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145. Who Belongs in Jerusalem? (Nehemiah 11)
1 november 2026 · 1 uur 5 min
What happens when you rebuild the walls of a city, declare it holy, and then realize nobody actually wants to live there? Apparently, if you want to be biblical, you hold a lottery. Nehemiah 11 is full of names, genealogies, temple workers, gatekeepers, and a surprisingly interesting question about who gets to call a place home. It's the kind of chapter that makes you wonder why it's in the Bible in the first place, until you start looking at what it's actually doing. Lees meer
This week, we're exploring the politics of belonging, the construction of communal identity, and the difference between claiming a place as your inheritance and understanding the complicated history of the people who live there. We'll also look at how religious communities decide whose contributions get remembered, whose voices get left out, and why rebuilding walls doesn't necessarily mean you've built a thriving community. Because a city can have impressive walls, a temple, and a whole lot of people on a list, but that doesn't automatically make it a holy place. Who gets to belong in the restored Jerusalem? And who gets to decide?
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144. Thank God I Got Left Behind (LIVE from KC)
25 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 29 min
Few doctrines have produced as much fear, anxiety, and terrible movies as the rapture. If you grew up wondering whether you'd be left behind, checking to see if your family was still around, or lying awake terrified that the end times might start at any moment, you know how deeply those teachings can get into your head. But what if the version of the end times you were taught isn't actually what's in the Bible? Lees meer
Live from Kansas City, we're bringing you a special panel from Homebrewed Theology's Theology Beer Camp 2026, featuring Colin along with Anna Sieges-Beal and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott of The Bible Divas and Alexis Rice of The Sacred Slope. Together, we share our own experiences with end times teachings, revisit the biblical texts that terrified us, and discover how much more manageable those passages become when we read them in their original historical contexts. And here's the kicker: the rapture that terrorized so many of us as children is a shockingly recent and very un-biblical invention.
Of course, figuring that out doesn't automatically make the old fears disappear. So we talk about the psychological damage these teachings can leave behind, what it takes to untangle those fears, and how we begin to heal from a theology that taught us to dread the future. After this session, you'll be able to say with us, "Thank God I Got Left Behind!"
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143. Why Purity Promises Never Last (Nehemiah 10)
11 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 47 min
This is the “rededicating your heart to God” chapter of Nehemiah. On the surface, it looks like the moment when the people finally get serious about the Law and commit themselves to doing things right. But there's a minority report hiding underneath that suggests things weren't quite as straightforward as they seem. Lees meer
This week, we compare Nehemiah's ancient reforms with modern evangelical family pledges, purity rings, and other attempts to make people behave by getting them to promise really hard. And if the Bible itself is any indication, these kinds of reforms don't exactly have a great track record. Saying the right words doesn't magically make you a different person.
We'll also catch Nehemiah making some surprisingly subtle changes to established scripture and ask whether rewriting the tradition is ever appropriate. Along the way, we run into biblically acceptable games of chance, why almost no Christian actually follows all Ten Commandments, the days when God commanded child sacrifice, and why Larry Burkett was completely off his rocker!
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142. Mr. Fosdick, I Owe You an Apology
4 oktober 2026 · 2 uur 7 min
In 1922, a Baptist pastor stood up in a Presbyterian pulpit and did the one thing preachers aren't supposed to do — he told the truth about what he actually believed. Three years later, it cost him the pulpit and helped set the stage for the Scopes Monkey Trial. A hundred years later, most of us raised fundamentalist have never once heard his name. Lees meer
This week, three former fundamentalist Baptists sit down with Harry Emerson Fosdick's Shall the Fundamentalists Win?, the sermon our institutions taught us to fear, and read it in his own words for the first time. Fosdick spoke about biblical criticism, evolution, the virgin birth, progressive revelation, deconstruction, religious doubt, and what happens when Christians turn theological disagreement into a test of who's allowed to belong. And then there's Clarence Macartney, the guy who preached the fundamentalist response but definitely wouldn't be welcome in fundamentalist churches today.
Maybe Fosdick wasn't the villain we were taught he was. Maybe he was foreseeing something about American Christianity that we still haven't figured out a century later. And maybe the really uncomfortable question isn't “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” but “What happens when they do?”
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141. History of the Israelites, Part 1 (Nehemiah 9)
27 september 2026 · 2 uur 24 min
Two weeks after the block party that closes Chapter 8, we turn the page to find everyone fasting through a 12-hour day of scripture reading and communal confession — for sins they didn't personally commit. Along the way we discover a mysterious gap in their timeline, extra details added to biblical stories that weren't there the first time around, and a prayer that never actually asks for anything. Lees meer
We come across dragon-slaying giant kings, God's womb-like maternal love, and Persian mythology's fingerprints on how Judeans talked about God.
As if that wasn't enough for one day, we also ask why you should read multiple Bible translations, whether gender-inclusive language belongs in scripture, why ancient Israel wasn't actually monotheistic, why the biblical authors thought you're partly responsible for your ancestors' sins, and what biblical forgiveness actually means (Hint: it's not what you were taught in church!).
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140. Building a Home for 15 Million Spiritual Exiles (ft. Heather Cronk)
20 september 2026 · 56 min
We're excited to announce a brand new group for people who found themselves no longer welcome in church! Lees meer
Heather Cronk joins us to talk about Project 21:12, her effort to organize and mobilize exvangelicals to tell their stories and reshape the culture that shaped them. Fifteen million Americans gave everything to the evangelical cause, only to find the doors closed the moment they started asking questions. They deserve better. You deserve better.
