Episodes
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Teaching Your Kids While Deconstructing Christianity – Sarah Swartzendruber
What if I still want to pass on faith to my children, but I’m not sure what I believe? What do kids need to be learning about Christianity at different stages? What do kids have to teach us about holding uncertainty.
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Secrets of Raising Children During a Spiritual Transition – Cindy Wang Brandt
Do formerly fundamentalist parents project their own trauma on their children? What kind of “stability” do kids of deconstructing parents actually need? Is it okay to not ever get community back? Nate and Shelby discuss this all and more with Cindy…
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From Outreach to Outsider: Katherine’s Story
In this episode, we hear from listener Katherine about her disillusionment with Christianity due to Trump, hell, and bad biblical interpretations on women. What was your breaking point? Join us as we discuss the cracks in our experience of Christianity and…
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Canon: Extra-Canonical Texts
What kinds of texts were rejected from the New Testament canon? Are extra-canonical texts as dangerous and bad as we used to think? How does history and archaeology affect how we read the Bible today?
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Canon: The Criteria of the New Testament
How did the early church determine which texts would go into the canon and which would not? Are all texts outside the New Testament heretical or dangerous? Does the truth of the canon formation process change how we think about the…
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Canon: Is the Bible Inspired, Inerrant and Infallible?
Is the Bible the inspired words of God? What does it mean for the Bible to be infallible? If the Bible isn’t inerrant, is it worthless?
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Canon: Timeline of New Testament Writings
When were the documents of the New Testament written? Does it matter that details of the Gospels changed over time? What did “Bible,” “scripture,” or “canon” even mean in the first century? In this new series, Nate and Shelby dive into…
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Analyzing the Capitol Prayer: Examining the intersection of politics and religion
In the aftermath of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, a prayer was said by the perpetrators in the Senate chamber. The shocking words of that prayer left us stunned. Join us as we dissect the implications and response to this…
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Exploring Religious Pluralism with Barbara Brown Taylor
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on religious pluralism as we interview Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor, author of Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others. Explore the possibility of Christianity coexisting with other religions and how we can learn…
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Pushing Back on Matt Chandler’s Views on Deconstruction and Leaving Church
What are pastors getting wrong about deconstruction? Do we need more grace for church abuse? Is there ever a good reason to leave church?
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Woman: Jesus, Paul and Mary Magdalene
Was Jesus a perfect example of how to treat women? Did Paul actually tell women to be silent in church? Why did Mary Magdalene disappear after the four gospels? Nate and Shelby conclude the Woman series by examining texts from both…
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Woman: Sexual violence and God’s silence
Why is the rate of sexual violence the same inside and outside the Church? Does God condone rape in the Old Testament? What has the Bible taught us about the value of women’s bodies? In this episode, we look at some…
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Woman: Silenced voices of the Bible
How can the Dead Sea Scrolls help us recover women’s voices? What are the implications of women’s voices making up 1% of the Bible? Was the first #MeToo movement really 2,000 years ago? Let’s dig into extra-biblical texts to shine a…
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What Bible translation should I use? (Patreon Teaser)
What does it change knowing that the authors of the Bible were men? What about gender-neutral translations? Have we missed a foundational part of Jesus’ gospel? Nate and Shelby look through the lens of Woman to turn our focus on the…
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Woman: Men wrote the Bible
What does it change knowing that the authors of the Bible were men? What about gender-neutral translations? Have we missed a foundational part of Jesus’ gospel? Nate and Shelby look through the lens of Woman to turn our focus on the…
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Woman: The Gender of God
Why do we call God “He”? What if Paul was wrong about women having authority over men? What do we lose by treating God like a single father?
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Audrey Assad: Psilocybin, Christian Music and Parenting
What does it feel like to change your beliefs? What can we teach our children when we’re not sure what we believe? Nate talks to Audrey Assad who was part of creating and then leaving the evangelical culture through conservative Christian…
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Dr. Mario Livio: Galileo and science deniers
Why is science denialism more prominent in the Christian church? What are the consequences of suppressing scientific curiosity in the Church? How do we have conversations with friends and family who deny scientific findings and new information?
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Krispin and D.L. Mayfield: Mister Rogers, Dave Ramsey and Attachment Theory
Why is Mister Rogers’ message to children better than Sunday school? How did Dave Ramsey make the accusation of money a christian value? How can Attachment Theory shine a light on shame-filled messages we often hear in the church? Nate sits…
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Julie Anne Smith: Spiritual and Sexual Abuse
In light of the scandal involving Ravi Zacharias, Nate talks with Julie Anne Smith about Lori Anne Thompson’s survivor story and power structures in the Church that allow for both spiritual and sexual abuse.