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What If Project — 377 episodes

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Episode 366: Can You Follow Jesus Beyond Church Walls? w/ Chantal Morales McKinney

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Episode 365: God Is in the Rubble w/ Richard Bruxvoort Colligand

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Episode 364: The Great Stories of the Bible w/ Aldo Cazzullo

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Episode 363: A Better Way to Read the Bible w/ Richard Beck

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Episode 362: Jesus and Justice w/ John Dominic Crossan and Michael Okinczyc-Cruz

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Episode 361: Better Than Normal w/ MaryAnn McKibben Dana

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Episode 360: Liza Rankow - Soul Medicine for a Fractured World

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Episode 359: Scott Gelfand - Ethics, Morality, and a New Way Forward in Divisive Times

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Episode 358: Michael Leach - Faith Over Fear and Pursuing Unity Without Compromising Our Values

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Episode 357: NT Wright - God’s Homecoming and the Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal

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Episode 356: My New Book Is Out Today, Let's Talk About It

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Episode 355: Hugo Mendez - John's Gospel And The Invitation To Become

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Episode 354: Amelia Hruby - Reclaiming Our Attention From Social Media In 2026

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Episode 353: Stefanie Caponi - Tarot As A Tool For Manifestion And Shadow Work

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Episode 352: Mory Fontanez - Meeting Our Higher Self And The Realization That There Is No 'Other'

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Episode 351: Brian McLaren - Imagining A New Way Forward

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Check In 3: Oreo The Menace, Grief, And What's In Store For Season 9 Of The What If Project

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Episode 350: Judika Illes - Talking About Witchcraft, Christianity, Jesus, And More With A Practicing Witch

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Episode 349: Julia O'Brien - What If The Prophets Of Israel Weren't Primarily Interested In Issues Of Social Justice?

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Epsiode 348: Eric Reitan - Limited Salvation And The Problem Of Heavenly Grief

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Episode 347: Lisa Zega - The Beauty Of Befriending Our Grief

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Episode 346: Dana Hicks - Spirituality, Deconstruction, And Exploring New Ways To Be

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Episode 345: Michelle Felice - One Woman's Leadership Journey In The Church

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Episode 344: Brandon Andress - Choosing To Go Deeper In A Divided World

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Episode 343: Kurt Gray - Approaching Divisive Times Differently

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Episode 342: Stacy Singledecker - Evolving In Our Faith

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Episode 341: Jon Paul Sydnor - Progressive Theology As A Theology Of Progress

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Episode 340: Carl McColman - Read The Bible Like A Mystic

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Episode 339: Brendan Barca - Buddhism And Living With Compassion In A Divided World

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Check In 2: Making Art, Reading Books, Battling Mice In My Crawl Space

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Episode 338: Thomas Oord And Chad Bahl - The Power Of Love In A Divided World

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Episode 337: Annie B. Jones - Staying Put In A World That Is On The Move

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Episode 336: John A. Powell - Creating A World Where Everyone Belongs

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Episode 335: Amie McNee - Making Art Is Rebellion

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Episode 334: Bruce Epperly - Born Again Everyday, A Bigger Jesus, And The Power Of Reiki

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Check In 1: Summer Is Coming, Art Is Fun, And (Minor) Tweaks To The Podcast

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Episode 333: Felicia Murrell - What If There's Another Way To Be?

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Episode 332: Blair Coyle - What If Resurrection Is About Losing Your Religion To Find True Life?

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Episode 331: Liz Charlotte Grant - What If We Saw The Bible As A Beautiful Masterwork Of Ancient Art?

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Episode 330: Larry Jordan - What If We Were To Hold Our Beliefs More Loosely?

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Episode 329: Neil Douglas-Klotz - What If We've Misunderstood Much Of What Jesus Was Talking About?

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Episode 328: Justin Scoggins - What If Tattoos And Art Can Be A Doorway To The Divine?

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Episode 327: James Danaher - What If The Gospel Of Jesus Isn't About Becoming Righteous, But Becoming Loving?

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Episode 326: Stuart Semple - What If Our Creativity Has The Power To Change The World?

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Episode 325: What's Up In 2025? Bi-Weekly Episodes, Exploring Oneness, And Finding A Different Way To Be

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Episode 324: Bruce Pagano - What If Certainty Is A Hindrance To Spiritual Growth?

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Episode 323: Esther Goetz - What If We Could Become Our Own Authority?

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Episode 322: Rabbi Brian - What If You Had A Permission Slip To Listen To Your Own Inner Voice?