Our conversation covers the big targets like Christian nationalism, racial inequality, and patriarchy; but we also go deeper, exploring the fundamentalist thinking that quietly outlives evangelicalism itself, often long after someone's left the church behind.
Project 21:12 is building a movement for everyone on the deconstruction spectrum to feel welcomed, validated, and equipped to change the world around them. If you enjoy this discussion, be sure to check out their website and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok!
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139. Rants with Colin 2: Rant Harder
13 september 2026 · 2 uur 18 min
Wrong church, wrong school, same Colin and Stephanie! Lees meer
This week's targets include:
* Bible colleges that teach information 200 years out of date
* Parents who ban Disney movies because they don't understand how character growth works
* Fundamentalists who think faith needs a label to be real
* People who rebound date churches
* Pastors who demand you pray for them but really mean "Pay no attention to that abuse behind the curtain"
But it's not all raging against the religious machine. We also celebrate 3 years of uncut and unfiltered Bible scholarship, respond to some of your comments and questions, and cast the most unhinged Jesus movie ever imagined. If you've ever wondered how Olivia Rodrigo and Nic Cage relate to a conversation about church and the Bible, this is the episode for you!
CW for quoting explicit song lyrics
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138. Jesus, Take the Reel: How Films Shape the Jesus in Our Heads (ft. Jeannine Brown and John Dunne)
6 september 2026 · 1 uur 13 min
🎬 Jesus movies have been lighting up the silver screen for nearly as long as movies have existed. We all have our favorites (and the ones we’d rather forget) but how often do we stop and ask why we think one portrayal of Jesus is “faithful” and another isn’t? Lees meer
Enter Jeannine K. Brown and John Anthony Dunne, authors of The Greatest Story Ever Retold! Their book presents a fascinating history of Jesus on film, but it also puts us in the hot seat. They explore how our expectations of what a faithful portrayal of Jesus looks like can reveal just as much about the viewer as they do about the movie.
We talk about why biblical characters rarely experience character development, what watching Harry Potter after reading the books has in common with watching a Jesus movie, the aspects of Jesus’s personality we may have completely overlooked, and why using biblical faithfulness as our measuring stick might be more complicated—and maybe even more impossible—than we think.
Because the truth is we’re all directing our own Jesus movie in our heads every time we open the Gospels.🎥
If you enjoy this conversation, be sure to grab a copy of The Greatest Story Ever Retold, follow Jeanine on Facebook, follow John on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to John's podcast, The Two Cities.
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137. Colonizing Christianity into a Whiteness Gospel (ft. Danny Bryant)
30 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 7 min
What if the gospel you were taught was never meant to benefit everyone? Lees meer
This week, Fr. Danny Bryant takes on the “whiteness gospel”—the ways Christianity can baptize privilege, colonialism, shame, nationalism, and the preservation of power while still insisting it is preaching the same good news as Jesus.
We talk about:
* When patriotism gets twisted into nationalism
* Why Calvinism is really just spiritual sadism
* How colonialism is still alive and well in evangelical churches
* What dangers exist in deconstruction
* Why getting caught up in a cult doesn’t mean you’re stupid
With remarkable pastoral care, Danny guides us through our inherited blind spots, past concerns about racism, and into a more Christ-like Christianity where we have truly died to self and risen with Jesus.
If you enjoy this conversation, be sure to follow Danny on Instagram and subscribe to his podcast, Blessed Uncertainty!
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136. There Are No Atheists in Mosh Pits (ft. Josh Patterson)
23 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
When church couldn't hold my pain, metal did. Lees meer
What happens when the music you were told was dangerous becomes the very thing that keeps you alive? This week, Josh Patterson joins us to talk about metal music, faith, deconstruction, identity, anger, lament, and the strange ways a song can sometimes say what a sermon never could. We explore why metal often gets treated as spiritually dangerous, what people are really afraid of when they call it evil, and how a genre built around screaming into the darkness can become a place of honesty, catharsis, hope, and healing.
Even if metal isn't your thing, this conversation still matters because it's really about what we reach for when our faith doesn’t have words for what we’re carrying and why sometimes the loudest music in the room is the thing that finally makes us feel heard.
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135. Talkin' Tolkien & Theology (ft. Tripp Fuller)
16 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 46 min
You shall not pass… on listening to this episode! Lees meer
The legendary Tripp Fuller joins us this week to nerd out on the spiritual themes of The Lord of the Rings and why he keeps returning to Tolkien’s work year after year. But don’t worry, even if you’re not a fan of hobbits, dragons, rings, or fantasy/Faërie, this conversation is about a whole lot more than just Middle-earth.
Through Tolkien’s world, we find ourselves discussing some surprisingly real questions:
* How can Christians cultivate a mature hope in a world where salvation doesn’t always arrive at first light on the fifth day?
* Does power inevitably pull us toward corruption, and what might Tolkien have to teach us about building healthier systems and communities?
* How might Erū Ilúvatar’s uncontrolling adaptive creation symphony help us understand how God interacts with humanity?
* What can a scene left out of the movies teach us about deconstruction, religious trauma, and rebuilding a sense of home after leaving religious communities?
* And, yes, even, Why didn’t the Fellowship just ride the Eagles straight to Mordor? And what might that tell us about the value of the journey over the destination in our own lives?
If you’ve ever wondered what Gandalf might say if he were a theologian, what Tolkien would think about the things American Christianity holds most precious, or what hobbits can teach us about enjoying a beautiful life while the world around us is falling apart, this conversation takes us there and back again!
