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Theology in the Raw — 521 episodes

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Beyond Relief: From Poverty to Flourishing with Will Acuff

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Did Jesus Disagree with the Law of Moses? Dr. Paul Sloan

3

Mary Magdalene: Myths and Facts with Dr. Jennifer McNutt

4

Raw Thoughts on Social Media, Trumpism, and Christian Resilience: Tish Harrison Warren

5

Justification, Atonement, and the Full Scope of Paul's Gospel. Dr. Jarvis Williams

6

Did Women Serve As Leaders in Early Christianity? Drs. Lynn Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes

7

Blessings and Challenges of Being a Female Pastor: Bo Stern-Brady

8

Can You Really Learn the Bible on Social Media? Colby F. Maier

9

Trauma, Justice, and The Power of Christian Forgiveness with Dr. Amy L. Orr-Ewing

10

Russia, Iran, and the Trap of Political Tribalism with Christopher Haylett (aka thenerdychristian)

11

The Kingship of Jesus and Pastoring a Mega Church: Dr. Mark Moore

12

Can You Welcome LGBTQ People While Holding a Traditional Sexual Ethic? Tony Scarcello

13

Tyler Staton on Pastoring Bridgetown Church, Poetry, and Ministry from NYC to Portland

14

From Touring to Church Planter: Bringing Hope to the Margins with Josh White

15

Nijay Gupta on Women in Leadership, Receiving Criticism, and Paul's Vision for Meaning in this Life.

16

Transition, Detransition, and The Gospel: Kyla Gillespie

17

How Do We Know that God Really Exists? Dr. J. P. Moreland

18

Why Is Gen-Z Suffering from So Many Mental Health Issues? Sissy Goff and David Thomas

19

Is Artificial Intelligence Good, Bad, or Neutral? Nick Skytland

20

Gender Dysphoria, Church Hurt, and Enduring Hope in Jesus: Remington Rathjen

21

Spiritual Warfare, Divine Beings, and the Victory of Christ: Dr. Joel Muddamalle

22

Christian Disagreement in a Culture of Outrage: Dr. Tim Meuhlhoff

23

Debating Hell: Annihilation or Eternal Conscious Torment? Dr. Paul Copan and Chris Date

24

Jesus: Friend of Sinners. Reflections for Lent with Elyse Fitzpatrick

25

An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says about Women in Leadership:

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From Addiction to "Come Jesus Come": Stephen McWhirter

27

ICE, Migrants, and What's Really Going On in Minneapolis: Carl Nelson, Schelli Cronk, and Dave Brickey

28

How to Rewire Your Brain to Live a Flourshing Life: Dr. Lee Warren

29

Resembling Jesus in the Abortion Debates: Angela Weszely

30

When God Seems Distant: Dr. Kyle Strobel

31

Stewarding Wealth and Success as a Christian with David Green, Founder of Hobby Lobby

32

Faith, Fatherhood, and Collabing with indie tribe and Forrest Frank

33

Political Division, Technology, and the War for our Attention with Dr. Lee Camp

34

From TV to studying the Jewish Roots of Christianity: Kathie Lee Gifford

35

Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World: Laurie Krieg

36

Freedom from Unwanted Sexual Behavior: Jay Stringer

37

Faith, Acting, and Evangelism in New York City with Ashley Lalonde

38

From Conservative Christian to Post-Evangelical with Jonathan Merritt

39

TITR Year end review and looking forward to 2026: Preston Sprinkle

40

What Does the Bible Actually Say about Alcohol? Dr. John Anthony Dunne

41

Celebrating Christmas as an Act of Defiance: Dr. Munther Isaac

42

Being Christian After the Desolation of Gaza: Drs. Bruce Fisk and Ross Wagner

43

A Creational Theology of Animals, Disability, and Gender: Dr. Brian Brock

44

Do Ancient Christian Rituals Matter Today? Dr. Isaac Serrano

45

Understanding Gen-Z and Gen Alpha: Dr. Josh Packard

46

Hearing the Voice of the Martyrs: Todd Nettleton

47

Digging Deep into Scripture: Tara-Leigh Cobble

48

Politics, Charlie Kirk, and How the Black Church Can Leads Us out of the Culture War: Justin Giboney

49

Political Discipleship After Charlie Kirk: mike Erre

50

Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement Biblical? Dr. Andrew Rillera

51

Should Pastors Confess their Sins? Dr. Jamin Goggin

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Surviving an Unwanted Divorce: Lysa TerKeurst and Dr. Joel Muddamalle

53

NT Wright and The Vision of Ephesians

54

Why is Christianity Growing Among Muslims? Dave Coles

55

War Veteran Turned Peace Activist: Diana Oestreich

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Why the Church Still Matters: Dr. Carmen Imes

57

Understanding Emerging Sexual Identities: Dr. Mark Yarhouse

58

The Real Story Behind the Nicene Creed. Dr. Bryan Litfin

59

Is it Possible to Heal from the Trauma of Sexual Abuse? Dr. Dan Allender

60

Daniel Yang: How Should Christians Think About Immigration?

61

A Raw Testimony from a Male Survivor

62

Kaitlyn Schiess: Is "Exile" Really a Helpful Political Identity?

63

The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: Marissa Burt & Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

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Surrendered Sexuality: Dr. Juli Slattery

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Should the State Ban Conversion Therapy for Minors? Dr. Julia Sadusky

66

Biblical Scholarship, Race, Sports, BBQ, and Everything Else: Dr. Esau McCaulley

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Slow Theology: Drs. Nijay Gupta and A.J. Swoboda

68

On Being Christian and Same-Sex Attracted in Africa: Steve Mwendia

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Sexual Orientation, Revoice, and Evangelical Approaches to the LGBTQ Conversation: Dr. Nate Collins

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A Theology of Nutrition, Exercise, and Caring for Our Bodies: Dr. Lainey Greer

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Why Church Attendance Has Increased Among Gen Z and Millennials: David Kinnaman

72

What Happens When You Say Women Should Have Agency and Influence in the Church: Aimee Byrd

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How to Disciple Young Kids in Christian Sexuality, Part 2: Laurie Krieg

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Bonus Q&A Preview (September)

