Theology in the Raw

By Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality Christianity

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Each weekday Preston Sprinkle does his best to take a fresh look at What the Bible REALLY Says. Putting down his own opinions and traditions, Preston tries to address each issue by looking at what scripture truly has to say about each topic. You can join Preston live each weekday at 2:15pm at 94.1 The Voice.

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#779 - Is Technology Enslav...

02.17.2020

Preston talks with his friend Jay Kim, who’s a pastor at Vintage Church in Santa Cruz, CA, and the author of the forthcoming book Analogy Church. Jay has been rethinking how we go about using technology in church and how ...

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02.17.2020 #779 - Is Technology Enslaving Us? Jay Kim Preston talks with his friend Jay Kim, who’s a pastor at Vintage Church in Santa Cruz, CA, and the author of the forthcoming book Analogy Church. Jay has been rethinking how we go about using technology in church and how ...
02.10.2020 #778 - Annihilation View of Hell: Q & A Questions Covered in Today’s show: -Why has most church fathers and theologians held to eternal conscious torment? -What about the parable in Luke 16 where the rich man was suffering “in torment”? -What about Revelation 20:10-15, where it explicitly says ...
02.06.2020 Old Testament in the Raw Week 3: Genesis 2-3 This week in Old Testament in the Raw (formerly known as OT Dive), Preston and his class dive into Genesis 2-3. We begin by looking at all the ways that Genesis 2 emphasizing the intimacy or imminence of God. Then ...
02.03.2020 #777 - Kanye, White Evangelicalism, and Racial Reconciliation: Steve Patton Preston is joined again by his friend Steve Patton to talk about the Kanye's conversion and white evangelicalism's response. And yes, Steve has some critical thoughts on the whole ordeal. Steve and Preston talk quite a bit about Kanye, then ...
01.30.2020 Old Testament Dive: Week 2 This week in Old Testament dive, Preston digs deep into Genesis 1 and draws out the main theological theme of the transcendence of God. This theme is correlated with the theme of God’s immanence in Genesis 2. Both themes—transcendence and ...
01.28.2020 #776 - Effective Communication, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and Politics: Dr. Heather Thompson Day Heather is a communications professor at Colorado Christian University and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church. Her and Preston talk a lot about her church, communication, politics, college students, and much more
01.20.2020 #775 - The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: John Mark Comer Back by popular demand, pastor and writer John Mark Comer joins Preston to talk about his latest book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. They also talk about many other things like parenting in a post-Christian world, ministry in an urban ...
01.16.2020 Old Testament Dive: Week 1 Preston started teaching an Old Testament course at an adult Sunday school class at his church and is going to be releasing these talks on this podcast. In this introductory lecture, Preston discusses how to read the Old Testament, the ...
01.13.2020 #774 - Israel Trip, Global Generosity, and Becoming More than Christians: Addison Bevere Preston sits down with his friend Addison Bevere to talk about the ministry of Messenger International, a global ministry with a massive reach and a generous heart. Addison also just wrote a book called "Saints: Becoming More than Christians," which ...
01.06.2020 #773 - The Annihilation View of Hell. Part 2 Preston continues his conversation about the annihilation view hell. In this podcast, he goes through the Old Testament, Early Judaism, and the New Testament, showing that there is a good deal of biblical support for annihilation. Preston then addresses some ...
12.30.2019 #772 - The Annihilation View of Hell. Part 1 Preston explains his journey with the doctrine of hell, from thinking that annihilation was heresy and that John Stott must have lost his faith for believing it, to writing Erasing Hell and still leaning toward the traditional view, to continuing ...
12.23.2019 #771 - Acts, the Church, and Women in Ministry: Kristen and Osvaldo Padilla Preston and Ozzie did their Ph.D.’s together at Aberdeen University, where Ozzie wrote a brilliant dissertation on the role that speeches from non-Christians play in the book of Acts. Fast forward several years and Ozzie is teaching at Beeson Divinity ...
12.16.2019 #770 Life of a Pastor’s Kid: Barnabas Piper Preston sits down with Barnabas Piper (John’s son) to talk about the pros and cons of growing up in the fishbowl of a pastor’s family. Barnabas has been through a lot and is super honest and raw about his journey. ...
12.09.2019 #769 - Beating Guns and Killing Death: Shane Claiborne Preston and Shane sit down for the first time on Theology in the Raw to talk about Christianity, the church, Mother Theresa, guns, gun violence, when he’s getting his dreads back, conservatism and progressivism, and many other topics.
12.02.2019 #768 - Where Should Trans Students Sleep at Summer Camp? And Other Questions Questions, questions, questions. Preston is taking another week to address some super interesting questions sent in from his listeners. Where should trans-identified students sleep at summer camp? With the boys or with the girls? Should Christians watch movies with sex ...
