59 episodes
Tension Jonathan Carone & Eric Williams
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.9 • 51 Ratings
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Most of life and faith is lived in the tension between the two extremes. On this show, we look at what many of us were taught growing up in evangelical churches, weigh it against what our current culture is saying, and try to find what Jesus has for us in the tension between the two.
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Tension was called Unlearning Youth Group for the first six seasons.
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Bounce your eyes vs transform your mind
We can't do a season without hitting on Purity Culture at least once!
Boys who grew up in church were taught to bounce their eyes when looking at girls because, y'know, every girl is a sexual temptation just by existing.
How do we stop viewing the opposite sex as sexual first as opposed to just a fellow human since 99.9% of the humans on this planet are not going to be the person you are supposed to sexualize?
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Supporting police vs advocating for justice
This week is the three year anniversary of George Flloyd's murder that kicked off a summer of racial unrest. During that time we all lived in the tension of one side saying to support police no matter what and the other side saying all cops are bad.
But what does the Bible actually say about policing?
How do we balance advocating for reform and equal protection for all people with supporting law enforcement?
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What we know vs what we do
In the church, we often focus on the mind (knowledge) or on our actions (behavior) but never about the thing that influences those two (emotions).
Because we should cling to the truth of scripture, we were taught to completely ignore the the idea that people make decisions based on the way they feel.
This week we look at the two extremes (knowledge is everything on one side with behavior being supreme on the other) before looking at how we can process our emotions in the tension between Biblical knowledge and Christ like behavior.
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Deconstruction vs Deconversion
As we begin to take a fresh look at our faith, it's easy to go from the religious fundamentalism we grew up around and turn that into fundamentalism against Christianity.
In the first episode of our new format, we look at the tension between deconstructing our faith and deconverting from it and how we have to decide if we’re deconstructing the toxic parts we grew up around while trying to find Jesus or are we trying to leave the people who hurt you and are doing things we disagree with.
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BONUS: Let's talk about weed PLUS a huge, gigantic, life-altering announcement about the show
After our episode on Christians and alcohol last season, we got a lot of questions about cannabis use as Christians. Today we attempt to tackle that topic while also giving you a gigantic, life altering announcement about the show.
If you don't care about weed but want to hear about the announcement, fast forward to 24 minutes.
Love you, bye.
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How should you respond if you've been hurt by the church?
The church is supposed to be a place of refuge - one where we can follow Jesus together with other believers.
But unfortunately that isn't always the case.
This week we give four responses for you to walk through as you begin to process the hurt you've experienced.
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PS - a couple four letter words slipped out in a phrase towards the end. Nothing major - and none of the *bad* ones - but wanted you to be aware before you jumped in.
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast, I definitely relate!
A friend recently shared an episode with me and now I’m listening to them all in order. I appreciate the nuanced approach they take to difficult/controversial topics and how they point out the good but explain the harm that could have been done by certain approaches. As someone who recently left a church that taught far too many absolutes where I saw gray while reading the Bible, I am thankful for this podcast!
Feels less substantive
I liked the podcast when it was just Unlearning Youth Group, but I feel like the episodes have drifted over time to be less enjoyable for me. It feels like the hosts are trying too hard to teach.
I feel like the audio balance has taken a step back as well. When I’m driving I can’t hear Eric half the time and Jonathan is way too loud. Then when I switch to another podcast my speakers are so loud because the mastering on the Tension podcast is so quiet.
Not for me right now, but I hope others still stay tuned and get something out of it.
Too much talking over each other
The content is good but the hosts need to learn to share the mic better. Jonathan interrupts Eric seemingly constantly, and a lot of the times the thoughts he interjects are lacking anything substantive. Let Eric finish his thought before you add a comment🙏🏻
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