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134. God Wants You To Stop Feeling So Bad About Yourself (Nehemiah 8)
2 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 40 min
Nehemiah 8 might be the most misused chapter in the whole book. Lees meer
Old school Baptists I knew in college pointed to it to explain why you need a big wooden pulpit in church. (It doesn't say that.) Others use it to prove everyone has to stand for scripture reading. (Also not what it says.) It even contains one of the most quoted verses in the entire Bible, but almost nobody realizes it's from here.
But here's why I actually love this chapter: it's the birth of sola scriptura... and also the proof that it's a myth.
And then there's the real gut punch. The people felt so guilty over not knowing the Torah that they started sobbing, and the spiritual leaders had to tell them to stop crying.
Turns out God's plan for revival isn't more guilt. It's a party. A big, inclusive, everyone's invited party. And the Bible scholars of Nehemiah's day said if you read the first five books of the Bible and walk away with anything less than that, you missed the point.
That's definitely not the sermon you'll hear in church this week, but that is what's in the text. Let's talk about it!
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133. The Bible Doesn't Add Up (And That's Okay) (Nehemiah 7)
26 juli 2026 · 1 uur 24 min
The math ain't mathing this week! One of the Bible's most skipped genealogies hides within its census one of the biggest challenges to the way many of us were taught to read the Bible. Lees meer
Compare Nehemiah's genealogy with Ezra 2, and you'll discover something surprising: the lists are the same, but the names and numbers only match up about half the time. Throw in the third version preserved in 1 Esdras, and the picture gets even messier. For many Christians, discrepancies like these feel threatening because we've been taught the Bible has to behave like a modern spreadsheet. But what if that's never what scripture was trying to be? What if the biblical authors and editors weren't afraid to preserve multiple traditions, even when they didn't line up perfectly?
This week we're exploring one of the Bible's most overlooked chapters to talk about textual criticism, memory, identity after exile, and why you don't have to be afraid of a Bible that's more human—and more interesting—than you may have been taught. Because sometimes the chapter everyone skips has the most to teach us about how to read the Bible.
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132. Rumour Has It (Nehemiah 6)
19 juli 2026 · 1 uur 16 min
Nehemiah 6 is usually preached as a lesson about avoiding distractions. Ignore the people trying to lure you into the "plain of Ono," stay focused, and finish the work. But what if that's not really what this chapter is about? Lees meer
As the wall nears completion, the battle shifts away from construction and toward something much more familiar: smear campaigns, public accusations, false prophets, competing political narratives, and the fight over who gets to write history. Was Nehemiah simply a faithful leader under attack, or are we reading the carefully crafted memoir of a governor making his case to future generations? What do we do with the fact that many influential Judeans actually supported Tobiah? And does success automatically mean God is on your side?
This week, we read Nehemiah 6 as ancient political literature instead of a self-help lesson, and it turns out to be far more relevant than another sermon about avoiding distractions. History isn't just about what happened. It's about who gets to tell the story.
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131. Girls Just Wanna Study Scripture (ft. Bible Divas)
12 juli 2026 · 1 uur 6 min
The Bible Divas have entered the chat! Lees meer
This week, four top tier Bible scholars—Angela N. Parker, Anna Sieges Beal, Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott—join us to talk about their brand-new podcast and why biblical scholarship is better when women are included.
Along the way, we discuss:
* Why Al Mohler and the SBC are wrong about women in ministry
* How to build a theology bookshelf that doesn't look like a men's conference
* Why perspective matters when interpreting scripture
* What barriers women scholars still face in the church and academy
* How to tell whether a church truly values the women in their pews
If your theological influences have mostly come from the same familiar voices, this conversation is a great place to start expanding the table.
These are the scholars the theobros want you to ignore, which is precisely why we're excited to introduce them to you today.
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130. Persia Goes Punk (Nehemiah 5)
5 juli 2026 · 59 min
Nehemiah 5 stands apart from the rest of the scroll. For once, the greatest threat to Jerusalem isn't an enemy outside the walls; it's the exploitation happening within them. As famine and predatory lending push the poor deeper into debt, Nehemiah confronts the wealthy in a way that would make many modern American Christians uncomfortable: by forming a mob and publicly shaming them into canceling what they're owed. Lees meer
It's a chapter that forces us to wrestle with the ethics of what justice, wealth, and community responsibility are supposed to look like.
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129. Father, Don't Forgive Them for They Know What They Do (Nehemiah 4)
28 juni 2026 · 1 uur 16 min
This chapter takes a darker turn as opposition to rebuilding Jerusalem grows in direct proportion to the wall itself. Nehemiah swiftly responds by militarizing the worksite. But alongside his confidence in God’s protection is a willingness to call down judgment on his enemies in language that often feels jarring for readers formed by later Christian ethics. Lees meer
The author doesn’t sanitize that tension, and neither do we. Instead, the chapter forces us to sit with what it means when faith is shaped in the aftermath of trauma. Nehemiah 4 doesn’t offer a simple moral lesson. It presents a community rebuilding under pressure, where prayer, anger, and determination all share the same space—and where faith itself has to be wrestled with, not reduced.
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128. Ancient Authors Don't Waste Ink (Nehemiah 3)
21 juni 2026 · 50 min
This chapter is a monument built not just out of stone, but out of words. Lees meer
We follow Nehemiah on a tour around Jerusalem’s walls as he pauses at each section to record the names of the ordinary people who repaired it. To modern readers, it can feel like one of those chapters you breeze past during a Bible-in-a-year plan—a long list of unfamiliar names and forgotten places.
