The Rebranding Christianity Podcast

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.

Ep. 23 Jesus Doesn’t Need a Lawyer – With Bob Goff

Guest: Bob Goff
Publish date: June 19, 2024
Hosts: Jeff Jones, Eric Torrence, Darby DeBusk 

https://www.bobgoff.com

Is the American church distracted? We think yes. If you’ve listened to Rebranding Christianity before, you know that we think the church is distracted towards a brand of faith that is marked more by greed and hypocrisy than the radical love of Jesus. Bob Goff is an author, speaker, and “recovering lawyer” who writes about how distraction in our own lives can lead us places we don’t want to be. In this episode, we talk about how Bob’s principles relate to the church, why Jesus is looking for ushers, not bouncers, and how to recapture the focused love of Jesus that a watching world desperately craves.

Ep. 21 The Peace of God in the World We Live In – with Brant Hansen

Publish date: May 21, 2024
Host: Greg Holmes
Guest: Brant Hansen

Maybe the reason Evangelical Christians appear angry is because we ARE angry. Maybe The reason we come across as controlling or combative culture warriors is because we are anxious and fearful of what we see happening in our world. Jesus had a lot to say about our own anger, fear, and anxiety.

Is it possible to be engaged in what is going on the world while also maintaining a prevailing sense of peace that comes only from God?  In this episode we talk with author and radio host Brant Hansen, about his new book “Life is Hard, God is Good, Let’s Dance: Living in Peace in a World Gone Mad”. We discuss whether real peace and joy is possible in the world we actually live in.

Ep. 20: Restore the Table – with Ryan Rush

Publish date: May 7, 2024
Host: Greg Holmes
Guest: Ryan Rush
  
What if way to strengthen bonds and bridge divides is something we are already doing every day?

Today, we’re talking with Ryan Rush, author of “Restore the Table: Discover the Powerful Connections of Meaningful Mealtimes” about the power of a shared meal. In this episode, we talk about the dinner parties Jesus went to, why a simple sloppy joe recipe can stick with us for years, and how the table at mealtimes can impact faith and culture in extraordinary ways.

https://www.restorethetable.org (https://www.restorethetable.org/)

Ep. 19: Thinking Deeply About the Cross With Brian Zahnd

Publish date: April 16, 2024
Host: Greg Holmes
Guest: Brian Zahndhttps://brianzahnd.com 

Theology can be dry and academic, but it can also be mysterious and deeply moving. The way we as Christians think about the cross can affect how we interact with the world and love the people around us. In this episode, we talk with Brian Zahnd about how when we understand the cross, it changes everything.