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Episode 321: Brandy Anderson - What If Our Loved Ones Who Have Passed Away Are Still Here?

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Episode 320: Ally Markotich - What If We Can Rediscover Our Creative Heart?

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Episode 319: Brandon Dragan - What If Deconstruction Can Open Us To The Nuances That Can Be Found Everywhere?

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Episode 318: Darrell Epp - What If We Stopped Allowing Our Technologies To Dictate Our Thoughts And Our Days?

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Episode 317: Neil Douglas-Klotz & Alexander John Shaia - What If The Jesus Story Can Change Everything?

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Episode 316: John Dominic Crossan - What If We've Completely Misunderstood The Apostle Paul?

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Episode 315: John Philip Newell - What If We Remembered The Divine At The Heart Of All Things?

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Episode 314: Duncan Pile - What If We Could Wake Up To The Union We've Always Had With The Divine?

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Episode 313: Duncan Pile - What If We Can Deconstruct Our Faith While Keeping Aspects Of It In Place?

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Episode 312: Lauren Drake - What If Numerology Can Magnify The Reality Of Our Connection To The Divine?

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Episode 311: Amanda Udis-Kessler - What If We Embraced An Ethic That Empowered Everyone In The World To Flourish?

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Episode 310: Eric Reitan - What If We Tried On A Worldview That Is Different Than The One We Assume Is Correct?

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Episode 309: Drenda Thomas Richards - What If We Dared To Remember The Dreams We Had When We Were Young?

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Episode 308: Thomas Oord - What If Life, Faith, And God Can Be Found Beyond Deconstruction?

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Episode 307: Herb Montgomery - What If Proximity To People Who Are Different Than Us Can Change Everything?

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Episode 306: Sara Mastros - What If A Necessary Step Of The Christian Journey Is Exorcising Jesus Out Of Your Life?

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Episode 305: George Lizos - What If The Greek Gods Can Help Make Us More Faithful Followers Of Our Spiritual Path?

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Episode 304: Seth Showalter - What If The Anti-LGBTQ Mindset Within Many Churches Is Greatly Harming LGBTQ People?

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Episode 303: Alec John Belle - What If There's Truth In All Religions, But No Religion Holds All Truth?

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Episode 302: Edward Dodge - What If God’s Wife And Marijuana Were Erased From The Bible?

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Episode 301: Josh Scott - What if the Bible Is More Than an Inerrant Book?

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Episode 300: Brian McLaren Helps Us Find Courage For A World That Is Falling Apart

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Episode 299: Trey Ferguson Is Theologizin' Bigger

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Episode 298: Dillon Naber Cruz Is A Public Theologian

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Episode 297: Keith Giles Talks To Us About The Gospel Of Thomas

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Episode 296: Jon Turney Is Asking Questions

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Episode 295: Dr. Jennifer Bird Talks To Us About Marriage In The Bible

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Episode 294: Brandon Andress Talks To Us About Writing Fiction As A Subversive Tool That Speaks To The Issues Of Our Day

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Episode 293: Carl McColman Talks To Us About Christian Mysticism And Contemplative Spirituality

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Episode 292: Natalie Perkins Helps Us Find Wisdom From Ancient Jesus People In Writings Beyond The Bible

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Episode 291: David Giles Talks To Us About Endings, Grief, And Processing Our Losses

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Episode 290: Maria Francesca French On Jesus, The Cross, And The Post-Christian Life

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Episosde 289: Perdita Finn And The Guidance Our Ancestors Long To Give Us

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Episode 288: Jonathan Foster Talks To Us About Divine Entanglement And The Forever Presence Of Love

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Episode 287: Elaine Pagels Talks To Us About Grief, Loss, And Experiences We Can't Explain

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Episode 286: Rob Bell Is Handing Out Permission Slips (To Ask Questions, Grieve, Create, And Listen)

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Episode 285: Kyle Smith Talks To Us About Christianity And The Stories Of Its Martyrs

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Episode 284: Michael Gungor And The Reclaiming Of Our Christian Faith

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Episode 283: Oren Jay Sofer Helps Us Meet A World In Crisis With Love, Courage, And Integrity

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Episode 282: Elliot Adam On Leaving Evangelicalism, Tarot, And The Stories That Are Wired Into Humanity

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Episode 281: Dr. James Danaher And The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

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Episode 280: Eric Peterson Talks To Us About His Father’s Legacy And The Call Of God

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Episode 279: Michael Camp Is Breaking Bad Faith

