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Theology in the Raw — 521 episodes
Beyond Relief: From Poverty to Flourishing with Will Acuff
Did Jesus Disagree with the Law of Moses? Dr. Paul Sloan
Mary Magdalene: Myths and Facts with Dr. Jennifer McNutt
Raw Thoughts on Social Media, Trumpism, and Christian Resilience: Tish Harrison Warren
Justification, Atonement, and the Full Scope of Paul's Gospel. Dr. Jarvis Williams
Did Women Serve As Leaders in Early Christianity? Drs. Lynn Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes
Blessings and Challenges of Being a Female Pastor: Bo Stern-Brady
Can You Really Learn the Bible on Social Media? Colby F. Maier
Trauma, Justice, and The Power of Christian Forgiveness with Dr. Amy L. Orr-Ewing
Russia, Iran, and the Trap of Political Tribalism with Christopher Haylett (aka thenerdychristian)
The Kingship of Jesus and Pastoring a Mega Church: Dr. Mark Moore
Can You Welcome LGBTQ People While Holding a Traditional Sexual Ethic? Tony Scarcello
Tyler Staton on Pastoring Bridgetown Church, Poetry, and Ministry from NYC to Portland
From Touring to Church Planter: Bringing Hope to the Margins with Josh White
Nijay Gupta on Women in Leadership, Receiving Criticism, and Paul's Vision for Meaning in this Life.
Transition, Detransition, and The Gospel: Kyla Gillespie
How Do We Know that God Really Exists? Dr. J. P. Moreland
Why Is Gen-Z Suffering from So Many Mental Health Issues? Sissy Goff and David Thomas
Is Artificial Intelligence Good, Bad, or Neutral? Nick Skytland
Gender Dysphoria, Church Hurt, and Enduring Hope in Jesus: Remington Rathjen
Spiritual Warfare, Divine Beings, and the Victory of Christ: Dr. Joel Muddamalle
Christian Disagreement in a Culture of Outrage: Dr. Tim Meuhlhoff
Debating Hell: Annihilation or Eternal Conscious Torment? Dr. Paul Copan and Chris Date
Jesus: Friend of Sinners. Reflections for Lent with Elyse Fitzpatrick
An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says about Women in Leadership:
From Addiction to "Come Jesus Come": Stephen McWhirter
ICE, Migrants, and What's Really Going On in Minneapolis: Carl Nelson, Schelli Cronk, and Dave Brickey
How to Rewire Your Brain to Live a Flourshing Life: Dr. Lee Warren
Resembling Jesus in the Abortion Debates: Angela Weszely
When God Seems Distant: Dr. Kyle Strobel
Stewarding Wealth and Success as a Christian with David Green, Founder of Hobby Lobby
Faith, Fatherhood, and Collabing with indie tribe and Forrest Frank
Political Division, Technology, and the War for our Attention with Dr. Lee Camp
From TV to studying the Jewish Roots of Christianity: Kathie Lee Gifford
Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World: Laurie Krieg
Freedom from Unwanted Sexual Behavior: Jay Stringer
Faith, Acting, and Evangelism in New York City with Ashley Lalonde
From Conservative Christian to Post-Evangelical with Jonathan Merritt
TITR Year end review and looking forward to 2026: Preston Sprinkle
What Does the Bible Actually Say about Alcohol? Dr. John Anthony Dunne
Celebrating Christmas as an Act of Defiance: Dr. Munther Isaac
Being Christian After the Desolation of Gaza: Drs. Bruce Fisk and Ross Wagner
A Creational Theology of Animals, Disability, and Gender: Dr. Brian Brock
Do Ancient Christian Rituals Matter Today? Dr. Isaac Serrano
Understanding Gen-Z and Gen Alpha: Dr. Josh Packard
Hearing the Voice of the Martyrs: Todd Nettleton
Digging Deep into Scripture: Tara-Leigh Cobble
Politics, Charlie Kirk, and How the Black Church Can Leads Us out of the Culture War: Justin Giboney
Political Discipleship After Charlie Kirk: mike Erre
Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement Biblical? Dr. Andrew Rillera
Should Pastors Confess their Sins? Dr. Jamin Goggin
Surviving an Unwanted Divorce: Lysa TerKeurst and Dr. Joel Muddamalle
NT Wright and The Vision of Ephesians
Why is Christianity Growing Among Muslims? Dave Coles
War Veteran Turned Peace Activist: Diana Oestreich
Why the Church Still Matters: Dr. Carmen Imes
Understanding Emerging Sexual Identities: Dr. Mark Yarhouse
The Real Story Behind the Nicene Creed. Dr. Bryan Litfin
Is it Possible to Heal from the Trauma of Sexual Abuse? Dr. Dan Allender
Daniel Yang: How Should Christians Think About Immigration?
A Raw Testimony from a Male Survivor
Kaitlyn Schiess: Is "Exile" Really a Helpful Political Identity?
