307 - How to Have an Enemy (w/ Melissa Florer-Bixler)
Pastor With No Answers: The MIXTAPE Era
English - August 03, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 245 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality deconstruction christianity pastor questions jesus theology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Mennonite Pastor, Duke Graduate and author, Melissa Florer-Bixler, talks about her newly released book, How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace. She explains why she is an "empathy skeptic" and how she can have rage for some one like President Trump while still wanting him to be free, as there's no healing that comes from a desire to see one punished. She poses an important question: what are some justice-related issues that Christians can agree to disagree on and what issues are universally intolerable and incongruent to the gospel of Jesus Christ?
“We need a radical reorientation to the reign of God.” -- Melissa
That sounds beautiful, doesn’t it? Umm, YES.
At the top of the episode, Joey, Ellen Mauro and Hayne Griffin discuss their issues with the word "heresy" and how the bible isn’t age-appropriate for kids. Hayne shares a story in which Bill Hybels "came to the rescue for women" and Ellen shares a spiritual awakening she’s walking through in how one can’t go wrong with focusing on Jesus’ love while also having critical eyes for everything outside of Jesus. Joey thinks he used to be brainwashed by Mark Driscoll.
[This podcast is "chapter marker" abled]
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