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Episode 278: Martha Elias Downey Is Reimagining The Landscape Of Theology

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Episode 277: Keith Giles On Oneness With God And Each Other

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Episode 276: Jannie Bui Brown And James W. Brown IV On Tarot And The Sacred Web

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Episode 275: Tina Hardt On Grief And The Mystery Of Life After Death

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Episode 274: Suneel Gupta Helps Us Discover And Live Into Our Sacred Calling

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Episode 273: Karen Shock Is Saying Sacred Thoughts Out Loud

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Episode 272: Neil Douglas-Klotz Talks To Us About Revelations Of The Aramaic Jesus

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Episode 271: Stefanie Caponi Is Teaching Us The Basics Of Astrology

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Episode 270: Alexander John Shaia And The History Of Santa Claus

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Episode 269: Mark Feldmeir Talks To Us About Life After God

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Episode 268: Shannon Kearns Talks To Us About Theological Insights From Transgender Christians

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Episode 267: Nicole LePera Helps Us Break Cycles And Find Peace

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Episode 266: Listening To And Learning From Other Faiths

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Episode 265: Andrew Lang Helps Us Unmask Our Inner Critic

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Episode 264: Dana Hicks Talks To Us About Rethinking Marriage

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Episode 263: Elaine Pagels And The Misuse Of Revelation In Politics And The Church

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Episode 262: Antonio Pagliarulo And The Curse Of The Evil Eye

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Episode 261: Theresa Reed On Tarot, Grief, And The Gift Of Intuition

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Episode 260: Karen Tate On Patriarchy, The Normalization Of Abuse, And The Feminine Face Of God

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Episode 259: Father James Martin And The Story Of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle

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Episode 258: Kendana Kay On Religious Trauma, Gritty Faith, And Parenthood

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Episode 257: Chelsea Long Is Rethinking All The Things

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Episode 256: Alison Fabricius Helps Us To Fully Accept Ourselves

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Episode 255: Rose Hackman Talks To Us About Emotional Labor

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Episode 254: Kevin Sweeney And The Joy Of Letting Go

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Episode 253: Heather Hamilton Helps Us Rethink The Stories Of The Bible

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Episode 252: Bart Ehrman Talks To Us About Revelation, The Rapture, And The End Of The World

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Episode 251: Leo WT Says That Religion and Theology Are Far More Queer Than We’ve Been Told (Leo WT Takes Over the Show, Part 3)

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Episode 250: My New Book Releases TODAY

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Episode 249: Leo WT Talks To Us About Queer Theology (Leo WT Takes Over The Show, Part 2)

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Episode 248: Leo WT And The Moment That Changed Their Life Forever (Leo WT Takes Over The Show, Part 1)

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Episode 247: Grief Deconstructed, My NEW BOOK, And Upcoming Podcast Episodes

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Episode 246: A Moment Of Silence For My Dad (*PLEASE READ THE SHOW NOTES)

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Episode 245: Meg Jones Wall Left The Church And Found Tarot

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Episode 244: Jonathan Puddle Talks To Us About The Bible, Masculinity, And Daily Devotions

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Episode 243: Pete Enns Talks To Us About Curveballs And Finding A Bigger God

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Episode 242: Molly Baskette And How To Begin When Your World Is Ending

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Episode 241: Maria Francesca French And The Post-Christian Journey

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Episode 240: Austin Noll On Youth Ministry, Deconstruction, And Cry Nights

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Episode 239: Jason Elam And Parenting Deconstructed

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Episode 238: Dr. AJ Levine And The Miracles Of Jesus

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Episode 237: The State Of The Podcast Address

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Episode 236: Dr. Nicole LePera Talks To Us About How To Meet Yourself

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Episode 235: Bruce Epperly And The Stories Of Christmas

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Episode 234: Lizz Petters And The Connection Between Faith And Anxiety

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Episode 233: Stefanie Caponi Helps Us Start A Tarot Practice

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Episode 232: Eric English And Building A Faith That Is Ours

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Episode 231: Dan Henderson Talks To Us About Recovering From Evangelicalism

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Episode 230: Darrell Epp On Sour Cream, Poetry, And The Art Of Telling A Story

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Episode 229: Jonathan Foster Talks To Us About A Theology Of Consent

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Episode 228: Brittany Muller And The Contemplative Tarot

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Episode 227: Gabriel Gordon Talks To Us About Jelly Donuts And Biblical Inerrancy

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Episode 226: Brandi Stanley Hosts This Plus That

