Almost Heretical
By Nate Hanson & Shelby Hanson
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Oct 22, 2019
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Are you ready to rethink the Bible and challenge easy answers? Join guests like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marianne Williamson, Tim Mackie (BibleProject), Jon Foreman (Switchfoot), Rainn Wilson (The Office), and Rob Bell as we dive into complex conversations about faith, moving beyond conservative and liberal camps. If you don’t fit neatly into either space, you’ll fit in just fine here. Hosted by Nate Hanson (former Crazy Love pastor) and Shelby Hanson (MA Biblical Studies & Dead Sea Scrolls), Almost Heretical invites you to explore Christianity without subscribing to tribal ideologies. With over 2 million downloads, this is a space for those asking tough questions and seeking honest answers. You’re not alone.
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Bonus: Paul’s Shadow on Jesus
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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#159 – Paul Made Christianity
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Bonus: Did Paul Get the Gospel Wrong?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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#158 – Why Paul's Churches Won Early Christianity
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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#157 – James vs. Paul: The Battle in Early Christianity History
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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#156 – Paul vs Jesus
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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#155 – Sodom and Gomorrah, The Binding of Isaac, and Lot’s Wife
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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#154 – Dr. Andrew Perrin: Unlocking the Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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#153 – Abraham: Who the Heck is Melchizedek?
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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#152 – Tony Jones: Hunting for Spirituality (Pt 1)
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Marianne Williamson (Full Episode)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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#151 – Marianne Williamson: Choosing Love Over Political Division (Pt 2)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Liz Charlotte Grant (Full Episode)
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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#150 – Marianne Williamson: Jesus as Our Guide (Pt 1)
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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#149 – The Election (Against Neo-Fundamentalism)
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#148 – Is God male? (Liz Charlotte Grant, Pt 2)
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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#147 – God as a Mother (Liz Charlotte Grant, Pt 1)
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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#146 – Dana Hicks: Trading Conservative Dogma for Liberal Dogma
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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#145 – Garrick Allen: Revelation Isn’t What You Think
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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#144 – Jon Foreman: Leaving the Christian Label
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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#143 – Candida Moss (Part 2): Uncovering Biblical Authorship Mysteries
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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#142 – Candida Moss (Part 1): Enslaved Authors of Christianity
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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#141 – Rethinking the Tower of Babel
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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#140 – Frank Kenny: Unveiling the God of War
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May 22, 2024 |
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#139 – Brian McLaren: Christianity Beyond Belief
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May 08, 2024 |
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#138 – Olivia Jackson: Why Christians Deconstruct
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#137 – Tim Alberta: Reject Trump, Embrace Jesus
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#136 – Tiffany Yecke Brooks: Spiritual Anxiety & Religious Trauma
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#135 – Thomas Jay Oord: Open Relational Theology
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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#134 – Dr. Laura Anderson: Sex, Dating, Courtship and Trauma
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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#133 – David Fitch: Is God's Love Coercive?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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#132 – Elaine Pagels: Trump and Doubting Thomas
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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#131 – Peter Rollins: The Philosophy of Deconstruction
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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#130 – Anna Gazmarian: Religious OCD and Mental Illness
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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#129 – Did Noah's Ark Actually Happen?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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#128 – Nephilim and Gender Dynamics (Genesis 6:1-4)
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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#127 – Eve and the Apple (Genesis 3)
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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#126 – Marriage, Gender, and Homosexuality (Genesis 2:24)
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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#125 – Rethinking Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:7)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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#124 – How was light created before the sun? (Genesis 1:6-31)
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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#123 – Rainn Wilson: Spirituality and the Meaning of Life
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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#122 – Neil deGrasse Tyson: Christianity and the Cosmos
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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#121 – Many Creation Stories (Genesis 1:1-5)
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May 31, 2023 |
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#120 – Sex, Orgasm, Masturbation and Purity Culture with Sheila Gregoire
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May 17, 2023 |
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#119 – Sarah Bessey: Evolving Faith
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May 03, 2023 |
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#118 – Deconstructing Worship Music
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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#117 – William Matthews: The Evolution of Worship
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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#116 – Worship: Revisiting the Melodies of Our Past
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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#115 – Name the Women of the Bible: 16 Notable & Forgotten Biblical Women
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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#114 – Teaching Your Kids While Deconstructing Christianity
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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#113 – Cindy Wang Brandt: Raising Children During a Spiritual Transition
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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#112 – From Outreach to Outsider: Katherine's Story
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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#111 – Canon: Extra-Canonical Text
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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#110 – Canon: The Criteria of the New Testament
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#109 – Canon: Is the Bible Inspired, Inerrant and Infallible?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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#108 – Canon: Timeline of New Testament Writings
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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What is Almost Heretical?
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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#107 – The January 6th intersection of politics and religion
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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#106 – Barbara Brown Taylor: Religious Pluralism
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May 11, 2022 |
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#105 – Matt Chandler's Views on Deconstruction
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#104 – Woman: Jesus, Paul and Mary Magdalene
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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#103 – Woman: Sexual violence and God's silence
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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#102 – Woman: Silenced voices of the Bible
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#101 – What Bible translation should I use? (Bonus Episode Preview)
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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#100 – Woman: Men wrote the Bible
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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#99 – Woman: The Gender of God
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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#98 – Audrey Assad - Psychedelics, Christian Music and Parenting
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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#97 – Dr. Mario Livio - Galileo and science deniers
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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#96 – Krispin and D.L. Mayfield: Mister Rogers, Dave Ramsey and Attachment Theory
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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#95 – Julie Anne Smith - Spiritual and Sexual Abuse
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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#94 – Kristin Du Mez: From Jesus to Trump
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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#93 – What happened in 2020
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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#92 – Unequally yoked
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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#91 – The Disappointment of the Spirit
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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#90 – Sacrifice after Jesus
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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#89 – Shower first, spirit second
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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#88 – Atonement must be Universal
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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#87 – What Does Ransom Mean?