The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: Marissa Burt & Kelsey Kramer McGinnis
Surrendered Sexuality: Dr. Juli Slattery
Should the State Ban Conversion Therapy for Minors? Dr. Julia Sadusky
Biblical Scholarship, Race, Sports, BBQ, and Everything Else: Dr. Esau McCaulley
Slow Theology: Drs. Nijay Gupta and A.J. Swoboda
On Being Christian and Same-Sex Attracted in Africa: Steve Mwendia
Sexual Orientation, Revoice, and Evangelical Approaches to the LGBTQ Conversation: Dr. Nate Collins
A Theology of Nutrition, Exercise, and Caring for Our Bodies: Dr. Lainey Greer
Why Church Attendance Has Increased Among Gen Z and Millennials: David Kinnaman
What Happens When You Say Women Should Have Agency and Influence in the Church: Aimee Byrd
How to Disciple Young Kids in Christian Sexuality, Part 2: Laurie Krieg
Bonus Q&A Preview (September)
How to Disciple Young Kids in Christian Sexuality, Part 1: Laurie Krieg
How to Die and the Scandal of Christian Discipleship: Josh Porter
What Does it Mean to Be "Biblical?" Dr. Kevin J. Vanhoozer
A Raw Conversation about Manga and the Complex Life of a Creative: Street Hymns
Mental Health, Suffering, and the Gospel: Brenna Blain
Understanding the Early Church Fathers and Why It Matters: Dr. Shawn Wilhite
Bonus Q&A Preview (August)
The Secrets of Effective Writing, and How to Tame Your Thoughts: Max Lucado
Is God Really on Our Side? And the OT Background to John's Gospel: Joshua Ryan Butler
Justice in the Face of Violence, and the Pros/Cons of Short-Term Missions: Dr. Kurt Ver Beek
Should Christians Read Fictional Literature Containing Magic, Witchcraft, & the Occult? Marian Jacobs
Navigating Faith and Bisexuality: Kainan Seth Joubert
Live from Exiles25: Social Justice & the Gospel. Thaddeus Williams & Malcolm Foley
Bonus Q&A - Preview (July)
Son of an Israeli General Becomes an Activist for Palestinians
Following God in the Midst of Suffering and Sin: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee
Reflections on Israel-Palestine, the Destruction of Gaza, and the American Church: Dr. Daniel Bannoura
Is it Good for Christians to be Involved in Sports? Dr. Ed Uszynski
What Can the Church Learn from Early Abolitionists? Dr. Daniel Hill
The Religious History of the Land Now Called "America": Dr. Thomas Tweed
Bonus Q&A (Women In Leadership)
A Raw Converastion about Women in Ministry: Dr. Sandy Richter
Is Abortion Ever Morally Permissible? Lila Rose
Are Spiritual Gifts Still for Today? (Bonus Q&A Preview)
What Is the Main Focus of Paul's Letter to the Romans? Dr. Joey Dodson
Sex, Procreation, and How Our Bodies Tell God's Story: Dr. Christopher West
Does Archaeology Prove the Trustworthiness of the Bible? Dr. Todd Bolen
Do Christians Need to Go to Church? Jonathan Griffiths
You Were Never Meant to Do it All: Dr. Kelly Kapic
How Did the Apostles Really Die? Dr. Sean McDowell
Understanding the Nicene Creed for Ministry Today: Dr. Glenn Packiam
How a Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian: Dr. Larry Sanger
Discipleship, Failed Leadership, and an Insider's Perspective on Mark Driscoll/Mars Hill: Dr. Gerry Breshears
A Theology of Disagreement: Dr. Christopher Landau
How to Learn from Experts and Enemies: Dr. A.J. Swoboda
Politics, Tariffs, and How Christians Should Respond to our Political Moment: Skye Jethani
Bonus Q&A: Why Christians Stopped Celebrating Biblically-Commanded Holidays Like Passover & Hanukkah
Transgender People and the Church, Pt. 1: Dr. Preston Sprinkle & Dr. Mark Yarhouse
Making Space for LGBTQ/SSA People in a Theologically Orthodox Church: Ashley Anderson
Should Christians Use AI? A Dialogical Debate w/Doug Smith and Jay Owen
Behind the Scenes of Christian Publishing: Katelyn Beaty
Bonus Q&A: Who Are The Spirits In Prison Christ Preached To?
An Israeli Christian's Perspective on Israel-Palestine: Dr. Dan Sered
Living a Jesus Shaped Life: Lisa Harper
Discipling GenZ in Our Cultural Moment: Dr. Kara Powell
Recovering from the Death of a Child and Navigating Success in Ministry: Levi Lusko
BONUS Q&A: Does God Allow Evil For His Glory?
Are Catholics and Protestents Really that Different in their Understanding of Salvation? Dr. Matthew Bates
U.S. Foreign Policy, the Genocide in Yemen, and the War in Gaza: Dave DeCamp
New Creation, Resurrection, and God's Ultimate Homecoming: N.T. Wright
From Postmodernism to Metamodernism: Paul Anleitner
Why Is there an Epidemic of Loneliness? Dan White Jr.
Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza: Dr. Munther Isaac
Patreon Q&A: What's My Next Book Going To Be About?
Becoming the Pastor's Wife: Dr. Beth Allison Barr
Experiencing Jesus in an Age of Distraction: John Eldredge
Bonus Q&A: Is the Upside Down Kingdom Bible Woke?
Understanding Evangelical Universalism: Dr. Robin Parry
Who Really Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? Dr. Mark Thiessen Nation
The Theology of Paul and His Affections for Christ: Dr. Nijay Gupta
A Christian Approach to Understanding the Narratives about Israel-Palestine: Dr. Ben Norquist
Suburban Pastor with an Urban Mindset: David Brickey
Being Joyful Outsiders in our Turbulent Cultural Moment: Patrick Miller
Bonus Q&A: Church Bathrooms For Transgender Individuals, Should We Talk To Our Kids About Masturbation, and More!
Leaving a Cult-Like Church and Becoming Free from People Pleasing: Jinger Duggar
The Anarchist Anabaptist: Cody Cook
"My Whole Black Self:" Leading as a Black Pastor in White Dominant Spaces: Marvin Williams
A Fight to End Human Slavery: Christine Caine
Greed, Racism, and the Nonviolent Revolution of Jesus: Dr. Malcolm Foley
A Raw Conversation about Podcasting, Platforming, and Handling Criticism: Annie Downs
Bonus Q&A: Turning Point In Theological Journey?, Trump's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care For Minors, and More!
Female Disciples in the Ministry of Jesus: Dr. Holly Carey
A Raw Conversation with a Very Thoughtful Left-Wing Atheist: Adam Davidson
The Urban Poor and the American Evangelical Church: Dr. Don Davis
Church Planting, Pastoring Post-Covid, and Cultivating Resilience: Dr. Sharon Hodde Miller
Bonus Q&A: Is Divorce Allowed if Couple Isn't Growing Together or is a "Loveless" Marriage? and More!
