"I am no longer a Christian (and) a huge reason is the lack of support from Christians when it comes to racism." Arnita Taylor, coauthor of A Language of Healing for a Polarized Nation gets that disturbing message from a friend and wanted to discuss it with Wayne and Bob. They talk about the number of people who are no longer comfortable with the term "Christian" because of how it has come to be defined not as people who look like Christ living in the world, but those who hold to a political agenda that others think spreads the wrong message in the world. They also specifically talk about why the predominately white church has a difficult time talking about racism.

Podcast Notes:

If you'd like to participate in an open After-Show conversation this Sunday, June 7 at 10:00 am PDT, email Wayne for a link. We'll let the first 30 in the room and stream for the rest on the God Journey Facebook Page

A Language of Healing for a Polarized Nation

Previous Podcasts with Arnita Taylor

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Previous Podcasts with Bob Prater

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The Latest from Kenya - We Have Completed the Work

If all you end up with are religious rules and human effort, you've missed the reality of the Gospel. Much truth in Scripture is set in conditional sentences. "If you abide in me..." "If you seek wisdom as gold..."  Some people think these are in conflict with "unconditional love."  What gives?  Wayne and Kyle continue their conversation about Scripture by talking about how we handle handle the "If you..." of the Scriptures. God's love is never conditional, but our participation in his life is the result of us living in that love. This is not quid pro quo or God passing out blessings based on our performance. If you interpret these Scriptures with that religious veneer you will disfigure the character of God and distort the wonder of Scripture. The conditional statements of Scripture invite us into the process of transformation and allows us to reap its rewards.

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The Jesus Lens

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Past Podcasts with Kyle

The Latest from Kenya - We Have Completed the Work

The Holy Spirit is the best guide we have to draw us to God, and the best tool to help us in that process is the Bible. To separate those two can cause us fits on our God journey, and rob us of a valuable source of wisdom. Unfortunately, many people have discarded the Bible because of the religious tool it has become. Two podcasts with Courtney with a further discussion on an After-show, as well as Wayne's new Bible appreciation series for kids, The Jesus Story, has opened up lots of listener input and questions for Wayne about his view of Scripture. So, after processing a couple of painful incidences of racism in the news this week, Kyle helps Wayne sort through his view of Scripture in light of the emails he has received. They talk about verbal and plenary inspiration, "Sola Scriptura," and how interpreting the Bible as a treasure map can safeguard us from being trapped by interpretations that lead us to religious performance.

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Wayne's Blog on the Racist Climate in U.S. This Can't Keep Happening

The Jesus Story

The Jesus Lens

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Past Podcasts with Kyle

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This is Part 2 of a conversation that began last week as Sara and Wayne reflected on their forty-five year journey learning to love each other. They also respond to questions sent to them by six young couples about love, life, and marriage and what resulted was an honest reflection of a hard-won journey through the challenges of life, bad teachings on marriage, personal insecurities, and selfishness, into an adventure of learning to love another human being as deeply as life would allow. Day by day they continue to find their way to "us", how two people can find wholeheartedness in the decisions they make without either one become the victim of the other's choices.

Podcast Notes:

Part 1 of Finding Our Way to Us

Previous podcasts with Sara

Learning to Love More Deeply - the specific podcast mentioned about Sara's discovery

The Latest from Kenya - We Have Completed the Work

On Sunday, Sara and Wayne celebrated their forty-fifth anniversary and take a moment to reflect on the journey and joy of watching let love prevail over all else. Before they recorded this, Wayne asked six young couples if they had questions about marriage they would like to ask Sara and him. The two of them take on most of the forty-some-odd questions sent in, and what they ended up with is an honest reflection of a hard-won journey through the challenges of life, bad teachings on marriage, personal insecurities, and selfishness, into an adventure of learning to love another human being as deeply as life would allow. Day by day they continue to find their way to "us", how two people can find wholeheartedness in the decisions they make without either one become the victim of the other's choices.

