The Christian Transhumanist Podcast

Ep 40: Justin Lee—Gay, Geek & Christian

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Justin Lee navigates being gay & Christian, talks about Paul, the Bible, and Christian ethics, and bridges the ultimate divide: geeks vs nerds!

Bio:

Justin Lee is an American author, speaker, and LGBT Christian activist known for his focus on building bridges. He is the author of "Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate" and the director of a 2009 documentary, "Through My Eyes". He is the founder of the Gay Christian Network, and the current executive director of Nuance Ministries. His latest book is "Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World".

Topics:
  • Being Gay & Evangelical
    • Side A / Side B: orientation, behavior, and why labels are important
    • Trying to become straight, and the truth about Ex-Gay ministries
    • The reality of intersex & why gender is more complicated than you think
    • Missing the forest for the trees & Marrying the Gospel to Our Sins
      • The Civil War as a Theological Crisis & why many Christians got the Bible wrong about slavery
      • Following the Bible through the clobber passages
      • Christian ethical philosophy
        • Romans 13:8-10 and Paul's ethical philosophy
        • Why this is not hippy-dippy nonsense!
        • "By their fruits you will know them" & Christianity's call for evidence
        • Why the Law of Moses won’t work outside of the ancient desert, but Jesus’ morality would work in the Andromeda galaxy.
        • Polarization, Social Media, and why we should still fellowship across big theological disagreements
          • Why Christian ethics should play a bigger role in how we communicate
          • Justin's book: Talking Across the Divide
          • How we're being shaped in hidden ways: The Filter Bubble: How the Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think
          • Geeks, Nerds, and the differences between
            • Ready Player One: the book vs the movie
            • Board games & Justin's Clue collection
            • Choose Your Own Adventure Books — which ones are best?
            • Ryan North, Creator of Dinosaur Comics & Choose Your Own Adventure Hamlet
              • Choose Your Own Adventure Hamlet!
              • The novelization of Back to the Future
              • Dinosaur Comics: The Simulation Argument, Part 2—Diamonds!
                • Books & Links
                • Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
                • Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World
                • Justin Lee's Website
                  • ...more
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