#950 - A Christian View of Immigration: Karen Gonzalez
In this episode, I talk to Karen about all things related to immigration. What does the Bible say? How theologically/ethically important is...
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In quick and dirty 20-25 minute episodes, Preston takes a fresh look at what the Bible really says, as he challenges opinions and traditions--yes, even his own. Homosexuality, sex, porn, dri...
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20 of 300 episodes949 - The Gospel, New Creation, Re-reading Paul, Heaven, and American Christianity: Dr. N.T. Wright
In the episode, we talk about many things related to New Testament theology including the meaning of the term “gospel,” understanding Paul’s...
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948 - A Complementarian Reading of the New Testament: Dr. Tom Schreiner
Complementarians believe that the Bible affirms the full equality of women and men, but that God only allows men to be elders and teachers i...
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947 - Being Socially Engaged While Maintaining Allegiance to Christ: Dr. Vincent Bacote
Dr. Vincent Bacote is an Associate Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in W...
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#946 - A Celibate Gay Christian’s Perspective on Valentine’s Day and Belonging: Dr. Greg Coles
Dr. Gregory Coles is senior research fellow at The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender, and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian: A Pers...
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#945 - A Native American Perspective on Christian Nationalism: Mark Charles
Mark Charles gives a different perspective about the “discovery” of America and some of the profound problems when Christians go to be with...
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#944 - Parenting LGBTQ Kids
Mark’s daughter came out as a lesbian over a decade ago and they’ve maintained a wonderful, loving relationship through it all. Mark has gle...
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#943 - Christian Nonviolence: Drs. Myles Werntz and David Cramer
David and Myles recently wrote a book called A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence and this is the topic of our conversation. We discuss a...
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942 - Marriage, masculinity, platforming, weed, alcohol, pride flags, & other questions
I received a ton of questions from my Patreon supporters, many of which I answered through Patreon, but some of which I address out loud in...
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941 - The Brothers Karamazov (and Other Things): Tom Velasco
In this lengthy podcast, we talk a lot about Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov including its background, characters, plot, and its...
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940 - Being a Christian in Hollywood: Hannah Barefoot
Preston talks with Hannah about what it’s like being a Christian in Hollywood. She takes us behind the scenes and discusses her raw and vuln...
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939 - Jesus and John Wayne: Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, has swatted a hornets nest and sparked all kinds of i...
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938 - Evangelicalism, Eroticism, Trinity, Sexuality, Suffering, and Hope: David Bennett
David has recently published his first book, A War of Loves (Zondervan, 2018). It describes his own story from atheistic gay activism to bec...
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937 - The Great Sex Rescue: Sheila Wray Gregoire and Rebecca Lindenbach
Sheila has written seven books including award-winning book The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex and the forthcoming The Great Sex Rescue, whi...
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936 - Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: Aimee Byrd
Aimee Byird is a speaker, author, blogger, wife, and mom. She’s the author of several books including Why Can’t We Be Friends, No Little Wom...
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#935 - Semiotics, Anti-Leadership, and Doing Church from the Table: Dr. Leonard Sweet
Dr Sweet unpacks what semiotics is, how we can better read the Bible by paying attention to story and symbolism, why CEO-style church leader...
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#934 - Self Driving Cars, Elon Musk, SpaceX, and the Future of Tech: Peter McGowan
In this episode, I ask Peter a bunch of questions about the future of tech, self-driving cars, neurolink, SpaceX, the future of smartphones,...
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#932 - The Church, Intellectual Honesty, Nonviolence, and Rene Girard: Jeremy Duncan
Jeremy is the founding pastor of Commons Church in Calgary, BC--a rather unique church that prioritizes intellectual honesty and the central...
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#931 - Sexual Abuse Scandals and Power in the Church: Dr. Russell Moore
Dr. Russell Moore is Public Theologian at Christianity Today and Director of Christianity Today’s Public Theology Project. Dr. Moore is the...
#930 - The Scandal of Christmas, Part 4: Joey Dodson
In this fourth and final episode in our “scandal of Christmas” series, New Testament scholar Dr. Joey Dodson walks us through parallel birth...