Voxology
503 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 702 ratingsVoxology (Formerly the Vox Podcast with Mike Erre) is a collection of voices that question and discuss our culture's most relevant topics in relation to Christ and Christianity. We talk LGBTQ, American and church politics, Christian culture's catastrophic marginalization of the very people Jesus implores us to love and so much more. If you have serious questions about the church’s representation of Jesus, what he has done and the beauty of his work on earth today, join hosts Mike Erre and Tim Stafford and their guests to talk things out and find your way back to the true mission of Jesus.
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409 - Revelation Part Ten: Letter to Ephesus
June 26, 2023 15:03 - 1 hour - 134 MBLetter to Ephesus. This episode, we continue in Revelation and look at a specific letter to Ephesus. What was the context of this letter? What was it speaking to? How was it to be understood then and now? We also spend time discussing the use of AI in in sermons? Is a AI generated invitation to salvation just as good as a human one? Can someone be "saved" by AI? Is that even the right question? We also discuss women as Elders as Mike share a few Tweets he came across. As always, we encour...
408 - Revelation Part Nine: Empire vs. The Upside Down Kingdom
June 19, 2023 18:13 - 1 hour - 134 MBRevelation Part Nine: Empire vs. The Upside Down Kingdom. This episode, Mike brings us the last context on the seven churches written to in Revelation. What did the first century church already understand that we don't? What is the warning here? How does this set the stage for the rest of the book? Mike and Tim also spend a lengthy amount of time discussing Rick Warren, his changed stance on women in ministry and the SBC reaction. As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pur...
407 - Dangerous Jesus - with Kevin "KB" Burgess
June 12, 2023 18:14 - 1 hour - 124 MBDangerous Jesus. This episode, Mike and Tim are joined by acclaimed musician and now author, Kevin "KB" Burgess, to discuss his new book, "Dangerous Jesus: Why the Only Thing More Risky Than Getting Jesus Right is Getting Jesus Wrong." KB talks about his upbringing and his music. What prompted him to right this book? How does Frederick Douglass fit in? What set KB on his Journey? What role does hip hop play in his early story and what does it play now? What makes Jesus 'dangerous?' What role...
406 - Revelation Part Eight: Empire's Gonna Empire
June 05, 2023 16:33 - 1 hour - 141 MBRevelation Part Eight: Empire's Gonna Empire. Some very important nuggets here for the contextual understanding of the book. Who were the seven churches? Why were they being written to exactly? Who are the competing gods? How does Augustus, "the illustrious one,” factor in? Roma? How does the language of the time, the myths and exaltations, factor into the writing? Have we lost the plot on subverting the Empire? Are we the Empire?!? As with everything, what is to be extrapolated? What from...
405 - Revelation Part Seven: Sevenly Heavenly
May 29, 2023 16:52 - 1 hour - 113 MBRevelation Part Seven: Sevenly Heavenly. Back to the end of the world! JK. After a few episodes of ground work, today Mike finally takes us into the first chapter of Revelation! How was this originally interpreted? What working knowledge did the audience have? How does Daniel play in? What does this chapter set up?? As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Always feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to engage the conversation on Facebook and In...
404 - Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up - with Sheila Gregoire, Rebecca Lindenbach & Suzie Lind
May 22, 2023 15:53 - 1 hour - 174 MBRaising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up. This episode, Mike and Tim are joined by authors Sheila Gregoire, Rebecca Lindenbach & Pastor Suzie Lind to discuss Sheila and Rebecca's (as well as co-author Joanna Sawatsky) newest book, "She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up." Okokok. Sheila and Rebecca walk everyone through the data they've collected regarding the Church's historical messages to women regarding sexu...
403 - Flood & Fury - with Dr. Matthew Lynch
May 15, 2023 12:00 - 57 minutes - 105 MBFlood & Fury. This episode, Mike and Tim sit down with author Dr. Matthew Lynch, to discuss his banger of a new book, "Flood and Fury: Engaging Old Testament Violence." Dr. Lynch is an Associate Professor of Old Testament at Regent College. He sits down and talks the VOXers through how to engage in healthy criticism when approaching ancient texts filled with violence and fury. How have we messed this up? For example, what message from Genesis do the author's want us to walk away with? How do...
