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Odd Church
by Mission Church, Tucson AZ
Odd Church explores culturally relevant topics at the intersection of faith and culture. The hosts are Pastors Andy Littleton and Nick Lang, and Creative Director Mike Almeroth from Mission Church, an unconventional small church in Tucson, AZ. These three often find themselves in a cultural no-man's land somewhere between religious and mainstream circles, striving to better understand and apply the love of Christ in a post-Christian society.
Episodes
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011. God & Race ft. Co-Author John Siebeling
How does the Gospel uniquely compel us to address issues of race? In this episode we play excerpts from our interview with co-author John Siebeling of "God and Race: A Guide for Moving Beyond Black Fists and White Knuckles" and ask each other what the gospel does differently than our current...
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010. Can We Imagine A Better Future? ft. Propaganda
We’re now officially recording video of each podcast in our new thrift shop-furnished video set, which you’ll get to see if you’re tuning in on youtube! If you need to find us there, search Mission Church Tucson and look for the red and blue “M”. This week we’re pairing up with the Faith Over...
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009. Ravi Zacharias and Christian “Gurus”
In this episode we’re processing corrupt church leadership and God’s justice, prompted by the recent revelations of sexual and spiritual abuse by world-renowned christian apologist Ravi Zacharias. We’ll talk about the dangers of having christian superstars and gurus and why transparency for…
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008. Visiting Mission Church as a Non-Believer
Hey everyone, welcome back to the Odd Church Podcast, episode 8. We’ve had the chance to catch up with our friend Hannah Rettler, who recently became a Christian and was baptized with a few friends in Sabino Canyon (https://anchor.fm/hannah-rettler). In this episode she’s going to tell us about...
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007. Anti-Values?
A lot has happened between the recording of this episode and its release. We recorded this episode, and episode 8 before coronavirus was even a word in our normal vocabulary – ah, the good ole’ days. I’m coming to you here from quarantine hoping that this content can help you feel a little less...
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006. Tolerance?
How do we understand the current cultural concept of tolerance? How do we engage with it? It’s true that many movements with good origins and the best of intentions can tend to tilt off course, and the tolerance movement hasn’t proved immune to the seemingly inevitable effect of human corruption....
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005. Kanye the Christian?
Andy, Nick, John & Mike talk about Kanye West and his recent conversion to full-on Christianity. John, Andy and Mike had a few interesting thoughts, having been long-time Kanye listeners, and Nick knows exactly 2 things about Kanye because he only listens to bluegrass and apparently doesn’t like...
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004. Personality Test
We took personality tests and compared and contrasted our strengths and weaknesses, and much hilarity ensued. It can be a difficult thing to face your weaknesses without getting defensive or embarrassed, but that’s what good friends are for; to help us see the things we can’t and let us know…
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003. Why Christianity?
This week we ask ourselves “Why Christianity?” Why not Buddhism, Islam, Bahá’í, or secular humanism? What is it that has brought us each to abide by the beliefs and philosophy of Christianity? What do we feel it offers, or answers better than the other available world views? Also, if you stick...
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002. Christian Isolation
In this episode we discuss christian isolation; the good, the bad and the ugly. We cover everything from counterfeit million dollar bill gospel tracts and abstinence rallies, to a recent experience that challenged our assumptions about how we’re perceived by those outside of our church. We’ll…
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001. Leaving Church?
People are leaving churches in droves, and many for different reasons. We cite some of the research revealing the 3 main reasons people leave, and discuss which ones we’ve personally identified with. Which journey do you see yourself in? Is church attendance actually that important?
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Odd Church explores culturally relevant topics at the intersection of faith and culture. The hosts are Pastors Andy Littleton and Nick Lang, and Creative Director Mike Almeroth from Mission Church, an unconventional small church in Tucson, AZ. These three often find themselves in a cultural no-man's land somewhere between religious and mainstream circles, striving to better understand and apply the love of Christ in a post-Christian society.
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Mission Church, Tucson AZ
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Odd Church explores culturally relevant topics at the intersection of faith and culture. The hosts are Pastors Andy Littleton and Nick Lang, and Creative Director Mike Almeroth from Mission Church, an unconventional small church in Tucson, AZ. These three often find themselves in a cultural...
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