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#643 - Banning Liebscher of Bethel Church: Auth...
Find Banning on Twitter and his books here. Find out more about Jesus Culture.
59 min
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#642 - Pre-marriage Intimacy, Nonviolence and I...
How intimate can a non-married couple be? Nonviolence and Israel's conquest, is that a thing? Where do Old Testament believers and unbelievers go after they die?
52 min
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#641 - Christ and the Eucharist, Falling Away ...
What is Christ's role in the Eucharist? Do Christians who fall away lose their salvation? Do intersex persons challenge the male and female binary?
49 min
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#640 - Revoice Conference and Faith, Sexuality,...
40 min
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#639 - Christ or the Bible, Christians in Polit...
Should we follow Christ or the Bible? Should Christians be in politics? My thoughts on the Parkland shooting. And, what do I think of Pete Enns's recent interview with Jen Hatmaker?
58 min
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#638 - Gender Expression, Church Membership & D...
How should Christaian express their gender? What do I think about membership and church discipline? What about salvation for mentally disabled children?
40 min
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#637 - Theological Diversity in Church Leadersh...
Should church leadership be theologically diverse? Would you baptize the children of a gay couple? And, why did Jesus seem to talk about eternal conscious torment if annihilation is correct?
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#636 - A. J. Swoboda - Taking Rest Very Seriously
Today AJ and Preston are talking about his new book "Subversive Sabbath". Why should we rest? Why was "honoring the Sabbath" part of the 10 Commandments? How do we take a rest in today's non-stop world?
40 min
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#635 - A Joint Catacomb in the Raw - Josh Stump...
Today on Theology in the Raw Preston is talking with Joshua Stump and Jay Newman for a joint Catacomb and TITR Podcast. Today they are talking all about church. Why do we go to church? What should church look like? What is Preston doing now that tries to "do" church a little differently?
50 min
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#634 - Chris Date Part 2 - Critique on Stand to...
Today on the podcast Preston is talking with Chris Date again from the Rethinking Hell podcast. Preston and Chris are taking this episode to address arguments against the Conditionalist's view of hell raised by Stand to Reason's Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett.
59 min
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#633 - Christian Universalist and Church Leader...
Does being a Christian Universalist disqualify you from pastoral leadership? Does welcoming people with disabilities make the church too messy? How do we properly administer church discipline?
29 min
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#632 - Chris Date - Conditional Immortality, Te...
Why call it Conditional Immortality rather than Annihilation? What biblical support is there for Conditionalism? When did Chris stop looking at the Bible and determine to base his theology of Hell on emotions? (tongue in cheek)
57 min
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#631 - Bruxy Cavey - Church Membership, Nonviol...
Preston is talking with Bruxy Cavey about nonviolence, church membership and different orthodox views of Hell.
47 min
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#630 - What is Church? - Part 6 - Being Theolog...
Value 8 - Being Theologically Orthodox and Theologically Generous
24 min
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#629 - ReGeneration Project - Views on Hell
In this episode Jay and Isaac are interviewing Preston and discussing the various views on hell and Preston's personal journey from one particular view on hell to the uniquely different view he holds today.
39 min
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#628 - Preston a Libertarian - Modern Israel - ...
Today's questions are: Is Preston a libertarian? How did the early church act toward the LGBTQ Community? As Christians should we support modern day Israel? What is the next issue that Christians should be thinking about pertaining to gender and sexuality? What are genders? What is Polyamory?
57 min
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#627 - Celibate Christians - Trust the Bible - ...
How can the Church support celibate Christians, gay or straight? Should women be in ministry? What does Paul say about it and is it a disputable manner? Why should we trust the Bible as an authoritative source of truth? Should we submit ourselves to a pastor who is obese?
48 min
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#626 - What is Church? - Part 5 - Integration a...
In this series, Preston is looking at 8 different values that the church should work to keep forefront as they continue and grow. Value 6 - Integration and Diversity
34 min
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#625 - Sexual Attraction Fixed or Fluid? - Wome...
If Annihilation is true, than why does Hell exist? Is sexual attraction fixed or fluid? Is it different for men and women? Does the Bible trump the creeds? What is the Book of Enoch? Why isn't in the Canon? Should women be in church leadership?
45 min
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#624 - What is Church? - Part 4 - Participatory...
In this series, Preston is looking at 8 different values that the church should work to keep forefront as they continue and grow. Value 5 - Participatory vs. Performance
24 min
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#623 - Wealth or Poverty? - Divorce and Same-Se...
Should we seek to gain wealth or give it all away? Do I need a degree, or formal training, for Ministry? Should we submit to questionable leadership in our church? Did the conquest in Exodus actually happen?
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#622 - What is Church? - Part 3 - Reproducing v...
In this series, Preston is looking at 8 different values that the church should work to keep forefront as they continue and grow. Value 4 and 6 - Reproducing vs. Church Growth and Being Relationally Driven
27 min
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#621 - BJ Thompson - #MeToo - Social Media - Go...
Today Preston is back in the basement with BJ Thompson. BJ Thompson works as a counselor and a life coach with Build a Better Us. Check them out at buildabetterus.com. Preston and BJ are talking about the #MeToo, abuse, social media in today's world and about how we can have good relationships.
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#620 - Lisa Fields - Jude 3 Project
Today Preston is talking to Lisa Fields. Lisa is the founder of the Jude 3 Project (jude3project.com). The primary mission of the Jude 3 Project is to help the Christian community know what they believe and why they believe it.