Taking God's Name in Vain and Interpreting the David and Bathsheba Story: Dr. Carmen Imes
The Beauty of Complementarity: Dr. Gregg Allison
A Raw Conversation about Rock and Roll: Brian Zahnd and Jay Newman
Culture, the Election, and Rethinking Christian Community in a Digital Age: Paul VanderKlay
Bonus Q&A: How Can American Masculinity Benefit From Diverse Cultural Perspectives, and More!
The Toxic War on Masculinity: Nancy Pearcey
Theology in the Raw 2025!! Preston Sprinkle
A Case for Co-Vocational Ministry: Eric Hoke
A Longing to Belong: Reflections on Race, Identity, and What it Means to Be the Body of Christ: Dr. Michelle Lee-Barnewall
An Apocalyptic Christmas, part 3: Money and Consumerism, Dr. Michael Gorman
An Apocalyptic Christmas, part 2: Militarism and Violence, Dr. Greg Boyd
Bonus Q&A: Middle Ground Where Kids Aren't Too Sheltered But Not Given Social Media Access, and More!
An Apocalyptic Christmas, part 1: Resisting the Empire, Dr. Cynthia Westfall
Gender Dysphoria, Transitioning, Detransitioning, Sex, Gender, and Faith: NJada
What's the Best Bible Translation?: Tim Wildsmith
Disability, Downs Syndrome, and the Need for Diverse Community: Dr. Andrew Barron
Bonus Q&A: Does Church Definition of Masculine/Feminine Contribute To Gender Dysphoria?, Are There Single Issues That Should Dictate Voting?, and More!
Is Man the Head of Woman? Revisiting Kephale ("Head") in 1 Cor 11:2-16: Preston Sprinkle
When Trauma Meets the Love of God: Quina Aragon
Bonus Q&A: Habits To Keep Marriage A Priority While Raising Kids, Does 2 Timothy 1:18 Support Praying For The Dead?, and More!
How to Love Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor: Caleb Campbell
U.S. Intelligence, Guantamano Bay, the CIA, and the Rise in Christian Extremism: Elizabeth Neumann
Bonus Q&A: How to Handle Conversations w/ Those Hateful Towards LGBTQ
Reimagining Youth Ministry: Pete Sutton
White Boy, Black Girl: A Raw Conversation about Race and Relationships with Adaeze and Chad Brinkman
Exiles in Babylon: A Christian Political Identity. Preston Sprinkle
Same Sex Attraction, Singleness, Youth Culture, and the Worthiness of Jesus: Ashleigh Hull
A History of the Black Church in America: Dr. Walter Strickland
Church Planting 101: Brad Sarian
Bonus Q&A: How Biblical Is Current Church Structure and more!
Understanding Fertility, Menstrual Cycles, Hormones, Birth Control, and the Female Reproductive System: Bekah Yawn
Doing Cross Cultural Ministry through Mercy Ships: Raeanne Newquist
What Is Dissociative Identity Disorder? Micah and Nathan
Culture, Politics, Technology, and Disagreement about Basic Facts: Jake Meador
Hercules, Jesus, 4 Maccabees, Tupac, the Stoics, and the Colossian Heresy: Dr. Joey Dodson
Legal Challenges Facing Christian Institutions: Joy Mosley
Discipleship, Orphan Care, Education, and Gospel-Centered Health Care in Uganda: Brent Phillips and the Cherish Uganda Team
Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran: What Is Really Going on in the Middle East? Dr. Autin Knuppe
The Resurgence of Fundamentalism, the Normalization of Slander, and What it Means to Be Protestant: Dr. Gavin Ortlund
The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistence: Dr. Jemar Tisby
A Sri Lankan Christian Perspective on American Foreign Policy: Dr. Vinoth Ramachandra
Bonus Q&A: Contradictions in Jesus' Teachings, The Cannabis Debate, Gen Z Christians, and More!
Will God Save Everyone? A Dialogical Debate about Ultimate Restoration with George Sarris and Chris Date
Thank God for Bitcoin: Jordan Bush
A Theopolitical Reading of Revelation, and Other Scholarly Musings: Dr. Scot McKnight
Understanding Cross Dressing and Autogynephilia Part 2: A Christian Perspective with Barnabas
Understanding Cross Dressing and Autogynephilia Part 1: A Non-Religious Perspective with Phil Illy
A Review of The Widening of God's Mercy by Christopher Hays and Richard Hays
Systemic Racism and Racial Reconciliation: Latasha Morrison
From Keeping it on the Down-Low to Finding One's Identity in Christ: Reginald Robinson
Bonus Q&A: Revival and Manifest Presence, "Last Supper" Scene At The Olympics, and More!
Same-Sex Attraction, Bipolar Disorder, Suicidality, and the Goodness of God: Brenna Blain
Was Ancient Israel a Patriarchal Culture? Dr. Carol Meyers
Zionism, Racism, the Gospel, and the War in Israel-Palestine: Tony Deik
A Curious Conversation with Pete Enns
The Politics of Covid19: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Women and Slavery in the New Testament and Early Church: Dr. Lynn Cohick
Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Sexual Relationships? Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin
If God Is Good, Why Does He Allow Suffering? Dr. Chris Palmer
Bonus Q&A: Corporal Punishment in Parenting, Should Christians Watch UFC/MMA, and More
Understanding the Book of James: Wisdom, Prayer, Wealth & Poverty: Dr. Mariam Kovalishyn
A Gospel-Centered Perspective on the War in Israel-Palestine: Dr. Fares Abraham
Understanding Deborah (Judges 4): Prophetess, Judge, and Military Leader: Dr. Sandy Richter
What Do We Actually Know about Transition Regret and Detransitioning? Dr. Paul Eddy
Does the Church Have a Crisis of Biblical Illiteracy? Jen Wilkin
Why the Canonical Context of the New Testament Matters: Dr. Miguel Echevarria
Early Christianity in Africa: Dr. Vince Bantu
Should Christians Be Patriotic? Shane Claiborne
Cancel Culture vs. Meaningful Conversations: Dr. Tim Muehlhoff
From Success to Burn Out in the Christian Worship Industrial Complex: Jesse Reeves
Bonus Q&A: New Perspective on Paul, How was Eve Deceived?, Voting, LGBTQ+ Child Dedication and more!