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How to Disciple Young Kids in Christian Sexuality, Part 1: Laurie Krieg

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How to Die and the Scandal of Christian Discipleship: Josh Porter

77

What Does it Mean to Be "Biblical?" Dr. Kevin J. Vanhoozer

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A Raw Conversation about Manga and the Complex Life of a Creative: Street Hymns

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Mental Health, Suffering, and the Gospel: Brenna Blain

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Understanding the Early Church Fathers and Why It Matters: Dr. Shawn Wilhite

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Bonus Q&A Preview (August)

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The Secrets of Effective Writing, and How to Tame Your Thoughts: Max Lucado

83

Is God Really on Our Side? And the OT Background to John's Gospel: Joshua Ryan Butler

84

Justice in the Face of Violence, and the Pros/Cons of Short-Term Missions: Dr. Kurt Ver Beek

85

Should Christians Read Fictional Literature Containing Magic, Witchcraft, & the Occult? Marian Jacobs

86

Navigating Faith and Bisexuality: Kainan Seth Joubert

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Live from Exiles25: Social Justice & the Gospel. Thaddeus Williams & Malcolm Foley

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Bonus Q&A - Preview (July)

89

Son of an Israeli General Becomes an Activist for Palestinians

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Following God in the Midst of Suffering and Sin: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee

91

Reflections on Israel-Palestine, the Destruction of Gaza, and the American Church: Dr. Daniel Bannoura

92

Is it Good for Christians to be Involved in Sports? Dr. Ed Uszynski

93

What Can the Church Learn from Early Abolitionists? Dr. Daniel Hill

94

The Religious History of the Land Now Called "America": Dr. Thomas Tweed

95

Bonus Q&A (Women In Leadership)

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A Raw Converastion about Women in Ministry: Dr. Sandy Richter

97

Is Abortion Ever Morally Permissible? Lila Rose

98

Are Spiritual Gifts Still for Today? (Bonus Q&A Preview)

99

What Is the Main Focus of Paul's Letter to the Romans? Dr. Joey Dodson

100

Sex, Procreation, and How Our Bodies Tell God's Story: Dr. Christopher West

101

Does Archaeology Prove the Trustworthiness of the Bible? Dr. Todd Bolen

102

Do Christians Need to Go to Church? Jonathan Griffiths

103

You Were Never Meant to Do it All: Dr. Kelly Kapic

104

How Did the Apostles Really Die? Dr. Sean McDowell

105

Understanding the Nicene Creed for Ministry Today: Dr. Glenn Packiam

106

How a Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian: Dr. Larry Sanger

107

Discipleship, Failed Leadership, and an Insider's Perspective on Mark Driscoll/Mars Hill: Dr. Gerry Breshears

108

A Theology of Disagreement: Dr. Christopher Landau

109

How to Learn from Experts and Enemies: Dr. A.J. Swoboda

110

Politics, Tariffs, and How Christians Should Respond to our Political Moment: Skye Jethani

111

Bonus Q&A: Why Christians Stopped Celebrating Biblically-Commanded Holidays Like Passover & Hanukkah

112

Transgender People and the Church, Pt. 1: Dr. Preston Sprinkle & Dr. Mark Yarhouse

113

Making Space for LGBTQ/SSA People in a Theologically Orthodox Church: Ashley Anderson

114

Should Christians Use AI? A Dialogical Debate w/Doug Smith and Jay Owen

115

Behind the Scenes of Christian Publishing: Katelyn Beaty

116

Bonus Q&A: Who Are The Spirits In Prison Christ Preached To?

117

An Israeli Christian's Perspective on Israel-Palestine: Dr. Dan Sered

118

Living a Jesus Shaped Life: Lisa Harper

119

Discipling GenZ in Our Cultural Moment: Dr. Kara Powell

120

Recovering from the Death of a Child and Navigating Success in Ministry: Levi Lusko

121

BONUS Q&A: Does God Allow Evil For His Glory?

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Are Catholics and Protestents Really that Different in their Understanding of Salvation? Dr. Matthew Bates

123

U.S. Foreign Policy, the Genocide in Yemen, and the War in Gaza: Dave DeCamp

124

New Creation, Resurrection, and God's Ultimate Homecoming: N.T. Wright

125

From Postmodernism to Metamodernism: Paul Anleitner

126

Why Is there an Epidemic of Loneliness? Dan White Jr.

127

Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza: Dr. Munther Isaac

128

Patreon Q&A: What's My Next Book Going To Be About?

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Becoming the Pastor's Wife: Dr. Beth Allison Barr

130

Experiencing Jesus in an Age of Distraction: John Eldredge

131

Bonus Q&A: Is the Upside Down Kingdom Bible Woke?

132

Understanding Evangelical Universalism: Dr. Robin Parry

133

Who Really Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? Dr. Mark Thiessen Nation

134

The Theology of Paul and His Affections for Christ: Dr. Nijay Gupta

135

A Christian Approach to Understanding the Narratives about Israel-Palestine: Dr. Ben Norquist

136

Suburban Pastor with an Urban Mindset: David Brickey

137

Being Joyful Outsiders in our Turbulent Cultural Moment: Patrick Miller

138

Bonus Q&A: Church Bathrooms For Transgender Individuals, Should We Talk To Our Kids About Masturbation, and More!

139

Leaving a Cult-Like Church and Becoming Free from People Pleasing: Jinger Duggar

140

The Anarchist Anabaptist: Cody Cook

141

"My Whole Black Self:" Leading as a Black Pastor in White Dominant Spaces: Marvin Williams

142

A Fight to End Human Slavery: Christine Caine

143

Greed, Racism, and the Nonviolent Revolution of Jesus: Dr. Malcolm Foley

144

A Raw Conversation about Podcasting, Platforming, and Handling Criticism: Annie Downs

145

Bonus Q&A: Turning Point In Theological Journey?, Trump's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care For Minors, and More!

146

Female Disciples in the Ministry of Jesus: Dr. Holly Carey

147

A Raw Conversation with a Very Thoughtful Left-Wing Atheist: Adam Davidson

148

The Urban Poor and the American Evangelical Church: Dr. Don Davis

149

Church Planting, Pastoring Post-Covid, and Cultivating Resilience: Dr. Sharon Hodde Miller

150

Bonus Q&A: Is Divorce Allowed if Couple Isn't Growing Together or is a "Loveless" Marriage? and More!

