Episodes
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God isn’t the problem
Jesus saves us from ourselves, not from God. Today we look at 10 different ways to think about the atonement that are key in the Bible.
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I used to be terrified of God
Nate shares why he used to be afraid of God. We explore why penal substitution is worth fighting back on.
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Mako Nagasawa – Beyond penal substitution
Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement really the gospel? Is it even true? And what other options are there for making sense of Christ’s death? This week we’re joined by Mako Nagasawa.
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Give up power like Jesus (Part 4)
Contrary to popular evangelical practice, the call to follow Jesus is an invitation to relinquish power over others. Part 4 in a series on the Bible as a story about power.
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The Bible speaks truth to power (Part 2)
The Bible is trying to tell a story about power. Will we let it?
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The Bible is a story about power (Part 1)
So much and hurt is rooted in issues of power, yet power is rarely discussed in church.
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When theology hurts (Stories)
Last week Tim and Nate discussed why theology even matters. It matters because ideas have consequences and bad theology hurts people.
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Taking responsibility for our theology
Nate and Tim step back from the Old Testament theology to reflect on why theology matters at all. Ideas trickle downstream.
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Giants and genocide
The episodes on the Fall introduced some crazy stuff about gods engaging in a battle to take over the human bloodline. Now we jump into the heated conversation on divine .
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Is God more tolerant of other religions than we are?
Rethinking the Fall (Part 5) — The reinterpretation of the Fall sparked further questions, so Nate and Tim slow down to reflect on some its implications.
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God gives up (sort of)
Summary Nate and Tim take a fresh look at the strange story of the Tower of Babel and piece together some surprising biblical passages that tell of God giving up and delegating other gods to rule the nations. More episodes in…
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Eve and a for power
Rethinking the Fall (Part 3) — Nate and Tim continue re-examining the Fall by piecing together clues in the Bible that point to a for power initiated by the gods.
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Nate has questions
Summary Nate has some good questions in response to the previous episode on the Fall and Tim tries to answer them. More episodes in this series Giants and genocide Is God more tolerant of other religions than we are?…
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Why is there a snake in the garden?
Rethinking the Fall (Part 1) — There’s more to the Adam and Eve story than we’ve been led to believe.
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In the beginning
Is there just one god? Tim Ritter and Nate Hanson jump into the theological deep end as they rethink the very essence of Biblical monotheism.
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Ex-pastors in a shed
How can we move forward after seeing the dark underbelly of Evangelical church world? Tim Ritter and Nate Hanson kick off Almost Heretical by starting the conversation.