But ancient authors don’t waste ink.
This chapter is packed with echoes of Genesis, memories of the kingdom of David, and landmarks that will shape the very Jerusalem Jesus walks centuries later.
With a little historical context, this seemingly boring af list of names transforms into something far more powerful. It’s a geographical testimony of a traumatized people trying to piece themselves back together, one stone at a time.
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127. How Faithful Is Fox's The Faithful?
14 juni 2026 · 1 uur 40 min
Fox released a new Bible drama this year called The Faithful: Women of the Bible, retelling the stories of Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel from their perspectives. If that sounds intriguing, don't get your hopes up. Unsurprisingly, this version of female empowerment very quickly became a show about blaming the women for every bad decision the biblical patriarchs make. Lees meer
This week, we're reviewing The Faithful episode by episode and talking about everything from questionable Bible interpretations and ancient Near Eastern anachronisms to hilariously bad wigs, bizarre plot twists, fake wolves, ancient pregnancy tests, and a ram subplot so ridiculous we laughed for five minutes straight.
Was it historically accurate? Eh, sometimes. Was it theologically sound? Not really. Was it unintentionally hilarious? Also no. At least, not enough to redeem the six hours we lost to it. But since we watched it so you don't have to, it's your turn to join us now as we break down what The Faithful gets right, what it gets wrong, and why a show trying to celebrate the matriarchs of Genesis may have accidentally turned them into the villains of their own stories.
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126. The Jewish Jesus Christians Forgot (ft. AJ Levine)
7 juni 2026 · 58 min
What if most of the things you've been taught about the Pharisees, the Law, and the Jewish context of Jesus and Paul are completely backwards? Lees meer
This week, we're honored to learn from Amy-Jill Levine, one of the world's leading New Testament scholars and a Jewish expert on the historical world of Jesus. We tackle some of Christianity's biggest misconceptions like:
· Did Jesus really liberate women from a life of no agency?
· Were the Pharisees actually the villains we've made them out to be?
· Is Paul trading a works-based Judaism for grace-filled Christianity, or have Christians misunderstood him for centuries?
We also explore supersessionism, Christian treatment of Jewish people, what it means for Jesus to fulfill Old Testament scriptures, and what respectful Christian-Jewish dialogue should actually look like. (Hint: It does not look like having Passover seders in church.)
This is one of the most challenging, insightful, and important conversations we've ever had. If you’ve been wanting a better understanding of Paul, Jesus, or even just the New Testament, this episode is a must listen!
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125. How Church Could (Literally) Steal Your Life
31 mei 2026 · 1 uur 37 min
If there was a miracle drug that could guarantee you’d live a happier, healthier life, would you take it? According to Rebecca McLaughlin’s latest book, there is such a drug, and it’s called regular church attendance. Drawing on the work of a Harvard professor, she cites several studies, hoping to convince you that church attendance could save your life. But when I actually read those studies? Well, the data tells a very different story. Lees meer
This week, we take a deep dive into the studies behind the headlines and discover a much more complicated story. We'll explore what the research really indicates, what got left out of the conversation, and why the metaphor of church as medicine turns out to be more accurate than McLaughlin intended—just not for the reasons she thinks.
CW for mention of suicide throughout the episode
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124. Why Believing in Jesus Isn’t Enough (ft. Chris Jones)
24 mei 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
All Christians believe in Jesus. Far fewer actually follow him. Lees meer
This week, Chris Jones of Spiritual Hot Sauce joins us for a conversation about suffering, philosophy, Jungian archetypes, spirituality outside church walls, and why modern Christianity totally misses the point by pushing belief in Jesus as the primary goal.
We talk about:
· How common Christian answers to suffering fall apart
· The difference between worshipping Jesus and actually following him
· Discovering truth and value in other religious beliefs that intersect with Christianity
· Finding meaning when life feels meaningless
· And even how a groundhog sparked a spiritual experience Chris still carries years later
Chris has a perspective unique among all our guests so far, and we’re excited to share this conversation with you today!
You can follow Chris's podcast on Facebook, YouTube, or your favorite podcast player. You can also connect with him via email at spiritualhotsauce@gmail.com.
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123. What If Christianity Isn't the Best Way To Follow Jesus? (ft. Eric van Evans)
17 mei 2026 · 1 uur 11 min
When teenage Colin was spending every weekend playing inline hockey, there’s no way he could’ve known a conversation like this with an old teammate was somewhere down the road. Lees meer
More than a decade later, we may not be quite as sharp on the rink as we used to be, but apparently we still make a pretty solid team, just this time behind a mic. Longtime friend, local college prof, and prolific philosophy/theology blogger Eric Evans joins us this week for a conversation that covers a little something for everyone.
We talk about some of the biggest misconceptions college students bring into theology, why epistemic humility matters now more than ever, and how Eric arrives at belief in God without a sacred text or religious institution. We also dive into what American Christianity and capitalism have gotten deeply wrong about the way of Jesus, why many of us may have been looking at prayer all wrong, and how to recover a sense of wonder in a post-postmodern world.
What started as a reunion ends up being a really fun, nerdy conversation we hope you enjoy listening in on!
If you liked hearing from Eric, be sure to subscribe to his Substack "A Sense of Wonder" and YouTube channel "Conscious Philosophy."
