Stephany Drury of Stuff Christians Life, shares a bit of her story of growing up a fundamentalist kid who asked too many questions about God, [because the dots just weren't connecting] while God convicted her heart at an early age that loving God and others is what the "good life" is made of, rather than the  emphasis of religion many of us were raised on.

You'll hear why Stephanie loves attending Catholic mass as frequently as she can while deploring a lot of the "laws" in the Catholic church.  She believes in transubstantiation (the communion elements actually "turn into" the flesh and blood of Jesus) and has currently found a church community (outside of her Catholic mass intake) that she loves. 

What's worst-case scenario for the political landscape in America, how purity culture at Mars Hill church detrimentally affects Ellen years later, the breaking of "generational fundamentalism" in Joey's household, the personal impacts of mental illness and whether Matt misses "Christian fellowship" are other topics of conversations on this one. 

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I started reading "The Lord is My Courage," by KJ Ramsey, last week and quickly realized, it would be on a short list of books that did some profound life-changing work deep in my heart that permanently changes my trajectory of faith. 

As I've deconstructed a lot of the unhealthy lenses taught to me by fellow brothers and sisters in those unhealthy cultures themselves, my view in how I see our wonderful God was turned upside down for the better as I truly grappled with God's love and what that means, that God loves me.   

Where I have felt a bit stuck, was learning how to pursue and relate to my drastically upgraded view of God.  This book truly seems to be filling in lots of gaps.  Jesus is the shepherd who will seek me when I'm lost; until I'm found.  I can trust this.  The shepherd is God. -- Joey

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Kevin Garcia, author of "Bad Theology Kills," hangs with hosts Joey and Matt Oxley as they talk about sexual attraction, how to live a life of love in this "woke culture" when you're not all that woke and you mess up people's pronouns, and how bad theology kills people.  And if people are actually dying, the church needs to love first, figure out the theology later.   Could the the American version of mainstream Christianity actually be heresy?  And when people say "the bible says," they actually mean "this is what i believe the bible to say."

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Joey is a Pastor at Seacoast Church, the last 13 years at the James Island location, much of that time getting to know Jonathan Peace, our drummer.  After years of being embedded into the church community and developing many friendships including with Joey, "Peace" finally tells the story of his first "gig" at Seacoast on a Sunday morning after a full night of booze and smoking cigarettes, tips dipped in cocaine.  He had a "magical experience" playing his first worship service at his new church home (to say the least).

Co-host Jed Payne (with plenty of past drug use himself), Joey and Jonathan discuss different angles of drug-use from a moral perspective and explore lots of theological speculation about God and the afterlife.

Jonathan's view of God is greatly informed by a time at the beach when God's hand pressed and held him to the ground, speaking through his heart and body for hours.  He's can't unsee what he saw about the spiritual realm that night [and if we're comparing], giving him a much more "progressive theology," at least in the technical sense.

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The reason why you'll rarely see modern Christians on the political Left or Right have constructive conversations around politics or social issues - despite claiming a shared faith, tradition, and epistemology - is that we are already so comprehensively formed by our ideological narratives and so woefully underformed or selectively formed by our theological narratives, and it is narrative more than anything else that gives individuals the lenses by which we see the world. This means then we can only be genuinely surprised, and often outraged, that this "other" kind of Christian has the gall to e

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Kevin Sweeney, author of, "The Making of a Mystic: My Journey With Mushrooms, My Life as a Pastor, and Why It's Okay for Everyone to Relax," didn't find God through religion.  His entry-way to faith wasn't wrought with the oppression many of us today are deconstructing from.

"Missionaries" have been thought of as those who are "taking the good news out, to set the captives free."  Pastor Kevin claims that his "missionary" was a handful of mushroom trips. 

Now that his hallucinogenic experiences have pointed to the wholeness and freedom that can only come from an inherent union with an all-loving God, he has no need for more mushroom, but rather presses on to "live the life" they pointed toward.  To do otherwise, he sees as an act of betrayal to the sanctity of the revelation.

At the top of the episode, co-hosts Matt Oxley and Robbie Madison reflect on episode one of the new Seacoast Church Podcast that Joey hosts.  Joey and Robbie talk about their relationship with Grammy-winning Brandon Lake and the unique vantage point of watching a friend's career explode.  Thanks for listening to The Pastor With No Answers (and friends) Podcast.