Politics, Culture, and the Gospel: Ameen Hudson and Ruslan Karaoglanov
Humility, Christian Leadership, and Slavery in the New Testament: Dr. Dennis Edwards
Sexuality, Church, Celibate Partnerships, My Response to Chris Yuan and Rosaria Butterfield, and How I Handle Criticism: Laurie Krieg
Untangling CRT: Where Do We Go From Here? Dr. Ed Uszynski
Raising Boys, Masculinity, Jordan Peterson, and Why Wrestling with Your Sons Keeps them Out of Prison: Dr. Anthony Bradley
Evangelicalism's Fascination (Idolatry?) of Cultural and Political Power: Tim Alberta
What (actually) Is Liberation Theology? Dr. Jules Martinez
How to Tell the Truth: Preston Perry
Bonus Q&A: What is heresy? Marriage without kids, Campus protests, Original sin, Why I'm not Catholic/Orthodox, and much more
Christian Anarchism, Voting, the Deep State, the Sham of Democracy, and the Supremacy of the LA Dodgers: Jay Newman
A Raw Conversation with Josh Garrels
Israel-Palestine from the Perspective of a Gazan Theologian: Dr. Yousef Alkhouri
Pastoring People Who Are Living on Different Ideological Planets: Austin Fischer
The Porn Epidemic and Christian Discipleship: Noah Filipiak
A Response to Alisa Childers and Christopher Yuan
Transgender Health Care and the Scandals Revealed in the WPATH Files: Mia Hughes
What Does Theological Discipleship in the Church Look Like? Elizabeth Woodsen
What Does Faithful Political Engagement Look Like? Dr. Michael F. Bird
A Raw Debrief of the Exiles in Babylon Conference 2024: Ed Uszynski and Preston Sprinkle
Bonus Q&A: Lust, Same-Sex weddings, Academic Complementarianism, Patriotism, and more
Why the Church Fails When It's on the Wrong Side of Power: Dr. David Fitch
A Christian Libertarian's Perspective on U.S. Foreign Policy: Angela McArdle
What Was the First Century Church Actually Like?: Dr. Nijay Gupta
Surviving Abuse: Jennifer Greenberg
Orphanages vs. Family Care and the Problem of White Westerners Doing Ministry in Africa: Brent Phillips
Interpreting the Samaritan Woman (John 4) Post-#ChurchToo: Dr. Caryn Reeder
How We Consume the News Is a Discipleship Problem: Jason Woodruff
American Christian Zionism, John Howard Yoder, Oliver O'Donovan, and Political Theology: Dr. Elizabeth Phillips
My thoughts on the Rapture, Violence, "He Gets Us," Singleness, Women Preaching, Greg Boyd, Rosaria B, and many other things: Bonus Q & A
Are Husbands the "Head" of Their Wives? The Meaning of Kephale, part 2: Preston Sprinkle
Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible: Dr. Sandra Glahn
Are Husbands the "Head" of Their Wives? The Meaning of Kephale, part 1: Preston Sprinkle
Rethinking Orphanages and Orphan Care: Brandon Stiver
S2 Ep1160: Early Christians Were More Messed up Than You Think: Dr. Nadya Williams
S2 Ep1159: The Politics of Exile: A Raw Narrative
S2 Ep1158: Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire: Preston Sprinkle and Ed Uszynski
S2 Ep1157: The Digital Fast: Dr. Darren Whitehead
S2: Bonus Episode! Responding to Some Critiques: Preston Sprinkle
S2 Ep1156: How Jesus Disrupts Politics as Usual: Josh Ryan Butler
S2 Ep1155: Embracing Grace in the Pro-Life Movement: Amy Ford
S2 Ep1154: Artificial Intellegence, Sex Robots, Cloning Dead Loved Ones, and the End of the World: Christopher Lind
S2 Ep1153: The Truth of Fiction and the Limits of My World: Dr. Greg Coles
S2 Ep1152: Terrorism, ISIS, and Understanding the Israel-Hamas War: Dr. Austin Knuppe
S2 Ep1151: Same-Sex Attraction, Female Sexuality, and Parenting LGBTQ Kids: Ellen Radcliff
S2 Ep1150: Sex, Violence, Profanity, and the Death of Christian Art: Josh Porter
S2 Ep1149: The Leadership Crisis in the Church: Dr. J.R. Woodward
S2: Patreon Q&A Preview: January 2024
S2 Ep1148: Jesus, the Flesh, and the War of Wants: Dr. A.J. Swoboda
S2 Ep1147: What Does Christian Political Engagement Look Like? Dr. Daniel Hill
S2 Ep1146: Biblical Languages, Linguistics, and Husbands being the "Head" of their Wives (Eph 5:23): Dr. Kevin Grasso
S2 Ep1145: How to Be an Inclusive and Biblical Church with LGBTQ/SSA People: Evan Wickham
S2 Ep1144: Practicing the Way of Jesus in Radical Community: John Mark Comer
S2 Ep1143: When to Talk to Your Kids About Sex? Dr. Julia Sadusky
S2 Ep1142: National vs. Local Politics, Trump, Healthy Civic Engagement, and why "Woke" Is an Unhelpful Term: Chris Butler
S2 Ep1141: The War in Gaza: A Palestinian Pastor/Theologian's Perspective: Dr. Rev. Munther Isaac
S2 Ep1140: Looking Back on 2023 and Looking Forward to 2024: A Critical Evaluation of Theology in the Raw
S2: Merry Christmas!