CW for brief mention of the abuse and murder of Kelly Anne Bates from 46:30-48:00.
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122. Theology through a Photographer's Lens (ft. Tom Oord)
10 mei 2026 · 56 min
You know him from our conversations on the uncontrolling love of God, but what happens when theology picks up a camera? This week, Tom Oord returns as a photographer and filmmaker to discuss his brand new film, SEER: A Spiritual Natural Photographer Explores Love. Lees meer
Throughout the film, Tom shares his own stunning nature photography interspersed with deep reflections on love, God, beauty, healing, and more. We talk about why great photography isn’t just about taking pictures but making them, how photography reflects God’s relationship with creation, and why “God so loved the world” may be far bigger than we’ve been taught.
This is a deeply personal conversation about nature, peace, creativity, and learning to encounter the divine by truly seeing the world around us. After you’ve listened to the episode, be sure to check out SEER: A Spiritual Natural Photographer Explores Love for free on YouTube!
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121. Rants with Colin
3 mei 2026 · 1 uur 58 min
This week we go off script and share our distilled thoughts on whatever’s been rattling around in our heads. Think Festivus’s “Airing of Grievances” with a few positive notes and several rabbit trails sprinkled in. These are the unfiltered tangents that don’t make it into the regular podcast—hot takes on holy texts, pop culture, church culture, and whatever else demands a mic. Lees meer
Today you can expect:
• Reviews of the new Darth Maul show, The Boys, and Daredevil through a Christian lens
• A former church secretary’s story of misogyny, hypocrisy, abuse—and why she finally walked away
• Reflections on Philip Yancey and other public confessions of infidelity
• The surprisingly simple way to spot when a theology turns abusive
• Updates on Theology Beer Camp 2026, and so much more
This episode is unserious and uncorked in all the right ways!
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120. Building a Wall Around Jerusalem and Making Persia Pay for It (Nehemiah 2)
26 april 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
Nehemiah 2 isn’t the clean, inspirational leadership story it’s usually made out to be. Beneath the surface of quick prayers and open doors is a tense political drama. There is an anxious king with every reason to distrust, a calculated cupbearer waiting for the perfect moment, and a mission that may be as much about empire as it is about faith. There’s even a potential cameo from a fan favorite legacy Bible character that might totally change the way you read this chapter! Lees meer
And then there’s the wall. The thing we’ve been taught to celebrate may actually be the most unsettling part of the story. As Nehemiah claims God’s hand is behind everything, the text leaves a haunting silence where God’s voice never actually appears. This episode sits in that tension and asks the harder question: What do we miss when we’re absolutely sure we’re right in God’s name?
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119. The Bible's Disappointing Remake of Exodus (Nehemiah 1)
19 april 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
Nehemiah doesn’t start in Nehemiah. It starts with a prophetic thread running from Jeremiah to Daniel to Ezra—a century-long story of exile, expectation, and an anticipated return that was intentionally written to feel like a new Exodus. The problem? That second Exodus doesn’t quite land the way anyone hoped. Lees meer
So this week, we read Chapter 1 through a trauma-informedlens that accepts and makes space for Nehemiah’s grief while also asking harder questions about what that grief does. Does it create meaning, or slip into victim-blame? We explore the Persian-influenced language of his prayer, wrestle with the implications of a God who inspires fear, and sit in the tensions the text refuses to resolve. Because this isn’t about easy answers. It’s about a faith that’s a lot messier, and a lot more realistic, than we were taught.
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118. Nehemiah: The Stuff You Don't Know You Don't Know
12 april 2026 · 1 uur 19 min
Nehemiah. A corner of the Bible condemned by Christianity to be little more than a justification for church building campaigns or a last-minute devotional at men’s leadership retreats. Lees meer
But what if we’ve been reading his story completely wrong?
This isn’t just a book about walls going up. It’s one of the last chapters in the narrative of the Hebrew Bible. It’s set in the aftermath of exile, at the beginning of the Second Temple period, shaping a world that will still be standing when Jesus shows up 400+ years later.
And Nehemiah himself? Not the clean-cut hero we’ve been handed.
Read closely, especially alongside the rest of Scripture, he starts to look a lot more complicated… maybe even like an antihero.
But before we go there, we have to do the groundwork. Because Nehemiah is one of those books where we don’t just miss a few details; we miss the entire point without knowing history behind it.
This episode is all about the stuff you don’t know you don’t know about the life and times of Nehemiah. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. This is Nehemiah uncut and unfiltered.
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117. Tract Record 4: Bad Christian Advice for Anger, the Reliability of Scripture, Lukewarm Faith, and More
5 april 2026 · 2 uur 1 min
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- Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers, refuse to pray for Catholics while calling his congregants impediments to his work,
- Jonathan Edwards, the Great Awakening revivalist, encourage violence against others while pretending to be the only perfect Christian in the world,
- or maybe M. R. DeHaan, founder of Our Daily Bread Ministries, ramble about literally anything other than the topics of his pamphlets,
Then you're in luck (and also in need of a therapist).
These are the voices so many evangelicals are told to trust without question. So maybe it’s time we actually hear what they said. This is round 4 of our most unhinged ongoing series yet!
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116. Reclaiming Identity (ft. Tia Levings): The Long Road Back to Yourself after High-Control Religion
29 maart 2026 · 58 min
What if the religious beliefs and systems sold as protecting you were actually the very things keeping you stuck? In this conversation with NYT bestselling author Tia Levings, we unpack her powerful new book, I Belong to Me, and what it means to reclaim ownership of your body and identity after church-sanctioned harm. If you’ve ever heard: Lees meer
· The church is a hospital for the hurting
· God/Church didn’t hurt you; people did
· Jesus suffered more than we ever will
Then this episode is for you! Tia exposes how these ideas, while sounding comforting, can quietly normalize and even perpetuate abuse.
