Ahhh. Post election peace. Just kidding! Today, we're talking to Abby McCloskey, a writer and thinker about American politics. We talk about before and after the election, double listening, and how politics isn't like Vegas (but how Christians often treat it like it is).

Christianity is inherently relational. So it's important we get this part of life right. We're talking to Dr. Bryan Loritts about deep friendship, why your calendaring habits matter so much, and the bigget friendship killers we all face.

For more information visit: https://bryanloritts.com/

It seemed like there was a new headline every week about the latest high-profile church leaders' moral failings. A lot of these were centered in DFW, which happens to be the same area where the Rebranding Christianity team lives and works. In this podcast, we talk about what we can learn from pastoral failings and abuse, celebrity church culture, and the bigger-than-you-might-think pockets of hope in church leadership.

Ep.29 Politics and Christians Behaving Badly 

Publish Date: October 8, 2024

Rebranding Christianity was in part written because of the Evangelical Christian response to the 2020 election. Fast forward 4 years and in a new election season, what's changed and what's still the same? How can we all reflect the heart of Jesus a little better in a contentious election? And how do identity politics affect Christians for good and for bad? 

Ep.28 Safe Churches, Grace, and the End Times

Guest: Max Lucado
Publish Date: September 17, 2024

https://maxlucado.com/

Max Lucado knows a thing or two about Jesus-style love. In this episode of Rebranding Christianity, we sit down with Max Lucado to talk about risky messages in safe churches, the Christian brand of grace, and how thinking about the end times can color our perspective to live more like Jesus in the here and now.

Ep.27 Who Are the 40 Million Dechurched?

Guest: Michael Graham
Publish Date: August 20, 2024

https://dechurching.com/

You may have heard the stats. 40 million have "dechurched" in the last few decades. This isn't a small problem, and it's not abstract- many of those 40 million are our own friends and family. Today, we're hearing from Michael Graham on the suprising data around the 40 million, what we can learn from their reasons for dechurching, and how we can build compelling communities that make people curious about what they're missing.

Ep.26 Cultivating Welcoming Churches - with Shane Stanford

Guest: Shane Stanford
Publish Date: August 20, 2024

https://shanestanford.com/

When Shane Stanford was told he had HIV due to a contaminated blood tranfusion, his mom told him the last people he could share that with were his friends at church. We're learning from his journey of church planting as an HIV-positive man, getting to know Jesus when you thought you knew him all along, and how to cultivate churches that lead with love.

Ep. 25 Know The Truth, Make It Beautiful - with Carmen Laberge

Guest: Carmen Laberge
Publish Date: August 6, 2024

https://carmenlaberge.com/

The love and truth of Jesus continues to surprise us, 2000 years later. What can we learn from that suprising, refreshing reality and how does that change the way we interact with culture? Today, we're talking about beauty pagents, defensiveness, and the ways we all can take a step closer to representing the true heart of God to a world who craves him. 

Ep. 25 Faith in Silicon Valley - with Rusty Rueff

Guest: Rusty Rueff
Publish Date: July 16
Hosts: Mike Hogan, Jeff Jones, Eric Torrence, Darby DeBusk  

https://thefaithcode.com/  

What does it look like to have vibrant faith in a tech-forward environment? It might be different than what you think. Rusty Rueff, the host of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur podcast, has some thoughts on communicating biblical principles for a unique context and living them out in refreshing ways. In this episode, we talk about his book The Faith Code, the surprising results of being like Jesus in the work place, and how we can all think creatively about modeling Jesus in our own contexts.

Ep. 23 Neighborliness, Bias, and Disparity – With David Docusen

Guest: David Docusen
Publish date: July 2
Hosts: Jeff Jones, Mike Hogan, Eric Torrence, Darby DeBusk 

https://daviddocusen.com/ 

Bias, reconciliation, and inclusion may be trigger words for some, but they are key gospel concepts that are important to getting back to the heart of Jesus’ mission for the church. David Docusen, author of Neighborliness, has spent much of his life creating conversation around hot topics and helping Christians navigate them with nuance and thoughtfulness.

At Rebranding Christianity, we think a lot of Christians struggle with thinking and engaging with tricky topics with nuance and grace, which leads to misrepresenting God’s heart for people. In this episode, we talk about getting out of the bubble, creating a Kingdom culture together, and why courage and curiousity are the most valuable tools in our toolbelt.