The Ninety-Eight Podcast

I was intrigued by some of the topics covered as a theology enthusiast, but the depth and breadth of the conversations is pretty shallow. This podcast serves to reinforce Christian fundamentalist faithful in their theology without bringing on guests with outside perspectives (or even expertise) that might provide richer conversations or uncover some nuance of complicated topics. As such, some of the topics (like the biblical counseling vs therapy episode) can be misleading and potentially dangerous as faithful are directed to strictly Christian resources absent of the best practices in mental health services. In that episode in particular, at no point did anyone delineate the requirement in qualifications for Licensed Professional Counselors and the lack of oversight for Biblical Counselors which is potentially harmful. It’s a semi entertaining podcast with good intentions, but if you come from any other Christian tradition (mainline or Catholic) you’ll find yourself in the out-group of these conversations.