Sarah, James, and Evan talk about more AI craziness, whether people should just compost when they die, the use of IVF to create healthy humans, Pete Hegseth's questionable wartime ethics, and more.

Evan McClanahan and Matthew Tyson look at the question of the death penalty and ask if Christians should support it or not. It seems there was unanimity on this subject for much of Christian history, but now, many Christians oppose the death penalty. We will consider Old Testament Law, ethics, pragmatism, and more as we unpack this complex topic. This is the first of a regular offering of debates we hope to offer as a joint effort between First Lutheran and Theology by the Pint. For years, the First Word Debate series featured in-person debates on a robust number of topics. As the debate world has moved online, we thought we would try our hand at producing interesting debates for the online community as well. If there are topics you would like to see us take on, don't hesitate to reach out to us at flhouston.org or theologybythepint.org.

On this episode of WPR, new guest James joins Cody, Sarah, and Evan as we pick up where we left off last time (is someone like Talarico truly speaking for Christianity?). We also look at President Trump's controversial Religious Liberty Commission, the decline of Catholic attendance, women being forced to have c-sections, some people claiming to see aliens while on DMT, homeless policy failures, and labor hypocrisies. Whew, that's a lot!

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Theology by the Pint is live in Kingwood looking at Christian Nationalism. Do you have to follow God's law to be a good government? What is Christian Nationalism and does it make sense?

This extended version of WPR sees Evan, Adam, and Matt looking at the perils of AI, the Christian grace of aging, James Telarico's version of Christianity (or is it "Christianity"?), and whether LGBT from 2022 was just a "fad" or "social contagion.

This is a bit of an unusual conversation for Theology on Air, but it is especially relevant. America is living through - whether they like it or not - an economic shift away from "Free Trade" dogma towards "Fair Trade" dogma. Think of something like tariffs for fair trade and a desire for the lowest price for consumers in the free trade camp. Both ideas have their merit and both have been debated since the founding of America. But which is right? Thanks to Ken Cowan and Brian Lantz for debating this important topic!

Sarah, Ken, Evan and first-time guest Loren look at a variety of headlines including the disturbing trend of looksmaxxing, whether Christians can be Libertarians, where in the world certain in God still exists, and more signs of anarcho-tyranny where criminals are rewarded while law-abiders are punished.

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Collin Cornell joins Sarah and Evan to offer a pretty unique take on the mission of the Church. Rather than being limited just to our forgiveness, Collin asks what else Christians are supposed to be doing with their lives. Old habits of looking at Genesis 1-2 and then the last few chapters of Revelation lead us to miss a lot of important data in between. Collin is a professor at Fuller Seminary and his new book is called, "God Draws Near."

Who is Israel? From Abraham to wars over Gaza, we explore whether today's nation-state is the same as the Israel of the Old Testament.

When you hear about the geopolitical events of today around Israel and the Jewish people, how connected is all of that to the stories from the Old Testament of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and continuing on to Jesus? Are the promises made to Israel in the Bible still coming for the Jewish people? Is the Church the new Israel? How should Christians think about what's happening on the world stage?

Mace Perez and Adam McIntosh go head-to-head before a larger panel fields questions from you, the audience!

What are the differences among Christians? What divides us and where are we united?Are Catholics and Protestants really all that different? What exactly is the Eastern Orthodox church? What things do we agree on and where are the schisms? Will we all go to heaven?Come join us for the most ecumenical conversation you may ever have as we hear from ministry leaders from all 3 churches and argue about who's right!?Guest speakers:Roman Catholic - Mike GormleyEaster Orthodox - Fr. Joseph HuneycuttProtestant - Evan McClanahanPanelists:James Prather (Catholic)Dn. Timothy Rask (Orthodox)Juan Carlos Martinez (Protestant)We apologize for a few audio issues. The introductions for the panel did not include Juan Carlos, James, or Evan, and half of Mike's introduction.