with the hard edges of life right now. Or maybe you feel wearied by the way Christmas has become a polished, predictable brand. Or maybe this sacred story feels too far removed from our world today, a world...

Wow! 100 episodes! Thank you to everybody who has supported the show thus far. This week, Josh and Marty reflect back over the past 100 episodes. They discuss what elements they have rethought in their own faith, and where they hope to be after another 100 episodes. Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we were joined by Juanita Campbell Rasmus to help us (re)think how to BE.  "It felt as though every nerve in my body was popping. Imagine large strong hands slowly applying pressure while breaking a family-size package of uncooked, dry spaghetti. I was the spaghetti. Breaking down one piece at a time."  This is how Juanita begins the wise, frank, and witty account of what she later calle...

This week we were joined by Biblical Scholar/Theologian/Former Bishop of Durham, NT Wright. Wright contends that there are a few 'signposts' that are inherent to humanity: justice, spirituality, relationships, beauty, freedom, truth and power.  If we do not live up to these ideals, our societies and individual lives become unbalanced, creating anger and frustration—negative emotions that divide us...

We’ve caused a turning point in the Earth’s natural history. Everybody Now is a podcast about what it means to be human on the threshold of a global climate emergency, in a time of systemic injustice and runaway pandemics. Scientists, activists, farmers, poets, and theologians talk bravely and frankly about how our biosphere is changing, about grief and hope in an age of social collapse and mass e...

Why does our theology of salvation focus on forgiving sinners, but not on healing those wounded by sin? Much of Western Christianity has subdued the narrative of Jesus as a Palestinian Jewish healer and liberator who served the sick and oppressed. But the Jesus of the Gospels is a revolutionary who stands with the sinned against, the wounded, and the marginalized. This week we are joined by Phuc L...

This week, Dr. Drew Hart joins us once again to discuss his latest book 'Who Will Be A Witness'. Who Will Be a Witness offers a vision for communities of faith to organize for deliverance and justice in their neighborhoods, states, and nation as an essential part of living out the call of Jesus. Drew provides incisive insights into Scripture and history, along with illuminating personal stories, t...

This week, Bonnie Lewis joins us once again to take a deep dive into her Idiomatic translation of the Bible, 'Timshel'. Bonnie was on the show over a year ago when this project was still underway. Now, you can get a soft or hardback copy to hold in your hands and enjoy. This was a fun and informative conversation. If you find yourself having a hard time reading the Bible because it has been weapon...

This week Rob Bell joins the conversation to help us awaken to the reality that everything is spiritual... Josh tried to write an outline for the interview but quickly realized how silly of a thing that was to do. Outline an interview with Rob Bell? Yeah right! Enjoy.  RESOURCES:  Everything is Spiritual (Book)  RobBell.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I'm just speaking the truth in love..." How many times have you head that common refrain? For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while "speaking the truth in love," yet we are no closer to the grace-filled life Jesus modeled. This week, Biblical scholar and popular podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, Jared Byas joins us and casts a new vision for the Christian...

This week, our good friend Dr. Thomas Jay Oord returns to the show once again. Previously he has been on to 'The Uncontrolling Love of God' and 'God Can't'. Tom is an open and relational theologian, and his work has helped so many. As he returns this week, he fields some questions about his 'God Can't' thesis. If you have not listened to the previous two episodes with Tom, we would highly recommen...

This week, Dr. Dennis R. Edwards joins the conversation making the powerful claim that the power of the Gospel is often most visible among those who are on the margins. God has empowered marginalized Christians to transform the church. The power of the gospel is often most visible among those who have been the least respected, including racial or ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, women,...

Is caring for the environment just a liberal, political concern? Dr. Sandra Richter says that environmental care is actually a Biblical mandate.  Dr. Richter is an expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as biblical theology. She walks us through various passages, showing how significant environmental theology is to the Bible's witness. She then helps us to apply that message to to...

The United States has more people locked up in Jails, Prisons, and Detention centers than any other country in the history of the world. This week we are joined by Dominique DuBois Gilliard to help us rethink incarceration.  Mass incarceration has become a lucrative industry, and the criminal justice system is plagued with bias and unjust practices. And the church has unwittingly contributed to th...

This week Dan Koch returns to the show to discuss the overlap of Psychology and Theology. Dan is the host of the 'You Have Permission' podcast, and is currently working towards his doctorate of clinical psychology.  In some streams of the Christian faith, psychology is frowned upon, but Dan contends that psychology can be a great tool in the world of theology. This was a fun and helpful conversati...