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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#86 – Chemistry and Scapegoats
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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#85 – Did Jesus have to die?
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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#84 – Holiness is the Gospel
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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#83 – Hillary McBride: Getting healthy
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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#82 – Why blood?
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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#81 – Contagious
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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#80 – Cosmic campout
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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#79 – Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - Forgiveness and Pharisees
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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#78 – Priests are holy bouncers
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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#77 – God might kill us
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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#76 – Distance and Separation
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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#75 – Blood and Guilt
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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#74 – Should you go to church? (Bonus Episode)
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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#73 – Did Jesus just call her a dog?
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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#72 – The clearly unclear Bible
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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#71 – Who is the Bible?
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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#70 – Choose your own adventure Bible
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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#69 – Does the Bible Permit Exploitation? (Part 2)
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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#68 – Bathsheba and David: A Story of Power and Betrayal (Part 1)
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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#67 – Christena Cleveland: Toxic Christianity
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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#66 – LGBTQ: Why do people marry?
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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#65 – LGBTQ: The so-called Divine Ideal
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May 31, 2019 |
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#64 – Rob Bell - Outside the camp
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May 15, 2019 |
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#63 – Rachel Held Evans tribute
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May 05, 2019 |
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#62 – The Heaven Ethic
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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#61 – Bodies for Both Worlds
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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#60 – Heaven as a Revolution
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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#59 – I'll fly away, old glory
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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#58 – Who the hell knows (Hell Part 3)
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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#57 – To hell with hell
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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#56 – Scared to Death (Hell Part 1)
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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#55 – Wade Mullen - Church abuse and cover-up
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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#54 – Brandi Miller: Racial Justice and Evangelicalism
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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#53 – John Piper says to marry the bible
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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#52 – Is divine healing real?
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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#51 – Why do Christian's evangelize?
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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#50 – 1 year in
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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#49 – Making Hezekiah Great Again
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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#48 – Old Testament jerks
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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#47 – Tim Mackie: Homosexuality and the Bible (Part 2)
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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#46 – Tim Mackie - Deconstructing Christianity and the Bible (Part 1)
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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#45 – Why Seams & Stitching Matter
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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#44 – Ancient Scroll Technology
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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#43 – Literary Layers & Ananias and Sapphira
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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#42 – Copy, Paste & Psalm 108
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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#41 – How does the Bible work?
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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#40 – Lisa Sharon Harper - Brett Kavanaugh and Women
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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#39 – Science Mike McHargue - Anger and Hope
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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#38 – How to Fix Gender Dynamics in the Church
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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#37 – What does Paul think about Women Elders? (1 Timothy 3)
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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#36 – How Do Women Experience Gender Dynamics in the Church?
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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#35 – Adam, then Eve (1 Timothy 2:11-15)
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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#34 – Authority over a man (1 Timothy 2:11-15)
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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#33– Silencing women (1 Cor 14:34-35)
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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#32 – Husbands and slave masters (Eph 5:22-6:9, Col 3:18-4:1)
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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#31 – Authority over her own damn head (1 Cor 11:2-16)
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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#30 – Jesus ended hierarchy
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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#29 – Why Can't Women Teach in Church?
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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#28 – Jeff Sessions used the Bible to justify separating families
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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#27 – Kaepernick, #churchtoo, and Christian nationalism
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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#26 – Jesus and Self Defense
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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#25 – Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove - Slaveholder Religion
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May 30, 2018 |
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#24 – Post Traumatic History Disorder
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May 23, 2018 |
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#23 – Mark Charles: Is America a Christian Nation?
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May 16, 2018 |
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#22 – The risk of believing differently
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May 09, 2018 |
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#21 – Brian Zahnd - Making Christianity possible again
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May 02, 2018 |
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#20 – Rachel Held Evans: Faith and Doubt
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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#19 – The myth of the slippery slope
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Apr 18, 2018 |
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#18 – Wrath and Liberation
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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#17 – God isn't the problem
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Mar 28, 2018 |
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#16 – I used to be terrified of God
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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#15 – Mako Nagasawa - Beyond penal substitution
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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#14 – Give up power like Jesus (Part 4)
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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#13 – Power for the powerless (Part 3)
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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#12 – The Bible speaks truth to power (Part 2)
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Feb 14, 2018 |
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#11 – The Bible is a story about power (Part 1)
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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#10 – When theology hurts
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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#9 – Taking responsibility for our theology
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Jan 24, 2018 |
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#8 – Giants and genocide
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Jan 17, 2018 |
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#7 – Is God more tolerant of other religions than we are?
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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#6 – God gives up (sort of)
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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#5 – Eve and a war for power
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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#4 – Nate has questions
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Jan 02, 2018 |
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#3 – Why is there a snake in the garden?
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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#2 – In the beginning
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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#1 – Former pastors in a shed
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Jan 01, 2018 |