Nate Hanson
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LGBTQ – The so-called Divine Ideal (Part 1)
Is the Bible even about a return to original ideals? Or is the idea that of a forward march through history where humans partner with God to usher in new and unknown territory? Nate and Tim begin a discussion on sexuality…
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Rob Bell – Outside the Camp
What did it feel like when author Rob Bell saw John Piper tweet “Farewell Rob Bell” after he wrote the book Love Wins?
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Rachel Held Evans tribute
In memory of Rachel Held Evans. Woman of Valor. #becauseofRHE #SaintRachel Please donate to Dan and her two children here: https://www.gofundme.com/supporting-rachel-held-evans
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Angel food and angel poop
I think the title basically explains enough about this episode of Utterly Heretical. š You’ll just have to listen to it.
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The Heaven Ethic (Heaven Part 4)
The Bibleās cosmology can be weird and hard to believe. What is there for us if we canāt get excited about ruling over angels? Nate and Tim wrestle with this question, discussing the profound and practical strategy that Paul and the…
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Bodies for Both Worlds (Heaven Part 3)
This is where things start to get weird. Nate and Tim look at the Bibleās strange hope that humanity would one day come to rule not only on earth but over the gods in the heavens. And to Paul, for that…
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Heaven as a Revolution (Heaven Part 2)
God will one day lead a revolution to overturn the power structures of the world. The biblical writers call this “heaven.” Those at the bottom will be put at the top and vice versa, and it may have nothing to do…
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I’ll fly away, old glory (Heaven Part 1)
Did you used to picture flying away to be in heaven? Or, maybe you’ve thought of new creation as what heaven is. After spending 3 episodes talking about hell, Nate & Tim work to complicate the conception of heaven, in keeping…
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Heaven, Hell, and getting tossed from your faith community
We’re starting a second podcast for “Addict” and “Friend” level supporters. š This show will be unedited and unfiltered chats about the topics we talk about on Almost Heretical. In this first chat, we talk about hell, heaven, rob bell, rethinking…
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Who the hell knows (Hell Part 3)
If there is no consensus on a singular notion of Hell, then how the hell ought we to think and feel about all this? In Part 3, Nate and Tim further examine the complexity and inconsistency in the so-called āBiblical worldviewā…
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To hell with hell (Hell Part 2)
Where did “hell” come from? What is Sheol? Hades? Gehenna? And who goes to these places (or are they are even places?) Weāll see how our idea of Hell is actually an amalgam of various concepts related to multiple different questions.
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Hell Anxiety & Attachment Theory
If the gospel weāve heard does not soothe our deepest fears of being punished and abandoned, but instead increases those fears, itās not truly good news. For many, what weāve been taught about Hell taps into our deepest fears about whether…
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Scared to Death (Hell Part 1)
Many of us are terrified of Hell, but should we be? Is Christianity supposed to ease our anxieties around death or exasperate them? And is Hell really about ? We ditch the Bible and traditional ideas for a bit to try…
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Wade Mullen – Church and Cover-up
Tim and Wade discuss why both and the cover-up of are so prevalent in evangelical churches and how to know if your church and its leaders are lying to you.
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Brandi Miller – Farewell White Theology
Brandi Miller talks about pursuing racial justice within evangelicalism, what the gospel really is, how American Christianity trains people to be controlled, and much more.
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John Piper said something crazy (Questions Part 3)
In the third segment of question and response, Nate and Tim discuss whether the story of the Exodus ought to be taken literally, whether Christianity has made an idol out of the Bible, and more.
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Is divine healing real? (Questions Part 2)
Is it your responsibility to call out your racist uncle? Does God heal people and is it helpful to believe that? Are the women heroes in the Bible messiah figures? Nate and Tim continue responding to your questions.
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Why do Christian’s evangelize? (Questions Part 1)
Should we try to get as many people to be Christians as possible? This week we respond to listener questions about evangelism and the great commission.
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Making Hezekiah Great Again
Have you ever thought about Hezekiah as one of the main characters in the Old Testament? And what if we told you that the child named Immanuel spoken of in Isaiah referred not to Jesus but to Hezekiah (at least at…