151

Taking God's Name in Vain and Interpreting the David and Bathsheba Story: Dr. Carmen Imes

152

The Beauty of Complementarity: Dr. Gregg Allison

153

A Raw Conversation about Rock and Roll: Brian Zahnd and Jay Newman

154

Culture, the Election, and Rethinking Christian Community in a Digital Age: Paul VanderKlay

155

Bonus Q&A: How Can American Masculinity Benefit From Diverse Cultural Perspectives, and More!

156

The Toxic War on Masculinity: Nancy Pearcey

157

Theology in the Raw 2025!! Preston Sprinkle

158

A Case for Co-Vocational Ministry: Eric Hoke

159

A Longing to Belong: Reflections on Race, Identity, and What it Means to Be the Body of Christ: Dr. Michelle Lee-Barnewall

160

An Apocalyptic Christmas, part 3: Money and Consumerism, Dr. Michael Gorman

161

An Apocalyptic Christmas, part 2: Militarism and Violence, Dr. Greg Boyd

162

Bonus Q&A: Middle Ground Where Kids Aren't Too Sheltered But Not Given Social Media Access, and More!

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An Apocalyptic Christmas, part 1: Resisting the Empire, Dr. Cynthia Westfall

164

Gender Dysphoria, Transitioning, Detransitioning, Sex, Gender, and Faith: NJada

165

What's the Best Bible Translation?: Tim Wildsmith

166

Disability, Downs Syndrome, and the Need for Diverse Community: Dr. Andrew Barron

167

Bonus Q&A: Does Church Definition of Masculine/Feminine Contribute To Gender Dysphoria?, Are There Single Issues That Should Dictate Voting?, and More!

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Is Man the Head of Woman? Revisiting Kephale ("Head") in 1 Cor 11:2-16: Preston Sprinkle

169

When Trauma Meets the Love of God: Quina Aragon

170

Bonus Q&A: Habits To Keep Marriage A Priority While Raising Kids, Does 2 Timothy 1:18 Support Praying For The Dead?, and More!

171

How to Love Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor: Caleb Campbell

172

U.S. Intelligence, Guantamano Bay, the CIA, and the Rise in Christian Extremism: Elizabeth Neumann

173

Bonus Q&A: How to Handle Conversations w/ Those Hateful Towards LGBTQ

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Reimagining Youth Ministry: Pete Sutton

175

White Boy, Black Girl: A Raw Conversation about Race and Relationships with Adaeze and Chad Brinkman

176

Exiles in Babylon: A Christian Political Identity. Preston Sprinkle

177

Same Sex Attraction, Singleness, Youth Culture, and the Worthiness of Jesus: Ashleigh Hull

178

A History of the Black Church in America: Dr. Walter Strickland

179

Church Planting 101: Brad Sarian

180

Bonus Q&A: How Biblical Is Current Church Structure and more!

181

Understanding Fertility, Menstrual Cycles, Hormones, Birth Control, and the Female Reproductive System: Bekah Yawn

182

Doing Cross Cultural Ministry through Mercy Ships: Raeanne Newquist

183

What Is Dissociative Identity Disorder? Micah and Nathan

184

Culture, Politics, Technology, and Disagreement about Basic Facts: Jake Meador

185

Hercules, Jesus, 4 Maccabees, Tupac, the Stoics, and the Colossian Heresy: Dr. Joey Dodson

186

Legal Challenges Facing Christian Institutions: Joy Mosley

187

Discipleship, Orphan Care, Education, and Gospel-Centered Health Care in Uganda: Brent Phillips and the Cherish Uganda Team

188

Israel, Hezbollah, and Iran: What Is Really Going on in the Middle East? Dr. Autin Knuppe

189

The Resurgence of Fundamentalism, the Normalization of Slander, and What it Means to Be Protestant: Dr. Gavin Ortlund

190

The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistence: Dr. Jemar Tisby

191

A Sri Lankan Christian Perspective on American Foreign Policy: Dr. Vinoth Ramachandra

192

Bonus Q&A: Contradictions in Jesus' Teachings, The Cannabis Debate, Gen Z Christians, and More!

193

Will God Save Everyone? A Dialogical Debate about Ultimate Restoration with George Sarris and Chris Date

194

Thank God for Bitcoin: Jordan Bush

195

A Theopolitical Reading of Revelation, and Other Scholarly Musings: Dr. Scot McKnight

196

Understanding Cross Dressing and Autogynephilia Part 2: A Christian Perspective with Barnabas

197

Understanding Cross Dressing and Autogynephilia Part 1: A Non-Religious Perspective with Phil Illy

198

A Review of The Widening of God's Mercy by Christopher Hays and Richard Hays

199

Systemic Racism and Racial Reconciliation: Latasha Morrison

200

From Keeping it on the Down-Low to Finding One's Identity in Christ: Reginald Robinson

201

Bonus Q&A: Revival and Manifest Presence, "Last Supper" Scene At The Olympics, and More!

202

Same-Sex Attraction, Bipolar Disorder, Suicidality, and the Goodness of God: Brenna Blain

203

Was Ancient Israel a Patriarchal Culture? Dr. Carol Meyers

204

Zionism, Racism, the Gospel, and the War in Israel-Palestine: Tony Deik

205

A Curious Conversation with Pete Enns

206

The Politics of Covid19: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

207

Women and Slavery in the New Testament and Early Church: Dr. Lynn Cohick

208

Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Sexual Relationships? Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin

209

If God Is Good, Why Does He Allow Suffering? Dr. Chris Palmer

210

Bonus Q&A: Corporal Punishment in Parenting, Should Christians Watch UFC/MMA, and More

211

Understanding the Book of James: Wisdom, Prayer, Wealth & Poverty: Dr. Mariam Kovalishyn

212

A Gospel-Centered Perspective on the War in Israel-Palestine: Dr. Fares Abraham

213

Understanding Deborah (Judges 4): Prophetess, Judge, and Military Leader: Dr. Sandy Richter

214

What Do We Actually Know about Transition Regret and Detransitioning? Dr. Paul Eddy

215

Does the Church Have a Crisis of Biblical Illiteracy? Jen Wilkin

216

Why the Canonical Context of the New Testament Matters: Dr. Miguel Echevarria

217

Early Christianity in Africa: Dr. Vince Bantu

218

Should Christians Be Patriotic? Shane Claiborne

219

Cancel Culture vs. Meaningful Conversations: Dr. Tim Muehlhoff

220

From Success to Burn Out in the Christian Worship Industrial Complex: Jesse Reeves

221

Bonus Q&A: New Perspective on Paul, How was Eve Deceived?, Voting, LGBTQ+ Child Dedication and more!