S2 Ep1139: What Is a Christian Political Identity? Dr. Lee Camp
S2 Ep1138: A Raw Conversation with a Legalistic Gay Christian: Colton Beach
S2 Ep1137: A Christian Libertarian's View of Economics, War, Foreign Policy, and Immigration: Doug Stuart
S2 Ep1136: Rethinking 1 Corinthians 11:2-16: Dr. Lucy Peppiatt
S2 Ep1135: Resurrection and a Christian Theology of the Body: Dr. Beth Felker Jones
S2 Ep1134: 700 Million People Live Without Basic Access to Clean and Safe Drinking Water! Scott Harrison
S2 Ep1133: Politics, the Bible, Christian Nationalism, and Hauerwas vs. O'Donovan: Kaitlyn Schiess
S2: BONUS Q&A November 2023
S2 Ep1132: Responding to Claims about Being a “Heretical Liar”
S2 Ep1131: How is the Eastern Orthodox Church Different from Evangelical Protestantism? Dr. Eve Tibbs
S2 Ep1130: A Christian Perspective on Dating: Kait and J.J. Tomlin
S2 Ep1129: Why the Evangelical Church Needs Global Theology: Dr. Stephen Pardue
S2 Ep1128: A Deep-Dive into the Book of Romans: Dr. N.T. Wright
S2 Ep1127: A Zionist Jewish Rabbi's Perspective on the War in Israel-Palestine: Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger
S2 Ep1126: Do Christians Have a Theological Obligation to Support the Modern State of Israel? Dr. Gary Burge
S2 Ep1125: An Israeli Christian's Perspective on the War in Israel-Palestine: Lisa Loden
S2 Ep1124: Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rachel Joy Welcher
S2 Ep1123: Is God Real? Lee Strobel
S2: Church and Israel, Same-sex weddings, Halloween, Authority of Scripture, Justified lies, and other questions
S2 Ep1122: A Palestinian Christian's Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian War: Daniel Bannoura
S2 Ep1121: How the Old Testament Humanizes Women: Dr. Katie McCoy
S2 Ep1120: Army Officer Turned Conscientious Objector: Spencer Goldstein
S2 Ep1119: The (Im)morality of Birth Control and Potential Problems with Adoption: Dr. Matthew Lee Anderson
S2 Ep1118: Worry Free Parenting: Sissy Goff
A Raw Response to Andy Stanley and the Unconditional Conference
S2 Ep1117: Paying Attention to the Literary Artistry of the Bible: Dr. Tim Mackie
S2 Ep1116: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West: Dr. Andrew Wilson
S2 Ep1115: Is the Abortion Industry Systemically Racist? Treneé McGee
Bonus Q & A (Patreon Special): Masturbation, Annihilation, Cussing, LGBTQ, and How to Share the Gospel
S2 Ep1114: Theology and Narrative in John's Gospel and the Meaning of Jesus' "Son of Man" Statements: Dr. Ben Reynolds
S2 Ep1113: Rethinking Church, Discipleship, and Why We Do the Things We Do: David Kinnaman
S2 Ep1112: Understanding Deconstruction: Dr. Sean McDowell
S2 Ep1111: Women in Ministry, 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5, and the Meaning of "Head" (kephale): Andrew Bartlett
S2 Ep1110: The Role of Our Bodies in Worship: Dr. W. David O. Taylor
S2 Ep1109: Understanding the Hebraic Thought World of the Bible and How the Old Testament Challenges Classism: Dr. Dru Johnson
S2 Ep1108: Parenting LGBTQ Kids: Bill Henson
S2 Ep1107: Learning from the Race Conversations in 2020: Dr. Efrem Smith
S2 Ep1106: Addicted to Grace: Max Lucado
S2 Ep1105: Purity Culture, Female Sexuality, Shame, Body Positivity, Lust, Modesty, and a Theology of Menopause: Dr. Carol Tanksley
S2: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, Rick Warren, Female Leaders in the Early Church, and much more: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle
S2 Ep1104: Leading a Church When People No Longer Trust Leaders: Léonce Crump
S2 Ep1103: Sexual Ethics and Christ's Upside Down Kingdom: Dr. Branson Parler
S2 Ep1102: A Raw Conversation with Katie McCoy, John Hammett, and Dr. Marc Cortez
S2 Ep1101: The Brain, the Body, and Dealing with Trauma: Dr. Lee Warren
S2 Ep1100: Women Pastors and Saddleback Getting Kicked out of the SBC: Dr. Rick Warren
S2 Ep1099: Will AI Kill Us All or Help Us Write Better Sermons? Dr. Joshua K. Smith
S2 Ep1098: Ruslan Interviews Preston about the LGBTQ Conversation
S2 Ep1097: Why Secularism is Good for Christianity: Dr. Michael F Bird
S2: BONUS Q&A: Patreon Special (July 2023)
S2 Ep1096: Christianity, New Atheism, and the Rise of Public Intellectuals Exploring Christianity: Justin Brierley
S2 Ep1095: A Raw Conversation with Christian Rapper nobigdyl.
