STARTER PACK: Meet Me At The Hot Topic

In today's episode and Emily's final taping before maternity leave, she brings a wide-ranging discussion on capital punishment. We ravel out many thoughts on the nature of justice and the Foucaultian concepts of the monastic cell in our modern culture. We ask questions about whether we are choosing to follow the model of Jesus or the Bible itself when they appear to be at odds regarding capital punishment and the rights to life and death.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Matthew 5:38-48 - An Eye for Eye
• Romans 13:1-7 - Respecting Authorities
• Executing Grace by Shane Claiborne
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
• The Sword of Damocles
• A Walk Through The Complex blog
• Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides by Sheldon Ekland-Olson
• Philippians 2:5-11 - Equality with God Not Grasped

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• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

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Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

Josh is curious to find where culture and religion overlap and intersect. Is at "at large" somewhere or does the venn diagram lie within every individual? We try to define culture as the atmosphere between two or more people and look to identify markers of unhealth that could poison an otherwise healthy culture. And we ask if it's possibly to humbly share that which matters most to you without an air of superiority.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Seven Mountains of Culture article
• Matthew 18:20 - Wherever Two or Three Are Gathered
• Galatians 3:26-29 - No Jew or Gentile
• Matthew 7:5 - Logs and Specks

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

 Stephen attempts to pitch clever names for the phenomenon of theology taking root and bearing fruit. The "head theology to heart theology pipeline; the "orthodoxy to orthopraxy" pipeline; the "apologetics to mysticism" pipeline. We explore the dualism between the head and heart in our culture and discuss what it means to be in a spiritually "dry season".

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Pipeline Tweet
• God of the Possible by Greg Boyd
• Matthew 22:37 / Mark 12:30 - Love the Lord Your God
• Luke 11:37-53 - Woes to Pharisees and Lawyers
• Matthew 5:27-28 - Jesus on Adultery
• Galatians 5:22-23 - Fruits of the Spirit
• Mark 11:12-25 - The Cursed Fig Tree

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

Today we attempt to ravel out the ties among spirituality, mental health, and demonic influence. Where can we draw the line between psychologizing something spiritual and spiritualizing something psychological? What are the markers we can look at for true demonic influence? We then wrap up on discussing healthy self-care and our favorite practices.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• The Happiness Lab: PJ and Alex Love to Gripe

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: The Apologists Can't Hurt You Here

Location. Location. Location. Where our theologies come from matters. Whether we are anchoring traditional Reformational theology to a Swiss-French context in the 16th century, Methodism to an English-American context in the 18th century, or #WeirdChristian Twitter in the 21st century, it's important to do the work to know our source.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• The Tweet
• Genetic Fallacy Wiki
• The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
• The Rise of Network Christianity by Brad Christerson and Richard Flory
• Trans Regret Snoopy Presents The Bible
• The Servant by James Hunter

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

Perhaps you're here as a product of complex forces of the universe directing you toward this moment of listening to Ravel and reading our show notes. Or maybe you had some agency over that choice to join us. It's possible God always knew that you'd be here today, but maybe God's in process with an open future alongside us? We ask many questions about per-determinism, irresistible grace, free will, and a future full of possibilities.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Final Thoughts on Free Will by Sam Harris (podcast episode)
• God of the Possible by Greg Boyd
• God Can't by Thomas Jay Oord
• Her Gates Will Never Be Shut by Bradley Jersak
• The Social Dilemma Documentary
• Molenism Wiki
• Homebrewed Christianity with Tripp Fuller Podcast
• Luke 15:11-32 - Parable of the Prodigal Son
• Numbers 22:23 - Balaam and the Ass

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: We Clearly Disagree

Have you ever wondered if life is somewhere out there among the stars? Maybe even looking back at us? How would your theology change? Emily brings us many questions about alien life and the impacts to our structures of belief.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Josh's TikTok
• YHP to Consider Quakerism and Panentheism (God = Universe + Something) #12
• Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
• YHP to Think Theologically about Aliens (Seriously) #3
• Mysterious Universe Podcast

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

With defining cults and NRMs out of the way, Josh wants to dig into the theology of some groups and how they splinter from Christianity. What starts as a conversation around our preconceptions of cults as charismatic or fantastical turns into how cults (and churches) define and broadcast their beliefs for marketing purposes. Is it helpful to be ultra defined in every belief up front or leave things nebulous to newcomers?

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Conspirituality Podcast
• Christian Countercult Movement Wiki
• Matthew 28:16-20 - The Great Commission
• churchclarity.org

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: Classic Theology Gone Wild

We conclude an informal miniseries with a direct conversation about Atonement. After sin and forgiveness, it felt natural to Stephen to discuss the several atonement theories throughout the ages. He's wondering what was accomplished through the death and resurrection of Jesus. At which point, Josh throws a curveball when he introduces Spongebob and the problem of using the word "theory".

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Crucifixion of the Warrior God by Greg Boyd
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Spongebob Squarepants: Skin Theory Documentary
• 7 Theories of the Atonement Summarized Article by Stephen D Morrison
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Judges 11 - Story of Jephthah
• Luke 15:1-10 - Lost Sheep and Lost Coin
• The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.

STARTER PACK: I Need Something Life-Giving

After our discussion of sin last week, Emily is curious to dig into forgiveness. Is forgiveness a one time moment or a way of life? Why can it be easier to forgive others and reserve bitterness for ourselves? Is it appropriate to "forgive and forget"?

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Luke 12:10 - Unforgivable sin
• Matthew 10:16 - Serpents and Doves
• Fundamental Attribution Error Wiki
• Psalm 103:1 - Sins far like east and west
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• Proverbs 25:21-22 - Heaping coals

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

• Josh: @joshlieuallen
• Emily: @RevRettinghouse
• Stephen: @stephenghenning

Join our community at patreon.com/ravelpod! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod.

Thank you to Louie Zong for use of his song In Full Color, off his album, Here. Find his work on Spotify and Bandcamp!

Ravel is a proud founding member of the Highline Media Network, bringing the art of podcasting back to normal people in normal places.