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Reclaiming Christianity
by Sage Lee
Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth reclaiming.
Episodes
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2.7: Deconstruction & Reconstauction
Deconstruction & Reconstruction. John & Jennifer conclude a 3-episode series based on The Universal Christ by Fr Richard Rohr. Topics discussed include: Myth Order, disorder and reorder Thanking Jesus vs Following Jesus The necessity of The Fall Fundamentalism Other names for Salvation Suffering...
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2.6: Worldviews
The lenses through which we see the world. John & Jennifer continue a 3-episode series based on The Universal Christ by Fr Richard Rohr. Topics discussed include: Acknowledging your biases Material worldview Spiritual worldview Priestly worldview Incarnational worldview Christ by any other name...
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2.5: Christ is not Jesus' Last Name
Jesus & Christ. John & Jennifer kick off a 3-episode series based on The Universal Christ by Fr Richard Rohr. Topics discussed include: Jesus & Christ Creation: the first incarnation Supernatural & natural God loves things by becoming them The eternal Christ Names of God Incarnational worldview...
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2.4: Audience Response on Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time
Listener feedback. John & Jennifer conclude a 3-episode series based on Marcus Borg’s Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time with listener feedback. We’d love to hear YOUR voice on our next audience response episode. Email [email protected] for details. Reclaiming Christianity is a book review...
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2.3: Jesus, Compassion & Politics
The politics of Jesus. John & Jennifer conclude a 3-episode series based on Marcus Borg’s Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. Topics discussed include: Compassion - the central quality of God Compassion - a sociopolitical paradigm Compassion v mercy Holiness v compassion The purity system The...
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2.2: Sophia Became Flesh
The Divine Feminine. John & Jennifer continue a 3-episode series based on Marcus Borg’s Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. Topics discussed include: - Jesus as son - Sophia, the Wisdom Woman - Jesus, child of Sophia - Paul and the pre/post-Easter Jesus - Logos - Breaking patriarchal imagery...
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2.1: Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time...Again
Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. John & Jennifer begin a 3-episode series based on Marcus Borg’s Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. Topics discussed include: Childhood image of Jesus often does not evolve Your image of Jesus influences your Christianity The historical Jesus The...
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2.0: Season 2 Intro
A new beginning. John & Jennifer introduce themselves and talk about what the podcast will look like in season 2. Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John & Jennifer love, and contains a reading of a section, a...
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1.43 A New Season
A new season. John wraps up season one of Reclaiming Christianity and discusses the guiding questions for season two: Who are our enemies? Why are they our enemies? What could happen if we got to know them? What do they think of us? Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God…
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42: Homosexuality & Romans 1
Homosexuality & Romans 1. John and the panel discuss a progressive Christian view of Homosexuality in the Bible as a collaborative round table discussion based on Rev Mary Loker's workbook Interpretation: Homosexuality. This episode we look at Romans chapter 1, the most cited of the New Testament...
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41: Sodom & Gomorrah
Sodom & Gomorrah. John and the panel discuss a progressive Christian view of Homosexuality in the Bible as a collaborative round table discussion based on Rev Mary Loker's workbook Interpretation: Homosexuality. This episode we look at the Genesis account of Sodom & Gomorrah. What was their sin?…
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40: Homosexuality & the Bible
Dismantling the "clobber" passages. John and the panel discuss a progressive Christian view of Homosexuality in the Bible as a collaborative round table discussion based on Rev Mary Loker's workbook Interpretation: Homosexuality. This episode we analyze I Cor 6:9 and I Tim 1:9-10, two NT passages...
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39: Evolution of the Word, pt2
The chronological New Testament. John and the panel discuss how the New Testament and Christianity evolved during its first century through the lens of Evolution of the Word by Marcus Borg. This episode we discuss 2 Corinthians, Romans, Mark and James. Panelists: Jennifer Neyhart, Jason Armold...
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38: Two Views on Transcendence
Is this all there is? John and the panel discuss the need for transcendence, and whether religion is the only way to fill that need. The conversation is shaped by the book “Why I Left, Why I Stayed” by humanist Bart Campolo and his father, evangelist Tony Campolo. Panelists: Nat Fitzgerald, Shan...