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Episode 225: Carolyn Custis James On How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy And Redefines Manhood

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Episode 224: Bruce Epperly And An Evolving Spirituality

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Episode 223: Karl Forehand And Thriving Outside Of Organized Religion

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Episode 222: Bart Ehrman Talks To Us About Journeys To Heaven And Hell

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Episode 221: Sebene Selassie Talks To Us About Embodied Awareness And The Source Of Our Inner Critic

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Episode 220: David Hayward Talks To Us About Virtual Community

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Episode 219: Ellen Compton Says Good Things Happen In The Dark

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Episode 218: Zach Bolen Talks To Us About His Time At Mars Hill And Deconstruction

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Episode 217: Desimber Rose Says The Church Can Go To Hell

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Episode 216: Niq Ruud Is Reimagining What God Is Like

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Episode 215: Mark Mattison Talks To Us About The Books That Didn’t Make It Into The Bible

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Episode 214: Hal Taussig And The New New Testament

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Episode 213: Felicia Wu Song Talks To Us About Being Fully Human In A Digital World

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Episode 212: Keith Giles And The Beauty Of Uncertainty

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Episode 211: Neale Donald Walsch And The God Solution

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Episode 210: Thomas Oord Talks To Us About The Love Of God

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Episode 209: Dr. David Brakke And The Gospel Of Judas

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Episode 208: Matthew Distefano Says, ”Don’t Be A Dick”

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BONUS EPISODE: Jordan Joy Siepert Tells Us The Story of Jesus

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Episode 207: Brian McLaren And ”Do I Stay Christian?”

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Episode 206: Dr. Siri Zemel Talks To Us About The Invisible Realm And Guides From The Other Side

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Episode 205: Kevin Sweeney And The Making Of A Mystic

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Episode 204: Brandon Andress Talks About What Can’t Be Hidden

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Episode 203: John Dominic Crossan Talks To Us About Render Unto Caesar

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Episode 202: Josh Scott Talks To Us About Church, Empire, And The Parables Of Jesus

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Episode 201: Erin Vearncombe, Brandon Scott, And Hal Taussig Talk To Us About The Time After Jesus And Before Christianity

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Episode 200: Alexander John Shaia Is On The 200th Episode To Talk To Us About Holy Week, Easter, And Resurrection

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Episode 199: Lisa Sharon Harper Talks To Me About Race, Slavery, And Parts Of History I Never Knew About

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Episode 198: Matthew Fox Talks To Us About Creation Spirituality And The Cosmic Christ

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Episode 197: Rodney Reeves and Spirituality According to John

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Episode 196: Richard Beck Talks To Us About Satan, Demons, And The Kingdom Of Darkness

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Episode 195: Brian Allain Helps Us Heal Our Divides

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Episode 194: Scott Erickson Is Saying Yes

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Episode 193: Oren Jay Sofer And Nonviolent Communication

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Episode 192: Matthew Fox Talks To Us About Wisdom In A Time Of Pandemic And Beyond

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Episode 191: John Philip Newell Talks To Us About Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul

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Episode 190: Amber Cantorna And The Unashamed Love Collective

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Episode 189: Anita Grace Brown Talks To Us About Kamikaze Yogi

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BONUS EPISODE: Alexander John Shaia And The Great Universal Path Of Transformation

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Episode 188: Let’s Talk About My Book

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Episode 187: James Danaher Talks to Us About Jesus and the Bicameral Brain

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Episode 186: Shawn Garan (Instant Replay, Part 20)

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Episode 185: Bo Sanders (Instant Replay, Part 19)

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Episode 184: December Wells (Instant Replay, Part 18)

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Episode 183: Elaine Pagels (Instant Replay, Part 17)

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Episode 182: David Brakke (Instant Replay, Part 16)

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Episode 181: Bart Ehrman (Instant Replay, Part 15)

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Episode 180: Cindy Wang Brandt (Instant Replay, Part 14)

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Episode 179: Colby Martin (Instant Replay, Part 13)

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Episode 178: NT Wright (Instant Replay, Part 12)

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Episode 177: Amber Cantorna (Instant Replay, Part 11)

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Episode176: Diana Butler Bass (Instant Replay, Part 10)

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Episode 175: Nate Postlethwait Talks To Us About Religious Trauma And The Inner Child

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Episode 174: David Hayward (Instant Replay, Part 9)

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Episode 173: The Very First Episode (Instant Replay, Part 8)

