Rethinking Faith

We all carry sexual shame to some extent. Whether you grew up in the midst of purity culture or not, all of us have been taught that sex, outside of a very specific context, is taboo. This week, Psychotherapist Matthais Roberts joins the conversation to help us rethink what it means to have healthy sex, helping us to overcome our shame in the process. 

Roberts is a licensed mental health counselor associate and the host of Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being. He holds two master's degrees, one in theology and culture and one in counseling psychology. In his psychotherapy practice, he specializes in helping LGBTQ+ teens and adults live confident and fulfilling lives. 

Enjoy!

RESOURCES: 

Beyond Shame: Creating A Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms

MatthiasRoberts.com 

Queerology Podcast

This week, Meggie Lee Calvin joined us to discuss some of the ideas from her latest book, 'I Am My Own Sanctuary'. Meg is gifted at helping spiritually-attuned go-getters heal past wounds and reclaim their personal power so that they can have a life they love. 

In this fun, humorous, helpful and sometimes irreverent episode, Meg shares with us some of her helpful ideas to aid us in spiritual, emotional and personal growth. Enjoy!

RESOURCES:

I Am My Own Sanctuary: How A Recovering Holy-Roller Found Healing And Power (Book)

MegCalvin.com 

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This week, Meggie Lee Calvin joined us to discuss some of the ideas from her latest book, 'I Am My Own Sanctuary'. Meg is gifted at helping spiritually-attuned go-getters heal past wounds and reclaim their personal power so that they can have a life they love. 

In this fun, humorous, helpful and sometimes irreverent episode, Meg shares with us some of her helpful ideas to aid us in spiritual, emotional and personal growth. Enjoy!

RESOURCES:

I Am My Own Sanctuary: How A Recovering Holy-Roller Found Healing And Power (Book)

MegCalvin.com 

What does it mean to say that the Bible is inspired? Conservative scholars and pastors have struggled for years to prove that the Bible is without errors... our guest this week thinks this is a fool's errand. 

This week, Dr. Greg Boyd joins the conversation to help us rethink what it means to say the Bible is inspired. What if God inspired the Bible's contradictions to function as assets and not problems? Perhaps we should embrace the mistakes and contradictions in Scripture, because they show that God chose to use fallible humans to communicate timeless truth... enjoy!

RESOURCES: 

Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible's Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority (book) 

Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence (book)

The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Volumes 1 & 2 (book) 

ReKnew.org 

What does it mean to say that the Bible is inspired? Conservative scholars and pastors have struggled for years to prove that the Bible is without errors... our guest this week thinks this is a fool's errand. 

This week, Dr. Greg Boyd joins the conversation to help us rethink what it means to say the Bible is inspired. What if God inspired the Bible's contradictions to function as assets and not problems? Perhaps we should embrace the mistakes and contradictions in Scripture, because they show that God chose to use fallible humans to communicate timeless truth... enjoy!

RESOURCES: 

Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible's Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority (book) 

Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence (book)

The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Volumes 1 & 2 (book) 

ReKnew.org 

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This week Dr. Eric Seibert joins the conversation to discuss divine violence. It's no secret that one can find some troubling images of God in the Old Testament. It is also no secret that the Old Testament has a troubling legacy to many. So... Did God really command the complete genocide of men, women, children and animals in the Old Testament? 

For 2,000 years Bible Scholars and Theologians have wrestled with the violent images of God and the seeming sharp contrast between those images and the image of God we find in Jesus. Seibert joins the conversation and helps us to think through the various ways people have talked about the issue of divine violence. Enjoy!

RESOURCES: 

Disturbing Divine Behavior: Troubling Old Testament Images of God (book) 

The Violence of Scripture: Overcoming the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy (book) 

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This week Dr. Eric Seibert joins the conversation to discuss divine violence. It's no secret that one can find some troubling images of God in the Old Testament. It is also no secret that the Old Testament has a troubling legacy to many. So... Did God really command the complete genocide of men, women, children and animals in the Old Testament? 

For 2,000 years Bible Scholars and Theologians have wrestled with the violent images of God and the seeming sharp contrast between those images and the image of God we find in Jesus. Seibert joins the conversation and helps us to think through the various ways people have talked about the issue of divine violence. Enjoy!

RESOURCES: 

Disturbing Divine Behavior: Troubling Old Testament Images of God (book) 

The Violence of Scripture: Overcoming the Old Testament's Troubling Legacy (book) 

Does God really plan everything that happens? Bonnie Kristian returns to the podcast, this time to discuss God's providence and foreknowledge. Does God choose everything that happens? Does God choose who will be saved and who will be damned? Does God know the future? Is there even a future to be known? Kristian breaks down 4 different positions regarding these kinds of questions including Calvinism, Molinism, Arminianism and Open Theism. Enjoy

RESOURCES: 

A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What it Means to Follow Jesus Today (Book)

The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (Book) 

BonnieKristian.com 

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Does God really plan everything that happens? Bonnie Kristian returns to the podcast, this time to discuss God's providence and foreknowledge. Does God choose everything that happens? Does God choose who will be saved and who will be damned? Does God know the future? Is there even a future to be known? Kristian breaks down 4 different positions regarding these kinds of questions including Calvinism, Molinism, Arminianism and Open Theism. Enjoy

RESOURCES: 

A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What it Means to Follow Jesus Today (Book)

The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (Book) 

BonnieKristian.com 

The idea of hell has haunted many dreams and disturbed much sleep. Many wonder at the justice (or injustice) of it all, feeling confounded by a God who deems it necessary to send the majority of humanity to burn there forever.

This week, Sharon Putt (Formerly Sharon Baker) joins the show and offers a safe space to contemplate tough issues and rethink traditional views of hell. Enjoy. 

RESOURCES: 

Razing Hell: Rethinking Everything You've Been Taught about God's Wrath and Judgement (book) 

Executing God: Rethinking Everything You've Been Taught about Salvation and the Cross (book) 

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