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37: Encouraging Dialogue
Bridging the differences. John and the panel discuss the importance of dialogue between those who left religion and those who stayed. The conversation is shaped by the book “Why I Left, Why I Stayed” by humanist Bart Campolo and his father, evangelist Tony Campolo. Panelists: Wayne Holmes, Cathie...
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36: Two Views of Jesus
Does Jesus Work for You? John and the panel discuss Jesus and cross from the perspective of a Christian and a former Christian. The conversation is shaped by the book "Why I Left, Why I Stayed" by humanist Bart Campolo and his father, evangelist Tony Campolo. Panelists: Jennifer Neyhart, Thad…
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35: Evolution of the Word, part 1
The chronological New Testament. John and the panel discuss how the New Testament and Christianity evolved during its first century through the lens of Evolution of the Word by Marcus Borg. This episode we introduce the concept of studying the NT in the order the books were written, look through...
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34: Homosexuality is NOT Wrong!
This is a very special episode where my friends Bre & Beck respond to recent actions by Bethel, Redding against the LGBTQ+ community. We also discuss the Reclaiming Jesus statement and what Christians and other allies can do to help. Panelists: Bre & Beck Hanan Reclaiming Christianity is a book...
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33: Deconstruction and Community
Finding other sojourners. John and the panel discuss finding community while you're going through deconstruction through the lens of Finding God in the Waves by "Science" Mike McHargue. What's the most important thing for someone going through a faith shift? What can you do when you've been hurt…
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32: This is Your Brain on God
God & the Brain. John and the panel discuss Christianity, Atheism and Buddhism as through the lens of Finding God in the Waves by "Science" Mike McHargue. How does God affect your brain? Does an angry God affect the brain differently from a loving God? Can doubt and faith coexist in the same…
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31: Jesus and Buddha
Unity of Religions. John and Joshua discuss Christianity, Atheism and Buddhism as through the lens of Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings by Marcus Borg. If Jesus met the Buddha, would they try to convince each other or connect as brothers? What if our similarities are much greater than our...
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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 God in the Waves. Can God and science coexist? Can God be experienced without certainty? Is there a framework by which a rational person can believe in God? Panelists: Jennifer...
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29: The Cosmic Christ
Inclusivity & exclusivity. How big is God? Who gets to define who is "in" and who is "out"? Must Christianity be exclusive, or is there a broader picture we may be missing? John and the panel discuss a Christ who is much grander than we have ever been allowed to imagine through the lens of Love...
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28: LGBTQ+ and Evangelicalism
LGBTQ+. John & the panel discuss the relationship between women & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jian Lee's Rescuing Jesus. Is being gay a sin? How has the church abused people who don't fit into neatly-defined gender roles? Panelists: Mary Lokers, Doug Rice, Beckett Hanan Reclaiming...
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27: Women and Evangelicalism
Women. John & the panel discuss the relationship between women & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jian Lee's Rescuing Jesus. How have women been shaped by evangelicalism? Why is there such a disparity in gender equality? What is the effect of purity culture? And how can we address these...
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26: People of Color and Evangelicalism
People of color. John & the panel discuss the relationship between people of color & evangelicalism through the lens of Deborah Jian Lee's Rescuing Jesus. Why is there such a divide between whites and people of color in the Church? Where did it come from? What can we do about it? How does it…
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25: Atheism, Evolution and Education
Intelligence & belief. John & the panel discuss atheism, evolution and education through the lens of Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation. Does education naturally lead one away from fundamentalism? Do progressive Christian beliefs inevitably lead to atheism? How does evolution drive the...
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24: Atheism: A Reasoned Response
Fundamentalism & atheism. John & the panel discuss atheism through the lens of Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation. Why do people with religious backgrounds choose atheism? What forces in religion (especially Christian fundamentalism) push them away? How do atheists differ from one another?...
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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 who have no choice but to go on to eternal bliss while everyone else has no choice but go on to eternal punishment? Or is Calvinism just the creation of a white guy who wanted…
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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 talk the ins & outs of Christianity's most vile doctrine through the lens of Brian Zahnd's book Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God Panelists: Nathan Jennings (Posse of Online...