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Episode 172: Brandan Robertson (Instant Replay, Part 7)

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I Quit My Job To Do This

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Episode 171: In Memory of Steve Austin (Instant Replay, Part 6)

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Episode 170: Matthew Korpman (Instant Replay, Part 5)

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Episode 169: Mike Morrell (Instant Replay, Part 4)

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Episode 168: William Paul Young (Instant Replay, Part 3)

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Episode 167: Barbara Brown Taylor (Instant Replay, Part 2)

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Episode 166: Alexander John Shaia (Instant Replay, Part 1)

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Episode 165: Baby Jesus, King Herod, Starbucks, And Bows & Arrows

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Episode 164: Robert Alter Translated The Old Testament Into English

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Episode 163: Derek Webb And The Jesus Hypothesis

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Episode 162: James McGrath Talks To Us About What Jesus Learned From Women

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Episode 161: Jonathan Puddle Says You Are Enough

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Episode 160: Forrest Clay And The Evolution Of Faith

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Episode 159: David Brakke Talks To Us About Gnosticism And The Origins Of Heresy

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Episode 158: John Dominic Crossan And The Violence Of God

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Episode 157: Mari Andrew Talks To Us About Her Inner Sky

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Episode 156: Sophia Hayden Is Studying The Apostle Paul

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Episode 155: Bart Ehrman Talks To Us About The Lost Christianities

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Episode 154: Sheila Gregoire Talks To Us About Lust, Porn, Marital Rape, And Lies We've Been Taught About Sex

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Episode 153: Ben DeLong Talks To Us About The God In His Closet

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Episode 152: Elaine Pagels Talks To Us About The Gnostic Gospels

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A 4 Minute Plea For Help

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Episode 151: Rich Villodas Talks To Us About The Deeply Formed Life

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Episode 150: Jared Byas Says Love Matters More

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Episode 149: Joshua Casey Is Finding God Everywhere

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Episode 148: Dr. Stephen Bailey Taught Me How To Read The Bible

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Episode 147: Rev. Shawn Garan Talks To Us About Gnosticism And The Gospels Of Thomas And Mary

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Episode 146: Eric Smith Tells Us Stuff We Didn't Know About The Apostle Paul

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Episode 145: Father James Martin Helps Us Pray

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Episode144: Diana Butler Bass Talks To Us About Freeing Jesus

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Episode 143: Chris Kratzer And The Call To Burn Conservative Evangelicalism To The Ground

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Episode 142: Tish Harrison Warren Helps Us Pray In The Night

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Episode 141: Brandon Dragan Talks To Us About The Wages Of Grace

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Episode140: Marc Brettler And The Jewish Interpretation Of Scripture

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Episode 139: AJ Levine Talks To Us About The Bible

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Episode 138: Kim O'Reilly Talks To Us About How To Dialogue With Christians Who Think LGBTQ People Are Going To Hell

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Episode 137: Sebene Selassie Says You Belong

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Episode 136: Peter Rollins Invites Us Into Atheism For Lent

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Episode 135: Diana Gruver Talks To Us About Saints Who Battled Depression And Doubt

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Episode 134: Bob Doto Sits With Spirits

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Episode133: Kelley Weber Talks To Me About Spiritual Direction And The Absence Of Resistance

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Episode 132: Brian McLaren Talks To Us About Faith After Doubt

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Episode 131: I Have No Intention Of Coming In From The Wilderness

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Episode 130: Alexander John Shaia Says Christmas Isn't Over Yet (Good News For All People, Part 4)

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Episode 129: The Naked Pastor Says That All Means All (Good News For All People, Part 3)

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Episode 128: John Dominic Crossan And The Parable Of Christ's Birth (Good News For All People, Part 2)

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Episode 127: Bruxy Cavey Talks To Us About The Good News (Good News For All People, Part 1)

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Episode 126: Mae Cannon Moves Us Beyond Hashtag Activism

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Episode 125: Jon Steingard And The Freedom To Ask Questions

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Episode 124: Antipas Harris Says That A Gospel That Is Not Social Is No Gospel At All

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Episode 123: Chuck DeGroat Talks To Us About Narcissistic Abuse In The Church

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Episode 122: Julie Ferwerda Is Raising Hell (To Hell With Hell, Part 8)

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Episode 121: William Paul Young Talks To Us About The Judgement Of God (To Hell With Hell, Part 7)

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Episode 120: Connie Tuttle Never Had To Deconstruct Hell Because She Never Believed In It (To Hell With Hell, Part 6)