402 - Church: The Next Generation - with Kaitlyn Schiess
May 08, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 122 MB402 402 402 402 402 402 402 - Church: The Next Generation. This episode we're continuing our 400th celebration! Mike and Tim sit down one more time with a Holy Poster, this time Kaitlyn Schiess! Kaitlyn fills us in on all she's currently studying at Duke and her thoughts on feminism and the Church. What could the Church learn from her current studies? What authors does she go to? How does Kaitlyn see the future of the Church? How would she build it if she was asked to? Kaitlyn is one of our...
401 - The History of the Church - with Phil Vischer
May 01, 2023 18:48 - 1 hour - 138 MB401 401 401 401 401 401 401 401 - The History of the Church. This episode, Mike and Tim continue the 400 celebration by welcoming the next member of the Holy Post, Phil Vischer. Phil joins to discuss the history of the Church in America. How did we get to where we are? What were each of the cultural shifts? Who was behind the wheel each time? What were the motives? Why do we go along when we know it may be off course? Why is the Christian church the most splintered (denominationally/belief w...
400 - The Future of the Church - with Skye Jethani
April 24, 2023 22:52 - 1 hour - 122 MB400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 episodes!! First and foremost, thank you, thank you, thank you. Many of you are new, many of you have been here from the start. It's been rad. This episode we bring back good friend Skye Jethani from our cousin podcast, the Holy Post. Skye joined us for episode 200 to discuss the Future of the Church... how has his opinion changed in the last few years? What direction does he see the Church headed now? How have culture and church politics intertwined? How do...
399 - Gospel & Gombis: Part Three
April 17, 2023 16:01 - 1 hour - 120 MBGospel & Gombis: Part Three. Guess who's back? Back again. Gombis is back. Back again. Dr. Timothy Freakin Gombis joins Mike and Tim for another installment of Gospel & Gombis. This episode, Mike asks Gombis, "What is sin?" How does the Bible actually speak about it? How does it differ from what we grew up with? Why is it often personified? How does Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight fit in? What is forgiveness? What is salvation?? What is the Gospel??? How do we parse through what we...
398 - Revelation - Part Six: Time After Time
April 10, 2023 15:42 - 58 minutes - 108 MBTime After Time. Welcome back to the Book of Revelation. Today, we look at time and how John speaks about it and uses it in the letter. How are we to see and process the present age and the age to come? How do we interact with the overlap? What does it ask of us? What is the Now and Not Yet to temporal beings? How is this framing of time inconsistent with how we've grown with this book? What does it suppose about baptism...? How many folks would like a series on the disciplines? A better un...
397 - God & Guns: Lament For Another School Shooting
April 03, 2023 17:28 - 1 hour - 152 MBThere was another school shooting in Tennessee last week. Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9; Mike Hill, 61; William Kinney, 9; Katherine Koonce, 60; Cynthia Peak, 61; and Hallie Scruggs, 9. Mike walks us through the event itself, scripture being bastardized in response and what the Bible actually says about violence. Lord, we grieve so heavily, again, over this loss of precious and innocent life. We pray that their communities would come alongside them, love and sit with them. We pray that we do not gr...
396 - Tell Her Story - with Dr. Nijay Gupta
March 27, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBTell Her Story. Dr. Nijay Gupta joins Mike and Tim to discuss his new book, "Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church." First, Dr. Gupta talks about his own journey and study. If women can’t be trusted with teaching or leading at church, why should they be trusted teaching other women or children? Did the first century understand terms like patriarchy? How does Paul speak about his ministry associates, Phoebe, Prisca, and Junia? Why Mary as the caretaker of t...
The Wanderer - Songs of Resistance: Wandering From the Fold
March 22, 2023 12:30 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBSongs of Resistance: Wandering From the Fold. AKA, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Welcome to another mini series of The Wanderer, this time focused on trying to understand and define worship. Each episode will look at the history of a particular Hymn and its origin story, how it may have roots in Justice and what it may encourage us to participate in today. Further, every episode will end with a recorded version of the song by Tim, to listen to after walking through the song's history. ...
395 - Reorientation to the Center
March 20, 2023 12:32 - 1 hour - 116 MBReorientation to the Center. This episode, Mike and Tim read an email asking about how to approach 'Church discipline.' Mike takes us on a journey through the 'centered' approach and how 'Church discipline' should look more like a reorientation to the center. Tim asks questions about the church model and how it is built to set up Pastors for failure. How can we better change the model? How can the chasm or wall built between the public and private self be dismantled so that Pastors can share...