We also address the unsettling reality behind the soft, childlike “keep sweet” voice modeled in evangelical women like Michelle Duggar, and how it’s actually a learned trauma response. From there, we explore the hard but necessary work of rebuilding life after high control religion—learning to set boundaries, trusting yourself, and healing without jumping into another rigid system. This conversation is raw, honest, and full of those gut-punch moments that make you rethink everything you thought was “normal” in evangelical culture.
Be sure to check out Tia's website which links to her books, resources, and socials!Editor's Note: The 4 Stages of Faith (Simplicity, Complexity, Perplexity, Harmony) Colin mentioned is from Brian McLaren (link to a pdf by Brian that explains the concept)
Recommended Resource: Battered Woman: An Authoritative and Compassionate Guide to Escaping Abuse and Reclaiming Your Life | Book by Lenore E. Walker
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115. Why Does Love Always Feel Like a Battlefield? (ft. Tom Oord)
22 maart 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
One of the most dangerous things you could do in Christianity is actually take “God is love” seriously. Lees meer
Thomas Jay Oord returns! And this time, he’s sharing Volume 1 of his brand new Systematic Theology of Love. He explains why centering love doesn’t just reshape doctrine to be more biblical—it disrupts entire systems built on certainty, control, and having to be right about everything. We explore the implications of God’s existing within time instead of outside it, being affected by us instead of unchanging, and creating out of love instead of out of nothing.
This isn’t your pastor’s stuffy systematic theology textbook from college. It’s practical, digestible, and, most importantly, it presents a God worth believing in.
Be sure to grab a copy this week and follow Tom on socials!
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114. Too Afraid To Heal?: Mending the Fracturing Church (ft. Andrew Hale)
15 maart 2026 · 58 min
The American church has seen better days. Or has it? This week, Rev. Dr. Andrew Hale, Associate Executive Coordinator of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship North Carolina, joins us to talk about the fractures he’s seen in 25+ years of working directly with congregations and clergy. He explains why many of the divisions churches blame on politics or worship styles actually run deeper. Root issues like collective anxiety, fear of change, generational misunderstandings, and cultures that quietly avoid conflict instead of addressing it are driving us further apart. Lees meer
But this conversation isn’t just about diagnosing the problem. We explore what it might actually look like for churches to cultivate psychological safety, learning how to disagree without fragmenting and rethinking what “unity” really means if it’s not just everyone agreeing on the same doctrines. If you’ve ever wondered whether church fractures can truly be mended or when it might be time to start something new, this episode wrestles honestly with those questions.
Be sure to check out Andrew's website which links to his new book, socials, and podcasts!
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113. Modest and Malnourished: When Purity Culture Baptizes Dieting Culture (ft. Anna Rollins)
8 maart 2026 · 59 min
Over the past month, we’ve been exploring the sacred overlap of food and faith. But there’s a shadow side to that story that is rarely addressed. This week, Anna Rollins joins us to talk about her new book Famished and the unexpected similarities between dieting culture and purity culture in the evangelical church. What happens when self-control becomes the highest spiritual virtue? When hunger, whether for food or intimacy, is treated as sin? When women are taught that needing anything is evidence of moral failure? Lees meer
Drawing from her own experience with scrupulosity and disordered eating, Anna names the ways church language and practice around fasting, modesty, self-discipline, and even potlucks can quietly form bodies in shame rather than grace. We talk about why abstaining becomes a badge of holiness, how purity culture intensifies body surveillance, and what it might look like for churches to recover a theology that sees embodiment as good. If you’ve ever felt watched, measured, or not enough in church spaces, this conversation can help you breathe again—and maybe even find grace and acceptance at the table.
Be sure to check out Anna’s website which links to her new book and follow her on Insta!
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112. Faith on the Vine (ft. Jeremy Jernigan)
1 maart 2026 · 1 uur 9 min
Imagine if you could fearlessly talk theology with a pastor over a glass of wine. This week, we do just that! Wine Pastor Jeremy Jernigan joins us for a conversation that explores faith through the lens of vino. Lees meer
We talk about growth and change through the language of vintages, the extravagant overindulgence of Jesus’s first miracle, and the sacredness found in life’s messiness. From the church’s discomfort with pleasure to the power of communal faith, this episode invites you to imagine wine not as a distraction from spirituality—but as a doorway into it.
Be sure to check out Jeremy's website which links to his socials, podcasts, and new book!
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111. Breaking Bread and Barriers at the Biggest Table (ft. Andrew Camp)
22 februari 2026 · 55 min
Professional chef, former pastor, wine rep, and podcaster Andrew Camp joins us this week to explore the sacred, scandalous, and deeply human theology of the table. From Jesus’s eating with the disciples on the Emmaus road to the wild idea of God becoming edible in the Eucharist, we discuss how food isn’t just background imagery in Scripture. It’s actually a central theme. If the Bible begins and ends with a meal, what does that say about who God is and how we’re meant to live? Lees meer
Andrew shares his vision of The Biggest Table, a radically hospitable space where everyone is invited to bring their full selves. We wrestle with communion, belonging, exclusion, and what it actually means to be a Christian testimony in the world. And the question for us today is: Whom do we still need to make room for at our tables this week?