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It was late into adulthood that I (Joey) came to an understanding of my ignorance, when it came to the challenges and trials of being a black person in America.  I’ve had many kind, gracious and helpful friends who have helped steer my path into one that is more educated and sensitive towards the needs of other groups of people.    

Which left me thinking, what about my black pals from my childhood?  How different was their experiences growing up in Charleston, SC?  Come to find out, the differences in the life experiences of my friends Stoy Prioleau and Antonio "Hype" Seabrook were drastically different from mine and in some ways, the same.  

The three of us were clueless of the extent of racial tension that permeated our culture.  Even if we had knowledge of it, there was not enough interest to slow down from playing Nintendo and shooting hoops to do anything about it.  We were content with just having fun and being kids.

The differences were intriguing and in some ways, heavy.  What they joked about when the white guys weren’t present, who they assumed my dad was, and the heart-breaking stories of their dads who abandoned them, I'm sure we didn’t even scratch the surface in this conversation. 

Oh the fun of telling stories, remembering teachers and the shenanigans they put up with.  Most fun I’ve had in a while.

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There are real Christians on both sides of this issue, all of whom feel convinced of their position. If humans are unwilling to embrace this fact, there is no hope for unity.  Christians have clear instructions [John 13:35] not to be known by positions, but rather the love shared for one another and all humanity.     

Each woman on this episode would vote the same way at the ballot; and yet see this issue very differently.   

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Many systematic theologians talk about God like they got God pegged while Isaiah says "God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours."

While many claim things along the lines of "God won't bless your finances if you don't tithe before taxes," I'm still  trying to process what it means for God to love me.  What does that mean for all of us?

This is an episode about God.  If you're pursuing theology for a snapshot of God, give up the pursuit because God is too big for that.   

What we are left with:
If God is all-loving, God can't be all-powerful because there is evil in the world.
If God is all-powerful, God must not care or love creation because there is evil in the world.

Many Christians still claim God to be both, all-loving and all-powerful  (I'm one of them -- Joey).
But while others, like Thomas Oord, actually try to make sense of this dichotomy, coming up with other possible explanations, he's pushed to the side as a heretic.   

Thomas Oord's new book Pluriform Love, unpacks a "Thomas Oord version" of open theology, which is a belief that supposes God not to be all-powerful.

If this doctrine is true, how do we know we are "eternally safe" in heaven (where ever that is)?
How do we reconcile God's wrath and eternal love with his eternal grace, love and redemption.  So what the hell is going on out there and how does all this work?  Does God have emotions?  Why did God create us in the first place?

We can only speculate.

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Ellen would rather be alone than to have an affair.  Are pedophiles simply stuck with their attraction to kids?  Is it true love when a victim loves his aggressor? If it's "true love," is that a good thing? 

Matt has a trauma-filled childhood that we haven't been filled in on yet, Ellen wants more black friends in her life, and Joey makes a blunder that he felt sick about. 

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Worship leader in an evangelical church, cousin of Brian Welch (Korn), struggler of bipolar disorder, and author, Scott W. Box, joins the show to discuss mental illness, grace and Heroic Disgrace, his recent book release in which he tells his story and unpacks the gospel concept of "winning by losing."

We also discuss how God can make healthy what He chooses not to heal, and how Scott's struggles with mental illness compelled him to seek Jesus deeper.  Isn't that a good thing?

Joey also reflects on his madness of reverting back to OCD spiritual rituals back in his mental health crisis in 2019 and how leaning on others' faith is necessary when personal faith has run dry.  Can your brain ever be too unhealthy to process God in a positive light?  Joey has experienced times when thoughts of God were a detriment.   

Two pastors reflect on their journeys through mental health crises and having personal experience, describe their experiences with being suicidal and how selfishness wasn't part of the equation. 

Ben Archer, Patron of the show (which means he's in the Bear W/ Community), joins Joey to talk deconstruction and reflect on BadChristian.  And up top, a couple of my black friends reflect a bit on how Will Smith's actions was a poor representation of African-Americans. 

Scott W. Box's book Heroic Disgrace.
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