11.25.2019 #767 - Politics & the Bible, Hell and Nonviolence, Learning from Morally Compromised Christians After doing loads of interviews this Fall, Preston is back to responding to some questions sent in by his listeners. Is the Bible political? What’s the difference between being political and partisan? Do we throw away books written by Christians ...
11.19.2019 #766 - The Cultural and Moral Significance of Joker Preston was speaking at University of Northwestern in Minneapolis and in between talks he and his good friend, Luke Thompson, went out to see the movie The Joker. That evening, Preston and Luke went out to a local pub and ...
11.11.2019 #765 - How to Raise Anti-Fragile Kids: Dr. Leonard Sax Dr. Leonard Sax (M.D., Ph.D.) is a physician, psychologist, speaker, and best selling writer. In this episode, Preston and Dr. Sax talk about why kids are growing up much more fragile and unhealthy (mentally and physically). Part of it has ...
11.04.2019 #764 - Gender-Queer and Gospel-Centered: Lesli Hudson-Reynolds Preston’s very good friend and mentor, Lesli Hudson-Reynolds, joins him on the podcast to talk about Trans-related questions, gender dysphoria, LGBTQ people in the church, and how to lead with love even when (or especially when) there’s disagreement. Lesli has ...
10.28.2019 #763 - Nonviolence, “Open Theism,” and Heavy Metal: Greg Boyd In this energetic conversation, Greg and Preston talk about various hot-button issues from nonviolence to nationalism in the church to Open-Theism (a term Greg doesn’t actually endorse), along with Annihlationism, hopeful Universalism, violence in the Old Testament, hermeneutics of hard ...
10.21.2019 #762 - Faith for Exiles: David Kinnaman As the president and owner of The Barna Group, David has been analyzing data about Christianity in America for more than 20 years. Despite being a terrible bird hunter, David is one of the most important and relevant Christian analysts ...
10.14.2019 #761 - Politics, White Evangelicalism, and Race Relations in the Church: Justin Giboney Justin is a lawyer by trade and co-founder of the And Campaign, which helps Christians become less tribalistic and more Christian in their political affiliations. Preston and Justin talk about faith and politics, democratic candidates, and the pros and cons ...
10.07.2019 #760 - Life as an Intersex Christian: Lianne Simon Lianne was born with an intersex condition called Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis, where some of her cells have a Y chromosome while others do not. Lianne was originally reared as a male, but later had surgery to become male. (Or, did ...
09.30.2019 #759 - Racism, tribalism, and prophet-poets in the evangelical church: Propaganda (Jason Petty) It’s been said that artists are the prophets of the church. Propaganda is the embodiment of that truth. Preston sits down with Prop for the first time to discuss his journey in evangelicalism. Son of a Black Panther father, raised ...
09.23.2019 #758 - What does it mean to be human? A conversation with Dr. Marc Cortez Preston is a big fan of the work of Mark Cortez, so this conversation is long awaited! Marc is a specialist in the discipline of theological anthropology; in particular, the relationship between the mind and the body. After spending the ...
09.16.2019 #757 - A Red-Headed Australian Army Vet Becomes a World Renown Biblical Scholar: Michael Bird Preston is joined by his long-time friend Dr. Michael Bird. Mike is a renown biblical scholar who just finished writing a definitive introduction to the New Testament with N.T. Wright. Preston and Mike talk shop about all things related to ...
09.09.2019 #756 - A Transgender Christian’s Journey with Jesus: Kat LaPrairie Preston talks with one of his good friends, Kat LaPrairie, about their experience as a transgender Christian. And yes, Kat and Preston talk quite a bit about what Kat means by “transgender,” along with many other topics related to gender ...
09.02.2019 #755 - Same-sex attracted but married to a man? Laurie Krieg Preston sits down with his good friend, mentor, and board member Laurie Krieg to talk about sexuality, the gospel, mixed orientation marriages, the gospel, masculinity and femininity, the gospel, homosexuality, the gospel, marriage, the gospel, sex, the gospel, progressivism and ...
08.26.2019 #754 - Sex, Youth Culture, Pornography, and Why the Purity Movement Didn’t Work: Jason Soucinek Preston has his good friend Jason Soucinek on the show to talk about all the stuff referenced in the title. Jason is an expert in sex and youth culture, along with many other related topics. They talk a lot about ...
08.19.2019 #753 - A New Vision for Church: Hugh Halter In this episode, Preston gets to know Hugh Halter, who’s done some innovative “church” plants—if we can even call them that. Preston and Hugh talk about the different kingdom projects that Hugh’s been a part of, especially his most recent ...
08.12.2019 #752 - A Southern Baptist Girl Turned Anglican Priest: A Conversation with Tish Harrison Warren On episode #752 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Tish Harrison Warren. Tish and Preston talk about poking the progressive bear, egalitarianism in the NT, Tish’s journey toward priesthood in the Anglican church, and her hot ...
08.05.2019 #751 - Living at the Intersection of Church & Culture in the U.K.: A Conversation with Peter Lynas On episode #751 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Peter Lynas. Peter and Preston talk about the current state of the transgender conversation in the U.K., evangelicalism in Northern Ireland, and how to embody both truth ...