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110. Feral Spirits: What Beer and Whiskey Teach Us about an Untamable God (ft. Ben Price)
15 februari 2026 · 1 uur 31 min
Life is fragile, unpredictable, and often terrifying. Fear makes sense. But fear doesn’t get the final word. In this conversation, Ben Price introduces us to feral Spirit—the untamed presence of God that responds to suffering with a quiet and defiant “yeah, but.” While religion tries to capture, copy, and commodify, the Spirit refuses to be managed, showing up in ways, places, and people we least expect. Lees meer
This episode has it all. From nerdy theology chats to a guided whiskey tasting, we explore how play, wonder, and shared moments with loved ones can be some of the most faith-filled responses to daily life in a world that keeps trying to beat us down. And Ben closes us out by bringing fresh poetry to the table that challenges us to see hope, joy, and spirituality in ways we never before imagined.
Drinks featured: Victory Witty Monkey, Founders Backwoods Bastard, Double Nickel Brunch Surfer, Bells 40th Anniversary BBA Expedition Stout, Willett Pot Still Reserve, I. W. Harper 15 Yr. Bourbon
CW: Occasional PG-13 language
Editor's Notes: Colin accidentally said Indian Wesleyan instead of Indiana Wesleyan.
Apologies for the audio quality on our end. Colin was sick at the time of recording.
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109. The Cultures that Feed Us: Finding Ancestral Wisdom Under Our Feet and Within Our Guts (ft. Asia Dorsey)
8 februari 2026 · 1 uur 11 min
So much of our faith lives in our heads, while our bodies quietly remember things our theology forgot. Our ancestors ate with the seasons, learned the land they lived on, and trusted food that was alive—fermented, shared, and shaped by place. They understood that what nourishes us comes not just from belief, but from embodiment. Lees meer
Asia Dorsey joins us this week to share what she’s learned about leaning into heritage, bioregional traditions, microbes, and the slow spirituality of food. We discuss what it means to eat where you are, honor the land beneath your feet, and rediscover a faith that grows in seasons, not systems.
Be sure to check out Asia's website, which links to her podcast and courses, and follow her on socials.
CW for a little PG-13 language
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108. Taste and See: An Invitation to a Theology of Food
1 februari 2026 · 1 uur 24 min
Every meal is theological. You just don’t know it yet. Lees meer
This week we're kicking off a new miniseries on the intersection of food and faith—territory most Christians have never explored beyond praying before a meal. But here's the thing: some of our richest theology happens at the table.
It exposes our interdependence. It forces us to reckon with who has access and who doesn't. And if you look closely in your Bible, you'll notice from Genesis to Revelation, the story begins and ends with food.
This is about why the Bible is obsessed with eating. Why Jesus was accused of partying too hard. Why the kingdom of God is described as a feast, not a lecture. Food reveals God's character in ways words can't. And it's been hiding in plain sight your whole life.
The table is more than just a refueling station; it’s a sacred space. And over the next month, we’re going to explore why God just won't shut up about it.
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107. Drawing the Line: Using Art to Expose Abuse (ft. NakedPastor)
25 januari 2026 · 58 min
You’ve seen his cartoons on social media; now, it’s time to meet the artist himself. This week, we’re joined by the one and only David Hayward, also known as the NakedPastor. His art has helped countless people name, survive, and heal from spiritual abuse. Lees meer
In this conversation, we dig into how spiritual abuse actually works, why systems and organizations tend to pull people toward their worst selves, and the stories behind some of David’s most powerful and recognizable cartoons. David also reflects candidly on his own experience—both suffering from and participating in spiritual abuse—and what it has taken to unlearn those patterns and choose a healthier, more honest way forward. This is an uplifting conversation you won’t want to miss!
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106. Hell Is a Weapon (ft. Brian Recker)
18 januari 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
Hell is often treated as a core, unquestionable Christian belief, but what if the way it’s been taught has caused more harm than good? Former pastor Brian Recker joins the podcast to talk about his new book Hell Bent and how hell has been used not just as a doctrine, but as a tool of control and spiritual abuse. Lees meer
Using Jesus’s own standard—you will know them by their fruits—we examine what fear-based theology actually produces, why it drives so many people away from faith, and why beliefs should be judged not only by prooftexts, but by whether they lead to love, freedom, and healing.
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105. Who Hurts, Who Heals, Who Tells Your Story (ft. Naomi Norton)
11 januari 2026 · 1 uur
Spiritual abuse can be incredibly difficult to name, especially when you’ve lived inside an abusive system. Many people don’t even realize the whole of what they’ve experienced until long after the damage is done. This week, we start to change that! Licensed therapist Naomi Norton joins us to talk about adverse religious experiences, religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and how these dynamics affect our bodies, identities, relationships, and nervous systems. With clarity and compassion, Naomi helps put language to experiences that often feel confusing, shame-filled, and isolating. Lees meer
We explore what healing can actually look like after leaving high-control religious environments, including rebuilding trust in yourself, your story, and even your sense of God.
Be sure to follow Naomi on social media! Her Linktree includes her social handles and the White American Fundamentalist Evangelical Cultural Power and Control Wheel we discuss in the episode.
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104. The World Entire: When Enough Is Enough
21 december 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Only on this podcast could Schindler’s List, Star Trek, and The Clone Wars collide in a single moral conversation. Lees meer
In this episode, we wrestle with Steven Spielberg’s haunting question: What does it mean to do enough with your life? Is saving one person enough? Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few—or the one?
