Nate Hanson
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Progress & Conservatism
Looking at history, are Christian’s the last ones to get on board with progress or are they the leaders in change? Is the Bible holding some back from making progress? Why do some christians refuse to look at science and data?…
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Atonement must be Universal
Nate and Tim respond to a few listener questions, discussing how forgiveness itself is tied to liberation as well as why universal atonement isn’t just a possibility but a necessity.
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What Does Ransom Mean?
What does holiness and chemical atonement have to do with liberation and ransom? Did Jesus pay a ransom price, and if so, to who? And how might we better synthesize these various ways of describing what Jesus accomplished?
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Chemistry and Scapegoats
What do ancient science, the “scapegoat” of Yom Kippur, and holy tree branches have to do with Jesus’ death? And what does resurrection have to do with everything? Nate and Tim continue discussing how the contagious nature of holiness undergirds much…
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Did Jesus have to die?
Did Jesus have to die, or is that not even how we should think about it? And why is blood both a source of holiness and defilement? Also, what do menstruation and “nocturnal emissions” have to do with each other in…
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The Problem with David: Why Elevating Him as a Hero is Dangerous
A man after God’s own heart… What does that mean? Often Christian’s lift up David as the example for what a godly human looks like, but is that dangerous? Men’s bible study books are all about the life of King David…
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Holiness is the Gospel
Holiness and purity were two of the central concerns of the entire Levitical system. Neither were moral categories, but rather had to do with something like chemical states. In this episode, Nate and Tim discuss the idea of holiness and how…
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Can you change your mind?
How do we come to change our mind on topics and ideas? What is the next issue that will require brave people to go out front and champion the cause? We discuss all of this right after our chat with Hillary…
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Hillary McBride: Getting healthy
Many of us are rethinking faith and leaving old beliefs behind, but how do we get healthy? Nate and Tim talk with Dr. Hillary McBride about what it actually takes to build new community, how to deal with the trauma our…
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Why blood?
Why the blood? There is actually an important bit of ancient science underlying the whole idea of sacrifice and atonement. Also, what happens if we just can’t believe that science?
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The Hedge of Protection
Have you ever heard someone pray for a hedge of protection around someone? Tim talks about where this came from, as Nate and Tim both argue about how high they pictured the hedge being.
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Contagious
Why sacrifice animals? Why send some people outside the camp? Why all the rules? Nate and Tim discuss how the threat of viral contagion is the primary principal underlying the Levitical system, and how that is why the Torah talks so…
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How do we pray?
How do Tim and Nate actually pray? Why is it so difficult after deconstruction? We talk honestly about our practices.
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Cosmic campout
What all is required in order to camp out with God? And what is holiness anyway? Nate and Tim discuss all this and more, including why there are so many long lists of detailed instructions in the Torah and how to…
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg: Forgiveness and Pharisees
What constitutes a good apology? How do we appreciate both forgiveness and justice at the same time? And what can we learn from the Jewish tradition about how to disagree, change our minds, and embrace both the old and the new?…
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Do we need to believe what the biblical writers believed?
The more we understand the worldview that the biblical writers believed (including this weird stuff about divine beings battling, and blood needing to cover us to be in God’s presence) the harder it is to actually believe in 2019. Tim and…
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Priests are holy bouncers
Did you know that Adam and Eve worked as security guards in the Garden of Eden? And what does it mean to be a priest? And once again, why is there a snake in the garden? Nate and Tim discuss the…
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God might us
Are we supposed to be afraid of God? Why did the ancient Israelites fear the Lord? What was it that scared them exactly? Nate and Tim discuss how we may have gotten this all very wrong for a long time and…
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Distance and Separation
The New Testament claims Jesus is helping reconcile humanity and God, but why were they ever separated in the first place? Does God want to separate from us because we’re awful, or is there something entirely different going on? Nate and…
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Is Forgiveness Enough? Exploring Justice in Christianity
The world watched as Brandt Jean hugged Amber Guyger, after she was sentenced for killing his brother, Botham. Many Christian’s rushed to share this as the perfect picture of the gospel of Jesus. But is forgiveness the gospel? We talk about…
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