S2 Ep1094: A Raw Conversation with the Master Yoda of the Faith and LGBTQ Conversation: Dr. Mark Yarhouse
S2 Ep1093: Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage, Part 2: Preston Sprinkle
S2 Ep1092: Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage, Part 1: Preston Sprinkle
S2 Ep1091: What If the CHURCH Was the Solution to Gun Violence in Chicago?: Michael Allen
S2 Ep1090: A Native American's Perspecitve on the 4th of July: Terry Wildman
S2 Ep1089: The Future of the Church from a Micro-Church Perspective: Kevin Kim
S2 Ep1088: Transitioning, Detransitioning, and the Gospel: Kyla Gillespie
S2 Ep1087: Non-Toxic Masculinity and Responding to Purity Culture: Zach Wagner
S2: BONUS Q&A: Patreon Special (June 2023)
S2 Ep1086: A Raw Conversation with My New Transgender Friend: Julia Malott
S2 Ep1085: Pride Flags and The Chosen: Dallas Jenkins
S2 Ep1084: A Case for Intergenerational Ministry: Dr. Holly Allen
S2 Ep1083: What Living in an Honor/Shame Culture Taught Me About the Gospel: Dr. Brad Vaughn
S2 Ep1082: Surviving Abuse and Helping Lead the Persecuted Church: Naghmeh Panahi
S2 Ep1081: Deconstructing the White Savior Mentality: Craig Greenfield
S2 Ep1080: The Abuse of Power in the Church: Tiffany Bluhm
S2 Ep1079: The Global Politics of Jesus: Dr. Nilay Saiya
S2: BONUS Q & A: Divorce, church security, androgynous Adam, Revoice, and more
S2 Ep1078: What Does It Mean to Be God's Image? Dr. Carmen Imes
S2 Ep1077: The Early Church on Military Service and Killing: Dr. George Kalantzis
S2 Ep1076: Building a Resiliant Life: Rebekah Lyons
S2 Ep1075: Engaging a Mysterious God through Dissident Prayer: Addison Bevere
S2 Ep1074: How to Read (and Understand) the Book of Revelation: Dr. Michael J. Gorman
S2 Ep1073: What Does the Bible Say about Divorce and Remarriage? Dr. Constantine Campbell
S2 Ep1072: Dinosaurs, the Bible, and the Age of the Earth: Dr. Jordan Mallon
S2 Ep1071: Another Look at Christians and Marijuana
S2: BONUS Q & A: Pronoun Debate, Focus on the Family, Modesty Conversations, and More
S2 Ep1070: A Raw Conversation about Faith, Sexuality, and Kindness: Drew Harper
S2 Ep1069: Do Evangelicals Know How to Engage Controversial Topics? Dr. Shaunti Feldhahn
S2 Ep1068: Black Dignity vs. Antiracism: Dr. Vincent Lloyd
S2 Ep1067: Teaching the Bible to Millions of People through the Bible Recap: Tara-Leigh Cobble
S2 Ep1066: From Complementarian to Egalitarian: A Conversation about Women in Leadership with Dr. Nijay Gupta
S2 Ep1065: A Raw Conversation about Modesty and Purity Culture: Sheila Gregoire and Rebecca Lindenbach
S2 Ep1064: A Raw Conversation with Chris and Preston Sprinkle
S2 Ep1063: LIVE from Exiles in Babylon: A Conversation with Patrick Miller
S2: Third Bonus Q&A for Patreon
S2 Ep1062: A Raw Conversation about Sex and Theology with Josh Ryan Butler, Dr. Sandy Richter, and Brenna Blain
S2 Ep1061: A Christian Response to Asylum Seekers: Munatsi Manyande
S2 Ep1060: Artemis, Ephesus, and the Background to 1 Timothy 2: Dr. Sandra Glahn
S2 Ep1059: Finding Intimacy and Community As a Celibate Gay Christian: Art Pereira
S2 Ep1058: A Complimentarian Interpretaiton of 1 Tim 2:8-15: Dr. Bill Mounce
S2 Ep1057: God's Multiethnic Temple: Dr. Joel Muddamalle
S2 Ep1056: UFO's, Aliens, and Paranormal Experiences: Dr. Matthew Halsted
S2 Ep1055: Celebrating Our Creaturly Limitations: Dr. Kelly Kapic
S2 Ep1054: The Asbury Revival: A View from the Inside with Elijah Drake
S2 Ep1053: Is Christian Journalism Exposing Scandals or Becoming Failure Porn? Patrick Miller
S2: Second Bonus Q & A of 2023
S2 Ep1052: Christianity, Climate Change, and Environmental Care: Dr. Ben Lowe
S2 Ep1051: Salvation by Allegiacne Alone: Dr. Matthew Bates
S2 Ep1050: German Christian Nationalism and the American Church: Dr. Ryan Tafilowski
S2 Ep1049: Does the Old Testament Dehumanize Women? Dr. Sandy Richter (Exiles 22 Talk + Q & A)
S2 Ep1048: Resident Aliens: Dr. Stanley Hauerwas
S2 Ep1047: Eternity Bible College, Christian Education, and Theological Discipleship: Ernesto Duke
S2 Ep1046: The Last 10 Years of the Church and the LGBTQ Conversation: Sam Allberry
S2 Ep1045: Should Christians Smoke Pot? Dr. Todd Miles
S2 Ep1044: Abuse, Suicidality, Same-Sex Sexuality, and the Love of Christ: Brenna Blain
S2 Ep1043: Neither Complementarian Nor Egalitarian: Dr. Michelle Lee-Barnewell
S2: First Bonus Q & A of 2023
S2 Ep1042: Sexual and Gender Identities: Andrew Bunt
S2 Ep1041: Women in Leadership, part 2: 1 Timothy 2
S2 Ep1040: Misreading Scripture and Phoebe the Letter Carrier (and Interpreter?): Dr. E. Randy Richards
S2 Ep1039: Are We Being Discipled By Our Phones? Jay Kim
S2 Ep1038: Good Sex, Bad Sex, and Marriage: Dr. Juli Slattery
S2: Looking Back to 2022 and Forward to 2023!
