Theology in the Raw

Helping believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.

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#953 - Behind the Scenes of Bible Translation: ...
In this episode, we discuss translation theory, why certain translations differ, whether translations are relatable, how to pick a translation for you or for your church, we also peak behind the scenes of what goes on into translating the Bible, and we unpack why the Christian Standard Bible is, in our humble opinion, the best all around translation out there.
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#952 - A Christian Perspective on Race and Raci...
In this episode, Rassol and I talk about a biblical theology of ethnic reconciliation and bring his to bear on the current conversation about race and racism in the church and America. We talk about reparations, systemic racism, how racism is in our cultural climate, affirmative action, and many other topics.
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#951 - Speaking in Tongues, Youth Camps, Ghost ...
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#950 - A Christian View of Immigration: Karen G...
In this episode, I talk to Karen about all things related to immigration. What does the Bible say? How theologically/ethically important is it? How should the biblical story on immigration shape our current Christian imagination when it comes to current political issues about immigration? How should Christians respond to undocumented immigrants?
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#949 - The Gospel, New Creation, Re-reading Pau...
In the episode, we talk about many things related to New Testament theology including the meaning of the term “gospel,” understanding Paul’s letters in their historical and biblical context, the importance of resurrection (over the significance of “going to heaven when you die”), the meaning of “hell,” and other personal things about his spiritual and theological journey. We also talk about the polarization in American Christianity and other contemporary issues.
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#948 - A Complementarian Reading of the New Tes...
Complementarians believe that the Bible affirms the full equality of women and men, but that God only allows men to be elders and teachers in local churches. Dr. Tom Schreiner is one of the most well known and widely published (and respected) scholars who holds to this view. In this episode, Tom sums up his position and then responds to several counterarguments I throw at him.
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#947 - Being Socially Engaged While Maintaining...
Dr. Vincent Bacote is an Associate Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He is the author of the The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life (2015), The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper (2005), and has contributed to books including On Kuyper (2013), Aliens in the Promised Land (2013), Keep Your Head Up (2012) and Prophetic Evangelicals (2012).
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#946 - A Celibate Gay Christian’s Perspective o...
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#945 - A Native American Perspective on Christi...
Mark Charles gives a different perspective about the “discovery” of America and some of the profound problems when Christians go to be with the Empire.
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#944 - Parenting LGBTQ Kids
Mark’s daughter came out as a lesbian over a decade ago and they’ve maintained a wonderful, loving relationship through it all. Mark has gleaned a wealth of experiential knowledge about how to love, even in the midst of theological disagreement.
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#943 - Christian Nonviolence: Drs. Myles Werntz...
A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence
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#942 - Marriage, masculinity, platforming, weed...
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941 The Brothers Karamazov (and Other Things): ...
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#940 - Being a Christian in Hollywood: Hannah B...
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939 - Jesus and John Wayne: Dr. Kristin Kobes D...
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#938 - Evangelicalism, Eroticism, Trinity, Sexu...
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#937 - The Great Sex Rescue: Sheila Wray Gregio...
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#936 - Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Wom...
Aimee Byrd is a speaker, author, blogger, wife, and mom. She’s the author of several books including Why Can’t We Be Friends, No Little Women, her most recent book Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and the forthcoming The Sexual Reformation.
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#935 Semiotics, Anti-Leadership, and Doing Chur...
In this episode, Len unpacks what semiotics is, how we can better read the Bible by paying attention to story and symbolism, why CEO-style church leadership does not resonate with what Jesus said about leadership, and why the table should be the center of our ecclesiological rhythms.
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#934 Self Driving Cars, Elon Musk, SpaceX, and ...
In this episode, I ask Peter a bunch of questions about the future of tech, self-driving cars, neurolink, SpaceX, the future of smartphones, space travel, and related stuff. Peter is super techy and loves to keep up on where things are headed and how we can think Christianly about these things.
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#933 Theology in the Raw 2022: Looking Back and...
Happy new year! In this episode, I talk about the analytics of the podcast, which has grown like crazy over the years, my heart behind the podcast, its history and future, how I handle criticism, some of the most popular episodes.
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#932 The Church, Intellectual Honesty, Nonviole...
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#931 Sexual Abuse Scandals and Power in the Chu...
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#930 - The Scandal of Christmas, Part 4: Joey D...
New Testament scholar Dr. Joey Dodosn walks us through parallel birth narratives in the Greco-Roman and Jewish environment of the New Testament. Reading the biblical birth narratives in these contexts helps us read the story in HD, or through a 3D lens, so that we can better understand the author’s intention in how he’s telling the story.
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#929 - The Scandal of Christmas, Part 3: Dr. Ly...
In this third part of our four part series, New Testament scholar Dr. Lynn Cohick walks us through the significance of women in the birth narratives.
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