The Unorthodox Gatherings
By Chris Brown
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The Unorthodox Gatherings are a community of people who gather for conversation and connection around topics of faith, spirituality, deconstruction, social justice, community, and experiencing the Divine in one another and the world around us. Led by Pastor Chris Brown, these are the recordings of the gatherings that take place every Sunday at 11AM at Bethania Church in Solvang, CA
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Nonviolence, pt. 1
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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The Last Week of Jesus: Easter Sunday
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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The Last Week of Jesus: Saturday
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May 25, 2026 |
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The Last Week of Jesus: Friday
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May 11, 2026 |
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The Last Week of Jesus: Thursday
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May 04, 2026 |
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The Last Week of Jesus: Wednesday
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Last Week of Jesus: Monday & Tuesday
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The Last Week of Jesus: Palm Sunday
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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What is The Gospel
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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What is Truth?
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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The Intentional Ambiguity of Language
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Process Theology, pt. 3, ft Erik Winn
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Process Theology, pt. 2, featuring Erik Winn
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Process Theology, pt. 1, Featuring Erik Winn
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Life After Doom: The Conclusion
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Life After Doom, pt. 6
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Life After Doom, pt. 4
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Life After Doom, pt. 3
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Life After Doom, pt. 2
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Life After Doom pt. 1
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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World Religion w/Alexis Donkin: Christianity
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The Mark of the Beast in Context
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Is Homosexuality an Abomination?
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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One God, but Not The Only God
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Where Does the Devil Come From?
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Abortion in the Bible
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Does God Lie?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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God Did Not Create The Universe Out of Nothing
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May 27, 2025 |
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How The Bible Came to Be
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May 19, 2025 |
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How the Bible Speaks Today
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May 05, 2025 |
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Moralizing the Bible
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology, pt. 8
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology, pt. 7
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology, pt. 6
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology, Pt. 5
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology, pt. 4
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology pt. 3
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology pt. 2
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Liberation Theology, pt. 1
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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The Values of Jesus: The Great Invitation
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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The Values of Jesus: Casting a Vision
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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The Values of Jesus: New Beginnings
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The Values of Jesus: Small Beginnings
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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The Values of Jesus: Radical Generosity
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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The Values of Jesus: Downward Mobility
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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The Values of Jesus: Love
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Purity Culture, pt. 3
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Purity Culture 2: Deconstructing Augustine
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Purity Culture Pt. 1
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Is Jesus God?
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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How (not) to Speak of God: The God-Shaped Hole
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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A Liturgy of A/theism
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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How (not) to Speak of God, pt. 3
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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How (not) to Speak of God, pt. 2
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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How (not) to Speak of God
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Religion of Whiteness, Conclusion
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Religion of Whiteness, Pt. 1
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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What if the Miracles Never Happened
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Revelation: Effects on Middle East Policy
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May 28, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Revelation: Domination and Wealth
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May 20, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Revelation: Responding to Violence
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May 06, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Revelation, Part 2
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Revelation: Pt. 1
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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A Healthy Sexual Ethic for Today with Trish Hacker
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Sexual Ethics: Wrap it Up
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Homosexuality in the Bible
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Deconstructing the Sexual Ethics of Paul
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Deconstructing Sexual Ethics: 1st-C. Judaism
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Deconstructing the Sexual Ethics of the New Testament
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Words of the Powerless
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Slow Church: A Recap
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Slow Church: Hospitality
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Slow Church: Gratitude
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Slow Church: Abundance
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Slow Church: Sabbath
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Slow Church: Stability
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Slow Church: Casting a Vision
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Give to God What is God's. Why?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Communal Intimacy
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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The Call to Compassion
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Inward vs. Outward
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Forgiveness: Matthew 18
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Ideology or Compassion: What Do We Value More?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Matthew's Feeding of the 5,000 (20,000)
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Matthew's Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven: Matthew 13
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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The Parable of the Sower
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Matthew 9:35-10:8
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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The Dangers of Dogma
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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The Meaning of Pentecost
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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The Origin of the Name of God
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May 22, 2023 |
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The Chief Sin: Idolatry
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May 15, 2023 |
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The Danger of Engaging Ancient Texts With a One-Way View of Interpretation
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May 08, 2023 |
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The Great Christian Value: Radical Inclusivity
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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The Resurrection: God's Great Parable
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Jesus' Last Week: The Last Supper and Good Friday
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Jesus' Last Week: The [Symbolic] Destruction of the Temple
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Jesus' Last Week: The Geopolitical Climate of Jerusalem
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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The Woman at the Well: Turning our Stories of Hate into Stories of Love
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Lent in a Postmodern World
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Guest Speaker Brad Onishi on his new book, Preparing for War.
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Care for Creation: Global Climate Change
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Care for Creation: Shifting Theology and Language
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Thinking Through Baptism
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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The Original Christmas Story: The Magnificat & the Shepherds
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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The Original Christmas Story: What is the Story Responding To?
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Deconstructing Christ the King
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Hope in the Midst of Loss
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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A New Reformation?
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Spiral Dynamics
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Kingdom of Heaven: Wrap Up
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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The Kingdom of Heaven: Values
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Kingdom of Heaven: The Parables
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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The Kingdom of Heaven Pt. 2: The Beatitudes
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 1
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Demons & Evil
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Part 3: Koinonia
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Part 2: Kerygma
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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3 Primary Tasks of a Jesus-Centered Community: Diakonia
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May 18, 2022 |
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Connection to a Secure Future
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Connection to the Natural World
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Connection to Meaningful Values
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Connection to Meaningful Work
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Empire Pt. 5: Empire in Context
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Women's Experience of Migration and the Book of Ruth: The Danger of Sexual Violence
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Empire pt. 3: Paul and the Egalitarian Community
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Empire pt. 2: Jesus and the Empire of God
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Empire pt. 1: The Roman Empire in the Time of Jesus
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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A Hermeneutics for Lay Folk
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Idolatry
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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The Biggest Mistranslation in the Bible
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Liberation, Part 2: Cornel West
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Liberation, Part 1: Dorothee Sölle
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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The Purpose of Faith
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Belief
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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The Historical Timeline of Christian Development in the West
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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The Positives of Historical Criticism
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Historical Criticism
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Aug 04, 2021 |