222

Politics, Culture, and the Gospel: Ameen Hudson and Ruslan Karaoglanov

223

Humility, Christian Leadership, and Slavery in the New Testament: Dr. Dennis Edwards

224

Sexuality, Church, Celibate Partnerships, My Response to Chris Yuan and Rosaria Butterfield, and How I Handle Criticism: Laurie Krieg

225

Untangling CRT: Where Do We Go From Here? Dr. Ed Uszynski

226

Raising Boys, Masculinity, Jordan Peterson, and Why Wrestling with Your Sons Keeps them Out of Prison: Dr. Anthony Bradley

227

Evangelicalism's Fascination (Idolatry?) of Cultural and Political Power: Tim Alberta

228

What (actually) Is Liberation Theology? Dr. Jules Martinez

229

How to Tell the Truth: Preston Perry

230

Bonus Q&A: What is heresy? Marriage without kids, Campus protests, Original sin, Why I'm not Catholic/Orthodox, and much more

231

Christian Anarchism, Voting, the Deep State, the Sham of Democracy, and the Supremacy of the LA Dodgers: Jay Newman

232

A Raw Conversation with Josh Garrels

233

Israel-Palestine from the Perspective of a Gazan Theologian: Dr. Yousef Alkhouri

234

Pastoring People Who Are Living on Different Ideological Planets: Austin Fischer

235

The Porn Epidemic and Christian Discipleship: Noah Filipiak

236

A Response to Alisa Childers and Christopher Yuan

237

Transgender Health Care and the Scandals Revealed in the WPATH Files: Mia Hughes

238

What Does Theological Discipleship in the Church Look Like? Elizabeth Woodsen

239

What Does Faithful Political Engagement Look Like? Dr. Michael F. Bird

240

A Raw Debrief of the Exiles in Babylon Conference 2024: Ed Uszynski and Preston Sprinkle

241

Bonus Q&A: Lust, Same-Sex weddings, Academic Complementarianism, Patriotism, and more

242

Why the Church Fails When It's on the Wrong Side of Power: Dr. David Fitch

243

A Christian Libertarian's Perspective on U.S. Foreign Policy: Angela McArdle

244

What Was the First Century Church Actually Like?: Dr. Nijay Gupta

245

Surviving Abuse: Jennifer Greenberg

246

Orphanages vs. Family Care and the Problem of White Westerners Doing Ministry in Africa: Brent Phillips

247

Interpreting the Samaritan Woman (John 4) Post-#ChurchToo: Dr. Caryn Reeder

248

How We Consume the News Is a Discipleship Problem: Jason Woodruff

249

American Christian Zionism, John Howard Yoder, Oliver O'Donovan, and Political Theology: Dr. Elizabeth Phillips

250

My thoughts on the Rapture, Violence, "He Gets Us," Singleness, Women Preaching, Greg Boyd, Rosaria B, and many other things: Bonus Q & A

251

Are Husbands the "Head" of Their Wives? The Meaning of Kephale, part 2: Preston Sprinkle

252

Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible: Dr. Sandra Glahn

253

Are Husbands the "Head" of Their Wives? The Meaning of Kephale, part 1: Preston Sprinkle

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Rethinking Orphanages and Orphan Care: Brandon Stiver

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S2 Ep1160: Early Christians Were More Messed up Than You Think: Dr. Nadya Williams

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S2 Ep1159: The Politics of Exile: A Raw Narrative

257

S2 Ep1158: Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire: Preston Sprinkle and Ed Uszynski

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S2 Ep1157: The Digital Fast: Dr. Darren Whitehead

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S2: Bonus Episode! Responding to Some Critiques: Preston Sprinkle

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S2 Ep1156: How Jesus Disrupts Politics as Usual: Josh Ryan Butler

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S2 Ep1155: Embracing Grace in the Pro-Life Movement: Amy Ford

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S2 Ep1154: Artificial Intellegence, Sex Robots, Cloning Dead Loved Ones, and the End of the World: Christopher Lind

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S2 Ep1153: The Truth of Fiction and the Limits of My World: Dr. Greg Coles

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S2 Ep1152: Terrorism, ISIS, and Understanding the Israel-Hamas War: Dr. Austin Knuppe

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S2 Ep1151: Same-Sex Attraction, Female Sexuality, and Parenting LGBTQ Kids: Ellen Radcliff

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S2 Ep1150: Sex, Violence, Profanity, and the Death of Christian Art: Josh Porter

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S2 Ep1149: The Leadership Crisis in the Church: Dr. J.R. Woodward

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S2: Patreon Q&A Preview: January 2024

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S2 Ep1148: Jesus, the Flesh, and the War of Wants: Dr. A.J. Swoboda

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S2 Ep1147: What Does Christian Political Engagement Look Like? Dr. Daniel Hill

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S2 Ep1146: Biblical Languages, Linguistics, and Husbands being the "Head" of their Wives (Eph 5:23): Dr. Kevin Grasso

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S2 Ep1145: How to Be an Inclusive and Biblical Church with LGBTQ/SSA People: Evan Wickham

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S2 Ep1144: Practicing the Way of Jesus in Radical Community: John Mark Comer

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S2 Ep1143: When to Talk to Your Kids About Sex? Dr. Julia Sadusky

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S2 Ep1142: National vs. Local Politics, Trump, Healthy Civic Engagement, and why "Woke" Is an Unhelpful Term: Chris Butler

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S2 Ep1141: The War in Gaza: A Palestinian Pastor/Theologian's Perspective: Dr. Rev. Munther Isaac

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S2 Ep1140: Looking Back on 2023 and Looking Forward to 2024: A Critical Evaluation of Theology in the Raw

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S2: Merry Christmas!

