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#634 - Chris Date Part 2 - Critique on Stand to Reason's Article "Hell Interrupted"

Today on the podcast Preston is talking with Chris Date again from the Rethinking Hell podcast. 

Preston and Chris are taking this episode to address arguments against the Conditionalist's view of hell raised by Stand to Reason's Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett.

The arguments Preston and Chris are addressing are from Part 1 and Part 2 of "Hell Interrupted". 

#634 - Chris Date Part 2 - Critique on Stand to Reason's Article "Hell Interrupted"

#633 - Christian Universalist and Church Leadership - How To Do Benevolence Well

Does being a Christian Universalist disqualify you from pastoral leadership?

We want diversity in the Church - how about diversity in ability? Does welcoming people with disabilities make the church too messy? 

The Bible definitely talks about church discipline. However, how do we properly administer church discipline?

How do we do Benevolence well? Should we continue to give that homeless person continuous handouts because he asks for it? 

#633 - Christian Universalist and Church Leadership - How To Do Benevolence Well

#631 - Bruxy Cavey - Church Membership, Nonviolence and Hell

Today on the podcast Preston is talking with Bruxy Cavey. Bruxy and Preston are talking about church membership, nonviolence and views of hell.

Do we need to have church membership? Who can be a "member" of the church? Should a Christian hold to nonviolence? Should a Christian serve in the military? What does Bruxy think about the Eternal Conscious Torment view of hell? Is Bruxy one of the Annihilationist too?

#631 - Bruxy Cavey - Church Membership, Nonviolence and Hell

#627 - Celibate Christians - Trust the Bible - Obese Pastor

How can the Church support celibate Christians, gay or straight? 

Should women be in ministry? What does Paul say about it and is it a disputable manner? 

Why should we trust the Bible as an authoritative source of truth? 

Gluttony is a sin right? Why then do we submit ourselves to a pastor who clearly seems to have a problem with food?

#627 - Celibate Christians - Trust the Bible - Obese Pastor

#626 - What is Church? - Part 5 - Integration and Diversity

What is church? What should church be? What should church look like? What should church pursue? 

In this series, Preston is looking at 8 different values that the church should work to keep forefront as they continue and grow. 

Value 6 - Integration and Diversity

#626 - What is Church? - Part 5 - Integration and Diversity

#624 - What is Church? - Part 4 - Participatory vs. Performance

Preston is working to start a new church in Boise. This has him studying what church should be about. 

What is church? What should church be? What should church look like? What should church pursue? 

In this series, Preston is looking at 8 different values that the church should work to keep forefront as they continue and grow. 

Value 5 - Participatory vs. Performance

#624 - What is Church? - Part 4 - Participatory vs. Performance

#619 - Re-Baptism - Lesbian Wedding - Annihilation - Sin and Holiness

My first Baptism wasn't immersion, do I need to be baptized again?

How can you go against years of history and church tradition and believe in an Annihilation view of Hell? 

Do you say congratulations to an engaged lesbian couple?

How do we put to death the deeds of flesh and move pass residual and habitual sin in our lives? How do we live in the tension that Paul provides - being righteous and yet being the chief of sinners? 

#619 - Re-Baptism - Lesbian Wedding - Annihilation - Sin and Holiness

#609 - Matt Carter - Bad Christian Podcast & Emery

Today Preston is talking to Matt Carter. Many of you know Matt as a part of the Bad Christian Podcast and a guitar player for the band Emery. Matt is talking with Preston about the Church, Christianity, Donald Trump, Charlottesville and the band. 

#609 - Matt Carter - Bad Christian Podcast & Emery

#608 - Charlottesville, Donald Trump, and a Moral Sexual Ethic

hat the heck is happening in Charlottesville? What did Donald Trump say? For more information about the events happening in Charlottesville, Preston recommends checking out The Ben Shapiro Show - Episodes 361, 362, 363

What about polyamory? Is it only consent that is required for a moral sexual ethic? 

What are some good resources that talk about reading the Bible in community? Check out The Bible Project

Are Jehovah's Witnesses saved? Is it as simple as looking at someone's good works in order to determine this? 

#608 - Charlottesville, Donald Trump, and a Moral Sexual Ethic

#606 - Penal Substitution and the Virtue in Same Sex Marriage

Preston is in the basement answering your questions. 

Looking for a church to attend? How should you decide what church you attend? 

Is annihilation in opposition to the Apostle's Creed? Can you be an Annihilationist and affirm the Apostle's Creed?

Is Open Theism heresy or not? 

Is Penal Substitution the 'only' biblical Atonement Theory? 

How do you deal with political family disputes? 

If good fruit is being produced in same sex marriages, then why shouldn't we, as Christians, approve of this? 

#606 - Penal Substitution and the Virtue in Same Sex Marriage

#602 - Skye Jethani - "What's Wrong with Religion?"

Today Preston is talking to Skye Jethani. For many, Skye is known as the co-host of the Phil Vischer Podcast. He is also a "thought leader", pastor, and an author of the book What's Wrong with Religion?

Preston are talking about (C)church. What is the model of the church today and how is that going to change in the future? How has technology impacted the way we "do" church and how we need to "do" church? 

You can buy and learn more about Skye's book at whatswrongwithreligion.com

You can follow Skye on Twitter @SkyeJethani

#602 - Skye Jethani - "What's Wrong with Religion?"

#601 - Keith Giles: Home Churches and Politics

Today in the basement Preston is talking to Keith Giles. Most recently he is the author of Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics to Pledge Allegiance to the LambThe book dives into the relationship of Christianity and politics and even suggests that "the greatest threat to Christianity is American Christianity".