394 - About That Article... - with Suzie Lind & Katie Haseltine
March 13, 2023 15:18 - 1 hour - 155 MBAbout That Article... This week, Mike and Tim invite friends Pastor Suzie Lind and Author Katie Haseltine to share their perspective, wisdom and experience as women in the Church, in light of the article published by the Gospel Coalition. How has a woman's sexuality been framed? How was a woman's relation to a man set up? What trauma does this all bring into a relationship? How does it continue in the marriage? What about for men? How has this imbalanced dichotomy effected men's understandin...
393 - Revelation - Part Five: Revelation for the Rest of Us - with Dr. Scot McKnight & Cody Matchett
March 06, 2023 17:48 - 1 hour - 130 MBRevelation - Part Five: Revelation for the Rest of Us. This episode, authors Dr. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett join Mike and Tim to discuss their new book "Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple." Cody and Dr. McKnight walk us through how to approach the book and how it should be read. Should Revelation be read backwards? How was the first century to interpret the booK? How are we now? What role does Babylon play? How are we to relate to Bab...
392 - Revelation Part Four: Genre
February 27, 2023 20:13 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MBRevelation Part Four: Genre. How is genre important? How did first century Christians read this? How did they know to approach it? How do we? What do we do with the information we have??? First, Mike and Tim discuss the SBC disfellowshipping Saddleback Church over having women pastors as well as other male patronizing stories from the Church this week. As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Always feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to en...
391 - Gospel & Gombis: Part Two
February 20, 2023 17:27 - 1 hour - 31 MBGospel & Gombis: Part Two. Okokok. Suffering? The Problem of Evil? Powers and Principalities??? Today, Mike and Tim are joined by the brilliant Dr. Timothy Gombis to discuss evil and how a good God "allows" it. What does scripture say? Is God an absentee landlord? Why do bad things happen to good people? How was this the best model? As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Always feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to engage the conversation o...
390 - Revelation - Part Three: Apocalypse
February 13, 2023 15:38 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBRevelation - Part Three: Apocalypse. This episode, Mike and Tim begin a conversation on 'genre,' and how the original audience understood and entered into the 'apocalyptic literature' of Revelation. How does the first sentence set up the book? What are we to understand from the time period? How does time itself inform how we approach Revelation? How is the Bible like a Barnes & Noble or any bookstore? How have we done a disservice to the text with a linear approach? First, Mike and Tim di...
The Wanderer - Songs of Resistance: Dangers, Toils & Snares
February 09, 2023 23:07 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBSongs of Resistance: Dangers, Toils & Snares. AKA, Amazing Grace. Welcome to another mini series of The Wanderer, this time focused on trying to understand and define worship. Each episode will look at the history of a particular Hymn and its origin story, how it may have roots in Justice and what it may encourage us to participate in today. Further, every episode will end with a recorded version of the song by Tim, to listen to after walking through the song's history. This week, it is wh...
389 - Tyre Nichols and Police Reform - with Nicholas Sensley
February 06, 2023 16:40 - 1 hour - 113 MBTyre Nichols and Police Reform. Today, Mike and Tim welcome a new friend, retired Chief Nicholas Sensley, who heads up The Institute for American Policing Reform (IAPR). Nick talks to Mike and Time about his upbringing and experiences with police as a young African American boy. Why did he want to become a police officer? How did his time in the military speak into it? Despite the fact that the five officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death, was this a racially motivated crime? How do we begi...
388 - Revelation - Part Two: Left Behind
January 30, 2023 16:28 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBRevelation Part Two: Left Behind. Today, Mike takes us on a journey through a few hot button, five cent words: Dispensationalism! Tribulation! Rapture! The Millennium! How have we gotten to where we are with the prophetic, futurist view we have of Revelation? What do all these terms mean? How did they become all encompassing with our understanding of the book? How do we detach from all of that to see what is really being said? Mike and Tim spend the first part of the episode discussing a ...
387 - Revelation - Part One: An Introduction
January 23, 2023 16:12 - 1 hour - 86 MBRevelation - Part One: An Introduction. Welcome to the first podcast video episode. Today, we're starting a new series digging into one of the most misunderstood and weaponized books of the Bible. To start, we're looking at the different ways throughout history that Revelation has been approached and therefore applied. Mike offers a library of texts that he's used to study. How does the book of Revelation tie into Christian Nationalism? How do we frame it? We're beginning a journey into drag...
