Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community.

What would you call someone who quit church, yet still holds a deep love for Christ? Post-Christian? Foolish and misled? Heretic?

Mentioned in the episode:

• Just Faith by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons
• The Septuagint
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• Everything Is Spiritual Talk by Rob Bell 
• Everything Is Spiritual Book by Rob Bell
• Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
• BadChristian Podcast
• You Have Permission Podcast

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Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Are you pro-argument or anti-argument? Josh is wondering if using the Horseshoe Theory in psychology is a useful tool for us to consider seemingly oppositional theological views. We grapple with "the binary" rather awkwardly as we wonder why centrism is viewed so negatively and if it's possible to hold a third way open.

Mentioned in the episode:

• That Was 13 Robs Ago Robcast Episode

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• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Sarah! 

Change your mind, for the Kingdom of God is here. Like water carving canyons out of the land, our thoughts carve habits in our minds. But what inspires true change? What incentivizes repentance? What causes a shift in our minds?

Mentioned in the episode:

• How To Change Your Mind Freakonomics Podcast
• Rach Angard Know Normal People Podcast
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau
• Secular Buddhism Podcast

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• Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!
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• Josh Twitter: @joshlieuallen
• Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning
• Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse

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• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

We play a voicemail from a beloved friend of the pod and past guest, Alex, who asks us the question, "how have you been experiencing God lately, in terms of feeling?" Josh shares about how caring for the sick has been a spiritual experience. Emily shares about her life in church, in her family, and at home. And Stephen is starting to worry that his lack of experiencing God is an indicator that he's losing the belief in a personal God at all...

Mentioned in the episode:

• 52. Shrugging Off Christianity (feat. Alex Falcongrove) Ravel Episode
• The IN2 Podcast

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• Stephen Twitter: @stephenghenning
• Emily Instagram: @RevRettinghouse

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Chad Eichorn!

It took us almost one hundred episodes to finally tackle the Resurrection. Josh shares how he's come to a place of this theology being de-emphasized in importance for him. Emily shares the Wesleyan position and makes sure that we're not talking about zombie Jesus. And Stephen struggles to let go of the physicality and/or literalness of the bodily resurrection.

Mentioned in the episode:

• The Preston Shipp Tweet
• 1 Corinthians 15 - The Resurrection
• 2 Corinthians 4:7 - Jars of Clay
• Matthew 6:19 - Moth and Rust
• James 2:14-26 - Faith Without Works

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Follow the hosts on social: 

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

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Why is it so easy to cherry-pick the verses we want out of the Bible to support our positions? Is it ignorance, malevolence, or some secret third thing? Josh thinks it may be due to a bias of the written word. Emily tries to explain the Bible like we're 5 years old. And Stephen goes on a rant only to end up saying cherry-picking is okay and in fact he does it all the time.

Mentioned in the episode:

• Dan McClellan - Why God Is Like a Hotdog on The Bible For Normal People
• Data Over Dogma Podcast
• 127. When General Advice Causes Specific Harm Ravel Episode
• 76. Pushy Christian Prescriptions Ravel Episode

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• Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod!

Follow the hosts on social: 

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

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Welcome back to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Courtney Clark! 

The idea of defending his new home with a gun is weighing on Stephen pretty heavily this week. We talk about Christian pacifism, the ethics of lethal home defense, deontological batman, designs to kill, hunting, and more. 

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Fight by Preston Sprinkle
• Matthew 26:50-56 - Disarming Peter and the Church
• Crucifixion of the Warrior God by Greg Boyd
• Cross Vision by Greg Boyd
• WOLC Brian Zahnd Sermon Podcast
• What about Hitler? by Robert Brimlow
• Beating Guns by Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin
• rawtools.org
• Isaiah 2:4 - Swords into Plowshares
• Do You Like Paying For War? These Christians Refuse Sojourner article
• Superheroes and Philosophy by Tom Morris
• Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? by Sheldon Ekland-Olsen

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• Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! 
• Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod!

Follow the hosts on social: 

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

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

What do you picture in your mind when we ask you what the God shaped hole in your heart looks like? Are we dealing with a two-dimensional jigsaw puzzle piece? Or a three-dimensional hole like a punctured ball? Or are we talking about the hole in the top of every glass? (Or the hole in every drinking straw?) We're here to grapple with this concept that is commonly taught in Christianity.

Mentioned in the episode:

• You Have Permission Podcast
• Pensèes by Blaise Pascal
• 108. Church, Creeds, and Imperialism Ravel Episode
• Rach Angard on Know Normal People

Support us:

• Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!
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• Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! 
• Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod!

Follow the hosts on social: 

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

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Welcome to the Time Machine! Stephen's work schedule at his day job will be insane until the end of May, so we decided to take some editing burden off of him and re-share some favorite episodes from the archive, specifically suggested by members of our Patreon community. Today's nomination comes from our friend, Zach Sharp!

(Forgive the "new podcast" sound of the archive tape, please. Thank God Stephen got better at audio engineering and editing, huh? Just goes to show that we're all in the process of becoming...better at our crafts!)

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• Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!
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• Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! 
• Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod!

Follow the hosts on social: 

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

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv

Today, we go meta. Again. Josh is curious to know if the burden of proof lies on the disbeliever as much as it does on the believer. In what ways should we prepared to answer the question, "why don't you believe 'xyz' anymore?

We also take our first clarifying voicemail today from friend of the show, Nathan! So be sure to not skip over the break!

Mentioned in the Episode:

• 1 Peter 3:15 - Always Prepared to Give an Answer
• Faith For Normal People: Rhett & Jessie McLaughlin Finding a Curious Faith
• I See Jesus In The Eisegesis Ravel Episode

Support us:

• Join our Patreon community and buy us a drink at patreon.com/ravelpod for as little as $3/mo!
• Submit a voicemail by calling 601-55RAVEL (601-557-2835) or submit a voice memo to the inbox at [email protected]! 
• Take a minute to drop us a 5-star rating and a 1-2 sentence review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! 
• Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @ravelpod!

Follow the hosts on social: 

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

Credits:

• Theme Song: In Full Color by Louie Zong on Spotify and Bandcamp
• Artwork: Yarn and Ravel by Dixie Lee Henning @dixieleedraws
• Editing/Sound Design by Stephen Henning
• Social Media by Josh Lieuallen
• Certified Organic benediction by Reverend Emily Rettinghouse, MDiv