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S2 Ep1139: What Is a Christian Political Identity? Dr. Lee Camp

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S2 Ep1138: A Raw Conversation with a Legalistic Gay Christian: Colton Beach

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S2 Ep1137: A Christian Libertarian's View of Economics, War, Foreign Policy, and Immigration: Doug Stuart

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S2 Ep1136: Rethinking 1 Corinthians 11:2-16: Dr. Lucy Peppiatt

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S2 Ep1135: Resurrection and a Christian Theology of the Body: Dr. Beth Felker Jones

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S2 Ep1134: 700 Million People Live Without Basic Access to Clean and Safe Drinking Water! Scott Harrison

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S2 Ep1133: Politics, the Bible, Christian Nationalism, and Hauerwas vs. O'Donovan: Kaitlyn Schiess

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S2: BONUS Q&A November 2023

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S2 Ep1132: Responding to Claims about Being a “Heretical Liar”

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S2 Ep1131: How is the Eastern Orthodox Church Different from Evangelical Protestantism? Dr. Eve Tibbs

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S2 Ep1130: A Christian Perspective on Dating: Kait and J.J. Tomlin

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S2 Ep1129: Why the Evangelical Church Needs Global Theology: Dr. Stephen Pardue

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S2 Ep1128: A Deep-Dive into the Book of Romans: Dr. N.T. Wright

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S2 Ep1127: A Zionist Jewish Rabbi's Perspective on the War in Israel-Palestine: Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger

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S2 Ep1126: Do Christians Have a Theological Obligation to Support the Modern State of Israel? Dr. Gary Burge

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S2 Ep1125: An Israeli Christian's Perspective on the War in Israel-Palestine: Lisa Loden

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S2 Ep1124: Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rachel Joy Welcher

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S2 Ep1123: Is God Real? Lee Strobel

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S2: Church and Israel, Same-sex weddings, Halloween, Authority of Scripture, Justified lies, and other questions

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S2 Ep1122: A Palestinian Christian's Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian War: Daniel Bannoura

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S2 Ep1121: How the Old Testament Humanizes Women: Dr. Katie McCoy

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S2 Ep1120: Army Officer Turned Conscientious Objector: Spencer Goldstein

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S2 Ep1119: The (Im)morality of Birth Control and Potential Problems with Adoption: Dr. Matthew Lee Anderson

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S2 Ep1118: Worry Free Parenting: Sissy Goff

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A Raw Response to Andy Stanley and the Unconditional Conference

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S2 Ep1117: Paying Attention to the Literary Artistry of the Bible: Dr. Tim Mackie

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S2 Ep1116: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West: Dr. Andrew Wilson

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S2 Ep1115: Is the Abortion Industry Systemically Racist? Treneé McGee

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Bonus Q & A (Patreon Special): Masturbation, Annihilation, Cussing, LGBTQ, and How to Share the Gospel

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S2 Ep1114: Theology and Narrative in John's Gospel and the Meaning of Jesus' "Son of Man" Statements: Dr. Ben Reynolds

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S2 Ep1113: Rethinking Church, Discipleship, and Why We Do the Things We Do: David Kinnaman

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S2 Ep1112: Understanding Deconstruction: Dr. Sean McDowell

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S2 Ep1111: Women in Ministry, 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5, and the Meaning of "Head" (kephale): Andrew Bartlett

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S2 Ep1110: The Role of Our Bodies in Worship: Dr. W. David O. Taylor

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S2 Ep1109: Understanding the Hebraic Thought World of the Bible and How the Old Testament Challenges Classism: Dr. Dru Johnson

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S2 Ep1108: Parenting LGBTQ Kids: Bill Henson

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S2 Ep1107: Learning from the Race Conversations in 2020: Dr. Efrem Smith

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S2 Ep1106: Addicted to Grace: Max Lucado

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S2 Ep1105: Purity Culture, Female Sexuality, Shame, Body Positivity, Lust, Modesty, and a Theology of Menopause: Dr. Carol Tanksley

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S2: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, Rick Warren, Female Leaders in the Early Church, and much more: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle

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S2 Ep1104: Leading a Church When People No Longer Trust Leaders: Léonce Crump

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S2 Ep1103: Sexual Ethics and Christ's Upside Down Kingdom: Dr. Branson Parler

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S2 Ep1102: A Raw Conversation with Katie McCoy, John Hammett, and Dr. Marc Cortez

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S2 Ep1101: The Brain, the Body, and Dealing with Trauma: Dr. Lee Warren

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S2 Ep1100: Women Pastors and Saddleback Getting Kicked out of the SBC: Dr. Rick Warren

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S2 Ep1099: Will AI Kill Us All or Help Us Write Better Sermons? Dr. Joshua K. Smith

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S2 Ep1098: Ruslan Interviews Preston about the LGBTQ Conversation

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S2 Ep1097: Why Secularism is Good for Christianity: Dr. Michael F Bird

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S2: BONUS Q&A: Patreon Special (July 2023)

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S2 Ep1096: Christianity, New Atheism, and the Rise of Public Intellectuals Exploring Christianity: Justin Brierley

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S2 Ep1095: A Raw Conversation with Christian Rapper nobigdyl.