Gospel and Gombis: Part One
January 16, 2023 16:09 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBGospel and Gombis. Starting a new series of conversations with Dr. Timothy Freakin Gombis that will feature once a month or so. This is the “Gospel” we received growing up: I am a sinner. God’d wrath is upon me and that wrath is a judgment that occurs after I die. If I have not accepted Christ then I am damned to Hell where I am tortured for an eternity. However, if that process is interrupted and someone shares the Gospel with me and I pray a prayer that invites Jesus into my heart, then wo...
386 - Gospel and Gombis: Part One
January 16, 2023 16:09 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBGospel and Gombis. Starting a new series of conversations with Dr. Timothy Freakin Gombis that will feature once a month or so. This is the “Gospel” we received growing up: I am a sinner. God’d wrath is upon me and that wrath is a judgment that occurs after I die. If I have not accepted Christ then I am damned to Hell where I am tortured for an eternity. However, if that process is interrupted and someone shares the Gospel with me and I pray a prayer that invites Jesus into my heart, then wo...
385 - Celebrities For Jesus - with Katelyn Beaty
January 09, 2023 16:46 - 57 minutes - 79 MBCelebrities For Jesus. Today, Mike and Tim welcome new friend, Katelyn Beaty, to discuss her book, "Celebrities For Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church." Katelyn offers insight from her time at Christianity Today as to the dangers, causes and damage 'celebrity' had brought to the Church. What role do we all play? Is the damage reversible and if so, how? How did this happen? What is the difference between celebrity and fame? Katelyn can be found HERE As always...
384 - Hope & Despair in the New Year - with Pastor Suzie Lind
January 02, 2023 19:38 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBHope & Despair in the New Year. Pastor and friend Suzie Lind joins Mike and Tim to discuss Christianity Today's top 20 stories of 2022. What do these stories say about the Church? What do they say about us? What do they say to the world? What better questions could we ask? What better ways could we respond to controversy and abuse? First, everyone sits down with two listener questions about how to leave a Church well, in a New Creation way and how does one, as a Youth Pastor, change the eve...
383 - Taking Christ out of Christmas - with Pastor Bethany Nass Cseh
December 26, 2022 17:24 - 52 minutes - 72.8 MBTaking Christ out of Christmas. It's Christmas time here at Voxology. Today, we're joined by our good friend and Pastor, Bethany Nass Cseh, to talk about the day we set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus. How did Christmas become the celebration it is today? What were the circumstances around the Christ's actual birth? What beef do we all have with Christmas traditions? What would Jesus want from a celebration of His birth? We spend a lot of time talking about Mary. The scandal of her pr...
382 - Women as Elders
December 19, 2022 15:00 - 55 minutes - 76 MBWomen as Elders. After establishing women in teaching and leading roles, Mike and Tim turn to a few listener questions that deal with whether or not women can serve as Elders. Is the term Elder used in the Bible? If so, how? What are the qualifications expressed? Are they gendered? What examples do we have of women leading and what do we know of their roles? We do we do so many mental gymnastics to keep men in charge? First, the Erre boys discuss the year in review and then Tim brings in a ...
The Wanderer - Songs of Resistance: Minuit Chrétien
December 14, 2022 23:06 - 26 minutes - 36 MBSongs of Resistance: Minuit Chrétien. Welcome to another mini series of The Wanderer, this time focused on trying to understand and define worship. Each episode will look at the history of a particular Hymn and its origin story, how it may have roots in Justice and what it may encourage us to participate in today. Further, every episode will end with a recorded version of the song by Tim, to listen to after walking through the song's history. This first episode looks at the Christmas time hy...
381 - Women, Theology & Leadership
December 12, 2022 19:01 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBWomen, Theology & Leadership. Meet one of our new favorite guests, Dr. Lynn Cohick. Dr. Cohick joins us to dive deeper into the scripture commonly used to advocate for women's non leadership roles in the Church. Dr. Cohick walks us through the broader context around Paul's letters and Genesis, specific women and the roles they played in early Church history and how Paul broke social constructs to advocate for Kingdom Dynamics. It's a really wonderful conversation! Dr. Cohick serves as Provo...
