Theology in the Raw

Check out the Theology in the Raw Patreon community to watch my extended conversation with Dr. Yarhouse  Pick up a copy of Emerging Sexual Identities by Dr. Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky today! Learn more about the Exiles in Babylon Conference here My guest today is Dr. Mark Yarhouse!  Dr. Yarhouse has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is author or...

Check out the Theology in the Raw Patreon community for bonus content, extra episodes, and discounted event tickets! Register now for Exiles 26! April 30-May 2 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check this page for more info! Watch this episode to hear all about how The Council of Nicaea went down, and how we got the Nicene Creed. Find out why the doctrine of the Trinity is so important, and why it took a...

Check out the Theology in the Raw Patreon community for bonus content, extra episodes, and discounted event tickets! My guest today is Dr. Dan Allender. For over 30 years, his “Allender Theory” has brought healing and transformation to hundreds of thousands of lives by bridging the story of the gospel and the stories of trauma and abuse that mark so many. He’s written a bunch of life-changing book...

*note: At 14:34 Daniel mentions that there were 900 in the apartment complex raided by ICE in Chicago. However after the recording he confirmed that 900 is the total number of people detained during Operation Midway Blitz at the time of the raid, and not the total number detained that day. Register for the Exiles in Babylon conference ! April 30-May 2, 2026. Join me on Patreon for Bonus Episodes,...

Check out the Theology in the Raw Patreon community for bonus content, extra episodes, and discounted event tickets! Today’s guest is my longtime friend Dr. Joel Willitts. On this episode, Joel shares his difficult journey navigating faith and life after being sexually abused by a family member in his youth. It’s an incredibly raw conversation —if you’re sensitive to these topics, please make sure...

Join the Theology in the Raw Patreon community to watch our "Extra Innings" conversation where Kaitlyn shares some horror stories about the Christian dating scene and gives some much-needed advice for anyone trying to set up their friends. Kaitlyn Schiess is a doctoral student in Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School. She has a ThM in systematic theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and is...

The Myth of Good Christian Parenting is available to pre-order now on Amazon , reserve your copy today!  Join the Theology in the Raw community on Patreon to watch our "Extra Innings" conversation on whether parents should spank their kids.  Marissa Franks Burt (MA in Theological Studies, Columbia International University) is a novelist, editor, teacher, and cohost of the At Home with th...

Dr. Juli Slattery is the president and co-founder of Authentic Intimacy. She is a clinical psychologist and hosts the weekly Java with Juli podcast. Juli has authored or co-authored 14 books, including her latest book: Surrendered Sexuality: How Knowing Jesus Changes…Everything. Join the Theology in the Raw community to get access to our "extra innings" conversation, where Juli counsels me on how...

Dr. Julia Sadusky is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, and speaker who specializes in sexuality, gender, and faith and has written several books in this area, including Start Talking to Your Kids about Sex . Julia has submitted an Amicus Brief concerning the recent case against the ban on conversation therapy in the state of Colorado. Join the Theology in the Raw community for as litt...

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Join the Theology in the Raw community for as little as $5/month to get access to premium content! A. J. Swoboda (PhD, University of Birmingham) is an assistant professor of Bible, theology, and world Christianity at Bushnell University. He also leads a doctor of ministry program around Christian formation and soul care at Friends University. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including...

Steve Mwendia is a Kenyan Christian, who experiences same-sex attraction. Steve founded a ministry called “Found” that aims to walk alongside believers experiencing same-sex orientation and/or gender dysphoria, helping them flourish in their faith, identity, and community. See more at foundafric.org. Join the Theology in the Raw community for as little as $5/month to get access to premium content....

Dr. Nate Collins has a Ph. D. in New Testament from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of All But Invisible: Exploring Identity Questions at the Intersection of Faith, Gender, and Sexuality (Zondervan, 2017), as well as a forthcoming volume about sexuality in the Biblical Theology for Life series from Zondervan Academic. And in 2018, Nate founded the ministry of Revoice an...

Dr. Lainey Greer is the founder of Your Body Matters and creator of Understand Healthy and The Bible and Your Body. She is passionate about Christian theology and body stewardship and strives to give believers the tools they need to glorify God in their bodies. Dr. Greer holds a BS in Exercise Science from University of Tennessee, a master’s from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Ph. D. in System...

David Kinnaman is the author of the bestselling books Faith For Exiles, Good Faith, You Lost Me and unChristian. He is CEO of Barna Group, a leading research and communications company that works with churches, nonprofits, and businesses ranging from film studios to financial services. Since 1995, David has directed interviews with more than two million individuals and overseen thousands of U.S. a...

Aimee Byrd is an author and speaker, troublemaker, and a semi-empty nester going back to school. And she’s recently become an aspiring bartender. Aimee is the author of several books including Why Can’t We Be Friends? Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and the recently released: Saving Face: Finding My Self, God, and One Another Outside a Defaced Church. Join the Theology in the Raw c...

Laurie Krieg is the Director of Parent Programs & Discipleship at The Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender, where she also serves as a founding board member. Laurie has a master’s in evangelism and leadership from Wheaton Graduate School, and she and her husband, Matt, are the co-hosts of the Hole in My Heart Podcast, co-authors of An Impossible Marriage (IVP 2020), and together wrote the f...

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Laurie Krieg is the Director of Parent Programs & Discipleship at The Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender, where she also serves as a founding board member. Laurie has a master’s in evangelism and leadership from Wheaton Graduate School, and she and her husband, Matt, are the co-hosts of the Hole in My Heart Podcast, co-authors of An Impossible Marriage (IVP 2020), and together wrote the f...

Joshua S. Porter is a writer, pastor, and former frontman of the art-punk band Showbread. After years of loud music and louder questions, he now teaches and writes about radical discipleship, faith after deconstruction, and the subversive way of Jesus. He is the author of Death to Deconstruction and How to Die: Chaos, Mortality, and the Scandal of Christian Discipleship . Josh pastors at Van City...

Dr. Kevin J. Vanhoozer is one of the leading Evangelical theologians of our day. He’s taught systematic theology and hermeneutics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Edinburgh University, and Wheaton College. He’s currently a Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He’s the author of many groundbreaking books, two of which are important for this conver...

Street Hymns is a musical & spoken word artist, writer, producer, & battle rapper. Street has been a regular performing artist at the Exiles in Babylon conferences and is one of the most creative and talented persons I've ever met. He's also working on a series of Manga books for David C. Cook publishers. Search "Street Hymns Battle Rap" on YouTube to see him in action! Join the Theology i...

Brenna Blain is a Contemporary Theologian, teacher, and author of the bestselling book Can I Say That? How Unsafe Questions Lead Us to the Real God . Her work focuses on the intersection of faith, suffering, and orthopraxy. She is passionate about preaching for and advising churches across the world, partnering relationally to offer guidance on complex realities with a compassionate and orthodox l...

Dr. Shawn Wilhite is an Associate Professor of New Testament at California Baptist University. He has two earned Ph. D.s: one from Durham University (Theology and Religion), where he wrote his dissertation on Cyril of Alexandria and Scriptural Exegesis, and another from Southern Seminary (New Testament), where he wrote his dissertation on The Didache.  Join the Theology in the Raw community f...

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