Along the way, theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer makes an unexpected appearance, forcing us to sit in the tension between quiet rescue and costly resistance. Drawing from film, history, philosophy, and theology, this episode explores whether goodness can ever truly be measured and what responsibility looks like in a world structured by evil.
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103. Rod Rage: A Closer Look at Spanking in the Bible
14 december 2025 · 1 uur 32 min
We all know the teaching, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.” But far fewer people know where it comes from—or what it originally meant. And here in the U.S., we remain one of the last first world countries where spanking is widely accepted and often defended as biblical, with pastors and parenting voices regularly pointing to scripture as support. Lees meer
In this episode, we take a careful look at the passages behind that claim. What did the biblical authors actually mean when they talked about the rod? And how should those texts be read today? Join us this week as we study the rod and spare the child.
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102. You Keep Using That Verse. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.
23 november 2025 · 1 uur 46 min
What’s your favorite scripture passage? Lees meer
Most normal people have never asked or been asked that. But the IFB circles I grew up in treated that question like a spiritual personality test. You were expected to have one of 31,000+ Bible verses chosen to define your entire life, memorized by heart, and ready to share on demand.
This week, Janna joins us to trace where that strange tradition came from and ask whether a single decontextualized verse can (or should) guide anything. Plus, we break down several life verses preachers wrote in my own Bible—and why they don’t mean what they were sold as.
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101. Q&R #7: Rethinkers of the Lost Ark, Nephilim 2.0, Trippin Apostles, and More
16 november 2025 · 54 min
You asked, we responded! This week, we dig beneath the surface of some of your biggest Bible questions. From ancient cosmologies to lost artifacts, divine timelines, mythic giants, and more—nothing’s off the table. This episode is full of tough questions, honest responses, and zero fear of the strange stuff in Scripture! Lees meer
• What happened to the Ark of the Covenant?
• Did Nephilim exist after the flood, and could they still exist today?
• Why did ancient Israelites see the sky as water, and how do we reconcile those biblical ideas with our modern scientific understandings?
• Was Yahweh ever portrayed as a sun in syncretistic Israelite practices?
• If Jesus was Jewish, why are we Christian?
• Was time measured differently in the Bible, particularly regarding 2 Peter 3:8 ("One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day)?
• Could Paul's "thorn in the flesh" have been related to psychedelic use, possibly causing something like HPPD (Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder)?
• How do we know ANE myths like Enūma Eliš predate the biblical versions and not the other way around?
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100. 100 Proof: The Story Thus Far
9 november 2025 · 1 uur 44 min
This week, we’re celebrating 100 episodes of uncut andunfiltered Bible scholarship! We’re looking back at our favorite moments, sharing a few personal updates,unpacking some fun stats, and giving you a first peek at what’s coming in 2026. Plus, we even squeezed in a recap of Theology Beer Camp 2025. Lees meer
Thank you for listening, sharing, and supporting us throughthe first 100. We truly couldn’t have made it here without you. Here’s to the next hundred!
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99. Hymn for the Deconstructing (Psalm 88)
2 november 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
Psalm 88 is one of the darkest and most overlooked corners of Scripture. It’s a prayer that ends in literal darkness and isolation. It’s the psalm that dares to accuse God and still call it worship. Lees meer
This week, we trace the deconstruction of an ancient Israelite worship leader to ask how faith survives when hope doesn’t—and why God insisted on leaving this raw, unsettling song right in the middle of His holy book. Most Christians would’ve cut this psalm, but God kept it. And maybe the discomfort that causes is exactly the point.
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98: TL;DR: The Story of the Whole Bible in Just Over an Hour
26 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 26 min
This week, we’re pouring the Bible straight—unbroken, untamed, and (you guessed it) unfiltered. From garden to glory, we’ll trace the threads that tie the whole thing together and reveal why this ancient anthology isn’t just a rulebook, but one of the greatest stories ever told. Settle in, you’re about to hear the Bible like you’ve never heard it before! Lees meer
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97. Tract Record 3: Bad Christian Advice for Dancing, Sex Ed, Modernism, and More
19 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 58 min
Round three of our fundamentalist pamphlet adventure brings us: Lees meer
– A not-so-self-aware tale of how one man found absolute truth and lost his joy.
– Anti-communist propaganda thinly disguised as an anti–sex ed sermon.
– A grab-bag of end times theology takes.
– And a preacher who fueled the Salem Witch Trials…held up as a moral hero.
It’s another dose of advice no one asked for, but since we had to take it in, so do you!
Editor's Note: We apologize to all Gen Xers on behalf of Colin for his thinking Footloose was Dirty Dancing. He has been appropriately reprimanded and has assured us it won't happen again.
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96. Tract Record 2: Bad Christian Advice for Tobacco, Manhood, Knowing the Will of God, and More
12 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 9 min
Back by unpopular demand, we’re reviewing four more vintage fundamentalist pamphlets this week! This round tackles burning questions like: Lees meer
– WWJS—What Would Jesus Smoke? (A: Nothing ever, and you’re a heathen for even asking the question.)
– Is there a foolproof way to twist scripture so you’re always following the will of God? (A: Absolutely!)
– What happens when Israel gets misused in Christian theology? (A: A lot that isn’t good.)
– And even, What should you do when you see a starving mother on the side of the road? (The answer may surprise you if you’re a decent human being.)
It’s advice no one asked for and answers nobody needed, so be sure to join us for a guaranteed good time!
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