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• What is tolerance? What do people really mean when they say tolerance?
• Acceptance and tolerance as values 
• Are acceptance and tolerance Christian values?
• What should we as Christians be tolerant and accepting of?

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Lots of people have been talking about Critical Theory recently. Lots of people are also buying in, as well as many people in churches and many pastors. In this episode we look at what Critical Theory is and if the Bible supports it or contradicts it. 

Here are some resources I mentioned in the podcast. Learn more about Critical Theory from these links:
https://www.str.org/w/critical-theory-vs-christianity
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/incompatibility-critical-theory-christianity/
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In this episode, Cody talks about a new church he's been attending and getting plugged into small groups, as well as some interesting things that came to light at the group, revealing a serious problem in many churches. Christians don't know how to read the Bible.

We read every other book in our libraries... well, like a book. But why don't we read the Bible like a book? Instead, we read it like a bunch of verses and skip around and rarely read the verses in context with the passage, chapter, book, or even in context with the overarching narrative of Scripture. This happens simply because this is how Christians are taught to read the bible by their pastors. If pastors know that the Bible is a story and should be read like a story instead of segmented verses, why don't they teach that way? 

We talk about this and more in this episode of Good Monsters as we look at modern Christianity and Christian culture from a Biblical perspective.

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How do you read the bible? Odds are, even if you're a Christian, you don't. But if you do, you probably read the same handful of books over and over, probably the Gospels. Or perhaps you open to a random page and try to pull something out that applies to your life. If any of that is true for you, then you couldn't
be more wrong. Let's talk about the way that God intends the Bible to be read and understood. 

In this episode, we discuss the overarching narrative of scripture and how to articulate it, the doctrine of inspiration, and ways that Christians fail at reading the bible. It's important to understand what scripture is so we can value it and consume it the way that God intends. It's also important to be able to reflect on our failures in reading Scripture so that we can learn better from it and be able to align ourselves more with the lives that God wants us to live.

Also check out Greg Koukl and Stand to Reason, a resource that is mentioned in the podcast at str.org. Greg Koukl's model for the narrative of Scripture: God, Man, Jesus, Cross, Resurrection, is very helpful in understanding the Biblical story and how every book of the Bible fits into the context of that story.

This is the Good Monsters Podcast, critically looking at Christianity and Christian culture from a biblical perspective.   

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What does the word pastor mean? In this episode we look at the biblical definition of pastor and compare that to our modern Christian understanding and see what doesn't fit. In fact, many pastors aren't pastors at all, and that may end up being a serious problem for your church, but also for the faith and spiritual well being of the individuals in your church.

We see Christians filling churches every Sunday who lack fundamental understanding of their faith and who aren't being properly fed and cared for. This is due to many churches' poor leadership, which is ultimately due to our poor understanding of the requirements of church leaders and pastors. We need to start caring for other Christians more and taking initiative in our own faiths as well to make sure we are cared for. Pastoring is a hugely important thing in our faith and a necessary part of the body of Christ, and we need to understand properly what that means so we can be stronger Christians.

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Feelings, emotions, and our own desires and inclinations play a large role in our faiths. Probably a much larger role than we’re aware of.  We want to feel God. We want to feel like God is real and that he loves us and that Jesus really lives, died, and came back to life. But what about when we don’t feel those things? 

In this episode, we discuss western Christians’ tendency to emphasize individualism and it’s impact on our faith. We also talk about our culture’s perception as of a couple of God’s characteristics, imminence and transcendence, and how that relates to the place of feelings in our faith as well. 

It turns out that our culture generally takes an opposite perspective on the importance of feelings in faith than the Bible. Let’s fix that. 

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In this episode Cody discusses an encouraging message he received online, as well as further detailing his motivation for creating a podcast that's critical of modern Christianity. Then Cody shares the story of his faith and a time when he almost lost his faith, and how he came out to where he is now. 

Faith requires challenges. We need to inoculate ourselves as Christians against challenges the world will throw at us by educating ourselves. We should know how to explain good reasons for why God exists, why the Bible is reliable, and why Jesus really came back to life after he died.

Thanks for listening! Good Monsters takes a critical look at modern Christianity from a Christian perspective.

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In this episode the Good Monsters podcast creator, Cody Lawrence, introduces himself and the podcast, sharing his story and why it's important to critically look at modern Christianity and Christian culture.

Stay tuned for more episodes of the Good Monsters Podcast!

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