S2: Putting Politics Back into Christmas
S2 Ep1036: The Gospel and Empire: Dr. Warren Carter
S2 Ep1035: The Gospel is Political: Dr. Patrick Schreiner
S2 Ep1034: When Helping Hurts: Dr. Brian Fikkert
S2 Ep1033: A Christian Response to Immigration: Karen González
S2 Ep1032: Dispensationalism, LGBTQ, Priscilla and Hebrews, Revoice, Christmas Trees, Head Coverings, and More: Q & A with Preston
S2 Ep1031: Racial Reconciliation as Christian Discipleship: Michelle Sanchez
S2 Ep1030: You Are Not Your Own: Dr. O. Alan Noble
S2 Ep1029: How Social Media and Screens Have Hijacked Our Hearts and Minds: Doug Smith
S2 Ep1028: Women in Church Leadership, pt. 1: An Update from My Journey
S2 Ep1027: A Palestinian Christian’s Perspecrtive on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Alex Awad
S2 Ep1026: #1026 - Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion: Josh Porter
S2 Ep1025: #1025 - Q & A Podcast: Penal substitution, emotions and hell, old people having sex, and Mike Winger’s women in ministry series
S2 Ep1024: #1024 - Living As an Exile in Babylon: Jon Tyson
S2 Ep1023: #1023 - Toward an Ecclesiology of Podcasting: Mike Erre
S2 Ep1022: #1022 - Rethinking Church through Micro-Churches as Missional Communities: Lucas Pulley
S2 Ep1021: #1021 - My 15 Year Old Daughter Peppers Me with Lots of Hard Questions about the Bible and Christianity: Josie Sprinkle
S2 Ep1020: #1020 - Marriage, Sexuality, and the Christian Worldview: Lou Phillips
S2 Ep1019: #1019 - GenZ, Youth Groups, Starters vs. Maintainers, Chris’ Bucket List, and Preston’s Inner Rage Monster: Chris and Preston Sprinkle
S2 Ep1018: #1018 - An Egalitarian View of Women in Ministry in Light of the Greco-Roman Context: Dr. Lynn Cohick
S2 Ep1017: #1017 - Deconstruction, Progressive Christianity, and Church Planting among the Disenfranchised: Tony Scarcello
S2 Ep1016: #1016 - Rethinking Church-Based Theological Education: Drs. Branson Parler and Jeff Fisher
S2 Ep1015: #1015 - Truth Over Tribe: Patrick Miller and Keith Simon
S2 Ep1014: #1014 - How Reliable Are Our New Testament Manuscripts? Dr. Daniel Wallace
S2 Ep1013: #1013 - Women, the Gender of God, and the Warning Passages in Hebrews: Dr. Amy Peeler
S2 Ep1012: #1012 - Paul, Gender, and the Women in Leadership Debate: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall
S2 Ep1010: #1010 - How to Deal with How You Feel: Dr. James Merritt
S2 Ep1009: #1009 - The Theory of Racelessness: Dr. Sheena Mason
SPECIAL BONUS: The Pour Over Podcast
S2 Ep1008: #1008 - A Raw Conversation with America’s Pastor: Max Lucado
S2 Ep1007: #1007 - Should Non-Pastors and Teachers Learn Greek and Hebrew? Ryan Martin and Courtney Trotter
S2 Ep1006: #1006 - Micro Churches and the Tampa Underground: Jeremy Stephens
S2 Ep1005: #1005 - Transwomen in Sports, Parenting Adult Children, Head Pastors vs. Plurality of Elders, and More: Q & A podcast with Preston Sprinkle
S2 Ep1004: #1004 - The Coddling of the American Mind: Greg Lukianoff
S2 Ep1003: #1003 - Gender Ideologies, Feminism, and the Catholic Church: Dr. Abigail Favale
S2 Ep1002: #1002 - What Actually Is “Identity?” Dr. Ryan Peterson
S2 Ep1001: #1001 - The Blood and the Bread: Francis Chan
S2 Ep1000: #1000 - On Going Home: My 1,000th Podcast Episode with Beth Moore
S9 Ep999: #999 - Is GenZ Bored with Church? Dr. Kara Powell
S9 Ep998: #998 - Contemporary Christian Worship: Is it Biblical or just Contemporary? Aaron Keyes
S9 Ep997: #997 - Singleness, the “Gift of Celibacy,” and Healthy Complementarianism: Dr. Dani Treweek
S9 Ep996: #996 - The Perfect Church, Fate of Judas, Intermediate State, Christian Music, and More: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle
S9 Ep995: #995 - Women Prophets, Teachers, and Preachers, but not Elders: Dr. Gerry Breshears
S9 Ep994: #994 - A Transwoman (Seda) Interviews Preston about His Views on Trans Identities
S9 Ep993: #993 - Why Romans 7 is NOT Talking about Christians: Dr. Joey Dodson
S9 Ep992: #992 - Is Ethnic Reconciliation Part of the Gospel? Preston Sprinkle
S9 Ep991: Disability, the Church, and the Gospel: Eric Targe
S9 Ep990: When Leaders Fall…and Are Restored: Evan Wickham and Scott Curran
S9 Ep989: Rethinking Orphanages: Brandon Stiver
S9 Ep988: Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Raising Girls, Gay Identity, and the LXX: Q & A with Preston
S9 Ep987: Christian Reflections on the 4th of July: Justin Giboney
S9 Ep986: #986 - Responding to the Roe V. Wade Reversal with Dr. Scott Rae
S9 Ep985: A Review of Matt Walsh’s “What Is a Woman?”
S9 Ep984: CURE International: A Holistic Medical Ministry in Africa with Peter Kyalo
S9 Ep983: Beautiful People Don’t Just Happen: Scott Sauls
S9 Ep982: The Beauty of the Greek Orthodox Church: Christian Gonzalez
S9 Ep981: What Is Intersex? Julie Zaagman and Dr. Sam Ashton
S9 Ep980: Surviving Sexual Abuse in the SBC: Tiffany Thigpen
S9 Ep979: Responding to the SBC’s Sexual Abuse Report: Dr. J.D. Greear
S9 Ep978: Parenting Teen Girls: Kari Kampakis
S9 Ep977: Christian Universalism, asexuality, demisexuality, same-sex marriage and women in leadership, & the massive increase in trans teens.