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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 the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana to discuss the Bhagavad Gita. Indu discusses some beginner-level steps for approaching the text. Is it possible to better follow your own…
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20: Living Through a Faith Shift
What is the Bible? by Rob Bell, part 3. John and the panel discuss going through a faith shift. What causes faith shifts? What are the costs? How do you navigate through a faith shift in a healthy way? Panel members: Jennifer Neyhart (Theology Book Club for Deconstruction/Reconstruction,...
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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. What is different in our society that makes is so easy for us to completely miss the point of large sections of the Bible? How have we so lost the plot? Panel members: Jennifer...
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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 it mean to bring all things into unity? How are we seeing that? How are we not seeing that? And what does this have to do with the Bible? Panel members: Jennifer Neyhart…
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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 believe in other gods? John discusses paganism, ancient and modern, with Tamrha Richardson and Elhrik Thrice from the Novices of the Old Ways - Indianapolis. Can an…
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16: Evolution of Theology in Scripture
Is the Bible an infallible, integrated message system? Does it show a homogeneous, unified view? Or does it show growth and diversity? John looks at an article from Quaker Universalist Reader #2 and discusses the evolution of theology within Scripture. Reclaiming Christianity is a book review...
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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" passage on other religions. Does it really say what we've been taught it says? Or what does it say? How have we gotten it so wrong? And why does it matter? Reclaiming…
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14: The Mystic Gospel, part 3
Christian Mysticism and Nonliteralism. John closes out a trilogy on the 4th gospel by discussing Nonliteralism in John's gospel, using John Shelby Spong's The Fourth Gospel, Tales of a Jewish Mystic as a backdrop. So much of Christian theology has been based on a literal reading of John's gospel....
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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 additional commentary. Forget the small details and enter into this story as a whole. Go beyond the literal and plunge into the depths of the mystical. About This Podcast...
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12: The Mystic Gospel, part 1
Christian Mysticism. John explores the Gospel that bears his namesake through the lens of mysticism, via Bishop John Shelby Spong's book The Fourth Gospel, Tales of a Jewish Mystic. John's gospel, interpreted literally, has been used to provide much fodder for division and creed in the Church...
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11: Universalism
This Episode What is (and isn't) Universalism? Universalism is a much-maligned and much-misunderstood concept, especially among American evangelicals. John reviews and reads from Quaker Universalist Reader #2: Universalism & Religions and discusses different views of what universalism is and is...
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10: A New Reformation
Reformation and revolution. In honor of the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day (Oct 31, 2017), John discusses Martin Luther's 95 Theses and the Protestant Reformation through the lens of Matthew Fox's 2005 book A New Reformation. Fox says, "At this critical time in human and planetary history,...
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9: Religious Recovery
Recovering from religious hurt. John welcomes Wayne Holmes, director of Religious Recovery (www.religiousrecovery.org), a 12-step-inspired program designed to help those who have been hurt by religion or the religious. John and Wayne discuss what Religious Recovery does, why it's needed, and the…
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8: Speaking Christian, Part 2 - Sin
Church evolution. John talks about a major change happening at Grace Point Community Church in Houston, TX (www.churchisfun.org) and why it's not "just another random church movement". Then John reads & discusses the chapter on Sin from Marcus Borg's Speaking Christian, which goes right to the…
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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 important that we respect the American soldier? Then John reads and comments on the Tree of Life chapter from Sapiens: A brief history of humanity by Yuval Noah Harari,...
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6: Church Refugees
How Church hurts people. John discusses why people leave church and what happens next. We start out with a post on people being contacted after leaving their church from the Exvangelical facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/332199817139241/). Then John reads and comments on Church...
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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 book about Heaven, Hell and the fate of every person who ever lived.
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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 the purpose of Jesus' death. Is God the biggest a-hole ever? Or could we have gotten it wrong?
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3: The Crowd, the Critic & the Muse
Fundamentalism and creativity. John discusses criticism and the Nashville statement, then reads and reviews Michael Gungor's book The Crowd, the Critic and the Muse. Get in on John's FREE book program at reclaimingchristianity.podomatic.net
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2: Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith
John discusses early feedback to the podcast and his vision to empower people, then reads, reviews and comments on a section of Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith by Shane Hipps.
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Reclaiming Christianity is a book review podcast about God, faith and life. Each episode is centered around a book that John loves, and contains a reading of a section, a review and running commentary. John understands that Christianity is a mess, both corporately and personally, but believes it is worth reclaiming.
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