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Episode 119: Keith Giles Condemns The False Doctrine Of Eternal Torment (To Hell With Hell, Part 5)

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Episode 118: Matthew Korpman Talks To Us About The Doctrine Of Hell And The Morphing Of God And Satan Into One (To Hell With Hell, Part 4)

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Episode 117: Sarah Bessey Talks To Us About Praying When Your Faith Is Evolving

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Episode 116 - Jennifer Mayeaux Talks To Us About The Trauma Caused By The Abusive Doctrine Of Hell (To Hell With Hell, Part 3)

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Episode 115: Brian McLaren Talks To Us About The Dangers of Creating Hell And The Road To Destruction (To Hell With Hell, Part 2)

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Episode 114: NT Wright Says There Is No Barbed Wire In God's Kingdom (To Hell With Hell, Part 1)

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Episode 113: Thomas Oord Teaches Us To Pray To A God Who Can't

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Episode 112: Bo Sanders Talks To Me About How We Met, The Surplus Of Meaning, And Retiring From Evangelism

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Episode 111: Meg Salter And The Practice Of Mindfulness

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Episode 110: Lacy Borgo Teaches Us How To Talk To Our Children About God

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Episode 109: Neale Donald Walsch Had A Conversation With God

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Episode 108: Chrissy Stroop Talks To Us About The Harm Caused By Evangelicalism

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Episode 107: Steve Austin Survived Suicide

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Episode 106: Jay Bakker Talks To Us About Doubt And Crossing Lines

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Episode 105: James Martin Talks To Us About The Gospels And LGBTQ Inclusion

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Episode 104: December Wells Talks To Us About God, How To Be An Ally, And What LGBTQ Kids Need From Their Parents (The Church Has Been Wrong About LGBTQ People, Part 5)

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Episode 103: Justin Lee Didn't Want To Be Gay (The Church Has Been Wrong About LGBTQ People, Part 4)

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Episode 102: Amber Cantorna On The Process Of Overcoming Shame And Coming Out (The Church Has Been Wrong About LGBTQ People, Part 3)

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Episode 101: The Beautiful Story Of My Beautiful Friend, Jennifer Mayeaux (The Church Has Been Wrong About LGBTQ People, Part 2)

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Episode 100: Brandan Robertson And The Gospel Of Inclusion (The Church Has Been Wrong About LGBTQ People, Part 1)

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Episode 99: Mark Karris Talks To Us About (De)Construction (Books My Friends Wrote, Part 4)

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Episode 98: Karl Forehand Talk To Us About Mysticism And The Call To Let Go Of Certainty (Books My Friends Wrote, Part 3)

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Episode 97: Josh Roggie Talks To Us About Shame (Books My Friends Wrote, Part 2)

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Episode 96: Colby Martin Talks To Us About The Shift (Books My Friends Wrote, Part 1)

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Episode 95: Carolyn Custis James And The Subversion Of Patriarchy (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 12)

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Episode 94: Diana Butler Bass And the Spiritual Practice Of Deconstruction And Reconstruction (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 11)

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Episode 93: Amy-Jill Levine Talks To Us About Jesus And The Parable Of The Prodigal Son ((De)Constructing Easter, Part 5 / Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 10)

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Episode 92: John Dominic Crossan Helps Us Resurrect Easter ((De)Constructing Easter, Part 4)

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Episode 91: Matthew Fox Talks To Us About Thomas Aquinas And The Two Resurrections ((De)Constructing Easter, Part 3)

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Episode 90: The Naked Pastor And I Get Real About Our Thoughts On Good Friday, The Cross, And The Atonement ((De)Constructing Easter, Part 2)

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Episode 89: Alexander John Shaia Talks To Us About Resurrection And The Power Of Oneness ((De)Constructing Easter, Part 1)

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Episode 88: Connie Tuttle, The Unlikely Prophet (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 9)

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COVID-19: Old Evangelical Thought Patterns (Part 4)

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Episode 87: Thomas Oord Says COVID-19 Is NOT God's Judgement On Humanity

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Episode 86: Carol Howard Merritt Talks To Us About COVID-19 And The Spiritual Wounds That Accompany An Angry God Theology (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 8)

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COVID-19: How Are You? (Part 3)

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COVID-19: God Is With Us (Part 2)

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Episode 85: Barbara Brown Taylor Talks To Us About Leaving Church And The Beauty Of Holy Envy (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 7)

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COVID-19: Pray With Me (Part 1)

