130 episodes
Recovering Evangelicals Luke Jeffrey Janssen
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.9 • 14 Ratings
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A podcast for people who were once very comfortable in their Christian faith … until the 21st century intruded and made it very hard to keep on believing.
And for those who are intrigued by science, philosophy, world history, and even world religions …. and want to rationalize that with their Christian theology.
And for those who found that’s just not possible … and yet there’s still a small part of them that … … won’t let it go.
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#152 – Awe and spiritual experience, pt 2
An experimental psychologist and a theologian with a PhD in psychology give us their perspectives on the emotion of awe and its role in the spiritual/religious experience. Last week, we explained why we decided to look more closely at the emotion of awe and its role in the spiritual / religious experience, as well as […]
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#151 – Awe, and the religious/spiritual experience
After a quick primer on this uniquely human phenomenon, we’ll hear from someone who had a profound, life-changing experience during a solar eclipse, and then relate all of this to religious/spiritual experiences. Humans seem to be unique among all other species on Earth when it comes to the emotion of awe. Whether it’s experienced while […]
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#150 – Human evolution and Christian theology
Many Christians can fully accept the idea of human evolution, but they use a language which betrays Young Earth Creationism. If we don’t update our language, we may lose a whole generation of Christians. Many Christians are perfectly fine with human evolution: descent over millions of years down a family tree we share in common with […]
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#149 – Creating a new Christian worldview
A week after Easter 2024, and in response to questions from our listeners, we discuss a whole new perspective on who Jesus was, and what he gave the Jews, and the world, when he died on the cross. Several members of our private Facebook Discussion Group asked us to explain how we’ve been able to […]
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#148 – Brian MacLaren: Life After Doom
Brian takes an entirely new and unexpected direction in this latest book: it’s not enough to talk about bringing heaven down to earth, we have to stop creating hell on earth. Brian MacLaren is widely recognized in the Evangelical community. In fact, in 2015, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential Evangelicals […]
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#147 – The “personal relationship” with the divine
A social anthropologist, with decades of scholarship on people striving to connect to another dimension, gives us her perspective on the Evangelical version of this phenomenon. “It’s not a religion … it’s a relationship!” Many Christians claim this is what separates their faith from all others. There was a time when I myself made this […]
Customer Reviews
A Wider View of Faith
Some people think that there is narrow interpretation of Christianity that you must subscribe to and if you have any questions, you are out. This podcast shows there is another way. A great encouragement for those who feel they just don't fit.
Bravo
A wonderfully open platform to discuss pros & cons of belief, religion and our society. Experts from many vocations relaying provocative and enlightening views on long held religious beliefs and the potential for deeper understanding. Personally it has been life changing and freeing from some long held traditions that I was mistaken about. Thanks guys, for the effort, study and energy you put in to this work!
Thought provoking!
A great series for anyone struggling with the ‘big questions’ of Christianity. An honest walk through a variety of topics from two differing vantage points. If you enjoy science and philosophy, this is for you!
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