Podcast Notes:

Previous podcasts with Sara

Learning to Love More Deeply - the specific podcast mentioned in this one about Sara's discovery

The Latest from Kenya - We Have Completed the Work

On Sunday afternoon a few of us got together on The God Journey After-Show to follow-up my conversation last week with Courtney. We covered questions about how we interpret Scripture as a progressive revelation of God's nature and how we follow him if we can't find all the answers we need in the Scriptures. We had fourteen God Journey listeners in the conversation ranging from Europe to Canada and the U.S. A special thanks to all who participated. If you prefer, you can watch the video version on the God Journey Facebook Page.

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The Jesus Story

The Jesus Lens

The Latest from Kenya

What began with a set of questions about specific Scriptures, turns out to be a marvelous exploration of trust that made the questions unimportant. Last week, Wayne had a conversation with Courtney, a single woman living in Texas who wanted to discuss how to interpret Scripture. This is Part 2 of that conversation. What began with a set of pressing questions about Scriptures, turns out to be a marvelous exploration of trust that made the questions less relevant. Last week, Wayne had a conversation with Courtney, a single woman living in Texas who wanted to discuss how to interpret Scripture. The conversation shifted from viewing the Bible as a moral code to embracing it as a treasure map pointing straight to Jesus. Join us to discover how to read and interpret the Scriptures inside a growing relationship of love and trust in God. This is part 2 of a conversation we aired on Tuesday.  This Sunday Wayne will host another After-Show on Sunday, May 17, at 1:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time.

Podcast Notes:

Part 1 of Moral Code or Treasure Map?

One of our listeners was moved to transcribe this podcast: TreasureMapTranscript2

Sign-up for the After-Show and let Wayne know what your interest is in this discussion.

If you just want to stream it live or watch it later, view it here.

The Jesus Story

The Jesus Lens

The Latest from Kenya

What began with a set of pressing questions about Scriptures, turns out to be a marvelous exploration of trust that made the questions less relevant. Last week, Wayne had a conversation with Courtney, a single woman living in Texas who wanted to discuss how to interpret Scripture. In the course of their conversation, the focus shifted from the seeing the Bible as a moral code to consult, but as a treasure map pointing straight to Jesus. This was a fun conversation and Courtney consented not only to the recording, but also to sharing it with all of you. Join us to discover how to read and interpret the Scriptures inside a growing relationship of love and trust in God. This is part 1; part 2 will air on Friday and then Wayne will host another After-Show on Sunday, May 17, at 1:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time.

Podcast Notes:

Sign-up for the After-Show and let Wayne know what your interest is in this discussion.

If you just want to stream it live or watch it later, view it here.

The Jesus Story

The Jesus Lens

The Latest from Kenya

"Is it possible to be fully fearless in the face of death?" One of our listeners sent that question in especially as it relates to the coronavirus and the growing death count in the news. Kyle joins Wayne to explore why we no longer need to fear death and how we can even look forward to crossing the portal that will lead us to the age beyond this one. This is only the waiting room for the real adventure for which we were created. In related stories they also talk about communion services in the pandemic, and what they expose about our view of "church" and "church leadership", as well as the nickname some are giving the virus—Boomer Remover.

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Language of Healing Live

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Past Podcasts with Kyle

Kyle's Podcast - Inspired Epic

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When you're convinced that your principles are right and every one else who disagrees with you is wrong, you've entered into the dangerous waters of destructive dogma. Whether it be in politics, religion, or science, dogma can blind you to other possibilities and make you manipulate people around you to think like you do. Vince Coakley, host of The Vince Coakley Show in Charlotte, NC, joins his friend Wayne to explore the content of an editorial he shared on his radio show the week before. The constant war between competing dogmas doesn't serve us or Jesus' kingdom well. Even our adherence to principles that are true can substitute for a relationship with he who is the truth. And when our dogma fails, will we thrust our head into the sand and with draw to its false comfort, or will we take the courage to sail beyond "our truth" to find out what really is true?

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The Vince Coakley Show

Audio link referred to on the podcast, has not been uploaded yet. We will include it here when it has been.

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The Latest from Kenya