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Episode 84: Meg Calvin Talks To Us About Loneliness, Sexuality, And Tiers Of Relationships (Women's Voices You Need To Heart, Part 6)

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Episode 83: Danielle Shroyer Helps Us Kiss Original Sin Goodbye (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 5)

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Episode 82: Nora Speakman Helps Us Find Our Courage (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 4)

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Episode 81: Libbie Schrader Teaches Me Things I Never Knew About Mary Magdalene (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 3)

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Episode 80: Amber Cantorna Tells About Her Story Of Coming Out (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 2)

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Episode 79: Cindy Wang Brandt Is Teaching The World To Parent Forward (Women's Voices You Need To Hear, Part 1)

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Episode 78: Brandon Rice Grew Up In John MacArthur's Church

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Episode 77: Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza Talks To Us About The Practice Of Our Faith

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Episode 76: The Naked Pastor Talks To Us About Toxic Christianity

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Episode 75: Karl Forehand Says God Doesn't Turn His Back On Anyone, Ever

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Episode 74: Philip Jenkins Talks To Us About The Lost History Of Christianity

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Episode 73: Alexander John Shaia Teaches Us How To Decorate The Dark (Keep Christ In Christian, Part 3)

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Episode 72: Don't Let What I'm About To Tell You Ruin Christmas (Keep Christ In Christian, Part 2)

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Episode 71: Let's Rage Against The Machine, Buck The System, Push Back Against The Empire, And Stir Up Some Holy Trouble (Keep Christ In Christian, Part 1)

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Episode 70: Matthew Korpman Says No To God (Setting The Bible Free, Part 11)

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Episode 69: Bushi The Buddhist Monk Talks To Us About Deconstruction, Reading the Bible, And Living Like Christ (Setting The Bible Free, Part 10)

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Episode 68: Doug Pagitt Tells Us How To Out Do Jesus And What John 3:16 Really Means (Setting The Bible Free, Part 9)

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Episode 67: Austen Hartke Talks To Us About Reading The Bible Through The Eyes Of A Transgender Christian (Setting The Bible Free, Part 8)

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Episode 66: Dr. James Danaher And The Sermon On The Mount (Setting The Bible Free, Part 7)

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Episode 65: Dr. Chris Dost Was My Old Testament Professor In Seminary And He Knows Things (Setting The Bible Free, Part 6)

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Episode 64: Keith Giles Talks To Us About How The Bible Became The Bible And Why The Bible Is Not The Word Of God (Setting The Bible Free, Part 5)

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Episode 63: Thomas Oord Talks To Us About Reading The Bible, Divine Healing, The Resurrection, And The Book Of Revelation (Setting The Bible Free, Part 4)

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Episode 62: Deconstruction, Reconstruction, And (Re)Thinking What It Means To Be Born Again - A Sermon About Nicodemus (Setting the Bible Free, Part 3)

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Episode 61: Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev And The Calling On Us All To Be Prophets (Setting the Bible Free, Part 2)

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Episode 60: The Bible Has Been Hijacked; Let's Set It Free (Setting The Bible Free, Part 1)

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Episode 59: Mark Karris Talks To Us About Praying In The Midst Of Deconstruction

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Episode 58: Shane Claiborne On Working To Overturn The Death Penalty, Learning From Mother Teresa, And The Importance Of Proximity

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Episode 57: One Year In - Losing My Certainty And Rediscovering The Gospel

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Episode 56: Mike Morrell Talks To Us About The Goose, Contemplative Christianity, And Talking To Our Kids About God (Processing The Goose, Part 4)

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Episode 55: Bob Gregory Talks With Us About His Experience At Wild Goose, Not Being Allowed To Ask Questions In Church, And How God's Not Mat At You (Processing The Goose, Part 3)

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Episode 54: Disowning God And Taking Off My Evangelical Glasses (Processing The Goose, Part 2)

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Episode 53: Broken Relationships And Losing Faith In The God Of My Youth (Processing The Goose, Part 1)

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Episode 52: Jamal Jivanjee Talks To Us About Living For A Living, The Power Of Gratitude, And The Real Message Of Jesus (Glenn’s Friends, Part 5)

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Episode 51: Danny Prada Talks To Us About The Gospel, Eternal Life, And Responding To People Who Don't Like What You Believe (Glenn's Friends, Part 4)

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Episode 50: Brad Jersak Says The Idea Of An Eternal Oven Is Ridiculous And I Think He's Right (Glenn's Friends, Part 3)

