Folding Chair Theology

Bruce did a switcheroo for this topic. In this episode, Bruce and Justin talk about a bunch of topics, including what is currently happening in Afghanistan and the complete withdrawal of US troops. It seemed appropriate and necessary to post it this week versus next.

The guys also talk through Jesus's call to serve others and what makes you a goat or a sheep.

For this episode, Bruce and Justin are joined by Isaac Blitchok to talk about worship and taste test mac & cheese.

Isaac is the Worship Director at Awaken Church located in Nampa, ID.

In this episode, Bruce and Justin tackle the topic of speaking words of criticism or critique toward the Christian Church and whether or not it's permissible.

In this episode, Bruce and Justin tackle the topic of prosperity. But not just the obvious giants like Copeland and Osteen, but mostly the more subtle versions.

In this episode, Bruce and Justin invite their wives, Sarah and Jessica (respectively), on to the show to talk about the new book by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky, The Great Sex Rescue.

The book is written as an answer to how badly the church has handled, and hurt people (primarily women), when it comes to the issue of sex and purity.

This is it! This is the first episode of season four! In this episode, of course, we talk nonsense for about 20 minutes, but then we actually talk about actual stuff. Really, we just wanted to share our hopes for the season and what you have to look forward to. It's going to be a great season.

Oh... and we have our first sponsor.

Growing Hope Counseling is our first sponsor!

Music on the sponsor ad:
Adaptation (Instrumental), by Anthem of Rain

Mentions:

Preston Sprinkle, Theology In The Raw
Voxology Podcast
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by Dr. John Gottman
The Great Sex Rescue, by Joanna Sawatsky, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Sheila Wray Gregoire

For this episode, Bruce invited his wife, Sarah, on to talk about their journey through and out of the Evangelical purity and modesty culture over the last 10 years of their marriage. 

This conversation was prompted by a social media post that Sarah shared about the contrast between our honeymoon in Freeport, Grand Bahamas Islands, and our 10 year anniversary in Cancun, Mexico. Here's what she wrote:

***On my honeymoon ten years ago, Bruce told me he didn’t want me to wear a bikini because he didn’t want men looking at me.

Fast forward to this week on our ten-year anniversary and I wore three different bikinis- all cheeky and fabulous- and he loved it and didn’t even care what other men thought.

I share this to put it out there how far we’ve come, he and I. We’ve become so aware of the toxic purity culture we’d been indoctrinated with as we grew up. This trip was amazing for us but I got the bonus of finding freedom from “modest is hottest”.

And *mostly importantly* I threw off the shackles of shame. I haven’t shown my belly button in 13 years! But this week I ignored those voices telling me I need to hide my body and I did 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 exact 👏🏻 opposite 👏🏻 And you know what happened? I found so much freedom! I felt sexy and confident and so free from shame or responsibility for what other people do with their eyes and their minds.

I accepted my body with all of her stretch marks and loose skin and sheer jiggly sex appeal. And every part of my soul was at peace.***

After it got 20K+ reactions and hundreds of comments, I thought it was worth us talking about the path we took. I know it may seem like a little thing to go from "don't wear a bikini" to wearing three, but it really is an important thing and we thought it was worth sharing our journey.

Bruce and Justin talk through what they think is the purpose of a Sunday morning church gathering. Then Justin goes off on a tangent about tithe and sucks Bruce into his madness.

Justin is back for another segment of Justin Time. In this episode, he shares the story of his journey to becoming a strong man.  It isn't what you think.

Shout out to Berserker Strength & Conditioning Gym (Justin's home gym).

Bruce and Justin wrap up their series on the Sermon on the Mount. This was a really impactful study for both of them and they share their thoughts on it.