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S2 Ep1094: A Raw Conversation with the Master Yoda of the Faith and LGBTQ Conversation: Dr. Mark Yarhouse

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S2 Ep1093: Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage, Part 2: Preston Sprinkle

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S2 Ep1092: Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage, Part 1: Preston Sprinkle

333

S2 Ep1091: What If the CHURCH Was the Solution to Gun Violence in Chicago?: Michael Allen

334

S2 Ep1090: A Native American's Perspecitve on the 4th of July: Terry Wildman

335

S2 Ep1089: The Future of the Church from a Micro-Church Perspective: Kevin Kim

336

S2 Ep1088: Transitioning, Detransitioning, and the Gospel: Kyla Gillespie

337

S2 Ep1087: Non-Toxic Masculinity and Responding to Purity Culture: Zach Wagner

338

S2: BONUS Q&A: Patreon Special (June 2023)

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S2 Ep1086: A Raw Conversation with My New Transgender Friend: Julia Malott

340

S2 Ep1085: Pride Flags and The Chosen: Dallas Jenkins

341

S2 Ep1084: A Case for Intergenerational Ministry: Dr. Holly Allen

342

S2 Ep1083: What Living in an Honor/Shame Culture Taught Me About the Gospel: Dr. Brad Vaughn

343

S2 Ep1082: Surviving Abuse and Helping Lead the Persecuted Church: Naghmeh Panahi

344

S2 Ep1081: Deconstructing the White Savior Mentality: Craig Greenfield

345

S2 Ep1080: The Abuse of Power in the Church: Tiffany Bluhm

346

S2 Ep1079: The Global Politics of Jesus: Dr. Nilay Saiya

347

S2: BONUS Q & A: Divorce, church security, androgynous Adam, Revoice, and more

348

S2 Ep1078: What Does It Mean to Be God's Image? Dr. Carmen Imes

349

S2 Ep1077: The Early Church on Military Service and Killing: Dr. George Kalantzis

350

S2 Ep1076: Building a Resiliant Life: Rebekah Lyons

351

S2 Ep1075: Engaging a Mysterious God through Dissident Prayer: Addison Bevere

352

S2 Ep1074: How to Read (and Understand) the Book of Revelation: Dr. Michael J. Gorman

353

S2 Ep1073: What Does the Bible Say about Divorce and Remarriage? Dr. Constantine Campbell

354

S2 Ep1072: Dinosaurs, the Bible, and the Age of the Earth: Dr. Jordan Mallon

355

S2 Ep1071: Another Look at Christians and Marijuana

356

S2: BONUS Q & A: Pronoun Debate, Focus on the Family, Modesty Conversations, and More

357

S2 Ep1070: A Raw Conversation about Faith, Sexuality, and Kindness: Drew Harper

358

S2 Ep1069: Do Evangelicals Know How to Engage Controversial Topics? Dr. Shaunti Feldhahn

359

S2 Ep1068: Black Dignity vs. Antiracism: Dr. Vincent Lloyd

360

S2 Ep1067: Teaching the Bible to Millions of People through the Bible Recap: Tara-Leigh Cobble

361

S2 Ep1066: From Complementarian to Egalitarian: A Conversation about Women in Leadership with Dr. Nijay Gupta

362

S2 Ep1065: A Raw Conversation about Modesty and Purity Culture: Sheila Gregoire and Rebecca Lindenbach

363

S2 Ep1064: A Raw Conversation with Chris and Preston Sprinkle

364

S2 Ep1063: LIVE from Exiles in Babylon: A Conversation with Patrick Miller

365

S2: Third Bonus Q&A for Patreon

366

S2 Ep1062: A Raw Conversation about Sex and Theology with Josh Ryan Butler, Dr. Sandy Richter, and Brenna Blain

367

S2 Ep1061: A Christian Response to Asylum Seekers: Munatsi Manyande

368

S2 Ep1060: Artemis, Ephesus, and the Background to 1 Timothy 2: Dr. Sandra Glahn

369

S2 Ep1059: Finding Intimacy and Community As a Celibate Gay Christian: Art Pereira

370

S2 Ep1058: A Complimentarian Interpretaiton of 1 Tim 2:8-15: Dr. Bill Mounce

371

S2 Ep1057: God's Multiethnic Temple: Dr. Joel Muddamalle

372

S2 Ep1056: UFO's, Aliens, and Paranormal Experiences: Dr. Matthew Halsted

373

S2 Ep1055: Celebrating Our Creaturly Limitations: Dr. Kelly Kapic

374

S2 Ep1054: The Asbury Revival: A View from the Inside with Elijah Drake

375

S2 Ep1053: Is Christian Journalism Exposing Scandals or Becoming Failure Porn? Patrick Miller

376

S2: Second Bonus Q & A of 2023

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S2 Ep1052: Christianity, Climate Change, and Environmental Care: Dr. Ben Lowe

378

S2 Ep1051: Salvation by Allegiacne Alone: Dr. Matthew Bates

379

S2 Ep1050: German Christian Nationalism and the American Church: Dr. Ryan Tafilowski

380

S2 Ep1049: Does the Old Testament Dehumanize Women? Dr. Sandy Richter (Exiles 22 Talk + Q & A)

381

S2 Ep1048: Resident Aliens: Dr. Stanley Hauerwas

382

S2 Ep1047: Eternity Bible College, Christian Education, and Theological Discipleship: Ernesto Duke

383

S2 Ep1046: The Last 10 Years of the Church and the LGBTQ Conversation: Sam Allberry

384

S2 Ep1045: Should Christians Smoke Pot? Dr. Todd Miles

385

S2 Ep1044: Abuse, Suicidality, Same-Sex Sexuality, and the Love of Christ: Brenna Blain

386

S2 Ep1043: Neither Complementarian Nor Egalitarian: Dr. Michelle Lee-Barnewell

387

S2: First Bonus Q & A of 2023

388

S2 Ep1042: Sexual and Gender Identities: Andrew Bunt

389

S2 Ep1041: Women in Leadership, part 2: 1 Timothy 2

390

S2 Ep1040: Misreading Scripture and Phoebe the Letter Carrier (and Interpreter?): Dr. E. Randy Richards

391

S2 Ep1039: Are We Being Discipled By Our Phones? Jay Kim

392

S2 Ep1038: Good Sex, Bad Sex, and Marriage: Dr. Juli Slattery

393

S2: Looking Back to 2022 and Forward to 2023!