S9 Ep976: Embodying Jesus with the LGBTQ Community: Elizabeth Black
S9 Ep975: Psychedelics, Marijauna, and Being the Church from the Table: Debra Hirsch
S9 Ep974: What Is Autogynephilia? A Conversation with Danny
S9 Ep973: Disability, Theology, and the Church: Dr. Devan Stahl
S9 Ep972: Seeing God’s Common Grace in a Broken World: Dr. Tim Muehlhoff
S9 Ep971: The State of Christian Education: Dr. Mark Young
S9 Ep970: What ACTUALLY is Revoice? Dr. Nate Collins
S9 Ep969: Women in Ministry, Christians and Patriotism, the Afterlife, Christian “Failure Porn,” & the “Worst” Sin: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle
S9 Ep968: The Making of Biblical Womanhood: Dr. Beth Allison Barr
S9 Ep967: A Theological Analysis of Netflix’s Midnight Mass: Daniel Wells
S9 Ep966: Deconstruction, Progressive Culture, Emerging Church, and the Need for Missional Theology: Dr. Dan Kimball
S9 Ep965: Q & A with Chris and Preston Sprinkle
S9 Ep964: Is God a Moral Monster? Dr. Paul Copan
S9 Ep963: The Liturgy of Politics: Kaitlyn Schiess
S9 Ep962: A Christian Approach to the News: Jason Woodruff (The Pour Over Podcast)
S9 Ep961: Views of Hell, Christian Nationalism, Anglican Church, Enneagram, Sex and Gender: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle
S9 Ep960: Debriefing the Exiles in Babylon Conference with Ed Uszynski
S9 Ep959: What Is Black Liberation Theology? Dr. Dwight Hopkins
S9 Ep958: A Black Man’s Interaction with the KKK: Daryl Davis
Exiles in Babylon Conference Attendee Updates
S9 Ep957: Are Orphanages Doing More Harm Than Good? Alycia Pinizzotto
S9 Ep956: Neither Liberal nor Conservative–Systemic Racism, White Privilege, and the Church: Dr. Carl Ellis
S9 Ep955: Christian Anarchism: Dr. Alexandre Christoyannopoulos
S9 Ep954: Robot Theology, AI, and Sex Robots: Dr. Joshua K. Smith
S9 Ep953: Behind the Scenes of Bible Translation: Dr. Brandon Smith
S9 Ep952: A Christian Perspective on Race and Racism: Rasool Berry
S9 Ep951: Speaking in Tongues, Youth Camps, Ghost Writing, Purpose of Church: Dr. Preston Sprinkle
S9 Ep950: A Christian View of Immigration: Karen Gonzalez
S9 Ep949: The Gospel, New Creation, Re-reading Paul, Heaven, and American Christianity: Dr. N.T. Wright
S9 Ep948: A Complementarian Reading of the New Testament: Dr. Tom Schreiner
S9 Ep947: Being Socially Engaged While Maintaining Allegiance to Christ: Dr. Vincent Bacote
S9 Ep946: A Celibate Gay Christian’s Perspective on Valentine’s Day and Belonging: Dr. Greg Coles
S9 Ep945: A Native American Perspective on Christian Nationalism: Mark Charles
S9 Ep944: Parenting LGBTQ Kids
S9 Ep943: Christian Nonviolence: Drs. Myles Werntz and David Cramer
S9 Ep942: Marriage, masculinity, platforming, weed, alcohol, pride flags, & other questions
S9 Ep941: The Brothers Karamazov (and Other Things): Tom Velasco
S9 Ep940: Being a Christian in Hollywood: Hannah Barefoot
S9 Ep939: Jesus and John Wayne: Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez
S9 Ep938: Evangelicalism, Eroticism, Trinity, Sexuality, Suffering, and Hope: David Bennett
S9 Ep937: The Great Sex Rescue: Sheila Wray Gregiore and Rebecca Lindenbach
S9 Ep936: Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: Aimee Byrd
S9 Ep935: Semiotics, Anti-Leadership, and Doing Church from the Table: Dr. Leonard Sweet
S9 Ep934: Self Driving Cars, Elon Musk, SpaceX, and the Future of Tech: Peter McGowan
S9 Ep933: Theology in the Raw 2022: Looking Back and Pressing On
S9 Ep932: The Church, Intellectual Honesty, Nonviolence, and Rene Girard: Jeremy Duncan
S9 Ep931: Sexual Abuse Scandals and Power in the Church: Dr. Russell Moore
S9 Ep930: The Scandal of Christmas, Part 4: Joey Dodson
639: #639 - Christ or the Bible, Christians in Politics, and the Parkland Shooting
638: #638 - Gender Expression, Church Membership & Discipline, and Salvation of the Mentally Disabled
637: Theological Diversity in Church Leadership, Child Baptism, and Revisiting Annihilationism
636: A. J. Swoboda - Taking Rest Very Seriously
635: A Joint Catacomb in the Raw - Josh Stump and Jay Newman
634: Chris Date Part 2 - Critique on Stand to Reason's Article "Hell Interrupted"
633: Christian Universalist and Church Leadership - How To Do Benevolence Well
632: Chris Date - Conditional Immortality, Terminal Punishment and Annihilation
631: Bruxy Cavey - Church Membership, Nonviolence and Hell
#630 - What is Church? - Part 6 - Being Theologically Orthodox and Generous
629: ReGeneration Project - Views on Hell
628: #628 - Preston a Libertarian - Modern Israel - Polyamory
627: #627 - Celibate Christians - Trust the Bible - Obese Pastor
#626 - What is Church? - Part 5 - Integration and Diversity
#625 - Sexual Attraction Fixed or Fluid? - Women in Leadership? - Book of Enoch
#624 - What is Church? - Part 4 - Participatory vs. Performance
#622 - What is Church? - Part 3 - Reproducing vs. Church Growth - Being Relationally Driven
#621 - BJ Thompson - #MeToo - Social Media - Good Relationships
#620 - Lisa Fields - Jude 3 Project