Keith is also a part of a house church that gives away 100% of all offerings to the poor in their community. 

#601 - Keith Giles: Home Churches and Politics

#600 - Is the Bible Parody, Inerrant, Corrected, Relevant?

Today Preston is settling in the basement with a warm cup of coffee (soon to be cold)  for today's hour-long podcast and answering your many questions about the Bible. 

Is the book of Jonah satire or a parody? Is it an actual historical book? What did the author intend for it to be? If God breathed stars into existence surely he can make a fish swallow a man. 

Can the Bible really be infallible and inerrant when there is such a human element to it? Preston claims that are errors in the Bible yet it is still inerrant.

#600 - Is the Bible Parody, Inerrant, Corrected, Relevant?

#599 - Did God Really Forsake Jesus?

Preston is working through all kinds of questions today on this hour-long podcast. 

Did God really forsake Jesus at the Cross? Was the Masoretic text purposely distorted by the Jews? Are Affirming Christians heretics? Why would God create billions of people just for them to go to hell? If God is Sovereign, do I prayers really do anything? 

#599 - Did God Really Forsake Jesus?

#598 - Biblical Inerrancy, "Progressive Christianity" and Church Diversity

Preston is back from a busy few weeks and he is ready to answer your questions on this extended hour long podcast. 

How does a mom navigate through the very complex issue of her daughter's gender identity? 

What does Preston think of Rob Bell, Pete Enns or The Liturgists Podcast with Michael Gungor? Would you be surprised to hear that "Progressive Christianity" can often sound like Christian Fundamentalism?

#598 - Biblical Inerrancy, "Progressive Christianity" and Church Diversity

#597 - Back to Some Questions!

Preston has been working to establish an organization that is theologically sound in their teaching and yet provides practical guidance on questions related to sexuality and gender. The Center for Faith and Sexuality website is up. Go ahead and check it out and be sure to sign up for the newsletter. 

Learn more at centerforfaith.com

Preston is also answering your questions. How do you engage with someone you greatly disagree with? Should you attend your Daughter's same sex wedding? Do I need to Tithe %10? What if I am in the ministry? 

#597 - Back to Some Questions!

#594 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 3

Today Preston is talking with Nate Collins. Nate Collins is in Gay in his orientation but is also in a committed, mixed orientation marriage. 

Nate is also the author of a soon to be released book titled All But Invisible: Exploring Identity Questions at the Intersection of Faith, Gender, and Sexuality. What does it mean to be gay ... and a Christian? Beginning with how the Bible describes sex and gender in Genesis 1-2, Nate provides a theological framework for conceptualizing gender identity.

#594 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 3

#588 - Predestination, Election and Chris Speaks About BELONG

Preston is in answering questions about Predestination and Election and the "Augustine Allergy" that can turn many people away from the book "Two Views On Homosexuality, The Bible, And The Church".

Also, Chrissy Sprinkle joins Preston in the basement to talk about her new intentional young womens' group BELONG. 

You can email Chrissy if you have any questions about it at chris@prestonsprinkle.com

#588 - Predestination, Election and Chris Speaks About BELONG

#587 - You die between your confession and your dunk...still saved!?

What does Preston think of the HCSB and CSB Bible translations?  

Is Baptism essential for salvation? 

What does Paul mean when he says in Philippians 2, "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess"?

What do we do with the books that weren't included in the canon? 

A married couple has no desire to have children. Can we totally separate sex and procreation? 

#587 - You die between your confession and your dunk...still saved!?

#583 - Michael Wear - Lessons Learned in the Obama White House

Today Preston is in with Michael Wear who directed faith outreach for President Obama’s historic 2012 re-election campaign. Michael was also one of the youngest White House staffers in modern American history: he served in the White House faith-based initiative during President Obama’s first term, where he led evangelical outreach and helped manage The White House’s engagement on religious and values issues, including adoption and anti-human trafficking efforts.

Michael is also the author of Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America and the founder Public Square Strategies LLC, a firm that helps religious organizations, political organizations, businesses and others effectively navigate the rapidly changing American religious and political landscape.

 

#583 - Michael Wear - Lessons Learned in the Obama White House

#580 - Joey Svendsen - "A Mentally Ill, Obsessive Compulsive, Legalistic Youth Group Kid Turned Pastor"

Today Preston is talking with Joey Svendsen who is one of the voices on The Bad Christian Podcast. They're talking about his new book FundaMENTAList: Stories of a Mentally Ill, Obsessive Compulsive, Legalistic Youth Group Kid Turned Pastor, the Bad Christian podcast and how the podcast has reached many people "the church" would have never reached. 

You can follow Joey on Twitter @JoeySvendsen

Check out his website fundamentalistpastor.com

#580 - Joey Svendsen - "A Mentally Ill, Obsessive Compulsive, Legalistic Youth Group Kid Turned Pastor"

#575 - Dr. Benj Foreman - Returning to Israel and The "Inspired Mistake"

Preston has his brother-in-law, Dr. Benj Foreman, on the podcast today. After seven months on sabbatical Benj is headed back to Israel. They're talking about life in Israel, walking where Jesus walked and "Inspired Mistakes" in the Bible. 

#575 - Dr. Benj Foreman - Returning to Israel and The "Inspired Mistake"

#572 - Serving a Non-Violent Jesus and Our Troops

As a Christian who serves a non-violent Jesus, how do we maintain respect for veterans and soldiers who are committing murder in the name of the USA? Should we respect those who are fighting for American freedom? 

#572 - Serving a Non-Violent Jesus and Our Troops