394

S2: Putting Politics Back into Christmas

395

S2 Ep1036: The Gospel and Empire: Dr. Warren Carter

396

S2 Ep1035: The Gospel is Political: Dr. Patrick Schreiner

397

S2 Ep1034: When Helping Hurts: Dr. Brian Fikkert

398

S2 Ep1033: A Christian Response to Immigration: Karen González

399

S2 Ep1032: Dispensationalism, LGBTQ, Priscilla and Hebrews, Revoice, Christmas Trees, Head Coverings, and More: Q & A with Preston

400

S2 Ep1031: Racial Reconciliation as Christian Discipleship: Michelle Sanchez

401

S2 Ep1030: You Are Not Your Own: Dr. O. Alan Noble

402

S2 Ep1029: How Social Media and Screens Have Hijacked Our Hearts and Minds: Doug Smith

403

S2 Ep1028: Women in Church Leadership, pt. 1: An Update from My Journey

404

S2 Ep1027: A Palestinian Christian’s Perspecrtive on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Alex Awad

405

S2 Ep1026: #1026 - Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion: Josh Porter

406

S2 Ep1025: #1025 - Q & A Podcast: Penal substitution, emotions and hell, old people having sex, and Mike Winger’s women in ministry series

407

S2 Ep1024: #1024 - Living As an Exile in Babylon: Jon Tyson

408

S2 Ep1023: #1023 - Toward an Ecclesiology of Podcasting: Mike Erre

409

S2 Ep1022: #1022 - Rethinking Church through Micro-Churches as Missional Communities: Lucas Pulley

410

S2 Ep1021: #1021 - My 15 Year Old Daughter Peppers Me with Lots of Hard Questions about the Bible and Christianity: Josie Sprinkle

411

S2 Ep1020: #1020 - Marriage, Sexuality, and the Christian Worldview: Lou Phillips

412

S2 Ep1019: #1019 - GenZ, Youth Groups, Starters vs. Maintainers, Chris’ Bucket List, and Preston’s Inner Rage Monster: Chris and Preston Sprinkle

413

S2 Ep1018: #1018 - An Egalitarian View of Women in Ministry in Light of the Greco-Roman Context: Dr. Lynn Cohick

414

S2 Ep1017: #1017 - Deconstruction, Progressive Christianity, and Church Planting among the Disenfranchised: Tony Scarcello

415

S2 Ep1016: #1016 - Rethinking Church-Based Theological Education: Drs. Branson Parler and Jeff Fisher

416

S2 Ep1015: #1015 - Truth Over Tribe: Patrick Miller and Keith Simon

417

S2 Ep1014: #1014 - How Reliable Are Our New Testament Manuscripts? Dr. Daniel Wallace

418

S2 Ep1013: #1013 - Women, the Gender of God, and the Warning Passages in Hebrews: Dr. Amy Peeler

419

S2 Ep1012: #1012 - Paul, Gender, and the Women in Leadership Debate: Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall

420

S2 Ep1010: #1010 - How to Deal with How You Feel: Dr. James Merritt

421

S2 Ep1009: #1009 - The Theory of Racelessness: Dr. Sheena Mason

422

SPECIAL BONUS: The Pour Over Podcast

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S2 Ep1008: #1008 - A Raw Conversation with America’s Pastor: Max Lucado

424

S2 Ep1007: #1007 - Should Non-Pastors and Teachers Learn Greek and Hebrew? Ryan Martin and Courtney Trotter

425

S2 Ep1006: #1006 - Micro Churches and the Tampa Underground: Jeremy Stephens

426

S2 Ep1005: #1005 - Transwomen in Sports, Parenting Adult Children, Head Pastors vs. Plurality of Elders, and More: Q & A podcast with Preston Sprinkle

427

S2 Ep1004: #1004 - The Coddling of the American Mind: Greg Lukianoff

428

S2 Ep1003: #1003 - Gender Ideologies, Feminism, and the Catholic Church: Dr. Abigail Favale

429

S2 Ep1002: #1002 - What Actually Is “Identity?” Dr. Ryan Peterson

430

S2 Ep1001: #1001 - The Blood and the Bread: Francis Chan

431

S2 Ep1000: #1000 - On Going Home: My 1,000th Podcast Episode with Beth Moore

432

S9 Ep999: #999 - Is GenZ Bored with Church? Dr. Kara Powell

433

S9 Ep998: #998 - Contemporary Christian Worship: Is it Biblical or just Contemporary? Aaron Keyes

434

S9 Ep997: #997 - Singleness, the “Gift of Celibacy,” and Healthy Complementarianism: Dr. Dani Treweek

435

S9 Ep996: #996 - The Perfect Church, Fate of Judas, Intermediate State, Christian Music, and More: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle

436

S9 Ep995: #995 - Women Prophets, Teachers, and Preachers, but not Elders: Dr. Gerry Breshears

437

S9 Ep994: #994 - A Transwoman (Seda) Interviews Preston about His Views on Trans Identities

438

S9 Ep993: #993 - Why Romans 7 is NOT Talking about Christians: Dr. Joey Dodson

439

S9 Ep992: #992 - Is Ethnic Reconciliation Part of the Gospel? Preston Sprinkle

440

S9 Ep991: Disability, the Church, and the Gospel: Eric Targe

441

S9 Ep990: When Leaders Fall…and Are Restored: Evan Wickham and Scott Curran

442

S9 Ep989: Rethinking Orphanages: Brandon Stiver

443

S9 Ep988: Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Raising Girls, Gay Identity, and the LXX: Q & A with Preston

444

S9 Ep987: Christian Reflections on the 4th of July: Justin Giboney

445

S9 Ep986: #986 - Responding to the Roe V. Wade Reversal with Dr. Scott Rae

446

S9 Ep985: A Review of Matt Walsh’s “What Is a Woman?”

447

S9 Ep984: CURE International: A Holistic Medical Ministry in Africa with Peter Kyalo

448

S9 Ep983: Beautiful People Don’t Just Happen: Scott Sauls

449

S9 Ep982: The Beauty of the Greek Orthodox Church: Christian Gonzalez

450

S9 Ep981: What Is Intersex? Julie Zaagman and Dr. Sam Ashton

451

S9 Ep980: Surviving Sexual Abuse in the SBC: Tiffany Thigpen

452

S9 Ep979: Responding to the SBC’s Sexual Abuse Report: Dr. J.D. Greear

453

S9 Ep978: Parenting Teen Girls: Kari Kampakis

454

S9 Ep977: Christian Universalism, asexuality, demisexuality, same-sex marriage and women in leadership, & the massive increase in trans teens.