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Episode 49: Kent Dobson Tells Us Why He's An Ex-Megachurch Pastor And Why Faith Isn't About The Quest For Right Beliefs (Glenn's Friends, Part 2)

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Episode 48: Colby Martin Talks To Us About Getting Fired From His Church, Leviticus, And Becoming An LGBTQ Ally (Glenn's Friends, Part 1)

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Episode 47: Lie #3 - God Expects More of You (Lies We Believe About God, Part 3)

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Episode 46: Lie #2 - The Bible Is The Word Of God (Lies We Believe About God, Part 2)

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Episode 45: Lie #1 - God Is A Man (Lies We Believe About God, Part 1)

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Episode 44: Tibetan Buddhism, Mystical Christianity, And The DNA Of Generosity

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Episode 43: William Paul Young And The God Of The Shack

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Episode 42: What's Next? (Thoughts From The Doctor, Part 3)

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Episode 41: Beach Balls, Failure, And The Surplus Of Meaning (Thoughts From The Doctor, Part 2)

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Episode 40: The Woman Who Told Me Her Son Is Gay And Why I Got My Doctoral Degree (Thoughts From The Doctor, Part 1)

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Episode 39: Brandan Robertson Talks To Us About Being A Gay Pastor And What It Means To Be A Truly Inclusive Human Being

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Episode 38: Honest Thoughts About The Bible (God's Not Mad, Part 7)

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Episode 37: How The Jesus I Heard About Was Different Than The Jesus I Saw (God's Not Mad, Part 6)

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Episode 36: You Can Go To Hell (If You Want To): What I Think About Hell (God's Not Mad, Part 5)

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Episode 35: Brian Zahnd Says God's Not Mad (God's Not Mad, Part 4)

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Episode 34: Jesus Didn't Take Your Punishment (God's Not Mad, Part 3)

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Episode 33: You Can't Cite Moses To Shut Jesus Up (God's Not Mad, Part 2)

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Episode 32: If The Good News Is THAT, I Don't Believe It (God's Not Mad, Part 1)

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Episode 31: Dr. James Danaher And The Spiritual Journey

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Episode 30: Pete Enns Tells Us How The Bible Actually Works

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Episode 29: Quitting Church, The Pride Parade, And 1AM Board Meetings About Christmas Trees (Burn Those Books, Part 3)

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Episode 28: To Everyone Who's Wondering - Yes, I Still Believe In God; No, I Don't Believe In That Kind Of God Anymore (Burn Those Books, Part 2)

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Episode 27: I'm Done With God Is Angry Christianity (Burn Those Books, Part 1)

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Episode 26: Instant Replay, Part 2 - Dr. Phil Snider And What The Bible Really Says About Homosexuality

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Episode 25: Instant Replay, Part 1 - Dr. Alexander John Shaia And The Four Gospels

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Episode 24: Thomas Oord Blows Up Your Theology And Says God Can't Prevent Bad Things From Happening

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Episode 23: Brian McLaren on Hell, The Bible As A Constitution, And Why Jesus Was Really Bad At Representing An Exclusive God

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Episode 22: The Jesus I Came To Know In 2018

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Episode 21: Advent Week 4 - The Darkness Of The Womb

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Episode 20: Advent Week 3 - The People Who Weren't Present When Jesus Was Born

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Episode 19: Jesus And His Upside-Down Kingdom

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Episode 18: Advent Week 2 - John Son Of Zechariah

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Episode 17: That Time A Church Board Member Told Me That I Wasn't Allowed To Serve Communion To Gay People

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Episode 16: Advent Week 1 - Making Room

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Episode 15: Church - Stop Making People Tithe

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Episode 14: A Different Kind Of Prayer

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Episode 13: Sometimes Guys Like Moses And Elijah Got It Wrong

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Episode 12: Stop With The Crazy Talk, Jesus

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Episode 11: The Cosmic Jesus

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Episode 10: Take Your Place Within The Twelve

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Episode 9: No One Is Left Behind

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Episode 8: Dr. Alexander John Shaia and the Four Gospels

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Episode 7: Go Chuck A Pig Into The Sea

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Episode 6: Jesus' Wasted Seeds

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Episode 5: All Of Those Voices

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Episode 4: Adam & Eve, Noah's Ark, the Rapture, Hell, and Other Things I'm No Longer Certain About

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Episode 3: What The Bible Really Says About Homosexuality w/ Dr. Phil Snider

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Episode 2: The Gospel (Not What You Thought)

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Episode 1: Introduction