07.29.2019 #750 - A Theology Geek in Youth Pastor’s Clothing: A Conversation with Dr. Joey Dodson On episode #747 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Joey Dodson. Joey is Preston’s best friend and the two of them are a recipe for disaster. In this podcast, Joey and Preston talk about the historical ...
07.22.2019 #749 - Understanding our Cultural Moment: A Conversation with Mark Sayers Mark and Preston talk about where the Western church is in this cultural moment. Various topics came up like the global reaction against the liberal values of America, China’s control over Hollywood, how we are living in harmony with where ...
07.15.2019 #748 - Life in (and Out of) the Church Industrial Complex: A Conversation with Dan White Jr. On episode #747 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Dan White Jr. Preston and Dan talk about Dan’s journey from being a leader in the “church industrial complex” to coaching pastors are how to plant a ...
07.08.2019 #747 - A Journalist Explores Transgender Related Questions: A Conversation with Madeleine Kearns On episode #747 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Madeleine Kearns. Madeleine has written several articles on the politics of the transgender conversation, in particular how it has affected children. Some of the things she’s discovered ...
07.01.2019 #746 - Has 'Homosexual' Always Been in the Bible? On episode #746 of Theology in the Raw Preston addresses a recent blog post that's gained a lot of attention across the internet. The post goes by the same title as this podcast: "Has 'Homosexual" always been in the Bible?". ...
07.01.2019 #746 - Has 'Homosexual' Always Been in the Bible? On episode #746 of Theology in the Raw Preston addresses a recent blog post that's gained a lot of attention across the internet. The post goes by the same title as this podcast: "Has 'Homosexual" always been in the Bible?". ...
06.24.2019 #745 - Parenting in the Raw On episode #744 of Theology in the Raw Chris Sprinkle is joined by her husband Preston to discuss various questions about parenting sent in from their Patreon supporters.
06.24.2019 #745 - Parenting in the Raw On episode #744 of Theology in the Raw Chris Sprinkle is joined by her husband Preston to discuss various questions about parenting sent in from their Patreon supporters.
06.17.2019 #744 - Challenges of Being a Woman in Male-Dominated American Evangelicalism: A Conversation with Lynn Cohick Preston and Lynn talk about the challenges of being a woman in male-dominated American evangelicalism. They also discuss biblical views on masculinity and femininity, and early Church perspectives on women.
06.17.2019 #744 - Challenges of Being a Woman in Male-Dominated American Evangelicalism: A Conversation with Lynn Cohick Preston and Lynn talk about the challenges of being a woman in male-dominated American evangelicalism. They also discuss biblical views on masculinity and femininity, and early Church perspectives on women.
06.10.2019 #743 - A Dialogue with an Intersex Christian Christian is a cult survivor, missionary, and an intersex person with both male and female sex chromosomes and anatomy. Preston talks to Christian about what it is like living as both male and female in a binary world where sex-categories ...
06.10.2019 #743 - A Dialogue with an Intersex Christian Christian is a cult survivor, missionary, and an intersex person with both male and female sex chromosomes and anatomy. Preston talks to Christian about what it is like living as both male and female in a binary world where sex-categories ...
06.03.2019 #742 - Forgiveness and the Charleston Church Shooting: A Conversation with Brian Ivie In this episode, Preston talks to Brian about his latest documentary, “Emanuel,” which covers the 2015 church shooting in Charleston, SC. What was it like being a white guy documenting such a racially charged event? How did people respond to ...
06.03.2019 #742 - Forgiveness and the Charleston Church Shooting: A Conversation with Brian Ivie In this episode, Preston talks to Brian about his latest documentary, “Emanuel,” which covers the 2015 church shooting in Charleston, SC. What was it like being a white guy documenting such a racially charged event? How did people respond to ...
05.27.2019 #741 - What is the Gospel? Why is Marriage Between a Man and Woman? On episode #741 of Theology in the Raw Preston answers questions submitted by Pateron supporters. Questions covered in this podcast: 1) What is the Gospel? 2) Why is Marriage Between a Man and Woman? 3) What are my thoughts on ...
05.27.2019 #741 - What is the Gospel? Why is Marriage Between a Man and Woman? On episode #741 of Theology in the Raw Preston answers questions submitted by Pateron supporters. Questions covered in this podcast: 1) What is the Gospel? 2) Why is Marriage Between a Man and Woman? 3) What are my thoughts on ...
05.20.2019 #740 - What Is Jackass Theology? On episode #740 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Mark and Ryan from Jackass Theology. Mark has been serving in pastoral roles for over 15 years. After a decade in various teaching and administrative roles at ...
05.20.2019 #740 - What Is Jackass Theology? On episode #740 of Theology in the Raw Preston has a conversation with Mark and Ryan from Jackass Theology. Mark has been serving in pastoral roles for over 15 years. After a decade in various teaching and administrative roles at ...

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