455

S9 Ep976: Embodying Jesus with the LGBTQ Community: Elizabeth Black

456

S9 Ep975: Psychedelics, Marijauna, and Being the Church from the Table: Debra Hirsch

457

S9 Ep974: What Is Autogynephilia? A Conversation with Danny

458

S9 Ep973: Disability, Theology, and the Church: Dr. Devan Stahl

459

S9 Ep972: Seeing God’s Common Grace in a Broken World: Dr. Tim Muehlhoff

460

S9 Ep971: The State of Christian Education: Dr. Mark Young

461

S9 Ep970: What ACTUALLY is Revoice? Dr. Nate Collins

462

S9 Ep969: Women in Ministry, Christians and Patriotism, the Afterlife, Christian “Failure Porn,” & the “Worst” Sin: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle

463

S9 Ep968: The Making of Biblical Womanhood: Dr. Beth Allison Barr

464

S9 Ep967: A Theological Analysis of Netflix’s Midnight Mass: Daniel Wells

465

S9 Ep966: Deconstruction, Progressive Culture, Emerging Church, and the Need for Missional Theology: Dr. Dan Kimball

466

S9 Ep965: Q & A with Chris and Preston Sprinkle

467

S9 Ep964: Is God a Moral Monster? Dr. Paul Copan

468

S9 Ep963: The Liturgy of Politics: Kaitlyn Schiess

469

S9 Ep962: A Christian Approach to the News: Jason Woodruff (The Pour Over Podcast)

470

S9 Ep961: Views of Hell, Christian Nationalism, Anglican Church, Enneagram, Sex and Gender: Q & A with Preston Sprinkle

471

S9 Ep960: Debriefing the Exiles in Babylon Conference with Ed Uszynski

472

S9 Ep959: What Is Black Liberation Theology? Dr. Dwight Hopkins

473

S9 Ep958: A Black Man’s Interaction with the KKK: Daryl Davis

474

Exiles in Babylon Conference Attendee Updates

475

S9 Ep957: Are Orphanages Doing More Harm Than Good? Alycia Pinizzotto

476

S9 Ep956: Neither Liberal nor Conservative–Systemic Racism, White Privilege, and the Church: Dr. Carl Ellis

477

S9 Ep955: Christian Anarchism: Dr. Alexandre Christoyannopoulos

478

S9 Ep954: Robot Theology, AI, and Sex Robots: Dr. Joshua K. Smith

479

S9 Ep953: Behind the Scenes of Bible Translation: Dr. Brandon Smith

480

S9 Ep952: A Christian Perspective on Race and Racism: Rasool Berry

481

S9 Ep951: Speaking in Tongues, Youth Camps, Ghost Writing, Purpose of Church: Dr. Preston Sprinkle

482

S9 Ep950: A Christian View of Immigration: Karen Gonzalez

483

S9 Ep949: The Gospel, New Creation, Re-reading Paul, Heaven, and American Christianity: Dr. N.T. Wright

484

S9 Ep948: A Complementarian Reading of the New Testament: Dr. Tom Schreiner

485

S9 Ep947: Being Socially Engaged While Maintaining Allegiance to Christ: Dr. Vincent Bacote

486

S9 Ep946: A Celibate Gay Christian’s Perspective on Valentine’s Day and Belonging: Dr. Greg Coles

487

S9 Ep945: A Native American Perspective on Christian Nationalism: Mark Charles

488

S9 Ep944: Parenting LGBTQ Kids

489

S9 Ep943: Christian Nonviolence: Drs. Myles Werntz and David Cramer

490

S9 Ep942: Marriage, masculinity, platforming, weed, alcohol, pride flags, & other questions

491

S9 Ep941: The Brothers Karamazov (and Other Things): Tom Velasco

492

S9 Ep940: Being a Christian in Hollywood: Hannah Barefoot

493

S9 Ep939: Jesus and John Wayne: Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez

494

S9 Ep938: Evangelicalism, Eroticism, Trinity, Sexuality, Suffering, and Hope: David Bennett

495

S9 Ep937: The Great Sex Rescue: Sheila Wray Gregiore and Rebecca Lindenbach

496

S9 Ep936: Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: Aimee Byrd

497

S9 Ep935: Semiotics, Anti-Leadership, and Doing Church from the Table: Dr. Leonard Sweet

498

S9 Ep934: Self Driving Cars, Elon Musk, SpaceX, and the Future of Tech: Peter McGowan

499

S9 Ep933: Theology in the Raw 2022: Looking Back and Pressing On

500

S9 Ep932: The Church, Intellectual Honesty, Nonviolence, and Rene Girard: Jeremy Duncan

501

S9 Ep931: Sexual Abuse Scandals and Power in the Church: Dr. Russell Moore

502

S9 Ep930: The Scandal of Christmas, Part 4: Joey Dodson

503

639: #639 - Christ or the Bible, Christians in Politics, and the Parkland Shooting

504

638: #638 - Gender Expression, Church Membership & Discipline, and Salvation of the Mentally Disabled

505

637: Theological Diversity in Church Leadership, Child Baptism, and Revisiting Annihilationism

506

636: A. J. Swoboda - Taking Rest Very Seriously

507

635: A Joint Catacomb in the Raw - Josh Stump and Jay Newman

508

634: Chris Date Part 2 - Critique on Stand to Reason's Article "Hell Interrupted"

509

633: Christian Universalist and Church Leadership - How To Do Benevolence Well

510

632: Chris Date - Conditional Immortality, Terminal Punishment and Annihilation

511

631: Bruxy Cavey - Church Membership, Nonviolence and Hell

512

#630 - What is Church? - Part 6 - Being Theologically Orthodox and Generous

513

629: ReGeneration Project - Views on Hell

514

628: #628 - Preston a Libertarian - Modern Israel - Polyamory

515

627: #627 - Celibate Christians - Trust the Bible - Obese Pastor

516

#626 - What is Church? - Part 5 - Integration and Diversity

517

#625 - Sexual Attraction Fixed or Fluid? - Women in Leadership? - Book of Enoch

518

#624 - What is Church? - Part 4 - Participatory vs. Performance

519

#622 - What is Church? - Part 3 - Reproducing vs. Church Growth - Being Relationally Driven

520

#621 - BJ Thompson - #MeToo - Social Media - Good Relationships

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#620 - Lisa Fields - Jude 3 Project