Crisis Of Faith With Joe And Drew

There seems to be an unforeseen (although probably should have been foreseen) side-effect of the first several episodes of this podcast. It seems that we may have sped up some peoples’ crises a bit. In this very special episode Joe and Drew take questions from YOU, the listener, and give their best attempts at responding. You can ask more questions by going to CrisisOfFaithPodcast.com. 

As an added bonus, Joe’s sister calls in to the show to defend her honor concerning the infamous naked prostitute shot dead in a movie incendent.

In this episode Joe and Drew crack the code of all things to come for the future of humanity with little to no difficulty BUT also find themselves COMPLETELY STUMPED about how fax machines work. This conversation may sound a little more relaxed than has become customary for these boys but there is PLENTY of wonderful thought to get lost in here. 

Since HELL got three weeks worth of episodes it does seem fitting that HEAVEN would get AT LEAST a second conversation. 

In today's episode, Joe and Drew talk about the fate of the righteous when they die, how a lot of New Testament church leaders were pretty sure they'd never die before they got swept away to heaven, how many evangelicals to this day are pretty sure they'll never die before they get swept away to heaven, and about how Joe's youth pastor taught Drew  to internalize and repeat curse words he heard in movies on accident. 

So I suppose we should apologize for the title of this episode but once you listen for a bit you'll be in on the joke too. 

We have pretty much talked the hell out of HELL for the past 3 episodes because well, it’s hell. It is a CRISIS OF FAITH waiting to happen. But today we’re shifting gears and talking instead about HEAVEN. So grab your harp, your halo, and your helmet because we’re about to dive head first into the bosom of Abraham.

Joe and Drew talk just a little bit more about hell (these guys have got some some real issues with that whole thing), then about universalism and how Drew's brother actually got ordained as a Unitarian Universalist Minister so he could marry his friends and somehow they also find time to talk about that one time when Joe tried to peer-pressure Drew into smoking cloves. It's a really a lot but somehow it all fits into one conversation. Oh, and there's a theme song to this episode! 

Okay, so fine. If you want a hell so much then I suppose you can have one. But you can't have it FOREVER! In this episode, Joe and Drew talk about what the bible actually has to say about hell and it turns out the phrase "God's eternal and everlasting torture chamber" doesn't really show up in the original Hebrew or Greek like we always thought.

What the hell?! In today's episode Joe and Drew reveal all the secrets of what happens to people after they die. Yeah, you read that right. They figured it out. 

So if the GOOD NEWS that teaches that God is mostly angry with everyone and Jesus was sent to calm God down ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, then what is? In this episode Joe and Drew discuss several ways of thinking about Jesus' work of salvation on the cross that seem to offer a version of the GOOD NEWS that sounds (at least a little bit) BETTER. 

If the GOOD NEWS is that God is going to punish almost every person who ever lives with the exception of a few people who are lucky enough to crack the "code of salvation" then I'm not sure we should call it "GOOD NEWS". 

On today's episode, Joe and Drew discuss the differences between what Jesus meant when he declared GOOD NEWS to a desperate and oppressed people who needed reform and what western Christians mean when they declare "GOOD NEWS" from positions of privilege to a world that quite simply isn't interested.