Fade To Gray

Lewis serves in the military and is a childhood friend of Chris. In this final episode of our Post-Deconstruction Series, Lewis and Chris recount some of the damaging experiences they had as youths at a fundamentalist church. Lewis describes his spiritual journey and how he lost his faith while preaching on a mission trip in Africa. Chris has a big breakthrough about his experience with religious trauma and comes to a big conclusion.

Author Brian Zahnd is the pastor of Word of Life church in Missouri. He has written many books including "Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God." We discuss how Brian found faith during the Jesus Movement and how he came to lose fundamentalism. In our conversation, Brian challenges many faith concepts bringing his unique perspective to the table. Omar is obviously moved by these revelations. What does the bible have to say about Universalism? Are Satan and Hell real? Did Brian just copy what was happening in the Emergent Church? You can check out Brian at his website: https://brianzahnd.com/

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WARNING!! This episode contains detailed discussion of suicide and may not be appropriate for all listeners. Former pastor Dave Warnock stops by to talk about his deconversion from Christianity. Dave worked with the clergy project to help former pastors and clergy recover from religious trauma. Recently, Dave was diagnosed with ALS and has embarked on a journey to live the best moments while he still can. Dave is currently working to get "assisted suicide" legalized in his state so that people with illnesses like Dave can choose "death with dignity." 

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Bonnie Lewis is the author of Timshel: An Idiomatic Bible Translation. How is it that a woman can translate the bible when the very book tells us that women should be silent in the church? Does the bible actually say that? Bonnie shares her amazing faith journey and discusses what it's like to write a translation of the bible. You can follow Bonnie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/timsheltranslation/ and listen to this episode to get the story for yourself!

Rayah from the Depth of Echoes Podcast joins us on this episode! Check her out here: http://depthofechoes.com/

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Author Paul Matthew Harrison returns to discuss his newest book "Deconversions" about the many changes in faith that most people experience throughout their lives. Paul wrote the book as a sort of goodbye to belief in the divine. Now that the book is complete, has he been able to put faith to rest? Should we use social media to judge what is going on in people's lives? Find out on our first episode in our Post-Deconstruction series. 

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