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It's time we talk about it. Let's dig into women as pastors, leading our congregations, and teaching men as equals. We talk about the common textual arguments for the complementarian view, the definition of pastorship, societal misogyny, questioning the call, and the textual examples for the egalitarian view.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• 1 Timothy 2:8-15
• 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
• Courtney Clark on Know Normal People
• Josh’s sociology essay on evangelical gender roles 

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

How do we approach the Divine in prayer? Should it be as simple as saying our A.C.T.S.? What does prayer accomplish and who is it for, God or us? We grapple with the complexities of making requests of God, testing God, and sitting contemplatively with God.

This episode of Ravel is dedicated to Bonnie May Henning and Jonah Shai Henning. 

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Matthew 6:5-15 - Pray in secret and the Our Father
• Luke 18:9-14 - The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
• Matthew 26:36-46 / John 17 - Praying in the Garden of Gethsemane
• Matthew 27:46 / Psalm 22 - "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me!"
• Tabernacle Layout
• Prayer of the HeART by Kelly Schneider Conkling

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

Are we allowed to read ancient texts with our modern categories of genre? And what informs our education on biblical genres? We wonder out loud at if  we might read the Bible through a satirical lens and even suggest some possible edits of books or stories we wish were never part of the Bible to begin with. Follow along in your study bibles and be sure to ruthlessly prooftext us wherever we get it wrong.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• The Billings Beet
• Josh on Know Normal People
• Matthew 23
• Ezekiel 23:20
• Four Views on Hell book
• The Bible Project online
• The Bible for Normal People podcast
• The Sellout by Paul Beatty
• The Bible Odyssey online
• Blue Letter Bible online

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

Have you ever been to Christian conferences like Acquire The Fire or Dare2Share? Or do you often relive the glory days of that summer church camp while you were growing up? We're turning the nostalgia factor up to 11 and sharing stories of the good, bad, and the bizarre from our experiences of Christian conference culture. 

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Venti Jesus Please by Greg Stier
• Judges 19 A Levite and His Concubine

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

How do Christians grapple with their political life? Do the teachings and calls of Jesus have daily implications to the way we behave and participate as citizens? What does it mean that America is today's iteration of Egypt, Babylon, or Rome? More questions than answers in this twisting episode. Stephen is feeling destabilized following the events of January 6, 2021 at the US Capitol. Buckle up, this one might give you whiplash.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• The Family on Netflix
• Race in America Holy Post video
• Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne
• D.L. Mayfield on Twitter
• Post Reports: Four Hours of Insurrection on Radiolab
• 1 Timothy 2:1-2
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
• Political Compass Test
• Spiral Dynamics on The Liturgists
• Me, We, Everybody on The Robcast
• Depolarize! Podcast by Dan Koch

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

Defining a cult isn't always as easy as it seems. Whether we're talking about Waco, In-n-Out Burger, or your local dentist, there are questions that we can ask to get us closer to identifying a New Religious Movement. Josh leads us through a discussion of common misconceptions, the difference between a "cult of personality" and a true NRM, and some critical thinking exercises to help us assess groups from the inside and out.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Max Weber on Churches and Sects in North America
• Wild Wild Country on Netflix
• The BITE Model
• Waco on Netflix
• The Rise of Network Christianity by Brad Christerson and Richard Flory
• Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

Stephen's been digging into Catholic theology lately and it got Emily thinking about sacraments. We talk about the 7 sacraments recognized by the Catholic church and how that compares with Protestant traditions that typically pair down to Baptism and Eucharist. Are the sacraments reserved for Christians only, or can we share an Open Table? What even is a sacrament anyway? And is calling everything sacred even helpful?

Mentioned in the episode: 

• 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 - Paul's Warning for the Lord's Supper
• Signs of Life by Scott Hahn
• The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn
• Consuming the Word by Scott Hahn
• The Elementary Forms of Religious Life by Emile Durkheim
• stephenghenning.blog/eucharist
• Emily's liturgy

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

***This is Part 2 of a conversation we began last week. Please go back and catch up if you haven't.***

In what ended up being an almost 3 hour conversation, we pick up with Josh's thoughts about modern monetary theory and how the church may be operating on outdated conceptions of money. Stephen then guides us through some thoughts about how giving be uncomfortable by definition and if the "firstfruits" concept is valid teaching to follow. Emily rounds out the conversation with real world implications about getting paid as a pastor and receiving money from our new Patreon campaign!

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Modern Monetary Theory
• Radiolab Podcast: More Money Less Problems
• Tithing in Mormonism
• Mark 12:41-44 - The Widows Two Mites
• Matthew 6:1-4 - Giving in Secret
• Genesis 4:1-7 - Abel's first-fruit offerings

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

In what ended up being an almost 3 hour conversation, Stephen kicks us off with questions about the biblical origin of the tithe. In what ways are the Jewish people instructed to handle their money by the Hebrew Bible and how are these concepts adapted or reclaimed in the New Covenant through Jesus? So many thoughts on tithing as Christian duty, transactional philanthropy, churches' financial transparency, big name pastors making money off book sales, and MORE! (And this is only Part One!)

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Genesis 14 - Abram and Melchizedek
• Malachi 3:8-10 - Will a Man Rob God?
• 1 Timothy 6:10 - The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil
• 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 - God Loves a Cheerful Giver
• cor.org - The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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

Welcome to 2021, the sequel to 2020! After speaking with a street preacher (from across the street with his own megaphone), Josh has questions about apophatic and cataphatic theology. How do we come to our knowledge of God and his attributes?
AUDIO NOTE: We had a mic issue on Josh's end of our recording call and had to use a backup in a couple spots.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Nomad Podcast
• The Cloud of Unknowing by An Anonymous Christian Mystic
• El Shaddai Hymn

Follow the hosts on Twitter: 

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

Join our Patreon at patreon.com/ravelpod for $3/mo to join the private Discord community! You can also connect with Ravel on Twitter and Instagram at @ravelpod, or shoot us an email at [email protected]. 

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