380 - How White Evangelicals Think - with Dr. Dave Verhaagen
December 05, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBHow White Evangelicals Think: The Psychology of Conservative White Christians. This episode, Mike and Tim sit down with Dr. Dave Verhaagen to discuss his new book about how white Evangelicals think. We hear how folks in this country (and probably without as well) look at how many white Christians, particularly evangelicals, continually espouse beliefs and opinions that are seemingly antithetical to the Christian faith (holding racist attitudes / supporting conspiracy theories / aligning with...
379 - What's Up, 1 Timothy 2?!?
November 28, 2022 18:24 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBWhat's Up, 1 Timothy 2?!? All roads in the conversation for Biblical Masculinity and Biblical Femininity lead here: 1 Timothy 2, the scripture most used to keep women out of leadership roles. Today, Mike takes us on a deep dive to show how this is NOT what Paul was advocating for. What is the full context of Paul's letter? Who is he talking to? What is he addressing? We have seen that Paul had women in leadership roles throughout his ministry, so what is he saying here? What is Gnosticism? H...
378 - Asking Better Questions of the Bible - with Marty Solomon and Tyler Chernesky
November 21, 2022 15:52 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBAsking Better Questions of the Bible - with Marty Solomon and Tyler Chernesky Today we sit down with an old friend of the pod, Tyler Chernesky and a new friend: Author, teacher and host of the BEMA podcast, Marty Solomon. Marty has a new book coming out titled, “Asking Better Questions of the Bible: A Guide for the Wounded, Wary, and Longing for More.” Marty tells us his story, what prompted a deeper, humble pursuit of what the scriptures offer. How do we cultivate curiosity? How can we be ...
377 - Woman Up!
November 14, 2022 17:39 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBWoman Up! Biblical masculinity does not mean devaluing women. Mike and Tim begin a conversation that will (next week) lead into 1 Timothy. What does the Bible actually say about women? Where does the complimentarian ideology come from? How did Jesus upend customs? How did Paul? First, Mike and Tim interact with a few listener emails... If not the biblical masculinity standards, then what? Or, is the idea of standards in general missing the mark? Do they all lead to a performance of gender...
376 - Man Down!
November 07, 2022 16:00 - 58 minutes - 80 MBMan Down! Today, Mike and Tim do some follow up work on the biblical masculinity conversation. So many listeners emailed in with follow up questions and the hosts sit down to talk through a few. How do the Sons of Thunder fit into the masculinity conversation? Was Jesus counter to the patriarchal culture? And if so, how? How does Sutton Turner's divulgence of Mark Driscoll's violent behavior, the attack on Paul Pelosi and the Jerry Falwell Jr. documentary play into all of this? One of the...
375 - How to be a Christian Nationalist - with Kaitlyn Schiess
October 31, 2022 16:50 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBHow to be a Christian Nationalist. Today, we are joined by author, Holy Post CoHost, friend of the podcast and one of our favorite guests, Kaitlyn Schiess, to discuss Christian Nationalism and our place within it. What is a Pastor's roll in speaking on national events or issues? How do they establish trust with that? What is our expectation of them? How do those of us who are against the idea of Christian Nationalism engage? How do we understand and navigate the Holy Spirit? How do we know w...
374 - Man Up!
October 24, 2022 16:52 - 1 hour - 117 MBMan Up! There has been a resurgence of Christian rhetoric around 'Biblical Masculinity,' with conferences like Man Up! and books that speak to the 'Masculinity of Jesus,' railing against the effeminate, egalitarian, 'soft' Jesus. Today, we take walk through Genesis 1 to see what the Bible actually says about gender and the the imposed hierarchy of male and female. Why do Christians want to uphold the macho man, head of the house aspect of masculinity so much? How does the creation story unf...
373 - Revolutions & Revolutionaries - w/ Suzie Lind and Tim Gombis
October 17, 2022 16:15 - 1 hour - 125 MBRevolutions & Revolutionaries. Today we have an all-star episode. First, Pastor Suzie Lind joins us to discuss what is happening in Iran. Suzie, who was born in Iran and still has family there, tells her story and offers some insight into the protests, violence and struggles the women of that country are in. What is the history there that brought them to this moment? What are the women fighting for? What warning signs can we see in our own country of a similar trajectory? How can we help? T...
372 - A Captive Mind - with Chris Nye
October 10, 2022 15:48 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBA Captive Mind. Today, Mike and Tim chat with new friend Chris Nye about his new book, "A Captive Mind: Christianity, Ideologies, and Staying Sane in a World Gone Mad." Chris is a former pastor and current author who lives in Portland, Oregon. We have a great discussion about ideologies and how we become subject to them. How does Christianity relate to this captivity? What do we do when folks let go of 'faith' for rhetoric? What role does patience and humility play in our relationship to the...
371 - Having the Mind of Christ - with Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe
October 03, 2022 16:08 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBHaving the Mind of Christ. Today, Mike and Tim sit down with Pastors, podcasters and leadership trainers Ben Sternke and Matt Tebbe, to discuss their new book "Having the Mind of Christ: Eight Axioms to Cultivate a Robust Faith." The group talks about their Gravity Leadership program, both the podcast and their leadership training, as well as the church they founded, The Table, in Indiana. What lead them to plant the church? What did they see in a previous church experience and how did they ...
370 - Insulted - Part Three: Friend of Sinners
September 26, 2022 16:32 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBInsulted - Part Three: Friend of Sinners. This episode we are venturing back into understanding Jesus through the insults that were hurled at him. Today, it's the claim that he was a 'glutton, a drunkard and a friend of sinners.' As Jesus subverted what was expected of Him, He also provoked conversations about who was welcome and why. What was the cultural context of this? What did sinner mean? Who was calling Jesus this and what was the reason for it? What is the history that leads up to Je...
369 - In Your Attempt to Both Sides Everything...
September 19, 2022 18:14 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBIn Your Attempt to Both Sides Everything... This episode, Mike and Tim attempt to tie up the conversation on Faithful vs. Effective. Mike brings some miserable musings on Al Mohler and his recent speech to 'pray, vote and stand' against the left and it's place amongst the marrying of the evangelical and politically right. This deepens the conversation on how we are to reimagine and think beyond the two dimensional political reality we live in. How can we usurp our 'two-sides' thinking to hav...
368 - Not Over, But Alongside - with Pastor Suzie Lind
September 12, 2022 16:50 - 1 hour - 144 MBNot Over, But Alongside. Today, Pastor Suzie Lind joins Mike and Tim to conclude a conversation that started two weeks ago about fighting back against a religious right that is looking for power in order to mandate morality. How do we approach this practically and not rhetorically? What does a cruciform life look like when we can see others in our tribe exerting power over? How do we not become that which we resist? What of the fear of Christians openly embracing and advocating violence? M...
368 - Not Over, But Alongside - with Suzie Lind
September 12, 2022 16:50 - 1 hour - 144 MBNot Over, But Alongside. Today, Pastor Suzie Lind joins Mike and Tim to conclude a conversation that started two weeks ago about fighting back against a religious right that is looking for power in order to mandate morality. How do we approach this practically and not rhetorically? What does a cruciform life look like when we can see others in our tribe exerting power over? How do we not become that which we resist? What of the fear of Christians openly embracing and advocating violence? M...
367 - Masters of (Culture) War
September 05, 2022 18:17 - 1 hour - 114 MBMasters of (Culture) War. Last week, Tim posed a question to Mike on how we respond to an Evangelical culture that seeks power over. It turned into an episode long conversation. Today, Mike and Tim read and interact with listener responses and questions on the topic. How do we avoid all the same trappings of culture warring and empty loving? Is loving your neighbor only within your community, passive? Is advocating a 3rd way just a practice of avoiding what the right and left are up to? How ...
366 - Faithful vs. Effective
August 29, 2022 16:04 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBFaithful vs. Effective. Two words we possibly misunderstand or misapply to our lives, our 'calling,' and our relationships to both God and one another. Today, Tim hijacks the conversation to ask Mike about fighting back against a religious right that is looking to emulate Hungary and seize more governmental power in order to mandate morality. It is a very raw conversation. Tim is struggling with the 'focus on your community' approach and asks Mike about staying idle when people are being har...
365 - Insulted - Part Two: Blasphemer
August 22, 2022 15:20 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBInsulted - Part Two: Blasphemer. We continue this week with a series that attempts to understand the human side of Jesus by way of the insults levied against Him. What is a blasphemer? How do we understand that now vs. then? What was the accusation? In what ways was Jesus accused of blaspheming, and what were the implications? How did He respond and what does His response teach us? What did it show the accusers at the time?? So much to unpack from simple Bible story verses we've all heard an...